American Literature (Period 1) Assignments

Ass. #54 Killer Angels Essay

EPT Essay Format for the Final Exam

• ¶1 What is the author’s argument
(claim)? Use the FATt sentence
format to begin your paragraph.
Then continue to explain the author’s
argument in the excerpt thoroughly.
• ¶2 Do you agree or disagree with
the author’s argument (claim)? Why?
• ¶3 Support #1
• Support your answer with an example (pick 1)
• from your own experience
• from your own observations
• from your own readings
• ¶4 Support #2
• Support your answer with an example (pick 1)
• from your own experience
• from your own observations
• from your own readings
• ¶5 Support #3
• Support your answer with an example (pick 1)
• from your own experience
• from your own observations
• from your own readings
• ¶6 Conclusion Paragraph

• Research Essay pg. 246
¶1 Overview
• What is the significant historical
issue or theme in the novel?
• What significant issue or theme of
the 21st century is that similar to?
• Who were the relevant figures and
what were the relevant events,
policies, beliefs, and acts of signi-
ficance described in the novel?
• How does the novel reflect the cul-
ture and values of its time?
• How are the culture and values in
the novel similar to the culture and
values in the 21st century?
¶2 Review
• Why do you think the author wrote
the novel?
• Who is the audience for this novel?
• What does the author do to make
this novel interesting to his audience?
• What does the author want his
audience to get from reading this
book?
¶3 Historical Interpretation
• How is the novel similar to the ideas expressed in “The Gettys-
burg Address?”
• How is the novel different from the
ideas expressed in “The Gettys- burg Address?”
• With this novel is the author trying
to make a comment about a past
issue or a current one?
• What is it?
• How do you know?
¶4 Evaluation
• Go on-line and do research on
Michael Shaara.
• What is his background?
• What makes him qualified to write
about the Civil War?
• What are his biases?
• What is the author’s attitude about
his subject?
• What do others say about the no-
vel?
• What are the novel’s strengths?
• What are the novel’s weaknesses?
• Overall, how effective is the novel
in describing what it was like to
fight in the Civil War?
¶5 Conclusion
• What is your perspective (opinion)
on the novel?
• How well does the novel address
the issue or theme you selected
for the 21st century?
• Do you recommend other students
read this novel? Why?
DUE: Monday, May 21st.

Round 3 AR Points due by 5:00 P.M.

Ass. #51 p. 177 Activity
• What is Mead’s argument (claim)?
• Do you agree or disagree with
Mead’s argument (claim)?
• Why?
• Support your answer with examples
• from your own experience
• from your own observations
• from your own readings

• Bring Killer Angels everyday
• Discuss pp. 240-241
• Ass. #50 pp. 242 to 244 Activities
• Later Conversations (8 bullets)
• Significant Moments
• North = Chamberlain at
Little Round Top
• South = Pickett’s Charge
• Significant Ideas
• North = to set other men free
• South = defending their home
land
• Sample Discussion Questions
(1 to 8)
• Text-based Conversations (1 to 8)

• Bring Killer Angels next Wednesday,
May 2nd.
• Monday Essay Exam (Select from
one of the choices on page 98)
• Ass. #48 pp. 233 to 236 Activities
• Reading Visual Texts (5 bullets)
• Getting Ready to Read (2 bullets)
• Introducing Key Concepts (2 bullet
• Surveying the Text (4 bullets)
• Reading the Text (6 bullets)
• Key Vocabulary
• Thinking Critically (4 bullets)

• Ass. #47 pg. 96 to 97 Activities
• Marking the Text (1 + 2)
• Words (3 bullets)
• Sentences (1 bullet)
• Map the Speech (7 squares)
• Logos (3 bullets)
• Ethos (1 bullet)
• Pathos (1 bullet)
• Other Questions (6 bullets)
• Bring Killer Angels next Wednesday,
May 2nd.

Round Two AR Points due by 5:00 P.M.

• Ass. #41 pp. 83 to 84 Activities
• p. 83 Surveying the Text (3 bullets)
• p. 83 Making Predictions (4 bullets)
• p. 83 Looking Closely at Language
(7 bullets)
• p. 84 First Reading Question
• Ass. #42 pp. 84 to 85 Activities
• p. 84 Say-Mean-Matter Chart
• p. 85 Questions about Logos (3
bullets)
• p. 85 Questions about the Writer
(2 bullets)
• p. 85 Questions about Emotions
(1 bullet)
• p. 85 Other Questions (3 bullets)

• Ass. #40 p. 77 Writing a Reflective
Essay: Getting Started
• describe an incident where you
observed metaphors of war being
used to motivate you or others
• discuss the impact these words
had on the listeners
• your personal thoughts and
feelings about these words used
• DUE: 9:10 A.M.

