September

2013
Ms. Marsh ~ American Lit
Sunday 1 Monday 2
-First day of School! -Welcome & Introductions -Reading Inventory

Without struggle, there is no progress.

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-Introduction to the Overarching Concept for the year. -Discuss Douglass quote. HW WNB entry

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-Discuss WNB entries. -Read Self=Made Men by Douglass

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-Unit 1 Begins The Colonial Period Introduce American Literary Periods. -Mini-lesson on the Colonial Period/ Mini-lesson on Note-taking -Read The Earth on the Turtles Back aloud

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-More stories from Native American Stories -Native American Stories Activity -Perform skits

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-Read excerpts from Journal of the First Voyage to America. -Discuss the issues faced by those traveling to America during that time period

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-Re-visit The Colonial Period notes -Read excerpts from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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-Introduce The Crucible with a PreReading Guide -Begin reading.

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The Crucible

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The Crucible -Introduce final assessment for the unit Expository Essay

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The Crucible

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The Crucible -Expository Essay Topic Due

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-Finish The Crucible -Begin research for essay

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