Quarter 4 Weekly Schedule
A Week
NOTE: Any assignment turned in a week after it is due will receive no credit.
Monday, March 16
Introduce: Harlem Renaissance
Discuss Raisin in the Sun: pages 23 – 53
Discuss: “A Dream Deferred” (handout)
Discuss: Vocab unit 13
In-class writing response
Wednesday, March 18
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 54 - 75
Discuss vocab unit 13
In-class writing response
Friday, March 20
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 76 - 95
Quiz: Vocab unit 13
Monday, March 23
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun 96 - 130
In-class writing response
Assign vocab unit 14
Wednesday, March 25
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 131 - end
In-class writing response
Discuss vocab unit 14
Monday, March 30
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun
Review: A Raisin in the Sun
Quiz: Vocab unit 14
Wednesday, April 1
Test: Harlem Renaissance part 1
View first part of Raisin in the Sun
Friday, April 3
View Raisin in the Sun
In-class writing
Assign: writing assignment 1
SPRING BREAK (April 6 – April 17)
Monday, April 20
Finish viewing and discuss movie: A Raisin in the Sun
Introduce: Langston Hughes and review Harlem Renaissance
Read and discuss: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (926)
Wednesday, April 22
Read and discuss Hughes:
“I, Too” (929)
“Dream Variations” (930)
“Refugee in America” (931)
Assign: Writing assignment
Monday, April 27
Read and discuss Claude McKay:
“The Tropics in New York” (932)
“Outcast” (handout)
Review for Hughes and McKay mini-test
Wednesday, April 29
Mini-Test: Hughes and McKay’s poetry
Introduce Postmodern and contemporary fiction
Friday, May 1
Read and discuss Grace Paley: “A Conversation with My Father” (handout)
In-class writing
Monday, May 4
Read and discuss Tim O’Brien: “How to Tell a True War Story” (handout)
In-class writing
Wednesday, May 6
Continue with O’Brien: “How to Tell a True War Story” (handout)
For honors students: Honors essay due
Monday, May 11
Read: Sherman Alexie: “Indian Education” (handout)
In-class writing
Wednesday, May 13
Continue with Sherman Alexie: “Indian Education”
Raymond Carver: “Cathedral” (handout)
In-class writing
Friday, May 15
Continue with: “Cathedral”
Work on writing assignment
Due: Writing response 1, Final draft (bring hard copy and submit to Turnitin.com)
Monday, May 18
Finish: “Cathedral”
Review for postmodern and contemporary fiction test
Wednesday, May 20
Test: Postmodern and contemporary fiction
Final exam review if time permits
Monday, May 25
Memorial Day: No school
Wednesday, May 27
Review for final exam
Friday, May 29
Review for final exam
Monday, June 1
Final exam
Assignments
Participation 200
Vocabulary quizzes (2 x 50) 100
Test 1 (Langston Hughes and A Raisin in the Sun) 150
Test 2 (Post Modern short stories) 150
Writing assignment 150
In-class informal writing 100
