A.P. Lit. and Comp... August 26, 2013
Summer Reading:
Read all of The Stranger, by Camus; then, answer all objective test questions and answer any ten of the eighteen essay questions ( 50 - 100 wds. )
Read Ellison, but this work will not be due till mid-Sept...
I look forward to our aggressive, provocative, and enjoyable times together soon...Mr.
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Sept. 3-6-13
Tues.
1. Class will continue our oral reading of Albee's, "who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
Wed.
1. Same as Tues
Thurs.
We will view the film of our play both Thurs. and Fri...
Fri.
Same as Thurs...plus an essay will be due this next Mon. on your choice of either an analysis of Albee's play or of overall 20th century Realism
09-09-13
Mon:
1. Oral reading of last few pages of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?"...
2. Final discussion re: play...and Albee...as exponents of the apex of Realism in 20th C. Lit...
3. Begin viewing of film of, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
H.W. Several students are preparing biographical reviews opf both Albee and Woolf for Fri...Several students also are reading Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway for a fri. presentation...
Tues:
1. Viewing of film for entire per...
Wed:
1. Viewing of film for entire per...
Thurs:
1. Finish viewing film...then...discussion of film/play commonalities...styles, etc...
H.W. In test, read Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."...also answer all text questions...type them... at the end of this short story...review Albee for a Fri test...
Fri:
1. Test on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of Porter's, "the Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
H.W: There will ba an AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay assigned due on Tues...also review Porter for a Mon test on "Granny Weatherall"...
09-16-20-13:
Mon:
off
Tues:
1. Students do first three sections of sample AP Lit and Comp test...about 30 mins...collect...correct together in class on Wed...
2. After test, students proceed w/reading My Antonia, Book I, pp: 1-90 and answer the 33 question test provided...This test is due either Thurs or Fri...depends on our reading/analyzing process as the week proceeds...
H.W: Read first 30 some pages of Book I of My Antonia and answer the corresponding test questions from the test sheet...all answers typed and on a separate sheet from the test itself...
Wed:
1. Correct Tues. AP Lit and Comp test from Tues...discuss...collect...
2. Discuss first 30 pages of My Antonia and review first 10-15 test questions...
HW: Continue reading of My Antonia...approx next 30 pages...answer the corresponding test questions...typed...on separate sheets...
Thurs:
1. Discuss My Antonia...first 60 or so pages...Book I...and review the corresponding test questions/answers...
2. Vocab Wk Shts: Review vocab wds #'s: 1-15...
H.W: Finish reading all of Book I of My Antonia to p. 90 and answer all corresponding test questions...also...provide two sents each for the 15 vocab we reviewed in class...typed...
Fri:
1. Discuss last 30 pages of Book I of My Antonia and correct corresponding test questions finishing with # 33...collect
2. Oral correction of vocab hw w/students offering sentences using the new vocab wds...collect...
H.W: Read all of Books II and III of My Antonia...test on Tues...
09-23-27-13:
Mon:
1. Return My Antonia Book I tests...discuss...
2. Discussion of first 14 chapters of Book Two of My Antonia...
3. Vocab Wk Shts: Cover 5-10 new words orally, etc...
H.W: Read remainder of Book II of My Antonia
Tues:
1. Discussion of remainder of Book II of My Antonia...
2. Vocab Wk Shts: same as Monday...
3. Collect all Invisible Man work...
H.W: Read Book III, "Lena Lingard."
Wed:
1. Discussion of Book III of My Antonia...
2. Vocab Wk Shts...same as Mon and Tues procedures...
H.W: Read Book IV, "The Pioneer Woman's Story."...of My Antonia
Thurs:
1. Discussion of Book IV of My Antonia...
2. Discussion/review of the Summer tests/essays we did on Invisible Man...
H.W: Read Book V, Cuzak's Boys... final Book in My Antonia for Monday test/discussion
Fri:
1. I will be away on a school field trip...do the first three sections of the sample AP Lit and Comp. Objective test I have for you...with any remaining time, continue your reading of the final Book of My Antonia for our Monday test...we will also correct the AP Lit and Comp Objective test you did in class on next Monday...
09-30-10-04-13:
Mon:
1. We will briefly reference the AP Lit and Comp test students took Fri while I was on our Field Trip...since all Querbes students may not have rec'd this test at the end of the day Fri, we will correct this test together on Tues...
2. Discussion on final chapter of My Antonia,,,grade assigned...
3. Vocab Review of 3-5 vocab wds from our WkShts...
H.W: Be sure the first three sections of our AP Lit and Comp tests are completed...also...review My Antonia as needed for a book test either Tues or Wed...also...two sents each for any vocab wds reviewed in class
Tues:
1. Correct our AP Lit and Comp tests...sections 1-3...discuss...
2. Correct our Vocab hw...
3. Brief review and responses to any students quandaries on Cather and My Antonia before Wed test
H.W: Finish the remaining sections of our AP Lit and Comp tests...
Wed:
1. Book test on My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Correct remaining sections of our AP Lit and Comp tests...discuss as needed...
H.W: Read first 17 pages of Act I of Williams" "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Thurs:
1. Test on first 17 pages of "Cat."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In class oral reading of remainder of Act I of "Cat...Roof"
H.W: read first half of Act II of "Cat."
Fri:
1. Brief discussion of Act II of "Cat"...then, oral reading of remainder of Act II...
2. Review of 3-5 more Vocab wds from our WkShts...
H.W: Read Act III of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...also...write two sents each for any umber of vocab wds we cover in class today...
10-06-10-13:
Mon:
1. Return corrected Explication de Texte Essays of a Shakespearean Sonnet...discuss...
2. Oral reading in class of Act I of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," ...students read first 27 pages for hw; now, we will finish Act I...discuss...begin Act II if there is time...
H.W: Read Act II of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Tues:
1. Oral reading of selected passages from Act II of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discuss...
2. Vocab Wk Shts: Review the next 5-10 vocab wds orally...
H.W: Read the first half of Act III of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...also...provide two sentences each for the vocab wds we reviewed in class today...typed...
Wed:
1. Correct Vocab hw...discuss...collect...
2. Oral reading of selected passages from the first half of Act II of "Cat"; then, we will read the remainder of Act III...
Thurs:
1. Discussion of "Cat" followed by a test on the play...; then, correct...discuss...collect...
2. Vocab WkShts: Review 5-10 further vocab wds...
H.W: Provide two sents for each vocab word reviewed in class today...also...There will be five groups of students from each class who will read a Tennessee Williams play outside of school...present this play in a group to the class starting this coming Tues...I will assign the plays to the various groups today, and you will beging the reading/analyzing/comparing over the week end with group presentations beginning Tues...one group per day...
Fri:
1. Poetry Day...bring your Poetry Texts to class...We will be reviewing sundry poems from a myriad of authors of the 19th Century...
H.W: Keep up with your Tennessee Williams' plays and the needed presentations for next week...
10-14-18-13:
Mon:
Off
Tues:
1. Return corrected My Antonia essays...discuss...
2. Oral reading in class of Act II of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discuss
H.W: I gave you all an AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt last Friday to have completed for this Thursday...be sure to work on this for a Thurs. hand-in...Also...several groups of students are reading sundry Williams plays and presenting their critical evaluations of their play(s) to the full class over several days this and next week...
Wed:
Off
Thurs:
1. View film of Williams Play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...full per...
2. At end of class, collect AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essays...
H.W: Poetry Text (Perrine)...read the selections for Robert Frost...We wiil examine these in class on Monday...
Fri:
1. View film of "Cat...Roof" to conclusion...we may need about 20 min's on Monday to finish this viewing...
H.W: See Thurs assignment...
10-21-24-13:
Mon:
1. Viewing of Act II of Williams', "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...full per...
HW: Review play for a Play Test tomorrow...
Tues:
1. Test on "Cat...Roof."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In Perrine's, Sound and Sense...we will be covering poetry until Fri in this text...be sure to have this text in class every day...We will begin with analyzing/evaluating the works of Frost in the text...
H.W: Read any remaining Frost poems and review those covered in class...test on Frost on Wed...
Wed:
1. Test on Frost poems...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Now, we will pursue Miss Dickinson's work in Perrine...
H.W: Read any Dickinson poems not yet covered and review those analyzed for a test on Thurs...
Thurs:
1. Test on Dickinson poems...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of the works of both Frost and Dickinson...
3. Amy Lowell's, "Patterns,"...read...discuss...
H.W: Keats: Read the selections in Perrine and choose one for a brief, typed, Explication de Texte which will be due on Mon...start it tonite...bring at least the intro par's to class on Fri...
Fri:
1. Discussion of Keats...his life...his poems...his ironic place in Literary Culture...
2. Intro to our next play, "The Glass Menagerie."...we will start to read Act I in class...
H.W: Read all of "The Glass Menagerie" for Mon...test...also...remember a Explication de Texte essay on any Keats/Dickinson/Frost poem of your choice is due on Tues...
10-28-11-01-13:
Mon:
1. Finish remaining few pages in text of Williams', "The Glass Menagerie."...discuss...
2. Several students...five to a group...will now present their critical evaluation of the Williams Play they have read outside of class...we will discuss..compare/contrast to the two Williams plays we have read in class...etc...two groups per day will offer their presentations...
H.W: In Perrine Poetry text, Sound and Sense,...read the introductory pages re: the variances in points of views re: good poetry...also...read all the Dickinson poems...
