American Lit Semester 1

Parent Letter (8/19)

1st Semester Class Policy (8/21)

1st CFA Survey (9/4)

Google Classroom

  • 2nd hour - zb1k1a
  • 3rd hour - luyaeab
  • 5th hour - 5e42h85


Final


In-Class Work

Mon, 8/26: "Hands" - Sarah Kay (Text), (Video)

Wed, 8/28: Darwin Awards

Fri, 8/30: Assignment

Wed, 9/4

Fri, 9/6: Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye (Video)(Text)

Monday 9/9: "On Turning Ten” by Billy Collins

Wed, 9/11: Chase Mielke "What Students Really Need to Hear"

Fri, 9/13: Sherman Alexie "Indian Education"

Mon, 9/16: CBS story about HONY, Humans of NY, Time Magazine Best Photos of 2018

Wed, 9/18: Shane Koyczan “To This Day:…”

Fri, 9/20: Independent Reading Assessment. Assessment starts Wed, 9/25

Mon, 9/23 through Wed, 10/2: Work on -

    • Independent Reading Assessment (Overview)
    • Presentation Groups (2nd Hour) (3rd Hour) (5th Hour)
    • 5 Discussion Questions about Independent Novel (Krause will select ONE for Discussion) Instructions. Submit these to Google Classroom
    • 1 minute speech from above question (Rubric)
    • Work on polishing/revising your Personal Narrative. Use one of the prompts from the past few weeks as inspiration. Should be 500-600 words in length. Due Monday, 9/30. Put Final Draft in Google Classroom

Wed, 10/2: Read “Deer Hit” (p. 6-7)

    • Assignment
    • Purchase Book Club books for Monday, 10/7

Fri, 10/4: Read The Glass Castle chapter 1

    • Assignment
    • Bring Book Club books to class on Monday, 10/7

Mon, 10/7: Organize your book group

    • Book check
    • Submit Book Group plan in Google Classroom

Wed, 10/9: Read - "Why Chicken Means So Much to Me" (Alexie)

Fri, 10/11: Read - Excerpt from The Sun is Also a Star

Mon, 10/14 - Requirements for Book Club discussions, Sample syllabus

    • Assignment
    • Book Club Discussions
      • #1 - Mon, 10/21 (almost 1/2 through book)
      • #2 - Wed, 10/30 (about 3/4 through book)
      • #3 - Fri, 11/8 (finished with book)

Mon, 10/21 - Book Club #1 (the entire hour)

    • Must have your syllabus at the beginning of class

Wed, 10/23

Fri, 10/25 - Watch TED Talk, James Veitch

Fri, 11/1 - Book Club #2

Mon, 11/4 - The Cost of Raising a Child, Child Care Info-graphic

Wed, 11/6

Fri, 11/8 - Book Club #3

Mon, 11/11 - Hand out Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close books - read to pg 75 for Fri, 11/15

Wed, 11/13 - work on background info

    • Read to pg 75 in ELIC
    • Work on background info

Fri, 11/15

    • Background presentations
    • Discuss to pg 75
    • Extremely Loud Reading Schedule:
      • For Wed, 11/20 - read to pg 142
      • For Mon, 12/2 - read to pg 174
      • For Fri, 12/6 - read to pg 208
      • For Mon, 12/9 - read to pg 260
      • For Wed, 12/11 - read to pg 306
      • For Fri, 12/13 - Finish novel

Mon, 11/18

    • Introduce Final Project (begin on Mon, 12/16)
    • Watch some of The Falling Man
    • Extremely Loud Reading Schedule:
      • For Wed, 11/20 - read to pg 142
      • For Mon, 12/2 - read to pg 174
      • For Fri, 12/6 - read to pg 208
      • For Mon, 12/9 - read to pg 260
      • For Wed, 12/11 - read to pg 306
      • For Fri, 12/13 - Finish novel

Wed, 11/20

    • Extremely Loud Reading Schedule:
      • For Mon, 12/2 - read to pg 174
      • For Fri, 12/6 - read to pg 208
      • For Mon, 12/9 - read to pg 260
      • For Wed, 12/11 - read to pg 306
      • For Fri, 12/13 - Finish novel

Fri, 11/22 - Watch part of movie

Mon, 12/2 - Read 15 mins, Assignment in Google Classroom (due end of hour on Wed, 12/4)

    • Sign up for Final Presentation on Thurs, 12/5 at Krause's desk in English Office
    • Extremely Loud Reading Schedule:
      • For Fri, 12/6 - read to pg 208
      • For Mon, 12/9 - read to pg 260
      • For Wed, 12/11 - read to pg 306
      • For Fri, 12/13 - Finish novel

Wed, 12/4 - Read 15 mins, Finish assignment in Google Classroom (due end of hour)

    • Sign up for Final Presentation on Thurs, 12/5 at Krause's desk in English Office
    • Extremely Loud Reading Schedule:
      • For Fri, 12/6 - read to pg 208
      • For Mon, 12/9 - read to pg 260
      • For Wed, 12/11 - read to pg 306
      • For Fri, 12/13 - Finish novel



Google Classroom Sign-in

  • 2nd Hour: h1l01ly
  • 3rd Hour: n1d5wgq
  • 5th Hour: 2wbzmu


Final

TED Talk assignment (in class 12/)

American Lit Ads for Ideals (in class 12/)

Speech Explanation and Rubric (11/18, To be presented 12/13, 12/16, & Final)

Emerson and Thoreau

Transcendental Background Info (in class 8/27)

"Gifts" Essay - Emerson (8/21)

"Gifts" Questions - Optional

Is "Gifts" still relevant? (in class 8/24)

"Self-Reliance" Essay - Emerson (8/27)

"Self-Reliance"/Transcendental Questions - (To be answered in class 8/31, presented 9/5)

Walden excerpts - Thoreau (9/7)

Walden questions - (In class 9/10)

"Civil Disobediance" - Thoreau (handed out 9/10)

Emerson/Thoreau Project (9/10, due 9/21)

America Past/Present (in class 9/12)

Six Ways to Live Your Life as a Modern Transcendentalist (9/17)

Suelo - Moab Man Embraces Simple Life Living in Cave (9/17)

Emerson/Thoreau Thoughts (in class 9/17)


In-Class TED Talks/Videos

"The Three A's of Awesome" Pasricha's TED Talk (in class 9/7)

American in 4 Minutes - Brenden Wellington (9/14)

Is America the Greatest Country? - "The Newsroom" (9/14)

The American't Dream - Suli ()

The New American Dream (TED) - Martin ()

Stanford Commencement (TED) - Steve Jobs ()

Why We Do What We Do (TED) - Tony Robbins ()