Wrapping Things Up

We got a taste of Mark Twain at the end of this second quarter 2014, near the Christmas holiday, and there's nothing better to stir a bit of merry mirth for the holidays than a bit of Twainesque hyperbole and satire. We read the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and The Lowest Animal. But Twain's wit and wisdom go well beyond these selections, as a perusal of any list of quotes would show you. Here's a selection of several I found to be interesting:

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Mark Twain

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

Mark Twain

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

Mark Twain

It's amazing that we are finishing up the second quarter here, and the holidays are upon us! It's been a busy and enjoyable quarter. Some folks are trying to fill in gaps with missing homework, so I will put the required ones below:

HW13 –The Burning of Our House p. 30 – 2,3,4,7

HW14 –Thanatopsis p. 193 –2,3,4,7

HW16 –The Raven p. 303 – 3,4,6,7

HW18 –Song of Myself 10 & 33 p. 372 - #10:3,4,5; # 33:2,4,6

HW20 –Song of Myself 52 p.374 – 2,3,4,5,7 (choose either HW18 or HW20)

HW21 –Success is Sweetest; Tell All the Truth Slant p. 400 – 1,2,3,4 (& Truth 1,3,4,5)

HW23 –Civil War readings p. 519 – 2,3,4,5                     

HW24 –Jumping Frog Calaveras County p. 533 – 4,5,6,7

HW25 – The Lowest Animal p. 542 – 2,4,5,6

A few need to resend or confirm papers, hand in vocab workbooks, or Q2 classroom notebooks. All presentations have been finished, and later I will put links to the Prezis here.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

https://prezi.com/09ky1cv8_d12/autobiography-of/

Autobiography of Ben Franklin

https://prezi.com/oa6gc4w4krhn/autobiography-of-benjamin-franklin/

Something Wicked This Way Comes

http://prezi.com/gmrmbnfn8uw-/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Fahrenheit 451

https://prezi.com/oryxicumjfzu/fahrenheit-451/

Please remember to hand in all books to the teacher at the final exam!


More info on the final exam will be added over the weekend to the bottom of this post, but some early info will be there. Another thing we need to do is get our speeches from the Wordly Wise books, and I have listed the students who are doing particular chapters from our book below. Everyone must memorize 400 words, but if your selections naturally ends a little beyond that, you stop there. Do Exercises C & E by the Tuesday after we return from break, January 6th.

Lesson 1: Going, Going, Gone (auctions) – Ken

Lesson 2: Looking at Llamas – Michelle

Lesson 3: No Excuses (Olympic Athlete) – Coleen           

Lesson 5: The Quiz-Show Scandal – Karen

Lesson 6: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (Art Museum) – Yumi

Lesson 7: Tsunami: The Big Wave – Allen

Lesson 8: Greek Drama – Arielle

Lesson 9: Reaching the Heights    (acrophobia) not assigned            

Lesson 10: The Wall (Vietnam War Memorial) – Calvin                     

Lesson 11: Dwarf Mammoths (frozen ancient remains) – Joanna                       

Lesson 12: A Child of the Sixties   (Joan Baez) – Josh      

Lesson 13: Kwanzaa (First Fruits holiday) – Kevin                      

Lesson 14: Washington National Cathedral – Paul

Lesson 15: Birds of a Feather (hat designer) – Sharah              

Lesson 16: Gateway to the Promised Land (immigration & Eliis Island) – Claire                

Lesson 17: Machiavellii        (The Prince & strategy) – Alvyn              

Lesson 18: Prisoners of Conscience (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) – Jill                         

Lesson 19: Elephant Memories (African Wildlife Foundation) – Kate                          

Lesson 20: It’s a Right-Handed World! (on being left-handed)          not assigned 


About the final exam, there will be two parts. One part is about the reading in the Literature book, taken with your A class. Then there is a writing test, taken during the B class testing time. Any story we have read in Q2 is fair game for the final, but ones for which we have had tests and homework get priority and more questions.


Come back to this post later in the weekend for more details, but the homework list above is a guide. Read the literary focus parts carefully before the selection. No Wordly Wise material will be on the test, but something from your reading group should be in the writing or vocabulary section.

Here are the stories tested on the Final Exam, and the number of questions on each out of 42.

