Monday Jan 5 – English III Welcome to Spring Semester! Today: Introduce yourself to your table: (5 min) Your name Best thing about winter break Syllabus Review (15 min) Note that Coyote Points are earned by you individually (50 pts/quarter) and by each class (prize is a pizza party) Signature Sheet due Thursday (5 pts)

What is your dream? (5 min) Share with class: your name and what your dream is Take notes for Realism unit (powerpt) (10 min)

2 nd Semester: The American Dream (15 min) When people refer to “The American Dream,” what are they referring to? - Write a half-page description of what you believe the The American Dream is today, as it is understood by most people. -Be specific. (This will be different from your own dream, as shared earlier with the class.) Exit ticket: Turn in your half-page description of the American Dream.

Table Topic: Discuss with your table members: What’s What’s your favorite family tradition?

Tuesday Jan 6 – English III Today: Introduce yourself to your table: (5 min) - Your first name -Table topic: Would you rather live for a week in the past or in the future? (Each person at table shares his/her answer with others.) Syllabus Review (15 min) - Remember: Signature Sheet due Thurs. (5 pts) -Add the following classroom expectations to your syllabus:

Classroom Expectations Be on time to class. (this is already in the syllabus) Be on time to class. (this is already in the syllabus) This means that you are sitting in your seat with your materials when the bell rings. (Write everything under the bullet point onto your own syllabus.)

Classroom Expectations Be respectful. (this is already in the syllabus) Be respectful. (this is already in the syllabus) This means that you treat your peers, your teacher, and the classroom and supplies with respect and courtesy. It means polite, appropriate language at all times. (Write everything under the bullet point onto your own syllabus.)

Classroom Expectations Be engaged in the learning. (this is already in the syllabus) Be engaged in the learning. (this is already in the syllabus) This means that you are actively listening, writing, reading, or otherwise working on a classroom task. It also means that you are not interfering in your peers’ work by talking or by disrupting the educational process in our class. (Write everything under the bullet point onto your own syllabus.)

Classroom Expectations Students who do not meet my classroom expectations can expect 1) an individual conference with me at lunch 1) an individual conference with me at lunch 2) parent contact 2) parent contact 3) disciplinary referral 3) disciplinary referral Keep your syllabus handy! Open-note quiz coming up this week.

Realism Period of Literature 1850s

Fiction based on Reality Rebellion against Romanticism Rebellion against Romanticism Real, not imagined, people and events Real, not imagined, people and events Focus on contemporary, everyday life Focus on contemporary, everyday life

Character Study Humans control their destinies; character is superior to circumstance Humans control their destinies; character is superior to circumstance Ordinary characters, studied in depth Ordinary characters, studied in depth Emphasis on morality is often self-realized, Emphasis on morality is often self-realized, upon an examination of idealism upon an examination of idealism

Character more important than plot Use of dialect to increase realism Use of dialect to increase realism The particular variety of a language spoken in one geographical area by a certain group of people. The particular variety of a language spoken in one geographical area by a certain group of people. e.g. “Dat truck dah is TRASH; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes 'em ashamed." (Twain Ch 15)

Pre-Civil War The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Huck’s morality is self-realized, not dictated by society. Twain criticizes societal values, through the observation of characters Characters are ordinary; use of dialects

Civil War Disillusionment with the Civil War Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane Stephen Crane is also considered a Naturalist novelist

Naturalism Period of Literature

Nature is Harsh & Indifferent Humans are powerless against Nature Humans are powerless against Nature Humans are conditioned & controlled by Humans are conditioned & controlled by Environment Environment Hereditary Hereditary Chance Chance Instinct Instinct --BUT HUMANS CAN MAINTAIN DIGNITY AND BECOME HEROIC

Jack London fantasticfiction.co.uk blogs.democratandchronicle.com

Pre-Reading for Huck Finn Purple handout: Two Commentaries Purple handout: Two Commentaries Read and discuss with your table Read and discuss with your table Write your answer on the 1 st page of your study packet Write your answer on the 1 st page of your study packet

Wednesday Jan 7 – English III Today: New Seats Share your first name with those at your table. And share the best book you’ve read recently. Remember the Syllabus Signature page is due tomorrow for 5 pts

Pre-Reading/Notes Write these vocab words into your notes for the Huck Finn unit: Bigot: a person who is intolerant of those holding different opinions Epithet: an offensive word or name, used as an insult Briars: a plant with a thorny or prickly stem Pariah: a person who is hated and rejected by other people Rhetoric: the art of speaking (or writing) effectively

Pre-Reading: The Bradley article (purple handout) Discuss this quote: Discuss this quote: “..but, reading H.Finn, I began to distinguish connotation from denotation, to judge intent by action rather than rhetoric.” Re-read the last paragraph out loud. Take turns- each person reads 2 sentences until you finish. Re-read the last paragraph out loud. Take turns- each person reads 2 sentences until you finish. Now discuss and decide on your answer to the 1 st question in the study packet. You don’t have to agree with your neighbors! Now discuss and decide on your answer to the 1 st question in the study packet. You don’t have to agree with your neighbors!

Continue working on the 1 st page of the study guide. Continue working on the 1 st page of the study guide. Notebook organization for 2 nd quarter: Notebook organization for 2 nd quarter: Keep: handouts such as SEW sets, plot diagram, theme/tone words, Recycle: everything else!