American Literature
31 October 2018
Objective: To
prove your knowledge of your chosen choice reading book in a live interview. (STANDARD
RL.1-3, SL.1)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by orally answering questions on their choice reading book.
Agenda:
1.
Choice Reading Interview #2: Day Two Students,
see list – entire block
Assessment: Choice Reading Interviews
Homework: none
AP
English Literature and Composition
31
October 2018
Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX
Vocabulary
Word-of-the-Day: umber (noun): a natural
pigment resembling but darker than ocher, normally dark yellowish-brown in
color
I’d dream of myself, / of my
childhood miracles, / of my father’s burnt umber pride, / my mother’s ochre
gentleness.” (from “The Century Quilt” by Marilyn Nelson)
Student Learning Objective: To
analyze the poem as a bildungsroman piece. (STANDARD RL.2)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by identifying at least one line of the poem that could be
interpreted as carrying bildungsroman themes.
Agenda:
- Literary
Device: Epistolary Novel – 5 min
- Read
and discuss the poem “The Century Quilt” – 15 min
- EXIT
SLIP: Discuss the importance of heritage and family heirlooms as it
pertains to the bildungsroman character (Janie Crawford, Celie, or the
narrator of “The Century Quilt”). – 10 min
- Discuss The
Color Purple p. 88-123 – 15 min
- Continue
reading p. 124-159 or Google Classroom Questions or Personal Narrative –
45 min
Assessment: EXIT
SLIP
Homework: The Color Purple p.
124-159
