1. Syllabus Overview

2. First Day Writing Activity

HW: Due Thurs.

1) Bring in 3rd page signed of syllabus

2) Bring in novel for SSR

1. Quality Writing Review- Intros and Conclusions

2. SAT Rubric and Response

3. Anticipation Guide for The Stranger

HW: Due Thurs:

1) Signed Syllabus

2) Novel for SSR

3) One-page response to Stranger Anticipation Guide

1. Book talk/ Book Wall

2. Albert Camus Notes

HW: None

1. Distribute novels

2. Read Ch.1 of The Stranger as a class

3. Complete What's in Your Head Activity and writing follow-up

HW:

1) Read Ch. 2 & 3 of The Stranger

2) Finish What's in your Head Activity

1. The Stranger Quiz Ch. 2-3

2. Read Ch. 4-5 as class

3. Quickwrite: Journal #2- "The Stranger Beginning"

HW: Read Ch. 6 of The Stranger

1. The Stranger Quiz Ch. 6

2. Journal #3: "Existentialism Notes", takes notes on Existentialism PPT

3. Library Orientation

HW: None

1. Continue notes on Existentialism PPT and complete Freedom vs. Determinism QW

2. Literature Groups- Narrator Assignment

3. Introduce Non-Fiction Assignment

HW: 1) Read Ch. 1 of Part II of The Stranger

2) Non-fiction Assignment due Monday, 9/13

1. Poetry Friday: 9/11 Poem Journal #4

2. Literature Groups: Role of Women in novel so far

3. Review The Stranger Study Guide expectations

HW: Due Monday:

1) Study Guide Questions for Part II, Ch. 1 and 2 of The Stranger

2) The Stranger Non-Fiction Assignment

1. The Stranger Quiz Part II, Ch. 1-2

2. Non-fiction Assignment Presentations

3. Journal #5: "The Stranger poem connection"

HW: Read Part II, Ch. 3 and complete Study Guide Questions

1. The Stranger Quiz Part II, Ch. 3

2. Journal #6 "Themes PPT and Notes"

3. Literary Circles: Ch. 4

HW: Read Ch. 5 and complete Study Guide Questions for Ch. 4-5

1. Last Quiz for The Stranger

-discuss

2. Work on Trial Handout

3. Theme Song Connection and project review

HW: Start researching possible songs to use for theme song project

1. Theme Song Connection (continued)

-Journal 7: "Theme song responses"

2. Stranger Final Essay handout

-overview

-outlining

-work time

HW: Theme Song Connection Project due tomorrow

1. Theme Song Project Presentations

2. Essay Work Time (next time)

-The art of drafting

HW: The Stranger Essay Due Dates:

- Rough Draft: 9/22

-Final Draft: 9/25

1. Finish Presentations for Theme Song Projects

2. When to Start a  New Paragraph

- Work on Drafts

3. Jean Gionot's "The Man Who Plants Trees"

HW: The Stranger Due:

- First Draft: Tomorrow, 9/21

-Final Draft: Friday, 9/25

1. The Stranger Analytical Essay Peer Review

2. Introduce Short Story Unit and read author's foreword.

3. Go over Literary Response Journal expectations

4. Read Toni Morrison's "Nobel Lecture- 1993" and complete sample LRJ (finish tomorrow in class)

HW: Read "B. Wordsworth" by Naipaul (301-308) and do LRJ

1. Finish reading Toni Morrison's "Nobel Lecture- 1993" and complete sample LRJ.

-discuss importance of language as "system", a "living thing", and as an "agency"

2. Begin Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"

HW: Read Luisa Valenzuela's "The Censors" (30-33) and complete LRJ

1. Elements of Fiction Review- take notes as first part of Journal #8

2. Finish reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" and complete Journal #8 entry

HW: The Stranger Analytical Essay due TOMORROW

1. Turn in The Stranger Analytical Essays and Draft

2. Poetry Friday:

"Poetry is..."

3. Read Haruki Murakami's "My 100 Percent Woman" and start working on LRJ

HW: Finish LRJ for "100 Percent Woman" story

No School

1. What Makes a Good Short Story

- Read "A Jury of Her Peers" in Class

- Review Elements of a Good Short Story

2. Introduce Short Story Fair Assignment and choose stories

HW: Review Story selections and prepare for work time tomorrow

1. Explain Short Story Fair Assignment and break into individual work time.

- Read story

- Work on Art project or Writing Project.

HW: Finish Short Story Fair projects for TOMORROW

1. Short Story Fair

- Circulate through displays and answer questions for Part I of Journal 9

- Bulwer-Lytton Sentences

2. Short Story Writing Activity

HW: Organize Journals for Collection Tomorrow

- Journal Order

1. Poetry Friday

- Overview of Poetry Project

- Read "The Street" by Octavio Paz and "Afterglow" by Jorge Luis Borges

-Complete Poetry Analysis Worksheet and Introductory Paragraph

HW: Complete Poetry Analysis Worksheet and Introductory Paragraph