Summer American Literature Syllabus

Summer Am Lit Syllabus

English Ten period 3

1. Continue Reading Fahrenheit 451. We left off on page 27 (PDF). Continue reading up to page 35. This is up to the first four pages or so into Part II
2. To those students who are missing journals, you may complete your journals based on Fahrenheit 451.
3. To those students who have not emailed me their fallacy report, it is now late, and will be penalized a full letter grade.

ERWC Period 1 Senior Reflective Essay Drafts

Be sure that you have identified your two moments which either: could be SCENE versus Summary or a claim that you make about a teacher or yourself that needs details.  Stretch out scene using the Image Details Strategy and then incorporate into new essay.  You will need to do this twice as discussed in class. You must submit a NEW draft of your Reflective Essay. Book Titles are italicized; "I" is always capitalized;and you must include Academic Reflection about yourself--this means a specific, detailed, discussion about your growth as a student.
Final Drafts due tomorrow by 1:15 pm (during Lunch period)

ERWC Period 1

1. Congrats to all of period 1 for 100% Completion of the Final Senior Reflective Essay!!!! However, I am not satisfied with the work that was submitted. Many of your essays are one draft shy of much better, convincing stories. Most of them however lack descriptive details.  Because of this, tomorrow, each of you will receive your Senior Reflective Essay Draft back, and we will work on a strategy called Idea/Detail, and Show Dont Tell. To get a head on tomorrow's lesson, please read pages 28-32 at the useful Writing Teacher's Handbook Writing Strategies pdf 
2. Although you were encouraged to finish reading The Stranger, you may not have since it was not listed on the Blog. Finish reading it.
3. Lastly, we will hear from the groups, The New Jim Crow and Mexican Whiteboy for sure tomorrow. If all groups do not have a chance to present, some groups may have to present afterschool on Tuesday or Wednesday.

ERWC period 1

Senior Reflective Essays are DUE TOMORROW!!!!! they must be typed. Please be sure to proof read them out loud before submitting. Please get to school early if you need to print out your essay. 

2. Tomorrow, we will hear from the following Expository Groups: The New Jim Crow; the second Always Running Group & possibly Mexican Whiteboy."

3. There may be a short reading quiz on the Stranger. 

English Ten Period 3

1. Reflection: using your Fallacy Notetaking sheet, respond to the following prompt using academic language: Which of the fallacies presented do you feel is most dangerous or present in Fahrenheit 451? Which fallacy do you feel children or adolescents are most likely to commit? Which of the fallacies do you think adults are more likely to commit?

English Ten period 3

1. Read Fahrenheit 451 up to page 18 in the PDF of Fahrenheit 451. The last sentence is: Montag felt the hidden book pound like a heart against his chest.
2. Answer the following: What are parlour walls? Who is Beatty? What is illegal for people to do or have in their possession? 4.How can we tell that Montag and Mildred are not happy? 5. Give two examples that individuals are not encouraged to think critically in the text so far.