Week of February 23rd.....

AP Literature:
Students should be working on their:

• Invisible Man Research Paper
• Reading Invisible Man

Students should be ready to give me an almost completed outline for their research on Friday the 27th. If students need extra help, they should see me after school. 

Honors American Literature: 

Students are wanting to complete some re-writes of previous written assignments. They may rewrite anything they have written in this class because I want them to LEARN! I know I do grade harshly, but it is only to make them better writers and to prepare them for their future. All rewrites are due by February 27th. They can rewrite the research paper, the Romantic Poetry Response and/or their All the Pretty Horses Response #1. 

Students should be reading All the Pretty Horses and write their 2nd journal by Friday, February 27th. If they need any help, they can always come after school and ask any questions they may have. 

In class, we will be discussing the tenants of Transcendentalism, Emerson and Thoreau. 

Regular American Literature: 

We will continue our discussion of Romanticism and Transcendentalism in reference to Into the Wild. The students are doing a great job relating the themes of the novel to other works and to themselves.  

Week of February 16th....

AP Literature:
We are fast approaching exam day, Wednesday May 6th! In class, we are taking more time to focus on close, detailed reading as read Invisible Man and other texts. Students will have an exam over the next section of Invisible Man, Chapter 10-13.

Honors American Literature:
Outside of class, students should be reading All the Pretty Horses. Students will have their next quiz on Friday,  February 27th over Section II of the novel. In class, we are going to focus on Romanticism and Gothic Romanticism this week. Both topics relate directly to the themes in the novel, All the Pretty Horses.

Regular American Literature:
We have just finished our book study on Into the Wild. Students seemed to really enjoy the text and could relate well to the themes. Now, we are going to connect those themes to American Transcendentalism. We will be studying Emerson and Thoreau, as well as Walt Whitman.

Week of February 9th...

AP Literature:
We will focus on close reading strategies for Invisible Man, including imagery and diction. Our main focus will be how can we use what we know about diction to determine tone. We will take our first quiz over Invisible Man on Friday, Chapters 1-9 and Blog #14.

Honors American Literature:
This week, the student teacher will  introduce Romanticism and discuss themes of the literary movement. Students will read poem selections from Walt Whitman and Longfellow and discuss the differences between fixed and free verse along with the themes of the poems.


Regular American Literature:
We will finish up Into the Wild. Our discussion with focus on the themes of the book and how they themes apply to us.