Marquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Date	In class	Homework for next class
Day 1		Read through page 37
Day 2	Discuss the beginning of the novel Small group activity Quiz	Read from page 37 to the end of chapter 3
Day 3	Discussion of novel so far… Discussion of Final Creative Assignment Relationship Chart Quiz	Read chapter 4
Day 4	Discussion of Novel Share Examples of Good World Literature Papers Share with each other ideas for Final Latin American Assessment Quiz	Read chapter 5
Day 5	Magical Realism poetry writing Small group skits Quiz	Finishing up Outline for Final Assessment
Day 6	Wrap up the novel discussion ***Outlines for Latin American Assessment Due!	Finish up final creative assessment for the novel
Day 7	Final Creative Piece Due For Chronicle of a Death Foretold Start Rough Drafting In Class
Day 8	Rough Drafting and conferencing in Class	Finishing up World Lit Essay
Day 9	Final Draft of World Lit. Paper Due	To be announced…

Food assignment assessment.

Step one for the final assessment.

Final assessment.

Como agua para chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

By Laura Esquivel

	In-class	Assignment for next class
Day One	Preparing your senses… Intro for the novel, and discussion of creative assessment	Read January from Like Water from Chocolate
Day Two	Historical Context for the novel Elements of Latin American Literature Discussion of folklore, tradition…	Read February and March
Day Three	Discussion of desire, liberation, longing… Wedding scene toasts	Read April and May
Day Four	Images of women in the novel Frida Kahlo assignment	Read June, July and August
Day Five	Discussion of the mystical and the political in the novel so far… Alchemy assignment	Read September, October and November
Day Six	Discussion of change, home, place in the family Assignment on how characters mirror the political climate	Read December
Day Seven	Wrap up the novel: discussion about time, love and the future… Final Assessment due on Day Eight	Finish Creative Final Assessment
Day Eight	Creative Assignment due FOOD DAY Set up Chronicle of a Death Foretold	Chapter 1 from Chronicle of Death Foretold

*Reading quizzes may happen on any of the dates above.

Paper/orals topics

My Ántonia

1. Attitudes toward immigrants portrayed in the novel.
2. Aspects of the Garden Setting.
3. Roles of women in the novel.
4. Roles of gender identity in the novel.
5. The use of music.
6. Changes of seaosn and landscape as characters change.
7. Elements of realism, naturalism, and romanticism.
8. Elements of the American Dream.
9. How the novel is a "coming of age" story.
10. Elements of nostalgia and reconciliation.
11. The use and purpose of poetry in the novel.
12. The use and purpose of narrative style in the novel.
13. The use and purpose of vernacular language.
14. Comparisons and contrasts of U.S. settlers and immigrants.
15. The use of anecdotes, stories, legends, and folklore in the novel.
16. Themes of loneliness, identity, longing, regret etc ... .

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.

Thursday and Friday, Sheldon and South

1/3, 1/3, 1/3

Read either "In the Land of the Free'" "The Men in the Storm," or "The Yellow Wallpaper." Take at least 1/2 page of notes and be prepared to talk about the story with the entire class.

Jack London

Read "South of the Slot" and write a paragraph which compares the way social class is treated in "The Lost Beautifulness" and "South of the Slot."