• Grammar Exercises 179 + 180
Grammar Test on Tuesday
• Ass. #38 pp. 75 to 77 Activities
• p. 75 Descriptive Outlining (1,2,3,
4a,4b,4c)
• p. 75 Summarizing and Respond-
ing (1,2,3)
• p. 76 Ethical Questions (1,2,3,4)
• p. 76 Emotional Qs (1,2,3)
• p. 76 Logical Qs (1,2,3,4)

• Grammar Exercises 177 + 178
• Ass. #37 pp. 73 to 34 Activities
• p. 73 In Class Quickwrite
• p. 73 Surveying the Text (3 bullets)
• p. 73 Making Predictions (3 bullets)
• p. 74 Looking Closely at Language
(word, predict meaning before
reading, guess meaning after
reading, dictionary definition)
• First Reading Annotating
• p. 74 Rereading the Text (3 bullets

• Grammar Exercises 173 + 174
• Ass. #33 pp. 63 to 67 Activities
Copy Questions, then answer.
p. 63 Questions
p. 65 Questions
p. 66 Questions
p. 67 Metaphor Chart

• Ass. #32 Final Draft (due Thursday)
• Typed Using Correct Manuscript Form
• Printed Out and Ready to Turn in
@ 8:00 A.M.
• If not printed out, it’s LATE.
• Penalty: 10% off each day late.

Nothing

• Grammar Exercises 169 + 170
• Correct 1st Draft with Partners
• Are there just enough events to
help the reader make sense of the
incident? Are they organized?
• Is the reader clearly able to see the significance of the incident?
• Are the scenes and incidents loca-
ted in specific places?
• Do the concrete sensory details
effectively describe the sights,
sounds, smells, tastes, and touch
of the scene?
• Do the concrete sensory details
effectively describe the specific
actions, movements, gestures, and
feelings of the characters?
• Does interior monologue depict the
main character’s thoughts and
feelings?
• Did I present the action to accom-
modate time, space, and mood
changes?
• Ass. #29 Los Angeles Incident
Narrative Second Draft
• Grammar Test on Thursday

• Grammar Exercises 167 + 168
• Ass. #24 AR Round 1 Total Points (was due on 2/24/12)
• Ass. #25 AR Round 1 Accuracy (was due on 2/24/12)
• Ass. #26 p. 47 Pre-write for your
place + incident in Los Angeles (same chart as the lunch food assignment)
• Ass. #27 p. 56 Chart (sequence of events and sensory details)
• Ass. #28 Los Angeles Incident Narrative First Draft

• Grammar Exercises 165 + 166
• Ass. #22 p. 49 Visual Image
• pp. 50 to 51 read and discuss
• Ass. #23 p. 52 Series of Events &
¶ Rewrite

• Grammar Exercises 163 + 164
• Culminating Activity for this Unit
• Biographical Narrative Standards
• Learning Goal: By the end of
today you will know the require-
ments for completing a biograph-
cal narrative.
• Ass. #20 p. 46 Chart
Fill out for 9 more food items you eat
at today or Tuesday’s lunch.
• Ass. #21 p. 47 to 48 paragraphs
• Using the food items on p. 46,
complete the paragraphs based on
your experience eating lunch today
or Tuesday.

• Grammar Exercises 161 + 162
• Ass. #18 p. 37 Vocabulary Chart
• Ass. #19 p. 38 Loaded Word Chart,
Pair/Triad Questions, Changing
Perspective ¶ rewrite

• Ass. #16 QW: My Favorite Place
to Eat in the L.A. area. (30 lines)
Describe the sights, sounds, and
smells of the location as well as how
you feel when you go there.
• Read “Coming Home to Van Nuys”
• Ass. #17 pg. 36 First Reading Qs
4 bullet questions (5 lines each)

• Grammar Exercises 159 and 160
Grammar Test on Monday
• Re-read pp.21 to 35 and underline
author’s personal opinions
• Ass. #13 pp. 16-17 Vocabulary Chart
• Ass. #14 p. 18 Pair Share (5 lines)
p. 18 Reread for Significance
(5 lines each) 2 questions
p. 19 Discussion (15 lines)

• Grammar Exercises 157 and 158
DUE END of PERIOD
• Ass. #9 pg. 11 Quickwrite (30 lines)
DUE Thursday
• Ass. #10 pg. 13 + 14 Worksheet
• Ass. #11 Compare + Contrast chart
• Read pages 21 to 35
• Ass. #12 Top of pg. 16 questions
(5 lines each minimum)

• Grammar Exercises 155 and 156
DUE END of PERIOD
• Ass. #4 pg. 5 questions
• Ass. #5 pg. 6 questions (15 lines)
• Ass. #6 pg. 9 questions (15 lines)
DUE Tuesday
• Ass. #7 How People Outside LA View
LA Circle Map (write down words)
• Ass. #8 How People From LA View
LA Circle Map (write down words)

• Ass. #1 Read, Interpret, Analyze &
Evaluate Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait
• Ass. #2 Frida Kahlo Analysis Essay
What message is Frida Kahlo ex-
pressing in her self-portrait? Support
your thesis statement (answer) with
evidence from the painting. (30 lines)

• Grammar Exercises 149 + 150
• Grammar Test on Thursday

• Earn 150 Points by 5 PM today.
• “What is an American?”
• Ass. #150 (289) Contrast
• Ass. #151 (289) Theme
• Ass. #152 Pg. 293 Qs (any 8)
pg. 294 Vocabulary
• Ass. #153 Pg. 294 Writing Option (1 or 2) 30 lines minimum
• Final Exam is on Tuesday
• 400 Multiple Choice Questions

• “Declaration of Independence”
• Ass. #146 (270) Parallelism
• Ass. #147 (270) Paraphrasing
• Ass. #148 Pg. 279 Qs (any 8)
pg. 280 Vocabulary
• Ass. #149 Pg. 280 Writing Option (1 or 2 or 3) 30 lines minimum

• “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God” by Jonathan Edwards
• Ass. #138 (152) Emotional Lang
• Ass. #139 (152) Persuasive Writin
• Ass. #140 Pg. 158 Qs (any 8)
pg. 159 Vocabulary
• Ass. #141 Pg. 159 Writing Option (1 or 2 or 3) 30 lines minimum
• In Your Notebook:
• Describe what hell is like.
• What do you have to do to end up
in hell?

• Ass. #133 Grammar Test 131 to 140
• “The Interesting Narrative of the Life
of Olaudah Equiano” (a slave)
• Ass. #134 (93) Slave Narrative
• Ass. #135 (93) Analyzing Details
• Ass. #136 Pg. 98 Qs (any 8)
pg. 99 Vocabulary
• Ass. #137 Pg. 99 Writing Option (1 or 2) 30 lines minimum

• Grammar Exercise 139 and 140
Grammar Test 131 to 140 on Wednesday
• “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William
Bradford (The Pilgrims)
• Ass. #129 (81) Summarizing
• Ass. #130 (81) Primary Sources
• Ass. #131 Pg. 88 Qs (any 8)
pg. 90 Vocabulary A
• Ass. #132 Pg. 89 Writing Option (1 or 2 or 3) 30 lines minimum

• Coyote Stories
• Ass. #121 (39) Strategies for Read
• Ass. #122 (39) Trickster Tales
• Ass. #123 Pg. 42 Qs (any 2)
Pg. 46 Qs (any 2)
• Ass. #124 Pg. 47 Writing Option (1 or 2) 30 lines minimum

• Grammar Exercise 135 and 136
• “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
• Ass. #117 (24) Causes & Effects
• Ass. #118 (24) Creation Myths
• Ass. #119 Pg. 31 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 32 Vocabulary A
• Ass. #120 Pg. 32 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3) 30 lines minimum

• Grammar Exercise 133 and 134
• “Song of the Sky Loom”
“The Hunting Song”
• Ass. #114 (33) Inferences
• Ass. #115 Pg. 34 Qs (any 2)
Pg. 37 (any 6)
• Ass. #116 Pg. 38 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
30 lines minimum

• “At the Justice Department”
• Ass. #110 (1118) Inferences
• Ass. #111 (1118) Style
• Ass. #112 Pg. 1120 Qs (any 8)
• Ass. #113 Pg. 1121 Writing Option (1 or 3) 30 lines minimum

• “Straw Into Gold”
• Ass. #106 (1227) VOICE
• Ass. #107 (1227) Structure
• Ass. #108 Pg. 1232 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 1233 Vocab
• Ass. #109 Pg. 1233 Writing Option (1 or 2) 30 lines minimum

