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 * 10/31: Final Summative Essay due (with English Dept. Writing Rubric attached)**


 * 10/29: Draft due:** Bring in multiple copies of your draft to revise in small groups.


 * 10/25 ** : **Essay Topic Discussion**: Engage in a class discussion of your topic by posing your question in small groups. Be prepared to answer your question and defend your ideas.


 * 10/23 ** : **Summative Essay Brainstorm**: Use your informal writing to generate a question you will answer in your essay. Work in groups to generate discussion, explore your ideas, and find support in the text.


 * 10/17 ** : Create discussion questions for // A Thousand Acres // in class and at home. Use the Socratic question types, Bloom's question stems, and the Critical Lenses below to generate a variety of questions.






 * 9/20 ** : Review the Close Reading Guide to prepare for your Lear discussion.
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__UNIT ONE: Home and Family __ __Click Here for the Unit 1 Assignment Calendar __

Essential Question: What insights do I discover about home and family life by reading classical and contemporary literature?

__**Short Fiction:**__ "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

__**Thematically Related Poetry:**__ “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath “My Papa's Waltz” by Theodore Roethke

__**Nonfiction**__: Excerpts from //Death of Adam// by Marilynne Robinson Excerpts from Joseph Campbell’s //The Power of Myth//

__**Fiction**__: //King Lear// by William Shakespeare //A Thousand Acres// by Jane Smiley