Tues:
1. Continue with our presentation of sundry William plays...see Monday procedures above..two groups will present...discuss...evaluate...
2. Discussion upon Perrine's sundry definitions/views on poetry...
3. Review of all the Dickinson poems in the text which we read last nite...
H.W: Read all Frost poetry in Perrine...
Wed:
1..Final student presentation on Williams Plays...discuss...evaluate...conclude overall theme/plot/setting/tone/characterization elements in Williams' many plays...
2. Discussion/evaluation...of Frost poems in Perrine...
H.W: Read Keats poems in Perine...
Thurs:
1. Review...discuss...evaluate the sundry Keats poems read last nite in Perrine...
N.B. "Ode on a Grecian Urn," and Ode To a Nightingale" are the two poems we will use for our next paper due on Mon...
H.W: Read in Perrine all Wordsworth poems...special attn: to "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of early Childhood."...type a single par. synopsis for each of the stanza in this Wordsworth poem...
Fri:
1. Review Wordsworth poetry in text, esp. "Intimations...Childhood."...in class oral explication de Texte...
2. Intro to Sophocles and his major works...Roberts text...
H.W: 1. Essay due Tues on the two Keats poems covered re: Odes...2. Read first two sections of "Oedipus Rex" in our Roberts Texts...test on this on Mon...
11-04-08-13:
Mon:
1. We will be continuing our analyses of sundry Poetry in both Perrine and Jacobs texts...bring both to class...Today we will remain with Frost..."Mending Wall,"...others in our texts...
2. We have all read Atwood's, "Rape Fantasies" for today...so...
A brief test...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Discussion of Atwood's story...why so odd from a Feminist Writer?...
H.W: Finish reading all Frost Poetry in Perrine and in Roberts...
Tues:
1. Continue w/our examination of sundry Frost poetry from both texts...
2. Intro comments upon Greek Tragedy...Def's of Tragedy...distinctions from Drama...text: pp: 1265-1273...1346-1356...1361-1362...
H.W: Read remaining above pages again for more clarity and renewed understanding as a preparation for our beginning of our reading of Sophocles, Oedipus Rex.
Wed:
1. Discussion of text info on Drama and Tragedy and Aristotle and Oedipus Rex...
2. Finish an Perrine text poetry of Frost...
3. Begin reading intro to "Oedipus Rex."
H.W: In Jacobs text: read: "Oedipus Rex, pp: 1363-1374
Thurs:
1. Test on hw reading of "OedipusRex."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Continue with our in-class oral reading of "Oedipus Rex."...discuss...
H.W: read in Jacobs text: "Oedipus," pp: 1374-1388...also...there may be a written AP Lit and Comp essay Prompt assignment due for next Wed...we will see...
Fri...Mon...Off
11-12-15-13:
Tues:
1. We will continue our oral reading in the Jacobs Lit text of "Oedipus Rex."...pp: 1380-1391...pages for each of our classes may be varied depending upon where each class left off on Fri...we will read to the "Exodus," p. 1391...
2. We will be doing sections of sample AP Lit and Comp tests all this week also...We may do a section on Tues; then correct it...otherwise...on Wed...
H.W: Read in Lit text, pp: 1391-1395, lines: 1254-1424...test on Wed...
Wed:
1. Test on hw of "Oedipus" reading assignment...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Finish oral in-class reading of "Oedipus Rex," pp: 1395-1398...discuss as Tragedy...
3. Either today or Thurs we will proceed w/our AP Lit and Comp sample tests...
H.W: Jacobs text, answer on paper...typed...from p. 1398, #'s: 1-5 & 9...and on p. 1399, #'s: 4 & 5...
Thurs:
1. Correct...discuss...collect "Oedipus Rex" text hw...
2. Students then proceed to do two sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Obj. test...we will correct them near the end of the period or on Fri...
Fri:
1. We will either do two more sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Obj tests...or...We will write a 40 min. in-class AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay...this depends upon how we have proceeded all week and what goal best suits our end of the week academic needs...
H.W: Read in Jacobs Lit text: pp: 1504-1507...on Tragedy and an intro to Miller's, "Death of a Salesman."...
Nov. 18-22-13:
Mon:
Off
Tues:
1. Several students present final presentations on Aristotle...Oedipus Rex...Sophocles...
2. We will be reading in Jacobs text the several modern poetry poems we assigned to read over the past wk/end...discuss...explicate...evaluate...
H.W: Intro to "Death of a Salesman," in our text...read pp: 1504-1508...
Wed:
1. Test on intro pages to "Death of a Salesman,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In class oral reading of Act One of "Death...Salesman."...
H.W: Finish reading Act One of "Death of a Salesman."
Thurs:
1. Test on Act One of "Death of a Salesman."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in-class reading of Act Two...
H.W: Finish reading Act Two of "Death of a Salesman."
Fri:
1. Return corrected AP Lit and Comp Henry James, "The Pupil," essays...discuss...
2. Test on full play, "Death of a Salesman."...correct...discuss...collect...
3. We will now do the first section of a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct in class...discuss...if there is not sufficient class time to pursue this test, then we will read further poetry selections in the Jacobs and the Perrine texts...
H.W: I am assigning another AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay due next Wed...
Nov. 25-29-13:
Mon:
1. Finish our Modern Poetry selections/analyses in Roberts and in Perrine texts...
2. Intro to "Death of a Salesman" text pp: 1505-1509...discuss
3. Review our Ch 6 Vocab Wk...
H.W: In Perrine text, read the assigned poems for Tues as our last day of reviewing the Modernists...
Tues:
1. Review of final selections of Modernist Poetry...analyses...several students will presents biographical overviews of some Modernists...
2. Oral reading of intro pages of Act I of "Death of a Salesman"...up to 1521...discuss...
3. Brief explanation of purposes of...topics for...a Thanksgiving Essay...due Tues aftet TG break...
H.W: 1. Buy A Separate Peace and read ch's: 1-5 inclusive for Mon...
2. Read all of Act I of "Death of a Salesman" in text...
3. Essay on Thanksgiving...details provided in class ....
Wed-Fri: Off
12-02-06-13:
Mon:
1. Return corrected AP Lit and Prompt essays...discuss...
2. Test on "Death of a Salesman," Act I, pp: 1505-1527...correct...discuss...collect...
3. In class oral reading of the remainder of Act I of "Death of a Salesman."
H.W: Text: Read Act II of "Death of a Salesman," pp: 1535-1544...
Tues:
1. Test on "Death of a Salesman" reading from hw...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral reading of remainder of Act II...rest of the per...
H.W: Finish any remaining pages of Act II and read "Requiem" also; then, answer on paper from text on p. 1569, #'s: 2,3,6,8,10, & 11...
Wed:
1. Overall test on full play, "Death of a Salesman."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Intro comments on Chopin's novel, The Awakening...
H.W: Students read first six chapters of The Awakening...
Thurs:
1. Test on ch's 1-6 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Vocab. Review of the two units I provided before TG...
3. Poetry: An initial reading from either of our texts of selections from Blake and Wordsworth...finish reading these poems for hw
H.W: See # 3 above...also...read The Awakening, ch's: 7 & 8...
Fri:
1. In class sample AP Lit and Comp Obj test...full per...correcting will be done also...
H.W: Read The Awakening, ch's: 9-17...test on Mon...
12-09--14-13:
Mon:
1. Discussion on A Separate Peace, Ch's: 7-12...
2. Vocab review, Ch's: 4 & 6
3. Return Separate Peace tests and Death of a Salesman tests...
H.W: Read final ch of A Separate Peace...
Tues:
1. Test on Vocab ch's: 4 & 6...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of final chapter of A Separate Peace...
H.W: Review A Separate Peace for a full book test on Wed...also...read first four ch's of Chopin's, The Awakening...
Wed:
1. Novel test on A Separate Peace...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Intro discussion of first four ch's of The Awakening...
H.W: Read ch's: 5-8 of The Awakening
Thurs:
1. Discussion of ch's 1-8 of the Awakening...
2. Finish any Frost and Dickinson poems not yet covered in our Perrine Poetry texts...
H.W: Read in The Awakening, Ch's: 9-13...
Fri:
1. We will be taking a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...first two sections; then, we will correct this...discuss this...full per...
H.W: The Awakening, read ch's: 14-22 for Mon...
12-16-20-13:
Mon:
1. Discussion on first five ch's of The Awakening...perhaps a quiz...
2. Finish correcting our second A Separate Peace test and our Young Goodman Brown test...collect...
3. Begin review of Vocab hw from last week on Ch. 6 of our Vocab handouts...
H.W: Read to ch 14 in The Awakening...
Tues:
1. Test on ch's : 6-14 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Further discussion of The Awakening...
2. Several students are presenting their oral explications of sundry poetry this week...Blackberry Picking, Nothing Gold...A Valediction...To His Coy Mistress...Musee des Beaus Arts....Out, Out...Mending Wall...Bird's Song...we will all be listening...questioning...learning...
H.W: Read ch's 15-22 in The Awakening...
Wed:
1. Discussion of The Awakening...
2. Continue to conclusion of our student oral explications of our poems as listed above in Tues info...
3. Finish our review of Vocab ch 6 words...submit hw...
H.W: Finish reading all of The Awakening for Fri...
