1. Honors African American Lit Agenda 1/11/2016 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Warm Up Review the Daily Objectives and Essential Questions Complete Test 1

2. Essential Questions How can the values of the author influence the theme? How can art and literature be a vehicle for social change? How do persons create a sense of self? What essential human freedoms should be accorded to all people? How are works, even visionary ones, still a product of the historical environment in which they were written? What is the importance of reputation and appearance?

3. Objectives: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of African American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the texts leaves matters uncertain.

4. Honors African American Lit Agenda 1/12/2016 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Warm Up-Ticket In Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives Continue Working on the “American Stereotypes Project” (Due 1/15)

5. Essential Questions How can the values of the author influence the theme? How can art and literature be a vehicle for social change? How do persons create a sense of self? What essential human freedoms should be accorded to all people? How are works, even visionary ones, still a product of the historical environment in which they were written? What is the importance of reputation and appearance?

6. Objectives: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of African American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the texts leaves matters uncertain.

7. Honors African American Lit Agenda 1/13/2016 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Warm Up-Ticket In Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives Continue Working on the “American Stereotypes Project” (Due 1/15)

8. Essential Questions How can the values of the author influence the theme? How can art and literature be a vehicle for social change? How do persons create a sense of self? What essential human freedoms should be accorded to all people? How are works, even visionary ones, still a product of the historical environment in which they were written? What is the importance of reputation and appearance?

9. Objectives Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of African American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the texts leaves matters uncertain.

10. Honors African American Lit 1/14/2016 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Warm Up-Ticket In Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives Complete “American Stereotypes Project” (Due 1/15)

11. Essential Questions How can the values of the author influence the theme? How can art and literature be a vehicle for social change? How do persons create a sense of self? What essential human freedoms should be accorded to all people? How are works, even visionary ones, still a product of the historical environment in which they were written? What is the importance of reputation and appearance?

12. Objectives Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Demonstrate knowledge of foundational works of African American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the texts leaves matters uncertain.

13. Honors African American Lit 1/15/2016 Housekeeping- place homework on the right corner, sharpen your pencils, dispose of any trash etc. Complete Warm Up-Ticket In Review the Essential Questions and Daily Objectives “American Stereotypes Project” Presentations Begin Reading and Analyzing Slave Narratives