LAST WEEK, WE READ THROUGH SEVERAL DOCUMENTS IN OUR WILDERNESS packet. On Friday we began reading through the first three chapters of a novel that illustrates Americans' view of wilderness, the first of four novels in a series by Conrad Richter's The Trees. Prior to that, we watched a documentary on American painters, and how they envisioned nature throughout the 19th century. And we started the week by examining the beautiful and haunting Dead Man, a film that viscerally illustrates Muir's fears relating to westward expansion and the destruction. This week we wrap up our analysis of Americans' view of nature and wilderness.

MONDAY

Meeting in the library to complete a status update, worth 25 points, a review of Noodle bibliographies and how to share them, write annotations, and talk about key word lists.
HW: If not done, finish your novel. I will collect and grade novels one week from today. You need to have an annotation written and included on your noodle bibliography for three of your ten author/novel sources by this Wednesday.

TUESDAY

Reviewing your status check from the library yesterday. Introduction to key word/phrase lists. Returning to our reading of Conrad Richter's The Trees, from where we left off on Friday.
HW: Annotations for 3 of your 10 author/novel sources due tomorrow. Finish reading the first three chapters of The Trees for class tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY

Reading selections from Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and Woodie Gutherie's This Land is Your Land. We will read one additional chapter from the Richter novel as well.
HW: Finish reading the fourth chapter of The Trees handed out in class today. Also, watch this film clip from a forthcoming documentary on Siguard Olson, The Singing Wilderness. It's about 8 minutes long.

THURSDAY

Meeting in the Library for an extra day of working on annotated bibliographies (make certain to thank Mr. S)
HW: We have already read "The Starving Time" in our unit on Puritans. So begin reading the poems at the end of our packet. You want to have them all read by Monday of next week.

FRIDAY

We will watch the Kennedy speech on space exploration, and begin watching Grizzly Man today. I will review annotation techniques for reading poetry.
HW: Finish reading the poems for Monday, taking notes as instructed. I will collect and grade novel annotations on Monday.