Trimester 1

in class:

Week 1 (9/2-9/4):

• Syllabus & Class Policies

• Writing Prompts & Icebreakers

• Grammar Sheet 1

• Read/Discuss "Book Banning in U.S. Schools"

• The Fiery History of Banned Books

• TX School District Pulls the Bible from the Shelves

Week 2 (9/9-9/11):

• Discuss "Democracy" Response (Tues)

• Brainstorming for Banned Books Week activities (10/5-11) and donation drive for Banned Books library

• Intro to Beloved

• Grammar Sheet 2

Week 3 (9/16-9/18):

• Discuss Beloved Response 1 (Tues)

• *No class Thurs 9/18 (Farm Day)

Week 4 (9/23-9/25):

• Discuss Response 2: Beloved

• Grammar sheets 3 

Week 5 (9/30-10/2):

• Beloved & Independent Reading discussion groups

• More Banned Book Drive planning

• Grammar sheets 4 & 5

MIDTERM

Week 6 (10/7-10/9):

• Beloved & Independent Reading discussion groups

• More Banned Book Drive planning

• Grammar sheet 6

Week 7 (10/14-10/16):

• Watch & Discuss Origin

Week 8 (10/21-10/23):

• Review MLA Style Guide

• Sample Essay Format

• Grammar sheets 7 & 8

• Independent Reading discussion

Week 9 (10/28-10/30):

• Writing prompt

• Independent Reading discussion

• No class Thurs 10/30 (Halloween R-Day 🎃)

Week 10 (11/4-11/6):

• Intro & Work time for Independent Reading Review draft (Tues)

• Grammar sheets 9 & 10

• Ind. Reading Review Peer Workshop (Thurs)

Week 11 (11/11-11/13):

• No school Tues 11/11 (Veterans' Day)

• Grammar sheets

• Work on creative prompts (brainstorming for setting, conflict, and inciting incident), review Write RI Contest as option (Deadline 12/14)

• Watch trailers & vote on movie for final week

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (PG-13)

  • The Glass Castle (PG-13)

  • The Hate U Give (PG-13)

  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Unrated)

  • Carrie (R)

Week 12 (11/18-11/20):

• Watch The Hate U Give

• Class Evaluation

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From previous years:

• Parents' Rights & the Culture War

• In-class essay on Thurs 9/29 using Humanities Comp Section 5 Essay format

• Why should you read Toni Morrison's Beloved?

• Toni Morrison's Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past

• Velshi Banned Book Club: A Toni Morrison Masterclass

• Toni Morrison: Beloved (short interview)

• Toni Morrison on capturing a mother's "compulsion" to nurture in Beloved

• The Southern Argument for Slavery

• This American Life: Talking While Black

• Read/discuss from The 1619 Project

• "Carrie at 40: Why the Horror Genre Remains Important for Women"

• Watch Carrie

• Read and discuss reviews

• Nikole Hannah-Jones's Warning on Democracy

• The Haitian Revolution: World History Project

• Tulsa Race Massacre

• Class Evaluation

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homework:

Due Thursday 9/4:

• Response: Book Banning in U.S. Schools

Due Tuesday 9/9:

• Response: "Democracy"

Due Tuesday 9/16:

• Beloved Response 1 (through Ch. 5)

Due Tuesday 9/23:

• Beloved Response 2 (through Ch. 12)

Due Tuesday 9/30:

• Beloved Response 3 (through Ch. 19)

• Choose Independent Reading from Banned Books List

MIDTERM

Due Tuesday 10/7:

• Beloved Response 4 (finish book) OR

• Independent Reading Response 1 (Alternative Track)

Due Tuesday 10/14:

• Beloved Essay OR

• Independent Reading Response 2

Due Tuesday 10/21:

• Independent Reading Responses:

  • Beloved Track (Response 1)

  • Alternative Track (Response 3)

Due Thursday 10/23:

• Beloved Essay Revisions

Due Tuesday 10/28:

• Independent Reading Responses:

  • Beloved Track (Response 2)

  • Alternative Track (Response 4)

Due Tuesday 11/4:

• Ind. Reading Response 3 (Beloved Track)

• Independent Reading Essay (Alternative Track)

Due Thursday 11/6:

• Independent Reading Review draft (All)

Due Thursday 11/13:

• Final Independent Reading Review (All)

Due Tuesday 11/18:

• Final CREDIT DEADLINE for ALL work & revisions to date

Due Thursday 11/20: 

• Final Independent Reading Review Revisions

• Return all books

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