Agenda for week of September 14, 2009

Hello all,

Here is the agenda for this week:

• Monday: In Class Notes for Romanticism and the Gothic, Transcendentalism, Nationalism. Hw: Thomas Jefferson's "The Declaration of Independence" annotated and 2page lit response.


• Tuesday-Thursday: A focus on reading for understanding and fluency using Henry David Thoreau's "A Resistance to Civil Government" ( see the hyperlink or Norton Anthology of American Literature 829-844)and Dialectic Journals. Remember you must show that you understand the main ideas by summarizing the main points and then show that you understand the principles of the rhetorical triangle AND the philosophies of Romanticism, Transcendentalism, or Nationalism in your explanations of the quotes that you chose.


• Homework for Tuesday-Thursday: Tues= Phyllis Wheatley bio and poems, annotations and 2page lit response. Wed=Walt Whitman bio, selections from "Song of Myself", annotations, and 2pg lit response. Thurs=Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby", annotations, and 2page lit response. Also make sure you've continued to study for the vocab quiz because...


• Friday: YOU HAVE A VOCAB QUIZ ON THE 1st 30 WORDS. Also, be ready for a Thoreau, Chopin, Whitman discussion.

No homework over the weekend. You've earned it!