Week of December 17th

Monday, Dec. 17th (F)
· Due: Read Ch. 6 & 7 and complete dialectic journal entries (two important quotations and meaningful discussion per chapter, please).
· Class: Return and discuss common assessments; character profiles; literary criticism groups will meet.

Tuesday, Dec. 18th (S)
· Due: Read Ch. 8 & 9 and complete dialectic journal entries.
· Class: Discussion of the reading; vocabulary review.

Wednesday, Dec. 19th (U)
· Class does not meet.

Thursday, Dec. 20th (M)
· Due: Read Ch. 10 & 11 and complete dialectic journal entries; study for vocabulary quiz on Unit #5.
· Class: Vocabulary quiz; update character charts; literary criticism groups will meet.

Friday, Dec. 21st (T)
· Due: Continue reading The Scarlet Letter.
· Class: Poetry and parody: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.”

Have a happy and safe holiday vacation! Please note that there IS some reading to complete over the break.

Wednesday, Jan. 2nd (W)
· Due: Read through Ch. 15 in The Scarlet Letter and complete dialectic journal entries; don’t forget to record evidence for your group presentation as you go.
· Class: More fun with Hawthorne!

Further Reading

Interested in learning more about the Transcendentalists? Check out these sites:

The Web of American Transcendentalism
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
American Transcendentalism at Washington State University

It's a complicated philosophy, well worth spending some time with independently.

Week of December 10th

Monday, Dec. 10th (U)
• No class today. Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
• Due: Transcendentalist Scrapbook projects are due. If you were out last week, you need to show me your annotations of Thoreau today for credit.
• Class: Share projects; rewriting Hawthorne activity; sign out The Scarlet Letter.

Wednesday, Dec. 12th (T)
• Due: Vocabulary exercises for Unit #5 and read Ch. 1 of The Scarlet Letter.
• Class: “Questioning the Author” with Ch. 1.

Thursday, Dec. 13th (W)
• Due: Read Ch. 2 & 3 and complete dialectic journal entry #1. See the back of your printed calendar for an example.
• Class: Discussion of the reading. Public humiliation as punishment.

Friday, Dec. 14th (H)
• Due: Read Ch. 4 & 5 and complete dialectic journal entry #2.
• Class: Discussion of the reading. Introduce literary criticism sleuthing.

Monday, Dec. 17th (F)
• Due: Read Ch. 6 & 7 and complete dialectic journal entry #3.
• Class: Discussion of the reading. Character profiles.

Week of December 3rd

Monday, Dec. 3rd (T)
· Due: Excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”; Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.”

Tuesday, Dec. 4th (W)
· Due: Study for vocabulary quiz. Start reading the Thoreau packet.
· Class: Vocabulary quiz on Unit #4. Emerson, aphorisms, and trends in Transcendentalism.

Wednesday, Dec. 5th (H)
· Due: Excerpt from “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading. Introduce Transcendentalist scrapbook; practice with cartoons.

Thursday, Dec. 6th (F)
· Due: Excerpt from “Resistance to Civil Government” by Henry David Thoreau and study questions.
· Class: Discussion of the reading; Emerson to Thoreau; more Transcendentalist trends.

Friday, Dec. 7th (S)
· Due: Draft of two artifacts (minimum) for your scrapbook.
· Class: Share and peer edit; “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Monday, Dec. 10th (U)
· Class drops today.

Tuesday, Dec. 11th (M)
· Due: Finished Transcendentalist scrapbook.
· Class: Introduction to The Scarlet Letter.