NOVEMBER 23rd WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
11th GRADE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Monday, November 23rd:
Warm-up: Using five words from Unit 3, write five sentences with adverbial clauses.
Go over Unit 3 vocabulary
Go over your adverbial clause homework.
Break into groups and create one tableau (frozen picture) from a scene in THE CRUCIBLE

Tuesday, November 24th:
Not a shortened day!
Warm-ups: Using five words from Unit 3, write five more sentences with adverbial clauses
Read pages 183 - 185, “Letter to John Adams”; and answer questions 2, 3, and 5 on page 185
Beak into groups and answer “Literary Focus: Maxims” on page 187.

OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT FROM 6 - 8 p.m. Your parents will pick up your midterm report card.

Wednesday, November 25th:
Minimum Day!
Warm-ups: Using five more words from Unit 3, write five more sentences with adverbial
clauses.
Read pages 218 - 224. “American Romanticism”; “Before Reading”; “Self Reliance” by Henry David Thoreau
Answer questions 2 and 5 on page 224
Work on “Literary Focus: Figurative Language” on page 224.

If you are not happy with your essay grade, then you may rewrite the essay incorporating the corrections, staple the rewritten version on top of the original and turn them both in. If the corrections are sufficient, then your grade will be raised one letter: if you made a “c/b” and you rewrite the essay, then the grade will be raised to a “b/a”.

You may also do the rewrites on your tests. Write out the question to which you gave an incorrect response and then write out the correct response on a separate sheet of paper, then staple the rewrite to the test and turn in. The rewrite will earn you one higher letter grade; for example, if you failed the test, the rewrite will earn you a “D”; if you earned a “C” then the rewrite will earn you a “B”.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!