Weekly Agenda for AMERICAN LITERATURE
JANUARY 18th - JANUARY 22nd:

Monday, January 18th:
No school today in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Tuesday, January 19th:
Go over your grammar homework on appositives.
Continue to go over your “The Cask of Amontillado” handouts
Break into groups of three or four and create short skits showing verbal, dramatic and situational irony.

Wednesday, January 20th:
Present your skits on verbal, dramatic and situational irony.
Your “Cask of Amontillado” handout is due today.

Thursday, January 21st:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences with appositives using your Unit 4 vocabulary.
Read “The Black Cat”
Present “The Black Cat” as reader’s theatre piece.

Friday, January 22nd:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences with appositives using your Unit 4 vocabulary
“The Raven”
Examine what makes “The Raven” so effective: internal rhymes; feminine rhyme scheme; rhythm; imagery; mood.
Answer questions on “The Raven”.