• “Mother Tongue”
• Ass. #102 (1215) Main Idea
• Ass. #103 (1215) Tone
• Ass. #104 Pg. 1221 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 1222 Vocab
• Ass. #105 Writing Option (1 or 2)
p. 1222 (30 lines minimum)

• “Mexicans Begin Jogging”
“Legal Alien”
• Ass. #97 (1194) Writer’s Attitude
• Ass. #98 (1194) Tone
• Ass. #99 Pg. 1196 Qs (any 4)
Pg. 1198 Qs (any 4)
• Ass. #100 Writing Option (1 or 2)
p. 1199 (30 lines minimum)

• “Camouflaging the Chimera”
“Deciding”
• Ass. #93 (1111) Structure in Poetry
• Ass. #94 (1111) Speaker in Poetry
• Ass. #95 Pg. 1113 Qs (any 4)
Pg. 1116 Qs (any 4)
• Ass. #96 Writing Option
p. 1117 (30 lines minimum)

• “Ambush”
• Ass. #89 (1105) Internal Conflict
• Ass. #90 (1105) Connecting to
Experience
• Ass. #91 Pg. 1105 Qs (any 8)
• Ass. #92 Writing Option (1 or 2) p. 1110 (30 lines minimum)

• Ass. #85 (1095) Mood
• Ass. #86 (1095) Comparing Mood
• Ass. #87 Pg. 1098 Qs (any 4)
Pg. 1101 Qs (any 4)
• Ass. #88 Writing Option p. 1102 (30 lines minimum)

• “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”
“Why Soldiers Won’t Talk”
• Ass. #78 (1088) Imagery & Tone
• Ass. #79 (1088) Adjusting Reading
• Ass. #80 Pg. 1089 Qs (any 2)
Pg. 1093 Qs (any 6)
• Ass. #81 Writing Option (1 or 2)
p. 1094 (30 lines minimum)
• Ass. #82 Self-Assessment of My Learning
• Ass. #83 Habits of Mind

• Bring binder or folder with all assign-
ments on Tuesday.
1. Put in order
2. Fill out Self-Assessment of Learning and Habits of Mind Worksheets
3. Required if you want extra credit
for student led conference with
your parents.
4. You must attend.
5. You must bring your parent,
guardian, or relative over 18.

• Bring folder or binder with all assignments tomorrow to class
• You must attend and bring your parent/guardian/relative to the student led conference to receive the following extra credit points:
• A = 2 e.c. points
• B = 4 e.c. points
• C = 6 e.c. points
• D = 8 e.c. points
• F = 10 e.c. points

• “A Rose for Emily”
• Ass. #74 (516) Characterization
• Ass. #75 (516) Sequencing Events
• Ass. #76 Pg. 525 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 527 Vocab (1 to 15)
• Ass. #77 Writing Option (1, 2, 3 or 4) p. 526 (30 lines minimum)

• “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• Ass. #70 (1025) Understanding
• Ass. #71 (1025) Imagery
• Ass. #72 Pg. 1030 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 1032 Vocab A
• Ass. #73 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
p. 1031 (30 lines minimum)

• Keep all assignments for October 18
Student Led Conference Night
• Round 1 Silent Reading Points due
by today
• Grammar Exercises 119 + 120
Grammar Test 111 to 120 Tuesday
• “The End of Something”
• Ass. #64 (1018) Inferences
• Ass. #65 (1018) Detecting Rhythm
• Ass. #66 Pg. 1023 Qs (any 8)
• Ass. #67 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
p. 1024 (30 lines minimum)

Round 1 of AR Book Test Points Due

50 to 45 points = A
44 to 40 points = B
39 to 35 points = C
34 to 30 points = D
29 to 0 points = Fail

• Keep all assignments for October 18
Student Led Conference Night
• Round 1 Silent Reading Points due
by this Friday
• Grammar Exercises 117 + 118
• Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
• Ass. #60 (920) Mood
• Ass. #61 (920) Detecting Rhythm
• Ass. #62 Pg. 925 Qs (any 1)
Pg. 926 Qs (any 1)
Pg. 928 Qs (any 6)
• Ass. #63 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
p. 929 (30 lines minimum)

• Keep all assignments for October 18
Student Led Conference Night
• Round 1 Silent Reading Points due
by this Friday
• Grammar Exercises 115 + 116
• Selected Poems of Edwin Arlington
Robinson
• Ass. #56 (830) Characterization
• Ass. #57 (830) Evaluating
• Ass. #58 Pg. 831 Qs (any 2)
Pg. 833 Qs (any 6)
• Ass. #59 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
p. 834 (30 lines minimum)

