Spring Semester
Week 35 (May 7 - 11)
Monday/Tuesday (7/8)
- Discuss AP Test
Wednesday (9)
AP Test
Thursday/Friday (10/11)
- Introduce Hamlet
- Watch Hamlet
Week 34 (April 30 - May 4)
Monday/Tuesday (30/1)
- Socratic Seminar over Slaughter-House Five
- Discuss "Revelation" or "Good Country People"
- H/W read "Good Country People"
Wednesday/Thursday (2/3)
- AP Practice Mult. Choice
- Discuss "Good Country People"
Friday (4)
- Discuss AP Essay Question 1 and 2
Week 33 (April 23 - 27)
Monday/Tuesday (23/24)
- Discuss Poetry
- Introduce Flannery O'Connor
- H/W read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" pg. 212
Wednesday/Thursday (25/26)
- Discuss Final and AP Question #3
- Discuss "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
- H/W read "Revelation" pg. 222
Friday (27)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss "Revelation"
- H/W read "Good Country People" H/O
Week 32 (April 16 - 20)
Monday/Tuesday (16/17)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" pg. 405
Wednesday/Thursday (18/19)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "Perfect Dress" pg. 725
Friday (20)
- Discuss Poetry
Week 31 (April 9 - 13)
Monday (9)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "What Lips my Lips have kissed" pg. 556
Tuesday (10)
- Discuss Poetry
Wednesday (11)
- Group work over "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Thursday/Friday (12/13)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "When I Consider how my Light is Spent" pg. 750
Week 30 (April 2 - 6)
Monday/Tuesday (2/3)
- AP Practice Test
- H/W read/respond "Composed on Westminster Bridge" pg. 781
Wednesday (4)
- Group work over "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- H/W read/respond "A Supermarket in California" pg. 732
Thursday (5)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "A Supermarket in California"
Friday (6)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "What Lips my Lips have kissed" pg. 556
Week 29 (March 26 - 30)
Monday/Tuesday (26/27)
- Turn in Reflective Essay
- Introduce Slaughter-House Five
- Socratic Seminar over Nights at the Circus
- Finish discussion over Richard III
- H/W read/respond "Kubla Khan" pg. 722
Wednesday/Thursday (28/29)
- In-Class Essays over Richard III
- H/W read/respond "Ode on a Grecian Urn" pg. 743
Friday (30)
- Good Friday - No school
Week 28 (March 19 - 23)
Monday/Tuesday (19/20)
Discuss Poetry
Discuss Richard III
Wednesday/Thursday (21/22)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss Richard III
Friday (23)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss Richard III
Week 27 (March 12 - 16)
Spring Break
Week 26 (March 5 - 9)
Monday (5)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
- H/W read/respond "Facing It" pg. 618
Tuesday/Wednesday (6/7)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
- Discuss "Facing It"
"America"
"We Wear the Mask"
- Introduce Richard III
- H/W read/respond Richard III Act I
Thursday/Friday (8/9)
- In-Class Essay over Poetry
- Introduce Richard III
- Read/Discuss Richard III
- H/W read/respond Richard III Acts 2 - 4
Week 26 (Feb 26 - March 2)
Monday/Tuesday (26/27)
- AP Mult Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
"Out, Out - "
"Acquainted with the Night"
- H/W read/respond "somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond" pg. 724
Wednesday/Thursday (28/1)
- AP Mult Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost Poetry
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
"somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond"
"in Just"
"l(a)"
- H/W read/respond "anyone lived in a pretty how town" pg. 437
Friday (2)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cumming poetry
- H/W read/respond "Facing It" pg. 618
Week 25 (Feb 19 - 23)
Monday (19)
- In-class essay over King Lear
- H/W read/respond "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" pg. 731
Tuesday/Wednesday (20/21)
- AP Mult. Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
- H/W read/respond "'Out, Out - " pg. 387
Thursday/Friday (22/23)
- AP Mult. Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
"Out, Out - "
- H/W read/respond to "Acquainted with the Night" pg.
