Week 2 Syllabus: October 30-November 1
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED WEEK BECAUSE OF PARENT/teacher conferences, which run Wednesday afternoon through Thursday night. We will begin a close reading analysis of our final short story, “The Kind of Light that Shines in Texas” in small groups, moving to a large group discussion. We will formally start our reading of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart on Monday, November 6. Please have your book in hand by then.
MONDAY, October 30 (anchor/BSAD day)
Small group analysis of the story.
HW: Complete the brainstorming for your paper on one of our past three short stories. I’ve sent a link to the google sheet to your NT email accounts; use it to draft a claim, reasons, and evidence.
TUESDAY, October 31
Happy Halloween!
We will continue our small group analysis of “Kind of Light” that we left off yesterday.
Reading a canonical, American horror story, “ The Legend of Sleepy Hallow” by Washington Irving.
HW: Type your answers to the study guide on “Kind of Light.” These, along with your annotations, are due Monday. THEY SHOULD BE PRINTED ON PAPER. We will discuss the story on Monday in class, and I’ll then introduce our novel, Things Fall Apart (TFA).