Friday, October 7

HONORS AMERICAN LIT

Reading quiz on background for "Between Heaven and Hell: The Puritan Tradition."

Wrapped up last writers group; revision work on Compare and Contrast essays.
Watched introduction to Colonial House.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, October 12: Compare and Contrast essays are due.
FRIDAY, October 14: Vocabulary quiz.

Thursday, October 6

HONORS AMERICAN LIT

Homework: read background to unit "Between Heaven and Hell: The Puritan Tradition." Expect a reading quiz!

Introduced new unit vocabulary on Quizlet.
Writers groups met, shared essays for peer feedback.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, October 12: Compare and Contrast essays are due.
FRIDAY, October 14: Vocabulary quiz.

HOMEWORK for Friday, October 7

Read "Building Background" for "Between Heaven and Hell: The Puritan Tradition" in your textbooks (130--136).

Expect a reading quiz!

Wednesday, October 5

HONORS AMERICAN LIT

Reviewed"The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."
Discussed and COLLECTED response journal entries on the excerpt.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, October 6: Be prepared to discuss essays with writing groups in peer revision conferences.
WEDNESDAY, October 12: Compare and Contrast essays are due.

Tuesday, October 4

HONORS AMERICAN LIT

Assigned homework for tomorrow: "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" with at least three response journal entries.

Students continued drafting their compare/contrast essays on explorers.
Students shared their essays via Google Docs to discuss in tomorrow's writers' groups.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, October 4: Share essays with writing groups for peer revision conferences.

HOMEWORK for Wednesday, October 5

Read "Build Background," "Olaudah Equiano,"and "From the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" (93--97 and 99).

Write a response journal with at least three entries.  Remember to note the page next to each passage!

Monday, October 3

HONORS AMERICAN LIT

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Students continued drafting their compare/contrast essays on explorers.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, October 4: Share essays with writing groups for peer revision conferences.