HW13 –The Burning of Our House (5)

HW14 –Thanatopsis (2)

HW16 –The Raven (5)

HW18 –Song of Myself 10 & 33 (5)

HW20 –Song of Myself 52 (6)

HW21 –Success is Sweetest; Tell All the Truth Slant (6)

HW23 –Civil War readings (5)                     

HW24 –Jumping Frog Calaveras County (4)

HW25 – The Lowest Animal (4)

The A test will be graded on 40 questions, so two questions are for extra credit. There is no writing or vocabulary on this A test, which is worth 40 points, and another 10 points come from the B test.

For the B test, you will have no vocabulary and no questions about the book from your reading group. There will be four essays there and you can choose three of them. The authors to focus on for the essays would include Whitman, Dickinson, Poe, and Twain.

Terms you will need to understand to do well on the Exam include:

Inversion, plain style, metaphor, theme, mood, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, free verse, imagery, first-person point of view, parallel structure, cadence, coda, couplet, rhyming pattern, slant truth, symbolism, tone, irony, narrator, frame story, hyperbole (or exaggeration), understatement, vernacular, satire.

Bon appetit to Reading Groups

Some call them literature circles, others call them book clubs. Our goal is to read longer works that are on the famous side, but still entertaining. I've dipped into such sources as Amazon's best-selling classics list, Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list and their 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Readers' Picks, Modern Library's list of 100 Best Novels ever written, and some personal recommendations, including my own.

I would like to ensure that all students read two longer works this year and also one play - all outside of the textbook. I'm ready, if need be, to buy them myself. You simply have to read them, and I do not want anything to get in the way of it. If you cannot read them because you were not assigned, boo-hoo, then you can at least hear the presentations by your classmates and know what's happening in the book. Then borrow it from me later in the year and don't forget to give it back! Next year's crew will need them.

If you have great fiction in your hands, you can't help but develop a love for reading. I mean, it's like going to the movies but never hearing of the great directors out there like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola, and even Tarantino. If you don't know what I'm talking about, um, you are deprived, seriously deprived.

Anyway, we can't let that happen with literature, so I'll help you out by gently pushing you along to read these books. We don't have to wait for any kind of reading emphasis week or rule to go do it, let's just get going because time's a-wasting.

Here are the groups for the first semester book, which will be done by the end of Q2:

American Literature A1

Ken, Matthew, Coleen, Karen, David, Allen, Michelle, Yumi (8 students)

Huckleberry Finn Ken, Matthew, Allen, Yumi

Fahrenheit 451 Coleen, Karen, David, Michelle

American Literature A2

Arielle, Claire, Calvin, Joanna, Oscar, Alvyn, Jill, George, Kevin, Josh, Paul, Sharah, Hibiki. Kate (14 students)

Of Mice and Men Calvin, Josh, Kevin, Jill

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Alvyn, Paul, Sharah, Kate

Something Wicked This Way Comes Arielle, Claire, Joanna

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Hibiki, George, Oscar

American Literature B1

Michelle, Karen, Coleen, David, Calvin, Paul, Josh, Arielle, Sharah, Kevin (10 students)

Something Wicked This Way Comes Arielle

Fahrenheit 451 Michelle, Karen, Coleen, David

Of Mice and Men Calvin, Josh, Kevin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Paul, Sharah

American Literature Lit. B2

Claire, Jill (2 students)

Something Wicked This Way Comes Claire

Of Mice and Men Jill

American Literature B3

Yumi, Ken, Joanna, Alvyn, Kate, Allen, Matthew, George, Oscar, Hibiki (10 students)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Hibiki, George, Oscar

Something Wicked This Way Comes Joanna

Huckleberry Finn Yumi, Ken, Allen, Matthew

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Alvyn, Kate

Notice that you have been placed in groups a) reading a book you like when possible, b) with people who are not only in your A class, where the reading should usually happen, but also in your B class, where it sometimes may happen anyway.

You can expect 3 categories of responsibility here: 1) you will be quizzed on sections of the book and tested on the whole book, 2) you will be graded on your collaborative speaking, which means being prepared for assigned reading and doing your assigned role in the group - not only assigned by the teacher but sometimes assigned by other group members, 3) each group will do a presentation the last week of the semester using PowerPoint (or Prezi for a small bonus) explaining the book content and other agreed details, mostly relating to style.

