Harlem Renaissance Background Notes

Today, we started the second quarter! We're starting the quarter with a study of the Harlem Renaissance. Click here to see the background notes for the Harlem Renaissance. If you were out today, check the green crate at the back of the room for today's handouts, which include a handout to go along with these notes.

To see the class calendar for the third quarter, click the "Class Calendar" link on the right of this page.

Vocabulary Unit 7

Today, we took notes for vocabulary unit #7:

Click here to use the Quizlet for Unit 7.

Vocabulary Unit 6

Today, we took the Gothic Literature quiz, and most classes had time to take the vocabulary notes. If you were absent today, plan to come to tutoring to take the quiz.

Click here to visit the Quizlet for Unit 6.

Gothic Background Notes

Here are today's notes:



Click here to download the student notes page for today. Extra copies are also available in the green crate at the back of the room.

Vocabulary Unit 5 and "How Transcendental are You?" Writing Assignment

Today, we took notes for vocabulary unit 5. Click here to see the Quizlet for Unit 5.

Here are the notes:



Today, we also started a short reflective writing assignment for the Romantic period - click here to download the "How Transcendental are You?" assignment from today. Extra copies are also available in the green crate at the back of the room. This writing assignment is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 28, 2019.

Romanticism Background Notes

Today, we started Romanticism, which includes Transcendentalism and Gothic literature.

We took notes about of the book. Click here to see a scanned copy of these pages in the book.

If you were absent today, extra copies of the notes handout are in the green crate at the back of the room.

Vocabulary Unit 4 & Starting The Enlightenment

Here are the vocabulary notes from class today:
Vocabulary Unit 4 quiz is Friday, October 18, 2019.
Click here to see the Quizlet for Unit 4.

 
Extra copies of your student notes page for this presentation are available in the green crate at the back of the room. 

After vocabulary notes, we then took background notes for The Enlightenment:


Extra copies of your student notes page for this presentation are available in the green crate at the back of the room. 

Vocabulary Unit 3

Here are the vocabulary notes:



Vocabulary Quiz #3 will be Monday, September 30, 2019.

Click here to study with the Quizlet for Unit 3.

Please note that this is a change due to the inclement weather.

Vocabulary Unit 2

Today, students received the vocabulary for Unit 2. The quiz will be on block day of next week. Click here to download vocabulary notes for unit 2.

Here's a link to the Quizlet for Unit 2.

MLA Review

Block Day: Rhetoric Notes and Continued Rhetorical Analysis of "Sinners"

We started Wednesday/Thursday by finishing our emotional appeals graphic organizer. Click here to read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathon Edwards.

Then, we took some notes about Rhetoric. Some of this information is new, some is not. Below is the presentation from class. We went through the powerpoint and took notes on this handout.



After completing the notes, we went back into the text of "Sinners" and found examples of every rhetorical device from the notes. If you didn't finish finding all the rhetorical devices, you need to do this before class on Friday.

Puritan Background Notes and "Upon the Burning of our House" by Anne Bradstreet

Today, we started studying Puritan literature.  As we start to learn about the Puritans and their literature, you will see that they were very religious. As a consequence of that, you'll notice that our academic vocabulary for this unit will be a bit different than we're used to. We are studying the Puritans, and because religion is something they valued, you will notice we're going to be using a lot of religion-related words. Under normal circumstances, we do not usually discuss religion at school. In English III, we study American literature, and some of the first English-speaking people to populate North America were the Puritans.

Here are the notes from today:



Click here to download the student notes for this presentation.

After we took notes, we read "Upon the Burning of Our House" by Anne Bradstreet and we paraphrased it together.

Homework: Answer the question on the back of the poem handout. Read the poem and think: What did the Puritans value? Cite 2-3 short pieces of text evidence in your answer.

Due when you walk into class on Tuesday.