Thurs:
1. In-class sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...first half of test...full per...collect at end of per...or...we may write an in-class Essay Prompt...full per...we will see which one of these two options is the most propitious and do one or the other ...
H.W: See Wed, i.e., complete our reading of Chopin's, The Awakening...
Fri:
1. Correct our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective tests taken yesterday...discuss...
2. Discussion on The Awakening...this will be pursued also on the first day back after Christmas Break w/a novel test on The Awakening the day after we return...
H.W: There will be some reading assigned of our next novel...I will determine this by Fri and select which reading by then...also, there will be an AP Lit and Comp Writing Prompt Essay to be composed and submitted the day we return... best you all for a meaningful and merry Christmas...
Jan 06-10-14:
Mon: Off
Tues: Off
Wed:
1. Collect AP Lit and Comp Essays done over break...briefly discuss the prompt...
2. Return AP Lit and Comp Essays: The Street, The Spectator, ...discuss...
3. Poetry: We will be reading Donne, Marvell, Lovelace, Suckling, and Herrick...all 17th C. poets...
H.W: You may rewrite any one of the ret'd prompts for an improved grade if you wish...due next Mon...
Thurs:
1. Discussion of Gillman's, "The Yellow Wallpaper," read over Christmas Break...
2. Review of our Lit Terms WkShts...all 50 terms...
3. Intro to Euripedes, "The Medea."
H.W: Read Act I of "The Medea"
Fri:
1. Test on Act I of "The Medea."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In class further oral reading of "The Medea."
H.W: Finish "The Medea" for Mon...test and discussion...
Jan 13-17-14:
Mon:
1. Continue our poetry review of Marvell, Donne, and Frost...both texts needed in class...
2. Collect hw on Prosody and Scansion...discuss...collect///
3. Several students will present info to our class on Prosody...ex's...on Scansion...ex's...
H.W: There will be a Prompt due next Mon...or Tues?...when we return to school...also: Read Act's II and III of "Hedda Gabler"...test upon return
Tues:
1. Intro to "Hedda Gabler"...then, oral in class reading of Act I
2. Responses to any questions re: Final...
H.W: See Mon assignment
Wed-Fri:
Exams
01-20-24-14:
Mon: Off
Tues:
1. Return final twenty question Sem Exam essay tests...discuss...
2. Test on Frankenstein, ch's: 1-6...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W: Read Frankenstein, ch's: 6-13...test on Wed...
Wed:
1. Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Review of Lit Terms Wk Shts...I will distribute a new set of them...certain terms will be done for hw...
H.W: Read Frankenstein, ch's: 14-19...test on Thurs...plus...define and exemplify the Lit Terms I will assign...
Thurs:
1. Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Review the Lit Terms we did for hw...discuss...
H.W: Read Frankenstein, ch's: 20-23...test on Mon...plus...define and exemplify the Lit Terms I will assign...also due Mon
Fri:
1. We may take a sample Objective AP Lit and Comp test in class...or...We may write an AP Lit and Comp Prompt in class...either way...full period...
H.W: See Thurs assignments...
01-27-31-14:
Mon:
1. Test on Frankenstein, ch's: 21-23...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Any questions/concerns re: the AP Prompt essays due Tues on, "Thou Blind Man's Mark?"
3. In Jacob's Lit Text: Review of Keats bio...reading of "When I Have Fears"...discussion...
H.W: Read the final ch of Frankenstein...also read in Lit Text, Keats' "Ode On a Grecian Urn."
Tues:
1. Collect AP Prompt essays...
2. Test on final Ch of Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Discussion of overall novel, Frankenstein...
H.W: See Mon re: Keats and add to that Keats", "Ode to a Nightingale."
Wed:
1. Discussion of all of the Keats poems we have been reading for hw this week...
2. Intro to our next work, Wilder's, "Our Town."...
H.W: Read Act I of "Our Town."
Thurs:
1. Finish any Keats analyses...
2. Test on Act I of "Our Town,"...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Begin in class oral reading of Act II of "Our Town."
H.W: Finish Act II of "Our Town."
Fri:
1. Test on Act II of "Our Town,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In class oral reading of Act III of "Our Town."...this will occupy a full per...
H.W: Review "Our Town" for an overall Play test on Mon...There may also be a take-home AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt to do...we will see...
N.B. We need to proceed with taking some sample AP Lit and Comp Objective tests this quarter...We may do one of these this week and proceed w/"Our Town" more the next week...We will see what our daily class schedules allow w/Mon and Tues being abbreviated schedules...
02-03-07-14:
Mon:
1. Collect AP Prompt essays from any students who could not submit them last week due to Play, etc...
2. Continue w/our oral in-class reading of Euripides', "The Medea."
3. Several students will present info upon Aristotle, Tragedy Criterion, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles...
H.W: Read in text, Chopin's, "The Story of an Hour" and read my handout of Chopin's, "The Storm." We will discuss Chopi, The Awakening...these other two stories...on Tues...then...on Wed...we will resume our in-class reading of "the Medea."
Tues:
1. Test on "The Storm."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of Chopin themes within sundry works...
H.W: Brief typed response to idea of Medea as a Tragedian...approx: 200 wds...
Wed:
1. Finish any Chopin discussion...
2. Collect hw...briefly discuss...
3. Continue in-class oral reading of "The Medea."
H.W: Finish any few remaining pages of "The Medea."
Thurs:
1. Discussion of "The Medea." ...as Tragedy...as a female Tragedian...as compared/contrasted w/other Greek plays we have read...
2. Students do section 1 of sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
H.W: Read Act One of, "Our Town" for next Mon...
Fri:
1. Full per...We will do the other three sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...stopping to correct each section...discuss...as we proceed...any remaining section(s) will be finished for Mon hw...
H.W: See above and also Thurs HW assignment...
02-10-14-14:
Mon:
1. Finish all remaining poems in our Dickinson packets...discuss/explicate/evaluate...
2. Oral in-class analysis of the recent AP Lit and Prompt Essay on "Modern Love."
H.W: Read Act I of Wilder's, "Our Town."
Tues:
1. Test on Act I of "Our Town."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Finish our in class poetry analysis of "Modern Love: started Monday...
H.W: Read Act II of "Our Town."
Wed:
1. Test on Act II of "Our Town."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in class reading of selections from Act II of "Our Town."...discuss for setting, staging, emerging theme...
H.W: Finish reading all remaining in "Our Town."...test on next Tues...also: Two classes will do an AP Prompt essay due tomorrow...other two classes will have it assigned tomorrow...
Thurs:
1. We will be taking a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...firsst two section; then, we will correct, discuss...full per...
H.W: There will be an AP Prompt essay for those two...or three classes who have not been assigned one for hw on Wed
Fri:
Off
02-17-21-14:
Mon:
Off
Tues:
1. AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essay: Poetry Prompt...assigned today...due date: 02-225-14...submit to turnitin.com... code #'s:
per. 3...6820608
per. 5...6820619
per. 7...6820669
per. 8...6820685
2. In class readings of Frost...then on to the English Romantics: Keats, Shelley, Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth...thru out the week...in both the Jacobs text and the Perrine poetry text...
H.W: Keats: "Ode on a Grecian Urn,"...brief typed line by line analysis of all literary devices...meter...rhyme...both prosody and scansion...
Wed:
1. Review our Keats hw...discuss...collect...
2. Continue oral in class poetry readings from both texts...see Monday above for poets...
H.W: Keats: "Ode to a Nightengale."...see Tues HW assignment above and pursue same hw procedure for this poem as you did last nite for "Urn."
Thurs:
1. Correct poetry hw...discuss...collect...
2. Continue w/in-class oral explications of our Romantic poems in both texts...
H.W: For next Tues: AP Lit and Com Poetry Prompt essay is due
Fri:
1. Full per...We will be taking a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...first two sections...then correcting these orally together in class...
H.W: See Thurs H W assignment above...
02-24-28-14:
Mon:
1. Discussion...oral reading of selections from Act I of "Hedda Gabler."
2. Continue w/our review of Keats and Worsworth poetry in Jacobs Text...
H.W: AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay..."Modern Love" is due Tues...also...read first half of Act II of "Hedda Gabler."
Tues:
1. Collect Prompt essays...
2. Oral reading of second half of Act II and beginning of Act III of "Hedda Gabler."
3. Continue w/our Keats and Wordsworth poetry explications in Jacobs text...
H.W: Read remainder of Act III of "Hedda Gabler."
Wed:
1. Oral reading of Act IV of "Hedda Gabler."...discussion of play overall as we conclude our reading...
H.W: Review "Hedda Gabler" for book test Thurs...also...brief stanzas analyses of Wordsworth's, "Ode: Intimations of Immortatlity from Recollections of Early Childhood."...type a brief synopsis of the general thematic direction of each stanza and also indicate the significant literary devices evident within the stanzas...
Thurs:
1. Test on "Hedda Gabler."...correct...ddiscuss...collect...
2. Correct/discuss our hw on Wordsworth poem...oral reading of full poem, "Intimations...Early Childhood."
H.W: Review any other Wordsworth poem/sonnet in our Jacobs Text for structure and meaning...type a half to one page synopsis of the major literary devices and the essential thematic directions of the poem...due Mon...
Fri:
1. Full per...We will do a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...first two sections; then, we will correct...discuss...submit...