Each book will be divided into 6 major sections, and subdivided into 12 minor sections. See below:

Here is a general reading schedule:

Thursday, October 2 Discuss 1-a

Wednesday, October 8 Discuss 1-b, then have Book Quiz 1 before holiday

Thursday, October 16 Discuss both 2-a & 2-b, then have Book Quiz 2 on Friday, October 17. Note days off on October 9 and October 10 as a good opportunity to do extra reading.

Thursday, October 23 Discuss 3-a

Thursday, October 30 Discuss 3-b, then have Book Quiz 3 on Friday, October 31

Thursday, November 6 Discuss 4-a

Thursday, November 13 Discuss 4-b, then have Book Quiz 4 on Friday, November 14

Thursday, November 20 Discuss 5-a

Wednesday, November 26 Discuss 5-b, then have Book Quiz 5 before holiday. Note days off on November 27 & 28 as good opportunities for more reading.

Thursday, December 4 Discuss 6-a and 6-b, and then have whole Book Test on Friday, December 5.

Presentations happen from Monday, December 8 through Thursday, December 11. 

Of Mice and Men

I p. 1-16; II p. 17-37; III p 38-65; IV p. 66-83; V p. 84-98; VI p. 99-107

Huckleberry Finn

1-a finish section 6 on p. 21; 1-b finish section 9 on p. 38; 2-a finish section 13 on p. 56; 2-b finish section 17 on p. 78; 3-a finish section 20 on p. 101; 3-b finish section 23 on p. 117; 4-a complete section 26 on p. 134; 4-b read up to p. 154, finishing section 29; 5-a read up through the end of section 33 to p. 174; 5-b read to end of section 36 or p. 188; 6-a read sections 38-40 (up to p. 207) and for 6-b go to the end, which is sections 41-43, or p. 208-220.

Fahrenheit 451

There are three sections of the book:

The Hearth and the Salamander – p. 1-65; 1-a = 1-16, 1-b = 16-33; 2-a = 34-50, 2-b = 51-65

The Sieve and the Sand – p. 67-106; 3-a = 67-77, 3-b = 78-88 top; 4-a = 88-98, 4-b = 99-106

Burning Bright – p. 107-158; 5-a = 107-119, 5-b = 120-133 top; 6-a = 133-147 top, 6-b = 147-158

To Kill a Mockingbird

I finish section 5 on p. 50

II finish section 10 on p. 99

III finish section 15 on p. 155

IV finish section 20 on p. 206

V finish section 27 on p. 254

VI finish section 30 on p. 276 

Other suggested pages to read for the remaining books will come later,.The final decision on which pages to read rests with the group, but it should be reasonable and the teacher must be informed. At the moment we still do not have Something Wicked This Way Comes. Students with the following books will receive their books from the librarian some time in the morning: Huckleberry Finn, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. 

Most of these books are ones I have enjoyed - some are brand new and kind of a gamble, like Something Wicked This Way Comes - it seems to be different than I thought but should be good for the Halloween season, apparently. I like everything I have read by the author, Ray Bradbury, and have read Fahrenheit 451 multiple times now. Love that one! I hope you guys enjoy what you are reading too. If there is any serious heartburn about the book you are reading maybe we can discuss it. The best way to persuade me is to go buy your own agreed book and find someone else in your current group who will do the same - then you can have a 2-person team. It works especially well if that person is in both the A and B class with you, for maximum flexibility.

Remember, some books you chew slowly, and others you can devour quickly. For much of this, the more you eat, the more you will want to eat - something like ji pai or doritos - or fresh sashimi, perhaps. Bon appetit!

Our Experiment in Writing

This past week we had parent conferences, and one of the most prominent aspects of the conferences was how much everyone wants YOUR writing to improve, both in class and on standardized tests.
We should have two writing tasks per quarter, done well now that we have two classes per day. Also, we would like to do timed writing practice in the coming weeks to improve standardized testing results.

Writing is certainly an important component of our course. I've posted in other places on how to write well, and while it is not my goal to summarize those things here and now, you should be able to find links to on them to the right of this blog. Two of them are the current British Literature blog and last year's Literature 9 blog, where you can find general writing advice. Somewhere I have a list of good books on the craft of writing, which you could possibly borrow from me (if you ask nicely!), and later I hope to update this post with that list.

