Realism Unit 1860-1914
Tuesday, February 4th
1. vocab: disillusionment, dichotomy, futility, contrive, fervor
2. Go over Political, Economic, and Social Milestones from 1860-1914
3. journal: A Day in the Life of Realism (choose an event from the timeline 1860-1914, and write from 1st person point of view about what life was like back then.
4. Read: "The Rise of Realism" article from text & take NOTES:
HOMEWORK: Write a 45 minute essay:
A. What were Realists reacting to in society and history?
B. Juxtapose the Romantics and the Realists
Elements of Realism:
Political Highlights:
Social Influences:
1. vocab: disillusionment, dichotomy, futility, contrive, fervor
2. Go over Political, Economic, and Social Milestones from 1860-1914
3. journal: A Day in the Life of Realism (choose an event from the timeline 1860-1914, and write from 1st person point of view about what life was like back then.
4. Read: "The Rise of Realism" article from text & take NOTES:
HOMEWORK: Write a 45 minute essay:
A. What were Realists reacting to in society and history?
B. Juxtapose the Romantics and the Realists
Elements of Realism:
- Rejection of the idealized, larger- than-life hero of Romantic literature
- Detailed depiction of ordinary characters and realistic events
- Emphasis on characters from cities and lower classes
- Avoidance of the exotic, sensational, and overly dramatic
- Use of everyday speech patterns to reveal class distinctions
- Focus on the ethical struggles and social issues of real-life situations
- Attempt to analyze human behavior objectively, as a scientist would
- Belief that human behavior is determined by heredity and environment
- Sense that human beings cannot control their own destinies
- Sense of life as a losing battle against an uncaring universe
Political Highlights:
- Civil War (1861-1865) results in the loss of more than 600,000 men and a reunited but bitter republic.
- Slavery, a leading cause of the Civil War, is abolished in 1865.
- Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C., on April 14,1865.
- Romanticism is overtaken by more realistic attitudes toward art and life.
- Advances in sociology and psychology lead to growing interest in analyzing everyday life and the behavior of society as a whole.
Social Influences:
- Reformers and muckraking journalists expose abuses in industries such as mining and meatpacking.
- Large number of immigrants from Europe settle in American cities.
- In 1908, Henry Ford introduces the Model T, an invention that will drastically change the landscape and reshape the American way of life.
Thursday, February 6th
1. vocab: fervently, intimated, comply, interpose, afforded, solemnity, render, unnerve
2. Quiz: Political, Economic, and Social Milestones from 1860-1914
3. Read: Biography of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) p. 397
4. Read: from "Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass"
5. Read: Biography of Harriet A. Jacobs
6. Read: from "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet A. Jacobs
HOMEWORK: Respond to reading questions
HUCK FINN UNIT ~
Essential Questions:
1. How does Mark Twain satirize the society in which he lives? (1861)
2. Through his voice in Huck Finn, do you think Mark Twain is Racist?
3. How do the characters in Huck Finn represent stereotypical Character types?
LINK TO FULL TEXT
Tuesday, February 11th
1. vocab: colloquialism, vernacular, dialectal, satire, voice
2. Video: SmarterBalance Test
3. Go over Homework Questions: Slave Narratives
4. journal: How do words create meaning to cultures, subcultures, individuals? Why do words, connotations, dialects mean so much to people?
5. Read: "The N word" & Discuss
6. Read: "Foreword" for Huck Finn & Start Reading Book
HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 1-5 in Huck Finn & work on essay outline and character lists
Thursday, February 13th
Worktime on computers:
1. vocab: Find definitions and write sentences for the Huck Finn vocab list 1
2. webquest: Find answers to Mark Twain webquest questions online
Link to Google DOC: MAKE A COPY AND WORK OFF OF THE COPY, THEN SHARE
3. EAP Practice websites:
A. read over writing prompts and rubric: link here
B. Practice here: practice multiple choice reading and grammar questions
C. More DETAILED INFO: CSU English Placement Test Instructions and sample questions:
http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/focusonenglish.pdf
4. Read: Chapters 6-8 in Huck Finn
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 8 & work on essay outline and character lists
Friday, February 14th
EAP (Early Assessment Program) TEST: 45 minute timed essay -
Respond to a quote - to what extent do you agree or disagree?
