American Literature
28 November 2017
Objective: To be
introduced to the characteristics of the Romantic Literary Period. (STANDARD
RL.9)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by taking notes from the Prezi Presentation and be able to
recall the main ideas of those notes to a friend.
Agenda:
1.
Go over the answers to the Death of a Salesman test – 10 min
2.
SSR - 20 min
3.
Introduction to the Romantic Literary Period –
Notes/Prezi – 20 min
4.
Introduction to Divergent – 20 min
5.
Independent Reading Time - 20 min
Assessment: Class
discussion
Homework: Divergent Chapters
1-2 p. 1-18
AP
English Literature and Composition
28
November 2017
WOD:
1. French
Revolution: a period from 1789-1799 full of social and political upheaval in
France
2. Guillotine
[gil-uh-teen or gee-uh-teen] (noun): a device for beheading a
person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as
guides; widely used during the French Revolution
3. anaphora
(literary device): the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of consecutive
clauses
Student Learning Objective: To
be introduced to A Tale of Two Cities, the historical period, and
the structure of the novel. (STANDARD RL.1-5, RL.4, RL.6, RL.9
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by recording information on graphic organizers or other
notes, as needed.
Agenda:
- Go over
the answers to the Hamlet test –
10 min
- Data
Sheet over Hamlet
- Literary
Devices: Anaphora
- Introduce A
Tale of Two Cities – 20 min
- Charles
Dickens Bio
- Novel
written as a serial, several installments from April 20 – Nov 26, 1859
- France
versus England
- Graphic
Organizers to keep characters, their settings, and their relationships
with each other straight
- Begin
reading Book the First, Chapter 1
Assessment: Midterm Essay; Rough Draft of Personal
Narrative pages 3-4
Homework: A Tale of Two Cities
Book the First, Chapters 1-4, p. 3-28 (25 pages)
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