H.W: See Thurs assignment
03-03-07-14:
Mon:
1. Finish our in class oral reading of Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot."...discuss...Distinctions between Realism...Existentialism...Absurdism...
H.W: Read Jewett's, "A White Heron"...this is due on Thurs...
Tues:
1. We will be taking a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test for Tues and Wed...full per each day...we may need a third day...We will do half of the AP test each day...correct...discuss...review...
H.W: Besides reading Jewett's story, also read the first several pages...I will be specific with the number of pages in class...of Conrad's, Heart of Darkness, and answer the accompanying Worksheet questions...this is due Fri...
Wed: See Tues
H.W: See Mon and Tues assignments above...
Thurs:
1. Finish correcting/reviewing, etc...any remaining elements of our AP Lit and Comp Objective Tests from Tues and Wed...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of Jewett's, "A White Heron." brief test...then we will look at the AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt which incorporates an excerpt from Jewett's story...We will either respond to the Prompt as a class orally together...or...students will write a response to this in class for 40 min's on Fri...We will decide this together on Thurs...
Fri:
1. Correct the Worksheet questions for Heart of Darkness...discuss...
2. We will either further read and discuss Conrad for the remainder of this period...or...We will be writing our AP Lit and Comp Prompt essays on "A White Heron,"...depends on the time remaining after fulfilling #1 above...most likely...you will be doing the Prompt at home with the essay due next Wed...
03-10-14-14:
Mon:
1. Correct WkSht #2, #'s: 1-10 for Heart of Darkness...discuss...
2. Review Lit Terms Wk Sht...
H.W: Read Heart of Darkness and complete all questions on WkSht #2 for Wed...
Tues:
I will not be here
1. Do sample AP Lit and Comp Obj. Test...full per...keep w/you until Wed when we will correct these tests
H.W: See Mon assignment...
Wed:
1. Correct sample AP Lit and Comp Obj test done yesterday in my absence...discuss...collect...full per...
H.W: Do Heart of Darkness Wk Sht #3, #'s: 1-10
Thurs:
1. Correct Heart of Darkness Wk Sht # 2...discuss...collect
H.W: Finish Heart of Darkness Wk Sht #3
Fri:
1. Correct Heart of Darkness WkSht #3...discuss...collect/finish correction on Mon...
H.W: Text: read Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood."
03-17-21-14:
Mon:
1. Return "Modern Love" essays...discuss...
2. Correct second half of sheet two questions for our Heart of Darkness novel...
H.W: Complete first half, #'s: 1-17, of Sheet Three...Chapter Three...Heart of Darkness questions
Tues:
1. Correct Heart of Darkness questions...discuss for thematic dev. and Naturalism...
2. Finish correcting the final section of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test from last week...discuss as needed...
H.W: Finish Sheet Three Heart of Darkness questions...
Wed:
1. Correct second half of Sheet Three Heart of Darkness questions...collect sheets two and three...final in-class discussion of Conrad...his theme...his Naturalistic sensibilities...his literary reputation...
H.W: Read first four chapters of Wuthering Heights...
Thurs:
1. Discuss Wuthering Heights...pass out 100 question worksheet to students...these are due first day back after break...
H.W: Students are to answer the worksheet questions which parallel the first five chapters of Wuthering Heights...hence...also read ch. 5 of the novel for hw...
Fri:
1. Collect Wuthering Heights hw...
2. Students write an in-class AP Lit and Comp Prompt Essay...full per...
H.W: Finish Wuthering heights over the break...we will see...maybe only half of the novel...
03-31-04-04-14:
Monday:
As you will recall, I allowed until Wed for the Worksheet questions to be submitted on the first eight chapters of Wuthering Heights...be sure to have all these ready for Wed...in a comprehensive and textually annotated format...this is such an integral, significant novel re: the May Exam...so...be conscientious and copious...
1. We will pursue another AP Lit and Comp Objective Test for both Monday and Tuesday...doing half each day...correcting it each day during the second half of the pers...
H.W: Wuthering Heights Worksheets...and...add ch. 9 to the questions to be answered for Wed...
Tues:
1. See Monday...AP Lit and Comp Objective testing...correcting...full per...
H.W: See Monday assignment
Wed:
1. We will pursue a full per. discussing Wuthering Heights and correcting our WkShts...
H.W: Answer the remaining questions of the 100 for Thursday, reading up to Ch. the end of Ch. 11...
Thurs:
1. Same pursuit as Wed...see above...I will be collecting all 100 questions at the end of the pers...
H.W: Read Wuthering Heights to ch. 18 for Monday...there will be a test and a discussion w/grade assigned...
Fri:
1. I will be away from school...You will either answer an AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay question for the full 45 min per...or...I may leave a short story for yopu to read/analyze...we will see what suits the end of this week best...
1. Test on "The New Dress"...correct...discuss...submit...
2. Discussion of Realism in all three Woolf stories we have thus far read/analyzed...
3. Correction of our Camus', The Stranger, Summer Reading Assignments...both the ten of the nineteen essay questions and the objective test...ongoing class discussion on the novel/Existentialism/Naturalism/Post Modernism...
H.W: Read "The Inner Life" and complete the next five vocabulary words sentences...proceed w/reading of Invisible Man for September work...
Tues:
1. Test on The Inner Life...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Continue Camus corrections as we did on Monday...
3. Intro. to Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
4. Correct vocab. sents...from Fri. and Mon. hw...
H.W: Read "Granny Weatherall" short story...
Wed:
1. Test on "Granny Weatherall"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Continue Camus corrections to completion...
3. Continue correcting remaining vocab sents...
H.W: Essay due Fri. on AP Lit Prompt of choice from handout sheets...Lit. Terms WkSht: provide a definition and a literary example for the first three checked terms...
Thurs:
1. Shakespeare Sonnets: Intro...in-class reading/analysis of Sonnets 18 and 29...review of forms/meter/rhyme/lit devices/themes...
2. Discussion of Prompt Essay due Fri: Thesis/lit. terms/textual referencing/...
3. Correct Lit. Terms hw from WkSht...discuss...
H.W: Prompt Essay and read both "The Story of An Hour" and "The Storm" by Chopin...test on Fri...
Fri:
1. Collect Prompt Essays...
2. Test on Chopin short stories...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Continue reading/analyzing of our Shakespeare Sonnets: today, Sonnets 71 and 130...
4. Finish reviewing any Lit Terms from Thurs class...collect...
H.W: Essay due Tues: Explication de Texte of a Shakespearean Sonnet of choice...also bring Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" play to class for the start of our in-class reading of the play...read first half of Act I for Mon...
09-04-07-12:
Tues:
1. Return sundry corrected hw's and tests...discuss as needed...
2. Frost and Naturalism: An Examination of Naturalism in Poetry as Compared/Contrasted to Naturalism in the recent Literature (Camus...Ellison...)we have been examining...Frost's "Out, Out" and "Mending Wall" are our primary poetic texts for study...be sure you have your two course textbooks in class all this week...
H.W: Read Act One of Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Wed:
1. Finish our explicative analyses of Frost's poetry...in class w/discussion grade assigned...
2. Test on Act One of "Woolf?"...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Oral in-class reading of Albee...
H.W: Read Act Two of Albee...
Thurs:
1. Test on Act Two...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in-class reading of Act Two of Albee...
H.W: Read Act Three of Albee...
Fri:
1. Test on Act Three...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in-class reading of Act Three of Albee...
H.W: Review Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" for a Monday test...
09-10-14-12:
Mon:
1. In class reading of second half of Act II of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...discussion...proceed w/beginning of Act III
H.W: Read All of Act III of play...
Tues:
1. Oral in class reading of selected passages of Act III of the play...
2. Final discussion w/grade assigned of Albee's play....
3. Test on Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W: Due Friday: Critical Analysis of Albee's play w/topic selected from the three choices I assign as options...
Wed-Fri:
1. Classroom viewing of Albee's play...Fri: Overall discussion of Realism in 20th C. Literature/of Virginia Woolf's contributions to the Realism genre/of Albee's thematic purposes/of the effects of all of these upon late 20th C. Literature/Psychology/Culture/Values/Art...also: submit Critical Analysis essays on Albee's play...
H.W: Read Act I of William's, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
09-17-21-12:
Mon:
1. Test on Albee's, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Text: Selected Frost Poetry...read/discuss...
3. Vocab. Wk Shts: Review first 20 of our 61 words...
4. Intro comments on Williams' thematic concerns/directions...on any Realism elements...Drama vs. Melodrama...
H.W: Read Act I of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Tues:
1. Test on Act I of Williams...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral reading of specific selections from Act I of play...discuss...
H.W: Read 1st half of Act II...also...on paper...two sent's each for any 10 vocab wds from our wk shts of the 20 we have thus far covered...
Wed:
1. Correct vocab hw...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in class reading of second half of Act II of Williams...discuss...
H.W: Lit Terms Wk Shts: Provide a definition and an example from Lit. for the ten terms I will be selecting for you in class...also, read first half of Act III of Williams...
Thurs:
1. Correct Lit Terms Wk Sht hw...discuss...collect...
2. In class oral reading of the remainder of Act III of Williams...discuss...is this a Realism work?...Is this Drama or Melodrama?...
H.W: Review Williams Play for a test on Fri...also...an AP Prompt Essay...taken from the choices I provided for you the first week of school...is due on Tues...
