Trimester 2

in class:

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From Previous Years:

Week 1 (11/29-12/1):

• Syllabus & Class Policies

• ABC Tried to Bury this James Baldwin Interview

• George M. Johnson's Memoir is One of the Most Banned Books in the U.S.

• Identity Writing Exercise

Week 2 (12/6-12/8):

• Discuss Response 1: Rubyfruit Jungle

• Continue Identity Writing Exercise

• Continue reading & discussing All Boys Aren't Blue

Week 3 (12/6-12/8):

• Discuss Response 2: Rubyfruit Jungle

• Finish Identity Writing Exercise

• Watch Fahrenheit 451

*WINTER BREAK 12/17-1/2*

Week 4 (1/3-1/5):

• Rita Mae Brown: Portrait of an Author

• Watch & Discuss Stonewall Uprising

Week 5 (1/10-1/13):

• Discuss Response 3: Rubyfruit Jungle

• Continue reading & discussing All Boys Aren't Blue (if time)

Week 6 (1/17-1/19):

• Discuss Response 4: Go Tell It on the Mountain

• James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Week 7 (1/24-1/26):

• Continue James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

• Discuss Response 5: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Week 8 (1/31-2/2):

• Discuss Response 6: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Week 9 (2/7-2/9):

• What the Church Meant for James Baldwin

• Review Banned Books List

• Start watching Brokeback Mountain

Week 10 (2/14-2/16):

• Finish and discuss Brokeback Mountain

Week 11 (2/21-2/23):

• Revise essays

• Choose from Banned Books List

• Class evaluation

• Watch Anything's Possible

*END OF TRIMESTER*

homework:

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From Previous Years:

Due Tues 12/6:

• Response 1: Rubyfruit Jungle

Due Tues 12/13:

• Response 2: Rubyfruit Jungle

Due Thurs 12/15:

• Finished Identity Writing Exercise as poem or narrative memoir

*WINTER BREAK 12/17-1/2*

Due Thurs 1/5:

• Response 3: Rubyfruit Jungle

Due Tues 1/10:

• Rubyfruit Jungle Essay Assignment

Due Tues 1/17:

• Response 4: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Due Thurs 1/26:

• Response 5: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Due Tues 1/31:

• Rubyfruit Jungle essay revisions

Due Thurs 2/2:

• Response 6: Go Tell It on the Mountain

Due Thurs 2/9:

• Go Tell It on the Mountain Essay Assignment

• Review Banned Books List for book choices next trimester

Due Thurs 2/16:

• Read "Brokeback Mountain" and write Response 7: Brokeback Mountain

Due Tues 2/21:

• CREDIT DEADLINE for all overdue work

Due Thurs 2/23:

• Baldwin essay revisions if not finished in class

• Return all books

*END OF TRIMESTER*