American Lit Week 14 S2018
Monday, April 30
- Vocab List 8 definitions
- Finish reading Venture Smith and answer discussion questions
Tuesday, May 1
- Discuss the narrative of Venture Smith and turn in discussion questions
- Read The Emancipation Proclamation on page 530
- Read the excerpt from Frederick Douglass on page 496 and answer the response questions provided
Wednesday, May 2
- Vocab crossword puzzle
- Context research activity: Slavery Laws over Time
Thursday, May 3
- Vocab review
- Read pages 44-64 of The Story of Mattie J. Jackson found in Women's Slave Narratives
- watch for ways this story fits either naturalism, realism, or both
- watch also for ways Jackson's life is directly impacted by the slave laws we learned about yesterday
Friday, May 4
- Vocab test
- Finish reading The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
- With a partner, write a quote sandwich paragraph answering the question of how her story fits either the realism or naturalism movement