Assignments over Vacation

1. Please read through Chapter 33 of Huck Finn and continue to pay attention to the themes that we have been tracking so far. This will be due on Monday after break.

2.1 Here is a link to the vocabulary assignment if you'd like to get started on it: Huck Finn Vocab assignment. I'll probably collect this on Tuesday or Wednesday, be beware that I'll also be assigning additional chapters to read during that time.

Have a GREAT vacation.

Due THURSDAY, 12/17

You'll need to be prepared to discuss through Chapter 18 for Thursday. Tomorrow in class we'll finish up the discussion of our "quiz" questions from today, and give you a chance to get through some history before your test.

Due 12/15

Read through Chapter 13 of Huck Finn.

Due Monday, 12/14

Read Chapter's 6-9 for Monday. Make sure you are also prepared to discuss chapters 1-5 since we didn't have time to today.

Due Friday, 12/11

Read Chapters 1-5 for Friday.

For our reading of Huckleberry Finn, pay careful attention to the following topics. 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.

Supersition
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

Here is a link to an electronic copy, if you do not have your own yet.

Due Wednesday, 12/9

Read the excerpt from Twain's "Life on the Mississippi" in your textbook. (496-499) Pay careful attention to his use of humor and satire in this section.

Due Tuesday, December 8th

Read "The Notorius Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain. (509-512)

If you forgot to bring your book home, here is a link to the story. This version has some minor differences, but it's close enough.

Additional Exam Information

Literature Schools notes

Sample Essay Information

Prompt:

To what extent did the work of the Dark Romantics differ from that of other early American Romantic authors?

Prerequisite knowledge
(aka stuff you need to know to write a decent response)

Definitions:

 Dark Romanticism
 Light “other” Romanticism

Authors:

 Dark Romanticism: Poe, Irving
 Light Romanticism: Cooper, Bryant

Works:

 Dark Romanticism: “The Devil and Tom Walker,” “Fall of …Usher.”
 Light Romanticism: “Thanatopsis,” “The Prairie”

Similarities:

 Content: Man’s relationship with nature
 Style: Elevated language, descriptive imagery

Differences:

 Content: Optimism of man vs. pessimism, benign nature/fearful nature
 Style: More positive diction, imagery

Romanticism Test Monday, December 7th

Your notecards will be turned in today. Here is some information about the objective part of the test. I'll post information about the essay portion tomorrow.

Romanticism Test Study Guide

Remember, this is fill in the blank with NO word bank.

Part I: 60 Questions (approximately)

Passage Identification:

 Title of Work
 Author
 Character/Speaker

Author Identification

 Characteristics of authors

Literary Classifications/Terms associated with:

 Light Romanticism
 Dark Romanticism
 Transcendentalism
 Anti-Transcendentalism

Literary Schools/Groups

Historical Context

Themes and analysis of short stories.


Part II: Mini Essay

Due 12/3

Read the excerpts from Whitman's "Song of Myself" found in your literature book.

Due 12/2 Dickinson Reading

"There's a Certain slant..." 369
"I never saw..." 374
"Tell all the Truth" 375
"Because I could not stop"380
"The Bustle in a House" 383
"As imperceptibly" 386
"There is a solitude" 389
"This is my letter" 390