Syllabus: Week 7, September 30
BECAUSE OF FALL BREAK AND THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEETING, class will only meet once this week. However, we are making good progress in Frederick Douglass’s iconic The Narrative of a Live of Frederick Douglass, and I expect that we will finish the book next week. Scholars will write an essay arguing whether or not students should read this book as part of junior English (American Literature). We will also begin preparing for writing the junior theme, which will be based on the independent reading you complete during second quarter. This book (or your first one, if it works) should either be written by an American author or be about America in some way. Finally, I will scan and provide scholars with all the illustrated words created in class, in order to study them to build vocabulary. What will be reading next? That depends upon your response to a short survey I will send out, via NT email, tomorrow. It will ask you your preference between two plays. So keep your eye out for that email!
TUESDAY
20-minutes of independent reading.
Word illustrations for the chapter five vocab.
re-reading chapter six in Douglass.
Small group work on the chapters five and six study guides.
Ending class with a non-fiction article about “Peter",” the photograph of an American slave’s back which became iconic during the Abolitionist movement of 19th century America
HW: Complete the 5/6 study guide. Also read chapters 7, 8, and 9 for class on Tuesday.