In this ongoing course, learners can join at any time for the purpose of close reading a specific passage from various nonfiction and fiction books or journal articles. Depending on learner interest in the text, we will spend 3-6 weeks discussing the literary elements or historical information provided by the author. This allows learners the opportunity to decide if the novel is one that would be of interest to them. We will analyze literature from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century to discuss the sociological implications of American literature. I also choose novels from the dystopian genre to examine present day political policies on a global scale. 
Learners are encouraged to read the text, but passages will always be read aloud and interpreted during class. The class is scheduled to meet for 75 minutes, but the last 15 minutes will be dedicated to live writing. Our learning goal for each text will be to write a literary analysis essay. The last 15 minutes of class will be dedicated to providing feedback for learners on their writing assignment or working on a class analysis essay together. 

Skills Learners will practice:
-Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
-Draw present day connections to the passage related to race relations, consumerism, social inequalities.
-Write short response answers and practice organizing literary analysis essays. 

Week of September 2nd: Learners will read and discuss from the nonfiction novel: "The Black Jacobins" by C.L.R. James 

Week of September 9th: Learners will read and discuss from the nonfiction novel: T"The Black Jacobins" by C.L.R. James 

Week of September 16th: Learners will read and discuss from the nonfiction novel: "The Black Jacobins" by C.L.R. James 

Week of September 23rd: Learners will read and discuss from the nonfiction novel: "The Black Jacobins" by C.L.R. James 

Week of September 30th:  Learners will read and discuss from the nonfiction novel: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance

Week of October 7th: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance

Week of October 14th: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance

Week of October 21st: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance

Week of October 28th:  The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance