Gatsby Reading Schedule
In Class: QUEST See me to make up ASAP if you were on the fieldtrip.
Hwk: NONE, but if you want to read and take notes on The Great
Gatsby, you can get ahead for the weekend (Ch. 1-2)
Vocab Ch. 1-2
Paternal contempt: fatherly dislike/discontent
Fractiousness: argumentative
Supercilious: arrogant
Incrediulously: disbelievingly
Cynical: doubtful
Sophisticated: formal, elegant, civilized
Scorn: anger, disdain, disrespect
Perceptible vitality: obvious livelihood
Discreetly: inconspicuously, subtly
Interposed: to place between; cause to intervene
Hauteur: arrogance, pride
Affected: exaggerated, pretentious
Mincing: to soften, moderate, or weaken (one's words), esp. for
the sake of decorum or courtesy.
Disdain: great dislike, scorn
1) Rewrite your paper DUE 11/18 +5 or 11/20 +3 or 11/23 no extra
2) Review for your test: KNOW your historical background notes!!
Review Douglass’s narrative, Jacobs’ narrative & Sojourner
Truth’s speech
Reflect on elements of style and how they relate to each piece
Be ready to compare the pieces
Be ready to discuss the traits and purposes of each author!
USE YOUR CODE NAME PLEASE!!
HOMEWORK: 1) See pages 1281-1282
for possible structure
2) Compare and contrast the three major selections studied in this
unit.
3) Come up with a thesis that determines some concept to prove
about the three.
4) Prove your thesis by directly comparing the selections.
5) Use MLA formatting
6) Don't worry about in-text citations on this particular essay.
HOMEWORK
Read "Harriet Jacobs Owns Herself" Annotate the packet for:
1) Style & language
2) Qustions you have
3) Details that surprise or offend you
4) How well you would have fared in her circumstances.
HOMEWORK
"The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
by Frederick Douglass
Directions: Answer the following questions in
complete sentences & to
the best of your ability. Please write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper. Remember that the best answers will CITE SPECIFIC
EVIDENCE from the narrative as support as well as EVALUATE the
evidence in response to the prompt.
1. How did Frederick’s feelings about himself change over
the course excerpt? Cite specific evidence from the narrative.
2. Describe a choice that Frederick makes & then analyze specifically
what that choice shows about what kind of person Frederick is.
3. If you were to pick one word to describe Douglass, what would
it be & why? Note: your answers for 2 & 3 must be different.
4. Describe the author’s language.
a. Is it formal or informal? Give an example.
b. Is it concise or elaborate? Give an example.
c. Is it objective (matter-of-fact) or subjective (personal & emotional)?
Give an example.
5. Keeping in mind his purpose, why does Douglass choose to use
the kind of language that he uses? What does his language prove
about him?
6. Give a modern day situation where a person might read this narrative & feel
inspired by Douglass.
Media Center for Carrer Information
Homework: A House Divided
STUDY FOR YOUR TEST!
Put your packet together:
Romantic & Transcendentalist
Celebrations of the Self Cover page related to the concepts
Cornell Notes w/gist p. 338-342
19th Century American Lit CN w/gist
Annotated "Psalm of Life"
Aphorism Analysis "Self-Reliance" stamped
Worksheet on Transcendentalists (Thoreau)
1 Side of One Page: How these authors are
Homework: 1) 1 Side of One Page MLA: How are the Romantic and
Transcendentalist writers and their writings different than their
predecessors? BE SURE TO give examples and explain what you mean
thoroughly. 2) Extra Credit: See Junior Extra Credit on my wiki
page! Follow Directions!
1) Read Ralph Waldo Emerson p. 363
2) Find the aphorisms & write
them down.
3) Explain what they mean
4) AND go on the Wikki and put your
name and email address http://fthswiki.org/
Extra Credit Copy Change Instructions
1. Reread Whitman’s poems on pages 397 and 399.
2. Pay careful attention to the pattern of the words on the page.
3. Notice that it is free verse.
4. Review the catalogue of people he uses for each
5. Review his tone in each.
6. CHOOSE ONE POEM
7. Rewrite the poem using MODERN examples of people and their experiences
to replace those Whitman has used.
