Day Three, The Harlem Renaissance

Today you are going to jump into the American Literature curriculum by researching the Harlem Renaissance era. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social and political movement of African Americans based in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem during the first half of the twentieth century. This time period greatly influenced, Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun. We will begin reading A Raisin in the Sun on Thursday!
Today's research starts with the Timeline located at the link below. Click on the link and complete the timeline worksheet.
TIMELINE


When you are done with the timeline, do a Google Image search for Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington and Zora Neale Hurston. Save one image of each person in your account by doing a right click, save as, and selecting your student account.  Go to your own blog and do BLOG POST #2.  For blog post #2, post a brief explanation explaining what the Harlem Renaissance was and post your 3 images you found with an explanation of who they are. 


For further research on Harlem Renaissance, click here!

Also, Don't forget to bring in your 3 ring binder for class on Friday. 

Day 2

Welcome back for day two. Hopefully, you had a great first day and are well on your way to a great new trimester. Today, we are going to create your blogs. Please make sure to follow the directions I have given you.
When you are finished with your blog creation, you will need to work on your first post. Directions for this are listed on your blog creation handout.  You may edit your profile also. 

First Day!

The first day of the trimester is officially over. In class today we worked on "Getting to Know" each other by completing a survey.  We also went over the class syllabus. A letter to parents was sent home and should be signed and brought back tomorrow or ASAP. Wednesday we will start with out blog creation.
Great first day, everyone!

Assignment Update

Here is the assignment update for Americn Lit. B

Tuesday, November 23= Chapter 19 and finish work for folder collection
Monday, November 29=Scarlet Letter Chapters 20&21
Tuesday, November 30= Scarlet Letter Chapters 23&24
Wednesday, December 1= Enrichment activities
Thursday, December 2= Exam Day 1, Writing Portion
Friday, December 3= Exam Day 2, Reading Portion

Monday 11-22

Monday we read chapters 17 & 18 of The Scarlet Letter.  Folder Collection is Tuesday!

Thursday, November 18

Finish reading chapters 14& 15
Finish Vocabulary
Start Review questions
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker," page 258 in the literature book.  Online at The Devil and Tom Walker

Blog Post #4

Ignominy.  This word is used many times in The Scarlet Letter.  Most recently in our reading, the word shows up on page 151..."half maddened by this ignominy."  For your blog post today, write one paragraph that explains the meaning of Ignominy and why they word keeps showing up in this story.  Give two examples.