DC ENGLISH 11 - 3rd Block

Spring 2026

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WEEK FIVE

Monday, 2/16/26

Essay One due today.
Review Faulkner questions.
Read Wiesel, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, p. E249-253.
Once paper is submitted, work on finishing The Grapes of Wrath chapters due tomorrow.

Tuesday, 2/17/26

Quiz and selected readings, The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 14-18.
Read Ch. 19-22 by next Tuesday.

Wednesday, 2/18/26

Review new assignment prompts:
- - - - Cultural Event Two, due on Wednesday, 3/4.
      - Essay Two (The Great Depression or World War 2 Research Topic):
        Annotations due on Monday, 3/2.
        Paper due on Wednesday, 3/11.
Work on essay drafting and/or reading The Grapes of Wrath.
Club Meetings, Block Three.

Thursday, 2/19/26

Read Welty, Mirrors & Windows pp. 533-543.
Answer questions 1-5 (A & B) on p. 544.

Friday, 2/20/26

Review Welty questions.
Read Williams, Mirrors & Windows E-Selections, p. E262-270.
Continue working on essay drafting and/or reading The Grapes of Wrath.
Reminder: Ch. 19-22 are due Tuesday.

WEEK FOUR

Monday, 2/9/26

Work on CE One drafting, Essay One drafting, and/or reading The Grapes of Wrath.
Revised due dates:
- - - Cultural Event One due Monday, 2/9.
    - The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 10-13 due Tuesday, 2/10.
    - Essay One due Monday, 2/16.

Tuesday, 2/10/26

Quiz and selected readings: The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 10-13.
Read Ch. 14-18 by next Tuesday.

Wednesday, 2/11/26

Read Porter, Mirrors & Windows pp. 505-513.
Answer questions 1-5 (A & B) on p. 514.
Third block club meetings.

Thursday, 2/12/26

Review Porter answers.
Read Faulkner, Mirror & Windows pp. 515-524.
Answer questions 1, 2, and 5 (A & B) on p. 531 as a class.

Friday, 2/13/26

Continue working on Essay One drafting and/or reading The Grapes of Wrath.
Reminders:
- - - - Essay One due Monday.
      - The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 14-18 due Tuesday.

WEEK THREE

Monday, 1/19/26

Quiz and selected readings, The Grapes of Wrath, Ch. 5-7.
Read Ch. 8-9 by Wednesday.
Reminder: annotations for Essay One due Wednesday.

Tuesday, 1/20/26

Read Jarrell & Posters, Mirrors & Windows pp. 481-485.
Answer questions 1-5 (A & B), p. 486.

Wednesday, 1/21/26

Essay One annotations due.
Work on drafting Essay One and/or Cultural Event One.
Third block club meetings.

Thursday, 1/22/26

Annotations check for Essay One.
Quiz and selected readings, The Grapes of Wrath, Ch. 8-9.
Read Ch. 10-13 by Wednesday.

Friday, 1/23/26

Read Hersey, Mirrors & Windows pp. 487-500.
Reminders:
- - - Cultural Event One due Monday.
    - The Grapes of Wrath, Ch. 10-13 due Wednesday.
    - Essay One due one week from Monday.

WEEK TWO

Monday, 1/12/26

Quiz, The Grapes of Wrath, Ch. 1-2.
Read Ch. 3-4 by Wednesday.

Tuesday, 1/13/26

Work on reading The Grapes of Wrath and/or Essay One & CE One drafting.

Wednesday, 1/14/26

Quiz and selected readings, The Grapes of Wrath, Ch. 3-4.
Read Ch. 5-7 by Monday.
Third block club meetings.

Thursday, 1/15/26

Junior class meeting.
Work on reading The Grapes of Wrath and/or Essay One & CE One drafting.

Friday, 1/16/26

Read Roosevelt & Goodwin, Mirrors & Windows pp. E241-E246.
When finished, work on reading The Grapes of Wrath and/or Essay One & CE One drafting.
Reminders:
- - - - The Grapes of Wrath Ch. 5-7 due Monday.
      - Essay One annotations due Wednesday.

WEEK ONE

Tuesday, 1/6/26

Review English 112 syllabus.
Distribute copies of The Grapes of Wrath.
Slideshow & Worksheet: Introduction to Unit Six.
Reading assignment: Unit Six Introduction, Mirrors & Windows pp. 459-464.

Wednesday, 1/7/26

Canvas course now available.
Read Frost, Mirrors & Windows, pp. 400-412.
Assign Cultural Event One, due Monday, 1/26.
Assign Essay One (Career Research Paper):
- - - - Three Annotations due Wednesday, 1/21.
        Paper due Monday, 2/2.