American Lit Q1 Week One Agenda

September 7-11, 2010

Honors American Literature (11th grade)

Week 1: Orientation and Summer Reading Assignments

Day 1 (90 mins) Day 2 (90 mins.) Day 3 (45 mins.)

Tues 9/8 & Wed 9/9 Thurs 9/10 & Fri 9/11

 Welcome back! I am excited  Collect forms  Holiday (Labor Day)

to get to know you better  Discuss Long Article
this year as we journey  Establishing Voice: rhetorical
through American literature terms to know and use;
together. framework for discussing &
 We will begin our discussion writing about literature:
with the question what does HOW & WHY?
it mean to be an American?  What does it mean to be an
What stories, themes, music American? flag project
help us to understand who  Discuss summer assignment
we are? We will expand for Moby Dick
upon our understanding
with each new piece of
literature.
 Opening day lockers, forms,
procedures, books, folders,
my webpage, syllabus
 Why do we study literature?
William Long article
HW: HW:
 Read William Long article  Complete summer
 Return forms: emergency assignment for Moby Dick –
treatment form, publicity due Mon/Tues
release, handbook p.97 code
of conduct, syllabus