American Civilization English	Ms. Gordon
	Daily Assignments	First Quarter

Aug. 22

Aug. 28

Sept. 4

Sept. 11

Sept. 18

Sept. 25

Oct. 2

Oct. 9

Oct. 16

Oct. 23

Oct. 30

Nov. 6

Nov. 13

Nov. 20

Nov. 27

Dec. 4

Dec. 11

Week of August 22

Aug. 22:	Introduction.   Meet with History.   Begin discussion of King of King's County.    (Day 1)
Aug. 23:	Discuss Terrell's King of King's County.    (Day 2)
Aug. 24:	Discuss Terrell's King of King's County..    (Day 3)
Aug. 25:	J310 journal #1; get King project assignment.    (Day 4)

Week of August 28

Aug. 28:	Meet with history:   Dr. Schulkin's presentation on land acquisition for railroads and interstates.    (Day 5)
Aug. 29:	vocabulary quiz: Lists 1-5; wrap up King.    (Day 6)
Aug. 30:	J310 writing on King topics.    (Day 7)
Aug. 31:	meeting with Whitney Terrell at 10:30 (reading day on Huck Finn)    (Day 8)
Sept. 1:	J310 finish writing King project; turn in at end of class.    (Day 9)

Week of September 4

Sept. 4:	Holiday.    Read People, pp 57-63.
Sept. 5:	Double History.    (Day 10)
Sept. 6:	discuss Huck Chapters 1-7.    (Day 1)
Sept. 7:	discuss Huck Chapters 8-11.    (Day 2)
Sept. 8:	discuss Huck Chapters 12-17; topics for Huck paper distributed    (Day 3)

Week of September 11

Sept. 11:	vocabulary quiz: Lists 6-10; discuss Huck, Chapters 18-21.    (Day 4)
Sept. 12:	discuss Huck, Chapters 22-27.    (Day 5)
Sept. 13:	discuss Huck, Chapters 28-32.    (Day 6)
Sept. 14:	J310: work on and complete first draft of Huck Finn.    (Day 7)
Sept. 15:	Founding Brothers, preface and ch. 1.   (Joint)    (Day 8) Introduction to Founding Brothers project. List of recommended Websites for project.

Week of September 18

Sept. 18:	Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Two.   Huck Finn papers returned.   (Joint)    (Day 9)
Sept. 19:	Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Three.   (Joint)    (Day 10)
Sept. 20:	Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Four.   (Joint)    (Day 1)
Sept. 21:	Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Five.   (Joint)    (Day 2)
Sept. 22:	Founding Brothers, Chapter Six.   (Joint)    (Day 3) Problem proposal with list of sources due.

Week of September 25

Sept. 25:	final draft of Huck Finn paper due (J310); reading day.    (Day 4)
Sept. 26:	discuss first two acts of The Crucible.    (Day 5)
Sept. 27:	see film clips; discuss Acts Three and Four.    (Day 6)
Sept. 28:	discuss Act Five; view film clip; journal assigned (#2).    (Day 7)
Sept. 29:	First draft of Founding Brothers project due (J310).    (Day 8)

Week of October 2

Oct. 2:	Double English:   vocab quiz, lists 11-15; in class response (journal #2) by end of class.    (Day 9)
Oct. 3:	Double History.    (Day 10)
Oct. 4:	introduction to the American Transcendentalists.    (Day 1)
Oct. 5:	discuss Thoreau's Walking.    (Day 2)
Oct. 6:	finish discussion of Thoreau's Walking.    (Day 1)

Week of October 9

Oct. 9:	Holiday.
Oct. 10:	Final draft of Founding Brothers project due.    (Day 2)
Oct. 11:	discuss Emerson's "Self Reliance".    (Day 1)
Oct. 12:	continue "Self Reliance" discussion; get journal entry #3    (Day 2)
Oct. 13:	vocab quiz, lists 16-20; wrap up of Emerson.    (Day 1)

Second Quarter Assignments

Week of October 16

Oct. 16:	finish discussing Walking by Thoreau.    (Day 2)
Oct. 17:	discuss Emerson's "Self Reliance.    (Day 3)
Oct. 18:	PSAT
Oct. 19:	Whitman poetry (handout).    (Day 4)
Oct. 20:	Whitman poetry.    (Day 5)

Week of October 23

Oct. 23:	wrap up Whitman.    (Day 6)
Oct. 24:	discuss On the Road, Part One.    (Day 7)
Oct. 25:	discuss On the Road, Part Two.    (Day 8)
Oct. 26:	Double History.    (Day 9)
Oct. 27:	In-Service Day.

Week of October 30

Oct. 30:	Double History.    (Day 10)
Oct. 31:	Double English: vocab quiz (lists 21-25); On the Road, Part Three.    (Day 1)
Nov. 1:	wrap up of On the Road.    (Day 2)
Nov. 2:	Double English: exam over On the Road.    (Day 3)
Nov. 3:	journal #4 due; reading day, The Scarlet Letter.    (Day 4)

Week of November 6

Nov. 6:	discuss The Scarlet Letter, chapters 1-5; get topics of SL paper.    (Day 5)
Nov. 7:	discuss The Scarlet Letter, chapters 6-10..    (Day 6)
Nov. 8:	discuss The Scarlet Letter, chapters 11-16.    (Day 7)
Nov. 9:	discuss The Scarlet Letter, chapters 17-21.    (Day 8)
Nov. 10:	wrap up discussion of The Scarlet Letter; get "Bartelby" handout.    (Day 9)

Week of November 13

Nov. 13:	vocab quiz (lists 26-30); discuss "Bartleby" by Herman Melville.    (Day 10)
Nov. 14:	finish Melville discussion.    (Day 1)
Nov. 15:	begin viewing Dead Man Walking.    (Day 2)
Nov. 16:	finish viewing Dead Man Walking.    (Day 3)
Nov. 17:	discuss the film; journal #5 assigned.    (Day 4)

Week of November 20

Nov. 20:	work in J310 on journal entry #5; work on Scarlet Letter character analysis.    (Day 1)
Nov. 21:	finish working on first draft of character analysis and hand in.    (Day 2)