**Practice links under "Resources" tab and on agenda above
Tuesday, February 18th
1. vocab: folly - Character types: dynamic vs. static, flat vs. round, foil, stock
2. schmoop.com Huck Finn video: http://www.shmoop.com/huckleberry-finn/
3. journal: How do words create meaning to cultures, subcultures, individuals? Why do words, connotations, dialects mean so much to people?
3. Bloom's Taxonomy Review: link to Levels and verbs: Questioning Levels 1-6
4. Group work: Go over: Huck Finn Ch. 1-8
HOMEWORK: Read to the end of Chapter 12 & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, February 20th
1. vocab: stereotype, conscience, conscientious
2. journal: Society vs. Huck/the Individual - How do Social Expectations create internal and external conflict?
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 1-12
4. Go over Ch. 1-12
5. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 13
HOMEWORK: 1. Vocab List 2: Huck Finn
2. Study Vocab List 1 for a quiz on Tuesday: link to Quizlet study list
3. INDEPENDENT PROJECT DUE: FRIDAY
Tuesday, February 25th
1. vocab: dogma, doctrine, tenent, rapscallion
2. journal: Superstitions, Omens & Their Roles in History
3. Quiz: Vocab Set 1
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 14-16
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 16 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for character types link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, February 27th
1. vocab: cliche, trite,
2. journal: Stereotype Characters in History & in Huck Finn
3. Close Reading: Racism in Quotes, Ch. 16
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 17-18
HOMEWORK: Independent Project
Friday, February 28th
1. vocab: undecipherable, cryptic. furtive, duplicitous, unscrupulous
2. Film: Huck Finn (1st half)
HOMEWORK: None - Get caught up!
February 28th - Independent Project Due:
Independent Reading Book & Creative Book Jacket
Research Report
Persuasive Essay
Powerpoint
Documentary Film
Creative Writing (Fiction or Non-fiction)
Book of Poetry
Community Service
Tuesday, March 4th
1. vocab: undecipherable, cryptic. furtive, duplicitous, unscrupulous
2. journal: Cons & Ethos, Pathos, Logos
3. Vocab Quiz 2
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 18--->22
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 21 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, March 6th
1. vocab: farce, ornery, extrapolate, serendipitous
2. journal: Conscience Quotes & Kohl's Levels of Morality
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 18-22
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 22-25
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 25 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Tuesday, March 11th
1. vocab: adversity, prosperity, vice, affluent, depravity, lechery
2. journal: Characterize a character in Huck Finn
3. Group work Huck Finn Ch. 22-25
1. Discuss Homework questions
2. Satire Charts (2)
3. Essay Outlines
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 26-28
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 28 & fill in Essay T-chart & find 3 Quotes that Satirize something about humanity and discuss what it illustrates about human folly
Thursday, March 13th
1. vocab: copious, meticulous, fastidious,
2. journal: Self-Assessment of Quarter 3 & HAND IN JOURNALS FOR GRADING!
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 26-28
4. Satire Charts
HOMEWORK: Read Ch. 29 & 30 & work on Essay T-chart, adding Quotes and CMs
Friday, March 14th
1. Lit Term: unreliable narrator link to presentation
2. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 29-30
3. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 31
HOMEWORK: Finish Read Chapters 32-34 & work on Essay T-charts, adding CDs & CMs
Tuesday, March 18th
1. vocab: complicit, solicit, audacity, vindictive, estimation
2. journal: Why has Mark Twain given us an unreliable narrator (Huck) for his tale? Analyze his literary intention. Comment on other literary choices that Twain has made in his tale.
