American+Lit+-+March+31+-+April+4

=**Monday, March 31**= = = =**Tuesday, April 1**= = = =**Wednesday, April 2**=
 * ===**Winthrop handout**===
 * ===**words on back**===
 * ===**Vocab warm-up (Winthrop words)**===
 * ===**Take a small piece of paper from the basket**===
 * ===**On it write one to four sentences using each of these words:**===
 * ===**1. providence, n. - divine guidance or care**===
 * ===**2. eminent, adj. - well known, famous**===
 * ===**3. subjection, n. - the process of bringing someone or something under one's control**===
 * ===**4. contiguous, adj. - next to, alongside of, touching, as two states on a map**===
 * ===Notes on literary movements===
 * ===Timelines===
 * ===Look at Winthrop's speech "A Model of Christian Charity"===
 * ===**Bring your Student ID tomorrow to check out //Huck Finn//!**===
 * **vocab warm-up:**
 * add definitions to your list
 * write sentences on a small piece of paper
 * include GRIZZLY BEAR somewhere in your sentences
 * ===**5. partake, v. - to join in, to share something**===
 * ===**6. infuse, v. - to fill completely, to soak in, as tea infuses its flavors in the hot water**===
 * **7. endeavor,**
 * **v. - to work hard to achieve a goal**
 * **n. - the attempt to achieve a goal**
 * ===8. precept, n. - a general rule to regulate behavior or thought; a warrant===
 * ===Back to Winthrop===
 * ===who has referred to this speech?===
 * ===go over speech===
 * ===questions to help analyze===
 * ===**check out //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn//**===
 * ===**reading schedule starts tomorrow**===
 * ===**vocab warm-up**===
 * ===Write sentences. Include the word SKYDIVE.===
 * ===**9. covenant**===
 * ===**n. - an agreement**===
 * ===**v. - to agree, especially in a legal setting**===
 * 10. commission -
 * ===n. - an instruction given to a person or group of people; a group given a job.===
 * ===v. - to give an order to create something special; to make something function===
 * ===11. articles, n. - 1) laws. 2) items or things===
 * ===12. profess, v. - to make a claim or affirm faith in something===
 * ===Finish Twain notes===
 * ===Time? look at notes before the story===
 * ===Note on reading this story in 2014===

=**Thursday, April 3**=
 * **Non-Vocab Warm-up!**
 * ===**Remember Roman Numerals?**===
 * ===**No problem!**===
 * ===**Don't remember them?**===
 * ===**Now is a great time to learn!**===
 * ===If you don't finish today, turn it in tomorrow.===
 * ===The challenge of word choice in discussion===
 * Reading schedule for Huck Finn
 * Notes for tonight's reading:
 * "If you are with the quality"
 * What does Tom Sawyer read?
 * ===**critical "lenses"**===
 * **What is our focus when we read?**
 * ===**is there something we really care about that affects how we look at things?**===
 * ===**What is the writer's focus?**===
 * ===**What is the writer neglecting or ignoring?**===
 * ===Lit Crit notes (available under the American Lit heading)===

=**Friday, April 4**=
 * ===**vocab warm-up:**===
 * **write sentences.**
 * **Include //Tyrannosaurus rex//**
 * ===**13. enterprise, n. - a difficult project; a business**===
 * ===**14. dissemble, v. - to hide the truth, including your true feelings**===
 * ===**15. carnal, adj. - having to do with the body, rather than the spirit**===
 * ===**16. posterity, n. - the future; the speaker's future generations**===
 * ===Reading quiz on Tuesday!===
 * ===Lit Crit work===
 * ===How do we ask these questions===
 * ===Example: Phyllis Wheatley poem===
 * ===Group work on shocking yellow sheet===