Steelton-Highspire Jr./Sr. High School

College Prep.          and                     general english	Cell
** PLEASE SEE CALENDAR FOR IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT AND PROJECT DUE DATES**    Unit One:  Reconstruction Era: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Novel Assignments: Miss Jane Pittman Required Assignments; Writing Tasks: Historical Fiction: Reconstruction Short Story Supplementary Resources: Unit Content Map; Literary Period Notes: Realism/Naturalism;  Graphic Organizer: Unit Vocab & Concepts
Unit Two:  Immigration:  From There to Here: The Immigrant Experience Novel Assignments: Writing Tasks: Supplementary Resources:
Unit Three: The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance Novel Assignments: Writing Tasks: Supplementary Resources:
Mid-term Project:  To Be Announced
Unit Four: A Literary History of WWII: The Greatest Generation Novel Assignments: Writing Tasks: Supplementary Resources:
Unit Five: Reading Equality: The Civil Rights Movement in Literature:  A Raisin in the Sun Novel Assignments: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black cue sheets; Figurative Language Chart; Discussion Questions; photo analysis worksheet; document analysis worksheet; Character Analysis Chart; Plot Outline;  Analyzing Symbols Chart;  Writing Tasks: One-Act Play Assignment Supplementary Resources: Langston Hughes poetry; "Jim Crow Defies the Dream" documents--Jim Crow close-up; "Brown Defies Jim Crow" documents; Dramatic Elements Notes
Unit Six:  A Time of Change: Vietnam and the 1960s: Media Literacy and Perspectives Novel Assignments: Writing Tasks: Supplementary Resources:
Final Exam Project: Create a Theme Park

  ** PLEASE SEE CALENDAR FOR IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT AND PROJECT DUE DATES**