If unable to access the link, read a transcript of the article included in packet.
Option 1: Using evidence from “Why Frederick Douglass Matters” and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, write a constructed response that is at least 100 words about the importance of Frederick Douglass.
Option 2: Using evidence from “Why Frederick Douglass Matters” and The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, create a Flipgrid response that is at least 100 words about the importance of Frederick Douglass.
If unable to watch the video, use the same link to read a transcript of the video toward the bottom of the page. Included in packet.
Option 1: Using evidence from the video (or transcript) and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, write a constructed response that is at least 100 words about the importance of abolitionists.
Option 2: Using evidence from the video (or transcript) and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, create a Flipgrid response that is at least 100 words about the importance of abolitionists.
Take a Virtual Tour the Home of Frederick Douglass at the following:
American Artifacts: Frederick Douglass House (length 2:51) https://youtu.be/-0ddohi0tNY (Professional done by national park service employee)
Frederick Douglass' Life and Cedar Hill Home Tour (length 9:31) https://youtu.be/stH0IOok5hw (House tour begins at 3:14 after narration)
Submit response to Google Classroom or Flipgrid.
American Lit. Agenda March 30-April 3
April 3
Summative Constructed Response with “Declaration of Human Rights” and the “Appendix” from Frederick Douglass
Develop responses that are at least 100 words to each of the following questions:
Why does Frederick Douglass make a distinction between the “Religion of the South” and the “Christianity of Christ?” Hint: Define hypocrite. Please use textual evidence from the The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Appendix and the “Declaration of Human Rights” to support your answers.
How do the hypocrisies in “Religion of the South” and the “Christianity of Christ” exist in today’s society? Give a relevant example of from today’s world. Hint: Think of hypocrisies in other countries, governments, or peoples. Please use textual evidence from the “Appendix” and the “Declaration of Human Rights” to support your answers.
Submit your responses to Google Classroom.
April 2
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Appendix Audiobook of Appendix begins at 03:20:05 and ends at 03:50:21
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Appendix Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VII
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Appendix
“Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VII
April 1
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 11 Audiobook of Chapter XI begins at 02:40:26 and ends at 03:20:05
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 11 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VII
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 11
“Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VII
March 31
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 10 (Part II) Audiobook of Chapter X (Part II) begins at 02:40:26 and ends at 03:20:05
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 10 (Part II) Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 10 (Part II)
March 30
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 10 (Part I) Audiobook of Chapter X (Part I) begins at 02:06:16 and ends at 02:40:26
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 10 (Part I) Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 10 (Part I)
American Lit. Agenda March 23-27
March 27
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 10 (Part I) Audiobook of Chapter X (Part I) begins at 02:06:16 and ends at 02:40:26
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 10 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 10 (Part I)
March 26
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 9 Audiobook of Chapter IX begins at 01:53:49 and ends at 02:06:16
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 9 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
Read the “Declaration of Human Rights” and summarize each article in one-two sentences.
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 9
Submit article summary
March 25
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 8 Audiobook of Chapter VIII begins at 01:42:28 and ends at 01:53:49
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 8 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VI
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 8
Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section VI
March 24
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 7
Audiobook of Chapter VII begins at 01:28:45 and ends at 01:42:28
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 7 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section V
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 7
Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section V
March 23
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 6
Audiobook of Chapter VI begins at 01:20:57 and ends at 01:28:45
Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing)
Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing)
Complete Chapter 6 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section IV
Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 6
Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section IV
American Lit. Agenda March 16-20
March 20
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 5 Audiobook of Chapter V begins at 01:11:06 and ends at 01:20:57
*Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing) *Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Chapter 5 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
*EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section III
**Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 5 **“Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section III
March 19
*Read “The Richmond Enquirer on Nat Turner’s Rebellion” and summarize each paragraph in one-two sentences.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 4 Audiobook of Chapter IV begins at 01:01:15 and ends at 01:11:06
*Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing) *Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Chapter 4 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
**Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 4.
March 18
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 3 Audiobook of Chapter III begins at 00:52:10 and ends at 01:01:15
*Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing) *Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Chapter 3 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
*EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section II
**Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 3. **“Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section II
March 17
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 2 Audiobook of Chapter II begins at 00:39:29 and ends at 00:52:10
*Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing) *Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Chapter 2 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
*EOC Narrative Practice: Complete “Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section I - For this, choose any three techniques used on the page. Write the name of each in the blank. You are modeling your responses after the examples they gave but in the context of the house fire. Your one to two sentences for each story opening should be about the house fire. Essentially, you are writing the opening lines to a short story three different ways. Not the story itself.
**Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 2. **“Submit Narrative Participant’s Guide” Section I
March 16
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Chapter 1
*View "Frederick Douglass Intro 19.20" Introductory PowerPoint *View "Frederick Douglass Slave Narrative Intro" Introductory PowerPoint *Complete relevant portions of the “Character Analysis Graphic Organizer” (ongoing) *Complete relevant portions of the “Quest Graphic Organizer for Frederick Douglass”(ongoing) *Complete Chapter 1 Questions and Vocabulary of the "Frederick Douglass Study Guide"
Audiobook of Chapter I begins at 00:27:33 and ends at 00:39:29
**Submit vocabulary words and their definitions as well as the answers to the study guide questions for Chapter 1.
American Lit. Agenda March 9-13
March 13
Activities:
Student Holiday
Homework:
none
March 12
Activities:
Student Holiday
Homework:
none
March 11
Activities:
Bell Ringer:irony
Bell Ringers #21-30 open notes quiz
Begin reading and discussing “Thanatopsis”
Homework:
none
March 10
Activities:
Bell Ringer:pseudonym
Show Romanticism PowerPoint
Discuss Romanticism (handout)
Homework:
none
March 9
Activities:
Bell Ringer:Local Color (Regionalism) authors
Rationalism Unit II Test
Homework:
none
American Lit. Agenda March 2-6
March 6
Activities:
Bell Ringer:Local Color (Regionalism)
Read and discuss “The Bill of Rights” on pages 95-96
Review for Rationalism Unit II Test (texts, logos, pathos, ethos, claims, counter-claims, MLA in-text citations)
Homework:
Study class notes and texts for Rationalism Unit II Test
March 5
Activities:
Bell Ringer:subjects ofEmily Dickinson’s poetry
Quiz over Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”
MLA in-text citations worksheet – go over corrections aloud
MLA in-text citations [parenthetical citations and signal/source phrase citations], single authors, multiple authors → et al., and no author, page numbers vs. paragraph numbers, indirect sources → qtd. in)
Be prepared for quiz over Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” on pages 199-208
March 3
Activities:
Bell Ringer:none
Read aloud Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” on pages 199-208
Homework:
Finish reading Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” on pages 199-208
March 2
Activities:
Bell Ringer:characteristics in Walt Whitman's poetry
Finish reading and discussing excerpt from Franklin’s Autobiography
Homework:
none
American Lit. Agenda February 24-28
February 28
Activities:
Bell Ringer: Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Read and discuss excerpt from Franklin’s Autobiography
Homework:
none
February 27
Activities:
Bell Ringer: Walt Whitman
Quiz over Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Show video clip of John Adams & “Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration”
Homework:
none
February 26
Activities:
Bell Ringer: free verse
Finish reading and discussing Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Show video clip of John Adams
Homework:
none
February 25
Activities:
Bell Ringer: onomatopoeia
Quiz over Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”
Begin reading and discussing Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence
Homework:
none
February 24
Activities:
Bell Ringer: imagery
Finish reading and discussing Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention” (ethos, pathos, logos, anaphora, parallelism, rhetorical question, periodic sentence)
Homework:
Be prepared for quiz over Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”
American Lit. Agenda February 18-21
February 21
Activities:
Bell Ringer: be sure all bell ringers are in order
Bell Ringers #11-20 open notes quiz
Continue reading and discussing Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”
Return graded papers
Homework:
none
February 20
Activities:
Bell Ringer: study bell ringers for test
Test over Bell Ringers #1-10
Continue reading and discussing Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”
Homework:
none
February 19
Activities:
Bell Ringer: propaganda
Answer questions over Bell Ringers #1-10 for test
Finish discussing notes and background over Rationalism (handout and PowerPoint)
Distribute textbooks
Begin reading and discussing Henry’s “Speech in the Virginia Convention”
Homework:
Study Bell Ringers #1-10 for test – 2/20
February 18
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
Review Bell Ringers #1-10 for test
Discuss notes and background over Rationalism (handout and PowerPoint)
Homework:
Study Bell Ringers #1-10 for test – 2/20
American Lit. Agenda February 10-14
February 14
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
Puritanism test (USATest Prep Unit I)
Homework:
none
February 13
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
Discuss possible reasons for Martha Carrier’s accusations
Read and discuss Taylor’s “Huswifery”
Review Puritanism for test
Homework:
Study for Puritanism test – 2/14
February 12
Activities:
Bell Ringer: Figures of speech – simile, metaphor, personification, symbol
Finish reading and discussing Mather’s “The Trial of Martha Carrier”
Identify Mather’s use of biased diction in the excerpt
Homework:
none
February 11
Activities:
Bell Ringer: Imagism
Continue reading and discussing Mather’s “The Trial of Martha Carrier”
Discuss Salem Witch Trials background
Share imagery/metaphor poems aloud
Homework:
none
February 10
Activities:
Bell Ringer: cliché
Finish reading and discussing Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Begin reading and discussing Mather’s “The Trial of Martha Carrier”
Homework:
none
American Lit. Agenda February 3-7
February 7
Activities:
Bell Ringer: jargon
Type poems for Young Georgia Authors competition
Begin reading and discussing Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Homework:
none
February 6
Activities:
Half-day release for inclement weather – no 4th period