8. Be sure to use the same tone as Whitman used.
9. Be sure to use the same poetic style
10. Try to imitate his sentence structure WITHOUT COPYING WORD
FOR WORD.
11. Your poem must have the same number of lines as the Whitman
poem you’re copy changing.
12. Make sure you proofread…maybe even rewrite it so that
it is neat and legible.
13. Be ready to present/share.
Homework: Read Whitman p.394 – 399 answer
questions on 398-399
HOMEWORK:
1) Cornell Notes "Spirit of Individualism" p.-340-342
2) Read Psalm of Life &
3) ANNOTATE for Poetic devices: Stanzas
Meter-rhythm (look @ lines 25-28)
Rhyme scheme (abab, cdcd, efef)
Very Structured
Optimism
Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Imagery, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia,
Antithesis, etc.
4) ANSWER: In what ways does it celebrate the concepts that are
typical in Romantic literature?
HOMEWORK:
1) Annotate the President's
Speech to Students for the 3 Appeals
& Rhetorical Styles
2) Study for your test:
Wednesday
3) Get your packet together: Due Wednesday
3) REHEARSE Project
Homework:
1) study for your test: Wednesday
2) get your packet together: Due Wednesday
3) Project Due Monday
TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS
Review for Colony to Country
1) Who is Anne Bradstreet?
2) Review your notes on the historical background of Puritans both
from the book and in class
3) Review your notes on the Salem Witch Trials
4) What is archaic language? Give an example.
5) What is inverted syntax?
6) What does it mean when something is biased?
7) Who is Sarah Good?
8) What was she accused of and why?
9) Review your notes on the Revolutionary writers that you took
from my website
10) What are the three appeals of an argument? Give an example
of each.
11) What are the four rhetorical styles? Give an example of each
12) Which appeal are Wheatley, Adams & Henry most notable for?
13) Which quote/quotes are most significant from each author?
14) Who is de Crevecoeur?
15) What is de Crevecoeur’s main point?
16) Look over the vocabulary for Speech and de Crevecoeur
Homework: 1) Study for the test 2) Put together packet 3) Project Due Monday
PACKET INFORMATION
TITLE PAGE
Picture related to the literature
Title: Early American Literature: From Colony to Country
Heading: Name Box #, Teacher, Class- Period, Date
CONTENTS & ORDER 1) Cornell Notes “Between Heaven & Hell” TEXTBOOK
Formatted properly with GIST
2) Heaven & Hell Quiz
3)Cornell Notes “Puritan America” PPT Formatted properly with GIST
4) Cornell Notes “Salem Witch Trials” PPT Formatted properly with
GIST
5) Anne Bradstreet Questions & Paraphrase
6) Examination of Sarah Good Q&A
7) 1S1P QW: Connect Literature to History
8) “Sinners” Art”
9) Early American Notes FROM WEBSITE
Phillis Wheatley Essay Question #3 (Think About)
10) Speech in a Virginia Convention Questions
11) Graphic Organizer—Rhetoric—Speech in a Virginia Convention
12) Adams evaluation
13) Speech in a Virginia Convention Words to Know Skill Builder
1) Read the Abigail Adams letters in your textbook (285-286) and
the handout I gave you.
2) Fill out the chart for
Adams'
3) Write an evaluation of the appeals and rhetorical
devices she uses.
IN CLASS:
SSR & QW: 911
Check Homework
Discuss Wheatley
Vocabulary pre-reading
HOMEWORK
Early American PowerPoint
Read Patrick Henry p. 262
Answer the questions on the handout.
Review your notes and poems! You have a quiz on Anne Bradstreet
on Friday!
NOTES on
Salem Witch Trials
IN CLASS: Read "The Examination of Sarah
Good" p. 144 answer the questions that follow.
HOMEWORK: 1) Answer questions 1-6 for "The
Examination of Sarah Good" p. 144 2)Write
1 Side of 1Page Word Processed: How do these selections reflect
the information in your historical background notes?
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