You should be finishing up your persuasive writing this week, by Thursday. A way to increase effectiveness would be to find out more information on the topic - on both sides of the issue, in the form of statistics, quotes by famous people, or well-known examples. Statistics should come from reliable sources like governmental or international agencies. We'll come back to this later in the year.

For the second writing of the First Quarter, or Q1, we are doing an informative/research paper. I'm calling it a mini-research paper, but it is not heavy on research for you. However, you will need to use a bibliography with three (3) sources, and at least 2 different categories. The idea here is to get you used to doing a bit of research and making a bibliography early in the year, because in Q2 you will have a longer research paper for your science classes that is related to science fair. That paper is counted twice - also for your English class - so it needs to be done well. If for some reason your science teacher or the school is not asking you to do a paper related to science fair, I will ask you to do a science-related paper that is longer in Q2. This current assignment is meant to be practice for that longer one coming up.

Notice that we are starting to read an interesting short story called Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (HW11, which is to be done two days early) in our literature textbook. This is about an old doctor who calls four elderly friends into his study to invite them to participate in an experiment. He claims to have liquid drawn from the Fountain of Youth in Florida, and pours them four glasses. They readily accept. They drink, and drink, and drink...wouldn't it be a boring story if the experiment totally failed? But note that the old doctor himself did not drink, but observed only. What he learned is different from any learning the participants had from drinking the liquid.

Now, for the writing, you have each been assigned a unique, health-related, informative article on the theme of staying young. The title of your article is the topic of your paper. For example, one of them is "How to Live Longer by Having a Little Fun" and the person doing this must inform me of the contents of this article plus do a bit more research on this topic. You should have three sources, and the summary of the three sources becomes the three body paragraphs in a 5-paragraph structure. For the introduction and conclusion, you keep it short and tell me what is coming & summarize, like this:


Topic (same as title of article) - How to Live Longer by Having a Little Fun

Paragraph I - Introduction - You say people can live longer by enjoying themselves, You are going to introduce three things, from the original article, from a web site on comedy & health, and a book on wine & health.

Paragraph II - Summarize the article you received - here you say too much stress increases the hormone called cortisol in your body, etc.

Paragraph III - Summarize what you find from your web site on how laughing and comedy can make you live longer. Keep it simple.

Paragraph IV - Say something from a book you found on how drinking red wine can help you live up to 20% longer, but only if you drink exactly one glass per day. Refer to examples in France of people who lived to over 100 years old doing this. Mention, as well, that some people don't find drinking red wine "fun."

Paragraph V - Conclusion - Say again that having fun makes you live longer, and mention the three things in paragraphs II, III, and IV, that you just said.

Last page - Use Bibme.org to cite your three sources, the article you received, the web site you used, and the book you used. This part is IMPORTANT as I am considering making this a separate grade.


You may use other kinds of things, such as personal interviews, to help you. Bibme.org allows you to cite personal interviews - while it is best to record them, you must at least take your own notes and remember the date on which it happened and the location, and the first and family name of the person interviewed. Some cases where that might work - one student has an article on avoiding cancer, and has a family member as a cancer survivor - interviewing that family member is a great idea.  Another student has an article that basically says to eat more vitamin E and C to live longer, but she works at a restaurant. So she can interview the boss, asking about the demand for healthy foods (especially containing those vitamins, like almonds & strawberries) in the restaurant. Be creative, but learn to cite your sources, and keep your paper simple and to around one page in length. The bibliography should be on a separate, second page. We'll look at Bibme.org in class together soon.

Later, I will update this post with a list of articles given, and links to the articles. Enjoy researching!

Here is a list of articles assigned last week for the Q1 informative/research writing - for the names of the students assigned to each article, please follow this link:


6 Causes of Cancer that Can Be Prevented
9-Step Plan to Control Your Anger
10 Bad Habits that Age You
A Blood Test for Depression Shows the Illness Is Not a Matter of Will
Among Malaria Parasites, a Real Feel for Mosquitoes
Beating Back the Risk of Diabetes
Cheating Ourselves of Sleep
Drink Soda Take 12,000 Steps
Eat These Treats, Live Longer
Happiness and Your Health
How Can I Slow Aging with Exercise
How to Live Longer by Having a Little Fun
Important Numbers to Keep Track of For Better Health
In a Chair, Take a Break
Learning How to Exert Self-Control
Purpose in Life Brings Longevity
Stems Cells, Plenty of Hope, but Halting Progress
Training Dogs to Sniff Out Cancer 
What are Some Anti-Aging Superfoods
What are the Most Important Things I can Do to Live Longer
Would Most Women Rather Look Young or Thin? Survey Says
Tai Chi Eases Depression in Elderly


It may also be good, in your writing, to tie together your article with the story - Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. For example, if the four guests had just shown a little more self-control, the outcome might have been better. These brief allusions may be used in either the introduction or conclusion paragraphs, or both.

