Quarter 4 Weekly Schedule
B Week
NOTE: Any assignment turned in a week after it is due will receive no credit.
Tuesday, March 17
Introduce:
Discuss Raisin in the Sun: pages 23 – 53
Discuss: “A Dream Deferred” (handout)
Discuss: Vocab unit 13
In-class writing response
Thursday, March 18
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 54 - 75
Quiz: Vocab unit 13
Tuesday, March 24
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 76 - 95
Assign: Vocab unit 14
Thursday, March 26
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun 96 - 130
Discuss: Vocab unit 14
In-class writing response
Friday, March 27
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun pages 131 - end
In-class writing response
Quiz: Vocab unit 14
Tuesday, March 31
Discuss: A Raisin in the Sun
Review: A Raisin in the Sun
Thursday, April 2
Test:
Assign: writing assignment 1
SPRING BREAK (April 6 – April 17)
Tuesday, April 21
View Raisin in the Sun
Thursday, April 23
Finish viewing: Raisin in the Sun
In-class writing
Introduce: Langston Hughes
Friday, April 24
Read and discuss: “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (926)
“I, Too” (929)
“Dream Variations” (930)
“Refugee in America” (931)
Assign writing assignment
Tuesday, April 28
Introduce Claude McKay
Read and discuss:
“The Tropics in New York” (932)
“Outcast” (handout)
Thursday, April 30
Mini-test: Hughes and McKay
Introduce postmodern and contemporary fiction
Tuesday, May 5
Read and discuss: Lorrie Moore’s “How to Become a Writer” (handout)
In-class writing
Thursday, May 7
Read and discuss: Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” (handout)
In-class writing
Friday, May 8
Continue: “How to Tell a True War Story”
In-class writing
Tuesday, May 12
Read and discuss: Sherman Alexie’s “Indian Education” (handout)
In-class writing
Thursday, May 14
Read and discuss: Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” (handout)
Tuesday, May 19
Continue with: “Cathedral”
Writing assignment due: Final draft (bring hard copy and submit to turnitin.com)
Thursday, May 21
Review for postmodern and contemporary fiction test
Friday, May 22
Test: Postmodern and contemporary fiction
Tuesday, May 26
Review for final exam
Thursday, May 27
Review for final exam
Tuesday, June 2
Final exam
Assignments
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Participation |
200 |
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Vocabulary quizzes (2 x 50) |
100 |
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Test 1 (Langston Hughes and A Raisin in the Sun) |
150 |
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Test 2 (Postmodern / contemporary short stories) |
150 |
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Writing assignment |
150 |
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In-class informal writing |
100 |