Fri:
1. Test on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Begin viewing film of this play for rest of period...
H.W: For Tues, an AP Prompt Essay of choice from the selected Prompts I earlier provided for you...
09-24-28-12:
Mon:
Off
Tues: N.B. We have to complete our Explication de Texte Essays of a Shakespeare Sonnet which we began this past week...We will get to that soon...just not in the next few days...we will be pursuing My Antonia and a Realism short story instead for much of this abbreviated school week...
1. In class writing prompt...full per...either "The Street" excerpt or (on reverse side) "Johnny Got His Gun" excerpt...collect at end of period...
H.W: In My Antonia, be sure to have read all of Book One for a test tomorrow...
Wed:
1. Distribute My Antonia test...students do for 30 min's; then, exchange papers...begin correcting w/students...collect at end of per...finish doing this correcting Thurs...
H.W: Read in My Antonia, Book II...due Fri...For Thurs: read in text, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," by Katherine Anne Porter...test on this on Thurs...
Thurs:
1. Finish correcting Book I test of My Antonia w/students...re-distribute these at start of class for final correcting...discuss...collect...
2. Test on Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" till end of per...if more time is needed...collect at end of per...we will finish this test in class on Fri...
H.W: Finish reading Book II of My Antonia...
Fri:
1. Re-distribute yesterday's "Granny Weatherall" tests...students may have 15 min's to complete this test...
2. Correct "Granny Weatherall" test together w/students...discuss...collect...
3. Begin an in-class discussion of Book II of My Antonia...we will proceed w/this on Mon...
H.W: Read Book III of My Antonia...
Oct. 01-05-12:
Mon:
1. In class AP Prompt Essay...full period
H.W: Read book III of My Antonia for Thurs...
Tues:
1. Read the Short Story, "Average Waves in Unprotected Waters."...then...answer the assigned questions at the end of the story and also answer the "Quotes" WkSsht I will be providing for you...then...in last ten min's of class...take the brief test on the short story...hand in the test at the end of the per...the rest of the work you keep until we correct it together in class on Wed...
H.W: My Antonia reading...see Mon assignment...
Wed:
1. Correct "Average Waves" classwork and tests from yesterday...discuss for thematic aspects...submit work...
2. Correct our My Antonia tests from Friday...discuss...collect
H.W: My Antonia reading...see Mon assignment...
Thurs:
1. Test on Books II and III of My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Text: Oral reading of Albee's, "The Sandbox"...discuss as Absurdism and how this compares/contrasts to the Realism of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"...
H.W: Read Chopin's, "The Storm"...test on Fri...
Fri:
1. Test on "The Storm"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. First half of AP Lit and Comp Objective 2008 Test...we will correct this and analyze the questions on Mon in class
H.W: Finish reading My Antonia...book test on Tues...
Oct. 08-12-12:
Mon:
Off
Tues:
1. Finish correcting last week's sample AP Lit and Comp obj tests...discuss as needed...
2. My Antonia test on Books 2 and 3...correct...discuss...collect...
3. Discussion of key quotes from these chapters in My Antonia as Romanticism...as Naturalism...
4. Review of our four essay questions on Ellison's, Invisible Man...comparisons w/Camus?...
H.W: Book 4 of My Antonia
Wed:
1. Finish any Ellison essay questions correcting/discussing...from yesterday...
2. Discussion on Book 4 of My Antonia...
3. Distribute Dickinson packets of poetry...review first few poems in class...
H.W: Read remainder of My Antonia for Fri...test and discussion w/grade assigned both on Fri...also...read over some of the Dickinson poems of choice...select three...and be prepared to present your understandings/your explications...of these poems to your classmates...
Thurs:
1. Continue our Dickinson poetry packets/analyses of her poems...be sure you also have your texts w/you in class...we will be reading Miss Dickinson's textual selections as well...
2. Discussion upon any questions/awarenesses in Cather's, My Antonia, before Fri. test...
H.W: Complete reading of My Antonia...also...be prepared to lead the class if called upon in reviewing a Dickinson Explication of one of her poems w/fellow students...
Fri:
1. Book Test on My Antonia...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Final discussion of My Antonia w/grade assigned...several students will be asked to assist in directing the discussion topics...
3. Finish reviewing all the Dickinson Poetry in our packets and in our texts...we will also do this toward completion on Mon...
H.W: Read Act I of Williams', "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Oct. 15-19-12:
Mon:
1. Test on "Cusak's Boys"...correct...discuss...collect...
N.B. This will take a full period...this last chapter on My Antonia is most thematically significant and literarily impressive...we will read many excerpts/comment upon them/evaluate...
H.W: Review entire novel for a book test on Tues...or Wed...
Tues:
1. Finish correcting any remaining My Antonia tests/hw, etc...
2. Final Book Test on My Antonia...till end of per...
H.W: I will distribute an Essay sheet with a variety of topic choices for an overall essay on Cather's work/her literary artistry, etc...you will do one of these essay choices and submit it on next Mon...also read the firs 17 pages of Act I of, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Wed:
1. Intro comments to Williams', "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
2. In-class oral reading of the remainder of Act I of "Cat"...discussion...
H.W: Read Act II of "Cat."
Thurs:
1. Test on Acts I and II of "Cat,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In class oral reading of selected excerpts from Act II of "Cat."...discussion...
H.W: Read Act III of "Cat."
Fri:
1. In class oral reading of selected excerpts from Act III of "Cat."...discussion...
2. Brief discussion re: how you are all proceeding w/the Cather Essay due on Mon...
H.W: Cather Essay...test on all of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Tues...
10-22-26-12:
N.B. As I have informed you last week, interspersed thru out this week we will examining several AP Lit and Comp Poetry Prompts...orally explicating them in class; then, by Fri. or Mon, you will do a full Prompt Poetry Essay of your choice from the ones I will have given to you...;so, both "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and our AP Poetry Prompts will be pursued this week...as well as reviewing Lit Terms...
Mon:
1. Several students will present info on Cather and Williams...Several students will present Lit Terms/def's and ex's, etc...to the class...
2. Intro comments on the first 11 pages we read over the wk/end of "Cat."
3. In class reading of the remainder of Act I of "Cat."...discussion of Act I...
H.W: Read first half of Act II of "Cat."...also...keep up w/your Lit Terms Shts assigned def's and ex's...
Tues:
1. Several students will present Lit Terms w/def's and ex's...discuss...
2. In class oral reading of the remainder of Act II of "Cat."...discuss...
H.W: Read first half of Act III of "Cat"...Lit Terms...continue these...
Wed:
1. Several students will present Lit Terms w/def's and ex's...discuss...
2. Oral reading of the remainder of Act III of "Cat."...discuss...
H.W: Finish any reading of "Cat" that we have not completed of Act III in class...review full play...Lit Terms...continue these...
Thurs:
1. Test on "Cat"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Finish reviewing any remaining Lit Terms...discuss as needed...
H.W: Finish for final presentation a def. and an ex. for all the Lit Terms we have covered since last week...
Fri:
1. In class: We will take the first half of an AP Lit and Comp Test...start correcting a few if there is time...we will finish the second half in class on Mon...
H.W: There will be a short story in our text you will read...not sure which one yet...
1-29-11-02-12:
Mon:
1. Three pursuits: First, several students present their Lit Terms def's/ex's...class discusses...Second, oral explication of several AP Poetry Prompts I have distributed to you all: Frost/Dickinson (Night-Darkness)...Odysseus/Sirens (Legends-Feminist interp.)...Heaney/Frost (Naturalism/Romanticism))...Auden/Frost (Naturalism)..Hawks/Retrievers (Personality Insights)...we will examine together...paper due on Thurs...Third, in class oral reading of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"...about a half an Act per day till conclusion...test on Thurs...or Mon...we will see....
H.W: Read remainder of Act II in "Cat" and first ten pages of Act III...also review assigned Lit Terms as indicated on your Worksheets...also review assigned AP Poetry Prompts for continued in-class explication all week long...
Tues:
1. Same three pursuits in the same order as for Monday stated above...
H.W: Finish Act II of "Cat"...continue w/Lit Terms on your Worksheets...continue examining AP Poetry Prompts...
Wed:
1. Same three pursuits in the same order as for Monday and Tuesday...
H.W: Review all of "Cat" for a book test on Thurs...or Mon...we will determine that as the week's work progresses...Continue w/Lit Terms from your Worksheets and review remaining AP Poetry Prompts for final in-class explication work on Thurs...
Thurs:
1. Test of "Cat"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Finish our Lit Terms from our Worksheets...Students are individually presenting as they have done all week...
H.W: An essay is due Mon. on any AP Poetry Prompt of choice of the five we gave to you...
Fri:
Off
11-05-09-12:
Mon:
1. Collect AP Prompt Poetry Essays from per's: 3 & 8...return same essays to per's: 5 & 6... discuss corrected essays as needed...
2. Finish our in-class oral reading of Act III of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...discuss for theme (is there one?)...characterization...and Drama vs. Melodrama...
3. Several students each present their Lit. Terms def's and ex's to the class...discuss...
H.W: Review play for Tues. test
Tues:
1. Test on "Cat..."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Several students each present their Lit. Terms def's and ex's to the class...discuss...
3. Oral reading from text of Chopin's,"The Story of an Hour."...discuss...this is a preparatory element for our next novel: The Awakening."
