HONORS AMERICAN LITERATURE (1st Period)

Romanticism and Transcendentalism

Tue 9/9 (F): Discuss "Rip Van Winkle"
HW: Read "Young Goodman Brown"

Wed 9/10 (G): Discuss "Young Goodman Brown"
HW: Read Poe short stories, "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat"

Thu 9/11 (A): NO CLASS

Fri 9/12 (S): Discuss Poe short stories
HW: Read poetry from Poe

Mon 9/15 (B): Introduce poetry analysis; start analysis of Poe's poetry
HW: Vocab assignment due tomorrow

Tue 9/16 (C): Finish with Poe; begin Dickinson
HW: Read poetry from Dickinson (#389, 449, 465, 510, 529, 712)

Wed 9/17 (D): Discuss Poe and Dickinson and their representations of death
HW: Read excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" and handout

Thu 9/18 (E): Introduction to Transcendentalism and "Civil Disobedience"
HW: Write two-page response as announced in class

Fri 9/19 (F):  More on Transcendentalism and "Civil Disobedience"
HW: Read Dickinson poems (#67, 254, 288, 435, 754, 1052, and 1287)

Mon 9/22 (G): Emily Dickinson’s other poetry (no it’s not all about death…)
HW: Read Whitman poems ("On the Beach at Night," "I Sit and Look Out," "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim," and "O Captain! My Captain!"); paper due Thursday

Tue 9/23 (A): NO CLASS

Wed 9/24 (B):  Poetry of Whitman
HW: Paper due Thursday

Thu 9/25 (C): Papers due; review of Romanticism and Transcendentalism
HW: Study for test

Fri 9/26 (D): Test on Romanticism
HW: Work on independent reading project; Bring Huck Finn for Monday