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 32-34
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 35-39
HOMEWORK: Finish Read to end of Chapter 39 & fill in Essay T-chart with new quotes
Thursday, March 20th
1. vocab: debase, deplorable, demeaning, derogative, degenerative, denigrate
2. journal: Predict the ending of Huck Finn
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 35-39
3. Read Huck Finn: Chapter 40 -END
Homework: Finish Reading Huck Finn and complete Essay Outlines
Tuesday, March 25th
1. vocab: insinuate, instigate, discourse, implore, deduction, supposition
2. Quiz: END OF HUCK FINN
3. journal: critical review of Huck Finn
4. Critics Reviews of Huck Finn: Both Sides of the Debate http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/huckfinn/hucrevhp.html
5. Worktime: Huck Finn Socratic Seminar Prep
Homework: Prep for Socratic Seminar, Find an outside text to bring to the discussion to compare to themes of Huck Finn in more modern contexts
Thursday, March 27th
Socratic Seminar
Homework: Prep for Essay Test - you may use an outline or a post-it-ed text
Friday, March 28th: LAST DAY OF QUARTER
In-Class Essay Test for Huck Finn
1. vocab: fervently, intimated, comply, interpose, afforded, solemnity, render, unnerve
2. Quiz: Political, Economic, and Social Milestones from 1860-1914
3. Read: Biography of Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) p. 397
4. Read: from "Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass"
5. Read: Biography of Harriet A. Jacobs
6. Read: from "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet A. Jacobs
HOMEWORK: Respond to reading questions
HUCK FINN UNIT ~
Essential Questions:
1. How does Mark Twain satirize the society in which he lives? (1861)
2. Through his voice in Huck Finn, do you think Mark Twain is Racist?
3. How do the characters in Huck Finn represent stereotypical Character types?
LINK TO FULL TEXT
Tuesday, February 11th
1. vocab: colloquialism, vernacular, dialectal, satire, voice
2. Video: SmarterBalance Test
3. Go over Homework Questions: Slave Narratives
4. journal: How do words create meaning to cultures, subcultures, individuals? Why do words, connotations, dialects mean so much to people?
5. Read: "The N word" & Discuss
6. Read: "Foreword" for Huck Finn & Start Reading Book
HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 1-5 in Huck Finn & work on essay outline and character lists
Thursday, February 13th
Worktime on computers:
1. vocab: Find definitions and write sentences for the Huck Finn vocab list 1
2. webquest: Find answers to Mark Twain webquest questions online
Link to Google DOC: MAKE A COPY AND WORK OFF OF THE COPY, THEN SHARE
3. EAP Practice websites:
A. read over writing prompts and rubric: link here
B. Practice here: practice multiple choice reading and grammar questions
C. More DETAILED INFO: CSU English Placement Test Instructions and sample questions:
http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/focusonenglish.pdf
4. Read: Chapters 6-8 in Huck Finn
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 8 & work on essay outline and character lists
Friday, February 14th
EAP (Early Assessment Program) TEST: 45 minute timed essay -
Respond to a quote - to what extent do you agree or disagree?
**Practice links under "Resources" tab and on agenda above
Tuesday, February 18th
1. vocab: folly - Character types: dynamic vs. static, flat vs. round, foil, stock
2. schmoop.com Huck Finn video: http://www.shmoop.com/huckleberry-finn/
3. journal: How do words create meaning to cultures, subcultures, individuals? Why do words, connotations, dialects mean so much to people?
3. Bloom's Taxonomy Review: link to Levels and verbs: Questioning Levels 1-6
4. Group work: Go over: Huck Finn Ch. 1-8
HOMEWORK: Read to the end of Chapter 12 & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, February 20th
1. vocab: stereotype, conscience, conscientious
2. journal: Society vs. Huck/the Individual - How do Social Expectations create internal and external conflict?
