Last update of this page: December 8, 2011        Research Paper information below - Check the timeline!!!

Textbooks Title: The Language of Literature: American Literature

InterActive Reader's avaolable

Literature Study

Native American Literature - "The World on the Turtle's Back" and Coyote Stories. Study of Mythology based on the work of Joseph Campbell.

The Puritan Tradition - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" "The Examination of Sarah Good" "History Clashes with Commercialism" The Crucible

American Gothic and Suspense Literature - Essay "Danse Macabre" Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Click here for "The Masque of the Red Death" questions

Click here for hypertext with pop-up links to aid in the understanding of "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Click here for questions and other guidance as you read "The Fall of the House of Usher" [NOTE: the pages numbers do not correspond with our text.]

More Poe criticism "The Fall of the House of Usher" Essay #1   Essay #2   Essay #3

Vocabulary Help for "The Fall of the House of Usher" Click Here

Novel Study - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Watch this space for links and downloads!

Books will be issued on ___________. Handouts, reading guides, and other materials will supplement the reading.

The journey down the "mighty Mississsip'" begins on _________. Don't miss the riverboat!
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ONLINE YOU MAY BEGIN READING ANYTIME!!!!!!  Audio Book Link - Read and Listen!

davelandblog.blogspot.com

(Dates will be added as assignments are made)

11/2: Begin Vocabulary. Exercise on Identifying Dialect Handout; Read "Introducing the Novel" Handout Discuss.
Read "Point of View" Handout; HW: Textbook - Tall Tales p. 679 and Dialect p. 679.
11/4: Power Point on Huck Finn - take notes. Issue novels.
11/7: Read in class chapters 1 - 3 - identify expository elements, local color realism, regional literature elements, setting, dialect, and description. Begin Content Reading Guide Handout and Detailed Reading Guide Handout. These guides should be used in accordance with the daily reading assignment. HW: Read Chapters 4 - 5.
11/8: Discuss reading. HW: Read Chapters 6 - 8.
11/9: Discuss reading. HW: Read Chapters 9 - 11.
11/10: Discuss reading. HW: Cause/Effect Relationships Handout (25 points). HW: Read Chapters 12 - 14.

11/14: Discuss reading. Be sure to up-to-date on all questions.

11/15: TEST #1 on Chapters 1-14. HW: Read Chapters 15 - 16.
11/16: Discuss reading. HW: Read chapters 17 and 18.
11/17: Discuss reading. Irony - Situational and Dramatic Irony/Figurative Language Handout(60 points). HW: Read chapters 19 - 21.
11/28 - 12/2: Are your questions and notes up-to-date? Finish book! Collect Irony - Situational and Dramatic Irony/Figurative Language Handout. The Anti-hero Handout. Finish all questions, organize and update notes. "Can't Live Without You" Activity.
11/30: Begin Research Project in class. See Timeline and Requirements below.
TBA: Analysis TEST.