SEPTEMBER 14TH AGENDA FOR
11TH GRADE AMERICAN LITERATURE


Monday, September 14th:

Today you will be writing a five paragraph first person narrative based on our reading of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”. The essay is from the perspective of a slave on board a ship bound for the New World. The perspective should incorporate the five senses - the sights, the sounds, the smells, the touch and the taste - that are being experiences by the slave. This essay will be due on Tuesday, September 15th.


Tuesday, September 15th:

Shortened Day!

Your essay is due today.

As soon as we receive our VOCABULARY WORKSHOP: LEVEL F; Unit One will be assigned to you.

Read and discuss:
“La Relacion”; pages 14 - 17 in LITERATURE: An Integrated Study; first person narrative from the perspective of the Spanish explorer, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.

“Before They Got Thick” page 18 in LITERATURE: An Integrated Study, the Native American perspective of their first encounters with the European conquerors.

Discussion of the differing perspectives of the first encounters of the Native Americans and the European explorers.



Wednesday, September 16th:

Read “The Life of Mary Jemison” (page 34) in the literature text book.


Thursday, September 17th:

Read the poetry of Phyllis Wheatley and Anne Bradstreet.


Friday, September 18th:

Break into groups and make presentations of the following to the rest of the class:

First group: read and make class presentation on “Corn: Builder of Cities” (page 42)
Second group: read and make class presentation on “The Animal that Changed History” (page 43)
Third group: read and make class presentation on “Language History” (page 45)