[Honor Choir to Redbud Hospital and Middletown School] Due: Rough draft of text for your own declaration of independence. Check off rough drafts. Review of structure of Declaration of Independence with notes on board. Work period for personal declaration.
Hmwk: Revise your personal declaration of independence, word process, and decorate/illustrate final draft appropriately. Due Thurs. (Text to be submitted to Turnitin.com by midnight, Thurs.)

Read the selection "from The Life of Olaudah Equiano," pp. 189-194 or online. (Scroll down to read "chapter 2 The Atlantic Voyage.") . Read selection "from Letters from an American Farmer" by Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur. [Biographical sketch for Crèvecoeur] Begin questions at end of reading.
Hmwk: Revise your personal declaration of independence, word process, and decorate final draft appropriately. Due Thurs. (Text to be submitted to Turnitin.com by midnight, Thurs.)

• Benjamin Franklin, selections from autobiography (chpts 2 & 3, self-improvement), epitaph hndt
• Patrick Henry, "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" [audio]
• Thomas Paine, selection "from The Crisis, No. 1"
• Declaration of Independence (pp. 169-172).
• Olaudah Equiano, selection from autobiography (pp. 189-194 or online: read "chapter 2 The Atlantic Voyage"--scroll down).
• Crèvecoeur, selection from "Letters from an American Farmer"
• Abigail Adams, Letter to Her Daughter (pp. 183-185)
• First six paragraphs of George Washington's Farewell Address.

Due: research notes on tall tales. Share research in class. Journal #16 (Untimed: "The Devil and Tom Walker" as a tall tale. Look for specific details that illustrate the genre. How is "The Devil and Tom Walker" a moral story?).
Hmwk: Pick one response option (due Thurs):

• Responding to Literature, qstns. #1-12 &14, p. 214
• Write a modern tall tale (set at Prep?).
• Write a folk song/ballad (6 to 8 stanzas) about a tall tale character. Set to a well-known tune.
• "The Devil to Pay," p. 215; or
• "Character Sketch," p. 215. (NB: A character sketch is a written description, not a drawing.)

Due: handwritten notes of research on Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism. Reading quiz (through p. 12). Share research results. Journal #19 (Favorite stories for spending a cozy evening. Fun family story and/or movie memories.) Finish reading The Story of the Other Wise Man, by Henry Van Dyke.
Hmwk: Finish reading The Story of the Other Wise Man.

Reading quiz (through end of story). Journal #20 (Christmas wishes: for your friends, sibling/s, parents, yourself). Response options for The Story of the Other Wise Man (pick one):

• Write a short essay explaining the meaning (moral/theme) of the story. (What is Van Dyke's point? Use standard academic essay format: thesis statement, topic sentences, and examples drawn from the story.)
• Create an illustration/drawing to illuminate/explain one part of the story. (The story is rich in visuals!)
• Create a hymn/song about this story. (Perhaps a religious chant?)
• Re-tell the story in a modern version (As in "Wise men still seek Him." How do sincere seekers look for the King today?)
• Examine the symbolism of the story. What Biblical symbols does Van Dyke employ? To what effect? (Think about people, things, events, etc. as you look for symbols. This can be done in bullet point format with an explanation for each item.)

Hmwk: Do enough on your chosen response option that you will be able to finish during class time tomorrow. Due: Thursday.

Reading quiz: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment." Discuss story. Test review notes on board:

• The Story of the Other Wise Man
• "Old Ironsides," Holmes (p. 225)
• "The Chambered Nautilus" [poem with notes], Holmes (p. 226-227)
• "Paul Revere's Ride," Longfellow
• "The Minister's Black Veil," Hawthorne (pp. 266-275)
• "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," Hawthorne

Continue with essay re-writes.
Hmwk: Prepare for test.