D Block Assignment Schedule (Fall 07)

D Block Syllabus – Tom Morgan’s American Literature Course, Fall, 2007

NOTE: The following assignments are due when you walk into class on the date specified. For example, the first assignment below must be ready to hand in as you walk into Tuesday’s class.
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September 11, Tuesday
Create a personal blog for class
Email me a link to your blog
Read the course website pages:
American Literature Homepage: http://amlit08.blogspot.com/
American Literature Syllabus: http://amlitsyllabi-08.blogspot.com/
Answer the question: What do you want to get out of this course this year? (3-5 sentences. Post on your blog)

September 12, Wednesday
Read handout on Romanticism (in reader)
Prep for Romanticism quiz

September 14, Friday
Read Ben Franklin, from Poor Richard’s Almanac (in reader)
Answer lit / learning questions (I will post the these questions on the American Literature homepage. You post your answers on your personal blog site).

September 17, Monday
Read Transcendental overview
Read Ralph Waldo Emerson, selections from “Self-Reliance”

September 18, Tuesday
Read Ralph Waldo Emerson, selections from “Nature”
Explain the meaning behind 4 quotations of your choosing from both “Self-Reliance” and “Nature” (post on your blog)

September 19, Wednesday
Read Henry David Thoreau, selections from “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” Chapter in Walden.
Quote Reponse (post on blog)

September 21, Friday
Read Henry David Thoreau, selections from “Conclusion” Chapter in Walden
Pick Paper #1 paper topic

September 22, Saturday
Read Selections from The Heart of Thoreau’s Journals: Oct. 22, 1837; Oct 29; Dec. 16; Sept. 17, 1839; Dec. 2; Jan. 26 1840; Mar. 21; June 18; June 27; June 30.
Quotation Response (post on blog)

September 24, Monday
Read Selections from The Heart of Thoreau’s Journals: July 6, 1840; Jan. 24, 1841; Jan. 29; Jan 30; Undated, 1842; Aug. 21, 1851; Dec. 30.
1st Paragraph of Paper #1 due. (Email paragraph to me before class)
Vocab Quiz #1

September 25, Tuesday
Read Selections from The Heart of Thoreau’s Journals: Jan. 16, 1852; Jan. 22; April 12; April 16; July 26, July 27, Oct. 20.
Quotation Response (post on blog)

September 26, Wednesday
TBA

September 28, Friday
Rough Draft of Paper #1 due (Print out and bring to class)

November 1, Monday
Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”
Quotation response (post on blog)

October 2, Tuesday
Paper #1 due (Print out and bring to class, email paper to me as well)

October 3, Wednesday
Read Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil”
Quotation Response (post on blog)

October 5, Friday
Read Walt Whitman, “I Hear America Singing,” “Song of Myself” #1, #10
Vocab Quiz #2

October 8, Monday
Read Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” #15, #51, #52
Quotation Response (post on blog)
Pick Paper #2 Topic

October 9, Tuesday
Read Emily Dickinson, poems under heading “Day 1”
Reading Response: Would you label Dickinson as Transcendental? Why or why not? (post on blog)

October 10, Wednesday
Read Emily Dickinson, poems under heading “Day 2”
1st Paragraph Paper #2 (Email paragraph to me before class)

October 12, Friday
American Romanticism Test (Covers everything from term thus far).

October 15, Monday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 5-34 (including “Notes”)
Read Handout on Realism (page 8 in reader)
Quotation Response

October 16, Tuesday
Rough Draft, Paper #2 (Print out and bring to class)

October 19, Friday
Paper #2 due. (Print out and bring to class, email paper to me as well)
Pick speech topic

October 24, Wednesday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 35-69
Rough Draft of Speech due. (Print out and bring to class)

October 26, Friday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 71-91
Quotation Response (post on blog)
Pick Topic for Paper #3

October 29, Monday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 92-108
1st Paragraph of Paper #3 due (Email paragraph to me before class)
Speeches #1-3
Vocab Quiz #3

October 30, Tuesday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 109-134
Speeches #4-6

October 31, Wednesday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 197-214
Quotation response (post on blog)
Speeches #7-9

November 2, Friday
Rough Draft of Paper #3 (Print out and bring to class)
Speeches #10-12

November 5, Monday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 215-232
Quest on Huck Finn

November 6, Tuesday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 233-250
Speeches #13-15

November 7, Wednesday
Paper #3 due (Print out and bring to class, email paper to me as well)

November 9, Friday
Read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn pp. 251-276
Vocab Quiz #4

November 11, Sunday
Exam Review

November 12, Monday
Exam