WEEKLY AGENDA FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE
JANUARY 25th - JANUARY 29th:

Monday, January 25th:
Read background on the Civil War
Read “The Gettysburg Address” (pages 304 - 305)
Read “What the Black Man Wants” (329 - 330)
Analysis; Socratic circle

Tuesday, January 26th:
Please bring your vocabulary book; Unit 5 will be assigned today and will be due on Friday, January 29th.
Read “A Prayer” by Mark Twain
Analysis; Socratic circle

Wednesday, January 27th:
Please bring your grammar book; assignment on restrictive/nonrestrictive phrases will be given. This will be due on Monday, February 1st.
Begin reading “An Occurrence at Owl Creek”.

Thursday, January 28th:
Warm-up: Write five sentences using words from your unit 5 vocabulary with restrictive/nonrestrictive phrases.
Continue reading “An Occurrence at Owl Creek”.

Friday, January 29th:
Poetry:
Walt Whitman: “Song of Myself” and “Captain, My Captain”
“Behind the Blue and Gray” (pages 322-323)