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English 11 Second Semester Overview

Independent Reading ► Possible reduction in page count and/or counting in the pages of the novel you do for your final project (more later). ► Character Diary ► Come to Class as Character for a Day: In- class performances

Transcendentalism ► Review of “Civil Disobedience” and its influence ► Review of “Walden” and its influence ► Review of “Self Reliance” ► Poetry with Uncle Walt ► “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” ► Emily Dickinson project

Elements of Transcendentalism Connected to Today ► Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer ►  Notebook, Essays, etc. ► Grizzly Man ►  Comparison project of John Christopher McCandless & Timothy Treadwell

Realism ► Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat,” “The Blue Hotel” ► Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”

Huckleberry Finn ► The controversy ► Controversy in our world today ► Frederick Douglass; Booker T. Washington; Linda Brent’s Slave Narratives; Sojouner Truth, etc. ► A close reading of the novel ► Preparation for serious study of literature: ►  Notebook ►  Final exam ►  Final essay

Other novels? ► Their Eyes Were Watching God ►  Possibly just listen to this one... ► A Lesson Before Dying ► Native Son

Modern Novels ► Snow Falling on Cedars ► Beloved

Final Project ► Close reading of a novel selected from a list ► Full project: ►  Notebook ►  Final essay: You design the essay question

End of the Year ► June? ► June? ► July?  ► August?!!!   