Name: Date: Period: English III Quarter 4 Writers, Voices and Perspectives in American Literature through a Multicultural Critical Lens

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1 Name: Date: Period: English III Quarter 4 Writers, Voices and Perspectives in American Literature through a Multicultural Critical Lens Ms. Reyes nreyes@nyos.org turnitin.com MY HOMEWORK APP Essential Questions: What is the status of gender equality in the America teenage life today? How do cultural stereotypes affect our thinking about the ways in which the American teenager approaches life s challenges? If we had a perfect vision and could see into the future, what would the American teenage life look like in 2020? Writing Focus: Podcast, Personal Reflection Literary Analysis Character Analysis The State of the American Teenager, in numbers:1966 vs now by Newsweek Staff 60 teenagers reveal what they think is cool-and what isn t-in 2016 by Maya Kosoff Time article by Olivia B. Waxman Teenagers lives changed throughout the century by Lindsay Mathieson The Decade Nobody Knows by Bruce J. Schulman Supplemental Texts: Major (Film) Text: Dead Poets Society The Breakfast Club Footloose Boyhood excerpts from Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger clips from Facts of Life clips from My So-Called Life clips from Empire Records clips from Real Women have Curves clips from Juno clips from Moonlight excerpts from other selected readings, short stories and poems Quick-Write:

2 Quarter 4: Assignments and DUE dates are subject to change. Students are responsible for keeping track of these changes. *** Assessments are in bold. Monday, March 27: The Portrait of the American Tuesday, March 28: Field Trip Wednesday, March 29: The Portrait of the American, outline due Thursday, March 30: The Portrait of the American A Friday, March 31: No Class Monday, April 3: The Portrait of the American Tuesday, April 4: The Portrait of the American due Wednesday, April 5: The State of the American Teenagers, in numbers:1966-now, Socratic seminar discussions. Thursday, April 6: cont., The American teenager, selected poetry readings/analysis B Friday, April 7: The American teenager, selected poetry readings/analysis. ***HW: Catcher in the Rye, chapters 1, Podcast Outline (Practice Grade 40%) 2. The American Teenage Podcast (Assessment grade 40%) 3. Podcast partner completion (Student Portfolio 20 %) 4. The American Teenager in numbers Socratic Seminar (Practice Grade 40%) 5. The American Teenager, poetry analysis (Practice Grade 40%)

3 The 1960 s: The Golden Age: the beginning of the American Teenager Monday, April 10: Catcher in the Rye, (chapters 1, 13-15) Socratic Seminar Tuesday, April 11: cont.; Dead Poets Society, a film study (1) assessment Wednesday, April 12: Dead Poets Society, a film study (1) assessment Thursday, April 13: Dead Poets Society, a film (1) study Friday, April 14: Spring Holiday 6. Catcher in the Rye Socratic Seminar (Practice Grade 40%) 7. Dead Poets Society, group collaboration (Practice Grade 40%) Monday, April 17: Dead Poets Society film assessment (workday) due by 9:00 p.m. via turnitin.com The 1970 s: The 'Me' Decade Tuesday, April 18: Facts of Life: the 1970 s The 80 s: The Eighties Wednesday, April 19: Footloose, a film (2) study ***Progress Reports Thursday, April 20: Footloose, a film (2) study A Friday, April 21: No Class 8. Dead Poets Society film assessment (Assessment Grade 40%) 9. Footloose, a film (2) study notes (Practice Grade 40%)

4 Monday, April 24: The Breakfast Club, a film (3) study Tuesday, April 25: The Breakfast Club, a film (3) study Wednesday, April 26: The Breakfast Club, a film (3) study Thursday, April 27: Timed Writing 1, outline: Compare/Contrast between film 2 and 3 B Friday, April 28: Timed Writing The Breakfast Club, a film (3) study (Practice Grade 40%) 11. Timed Writing 1 outline: Compare/Contrast between film 2 and 3 (Practice Grade 40%) 12. Timed Writing 1 (Practice Grade 40%) The 90 s: My So-Called generation, 90s Grunge Monday, May 1: Guided Imagery activity, clips from My So-Called Life with selected readings Tuesday, May 2: cont. Wednesday, May 3: Field Trip Thursday, May 4: clips from Empire Records with selected readings *** assign last major assessment paper, Boyhood *** H.W. watch Boyhood by Monday, May 15 A Friday, May 5: No Class 14. Guided Imagery (Practice Grade 40%) 15. My So-Called Life & selected readings assignment (Practice Grade 40%) 16. Empire Records & selected readings assignment (Practice Grade 40%)

5 2000- The Millennials Monday, May 8: Field Trip Tuesday, May 9: clips from Real Women have Curves with selected readings Wednesday, May 10: clips from Juno with selected readings Thursday, May 11: clips from Moonlight with selected readings B Friday, May 12: cont., ***outline due for Boyhood 17. Real Women have Curves with selected readings (Practice Grade 40%) 18. Juno with selected readings (Practice Grade 40%) 19. Moonlight with selected readings (Practice Grade 40%) 20. Boyhood character outline (Practice Grade 40%) Monday, May 15: Boyhood discussion, workday Tuesday, May 16: Boyhood discussion, workday Wednesday, May 17: Boyhood discussion, workday *** Boyhood final paper due by 9:00 p.m via turnitin.com Thursday, May 18: Final Exams A Friday, May 19: Final Exams (4 th period, 10:40-12:40) 21. Boyhood Character Analysis (Assessment 40%) Monday, May 22: Final Exams (5 th period, 8:30-10:30) Tuesday, May 23: Final Exams Wednesday, May 24: B Thursday, May 25: