NOVEMBER 30TH WEEKLY SCHEDULE
for
11th GRADE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Monday, November 30th:
Pair up with your partner(s) and finish up your “maxim” explorations. 
Present the maxim you discovered in Abigail Adam’s letter along with the following answers:

What rule of conduct does the maxim suggest?
Does the maxim express a universal truth?
Is the maxim still relevant today?
Why is it better sometimes to use maxims than straight commands?

Tuesday, December 1st:
Shortened day!

Please bring your WRITER’S CHOICE grammar book; pages 542 - 544; exercises 9 and 10 will be assigned today; This will be due on Friday, December 4th.

Begin reading in INTEGRATED LITERATURE, pages 218 - 224, “American Romanticism”, “Before Reading” and “Self Reliance” by Henry David Thoreau.

For homework: In the text book, INTEGRATED LITERATURE, answer questions 2 and 5 on page 224.
Work on “Literary Focus: Figurative Language” on page 224.

Wednesday, December 2nd:
Read “Before Reading”; page 225;
Read “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau; pages 226 - 230

Thursday, December 3rd:
Read “Civil Disobedience”; page 231 - 233;
On page 234, answer questions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

Friday, December 4th:
On page 235, do “Vocabulary Studies”
Your grammar homework is due today; WRITER’S CHOICE; page 542 - 544; exercises 9 and 10.