| American Civilization English | Ms. Gordon | |
| Daily Assignments | First Quarter |
| Aug. 19 | Aug. 25 | Sept. 1 | Sept. 8 | Sept. 15 | Sept. 22 | Sept. 29 | Oct. 6 | ||||||||||
| Oct. 13 | Oct. 20 | Oct. 27 | Nov. 3 | Nov. 10 | Nov. 17 | Nov. 24 | Dec. 1 | Dec. 8 |
| Aug. 19: | history/English for 25 minutes; English 35, history 35; (Day 1)
journal # 1 assigned. |
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| Aug. 20: | continue discussion of Johnny Got His Gun. (Day 2) |  |
| Aug. 21: | continue discussion of Johnny Got His Gun. (Day 3) |
 | Aug. 22: | continue discussion of Johnny Got His Gun. (Day 4)
journal # 1 due in class. |
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| Aug. 25: | wrap up discussion of Johnny Got His Gun. (Day 5) |
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| Aug. 26: | test over Johnny Got His Gun. (J310) (Day 6) |  |
| Aug. 27: | vocabulary quiz over lists 1-5; (Day 7)
begin reading Huck Finn. |
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| Aug. 28: | discuss Huck Finn, chapters 1-7. (Day 8) | |
| Aug. 29: | discuss Huck Finn, chapters 8-11; (Day 9) get topics for Huck Finn essay. |
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| Sept. 1: | Holiday. | |
| Sept. 2: | discuss Huck Finn, chapters 12-17. (Day 10) ; | |
| Sept. 3: | discuss Huck Finn, chapters 18-21; (Day 1)
submit page one of essay (intro + 1st body P). |
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| Sept. 4: | discuss Huck Finn, chapters 22-27. (Day 2) | |
| Sept. 5: | wrap up Huck Finn. (Day 3) | |
| Sept. 8: | first draft of Huck Finn essay due; (Day 4) begin viewing A Family Thing. |
| Sept. 9: | continue viewing A Family Thing. (Day 5) | |
Sept. 10: | finish viewing A Family Thing and discuss. (Day 6) | |
Sept. 11: | in class journal response to A Family Thing. (Day 7) | |
Sept. 12: | Founding Brothers, preface and ch. 1. (Joint) (Day 8) 50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
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| Sept. 15: | Founding Brothers, Chapter Two. (Day 9) 50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
| Sept. 16: | Founding Brothers, Chapter Three. (Day 10) 50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
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Sept. 17: | Reading Day to catch up or get ahead in your reading in Founding Brothers. (Day 1) | |
Sept. 18: | Founding Brothers, Chapter Four. (Day 2) 50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
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Sept. 19: | Founding Brothers, Chapter Five. (Day 3)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
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| Sept. 22: | Founding Brothers, Chapter Six. (Day 4)
50/50 chance of a reading quiz. |
| Sept. 23: | Unit test on Founding Brothers. (Day 5) | |
Sept. 24: | work on final draft of Huck Finn paper. (Day 6) | |
Sept. 25: | vocabulary quiz over Lists 6-10. (Day 7) | |
Sept. 26: | work on final draft of Huck Finn essay in J310; (Day 8)
hand in at end of class. |
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| Sept. 29: | quiz over Chapters 1-5 in The Scarlet Letter; discuss. (Day 9) | | Sept. 30: | quiz over Chapters 6-10; (Day 10) discuss + reading day (Double English). |
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Oct. 1: | quiz over Scarlet Letter, chapters 11-16; discuss. (Day 1) | |
Oct. 2: | quiz over Scarlet Letter, chapters 17-21; discuss. (Day 2) | |
Oct. 3: | quiz over remainder of Scarlet Letter ; wrapup. (Day 1) | |
| Oct. 6: | Double History. (Day 2) | | Oct. 7: | begin viewing Dead Man Walking. (Day 1) | |
Oct. 8: | continue viewing Dead Man Walking. (Day 2) | |
Oct. 9: | finish viewing Dead Man Walking and discuss. (Day 1) | |
Oct. 10: | in class response to novel and film (J310). (Day 2) | |
| Oct. 13: | Holiday. | |
Oct. 14: | PSAT strategies review; journal #3 due. (Day 1) | |
Oct. 15: | PSAT | |
| Oct. 16: | introduction to American Transcendentalism. (Day 2) purchase Walking by Thoreau |
| Oct. 17: | Discuss Walking (first half) (Day 3) | |
| Oct. 20: | vocab quiz: lists 11-15; finish discussing Walking (Day 4) | | Oct. 21: | discuss selection from Emerson's Self-Reliance; . (Day 5) get Whitman handout |
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Oct. 22: | watch Whitman video (Day 6) | |
Oct. 23: | discuss Whtiman selections; journal #3 (Day 7) | |
Oct. 24: | Video: Half Slave, Half Free. (Double History) (Day 8) | |
| Oct. 27: | follow up discussion of Half Slave, Half Free (Day 9) | |
| Oct. 28: | review of writing issues (Day 10) | |
| Oct. 29: | in-class response to HSHF in J310 (Day 1) | |
| Oct. 30: | vocab quiz: lists 16-20; reading day, On the Road (Day 2) | |
| Oct. 31: | In-service day; work on journal #3 and read On the Road |  |
| Nov. 3: | On the Road, Part I quiz: followed by discussion; (Day 3) journal #3 due |
| Nov. 4: | On the Road, Part II quiz: followed by discussion (Day 4) | |
Nov. 5: | On the Road discussion (Day 5) | |
Nov. 6: | On the Road, Part III quiz: followed by discussion (Day 6) | |
Nov. 7: | On the Road, Part IV quiz: followed by discussion (Day 7) | |
| Nov. 10: | wrap up discussion of One the Road (Day 8) | | Nov. 11: | Double English: vocab quiz: lists 21-25; (Day 9) begin viewing Heartbeat |
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| Nov. 12: | finish viewing Heartbeat (Day 10) | | Nov. 13: | discuss film (Day 1) | |
Nov. 14: | in-class response to OTR + HB J310: journal #4 (Day 2) |
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| Nov. 17: | introduction to joint project on Glory (Day 3) begin viewing film: double English |
| Nov. 18: | finish viewing Glory (Joint) (Day 4) | |
| Nov. 19: | follow up discussion of film (Day 5) | | Nov. 20: | double history (Day 6) | |
Nov. 21: | double history: exam in J310 (Day 7) | |
| Nov. 24: | in-class work on Glory project (Day 8) | |
Nov. 25: | in-class work on Glory project; due at end of class (Day 9) | |
| Dec. 1: | vocab quiz: lists 26-30; reading day (Day 10) |
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| Dec. 2: | quiz over Frederick Douglass; begin discussing Douglass (Day 1) | |
| Dec. 3: | discuss Douglass (Day 2) | |
| Dec. 4: | individual presentations from (Day 1) My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery |
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| Dec. 5: | individual presentations from (Day 2) My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery |
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| Dec. 8: | review for vocabulary cumulative (Day 1) | |
| Dec. 9: | vocabulary cumulative test (Day 2) | |
| Dec. 10: | last journal of the quarter: in J310 (Day 1) + folder + previously marked journals |
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| Dec. 11: | Review for semester exam. (Day 2) | |
| Dec. 12: | Review for semester exam. (Day 1) | |
| Dec. 15: | Reading Day | |
| Dec. 16: | Semester Exams | |
| Dec. 17: | Semester Exams | |
| Dec. 18: | Semester Exams | |
| Dec. 19: | Semester Exams | |