End of break clarifications

We are reading through chapter 33 of Huck Finn during break. Hopefully you got this information during class, and if not, hopefully you still have enough time to complete your reading.

Your next essay, which is due January 8th, is explained in the post on December 11th. It is not based on Huck Finn, but rather has you synthesize information from the documents attached to the post. It is similar in feel to a DBQ with the major exceptions being that you can use semi-formal voice (I and we are acceptable to context) and you must quote from the documents.

Hope this is helpful; email if you have any questions.

Extra Credit Make up

If you are unavailable to attend the extra credit session, please email me and explain why you will not be able to attend and I will email you the link to the video. I'd rather people attend the sessions after school, so I've chosen not to post the link online.

Next Read Due Wednesday, 12/16

Read Chapter's 6-9 for Wednesday


Additionally, sorry I didn't get these posted for the weekend, but here are some important themes/motifs in Huck Finn that you will be wanting to pay attention to as you do your reading. Although understanding the plot is important, looking at how these topics help to create our understanding of characters is even more significant.

I suggest that you mark these topics in your text (or on a post-it). If you want to be extra fancy, you can also color-code these different ideas in your notes. Many of these topics are mentioned in chapters 1-5, so you may need to go back and mark them from that reading as well.

Superstition
The role of the river
Women (and their influence on Huck)
Religion
Education
Class Consciousness
Racial Identity
Clothing
Money/Wealth/Acquisitiveness (wanting to acquire stuff)
Deception
Search for Approval
Protectiveness

Huck Finn Reading, Extra Credit, and Essay Work

You will have chapters 1-5 of Huck Finn due on Monday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday after school next week, there will be an extra credit video opportunity in room 113 after school. To earn extra credit, you must first view and take notes on the video. Then, you will write a one page summary of what you learned and a one page reflection of what you found interesting or significant, what it made you consider, etc. (double-spaced). This will be due on the Friday before break, 12/18.

Your next essay will be due on January 8th, which is the Friday you return from break. It is a synthesis style essay, which is very similar to a history DBQ with the main difference being that it is required that you do use quotations to support your opinions. The documents that this is based on are available here. It is strongly recommended that you familiarize yourself with this assignment before vacation so that you can ask any questions before break begins.

I will make an effort to set up a "rough draft editing" assignment on Turnitin if you are looking for a place to receive student feedback over break.

Romanticism Study Guide, In progress

Poorly formatted and maybe incomplete is better than nothing, right?


Romanticism Test—Study Guide

50 Questions—Fill in the blank!

Passage Identification

Title of Work
Author
Character/Speaker

Author Identification

Characteristics of/Bio info

Literary Classifications/Terms associated with:

Romanticism
Dark Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Anti-Transcendentalism

Works Read:

“To a Waterfowl”
“The Devil and Tom Walker”
The Prairie, excerpt
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Oval Portrait
“Self-Reliance”
“Nature”
Walden
Civil Disobedience
The Scarlet Letter
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
My Bondage, My Freedom
Thanatopsis
Whitman, poetry
Dickinson, poetry

Due Monday

Make sure you have completed your Scarlet Letter reading for Monday. Before Winter Break, you will need to provided evidence of your vocabulary enrichment by meeting with me before or after school, or during class (if time allows).

Due Thursday

For Thursday, you will need to complete the passages by Frederick Douglass (426-430) in your textbook, and the photocopies of the Harriet Jacobs text. Because of my lack of photocopies, we are staggering the reading so that we can share the copies available. Here is the recommended reading timeline:

Interior rows of the room (near the aisle):

Due Wednesday: Frederick Douglass
Due Thursday: Harriet Jacobs

Back rows of the room (near the walls):

Due Wednesday: Harriet Jacobs (remember to bring your copies back to class)
Due Thursday: Frederick Douglass

If you were absent today, I'd recommend reading the Douglass excerpt in your book regardless of where you sit, and you can read the Jacobs for Thursday.

Please set up a "notes frame" for each of the passage. Although each author makes similar claims, they appeal to their audience in different ways. Be thinking about each author's use of diction, rhetorical appeals, selection of detail, etc. as you do each reading.