American Lit. Assignments

First Quarter

• Personal Perspective of America (1-2 page essay)
• Jefferson, Hughes, and Ginsberg's perspectives on America
• Notes from Part 1 and Part 2 of Eyes on the Prize
• Act I character chart Raisin in the Sun
• class free-write Raisin in the Sun
• Quiz Act I Raisin in the Sun
• Raisin in the Sun essay question on Walter
• Test Preparation Packet - grammar
• Act II and III character chart Raisin in the Sun
• Challenge Book Assignment for First Semester (3-5 pages) Due by End of Semester
• Take home essay Sam Shepard and the American Dream and Raisin in the Sun and the American Dream (due 10/13)
• Character Analysis - Raisin in the Sun Due November 3rd
• Quiz covering Act II and III Due Monday 10/20
• Journals Due 10/22
• America's Voices/poems 
• American Philosophies (Puritans, Revolutionaries, and the Transcendentalists)