English 10H American Literature 2026-Period 2 Assignments

Submit answers to the seven analysis questions about "The Raven". They are on the Romantic poetry packet, not in the book.  We should cover most of this in class. Handwrite the assignment or type your work.   Do not copy the questions please.

Read chapters 4-6 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Read chapters 2-3 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 

Read pages 192-195 in the book, which have "The Raven" by Poe.  The other Romantic and Dark Romantic poems that we will cover will be on the packet you receive in class, but you need the book for "The Raven". But, the questions for "The Raven" are in the packet, so you have to utilize both.

Read the document about Realism that you received in class, and fill out the graphic organizer that you received in class for notes.

Before class is over submit answers about the six questions about Thoreau's poem "Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life".  Handwrite the assignment or type/print your work.  Do not copy the questions.  We should cover most of this in class together.

Read and analyze the poem "Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life" by Henry David Thoreau, which is one of the poems on the attached document that you will also receive in class. 

Type and revise your second essay. Feedback and details about this were provided in class.

Work on and complete your portion of your group's project on "The Fall of the House of Usher". Details about this project were provided in class.

Read the second half of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" pages 129-139 in the textbook and make sure that you have read the handout about gothic literature.

Read the first half of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" pages 120-129 in the textbook, as well as a biography about Edgar Allan Poe

Review what you must with The Declaration of Independence, "Resistance to Civil Government" and "The Gettysburg Address" to prepare for your rhetorical analysis essay. Look on the google classroom for the slides to these 3 texts. Bring any handouts that you are going to use.

Write a practice thesis and 2-3 topic sentences about the speech

Read the speech "The Gettysburg Address" and the accompanying contextual information/commentary about The Civil War. Be prepared to analyze and do some practice writing about it.

Type up a practice introductory paragraph and one body paragraph about Thoreau's essay. You are typing two paragraphs total.  Practice timing yourself - see what you can come up with in 30 minutes. There is no specific prompt - you can take any approach to it that you prefer.  You might analyze what argument or arguments of Thoreau's are most convincing, what is a theme of the essay and how does Thoreau develop that theme throughout the essay, or what relevance the speech has to today's social and political climate.  Or you might find a prompt about it online. Either way, be sure to base it all around analysis of literary topics (diction, paradox, metaphor, etc.). The first paragraph should include your thesis. The second paragraph, your body paragraph, should focus on one literary topic, provide examples of it, and analyze what meaning it creates in relation to your thesis. 

When you cite passages refer to the paragraph number. Be sure to include an introduction, two-three topics, a thesis, a topic sentence, evidence, commentary, and finish with a transition.  You may want to also consider using counter arguments.  

Submit a typed revision of your poem analysis essay.

Read the biography about transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and his essay "Resistance to Civil Government".

Read the document about the context of American Romanticism (you will receive a hardcopy in class) and fill out the 2-sided graphic organizer (which you will receive in class) with notes as you read.

Before the end of class on Friday submit a practice thesis sentence and two practice topic sentences about The Declaration of Independence. This is question #12 on your document. We will discuss this in class and I will show you an example. 

Complete this near pod as soon as possible.

Complete this Near pod as soon as possible. It is required.

Choose any 5 of the first 11 questions on the backside of the handout (#12 will be a separate assignment). Answer these five questions fully and completely. Do NOT copy the questions. Cite passage by the paragraph numbers in the margins of the document. 

Take a page of Cornell Notes on the video about The Enlightenment. You will receive the template and instructions for Cornell Notes in class. 

Here are the objective and essential question: Objective: Students will know the context of the next unit by taking Cornell notes about The Enlightenment.


Essential Question: What were the major beliefs of the Era of Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers? 


You must have questions in the margin and a brief summary at the end.

Read the biography about Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence - you will receive hard copies of them in class, or get them from the google classroom, and they are attached here. There are analysis questions on the last page but none are assigned, yet. Just read. Attached here is video presentation/reading of The Declaration by various celebrities, since scholars believe that the Declaration is meant to be performed aloud and not just read, so watch it as you read. 

Type answers to the 4 questions about the Anne Bradstreet poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband". You received this poem and information in class. Do not copy the questions. Cite passages with line numbers.

Read and reread Anne Bradstreet's pome "The Flesh and the Spirit". It is on the backside of the sheet with "To My Dear and Loving Husband" 

Read all of the handouts that were given in class and all of the slides mentioned in class. Come to class with any questions that you have. 

Read the poems by Anne Bradstreet and use the steps to poetry analysis suggestions

Read the attached slides about The Puritans and the document about John Smith and Jamestown.  We will discuss them in class. There MIGHT be a quiz on the reading, so read thoroughly, take notes, reread them, etc. etc.

Read the document received in class entitled "Encounters and Foundations"

Fill out the graphic organizer that you received in class

Read through the slides about terminology and the examples. Complete the assignment on the second to last slide and the last slide, combined, on one document (10 devices all together). Try to create some original, clever examples. 

Read the attached slides and documents. Come to class with any questions or comments.

Read and sign the class syllabus, and have your parent/guardian sign it as well as the movie permission letter. Return them to class. You received them in class. Please note that on the attached document yours is the syllabus for English 10H only.