2011 / [NLHS English III Daily topical map] Last Reviewed May 17th, 2012
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 1 / Day 1
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  • Class intro.
  • Rules,
procedures / Day 2
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  • Native American introduction
  • Creation stories
Lesson:
Background in text or on unitedstreaming.
Discuss culture clash
Show Native American myths on united streaming. / Day 3
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  • Coyote stories, etc.
/ Day 4
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  • Rowlandson narrative
Lesson:
Show or discuss captivity narrative background
Listen to audio
Analyze attitude of author
Analyze Puritan attitides / Day 5
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  • Rowlandson narrative
Lesson:
Review clash of cultures
Quiz
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 2 / Day 6
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  • Equiano Narrative
Lesson:
Show unitedstreaming video “The Slave Ship”
List and define Persuasive techniques / Day 7
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  • Equiano narrative
Lesson:
Listen to audio of narrative
Student keep notes on persuasive techniques / Day 8
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  • Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God
Lesson:
Listen to audio / Day 9
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  • Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God
Lesson:
In groups students find examples of imagery, diction, tone and keep a list of exact quotes. / Day 10
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  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
  • Analysis
Lesson:
Using essay outline write a literary analysis using quotes as evidence
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 3 / Day 11
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  • Huswifery
  • Burning of Our House
Lesson:
Use Power Point for Huswifery
In groups students paraphrase Burning of Our House and divide into 3 different attitudes of speaker. / Day 12
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  • Plymouth Plantation
Lesson:
Listen to audio and complete guided notes / Day 13
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  • Plymouth Plantation
Lesson:
Review and test over Puritan literature / Day 14
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  • The Crucible
  • Anticipation and introduction
Lesson:
Show or discuss background
Give Agree or Disagree anticipation quiz over themes of play / Day 15
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  • Miller intro
  • Salem and McCarthyism
  • Crucible Prologue
Lesson: Show video from unitedstreaming about witchcraft trials
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 4 / Day 16
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 17
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 18
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act I / Day 19
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 20
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart
Unit 1
Colonial
Week 5 / Day 21
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act II / Day 22
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 23
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 24
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act III / Day 25
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart
Unit 2
Revolutionary
Week 6 / Day 26
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Read aloud or listen to audio.
Keep character motivation chart / Day 27
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  • The Crucible
Lesson:
Quiz Act IV / Day 28
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  • The Crucible film
Lesson:
Discuss play as a whole
The title, themes, motivation, conflict / Day 29
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  • The Crucible film
Lesson:
As students watch video have them keep notes on choices made in the film. / Day 30
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  • The Crucible exam

Unit 2 Revolutionary
Week 7 / Day 31
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  • Ben Franklin
Lesson:
Show unitedstreaming clip of Ben Franklin as background
Read or listen to The Autobiography / Day 32
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  • Ben Franklin
Lesson:
In groups students develop Teen’s Commandments based on Franklin’s precepts / Day 33
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  • Speech to the Virginia Convention
Lesson:
Create chart with list of persuasive devices to be filled in after listening / Day 34
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  • The Speech to the Virginia Convention
Lesson: Compare VA Convention speech with any modern President’s prepare for war speech / Day 35
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  • Persuasion Topic Research
Lesson: Introduce Speech /Visual Argument Criteria
Picking a topic
Unit 2 Revolutionary
Week 8 / Day 36
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  • Persuasion Topic Research
Lesson:
Go to library to search topic / Day 37
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  • The Crisis, Carrie Catt (or other speech)
  • Review persuasive speech
Lesson:
After listening to the Crisis, students complete persuasive techniques analysis handout / Day 38
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  • .Declaration of Independence
Students create their own Declaration of Independence with a list of grievances against parents or teachers
Listen to Declaration and list persuasive techniques on analysis handout / Day 39
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  • Letter to John Adams, Abigail Adams
  • Research topic due.
Lesson:
Read Letter
Constructed Response-What argument does Abigail Adams advance for granting rights to American women? / Day 40
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  • Declaration of Sentiments
Lesson:
Show women’s suffrage movement video from unitedstreaming.
Are “All men created equal”? Students write and editorial analyzing your ideas of freedom and equality.
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 9 / Day 41
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  • Visual argument Power Point
Lesson:
Go to computer lab to Find pictures to create visual argument / Day 42
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  • Visual argument Power Point
Cont. / Day 43
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  • Visual argument Power Point
Cont. / Day 44
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  • Visual argument Power Point
Presentations
Students complete peer evaluation forms / Day 45
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  • Persuasion-
Study model of Persuasive speech Givecriteria / rubric
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 10 / Day 46
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  • Persuasion topic Rhetorical Strategies and Devices lesson
/ Day 47
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  • Persuasion topic Research
Lesson:
Go to library/ computer lab to gather evidence and write argument / Day 48
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Cont. / Day 49
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  • Persuasion topic Research
Cont. / Day 50
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  • Persuasion topic Research
  • First Draft due

Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 11 / Day 51
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  • Listen to JFK speech and analyze
/ Day 52
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  • Listen to I Have A Dream and analyze
/ Day 53
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  • Persuasion topic
Writing
MLA format lesson / Day 54
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  • Persuasion topic
Writing
Works Cited lesson / Day 55
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  • Persuasion topic
Writing
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 12 / Day 56
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  • Students bring examples of passive resistance protest to class and share
/ Day 57
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Letter From Birmingham Jail
Lesson:
Show “I Have a Dream video that has Civil Rights background.
Read and analyze Letter / Day 58
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  • Civil Disobedience
Lesson:
Read and analyze / Day 59
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  • Resistance to Civil Government
Lesson:
Read and analyze / Day 60
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  • Resistance to Civil Government
  • Letter From Birmingham Jail and Civil Disobedience test / writing

Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 13 / Day 61
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  • Emerson – American Scholar
/ Day 62
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  • Teacher Choice persuasive writing analysis
/ Day 63
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  • Persuasion topic
Writing completion / Day 64
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  • Persuasion topic
Writing
completion / Day 65
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  • Persuasion topic
writing
Final Draft Due
Unit 2
Persuasion
Week 14 / Day 66
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  • Give Persuasive speeches
  • Students Use form to evaluate each other
/ Day 67
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  • Give Persuasive speeches
/ Day 68
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  • Give Persuasive speeches
/ Day 69
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  • Give Persuasive speeches
/ Day 70
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  • Give Persuasive speeches

Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 15 / Day 71
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  • The Elements of Romanticism
  • The Devil and Tom Walker
/ Day 72
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  • The Devil and Tom Walker
/ Day 73
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  • Thanatopsis
/ Day 74
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  • Nature
  • Self-Reliance
/ Day 75
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  • Walden

Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 16 / Day 76
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  • Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
/ Day 77
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  • Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
/ Day 78
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  • The Minister’s Black Veil
/ Day 79
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  • The Minister’s Black Veil
/ Day 80
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  • Poe Background, The Raven, Alone

Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 17 / Day 81
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  • Poe
/ Day 82
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  • Poe
/ Day 83
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  • Poe
/ Day 84
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  • Poe
/ Day 85
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  • Poe – Literary Analysis

Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 18 / Day 86
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  • Whitman and Dickinson Poetry
  • Assign Huck Finn
/ Day 87
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  • Whitman and Dickinson
/ Day 88
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  • Whitman and Dickinson
/ Day 89
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  • Whitman and Dickinson
/ Day 90
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  • Whitman and Dickinson

Unit 3
Romanticism
Week 19 / Day 91
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  • Writing a Short Story
/ Day 92
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  • Writing a Short Story
/ Day 93
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  • Writing a Short Story
/ Day 94
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  • Huck Finn
/ Day 95
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  • Huck Finn

Week 20 / Day 96
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  • Huck Finn
/ Day 97
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  • Huck Finn
/ Day 98
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  • Huck Finn
/ Day 99
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  • Huck Finn
/ Day 100
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  • Huck Finn

Unit 4
Test Prep
Week 21 / Day 101
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  • Test Prep – ACT English
/ Day 102
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  • Test Prep – ACT English
/ Day 103
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  • Test Prep – ACT English
/ Day 104
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  • Test Prep – ACT English
/ Day 105
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  • Test Prep – ACT English

Unit 4
Test Prep
Week 22 / Day 106
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  • Test Prep – ACT Reading
/ Day 107
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  • Test Prep – ACT Reading
/ Day 108
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  • Test Prep – ACT Reading
/ Day 109
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  • Test Prep – ACT Reading
/ Day 110
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  • Test Prep – ACT Reading

Unit 4
Test Prep
Week 23 / Day 111
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  • Test Prep – On-Demand Writing
/ Day 112
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  • Test Prep – On-Demand Writing
/ Day 113
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  • Test Prep – On-Demand Writing
/ Day 114
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  • Huck Finn completion
/ Day 115
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  • Huck Finn test

Unit 5
Realism
Week 24 / Day 116
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  • Slave narratives: Douglass, Jacobs
/ Day 117
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  • Slave narratives: Douglass, Jacobs
/ Day 118
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  • Slave narratives: Douglass, Jacobs, spirituals
/ Day 119
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  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
/ Day 120
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  • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Unit 5
Realism
Week 25 / Day 121
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  • A Mystery of Heroism
/ Day 122
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  • War Is Kind
/ Day 123
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  • Connected Civil War readings: Lee letter, Ballou letter, Gettysburg, …
/ Day 124
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  • Civil War Readings
/ Day 125
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  • Civil War Readings Essay

Unit 5
Realism
Week 26 / Day 126
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  • The Celebrated Jumping Frog
/ Day 127
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  • The Lowest Animal
/ Day 128
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  • The Lowest Animal
/ Day 129
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  • Satire
/ Day 130
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  • Satire test

Unit 5
Realism
Week 27 / Day 131
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  • To Build A Fire
/ Day 132
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  • To Build a Fire
/ Day 133
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  • A Pair of Silk Stockings
/ Day 134
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  • A Pair of Silk Stockings
/ Day 135
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  • The Story of an Hour

Unit 5
Realism
Week 28 / Day 136
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  • Richard Cory and Miniver Cheever
/ Day 137
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  • A Wagner Matinee
/ Day 138
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  • A Wagner Matinee
/ Day 139
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  • Realism test practice The Red Badge of Courage and Camouflaging the Chimera
/ Day 140
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  • Realism test analysis The Red Badge of Courage and Camouflaging the Chimera

Unit 5
Realism
Week 29 / Day 141
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 142
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 143
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 144
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 145
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  • Of Mice and Men

Unit 5
Realism
Week 30 / Day 146
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 147
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 148
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 149
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  • Of Mice and Men
/ Day 150
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  • Of Mice and Men

Unit 6
Moderns / Contemporary
Week 31 / Day 151
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  • Modernism background
/ Day 152
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  • Pound
/ Day 153
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  • T.S. Eliot
/ Day 154
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  • Williams
  • Cummings
/ Day 155
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  • Write a poem

Unit 6
Moderns / Contemporary
Week 32 / Day 156
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  • Assign The Things They Carried
  • Begin Winter Dreams
/ Day 157
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  • Winter Dreams
/ Day 158
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  • A Rose For Emily
/ Day 159
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  • A Rose For Emily
/ Day 160
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  • The Things They Carried

Unit 6
Moderns / Contemporary
Week 33 / Day 161
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  • The Worn Path
/ Day 162
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  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
/ Day 163
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  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall and The Worn Path
/ Day 164
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  • A Soldier’s Home and The Things They Carried
/ Day 165
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  • A Soldier’s Home – and The Things They Carried

Unit 6
Moderns / Contemporary
Week 34 / Day 166
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  • Hughes and Frost poetry
/ Day 167
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  • Hughes and Frost poetry
/ Day 168
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  • Hughes and Frost poetry
/ Day 169
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  • O’Connor – The Life You Save may Be Your Own
/ Day 170
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  • O’Connor – The Life You Save May Be Your Own

Unit 6
Moderns / Contemporary
Week 35 / Day 171
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  • The Things They Carried
/ Day 172
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  • The Things They Carried
/ Day 173
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  • The Things They Carried
/ Day 174
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  • Review of skills
/ Day 175
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  • Review of skills

Final Exams
Week 36 / Day 176
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  • Final exams
/ Day 177
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  • Final Exams
/ Day 178
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  • Final Exams
/ Day 179
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  • Final Exams
/ Day 180
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  • Final Exams