Also, it may be possible to have a follow-up activity in class, where groups of students get together and share similarities in their articles & research, then share with the whole class. We could have groups on anti-cancer, good nutrition, good habits, and so on. One way is to have each group just stand up and talk about their findings. Another way is to have a "jigsaw," where representatives from each group are sent to the other group, and come back and explain their findings to their original group. Then the original group could stand up and briefly share a summary of their findings in comparison with what they learned from the other groups. It takes longer but is more fun, assuming everyone's prepared.

I urge you to start early on this assignment, while keeping up with the reading in class. Our reading, writing, and speaking schedule take priority over things like grammar practice or standardized test practice. Keep a good attitude and steady pace, and watch the results over a few months!

You cannot depend on your eyes...

You cannot depend on your eyes....

                                                               ....when your imagination is out of focus.
           
                                                                                                                      - Mark Twain


Welcome to American Literature class, where I hope your imagination will be sparked, and a fire will result in your mind; the kind that warms and comforts, and keeps one going through the cold night.

Make no mistake, there will be cold nights coming at some point in your future, but if you develop your mind, here through a love of reading and literature, no one will be able to take away what you have developed.

We will endeavor to look at central readings in American literature, because these shed light on American culture and history while developing an awareness of masterful expression. The voices of the authors should ring out - hear Walt Whitman's barbaric yawp - or get drawn into American novels right from the start: "Call me Ishmael." Or "I am an invisible man." It's a rich subject - one you can sink your teeth into, and drink deep, coming away satisfied.

A mention is due to our new system attending both A and B classes in American literature. It is one course with two periods per day. The A class is essentially the literature class, while the B class could be considered a "language arts" class, wherein we will focus on writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Speaking will happen most in the A classes. We also have "testing practice" in the B classes, and right now we are focusing on TOEFL, but later we will try other tests. There will be both timed tests and "going over answers" with testing strategies. Both A and B classes combine for ONE grade. Enough said.

Welcome again to the class, and doubt NEVERMORE the beauty of what you will experience!

Q1 Readings – Collections 1 Early America (to 1800) & 2 American Romanticism (to 1860)

HW1 The Sky Tree – Native American Readings            p. 26 – 3-5 x 3

HW2 Sinners in Hand of Angry God – J. Edwards          p. 51 – 5-9                                            TEST

HW3 Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano 9/2                 p. 65 –1,2,7,8,9,10

HW4 Ben Franklin Readings – B. Franklin 9/4                p. 77 – auto: 2,3,5,7,8; Aphorisms: 1,2  TEST

HW5 Liberty or Death – P. Henry 9/9                               p. 85 – 4,6,8,9

HW6 The Crisis – T. Paine 9/11                                        p. 94 – 3,5,7,8 (+11 extra)                    TEST

HW7 Declaration of Independence – T. Jefferson 9/18     p. 106 – 2,4,5,6 (+3 extra)

HW8 Devil & Tom Walker – W. Irving 9/23                    p. 186 – 3,4,7,8,9 (+5,10 extra)             TEST

HW9 Nature & Self Reliance – R.W. Emerson (extra)     p. 211 – Nature: 5,6; Self-Reliance: 2,4

HW10 Civil Disobedience – H. D. Thoreau (extra) 10/7   p. 241 – 1,3,5,7

HW11 Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment – N. Hawthorne 9/30 p. 261 – 2,3,4,5,6,8 (+1,7 extra)           TEST

HW12 Gandhi & King readings      (extra) 10/3                 p. 247 – 4,5

Q1 Exams begin Monday, 10/13                                        12 readings in total for Q1

