American Literature Lesson
4 September 2019
Objective: Students
will analyze the structure of the text and the effectiveness of the author’s
persuasive language. (STANDARD RI.1, W.1)
Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by considering Franklin’s
toughest virtue and mimicking Edwards’ structure while changing the content
(for the EXIT SLIP).
Agenda:
1.
Notebook: Brainstorm
for Creative Piece #1 (Extension of “I know it like the back of my hand”) – 15
min
2.
Notes: The Great
Awakening – 5 min
3.
Read “Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God” p. 101 – 20 min
4.
EXIT SLIP: Side #2 -
p. 108 #2 – Identify one important problem people have in America today.
Write an Edwards-style mini-sermon
urging your audience to take some specific action to solve the problem. – 20
min
5.
Continue reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 20 min
6.
Class discussion of HF
p. 104-125 at 8:50
ASSESSMENT: p.
108 #2 – Identify one important problem people have in America today.
Write an Edwards-style sermon urging your audience to take some specific action
to solve the problem.
Homework: HF p. 126-150
AP English Literature Lesson
4 September 2019
Day 3
Vocabulary Word-of-the-day: ardour (noun): great warmth of feeling; fervor;
passion
“I read
with ardour those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern
inquirers have written on these subjects” (Shelley 36).
Student Learning
Objective: To identify the themes
in “To a Little Invisible Being…” in comparison to Frankenstein. (STANDARD
RL.2)
Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by identifying
two-three parallels between the poem and the novel.
Agenda:
1. WOD – 5 min
2. Analyzing poetry – a resource for reading poems
– 10 min
3. Read aloud poem: “To a Little Invisible Being…”
– 10 min
4. Analyze/Discuss poem using TP-COASTT – 10 min
5. Discuss parallels between the poem and the novel
(EXIT SLIP) – 10 min
6. Discuss content of Chapters 1-3 – 20 min
7. Begin reading Chapters 4-5 – rest of class
Assessment: EXIT SLIP – How does “To a Little Invisible
Being…” relate to Mary Shelley or Frankenstein?
Homework: Frankenstein, Chapters 4-5, p. 36-49
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