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 1-12
4. Go over Ch. 1-12
5. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 13
HOMEWORK: 1. Vocab List 2: Huck Finn
2. Study Vocab List 1 for a quiz on Tuesday: link to Quizlet study list
3. INDEPENDENT PROJECT DUE: FRIDAY
Tuesday, February 25th
1. vocab: dogma, doctrine, tenent, rapscallion
2. journal: Superstitions, Omens & Their Roles in History
3. Quiz: Vocab Set 1
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 14-16
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 16 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for character types link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, February 27th
1. vocab: cliche, trite,
2. journal: Stereotype Characters in History & in Huck Finn
3. Close Reading: Racism in Quotes, Ch. 16
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 17-18
HOMEWORK: Independent Project
Friday, February 28th
1. vocab: undecipherable, cryptic. furtive, duplicitous, unscrupulous
2. Film: Huck Finn (1st half)
HOMEWORK: None - Get caught up!
February 28th - Independent Project Due:
Independent Reading Book & Creative Book Jacket
Research Report
Persuasive Essay
Powerpoint
Documentary Film
Creative Writing (Fiction or Non-fiction)
Book of Poetry
Community Service
Tuesday, March 4th
1. vocab: undecipherable, cryptic. furtive, duplicitous, unscrupulous
2. journal: Cons & Ethos, Pathos, Logos
3. Vocab Quiz 2
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 18--->22
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 21 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Thursday, March 6th
1. vocab: farce, ornery, extrapolate, serendipitous
2. journal: Conscience Quotes & Kohl's Levels of Morality
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 18-22
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 22-25
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 25 & fill in Essay T-chart & write a level 1-6 question for text link to Levels and verbs:
Tuesday, March 11th
1. vocab: adversity, prosperity, vice, affluent, depravity, lechery
2. journal: Characterize a character in Huck Finn
3. Group work Huck Finn Ch. 22-25
1. Discuss Homework questions
2. Satire Charts (2)
3. Essay Outlines
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 26-28
HOMEWORK: Finish Reading to the end of Chapter 28 & fill in Essay T-chart & find 3 Quotes that Satirize something about humanity and discuss what it illustrates about human folly
Thursday, March 13th
1. vocab: copious, meticulous, fastidious,
2. journal: Self-Assessment of Quarter 3 & HAND IN JOURNALS FOR GRADING!
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 26-28
4. Satire Charts
HOMEWORK: Read Ch. 29 & 30 & work on Essay T-chart, adding Quotes and CMs
Friday, March 14th
1. Lit Term: unreliable narrator link to presentation
2. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 29-30
3. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 31
HOMEWORK: Finish Read Chapters 32-34 & work on Essay T-charts, adding CDs & CMs
Tuesday, March 18th
1. vocab: complicit, solicit, audacity, vindictive, estimation
2. journal: Why has Mark Twain given us an unreliable narrator (Huck) for his tale? Analyze his literary intention. Comment on other literary choices that Twain has made in his tale.
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 32-34
4. Read: Huck Finn Ch. 35-39
HOMEWORK: Finish Read to end of Chapter 39 & fill in Essay T-chart with new quotes
Thursday, March 20th
1. vocab: debase, deplorable, demeaning, derogative, degenerative, denigrate
2. journal: Predict the ending of Huck Finn
3. Quiz: Huck Finn Ch. 35-39
3. Read Huck Finn: Chapter 40 -END
Homework: Finish Reading Huck Finn and complete Essay Outlines
Tuesday, March 25th
1. vocab: insinuate, instigate, discourse, implore, deduction, supposition
2. Quiz: END OF HUCK FINN
3. journal: critical review of Huck Finn
4. Critics Reviews of Huck Finn: Both Sides of the Debate http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/huckfinn/hucrevhp.html
5. Worktime: Huck Finn Socratic Seminar Prep
Homework: Prep for Socratic Seminar, Find an outside text to bring to the discussion to compare to themes of Huck Finn in more modern contexts
Thursday, March 27th
Socratic Seminar
Homework: Prep for Essay Test - you may use an outline or a post-it-ed text
Friday, March 28th: LAST DAY OF QUARTER
In-Class Essay Test for Huck Finn