American Literature Lesson
21 October 2019
Objective: To
be exposed to the numerous accurate uses of the comma. (STANDARD
L.1, L.2)
Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by earning at least an 80% on
the comma practice quiz.
Agenda:
1.
SSR – 25 min
2.
Go over answers to all
previous tests – 30 min
3.
Grammar Notes #8: The
Comma – with practice quiz – 35 min
4.
Brainstorm for
Creative Piece #2 – 10 min
Assessment: Formative Practice Quiz
Homework: Choice Novel readings
AP English Literature Lesson
21 October 2019
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:
1.
Notebook: Read poem
“Abandoned Farmhouse” – analyze the similarities between the poem and the novel
so far. – 10 min
2.
Review Feminist
Literary Theory. – 5 min
3.
Discuss The
Color Purple 1-53 – 20 min
4.
Read aloud: “Beauty:
When the Other Dancer is the Self” – 30 min
Assessment: Formative
Notebook writing
Homework: The Color Purple p. 54-87
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