American Literature Calendar 

 
◄ February  March 2019  April ► 
Sun  Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri  Sat 
          1​ R​ ead Across America  2  
   
New Fiction Friday 
Presentations 
 
Independent Reading  
3   4   5   6   7   8   9  
  Read​ “The First  Read: “The  Secret Sin Gallery  Complete “The  Colonial Era Test   
Snowfall” &  Minister’s Black  Walk  Devil and Tom  Review 
“Thanatopsis”  Veil” by Nathaniel  Presentations  Walker” Allegory   
~Complete​ TPCASTT  Hawthorne    Reading Guide  CEI Constructed 
Poetry Analysis  ~Complete partner  Read: “The Devil    Response Review 
  analysis questions  and Tom Walker”  Independent   
HW: Bring infamous    by Washington  Reading  Magic Lens Quiz Review 
celebrity photo for  Secret Sin Gallery  Irving   
tomorrow’s  Wall Activity  ~ Complete  Independent Reading  
assignment.    Allegory Reading 
HW: Read &  Guide 
annotate article on 
predatory lending 
10   11   12   13   14   15   16  
  Introduction to  Emily Dickinson  CCSD Early Release  Vocabulary Units  Read “Civil   
Romanticism Part II:  Round Robin Group    1-3 Quiz  Disobedience” by 
The Transcendentalists  Poetry Analysis  Emily and Walt    Thoreau 
PowerPoint​ & ​Cornell  Activity  Blind Date Project  Read:  ~​Constructed Response 
Notes​/​Journals    Workshop  “Self-Reliance” by   
  Introduction to  Emerson”  Independent Reading  
Read & Discuss “I Hear  Emily and Walt  ~​Constructed 
America Singing” by  Blind Date Project  Response 
Walt Whitman   
17   18   19   20  21   22   23  
  “Civil Disobedience”  Romanticism Exam     introduction to     
Four-Square Discussion  Review Games and  Romanticism Exam  Realism  Introduction to T
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  Study Guide    PowerPoint ​&  Great Gatsby 
Emily and Walt Blind  (25 Multiple Choice  Cornell Notes  Annotation Assignment 
Date Presentations  & 2 CEI     
  Constructed  Independent  The Great Gatsby ch.1 
Independent Reading  Response)  Reading  Guided Reading 
 
24   25   26   27   28   29​ U​ SA TestPrep  30  
  Magic Lens Quiz # 2      Vocabulary Quiz 4  Practice Test #3 Due by   
  The Great Gatsby  USA TestPrep    11:59 PM 
Complete ​The Great  WebQuest  Workshop  Read & Annotate:   
Gatsby​ ch.1 Guided      The Great Gatsby  Read & Annotate: ​The 
Reading and  “My Bondage and  “My Bondage and  ch. 2  Great Gatsby​ ch. 3-4 
Annotations  My Freedom”  My Freedom”   
  Purpose for  Purpose for   
“My Bondage and My  Reading  Reading 
Freedom” Purpose for  Assignment  Assignment 
Reading Assignment   
31   Important Dates: 
  ★ 3/20- Romantic Era Exam 
★ 3/29- USA TestPrep Practice Test #3 due