Week 12 11/12 – 11/16

This week is going will be filled with a lot of reading and literary analysis as we begin reading one of the greatest American novels. The students will analysis the book from literary, historical, and religious perspectives. The homework will be reading from the book. There will be several quizzes over the reading and maybe one quiz over the notes near the end of the week. All the readings are out of The Scarlet Letter.

Monday – read chapters 4-6

Tuesday – read “What were the Puritans Really Like”

Wednesday – Do WW 2. Excer. A.

Thursday – read chapters 4-6.

Friday – read chapters 7-9 and WW 2 Excer. C.

Week 11 11/5 – 11/9

This is the first full week of this nine weeks. We are going to finish the unit on early American Literature this week so there will be a test, and then we are going to start reading The Scarlet Letter. Here are the homework assignments for this week. (Please note that the review sheet is completely optional. It is merely designed as a tool to help you review for the test.)

11/5 – Study the introductory material for Early American Literature in preparation for a quiz tomorrow.

11/6 – Study the review sheet given in class.

11/7 – Study the review sheet given in class.

11/8 – After the test I will give out the new novel, The Scarlet Letter. Homework will be to read the introduction and the first chapter.

11/9 – Homework is to read chapters 2-3 (It is likely there will be a quiz on Monday).