1. AMERICAN LIT Class Agenda Bell Work Seminar Form Lit Circle Groups Fill out meeting dates and role assignments Homework Read Chapters 20, 21, & 22 Complete your assigned role sheet and come prepared for your group’s first meeting on Friday 12/6

2. AmLit – Final Weeks Information AmLit AgendaLiterature Circle Due Dates

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9. Countee Cullen Born in 1903 in New York City, Countee Cullen was raised in a Methodist parsonage. He attended De Witt Clinton High School in New York and began writing poetry at the age of fourteen. In 1922, Cullen entered New York University. His poems were published in The Crisis, under the leadership of W. E. B. Du Bois, and Opportunity, a magazine of the National Urban League. He was soon after published in Harper's, the Century Magazine, and Poetry. He won several awards for his poem, "Ballad of the Brown Girl," and graduated from New York University in 1923. That same year, Harper published his first volume of verse, Color, and he was admitted to Harvard University where he completed a master's degree. Incident Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he poked out His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.' I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December; Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember.

10. PERIOD 1 ALEX Y TINASHEMichelle JEREMY A ALONDRA Anthony B Sarah NOAHHANSOL DILLONJOHANNVENYDARIEN MIKAELA Jackie BRANDON Galyssa ANTONI O CAROLINA Erin BRANDON Rdaniela Anthony p CAMILAGrantsamZheng AJamy Jeremy S Johnmarie ERICA TREZHUR GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Group 5 Group 6

11. PERIOD 2 E D I MALIAJustice JOSE E V A N BERNICEKate R I C A R D O ALEX P KARENALVINELYSE MIRA ISAIAH Jackie JAMAILARushil JIMI KATHLEEN LIZZY Alex Z TERALYN KELVIN H E R B E R TNatalieHannah KEVINBrandonJasonEstebanHeather BRADLEY MEGAN GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Group 5 Group 6

12. 123456 Disc. Dir. Sav. Sum Cr. Conn Im Ill W FLF Corinna Raihann Sopal Daniel Melissa Dennise Thomas Eric Peter Owen Jeremiah Nisha Roan Nicole Eldon Jason Ben Julia Jake Tom Maegan Albert Dom Will Morgan Valerie Angel Fernando Mason Sam Baylee Jonathan Chris GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Group 5 Group 6 PERIOD 3 LIT CIRCLE GROUPS

13. Discussion 1 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Group 5 Group 6 DDGreesanBrian SMarkBreeSadieJamie SSJuniorAlex CaberHawaAlex Clark Nick T Alex H Cr. ConnAustinBryan YScottAndres Alex Motey Michael Im Ill.RachelMeganSebastianErinLaurenJennifer W A’sayshaChristinaAlex MaloSuleymaAnandMadeline FLFNick L.KylaSophieLindseyDouglasArjun Fri 12/6 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Group 5 Group 6 PERIOD 5 LIT CIRCLE GROUPS

14. Seminar Summary The questions we dealt with were… In summary, the group concluded that… On the question of whether, most in the group tended to … and referred to evidence including…. One idea that remains inconclusive is…