American Literature
27 October 2017
Objective: To
prove your knowledge of The Great Gatsby in a literary
analysis. (STANDARD W.2)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by achieving an 80% or higher on the Great Gatsby literary
analysis
Agenda:
1.
Student workday: ACADEMIC ESSAY #1 due end of
block – 90 min
Assessment: Academic
Essay #1
Homework: Choice novel reading
AP
English Literature and Composition
27
October 2017
Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day: haste (noun): excessive speed or urgency of movement or
action; hurry
“Stones in the fields / say he
was not a farmer; the still-sealed jars / in the cellar say she left in a
nervous haste.” (from “Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser)
Student Learning Objective: To
analyze the content and structure of the poem and to compare the speaker of the
poem to Celie. (STANDARD RL.4)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by identifying and explaining three uses of figurative
language or other author’s craft in “Abandoned Farmhouse.”
Agenda:
- Read/analyze/discuss
poem “Abandoned Farmhouse” – analyze the similarities between the poem and
the novel so far. - 20 min
- Review
Feminist Literary Theory. - 5 min
- Discuss The
Color Purple 26-53 - 20 min
- Student
work time to... - 45 min
Nicenet- Continue
reading novel
- Begin
drafting Personal Narrative
Assessment: Class
discussion; 1 Nicenet post
Homework: The Color Purple p.
54-87
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