Week 24 (Feb 12 - 16)
Monday/Tuesday (12/13)
- Reflective Essay over Beloved Due
- Socratic Seminar over Beloved
- Wrap up discussion over King Lear
- Discuss Poetry responses
- Introduce Robert Frost
- H/W read/respond to "Birches" pg. 729
Wednesday/Thursday (14/15)
- In-Class Essay over King Lear
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
- H/W read/respond to "Mending Wall" pg. 730
Friday (16)
- Read/Discuss/Respond to "After Apple Picking"
- H/W read/respond "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" pg. 731
Week 23 (Feb 5 - 9)
Monday (5)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Act III
- Read Discuss King Lear Act III and IV
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act IV
Tuesday/Wednesday (6/7)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Quote
- Group discussion over characters with King Lear
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act V
Thursday/Friday (8/9)
- Group discussion over King Lear
- H/W finish up IR over Beloved
Week 22 (Jan 29 - Feb. 2)
Monday/Tuesday (29/30)
- Discuss Poetry of William Carlos Williams
- Read/Discuss King Lear Acts I and II
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act II
Wednesday/Thursday
- Discuss Compare/Contrast Essay
- Read/Discuss King Lear Acts Ii and III
- H/W read/discuss King Lear Act III
Friday (2)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Act III
- Read Discuss King Lear Act III and IV
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act IV
Week 21 (Jan 22 - 26)
Monday (22)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead and a song by Tupac
Tuesday/Wednesday (23/24)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Song by Tupac
Thursday/Friday (25/26)
- In Class Essay over Poetry comparison
- Introduce King Lear
- Read/Discuss King Lear Act I
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act I
Week 20 (Jan 15 - 19)
Monday (15)
No School
Tuesday/Wednesday (16/17)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Thursday/Friday (18/19)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead and a song by Tupac (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Week 19 (Jan 8 - 12)
Monday (8)
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday
-Wrap up 1st semester
- Introduce Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Pearl Jam (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Thursday/Friday
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Pearl Jam
- H/W work on IR
Fall Semester
Week 17 (Dec. 11 - 15)
Monday/Tuesday (11/12)
- Socratic Seminar over The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Miss Brill
- H/W read/respond Araby pg. 330
Wednesday/Thursday (13/14)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Araby
Friday (15)
- Wrap up discussions
- H/W prepare for midterm
Week 16 (Dec. 4 - 8)
Monday (4)
- In-Class Essays over The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond Harrison Bergeron pg. 178
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6)
- Research Paper Due
- DIscuss Midterm
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Harrison Bergeron
- H/W read/respond The Chrysanthemums pg. 188
Thursday/Friday (7/8)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Chrysanthemums
- H/W read/respond Miss Brill pg. 84
- H/W IR reflective essay due next class
Week 15 (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1)
Monday/Tuesday (27/28)
- Rough Draft and Research Paper Notebook Due
- Peer edit rough draft
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 7 - 11
- H/W work on IR Novel
Wednesday/Thursday (29/30)
- Diagramming Sentence Quiz
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 12 - 20
- H/W work on IR Novel
Friday (Dec. 1)
- In-Class Essays over The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond Harrison Bergeron pg. 178
Week 14 (Nov. 20 - 24)
Thanksgiving Break
H/W work on research paper, IR, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Week 12 (Nov. 13 - 17)
Monday (Nov 13)
- Turn in Reflective Essay over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Socratic Seminar over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray Chap 15 - 17
Tuesday (Nov 14)
- Turn in Reflective Essay over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Socratic Seminar over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W finish read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wednesday (Nov 15)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W finish read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thursday/Friday (16/17)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W research paper rough draft and notebook
Week 11 (Nov. 6 - 10)
Monday/Tuesday (6/7)
- Turn in Annotated Bibliography and Outline
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Finish Discussion of Short stories