• Grammar Exercises 113 + 114
• “The Notorious Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County”
• Ass. #52 (679) Dialect
• Ass. #53 (679) Tall Tale
• Ass. #54 Pg. 685 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 687 Vocabulary A+B
• Ass. #55 Writing Option (1,2 or 3)
p. 687 (30 lines minimum)

• Grammar Exercises 111 + 112
• “A Mystery of Heroism”
• Ass. #47 (593) Visualizing
• Ass. #48 (593) Naturalism
• Ass. #49 Pg. 602 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 604 Vocabulary
• Ass. #50 Writing Option (1,2 or 3)
p. 603 (30 lines minimum)

• Pg. 580 Connect to Your Life
Answer 2 questions in your notebook
• Sit with your partner
• “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge” p.580
• Ass. #44 (580) Point of View
• Third Person Omniscient
Narrator Knows Everything That
Is Going On Like God
• Third Person Limited
Narrator Only Knows What is
Going On With the Character
• Ass. #45 (580) Structure
• Ass. #46 Pg. 591 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 592 Vocabulary A+B
Pg. 592 Vocabulary A+B

• Ass. #39 Grammar Test 91 to 100
• Pg. 500 Connect to Your Life
Answer 4 questions in your notebook
• “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” p.500
• Ass. #40 (500) Allegory
• Ass. #41 (500) Foreshadowing
• Ass. #42 Pg. 514 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 514 Vocabulary A+B
• Ass. #43 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
p. 515 (30 lines minimum)

Agenda for September 16, 2011
• Grammar Exercises 109 + 110
Test on Tuesday
• Move & Sit with partner
• “The Raven”
• Ass. #35 (466) Conclusions
• Ass. #36 (466) Sound Devices
• Ass. #37 Pg. 471 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 472 Vocabulary A+B
• Ass. #38 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
30 lines minimum

• Grammar Exercises 107 + 108
• “The Masque of the Red Death”
• Ass. #31 (454) Allegory
• Ass. #32 (454) Clarifying Meaning
• Ass. #33 Pg. 462 Qs (any 8)
Pg. 463 Vocabulary A
• Ass. #34 Writing Option (1 or 2)
30 lines minimum

• Read "Walden"
• Ass. #23 (381) Author’s Observations
• Ass. #24 (381) Nature Writing
• Ass. #25 Pg. 392 Qs (any 8) and
Pg. 393 Vocabulary A + B
• Ass. #26 Writing Option (1, 2 or 3)
30 lines minimum

• Read “Civil Disobedience”
• Ass. #18 (369) Strategies
• Ass. #19 (369) Essay
• Ass. #20 pg. 378 Questions (any 8)
pg. 380 Vocabulary A + B
• Ass. #21 pg. 379 Writing Options
(1, 2 or 3) 30 lines minimum

• Bring $$$ for 8/31/11 Book Fair
• Extra Credit if Parents come Tuesday
to Back to School night @ 4:50 PM
• Grammar Exercise 99 + 100
Test on Wednesday
• Read “Self-Reliance”
• Ass. #13 (363) Summarizing
• Ass. #14 (363) Aphorism
• Ass. #15 pg. 367 Questions (any 8)
• Ass. #16 pg. 368 Vocabulary
pg. 368 Writing Options (1 or 2)
30 lines minimum

• Bring $$$ for 8/31/11 Book Fair
• Grammar Exercise 97 + 98
• Read “The Devil & Tom Walker”
• Ass. #9 (349) Visualizing
• Ass. #10 (349) Imagery
• Ass. #11 pg. 360 Questions (any 8)
• Ass. #12 pg. 361 Vocabulary A + B
pg. 361 Writing Options (1, 2, or 3) 30 lines minimum

Ass. #5 (344) Strategies Worksheet
Ass. #6 (344) Stanza Worksheet
Ass. #7 Two Circle Maps
• The Devil
• Money Matters
Ass. #8 Flow Chart of Events for "The Devil and Tom Walker"

Ass. #1 "A Psalm of Life" on page 344
• pg. 344 Connect to Your Life
• pg. 347 Questions (1 to 7 and comprehension check)

Ass. #2 "A Psalm of Life"
• pg. 348 Writing Options (1 or 2) (30 lines minimum)

Ass. #3 Latin Roots #1 Worksheet

Ass. #4 Latin Roots #2 Worksheet

Bring the following to class:

• Period 1 Notebook
• Big Yellow Textbook
• Silent Reading Book

Have a good day.

Ass. #22 Writing Workshop: Reflective Essay Worksheet