American Literature
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Week 1 (Aug. 21–25) | Points | |
1.0 | Announcements |
Week 2 (Aug. 28 – Sep. 1) | Points | |
2.0 | Announcements |
Week 3 (Sep. 4 – Sep. 8) | Points | |
3.0 | Announcements |
Week 4 (Sep. 11 – Sep. 15) | Points | |
4.0 | Announcements |
Week 5 (Sep. 25–22) | Points | |
5.0 | Announcements |
Week 6 (Sep. 25–29) | Points | |
6.0 | Announcements |
Week 7 (Oct. 2–6) | Points | |
7.0 | Announcements | |
Annabel Lee | ||
7.1 | Vocab for Annabel Lee (1) | 10 |
7.2 | Vocab for Annabel Lee (2) | 10 |
Formatting Dialogue | ||
7.3 | Introduction | 2 |
7.4 | Direct and Indirect Speech | 10 |
7.5 | Punctuating Dialogue (1) | 10 |
7.6 |
Punctuating Dialogue (2) | 10 |
7.7 | Punctuating Dialogue (3) | 10 |
7.8 | Punctuating Dialogue (4) | 10 |
7.9 | Punctuating Dialogue (5) | 10 |
Extra Credit | ||
7.10 | Introduction (Seterra) | (2) |
7.11 | North & Central America (1) | (10) |
Week 8 (Oct. 8–13) | Points | |
8.0 | Announcements | |
Annabel Lee | ||
8.1 | Vocab for Annabel Lee (3) | 10 |
8.2 | Vocab for Annabel Lee (4) | 10 |
Formatting Dialogue | ||
8.3 | Formatting Dialogue (1) | 10 |
8.4 | Formatting Dialogue (2) | 20 |
8.5 | Formatting Dialogue (3) | 10 |
8.6 | Adding Thoughts and Feelings | 10 |
Narrative Tense | ||
8.7 | Narrative Tense (1) | 2 |
8.8 | Narrative Tense (2) | 10 |
8.9 | Present to Past | 10 |
8.10 | Past to Present | 10 |
Extra Credit | ||
8.11 | South America (1) | 10 |
8.12 | Australasia (1) | 10 |
Week 9 (Oct. 16–20) | Points | |
9.0 | Announcements | |
Annabel Lee | Points | |
Note: Some pages in this unit are password protected. Password = freedom | ||
9.1 | Introduction | 5 |
9.2 | Annabel Lee (1st Reading) | 2 |
9.3 | Summary | 7 |
9.4 | Stanza 1 | 6 |
9.5 | Stanza 2 | 7 |
9.6 | Stanza 3 | 10 |
Formatting Dialogue | ||
9.7 | Commas in Direct Address (1) | 10 |
9.8 | Commas in Direct Address (2) | 5 |
9.9 | Interjections (1) | 10 |
9.10 | Interjections (2) | 5 |
Extra Credit | ||
9.11 | Northern Europe (1) | 10 |
9.12 | Southern Europe (1) | 10 |
Week 10 (Oct. 23–27) | Points | |
10.0 | Announcements | |
Annabel Lee | Points | |
Note: Some pages in this unit are password protected. Password = freedom | ||
10.1 | Stanza 4 | 8 |
10.2 | Stanza 5 | 3 |
10.3 | Stanza 6 | 9 |
10.4 | Imagery in Poetry | 20 |
10.5 | Annabel Lee (Final Reading) | 2 |
10.6 | Final Reflection | 20 |
Point of View | Points | |
10.7 |
Viewpoint | 10 |
10.8 | Point of View (1) | 10 |
10.9 | Point of View (2) | 10 |
10.10 | 3rd Person Variations | 6 |
Extra Credit | ||
10.11 | Western Europe (1) | 10 |
10.12 | Eastern Europe (1) | 10 |
Week 11 (Oct. 30 – Nov. 3) | Points | |
11.0 | Announcements | |
Vocab for Song out of Midian | ||
11.1 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (1) | 10 |
11.2 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (2) | 10 |
Point of View | ||
11.3 | Objective Viewpoint | 10 |
11.4 | 1st Person Narratives | 10 |
11.5 | Omniscient Viewpoint | 10 |
11.6 | Objective, Limited, or Omniscient? | 10 |
11.7 | Point of View (Review) | 10 |
Literary Terms | ||
11.8 |
Introduction | 2 |
11.9 | Figurative Language | 10 |
11.10 | Figurative Language Techniques | 7 |
Extra Credit | ||
11.11 | Europe (1) | 10 |
11.12 | South Asia (1) | 10 |
Week 12 (Nov. 6–10) | Points | |
12.0 | Announcements | |
Vocab for Song out of Midian | ||
12.1 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (3) | 10 |
12.2 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (4) | 10 |
Point of View | ||
12.3 | I Am a Vampire | 20 |
12.4 | You See a Ghost | 20 |
12.5 | He Was an Old Man | 20 |
Literary Terms | ||
12.6 | Analogies: Similes and Metaphors | 10 |