H.W: Read ch's 1 & 2 of The Awakening...
Wed:
1. View film, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."...full per...
H.W: Read ch's 3 & 4 of The Awakening...
Thurs:
1. View film, "Cat..."...full per...
2. H.W: Read ch's 5 & 6 of The Awakening...
Fri:
1. View film, "Cat..."...most of the per...
2. Remainder of per: Discuss film as compared/contrasted w/ Williams' Play...
3. If time, brief discussion of Chopin's, The Awakening, ch's 1-6...
H.W: Read assigned ch's in The Awakening...N.B. I will determine the # of ch's to be read in The Awakening for Monday at the end of our discussion on Fri...
Nov. 19-20-12:
Mon:
1. Test on Ch's 25-29 of The Awakening...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Review of our final seven Lit. Terms...
H.W: Finish The Awakening for hw...
Tues:
1. Discussion of overall novel, The Awakening ...grade assigned...
2. Several students will be presenting work on Chopin, Ibsen, and Goethe...
H.W: Review The Awakening for our full book test after Tg on Mon...also, special Thanksgiving Essay...I will clarify in class...due the Mon. we return...
Nov. 26-30-12:
Mon:
1. Final discussion w/grade...and a final test today on The Awakening
2. Collect Thanksgiving essays
3. Text, bring both the Roberts AP Lit text and the Poetry text books to class all week...we will be pursuing sundry selections from both texts...covering both Romantic and then Victorian Poetry, i.e., Keats/Shelley/Wordsworth/Blake...etc...
H.W: Read Keats': "Ode On A Grecian Urn" and type a synopsis of each stanza...also referencing lit. terms/poetic devices, etc...
Tues:
1. Correct/discuss/collect Keats hw...
2. Oral in class explication of Keats' poem and intro to "Ode To A Nightingale."
H.W: Read again, Ode to a Nightingale; then, as w/Mon. hw, type a synopsis of each stanza...also referencing lit terms and poetic devices, etc...
Wed:
1. Correct/discuss/collect Keats hw...
2. Oral in class explication of Keats" "Ode To A Nightingale."
H.W: Read Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations...Childhood."...then, as before,provide a synopsis of each stanza...meaning and devices...form and theme...
Thurs:
1. Correct/discuss/collect Wordsworth hw...
2. Oral in class explication of "Ode4: Intimations...Childhood."
H.W: Finish all remaining lit. terms on our Lit Terms Wk Shts...read remaining Wordsworth poems in the Roberts text...
Fri:
1. Correct Lit Terms hw...discuss...
2. Oral in class explicating of remaining Wordsworth poems in our Roberts texts...
3. Intro to our next play, I am not sure which option yet...will inform you on Thurs or Fri...
H.W: Read Act I of our selected play...
Dec. 03-07-12:
Mon:
1. Continue our Poetry analyses from both texts viewing sundry poetry...
2. Intro comments upon and selected readings of "Death of a Salesman" from the pages of Act I which you read over the wk/end...
H.W: Finish reading Act I of "Salesman."
Tues:
1. Test on Act I of "Salesman,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Continue our Poetry studies for the rest of the per....have both texts in class...
3. Read Act II of "Salesman," pp: 1535-45...
Wed:
1. Discuss first part of Act II of "Salesman"...; then, orally read together in class the next 10 or so pages...discuss...
2. Continue our Poetry studies for the remainder of the per...
H.W: Read Act II of "Salesman" to conclusion
Thurs:
1. Test on Act II of "Salesman"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Oral in class reading of the "Requiem" of "Salesman"...discuss...
H.W: In Roberts Text: Answer on paper from p. 1569, #'s: 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, & 11...
Fri:
1. Correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. In class essay selected from three choices I will provide upon analysis of certain thematic/staging/characterization...aspects of the play...
H.W: Read intro pages in text to "Oedipus the King." pp: 1346-1363...
Dec. 10-14-12:
Mon:
1. We will be viewing our Romanticism film for the full per. of both Mon and Tues...
H.W: Read in text, Intro. commentaries on Tragedy in Literature: pp: 1346-48 and 1352-55 and 1356-top half of 1357...test on this info on Wed...
Tues:
1. Same as #1 of Monday above...film for full per...
H.W: read in text, pp: 1362-67...also: select any poem from wither of out texts that you read of Wordsworth, Dickinson, Whitman, or Emerson...not including any we have already read/analyzed together in class...and present a brief synopsis of the poem indicating its Romantic nature/theme/sensibilities...type this...about one page...
Wed:
1. Correct and orally review/discuss Romantic aspects of our film and also submit the hw from Tues on a Romantic poem analysis...
2. Several students recite their memorized Shakespearean Sonnet of choice...
3. Test on intro pages read in text on "Oedipus Rex."...correct...discuss...collect...
4. Begin oral reading of "Oedipus Rex" in text, pp: 1369-1374...finish any of these pages for hw if we do not complete reading them all in class...
H.W: Besides #3 above, also read in text, Episode 2, pp: 1375-1378...
Thurs:
1. Test on "Oedipus" Episode 2 pages from hw...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Several students will recite their memorized Shakespearean Sonnet of choice...
3. Continue our in-class reading of "Oedipus Rex" pp: 1378-1384...
H.W: Read in text, Episode 3 of "Oedipus Rex," pp: 1384-1388...
Fri:
1. Test on Episode 3 from hw reading...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Several students recite their memorized Shakespearean Sonnet of choice...
3. Continue our in-class reading of "Oedipus Rex," pp: 1388-1395...discuss...
H.W: Read remaining pages of "Oedipus Rex," pp: 1396-1398; then, also answer on paper from text: p. 1398, #'s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 9
12-17-21-12:
Mon:
1. We will be continuing w/our in class text reading of "Oedipus Rex."...full per...
H.W: Some pages of "Oedipus Rex" will be assigned for reading; then, a test on Tues on those pages...I will not know which pages until we finish our in-class reading...also: a reminder: all students should have their Shakespearean Sonnet memorized by now; so, I will be calling upon five or so per day for our oral recitations of these...some may also be requested to recite, "The Night Before Christmas."
Tues:
1. Test on hw pages read in text of "Oedipus Rex."...correct...discuss...collect...
2. We will then continue reading "Oedipus Rex" in class till the end of the period...
3. Several students will be asked to recite their memorized Sonnets...
H.W: Finish any remaining pages of "Oedipus Rex" and review entire play for a Wed. test...ALSO: I will be giving you all an AP Prompt essay to read and then write a full essay for at home to be handed in on Friday...
Wed:
1. Test on full play, "Oedipus Rex."...correct...discuss...collect...; next several students will be asked to recite their Shakespeare Sonnets...
2. Intro. comments upon Frankenstein...Romanticism/Gothic elements...
3. Review of selected terms on our Lit Terms Wk Shts...
H.W: Read ch's 1-4 of Frankenstein...
Thurs:
1. Test on ch's: 1-4 of Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Several students will be asked to recite their Shakespeare Sonnets...and/or "The Night Before Christmas."
3. Final review of remaining lit. terms on our Lit Terms Wk Shts...collect...
H.W: Frankenstein, ch's: 5-8...
Fri:
1. Test on Frankenstein ch's 5-8...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Several students recite their Shakespeare Sonnets...and/or "The Night Before Christmas."
3. Collect AP Prompt response essays from Tues hw assignment
4. Class will do first section of a 1994 AP Lit and Comp test; then, we will correct this...discuss...N.B We may not have time for this. If we do not do this, then we will just do this whole test upon return from break...
H.W: Complete the reading of Frankenstein
N.B. One day during this last week of school before Break we will be writing for a full period an essay analyzing an AP Prompt...Which day will depend upon how quickly we conclude "Oedipus Rex," but we will definitely be writing an in-class Prompt response...as stated in the Tues. work above, you will also be doing an AP Prompt essay at home also this week...handed in to me on Fri...
01-07-11-13:
Mon:
1. Return both the "Birthday Party" AP Prompt essays and the Hawthorne AP Prompt essays submitted on the last day of class before break...discuss both the literary purposes of the authors' works and the students' essay responses to these works...
2. Discussion on ch's 6-20 (as assigned over break) of Frankenstein...
3. Be sure students have all terms completed on the Literary Terms Sheets...due on Fri...
4. Collect AP Prompt essays on "Paris" done over the break...;then, on Tues or Wed we will orally evaluate this AP Prompt excerpt for its literary merit (or lack thereof).
H.W: Read ch's 21 and 22 in Frankenstein...also...rewrite either returned AP Essay Prompt of your choice: due on Thurs...also...be sure you have a sonnet memorized for recitation before the semester concludes...
Tues:
1. Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of remaining Lit Terms from our Wk Shts...
3. Several students will be reciting their sonnets...
H.W: Read ch 23 of Frankenstein...also...be sure rewrites are completed for Thurs...
Wed:
1. Test on Frankenstein...correct...discuss...
2. Poetry: in class explication of selections from: Donne/Marvell/Herrick/Lovelace...from both Perrine and Jacobs texts...
H.W: Rewrites from Mon ret'd essays due Thurs...also...read ch. 24 (final ch) of Frankenstein...
Thurs:
1. Test on ch. 24 of Frankenstein...correct...discuss...collect...\
2. Collect AP Prompt Essay rewrites...
3. Continue our Poetry selections and in-class explicative analyses...
H.W: Read intro pages of Euripides', The Medea...
