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Studies in American Literature
Course Description/Overview: Welcome to American Literature! We will be reading a lot of extremely interesting pieces this year, as well as some challenging ones. As long as you stay on top of your work, you will be successful in the class. The primary goal in most literature classes is to analyze, interpret, and reflect. We will also be composing MANY writings. There will be a major paper due each quarter, as well as many short pieces. You must be able to read and write to succeed here and within life!
Supplies the Students Need for this Class
- A Pocket Folder
- Black or Blue Pens
- Lined paper
Writing Focuses:
Persuasive/Argumentative Literary Analysis || Comparative Research
*Parents: Please take your student to the bookstore/library to obtain something of interest to them for these reading days. While I do have some novels to borrow, the choices are limited. The goal of these reading days is to stress the importance of reading and to help students become lifelong readers and learners.
Persuasive/Argumentative Literary Analysis || Comparative Research
- We will be incorporating several short stories, poetry, and non-fiction pieces that are found in the textbook. All students’ primary focuses, however, will be on improving their writing skills/abilities significantly throughout the year. To attain this we will be reading a wide variety of materials, while constructing varying types of written works. It will be because of our consorted efforts (parent, teacher, and student) that we will ensure that actual learning will take place by the end of the year.
- Students will be assigned and required to read additional independent novels. Independent reading days will (generally) be on Fridays. A Reader’s Response will be a required assignment on this day.
*Parents: Please take your student to the bookstore/library to obtain something of interest to them for these reading days. While I do have some novels to borrow, the choices are limited. The goal of these reading days is to stress the importance of reading and to help students become lifelong readers and learners.
Current Unit: The House on Mango Street
Assignments in Blue indicate that it should have been completed and turned in at this time.
[Exception: Study guides should be turned in on the day of the quiz or test which covers the specific guide]
UNIT ONE: How our Identities are shaped by Society:
Native American and Colonial Texts
UNIT TWO: How Our Identities are shaped by society as we grow up:
The House on Mango Street and Persepolis
UNIT THREE: How Our identities impact the way we are seen by others:
The Harlem Renaissance and Maus
UNIT FOUR: How our identity impacts our choices:
Of Mice and Men and Op-Ed Unit and A Gathering of Old Men
Assignments in Blue indicate that it should have been completed and turned in at this time.
[Exception: Study guides should be turned in on the day of the quiz or test which covers the specific guide]
UNIT ONE: How our Identities are shaped by Society:
Native American and Colonial Texts
UNIT TWO: How Our Identities are shaped by society as we grow up:
The House on Mango Street and Persepolis
UNIT THREE: How Our identities impact the way we are seen by others:
The Harlem Renaissance and Maus
UNIT FOUR: How our identity impacts our choices:
Of Mice and Men and Op-Ed Unit and A Gathering of Old Men
Common Worksheets:
Supplementary Media Choices may include:
A&E Biography: Edgar Allan Poe/John Steinbeck/Mark Twain/Robert Frost [TV-G]
A Gathering of Old Men [TV-PG]
Alfred Hitchcock's The Shadow of Doubt [PG]
Belle [PG]
Of Mice and Men [PG-13]
One Day at a Time [TV-PG]
OT: Our Town [PG]
Our Town [G]
Persephone [PG-13]
The Crucible [PG-13]
The Grapes of Wrath [G]
Young Riders (TV-PG)
Persepolis [PG]
Diary of Anne Frank