12.7 | Hyperbole and Understatement | 10 |
12.8 |
Personification | 10 |
Basic Reading Skills | Points | |
12.9 | Reading between the Lines | 3 |
12.10 | Imply and Infer (1) | 10 |
Extra Credit | ||
12.11 | Southeast Asia (1) | 10 |
12.12 | Former Soviet Union (1) | 10 |
Week 13 (Nov. 13–17) | Points | |
13.0 | Announcements | |
Vocab for Song out of Midian | ||
13.1 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (5) | 10 |
13.2 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (6) | 10 |
Vignettes | ||
13.3 | Introduction | 4 |
13.4 | Write a Vignette | 30 |
Literary Terms | ||
13.5 | Figurative Language in Poetry | 10 |
Basic Reading Skills | ||
13.6 | Implication and Inference | 9 |
13.7 | Sherlock Holmes | 10 |
Basic Writing Skills | ||
13.8 | Periods, Commas, and Question Marks (1) | 10 |
13.9 | Capitalization (1) | 10 |
13.10 | Possessives (1) | 10 |
13.11 | Contractions (1) | 10 |
13.12 | Numbers (1) | 10 |
13.13 | Separating Clauses (1) | 10 |
13.14 | Its / It's | 10 |
Week 14 (Nov. 27 – Dec. 1) | Points | |
14.0 | Announcements | |
Vocab for Song out of Midian | ||
14.1 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (7) | 10 |
14.2 | Vocab for Song out of Midian (8) | 10 |
Basic Reading Skills | ||
14.3 | Imply and Infer (2) | 10 |
Basic Writing Skills | ||
14.4 | Periods, Commas, and Question Marks (2) | 10 |
14.5 | Capitalization (2) | 10 |
14.6 | Possessives (2) | 10 |
14.7 | Contractions (02) | 10 |
14.8 | Numbers (2) | 10 |
14.9 | Separating Clauses (2) | 10 |
14.10 | Your / You're | 10 |
Literary Terms | ||
14.11 | Allusions | 10 |
The Tell-Tale Heart | ||
14.12 | Unreliable Narrators | 8 |
14.13 | Introduction (Tell-Tale Heart) | 6 |
14.14 | 10 | |
14.15 | The Tell-Tale Heart (1) | 4 |
14.16 | The Tell-Tale Heart (2) | 4 |
14.17 | The Tell-Tale Heart (3) | 6 |
14.18 | Final Reflection | 30 |
Extra Credit | ||
14.19 | Your Turn | (20) |
Week 15 (Dec. 4-8) | Points | |
15.0 | Announcements | |
Basic Reading Skills | ||
15.1 | Setting | 10 |
Basic Writing Skills | ||
15.2 | Periods, Commas, and Question Marks (3) | 10 |
15.3 | Capitalization (3) | 10 |
15.4 | Possessives (3) | 10 |
15.5 | Contractions (03) | 10 |
15.6 | Numbers (3) | 10 |
15.7 | Separating Clauses (3) | 10 |
15.8 | There / Their / They're | 10 |
Literary Terms | ||
15.9 | Exposition | 14 |
Show, Don't Tell | ||
15.10 | Show, Don't Tell (1) | 10 |
15.11 | Show, Don't Tell (2) | 20 |
Week 16 (Dec. 11–15) | Points | |
16.0 | Announcements |
Week 17 (Dec 18–22) | Points | |
17.0 | Announcements |
Week 18 (Jan. 8-12) | Points | |
18.0 | Announcements |
Week 19 (Jan. 15-19) | Points | |
19.0 | Announcements |
Week 20 (Jan. 22-26) | Points | |
20.0 | Announcements |
Week 21 (Jan. 29 - Feb. 2) | Points | |
21.0 | Announcements |
Week 22 (Feb. 5 - 9) | Points | |
22.0 | Announcements |
Week 23 (Feb. 12-16) | Points | |
23.0 | Announcements |
Week 24 (Feb. 19-23) | Points | |
24.0 | Announcements |
Week 25 (Feb. 26 - Mar. 1) | Points | |
25.0 | Announcements |
Week 26 (Mar. 4-8) | Points | |
26.0 | Announcements |
Week 27 (Mar. 11-15) | Points | |
27.0 | Announcements |
Week 28 (Mar. 18-22) | Points | |
28.0 | Announcements |
Week 29 (Mar. 25-29) | Points | |
29.0 | Announcements |
Week 30 (Apr. 1-5) | Points | |
30.0 | Announcements |
Week 31 (Apr. 15–19) | Points | |
31.0 | Announcements |
Week 32 (Apr. 22–26) | Points | |
32.0 | Announcements |
Week 33 (Apr. 30 – May 3) | Points | |
33.0 | Announcements |
Week 34 (May 6–10) | Points | |
34.0 | Announcements |
Week 35 (May 13–17) | Points | |
35.0 | Announcements |
Week 36 (May 20–24) | Points | |
36 | Announcements |
Week 37 (May 27–31) | Points | |
37 | Announcements |
Week 38 (Jun. 3-4) | Points | |
38 | Announcements |