WE ARE MARCHING FORWARD BOTH IN RESEARCH and in our reading of Beloved. Your first draft of an annotated bibliography will be due this week. I will also collect your annotations for the independent novel. As to our reading of Beloved, we will pause a bit to explore some of the historical and artistic connections that other writers have explored, relative to the theme of minority freedoms during the failure of Reconstruction in late 19th century America.

MONDAY

Today I will review the expectations for the annotated bibliography due Wednesday. Research groups will have some time to troubleshoot some of the problems that arose on Friday.
HW: Even if you did NOT work on this over the weekend, you would only need write annotations for four sources apart from your novel. And you've likely located many sources that analyze your novel's themes already. Remember, only 5 of the 10 require annotation, and 1 of those is your novel.

TUESDAY

Discussion of the reading we've done in Beloved so far. Today you will take notes on our "Great Books" style of discussion, and I will collect these.
HW: Skim through your annotations in Beloved. Highlight your ten best interpretive questions that you've written.

WEDNESDAY

Next steps in research. Drafting a claim about your novel: what is the most important, least obvious thing to know about your novel, what it means, and what your author wants the audience to understand? We will begin drafting these via a google doc. Also, we'll begin exploring short stories relating to the themes of Beloved. Eventually, you will need to identify and American short story that is on your novel's identified theme.
HW: Read the first half of part three, chapter one, tonight, 281-285.

THURSDAY

Reading a short story that is thematically connected to the themes in Beloved.
HW: Read the second half of chapter one, up through page 309.

FRIDAY

In the library. In research teams, you will begin creating a key word and phrase list for your research. By the time we are done, you should have the beginnings of a list that includes specific words and phrases that relate to your novel, what it means, and your author.
HW: Read the second chapter of part three for Monday.