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SYLLABUS FOR WASELKO CP ENGLISH 11 – AMERICAN LITERATURE NOTE: All content and dates are subject to change. This syllabus, some readings, notes, rubrics, and useful

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DATES UNIT TEXTS AND WORK WORK AND READINGS DUE

M – 10/21

T – 10/22

W – 10/23

R – 10/24

F – 10/25

M – 10/28

T – 10/29

W – 10/30

R – 10/31

F – 11/1

M – 11/4

T – 11/5

W – 11/6

R – 11/7

F – 11/8

REALISM (CIVIIL WAR TO 1914)

*Work on Hawthorne chart

*Go over Ethan Frome vocab #1

*Ethan Frome group vocab #1


*Discuss/Work on Hawthorne outline

*ACT Reading #1 – do first essay together

*ACT Reading #1 – finish class essay and start to finish

test individually

*ACT Reading #1 –finish test individually

*ACT Reading #1 – go over / begin corrections

*ACT Reading #1 – go over / continue corrections

*Realism/Naturalism notes

*Ethan Frome vocab test #1

*ACT Reading #1 – time to continue corrections

*Read Douglas bio and Narrative (pages 397-403)

*MLA research notes/practice – source cards

*Read Bierce bio and Occurrence (pages 422-30)




*Civil War readings (pages 448-51)


*Read Crane bio and A Mystery (pages 433-41)


*Read A Mystery (pages 433-41)

*Red Badge of Courage Great Books video (25 min)

*London bio and To Build a Fire reading (pages 479-92)



* To Build a Fire reading (pages 479-92)

*_____ None

*_____ EF vocab #1 individual

*_____ EF vocab #1 group

*_____ None

*_____ Work on ACT Reading 1


*_____ ACT correction progress

*_____ EF vocab test #1



*_____ F. Douglas bio reading

*_____ Douglas “Narrative” reading

*_____ Hawthorne outline



*_____ A. Bierce bio reading

*_____ “An Occurrence…” reading

*_____ ACT corrections DUE!!!

*_____ Civil War readings

*_____ None

*_____ S. Crane bio reading

*_____ Crane “Mystery…” reading


M – 11/11

T – 11/12

W - 11/13

R – 11/14

F – 11/15

M – 11/18

T – 11/19

W – 11/20

R – 11/21

F – 11/22

M – 11/25

T – 11/26

THANKS

M – 12/2

T – 12/3

W – 12/4

R – 12/5

F – 12/6

*Chopin bio and “A Pair of…” reading (pages 504-8)


*Twain bio reading (pages 457-8)

*“The Lowest Animal” reading (pages 469-473)

*Ken Burns’s Twain bio excerpts

*“Adam’s Diary” (supplemental) excerpt

*Twain quotes reading

*Twain writing

*Great books video on Huck Finn (25 min)

“Jumping Frog” reading (pages 460-6)

*Ethan From pre-writing sheets

*Begin reading Ethan Frome (expect daily quizzes)

*Rubric and explanation of Ethan Frome project

*Read / discuss/pre-write Ethan Frome


*MLA research notes/practice – note cards




*MLA research notes/practice – practice




*MLA research notes/practice – quiz

*NO SCHOOL

*Personality sheet and Ethan Frome project pre-writing


*Computer lab 124 to work on Ethan Frome project



*_____ J. London bio reading

*_____ London “To Build” reading

*_____ Chopin bio reading

*_____ “A Pair of…” reading

*_____ Read “Lowest Animal” and bio

*_____ “Adam’s Diary” reading

*_____ Twain writing

*_____ “Jumping” reading

*_____ Read E. Frome – 1-17 (intro)

*_____ Read EF – 18-40 (chaps 1-2)

*_____ Read EF – 41-63 (chaps 3-4)

*_____ Read EF – 64-76 (chaps 5-6)

*_____ Read EF – 77-92 (chap 7)

*_____ Read EF – 93-103 (chap 8)

*_____ Frome pre-writing progress

*_____ Source/Note card quiz

*_____ Finish EF

*_____ Read EF – 104-130 (chap 9 and

conclusion)



*_____ Progress on Frome project



*_____ Ethan Frome project will be

due on Friday, December 13




M – 10/21

T – 10/22

W – 10/23

R – 10/24

F – 10/25

M – 10/28

T – 10/29

W – 10/30

R – 10/31

F – 11/1

M – 11/4

T – 11/5

W – 11/6

R – 11/7

F – 11/8









test individually























*_____ None



*_____ None
















*_____ None




M – 11/11

T – 11/12

W - 11/13

R – 11/14

F – 11/15

M – 11/18

T – 11/19

W – 11/20

R – 11/21

F – 11/22

M – 11/25

T – 11/26

THANKS

M – 12/2

T – 12/3

W – 12/4

R – 12/5

F – 12/6








*Twain writing

















*NO SCHOOL















*_____ Read EF – 18-40 (chaps 1-2)

*_____ Read EF – 41-63 (chaps 3-4)

*_____ Read EF – 64-76 (chaps 5-6)

*_____ Read EF – 77-92 (chap 7)

*_____ Read EF – 93-103 (chap 8)



*_____ Finish EF

*_____ Read EF – 104-130 (chap 9 and

conclusion)