Fri:
1. Final discussion of Frankenstein w/grade assigned (15 min's or so).
2. Comments on Euripides/on The Medea...
3. In class oral reading of The Medea to conclusion of the per...
4. Collect completed Lit Terms Wk Shts...
H.W: Finish The Medea
01-14-18-12:
Mon:
1. Return corrected rewrites of either the Hawthorne or the Brush AP Essay Prompt Essays...comments...
2. Students will do the first two sections of the sample APLit and Comp test...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W: Review all Lit Terms for an oral review in class on Tues...also read first ten pages of "Hedda Gabler" for Tues...
Tues:
1. Correct Lit Terms WkShts...discuss...
2. Intro comments upon the first pages of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler."
H.W: Read all of Acts I to III over the sem break...also: I will be distributing an AP LIt and Comp Essay Prompt: Do it over the break...
H.W: see #2 above
Wed-Fri:
Exams...
Second Semester:
01-22-25-13:
Tues:
1. Return Final Exams/Final AP Essays/Final Lit Terms Tests...discuss...re-collect...
2. Discussion of Act One of "Hedda Gabler."...Early Realism?...Why?...
3. In-class reading of Act Two till bell
H.W: Finish reading Act Two and read first five pages of Act Three...
Wed:
1. Return AP Essays written at end of the first sem...discuss...students are to rewrite these for Fri...
2. Test on Acts One and Two of "Hedda Gabler.:...correct...discuss...collect...
3. In-class reading of Act Three of play...
H.W: Finish Act Three of "Hedda Gabler."
Thurs:
1. Sample AP Lit and Comp Essay...Distribute Prompt...Students use full per. to complete...collect at end of the per...
H.W: 1. Re-writes of AP Prompt essays ret'd on Wed. are due on Fri...
2. Read first half of Act Four of "Hedda Gabler."
Fri:
1. Collect rewrites of previous AP Lit Prompt Essays...
2. Discuss "Hedda"...; then, read play to conclusion orally in class...
H.W: Review "Hedda Gabler" for Monday play test...bring "The Medea" to class on Monday...read first 11 pages of "The Medea."
01-27-02-01-13:
Mon.
1. Test on Hedda Gabler...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion on first 11 pages of Euripides', "The Medea."
3. Oral in class reading of "The Medea"...discuss...
H.W: Finish reading "The Medea."
Tues:
1. Discussion and final in-class oral reading of selected passages from "The Medea."
H.W: Review "The Medea" for a test...bring Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" to class on Wed...
Wed:
1. Test on "The Medea,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. In-class oral reading of Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot:...full period...
H.W: Text: read Keats poems in both texts...
Thurs:
1. Continue oral in-class reading of "Waiting for Godot"...full per...discuss...
H.W: Same as Wed. above...plus...finish any remaining pages of "Godot"
Fri:
1. Test on "Waiting for Godot"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Begin our oral explicative analyses of sundry Keats poetry from both our texts...
H.W: Not sure yet...we will see by Fri...of course, there will be a written hw assignment...
02-04-08-13:
Mon:
1. Return corrected AP Prompt Essays...students may rewite them by Thurs
2. Begin in class oral reading of Beckett's, "Waiting for Godot."...full per...
H.W: Text, Read Hawthorne's, "Young Goodman Brown" pp: 395-403; than answer on paper from p. 403, #'s: 1, 2, 3, & 5...
Tues:
1. Correct text hw...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion on "Young Goodman Brown"...
3. Continue our in-class oral reading of "Godot."
H.W: Text, Read Walker's, "Everyday Use" pp: 98-104; than, answer on paper from p. 104, #'s: 2, 3, & 4...
Wed:
1. Correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of "Everyday Use."...
3. Continue in-class oral reading of "Godot."
H.W: Text, Read "The Fall of the House of Usher," pp: 507-517; then, answer on paper from pp: 517-18: #'s: 1-4...
Thurs:
1. Correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of "The Fall of the House of Usher."...
3. Finish our in-class oral reading of "Godot"...discuss as Absurdism/as Existentialism/as Post-Modernism...
H.W: Written Critical Review of Beckett's Play...250 wds...due Fri...
Fri:
1. Collect hw essays of critical review on Beckett's, "Godot."
2. In-class writing AP Lit and Comp Prompt essay...full per...
H.W: Not sure yet...will assign some...we will see...
02-11-15-13:
Mon:
1. Read/discuss selected passages from Wuthering Heights...ch's: 1-4...
2. Correct WH's hw questions on our WKShts...discuss...
3. Poetry: In Roberts text: We will begin explicating the two Browning poems, "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover".
H.W: Read ch's 5 & 6 of WH's...answer WkSht questions on these ch's...
Tues:
1. WH's...read/discuss ch's: 5 & 6...correct WkShts answers...discuss
2. Continue w/explicative analyses of the two Browning poems in our Roberts text...
H.W: Read ch's: 7 & 8 of WH's...answer WkSht questions for these ch's...
Wed:
1. WH's...read/discuss ch's: 7 & 8...correct WkSht answers...discuss
2. Finish our explication work on the two Browning poems...
H.W: Read ch's: 9 & 10 of WH's...answer WkSht questions on these ch's...
Thurs:
1. WH's...read/discuss ch's: 9 & 10...correct Wk
sht answers...discuss...
2. In Roberts text: read orally together Keats', "Ode on a Grecian Urn."...discuss...
H.W: Read ch. 11 of WH's...answer final questions in our WkShts for ch. 11...
Fri:
1. WH's...read/discuss ch. 11...correct WkSht answers...discuss...
2. In Roberts text, finish Keats' "Urn" poem and proceed on to his "Ode to a Nightingale"...orally explicate together...
H.W: Read WH's: Ch's 12-14...
02-19-22-13:
Tues:
1. Discuss WH's...ch's 7-9...while doing so, we will be correcting our WH's WkShts w/questions 50-100; then, you are to hand these in to me either today or Wed...
H.W: Read WH's, ch's: 12-13...test on these Wed...or...Thurs
Wed:
1. Discuss WH's...ch's: 10-13...collect WkShts if we have not submitted them on Tues...
H.W: Read WH's: ch's: 14-16...test on these Fri
Thurs:
1. In-class writing of an AP Lit and Comp Prompt...full per...
H.W: Read WH's, ch's: 17 & 18
Fri:
1: Test on WH's: ch's: 14-16...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion on WH's: Ch's: 17 & 18...
H.W: Read WH's: Ch's: 19-22...maybe 23 also...we will see...
02-25-03-01-13:
Mon:
1. Test on ch's 15-17 of WH's...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of WH's: Ch's:15-24...grade assigned...
H.W: Read WH's: ch's: 25-27
Tues:
1. Test on Ch's: 25-27...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Discussion of WH's: ch's: 25-27...
3. In Roberts Text, return to our oral explicative analysis of both of the Browning poems...
H.W: In WH's, read: ch's: 28 & 29
Wed:
N.B. We will be a a hiatus for a day or two from WH's to pursue some AP Lit and Comp Prompt Writing and some AP Lit and Comp objective test taking...
1. In class 40 min AP Lit and Comp Prompt...full period...collect 3 min's before end of per...
H.W: In WH's, read ch's: 30-31
Thurs:
1. Same as Wed...We will be taking a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...We will do the first half; then, we will have a few min's to begin correcting it together...
H.W: In WH's, read ch. 32-33
Fri:
1. We will correct the APLit and Comp Objective Test we did yesterday...discuss, etc...about 30 min's
2. Discussion on WH's, ch's: 28-33...grade assigned for in class responses...we will continue this discussion on Mon
H.W: Read in WH's, ch. 34 (final chapter)....I will be correcting the Writing Prompt essays you did on Wed. over the wk/end...
03-04-08-13:
Mon:
1. Discussion of final three chapters of Wuthering Heights...grade assigned...several students in each class will lead/direct our analysis/evaluations...
2. We will do the final two sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...probably just one section on Mon...correct...discuss...
H.W: Roberts text, read: "Battle Royal," by Ellison...pp: 125-134; then, answer on paper from text, p. 134, #'s: 1-4
Tues:
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1. Correct text hw...discuss....collect...
2. Briefly review Ellison's novel which we have read over the Summer...
3. Do the final section of our sample AP Lit and Comp Test...correct...discuss...
H.W: Roberts text, read: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," pp: 390-394; then, answer on paper from p. 394, #'s: 2-5.
Wed:
1. Correct text hw...discuss...collect...
2. Do section one of our new AP Lit and Comp Test for this week...correct...discuss...
H.W: Roberts text, read: "The Fall of the House of Usher," pp: 507-517; then, answer on paper from p. 518, #'s: 2, 3, & 4.
Thurs:
1. Correct text hw...discuss...collect...
2. Do section two of our AP Lit and Comp Test...correct...discuss...
3. Begin reading the three Poe poems in our Roberts text...
H.W: Finish reading the three Poe poems in our Roberts text...
Fri:
1. Discussion of Poe's poems from last nite's hw...
2. Do the next two sections in our AP Lit and Comp Test...correct...discuss...
H.W: There will be an AP Lit and Comp Writing Prompt that we will either do in class one day this week...or...if we do not...you will do it for hw due on Tues...also...for Mon...read the first seven pages of Joseph Conrad's,Heart of Darkness...test on Mon...and...bring the novel to school w/you...
