American Literature Period 1 Homework

1. Re-read the Declaration of Independence up to the second page (103). Translate an additional six (6) of the reasons the colonists declared independence. You should have a total of 12 by Monday. Bring the handout to school

Journal Topics Contem. Comp

Select one of the following and respond in your notebook or designated journal:
1. Luck be a lady tonight...
2. Fortune, that errant whore...
From time immemorial, luck or fortune has often been personified as a lady or a woman.  Why is fortune or luck thought to be like a lady or feminine? Why is luck not perceived as a man? Discuss.

Contemporary Composition Period 2

What is Contemporary Composition/Literature?  Listen to the following lecture and find three additional web source to define contemporary literature; its themes; its distinctions from previous literary forms.
The Contemporary Period

Summer 2016 Contemporary Composition

1. Complete the SOAPS, Academic Summary and Levels of Questions for "A Song on the Front Yard" by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Am. Lit Summer 2016

Journal topic Response due a tthe beginning of the period: 

What is freedom? What does it mean to be free? What does it take to be free? Are we free or are there strings attached? To What? To Whom? (Select any one, or a combination. Write your response in your notebook. It must be a full page.)

Summer American Literature Syllabus

Summer Am Lit Syllabus