Week of February 2nd...

AP Literature:

Remember, this week we will taking a field trip to MLK Jr. Historical Site in Atlanta as we prepare to read Invisible Man. Please remember to complete Blog #13. This week will be devoted to preparing for the AP exam. We will do MC questions and practice Question 3, as well as view and discuss samples.

Honors American Literature:
This week, we will focus on close reading strategies and how to approach the novel, All the Pretty Horses. On Friday, you will have a reading day.

Regular American Literature:
This week, we will finish with Chapter 10 and take our 2nd Quiz for Into the Wild.

Week of January 26...

AP Literature:
This week, we will read Trifles and discuss the elements of drama. We also have a Vocabulary Test for Units 9-12 on Wednesday, the 28th.

Honors American Literature:
We will turn in our major research project on Monday, the 26th. Also this week, we will take our Units 9-12 Vocabulary Test. Students will have time to study and prepare on Tuesday. Also, we will begin All the Pretty Horses near the end of the week in class.

Regular American Literature:
We will continue our study and discussion of Into the Wild. Students will complete their questions and journals.

Week of January 19th...

AP Literature:
This week, we are going to work on some strategies to revise our last essays. In particular, how to organize a literary analysis essay.

Honors American Literature:
We are coming to the end of our Research Paper project. The research paper is due on January 26th. We will be working on Peer Editing and going to the lab for students to type this week.

Regular American Literature:
We will look at "To Build a Fire" in reference to Into the Wild and discuss how Chris admired the ideas of Naturalism. We will continue to read Into the Wild.

Week of January 12th...

This semester, students will be working with a student teacher from Shorter, Mr. Goodrich. He will be teaching and co-teaching most classes this semester through May. If you have any questions, please email me. Thanks!

AP Literature 

This week, we will turn in our Formal Response for The Awakening. We focused on analyzing poetry last week, and we will write a AP-style response over the poem your group analyzed. We will begin reading short stories this week and analyzing elements of short fiction.

Honors American Literature

We are still working on our Research Project. Students have selected a topic and researched their sources. Students compiled an Annotated Works Cited and turned it in last Friday. This week, we will work on organizing notes, creating an outline, and citing sources in the paper using MLA. Students have two work days in the lab.

American Literature

We will continue to read and work through Into the Wild. We will work through chapters 4-6 this week. On Friday, we will have a Quiz over chapters 1-5.

Week of January 5th...

AP Literature: 

This week, we will read a short critical piece and begin the formal response for The Awakening. We will also be reading some poetry selections from the Blue Book. Bring the Blue Book each day.

Honors American Literature: 

Research Paper Time! We will work on the research paper almost the entire month of January! This week you will be choosing your topic and collecting your sources and notes. We will have three lab days this week for you to get started.

Regular American Literature:

We are going to start 2015 off right with a book study. We will be reading Into the Wild together in class and completing activities for the book.