03-11-15-13:
Mon:
1. We will be doing sections 1 & 2 of a sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test; then, we will correct/discuss/evaluate our work on the test...
2. Text, reading/oral explication of Browning's, "Porphyria's Lover"...compare/contrast w/ Browning's, "My Last Duchess."
H.W: Heart of Darkness...Read all of ch. one...answer all Wk Sht questions...type/w/pages where the answers are found...
Tues:
1. We will be doing the next two sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test; then, we will correct/discuss/evaluate our work on the test...
2. We will correct Wk Sht # 1 of Heart of Darkness...discuss...review important literary selections from Conrad's novel...then, I will collect sheet one/grade it/return it later...
H.W: Read Ch two of Heart of Darkness and answer the accompanying Wk Sht questions...typed...on separate paper w/pages provided where the answers are found in the text...
Wed:
1. We will correct Wk Sht # 2 for Heart of Darkness...discuss the novel...analyze key selected passages, etc...full per...submit sheet two on Thurs...
H.W: Read first half of Ch. 3 of Heart of Darkness and answer the chronologically connected Wk Sht questions on Wk Sht # 3 for the first half of this ch...
Thurs:
1. Correct/discuss ch's 2 & 3 of Heart of Darkness and answer orally accompanying Wk Sht questions for these ch's...submit Wk Sht 2 at the end of the per...
H.W: For next Monday, finish the novel, Heart of Darkness...finish Wk Sht # 3...
Fri:
1. We will be writing an in-class 40 minute AP Lit and Comp Essay response to a Prompt from previous years' tests...full per...I will only be here for per. 3...per's 5, 6, & 8 will do this in my absence at the Lyric w/the Querbes Scholars...from noon on...
H.W: See Thurs assignment...
03-18-22-13:
Mon:
1. Do section one of another of our AP Lit and Comp sample Objective tests as May prep...correct...discuss...half per...
2. Correct remainder of WkSht #1 and first half of WkSht #2 for Heart of Darkness...discuss as we proceed for theme/style...
H.W: Finish all of Sht #2 and first 8 questions of Sht #3
Tues:
1. Do section two of our AP Lit and Comp Obj. Test...correct...discuss...half per...
2. Correct remainder of WkSht #2 and first part of WkSht # 3 for Heart of Darkness...discuss...esp. theme...and...Nauturalism...
H.W: Proceed w/reading Heart of Darkness and do Sht #3 up to # 21...
Wed:
1. Do section three...see # 1 above...
2. Correct Wk/Sht #3 of Heart...discuss...theme/Naturalism, etc...
H.W: Finish reading Heart of Darkness and finish all remaining questions on WkSht #3...
Thurs:
1. Do the final section of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective APTest...correct...discuss...
2. Correct final questions on Sht #3 for Heart of Darkness; then, a final novel discussion w/grade assigned for this major novel...
H.W: Read in text, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," and answer all text questions at the end of the short story...also read Browning's, "Porohyria's Lover," so we can orally explicate in a compare/contrast mode the two Browning poems...N.B. We earlier have read his "My Last Duchess."...remember?
Fri:
1. Test on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"...correct...discuss...that is all there will be time for today...
H.W: I will decide this by Fri...
04-02-05-13:
Mon:
Off
Tues:
1. Final discussion on Heart of Darkness...
2. Text, read orally/explicate together, Browning's, "Porphyria's Lover."
3. Several other poems in the text will then be read, discussed, and explicated...
H.W: Students will receive an AP Lit and Comp Writing Prompt: The essay will be due on Fri...
Wed:
1. We will be pursuing a sample AP Lit and Comp Obj. test full per...taking the sections two at a time, then correcting them...discussing them...
H.W: See Tues Assignment
Thurs:
1. Same as Wed...we will be doing the last two sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Obj test...correcting/discussing...
H.W: Same as Tues...plus: in Jacobs text, read Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" and answer all text questions at the end of the story...
Fri:
1. Test on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Collect AP Lit and Comp Prompt essays...; then, discuss the selection upon which the prompt based its question...
H.W: Read Act 1 of "Our Town."
04-08-12-13:
Mon:
1. Oral in class reading of "Our Town"...discuss...
2. Several final presentations by students upon Prosody and Scansion...
H.W: Read first half of Act 2 of "Our Town."
Tues:
1. Oral in class reading of "Our Town"...discuss...
2. Several student presentations upon Wilder...remainder of Prosody review...
H.W: Read first half of Act 2 of "Our Town."
Wed:
1. Oral in class reading to conclusion of "Our Town."...discuss...
H.W: Review "Our Town" for a test...remember your AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt Responses are due on Thurs...also...Prompt essays are due Thurs...
Thurs:
1. Test on "Our Town,"...correct...discuss...collect...collect Prompt essays...
2. We will begin another AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...section one or one and two...correct...discuss...
Fri:
1. We will continue our AP Lit and Comp Objective Test...correct...discuss...full period...
H.W: I do not know yet...but there will be an assignment...
04-15-13:
Mon:
1. Finish our fourth section of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
2. Text, we will continue w/our examination of sundry poetry selections...evaluate...discuss...
H.W: Read, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" and answer all questions at the concluding pages of the story...
Tues:
1. Correct text hw...discuss...collect...
2. Test on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,"...correct...discuss...collect...
H.W: Read in text, "Luck," pp: 320-323; then answer on paper from p. 323, #'s: 1-4
Wed:
1. Correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. Text, we will continue w/our examination of sundry poetry selections...evaluate...discuss...
H.W: Text, read, "A & P"...; then, answer on paper from p. 328, #'s: 1-4
Thurs:
1. Correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. We will be doing section one of another of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective tests...correct it...discuss...
H.W; Text, read the 25 Dickinson poems...discussionon Fri...
Fri:
1. We will do section two of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
2. Class oral evaluation of the 25 Dickinson poems read over last nite...
H.W: Essay on an AP Prompt...the one on Funeral/Weddings/Parties...is due on Mon
04-22-26-13:
Mon:
1. We will do section one of another AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
2. Review of our Literary Terms sheets...
H.W: Text: Read Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,"...and...answer the text questions at the end of the story...
Tues:
1. Test on "Granny Weatherall."...correct...discuss...collect
2. Class discussion on Porter's, "Granny Weatherall."...
H.W: Read Joyce's, "Eveline."
Wed:
1. Test on "Eveline,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. We will do section two of our AP lit Obj tests...correct...discuss...
H.W: All Literary Terms Sheets completed for Thurs...
Thurs:
1. Collect Lit Terms Shts...brief review of terms...
2. We will do section three of our AP Lit Objective tests...correct...discuss...
H.W: AP Prompt Essays are due tomorrow on"Parties, Weddings, Funerals, "etc...
Fri:
1. Collect AP Lit and Comp Prompt essays...
2. We will do section four of our AP Lit and Comp Objective Tests...correct...discuss...
3. Review of Keats and Wordsworth poems in our Perrine Texts...
H.W: Further poems for reading will be assigned from Perrine texts...
04-29-05-13-13:
Mon:
1. We will review all our Lit Terms on our Wk Shts today....
2. We will pursue an oral in-class Explication of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and his "Ode To a Nightingale."...also analyze his, "When I Have Fears.''
H.W: Read in Jacobs text Porter's, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," and answer all text questions at the end of the story on paper...
Tues:
1. Test on "Granny Weatherall,"...correct...discuss...collect...
2. Finish any Lit Terms on our WkShts...
H.W: Text, read Chekhov's, "The Lady with the Dog," and answer on paper text questions on p. 459...
Wed:
1. Discussion of Chekhov's story...correct hw...discuss...collect...
2. We will do section one of our final AP Lit and Comp sample Objective test for the year...correct...discuss...
3. Sundry text poems will be analyzed
H.W: Text, read Tennyson's, "Ulysses," p. 1018 and answer questions 1 & 2 after the poem...type on paper...
Thurs:
1. Second section of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
2. Oral analysis of "Ulysses,"...
3. Sundry text poems will be analyzed...
H.W: AP Lit and Comp Essay Prompt...due Fri or Mon...we will see...
Fri:
1. Do the final two sections of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective Tests...correct...discuss...
2. Sundry text poems will be analyzed...
H.W: Text, read Tan's, "Two Kinds," and answer text questions #'s: 1-4 on p. 201 on paper
05-06-10-13:
Mon:
1. Return two AP Lit and Comp Prompt essays...discuss...
2. Continue our section two of AP Lit and Comp Objective test...correct...discuss...
H.W: Be sure the entire AP Lit Terms Wk Sht is completed w/ a definition and an example for every term on the sheet...due Tues...also...some classes will do a prompt at home...our final one...due on Wed...
Tues:
1. Correct AP Lit and Comp Lit Terms Wk Shts...discuss...collect...
2. Some classes will do an in-class AP Lit Prompt essay...other classes will do section three and four of our sample AP Lit and Comp Objective test...
H.W: Some classes will do a prompt at home...our final one...due on Wed...
Wed:
1. Review Day...AP Lit and Comp Test tomorrow...
H.W: Review as appropriate...or...join us here in rm 229 either Mon or Tues or Wed nites for an oral review session...pls be sure to attend at least one of these sessions...
Thurs:
AP Lit and Comp Test...
Fri:
1. We will see by Fri...
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