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.