SEPTEMBER 21st
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
AMERICAN LITERATURE

Monday, September 21st:

Break into groups and finish working on the posters for the presentations:

1st group: page 42; "Corn: the Builder of Cities"

2nd group: page 43;"The Animal That Changed History"

3rd group: page 45: "Language History"

Present the posters and the information to the rest of the class.


Tuesday, September 22nd:

Shortened day.

Read poetry by Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley and a brief excerpt from an early American woman’s travel journals.


Wednesday, September 23rd:

Your vocabulary unit one is due today.

Remember to:
Write out the word; the part of speech; the definition and the phrase. Under “Completing the Sentence”, just write out the correct vocabulary word; under “Synonyms” and “Antonyms”, write out the words and then write and underline the vocabulary word; under “Choosing the Right Word”, just write the correct vocabulary words.

Read page 44 in LITERATURE: An Integrated Study: “The Gullah Dialect”. The class will break into groups and write a skit employing the “Gullah” dialect which will be presented to the class.


Thursday, September 24th:

Read Samuel Sewell’s “Diary of a Witch Trial” pages 56-57.

Read an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s account of a witch trial (from handout).

Break into groups of three and compare and contrast the two versions. On construction paper write three ways they are similar and three ways they differ and present to class.

Friday, September 25th:

Read Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”