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Week of August 29

Aug. 29: Meet with History--Introduction and pass out schedule.    (Day 1)
Aug. 30: Discuss Connell's Mrs. Bridge.    (Day 1)
Aug. 31: Continue discussion of novel; reading quiz.    (Day 2)
Sept. 1: Begin film.    (Day 3)
Sept. 2: film continues.    (Day 4)


Week of September 5

Sept. 5: No school-Labor Day.    .
Sept. 6: Journal due on Connell; Begin reading Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in class.
Vocab. assigned 1-5.   (Day 5)
Sept. 7: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp.1-84.    (Day 6)
Sept. 8: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 84-113.    (Day 7)
Sept. 9: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 113-51; essay assigned.    (Day 8)


Week of September 12

Sept. 12: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 115-201.    (Day 9)
Sept. 13: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 201-28.    (Day 10)
Sept. 14: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 229-59.    (Day 1)
Sept. 15: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pp 259-81 (end).    (Day 2)
Sept. 16: Conclude discussion of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.    (Day 3)


Week of September 19

Sept. 19: Essay on HF due; begin Emerson's "Self-Reliance" in class.    (Day 4)
Sept. 20: Double history.    (Day 5)
Sept. 21: continue Emerson discussion.    (Day 6)
Sept. 22: Begin Whitman, "Song of Myself;" Vocab. Quiz, lists 1-5.    (Day 7)
Sept. 23: Founding Brothers, preface and ch. 1.   Reading quiz.   (Joint)    (Day 8)
Introduction to Founding Brothers project.


Week of September 26

Sept. 26: Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Two.   (Joint)    (Day 9)
Sept. 27: Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Three.   (Joint)    (Day 10)
Sept. 28: Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Four.   (Joint)    (Day 1)
Sept. 29: Reading quiz on Founding Brothers, Chapter Five.   (Joint)       (Day 2)
Sept. 30: Founding Brothers, Chapter Six.   Reading quiz.   (Joint)    (Day 3)
Problem proposal with list of sources due.


Week of October 3

Oct. 3: Double History.    (Day 4)
Oct. 4: Double English: assign vocab.; continue Whitman (see video).    (Day 5)
Oct. 5: Continue Whitman.    (Day 6)
Oct. 6: Discuss Ginsberg's "Supermarket in California."    (Day 7)
Oct. 7: 50/50: All students take test on Transcendentalism first half; then history.    (Day 8)


Week of October 10

Oct. 10: No school-Columbus Day.   
Oct. 11: First draft of Founding Brothers project due.    (Day 9)
Begin Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Discuss "Custom House" chapter.
Oct. 12: PSAT.   
Oct. 13: Double English: The Scarlet Letter, pp 45-72.    (Day 10)
Oct. 14: Double History.    (Day 1)
Read The Scarlet Letter, pp 72-91.


Week of October 17

Oct. 17: The Scarlet Letter, pp 92-118. Assign essay.    (Day 2)
Oct. 18: The Scarlet Letter, pp 118-145.    (Day 1)
Oct. 19: The Scarlet Letter, pp 146-166.    (Day 2)
Oct. 20: Final draft of Founding Brothers project due.    (Day 1)
The Scarlet Letter, pp 167-188.
Oct. 21: The Scarlet Letter, pp 189-214.   Vocab. quiz, Lists 6-10.    (Day 2)


Second Quarter Assignments

Week of October 24

Oct. 24: Vocab. lists 11-15 assigned; The Scarlet Letter, pp. 215-40 (end).    (Day 1)
Oct. 25: Conclude discussion of Hawthorne.    (Day 2)
Oct. 26: see video of mini-series.    (Day 3)
Oct. 27: Essay due on Hawthorne.    (Day 4)
Oct. 28: No classes.   In-Service Day.


Week of October 31

Oct. 31: Begin Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, p. 1-42.    (Day 5)
Nov. 1: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 43-71.    (Day 6)
Nov. 2: 50/50: history test; The Sun Also Rises, pp. 72-95.    (Day 7)
Nov. 3: Double History.    (Day 8)
Nov. 4: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 96-116.    (Day 9)


Week of November 7

Nov. 7: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 117-30; assign essay.    (Day 10)
Nov. 8: 50/50 (Joint):   History first;   then The Sun Also Rises, pp. 131-150.    (Day 1)
Nov. 9: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 151-73.    (Day 2)
Nov. 10: Double History.    (Day 3)
Nov. 11: vocab. quiz, lists 10-15; The Sun Also Rises, pp. 173-191.    (Day 4)


Week of November 14

Nov. 14: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 192-230; vocab. assigned: lists 16-20.    (Day 5)
Nov. 15: The Sun Also Rises, pp. 230-252 (end).    (Day 6)
Nov. 16: work on Hemingway essay in lab.    (Day 7)
Nov. 17: Double English.   see Hemingway bio.    (Day 8)
Nov. 18: 50/50: History test; essay on The Sun Also Rises due; finish film.    (Day 9)

Week of November 21

Nov. 21: Begin Morrison's Beloved, pp. 3-42.    (Day 10)
Nov. 22: Beloved, pp.43-73.    (Day 1)

Week of November 28

Nov. 28: Video: Amistad.   writing topics passed out.   (Joint)    (Day 1)
Nov. 29: Video: Amistad.   discussion follows.  (Joint)    (Day 2)
Nov. 30: Beloved, pp. 74-134; essay assigned.    (Day 3)
Dec. 1: Beloved, pp. 135-65.    (Day 4)
Dec. 2: Beloved, pp. 169-99; vocab. quiz, lists 16-20.    (Day 5)



Week of December 5

Dec. 5: Amistad paper due.   Read Beloved, pp. 200-229.    (Day 6)
Dec. 6: Beloved, pp. 230-262.    (Day 7)
Dec. 7: Beloved, pp. 263-75 (end).    (Day 8)
Dec. 8: cumulative vocab. quiz; review for exam.    (Day 9)
Dec. 9: Review for semester exam.    (Day 10)



Week of December 12

Dec. 12: Reading Day.