My Antonia

Schedule of Reading and Activities

Day 0	Finish short stories	Read chapters 1-6 of Book I in My Antonia
Day 1	Introductions of My Antonia Biographic info on Cather and the narrator Historic Perspectives Characters/Biographical connections “Optima dies…prima fugit”	Read chapters 7-14 of Book I in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 2	Character descriptions Discuss: themes: gender roles, coming of age, portrayal of immigrants, time/seasons, religion	Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Winter Break
Day 3	Landscape poetry Discuss: Cather’s landscapes	Read chapters 15-19 of Book I in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 4	Character Map Discuss: themes of weather, land, nature, contrast of immigrants and settlers…	Read chapters 1-7 of Book II in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 5	Plow activity Discuss: themes of town vs. country, role of town, music, knowledge	Read chapters 8-15 of Book II in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 6	Grant Wood’s American Gothic Discussion: knowledge, Virgil, growing up…	Books III in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 7	Wrap up the novel Discussion: End of the novel, gender related questions, women’s roles, immigrant hope of future, love… What’s the moral of the story???	Book IV and V in My Antonia Reading quizzes may happen on any day.
Day 8	Oral Presentations begin/Final papers due.

Oral Presentations and Fianl Papers due Thursday 1/21 or Friday 1/22

*** PLEASE NOTE: This schedule is subject to revision! ***

Reading quizzes may happen on any of the days above.