Plans for February 28 to March 4

Monday or Friday (A/B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 21-24
• Type I Quick Write: The Confidence Man
• Historical Connection: The Rise of the “Confidence Man” in the Late 1800s
•    "Arrest of the Confidence Man," New-York Herald, 184
•  http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/lm/328/
• Present Day Conmen – View and Discuss
•    ABC News Nigerian Scam Documentary (419)
•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0e-pPfITts&feature=related
• Small Group Discussion: Confidence Men in Huck Finn
• Closing Activity: If time permits, students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
• Homework: Read chapters 25, 26, and 27 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters. 

Plans for February 23 to February 25

Wednesday (B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 13-16
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 13-16
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• View and Discuss: PowerPoint presentation on Kemble’s illustrations for the original version of Huck Finn.  Students will also read and discuss passages from the correspondences between Twain and his editor concerning the illustrations. 
• Analyze: Three examples of illustrations, focusing on portrayals of Jim
• Quick Write Activity
• Closing Activity: Students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
• Homework: Read chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters.  Your Quote Guides for chapters 1 through 20 are due next class!

Thursday or Friday (A/B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 17-20
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 17-20
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• Focus on Social Commentary: the beginning of the “feud” (107-109), their behavior makes Huck “sick” (bottom of 114), the raft is “home” (116).
• View and Discuss: Modern Social Commentary – Dave Chappelle and The Onion TV

• Closing Activity: Students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
• Homework: Students will receive their new quote guides for chapters 21 through 43.  Read chapters 21, 22, 23, and 24 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters. 

Plans for February 14 to February 18

Monday or Tuesday (A/B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 6-8
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 6-8
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• Read: Chapter 9, pausing for discussion of key passages and plot developments.
• Quick Write Activity
• Map Project: Students will become familiar with the project that will accompany the novel.  Students will partner up and begin mapping out Huck’s literal journey in addition to his moral journey on a large poster board.
• Homework: Read chapters 10, 11, and 12 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters. 

Wednesday or Thursday (A/B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 9-12
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 9-12
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• Close Reading Focus: Morality in chapters 9-12
• Full-Class Reading: Chapter 13 with a focus on “moral codes”
• Small Groups Discussion Topic
• Closing Activity: If time permits, students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
• Homework: Read chapters 14, 15, and 16 for next class.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters. 

Friday or Wednesday (A/B)

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 13-16
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 13-16
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• View and Discuss: PowerPoint presentation on Kemble’s illustrations for the original version of Huck Finn.  Students will also read and discuss passages from the correspondences between Twain and his editor concerning the illustrations. 
• Analyze: Three examples of illustrations, focusing on portrayals of Jim
• Quick Write Activity
• Closing Activity: Students will continue working on their map projects for the last few minutes of class. 
• Homework: Read chapters 17, 18, 19, and 20 for homework.  Be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.  You must also fill out your Huck Finn quotation guide for these chapters.  Your Quote Guides for chapters 1 through 20 are due next class!

Plans for February 7 to February 11

Monday (B Day):

• Reading Check Quiz: “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” local color, and humor writing
• View: Clips from Jump: A Frogumentary
• Discuss:  We will then discuss the film, focusing on how the long-held tradition honors Twain’s legacy and also celebrates the town’s traditions (how “local color” is still valued in our society today.)
• Note-taking: Realism, Ambrose Bierce, and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
• Read: Sections 1 and 2 of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” as a class, pausing for discussion.
• Homework: Students will have to finish “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” for homework and be prepared for a reading check quiz next class.

Tuesday or Wednesday (A/B):

• Reading Check Quiz: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
• Review and Discuss: American Realism and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”
• Discuss: An introduction to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Begin Reading: Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pausing for discussion of dialect, key passages, and plot developments.
• Study Guide: For each chapter of Huck Finn that we read, you will be required to select 1 quote from each of the chapters and explain why it is important, why you really liked it, though it was funny, or any other reaction you may have had to it.  We will do the first one together for chapter 1.
• Homework: Read chapters 2 through 5 for homework and be prepared for a reading check quiz.  In addition, you must fill out the Huck Finn quotation study guide for next class.

Thursday or Friday (A/B):

• Reading Check Quiz: Huck Finn, chapters 1-5
• Review: Reading Check Quiz answers for Huck Finn chapters 1 through 5
• Discuss: Students will share a few of the quotations from their study guides to lead into a discussion of a few key passages for close reading.
• Discuss: Close reading passages from chapters 2 through 5
• Begin Reading: Chapter 6
• Map Project: Students will become familiar with the project that will accompany the novel.  Students will partner up and begin mapping out Huck’s literal journey in addition to his moral journey on a large poster board.
• Homework: Students will finish chapter 6 and read chapters 7 and 8 for homework.  They will also be required to fill out their Huck Finn quotation study guide for chapters 6-8.