American Literature
13 December 2018
Objective: To
continue our study of Transcendentalism with excerpts from Walden,
focusing on Thoreau’s uses of figurative language. (STANDARD RL.4,
RI.9)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by locating and analyzing an example of figurative
language in Thoreau’s Walden.
Agenda:
1.
SSR with Notebook entry #19 – 25 min
2.
Grammar Quiz #10 - 10 min
3.
Read Thoreau’s “from Walden” p. 261 – 25 min
4.
EXIT SLIP: p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative
Language – 10 min
5.
Chapter Expert Presentations for Divergent Chapters 1-10 – 25 min
Assessment: EXIT
SLIP p. 269 Literary Concept: Figurative Language
Homework: Finish Divergent Ch.
36-39 p. 445-487; Review
for UNIT TEST #2: Individually or with a table partner, continue to fill out
Unit Test Study Guide in the Notes Packet
AP
English Literature and Composition
13
December 2018
Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/PCDJX
Student Learning Objective: To
identify the many tools that Dickens uses to create suspense. (STANDARD
RL.4)
Success Criteria: Students
will show mastery by making a list with a table partner of Dickens’ numerous uses
of author’s craft in this section of the novel.
Agenda:
1.
Chapter Expert Presentations
a.
Book the Third, Chapter 2 – Ben
b.
Book the Third, Chapter 3 – Kylie
c.
Book the Third, Chapter 4 – Arlena
d.
Book the Third, Chapter 5 – Betsie
e.
Book the Third, Chapter 6 – Kylie
f.
Book the Third, Chapter 7 - Emma
2.
Introduce Book the Third, Chapters 8-10
Assessment: Class
Discussion Questions, BTT, Chapters 2-7
1.
III, 2: How is Lorry’s exclamation, “Thank God
that no one near and dear to me is in this dreadful town tonight” (264) ironic?
2.
III, 2: How does the scene with the grindstone
considerably heighten the suspense?
3.
III, 3: Mr. Lorry explains Madame Defarge to
Lucie: “There are frequent risings in the streets; and although it is not
likely they will ever trouble you, Madame Defarge wishes to see those whom she
has the power to protect at such times, to the end that she may know them –
that she may identify them” (272). Do you think Madame Defarge will be
protecting Lucie and her family? Why or why not?
4.
III, 4: In the past, stressful events would have
put Dr. Manette into a relapse. Why doesn’t he relapse in this very
stressful situation/environment?
5.
III, 4: Dickens repeatedly uses personification
and imagery to show how violent the revolution has become: “Above all, one hideous
figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the
foundations of the world—the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine. .
. . it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from
turning grey… and it was bowed down to and believed in…. It sheared off heads
so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red” (Dickens
278). Why does Dickens interrupt his narration about Charles Darnay with
this paragraph (paragraphs)? What is the effect on the reader when La
Guillotine surrounds Charles Darnay?
6.
III, 5: What is coincidental about the
wood-sawyer who lives in the vicinity of La Force?
7.
III, 5: Dickens includes the Carmagnole into
this chapter of his historical fiction novel. Why did this dance scare
Lucie?
8.
III, 5: The suspense increases at the end of
this chapter: “Who could that be with Mr. Lorry—the owner of the riding-coat
upon the chair—who must not be seen? From whom newly arrived, did he come
out, agitated and surprised, to take his favourite in his arms?” (Dickens
285). With so much foreshadowing surrounding La Guillotine, how does
Dickens introduce this new mysterious character at the end of the chapter in a
way that makes the reader even more concerned for Charles Darnay’s safety?
9.
III, 6: Why does Dickens summarize the questions
asked of Darnay and his responses rather than write the dialogue? What is
the effect on the reader?
10.
III, 6: As a discerning reader, do you find
Charles’ exoneration unsatisfying?
11.
III, 7: What is foreshadowed in the first two
paragraphs of Chapter 7?
12.
III, 7: Predictions?
Homework: A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third Chapters 8-10 p. 298-338 (40 pages)
