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Date

Assignment

Mon, Aug 16   —Agenda:
¡Seating Chart
¡Calendars
¡Syllabus
¡ALIS Essay Guidelines
¡Teacher/Student Introduction
¡Mandala assignment
—Homework:
¡Read “The Process of Reading, Responding to, and Writing About Literature”
¡Pages 9-11 optional
¡Skim the examples relating to “The Necklace”
¡Deep read everything else, underlining every sentence that might help you write your ALIS literary analysis. You might also consider annotating in the margins.
¡ALIS literary analysis due Monday, August 23 (bring a working draft to class on Friday)
¡Mandalas due Wednesday, August 18
¡Signatures on laptop policy by tomorrow

Tue, Aug 17

 —Agenda:

¡Free-write: Here are some ideas about what I might write about for my literary analysis
¡What makes a good literary analysis?
—Homework:
¡Mandalas due tomorrow
¡Working draft by Friday
¡Final draft by Monday

Wed, Aug 18

  —Agenda:
¡Share Mandalas in small groups
¡5 mandalas with the whole class
¡Time to work on your essays
—Homework:
¡Working draft by Friday (electronic copy fine)
¡Final draft by Monday (printed before class)

Thu, Aug 19

 —Agenda:

¡Share Mandalas in small groups
¡5 mandalas with the whole class
¡Time to work on your essays
—Homework:
¡Working draft by tomorrow(electronic copy fine)
¡Final draft by Monday (printed before class)

Fri, Aug 20

 —Agenda:

¡5 mandalas
—Homework:
¡Final drafts due Wednesday. Please staple your final draft, your peer edited draft, and your free-write together. (If your free-write and feedback are electronic, you can submit them in our drop-box before class.)
   

Mon, Aug 23

 —Agenda:

¡All about the Enlightenment video/notes
¡Discuss Enlightenment
—Homework:
¡Read the excerpt from Franklin’s Autobiography
¡Take two-column notes with 5 quotations that connect to the enlightenment in the left column and how they connect in the right column.
¡Essays due Wednesday by 3:00

 Tue, Aug 24

  —Agenda:
¡Discuss Autobiography
—Homework:
¡Read Thomas Jefferson’s “Query XVII: Religion”
¡Annotate for his thesis and supporting points.
¡Tomorrow in Computer Lab
¡Essays due Wednesday by 3:00
¡Bring ALIS book to class to hand in on Thursday

 Wed, Aug 25

  —You should:
¡Demonstrate your mental acuity on the MAP test
—Agenda:
¡MAP test
—Homework:
¡Essays due by 3:00
¡Thomas Jefferson homework for tomorrow
¡Bring ALIS books to hand in tomorrow.

 Thu, Aug 26

  —Agenda:
¡Collect ALIS books
¡Discuss Jefferson
—Homework:
¡Read the selection from “Letters from an American Farmer”
¡Annotate looking for
÷What does De Crevecoeur praise about America?
÷What does he criticize?

 Fri, Aug 27

  —Agenda:
¡Review Vocabulary Directions
¡Discuss De Crevecoeur
—Homework:
¡Enlightenment Take Home Exam Due Wednesday
   

Mon, Aug 30

  —Agenda:
¡Review Vocabulary Directions
¡Discuss De Crevecoeur
¡Introduction to Romanticism
—Homework:
¡Identify all of the moments where Irving employs humor
¡Remember that not everything that was obviously funny to a 19th century audience will be obvious to us.

Tue, Aug 31

  —Agenda:
¡Resource Person Work Day
—Homework:
¡“Rip Van Winkle” reading for tomorrow
¡Vocabulary preparation

Wed, Sep 1

 
—Agenda:
 
¡Discuss “Rip”
 
—Homework:
 
¡Read Thanatopsis using
 
whatever poetry comprehension
 
tools that you normally use.
 
In Google Docs, please type up a
 
paragraph about how you approach
 
difficult poetry.
 
¡Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow
 

Thu, Sep 2

  —Agenda:
¡Vocab Quiz 1
¡How we interpret difficult poetry
¡TPCASTT
¡Discuss “Thanatopsis
—Homework:
Resource Person Presentations Tomorrow

Fri, Sep 3

  —Agenda:
¡Ben Franklin
¡Thomas Jefferson
¡J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
¡Washington Irving
—Homework:
¡Re-read “Thanatopsis” using poetry techniques discussed in class.
   
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