Mr. Dittes's English 3 class @ SCHS

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Color Guide: Homework * Major Project * Groupwork * Quiz * Classwork * Multimedia * Active Learning

*October 13 to October 17:* The Descent into Civil War
Opener: link to past to present, p 433 Read "An Episode of War" pp 441-447 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking p 448 (or photograph activity). Watch video on Red Badget of Courage	Opener: Literary Focus, p 448 Lecture: from Romanticism to Realism Read "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" pp 466-475 Do Comprehension _ 2 of Critical Thining, p 475	Groups: create a timeline based on pages 216-217 in the book (the years 1800-1850). Identify events that are relevant to the history of Sumner County. Watch part 1 of the movie, Glory	Groups: create a timeline based on pages 430-431 (1850-1910). Identify events that are relevant to the hitory of Sumner County Glory, part 2	Finish Glory, if necessary Socratic Circle: "Weep not maiden, for War is Kind."
Bonus assignment: Read "The Master and the Mistress" a book review in the New York Times by Eric Foner. Answer questions about the reading for 7 to 10 bonus points (see Mr. Dittes for the question sheet).

*October 6 to October 8:* We End the First 9 Weeks with a Look at Slavery
Master Plan: identify your grade and any missing major assignments. Move Around Lecture: America 1850-1914 Negro Spiritualls: pp 450-453 Practice writing a spritual Listen to some sample spirituals	Review of History, 1850-1914 Read "from My Bondage" pp 456-463 52 Stephen Douglass	Slavery as seen by Southerners--Stephen Foster's Music We will write the final drafts of our essays in class as a mid-term exam equivalent.	Fall Break Parent-Teacher Conferences	Fall Break No School

*September 29 to October 3:* One Last Dance with the Romantics befor Civil War
Lecture: American Painting in the early 1800s Ralph Waldo Emerson Read "from Nature" and "from Self-Reliance" pp 362-367 Do Literary Focus, p 370 #s 1-3	Library: we complete our 2nd Inspiration project--ways that Nature inspires us. Henry David Thoreau read "from Walden" pp 372-379 Go over Rubric: Outline to Essay HW: 1D Outline to Essay due Thursday	Emily Dickinson I heard a fly buzz--when I died-- My life closed twice before its close-- The Soul selects her own Society-- There's a certain Slant of light, There is a solitude of space The Brain--is wider than the Sky-- Water, is taught by thirst. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, pages 397, 399 and 401 Isn't it Romantic? Preview Complete Outline to Essay to turn in	Outside: we walk and do an "I see-I feel" activity Walt Whitman from Song of Myself I Hear America Singing A Noiseless Patient Spider and When I Heard the Learned Astronomer	Homecoming Pep Rally 2nd Block Bonus: Isn't it Romantic? Song lyric analysis.

*September 22 to 26:* Whaling Week!
Handout: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 52s Handout Video: Essex, the True Story	Historic Poems: "Old Ironsides" p 262-263 "Concord Hymn" p 369 "O Captain, My Captain" (handout) Select a 19th-century career that you will research in the library. We will go to the library to learn how to use the program, Inspiration, to ourline our work.	Watch a video about the story of Moby Dick Read Moby Dick pp 330-337 52 Outline	Moby Dick pp 337-345 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 345 52 Portfolio Project due Friday	Harpooning Activity Outside Socratic Circle

*September 15 to 19:* America Expands Westward
Read "Crossing the Great Divide" and "The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth" pp 274 - 281 5-2s outline What's so wild about the West? Go to the library or Plato Lab to complete the Guided writing assignment, p 283	More on Lewis & Clark. Watch Lewis & Clark, Great Journey West. Write a 52 outline: What was the Voyage of Discovery like? Walk outside to discover and name new sites in the area.	Read "Heading West" pp 544-550 View "Into the West, Wagon Trail" on DVD Write an additional diary entry describing the trip.	God Rush Day "Gold Rush Letters" hand out activity Sweet Betsey from Pike activity	View short film on the death of the bison herds Socratic Circle: Hunting Bison

*September 8 to 12:* The Beginning of American Gothic
Compare the paintings on page 116 & 214 Pop Quiz: America in the 1st half of the 19th Century Move Around Lecture: History 1800 to 1850 HW: Final Draft Issues Essay due Wednesday	Grammar from papers HW: Choose one of the following stories to read for Thursday. A quiz will be given on the story of your choice: "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp 236-245 "The Fall of the House of Usher" pp 297-308 "The Minister's Black Veil" pp 318-327	Read "The Devil and Daniel Webster" handout.	Review the elements of Gothic literature, including three Gothic poems Watch first 30 Minutes of Big Fish, discuss Gothic elementts	Pep Rally 4th Block will finish the movie, Big Fish Bonus Assignment: Watch a gothic film or write a gothic tale.

*September 2 to 5:* Great Speeches Then & Now
No School Labor Day Holiday	Go over Rhetorical Techniques from last week. Read 2 speeches: "Speech in the Virginia Convention, " pp 168-171; and "Speech in the Convention" pp 172-173. Do Outline sheets for these speeches Literary Focus, p 174	Read "Washington's Speech to his Soldiers" Handout Do a basic outline summary Go over Rubric for the Issues Essay	View speech: Barack Obama accepts the nomination. IdentifySIX rhetorical devicesObama used in the speech.	View speech: John McCain accepts the nomination (part 1, part 2 via CNN) Identify issues raise in the speech Identify rhetorical devices used in the speech. Socratic Circle, if time allows

*August 25 to 29:* Birth of Our Nation
Grammar from papers (Mr. Dittes will return first drafts at this time) Move around Lecture: America 1750 to 1800 HW: Final Draft Decision & Consequences Essay due Wednesday	Identify some quality about yourself you wish to improve. Group: identify a three-step plan for self improvement. Read "from The Autobiography" pp 131 to 135. Use words from the text to analyze Franklin's experienc	"God Save the King" song exercise Identify a level of independence at school or at home you wish you had. Read "The Declaration of Independence," pp 140-143, or "from Common Sense" pp 144-145. Identify ways Jefferson and Paine supported their ideas. Use one of the techniques to support your independence.	"Yankee Doodle" lyrics exercise	Short Video on the life of Thomas Jefferson Socratic Circle: Writings of Thomas Jefferson

*August 18 to 22:* They're Coming to America
Read Indian mythology: "The Earth on Turle's Back," "When Grizzlies Walked Upright," and "from The Navajo Origin Legend." Do all Comprehension questions and 2 of Critical Thinking on pages 23 and 25.	Read "from The General History of Virginia" OR "from Of Plymouth Plantation" Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking questions on pages 70 or 75. "You think you have it bad" activity.	Read "from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" pp 42-47 Watch clips from Amistad Go over Rubric for the Decision & Consequences Essay HW: Decision & Consequences Essay due Friday	Applying Language skills, p 85 Read "from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" pp 96-101 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 101	Socratic Circle: