1

Finish Parallelism worksheet

Review grading rubric

Finsh short answers and go over them in class

Begin intro to Whitman and Dickenson

4

*Issue Paper Rough Draft Due

Transcendentalism Quiz

Begin study of Whitman and Dickenson

5

Parallelism quiz

Parallelism worksheet due

Review "A Patient Spider"

Give Roots 1 Handout - Quiz on 12th

6

Timed Writing

Write an essay about how an experience can impact your life.

Poetry Notes

7

Timed Writing

Write an essay about how an experience can impact your life.

Poetry Notes

8

Poetry Notes

11

Whitman Movie

12

Whitman and Dickenson

Annotate poems together

13

Junior Assembly

14

Junior Assembly

15

*Final Research Paper Due

Review Whitman and Dickenson poetry

16

18

Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism Notes

Read & analyze "Richard Corey"

Begin "To Build a Fire"

19

Roots 1 Quiz

Quiz over Whitman and Dickenson

20

TAKS essay practice

Read silently

"To Build a Fire"

21

TAKS essay practice

Read silently

"To Build a Fire"

22

Assign short story.  Your analysis of assigned story is due 2/29

Analyze "To Build a Fire"

25

Inservice -- NO SCHOOL

26

Roots 2 Quiz

"To Build a Fire" quiz

27

Watch Shackelton's journey

TAKS practice

28

Watch Shackelton's journey

TAKS practice

29

Write thesis

and topic sentences

Short Story Analysis Due