Extra Credit for HW: Read: Pit & Pendulum – E.A. Poe – do p. 293 – 2,3,5 (extra credit test available) 
Extra Credit for HW: Read: The Minister’s Black Veil – N. Hawthorne – answer questions 4-12 on p. 273 (extra credit test available) 

Extra Credit for HW: Read: from Walden, or Life in the Woods – H.D. Thoreau – answer 1-8 on p. 230 (extra credit test available) 
Extra Credit for HW: Read: from Moby Dick – H. Melville – do 1,2,4,5,7 on p. 335 

Extra Credit for Tests: Read the Period introductions for Collections 1 or 2: p. 6-19 on Encounters and Foundations to 1800 or p. 162-173 on American Romanticism 1800-1860, and then take test. If your score is higher than a selection test, you may substitute the grade.
Extra Credit for Tests: do any of the test for three extra credit reading above, or period intro readings. Also, for Wordly Wise vocabulary quizzes, you may substitute one publisher-made quiz for either 11.1 or 11.3. 

Extra Credit for Speaking: Do a “sermon” on a Bible passage, Franklin aphorism, or topic of choice. Arrange time to say it and get points added to your speaking grade.

Extra Credit for writing: Write a short comparative essay based on HW5 Liberty or Death & HW6 The Crisis. Explain differences in spoken and written persuasion, use of emotional and logical appeals, style, etc. Must be less than 2 pages.

All extra credit should be completed by October 3, 2014. This is one week before classes end for Q1. Recall Oct. 9-10 are off. 
Extra Credit: Help write or act in Thanksgiving play or skits (writing = Q1; acting = Q2; both applied where needed)

Additional extra credit assignments are available: reporting to class on warfare with American Indians, Puritan failings, Comparison of voting rights in your countries of origin (in groups) to America & make classroom poster or blog graphic, & written comparison of The Devil & Tom Walker with Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God, which were written around the same time & place. 

Q1 Writing and Speaking

Q1 Writing: Persuasive Essay 1 – student-generated topic

Q1 Writing: Informative-research 1– write on health or age-related issue, linked to HW11. Cite 3 different categories in bibliography.

Q1 Speaking: Narrative 1 – give advice as if to a younger family member based on real event in your life. Use photo while speaking

Q1 Speaking: Informative 1 – Agree to topic from list regarding: health, health care system, elderly, heroic or dastardly acts, protests

Q1 Speaking: Collaborative 1 – groups will be graded on how they work together in reading groups; there is also peer assessment 

Q2 Poetry Readings from Collections 1 to 3; Collection 4: The Rise of Realism – Civil War to 1914

HW13 –The Burning of Our House – A. Bradstreet   p. 30 – 2,3,4,7 TEST

HW14 –Thanatopsis – W.C. Bryant                            p. 193 –2,3,4,7

HW15 –Tide Rises, Tide Falls – H. Longfellow         p. 201 – 4,5,7,8 (+9 extra)

HW16 –The Raven – E.A. Poe                                    p. 303 – 3,4,6,7 TEST

HW17 –I Hear America Singing – W. Whitman        p. 366 – 2,3,5

HW18 –Song of Myself 10 – W. Whitman                 p. 372 - #10:3,4,5; # 33:2,4,6

HW18 –Song of Myself 33 – W. Whitman 

HW19 –Sight in Camp at Daybreak – W. Whitman   p.381 – 1,2,3,4,7

HW20 –Song of Myself 52 – W. Whitman                 p.374 – 2,3,4,5,7 TEST

HW21 –Tell Truth Slant – E. Dickinson                     p. 400 – 1,3,4,5

HW21 –Success is Sweetest – E. Dickinson                p. 400 – 1,2,3,4  TEST

HW22 – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge             p. 497 – 2,3,4,5

HW23 –  Civil War readings – Gettysburg address, etc.  p. 519 – 2,3,4,5 TEST               

HW24 – The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County – M. Twain   p. 533 – 4,5,6,7 TEST

HW25 – The Lowest Animal – Mark Twain               p. 542 – 2,4,5,6 TEST (combined)

HW26 – To Build a Fire – Jack London                      p. 561 – 1,3,5,6 

Extra Credit: Read “Cross of Snow” by Longfellow and do any questions p. 202
Q2 goes from 10/20 to 12/12, and Q2 Exams begin on 12/15