This portion of the unit, we will also study the literary element of dialect.   We will be assisted in this by the article "American Dialects" by Gary Arpin on pg 512-514, and also by the glossary entry on pg 1192.

This week's activities will fulfill the following Content Expectations as required in Michigan's High School Content Expectations for English:
Xxx CE 2.1.3 Expand Vocabulary
Xxx CE 2.1.7 Demonstrate Comprehension
Xxx CE 4.2.1  Dialect

Poetic Catalog
Civil War
Regionalism
xxxCustoms
xxxDialect
xxxLocal Color
Satire
American culture, mid-1800s

Themes 
Twain uses the form of satire to ridicule and rebuke the slaveholding society in Huck Finn. 
Every person deserves to be free. 
Huck learns that Jim is a true friend entitled to full human rights.

ensued
excruciating
extremities
imperative
imperceptible
intangible
protruding
recoiled
solidity
undulations

This portion of the unit, we will also study the literary elements of foreshadowing.   We will be assisted in this by the article on pg xxx and the glossary entry on pg 1194.

This week's activities will fulfill the following Content Expectations as required in Michigan's High School Content Expectations for English:
Xxx CE 3.1.4 Study of a Specific Author
Xxx CE 2.1.3 Expand Vocabulary
Xxx CE 2.1.7 Demonstrate Comprehension

Abrasion
Appalling
Chafed
Deference
Gyrations
Malign
Oscillation
Perilous
Pivotal
Sentinel

This portion of the unit, we will also study the literary element of point of view.   We will be assisted in this by the article on pg 467 and the glossary entry on pg 1198.

This week's activities will fulfill the following Content Expectations as required in Michigan's High School Content Expectations for English:
Xxx CE 3.1.4 Study of a Specific Author
Xxx CE 2.1.3 Expand Vocabulary
Xxx CE 2.1.7 Demonstrate Comprehension
Xxx

Focus Questions
How do I communicate truth?  How can a person discover the truth about others?

What voice do I use to be heard?  How can I influence positive changes in social behavior?

Where do I see the satire in my life?

What prejudices are we taught? How are we products of society?

What is my responsibility for my own actions?

Why is the teaching of Huck Finn so controversial?  Is Huck a racist?  Should Huck Finn remain required core literature in American Literature classes?  How have criticisms of the book changed from its 1885 publication to now?

Essential Questions
What compromises of my integrity will I make in order to be accepted?

Vocabulary:
blanched
conflagration
gesticulating
indolent
obliterated
ominous
prostrate
provisional
retraction
stolidity
literary element:
situational irony
See pg  485 and
pg 1195 and Literary Terms

To Read or View, Week 2:
"A Mystery of Heroism" And "War is Kind" By Stephen Crane,

Introduction to Realism:  Romanticism gave way to Realism; compare the two with these helpful notes. 
Watch this PowerPoint show contrasting Romantic and the new worldview of Realism. 

Writing for Week 3:
Write an essay defining Realism as opposed to Romanticism was a complete way of thinking and viewing the world.  You should use these helpful notes (a Microsoft Word document); watch this PowerPoint show contrasting Romantic; read the article "The Rise of Realism" on pg 417 of our text; and use Internet resources. 

required:
free verse
refrain
rhyme scheme
speaker
stanza
meter
Additional:
narrative poem

Choose a Poem for Oral Presentation and be prepared to read and explain the poem in front of the class.  Select a poem, and then check out the rubric.  You may also want to use this "Poetry Analysis Flowchart."

This week's activities will fulfill the following Content Expectations as required in Michigan's High School Content Expectations for English:
Xxx CE 3.1.4 Study of a Specific Author
Xxx CE 2.1.3 Expand Vocabulary
Xxx CE 2.1.7 Demonstrate Comprehension

Helpful notes

Choose from among this Reading List for Term Papers .  Use this organizational scheme to assist you in organizing your term paper.   

Recommended stories for paper by Jack London:
"In a Far Country",
"The White Silence", and
"An Odyssey of the North" are all from the collection Son of the Wolf.
"The Law of Life" is from the collection Children of the Frost.
"The Scorn of Women" and "A Daughter of the Aurora" are from the collection The God of his Fathers.
"Brown Wolf" and "The Story of Keesh" are from the collection Love of Life.
Any other story by Jack London

Exam Terms:
Poetic Catalog
Civil War
Regionalism
Customs
Dialect
Local Color
Satire

Review materials to help prepare for the exam on Friday:
helpful notes comparing Romanticism gave way to Realism
PowerPoint show contrasting Romantic and the new worldview of Realism
Webpage contrasting Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman 

afforded
attributed
comply
curry
expiring
interpose
intimated
render
singular
solemnity

This portion of the unit, we will also study the literary element of autobiography.   We will be assisted in this by the article on pg xxx and the glossary entry on pg 1190.

"Spotlight on Spirituals and "code" Songs" pg 432-4
This week's activities will fulfill the following Content Expectations as required in Michigan's High School Content Expectations for English:
Xxx CE 3.1.4 Study of a Specific Author
Xxx CE 2.1.3 Expand Vocabulary
Xxx CE 2.1.7 Demonstrate Comprehension
Xxx CE 3.3.4 Demonstrate knowledge of American minority literature and the
Xxx Xxx  contributions of minority writers. 

Informational Text

Genre Study
Characteristics of
• editorial, news article
• critical analysis essay
• literary analysis essay
• feature video
• political cartoons
• satire in the media
• literary nonfiction
(The Tipping Point)
Expository Elements
• thesis
• supporting ideas
• statistical evidence
• chronology
Organizational Patterns
• fact/opinion
• cause/effect
• theory/evidence

Features
• letter-to-editor format: salutation, body, signature
• media conventions and special effects used in satire
• photographs and drawings
Critical Perspectives
• facts and opinions
• editorial perspective
• writer's tone, bias
• logic
• authenticity
• satire in film versus in print

Literary Devices
• narration/point of view
• irony vs. satire
• understatement
• vernacular language
• figurative language, imagery, symbolism
• allusions
• implied meanings
Historical/Cultural
• identify importance of events in text,
• racial equality
• perspectives on the use of epithets in the 1880s and now
• stereotyping
• culture of the 1880s
• racism through dialogue
• Realism vs. Romanticism
Critical Perspectives
• quotable lines
• challenges in 1880s and today to the teaching of Huck Finn
• perspectives by race/time/geography
• appreciation of satire in 1880s and today
• Connection to self --own perspective on issues of inequality, racism, prejudgment

Narrative Text

Genre Study
Characteristics of
• American Renaissance
• Romanticism
• Transcendentalism
• Realism
• Naturalism
• Picaresque genre
• Historical fiction
• Author study of Mark Twain
Literary Elements
• plot 
• setting
• conflict (internal/external)
• theme
• symbolism (fog, river vs. shore)
• characterization
• mood, tone, style
• author's purpose in writing the novel
• elements of satire
• motifs
• appearance vs. reality