Homework:
none
February 5
Activities:
Bell Ringer: idioms
Show Puritan PowerPoint and discuss Puritanism (handouts)
Homework:
none
February 4
Activities:
Bell Ringer: slang
Read and discuss Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” – explain Close Reading techniques
Read and discuss Bradstreet’s “Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666”
Homework:
none
February 3
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
Bell Ringers #1-10 open notes quiz
Revise poems
Homework:
none
American Lit. Agenda January 27-31
January 30
Activities:
Bell Ringer: prefix, suffix, roots definitions and examples
Finish revising Close Read step three of “Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666”
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time – deadline 2/3
January 29
Activities:
Bell Ringer: dialect
Finish reading Laws of Life essays aloud
Finish discussing and revising Close Read of “Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666”
Distribute Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Mather’s “The Trial of Martha Carrier”
Begin reading and discussing Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
January 28
Activities:
Bell Ringer: dialect
Read Laws of Life essays aloud
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
January 27
Activities:
Bell Ringer: aphorism
Discuss bell ringers hyperbole, allusion, blank verse
Explain meter and types metrical feet as well as number
Discuss “Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666” and review Close Reading steps
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
Finish Laws of Life narrative essay revision and print in Media Center – due 1/27
American Lit. Agenda January 21-24
January 24
Activities:
Bell Ringer: allusion
Read King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and answer the questions on own paper to learn how to read informational texts with a better understanding to prepare for the EOC this year
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
Finish Laws of Life narrative essay revision and print in Media Center – due 1/27
January 23
Activities:
Bell Ringer: blank verse
Distribute the Close Reading handout and the Bradstreet poems handout
Complete a close reading of “Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666” with a partner (all five steps)
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
Finish Laws of Life narrative essay revision and print in Media Center – due 1/27
January 22
Activities:
Bell Ringer: hyperbole
Finish reading “Coyote Finishes His Work” on the handouts
Write five similarities in the Native American myths (may not be in all but at least two) and five differences
Write a Native American Creation Myth which must be at least one page
Distribute the rubric for the myth
Homework:
Complete late Vocabulary Lesson #1 with six properties if not submitted on time
Finish Laws of Life narrative essay revision and print in Media Center – due 1/27
January 21
Activities:
Bell Ringer: rhyme scheme
Revise Laws of Life narrative essays based on teacher comments
Homework:
Finish Laws of Life narrative essay revision – due 1/27
American Lit. Agenda January 13-17
January 17
Activities:
Bell Ringer: consonance
Read and discuss “The Navajo Origin Legend,” “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” and “Coyote Finishes His Work” (handout)
Homework:
Work on Laws of Life narrative essay revision
January 16
Activities:
Bell Ringer: assonance
Native American background notes (archetypes, creation myths, oral tradition)
Read “Osage Creation Story” (handout)
Homework:
Work on Laws of Life narrative essay revision
January 15
Activities:
Bell Ringer: archetype
Continue typing Laws of Life narrative essays
Make revisions on essay based on my inserted comments
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
January 14
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
Finish USA TestPrep Pre-Assessment
Begin typing Laws of Life narrative essays
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
January 13
Activities:
Bell Ringer: none
USA TestPrep Pre-Assessment
Begin typing Laws of Life narrative essays
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
American Lit. Agenda January 7-10
January 10
Activities:
Bell Ringer: alliteration
Collect Laws of Life entry forms
Explain Laws of Life essay rubrics
Read sample Laws of Life essays from GA LOL website
Continue writing Laws of Life essays
Individual conferences with students – help find quotations
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
January 9
Activities:
Bell Ringer: fathers of the American short story
Distribute Native American stories – “The Osage Creation Account,” “The Navajo Origin Legend,” “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” “Earth on Turtle’s Back,” and “Coyote Finishes His Work” (handouts)
Distribute American Literature Timeline
Collect Laws of Life entry forms
Explain Laws of Life essay rubrics
Read sample Laws of Life essays from GA LOL website
Continue writing Laws of Life essays
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
January 8
Activities:
Bell Ringer: Harlem Renaissance
Oral pretest – Read and discuss McKay’s “America” and Hughes’ “Cross”
Distribute syllabus
Share with class four true things and one false thing about you – class guesses
Collect Laws of Life entry forms
Explain Laws of Life essay rubrics
Begin writing Laws of Life essays
Homework:
Get Laws of Life entry form signed
January 7
Activities:
Students sign up for Remind 101
Classroom Expectations and School Procedures (Proctor PowerPoint)
Distribute Laws of Life entry forms
Write five lessons that you have learned in life that made you a better person
Share at least three of the five lessons that you have learned in life that made you a better person
Write four true things and one false thing about you