Thursday, September 7, 2017

American Literature

7 September 2017

http://www.planbookedu.com/s/JVEHF

  

OBJECTIVE: To read closely to determine what the text says. (STANDARD RL.1)

SUCCESS CRITERIA: Students will show mastery of comprehension by citing specific textual evidence from the novel when speaking to a table partner about the main events from 23-47.

  

AGENDA:

1.    SSR - 20 min

2.    Review Puritan Period and "Of Plymouth Plantation" – 5 min

3.    Grammar Notes #2: Verbs – 20 min

4.    5^th block only – 10 min of reading before discussing Huck – 10 min

5.    Discuss HF p. 23-47 – 15 min

6.    Begin HF p. 47-70 – 20 min

ASSESSMENT: Table partner discussions/question and answer sessions

HOMEWORK: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn p. 47-70

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AP English Literature and Composition

7 September 2017

http://www.planbookedu.com/s/R8BKS

Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: NONE

Student Learning Objective: (1) To prove your knowledge of Literary Theory by using textual evidence to support a claim.  (2) To be introduced to the Romantic Literary Period and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery of Literary Theory by analyzing “Two Kinds” through the lens of one of the theories studied in class.

  

Agenda:

1. QUIZ: Write an essay in which you analyze Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” using either the Feminist Literary Theory, Reader’s Response Literary Theory, Marxist Literary Theory, or Deconstruction Literary Theory – Timed quiz, 50 min
2. Intro to Frankenstein
1. Draw a picture of the image that comes to your head when you hear the work “Frankenstein”
2. Read intro to “Romantic Poets and Their Successors”
3. Read author bio on Shelley, inside book cover
4. Read “Introduction” by Diane Johnson p. vii-x and “Author’s Introduction” p. xxiii-xxviii

Assessment: Literary Theory Quiz

Homework: Frankenstein, Letters I-V p. 1-16