Week+of+12.5.2011

__Monday, December 5, 2011__ __Tuesday, December 6, 2011__ __HW__: run-on sentence practice. Wiki discussion posting on shared ideals due on **Thursday, December 8, 2011 NLT 8 am.** __Wednesday, December 7, 2011__ __Thursday, December 8, 2011__ __HW__: semicolon and colon practice. Read over “The Diversity of Beliefs” handout. __Friday, December 9, 2011__ HW: sentence combining practice.
 * Literature: view Powerpoint on Sojourner Truth and Lucille Clifton. Read “Ain’t I a Woman?” and “at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation, 1989.” Complete analysis questions (which are on the same page as the Lucille Clifton poem). All items are on your Wiki, listed under the heading "Literature."
 * Literature: Go over Truth and Clifton analysis questions. Discuss blogs about Douglass and Declaration of Independence. Further analysis of “Ain’t I a Woman?” Background on Native Americans. Begin reading "Red Jacket..., 1805." **Continue with scrutiny of EQ: How do we establish shared ideals?**
 * Grammar: begin reviewing for midterm. Begin with run-on sentence review.
 * No class, Flex day
 * Wiki discussion posting due today NLT 8 am.**
 * Grammar: go over run-on sentence HW. Continue with semicolons and colons.
 * Literature: Continue with discussion on “ Red Jacket Defends Native American Religion, 1805.” **S** **crutiny of second EQ: What happens when individual rights are sacrificed for the sake of shared ideals?**
 * **Other: pass out midterm review packet.**
 * Grammar: Go over semicolon/colon HW. Continue review with sentence combining.
 * Literature: Go over “The Diversity of Beliefs” handout. Discussion to follow.
 * Writing: review rhetoric and literary analysis using //Red Jacket.....//