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 10 - 11
Wednesday/Thursday (8/9)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- In-Class Essay (Prose)
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 12 - 14
Friday (10)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray 15 - 17
Week 10 (Oct 30 - Nov. 3)
Monday/Tuesday (30/31)
- Grammar Practice
- Finish up discussion of short stories
- In-Class Essay
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 4 - 6
Wednesday (1)
- Work Day
Thursday/Friday (2/3)
- Finish discussion of Short Stories
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray 7-9
Week 9 (Oct. 23 - 27)
Monday (23)
- Prospectus Due
- Discuss Young Goodman Brown
- H/W read/respond The Rocking-Horse Winner pg. 338
Tuesday/Wednesday 24/25)
- Prospectus Due (B-day)
- Grammar Practice
- Discuss Symbol and Point of View
- Discuss The Rocking-Horse Winner
- H/W read/respond The Tell-Tale Heart pg. 252
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray next class
Thursday/Friday (26/27)
- Grammar Practice
- Introduce The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Discuss The Tell-Tale Heart
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap 1-3
Week 8 (Oct 16 - 20)
Monday/Tuesday (16/17)
- Finish Discussion over The Catcher in the Rye
- In-Class essay over The Catcher in the Rye
- Discuss The Five-Forty-Eight
- H/W read/respond The Yellow Wallpaper pg. 264
Wednesday/Thursday (18/19)
- Introduce Deconstructionist Criticism
- Discuss The Yellow Wallpaper
- H/W read/respond Young Goodman Brown pg. 312
Friday (20)
- Introduce Biographical and Historical Criticism
- Discuss Young Goodman Brown
- H/W read/respond The Rocking-Horse Winner pg. 338
Week 7 (Oct. 9 - 13)
Monday (9)
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday (10/11)
- Work on Research Paper
Thursday (12)
- In-Class Writing Assignment
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Five-Forty-Eight pg. 287
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oct 26th
- Will take up Journals next week
Friday (13)
- In-Class Writing Assignment
- Finish Discussion of The Catcher in the Rye
- In-Class Essay over The Catcher in the Rye next class
- H/W read/respond The Five-Forty-Eight pg. 287
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oct 27th
- Will take up Journals next week
Week 6 (Oct. 2 - 6)
Monday/Tuesday (2/3)
- Reflective Essay Due over Independent Reading
- Socratic Seminar over Never Let Me Go
- Introduce A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 20 - 23
Wednesday/Thursday (4/5)
- Introduce Research Paper
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W finish/respond The Catcher in the Rye
Friday (6)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W work on IR or Research Paper
Week 5 (Sept. 25 - 29)
Monday (25)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- Finish Discussion of "Sonny's Blues" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap 5 - 10
Tuesday/Wednesday (26/27)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 11 - 15
- In-Class essay over AP Prose next class
Thursday/Friday (28/29)
- In-Class Essay over AP Prose
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 16 - 19
Week 4 (Sept. 18 - 22)
Monday/Tuesday (18/19)
- Introduce Cultural Criticism
- Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
- The Catcher in the Rye next class
- H/W work on Independent Reading
Wednesday/Thursday (20/21)
- Group Quiz over Sent. Structure
- Introduce The Catcher in the Rye
- Discuss "Sonny's Blues"
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 1 - 4
Friday (22)
-Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Finish Discussion of "Sonny's Blues" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap 5 - 10
Week 3 (Sept. 11-15)
Monday (11)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- H/W read/discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" pg. 77
Tuesday/Wednesday (12/13)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Formalist Criticism
- Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall", "A Rose for Emily" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- H/W read "The Storm" pg. 105
Thursday/Friday (14/15)
- Discuss Research Paper
- Finish up discussion of Essay Writing/ Corrected Essay Due
- Introduce Cultural Criticism
- Discuss "The Storm"
- H/W read "Sonny's Blues" pg. 43
Week 2 (Sept. 4 - 8)
Monday (4)
- No School
Tuesday (5)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Sociological Criticism
- Discuss "Everyday Use"
- H/W read/respond "A Rose for Emily" pg. 28
Wednesday/Thursday (6/7)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Gender Criticism
- Discuss "A Rose for Emily"
- H/W read/respond "Look on the Bright Side" pg. 304
Friday (8)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- H/W read/discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" pg. 77
Week 1 (August 28 - Sept. 1)
Monday/Tuesday (28/29)
- Introductions
- Discuss How to Read Lit
- Writing reflection
- In-Class Essay over Summer Reading Novel Next Class
- H/W read/respond "A&P" pg. 14
Wednesday/Thursday(30/31)
- Introduce Psychological Criticism
- Discuss "A&P"
- In Class Essay over Summer Reading Novel
- H/W read/respond "Everyday Use" pg. 64
Friday (1)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Sociological Criticism
- Discuss "Everyday Use"
- H/W read/respond "A Rose for Emily" pg. 28
Week 35 (May 7 - 11)
Monday/Tuesday (7/8)
- Discuss AP Test
Wednesday (9)
AP Test
Thursday/Friday (10/11)
- Introduce Hamlet
- Watch Hamlet
Week 34 (April 30 - May 4)
Monday/Tuesday (30/1)
- Socratic Seminar over Slaughter-House Five
- Discuss "Revelation" or "Good Country People"
- H/W read "Good Country People"
Wednesday/Thursday (2/3)
- AP Practice Mult. Choice
- Discuss "Good Country People"
Friday (4)
- Discuss AP Essay Question 1 and 2
Week 33 (April 23 - 27)
Monday/Tuesday (23/24)
- Discuss Poetry
- Introduce Flannery O'Connor
- H/W read "A Good Man is Hard to Find" pg. 212
Wednesday/Thursday (25/26)
- Discuss Final and AP Question #3
- Discuss "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
- H/W read "Revelation" pg. 222
Friday (27)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss "Revelation"
- H/W read "Good Country People" H/O
Week 32 (April 16 - 20)
Monday/Tuesday (16/17)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" pg. 405
Wednesday/Thursday (18/19)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "Perfect Dress" pg. 725
Friday (20)
- Discuss Poetry
Week 31 (April 9 - 13)
Monday (9)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "What Lips my Lips have kissed" pg. 556
Tuesday (10)
- Discuss Poetry
Wednesday (11)
- Group work over "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Thursday/Friday (12/13)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "When I Consider how my Light is Spent" pg. 750
Week 30 (April 2 - 6)
Monday/Tuesday (2/3)
- AP Practice Test
- H/W read/respond "Composed on Westminster Bridge" pg. 781
Wednesday (4)
- Group work over "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
- H/W read/respond "A Supermarket in California" pg. 732
Thursday (5)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "A Supermarket in California"
Friday (6)
- Discuss Poetry
- H/W read/respond "What Lips my Lips have kissed" pg. 556
Week 29 (March 26 - 30)
Monday/Tuesday (26/27)
- Turn in Reflective Essay
- Introduce Slaughter-House Five
- Socratic Seminar over Nights at the Circus
- Finish discussion over Richard III
- H/W read/respond "Kubla Khan" pg. 722
Wednesday/Thursday (28/29)
- In-Class Essays over Richard III
- H/W read/respond "Ode on a Grecian Urn" pg. 743
Friday (30)
- Good Friday - No school
Week 28 (March 19 - 23)
Monday/Tuesday (19/20)
Discuss Poetry
Discuss Richard III
Wednesday/Thursday (21/22)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss Richard III
Friday (23)
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss Richard III
Week 27 (March 12 - 16)
Spring Break
Week 26 (March 5 - 9)
Monday (5)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
- H/W read/respond "Facing It" pg. 618
Tuesday/Wednesday (6/7)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
- Discuss "Facing It"
"America"
"We Wear the Mask"
- Introduce Richard III
- H/W read/respond Richard III Act I
Thursday/Friday (8/9)
- In-Class Essay over Poetry
- Introduce Richard III
- Read/Discuss Richard III
- H/W read/respond Richard III Acts 2 - 4
Week 26 (Feb 26 - March 2)
Monday/Tuesday (26/27)
- AP Mult Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
"Out, Out - "
"Acquainted with the Night"
- H/W read/respond "somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond" pg. 724
Wednesday/Thursday (28/1)
- AP Mult Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost Poetry
- Discuss e e cummings poetry
"somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond"
"in Just"
"l(a)"
- H/W read/respond "anyone lived in a pretty how town" pg. 437
Friday (2)
- AP Mult Choice
- Discuss e e cumming poetry
- H/W read/respond "Facing It" pg. 618
Week 25 (Feb 19 - 23)
Monday (19)
- In-class essay over King Lear
- H/W read/respond "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" pg. 731
Tuesday/Wednesday (20/21)
- AP Mult. Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
- H/W read/respond "'Out, Out - " pg. 387
Thursday/Friday (22/23)
- AP Mult. Choice Practice
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
"After Apple Picking"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
"Out, Out - "
- H/W read/respond to "Acquainted with the Night" pg.
Week 24 (Feb 12 - 16)
Monday/Tuesday (12/13)
- Reflective Essay over Beloved Due
- Socratic Seminar over Beloved
- Wrap up discussion over King Lear
- Discuss Poetry responses
- Introduce Robert Frost
- H/W read/respond to "Birches" pg. 729
Wednesday/Thursday (14/15)
- In-Class Essay over King Lear
- Discuss Robert Frost
"Birches"
"Design"
"Fire and Ice"
- H/W read/respond to "Mending Wall" pg. 730
Friday (16)
- Read/Discuss/Respond to "After Apple Picking"
- H/W read/respond "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" pg. 731
Week 23 (Feb 5 - 9)
Monday (5)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Act III
- Read Discuss King Lear Act III and IV
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act IV
Tuesday/Wednesday (6/7)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Quote
- Group discussion over characters with King Lear
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act V
Thursday/Friday (8/9)
- Group discussion over King Lear
- H/W finish up IR over Beloved
Week 22 (Jan 29 - Feb. 2)
Monday/Tuesday (29/30)
- Discuss Poetry of William Carlos Williams
- Read/Discuss King Lear Acts I and II
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act II
Wednesday/Thursday
- Discuss Compare/Contrast Essay
- Read/Discuss King Lear Acts Ii and III
- H/W read/discuss King Lear Act III
Friday (2)
- Writing assignment over King Lear Act III
- Read Discuss King Lear Act III and IV
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act IV
Week 21 (Jan 22 - 26)
Monday (22)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead and a song by Tupac
Tuesday/Wednesday (23/24)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Song by Tupac
Thursday/Friday (25/26)
- In Class Essay over Poetry comparison
- Introduce King Lear
- Read/Discuss King Lear Act I
- H/W read/respond to King Lear Act I
Week 20 (Jan 15 - 19)
Monday (15)
No School
Tuesday/Wednesday (16/17)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Thursday/Friday (18/19)
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Radiohead and a song by Tupac (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Week 19 (Jan 8 - 12)
Monday (8)
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday
-Wrap up 1st semester
- Introduce Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Pearl Jam (Handout)
- H/W work on IR
Thursday/Friday
- Discuss Poetry with focus on Imagery
Songs of Pearl Jam
- H/W work on IR
Fall Semester
Week 17 (Dec. 11 - 15)
Monday/Tuesday (11/12)
- Socratic Seminar over The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Miss Brill
- H/W read/respond Araby pg. 330
Wednesday/Thursday (13/14)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Araby
Friday (15)
- Wrap up discussions
- H/W prepare for midterm
Week 16 (Dec. 4 - 8)
Monday (4)
- In-Class Essays over The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond Harrison Bergeron pg. 178
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/6)
- Research Paper Due
- DIscuss Midterm
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss Harrison Bergeron
- H/W read/respond The Chrysanthemums pg. 188
Thursday/Friday (7/8)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Chrysanthemums
- H/W read/respond Miss Brill pg. 84
- H/W IR reflective essay due next class
Week 15 (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1)
Monday/Tuesday (27/28)
- Rough Draft and Research Paper Notebook Due
- Peer edit rough draft
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 7 - 11
- H/W work on IR Novel
Wednesday/Thursday (29/30)
- Diagramming Sentence Quiz
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 12 - 20
- H/W work on IR Novel
Friday (Dec. 1)
- In-Class Essays over The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond Harrison Bergeron pg. 178
Week 14 (Nov. 20 - 24)
Thanksgiving Break
H/W work on research paper, IR, A Picture of Dorian Gray
Week 12 (Nov. 13 - 17)
Monday (Nov 13)
- Turn in Reflective Essay over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Socratic Seminar over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray Chap 15 - 17
Tuesday (Nov 14)
- Turn in Reflective Essay over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Socratic Seminar over A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W finish read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wednesday (Nov 15)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W finish read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thursday/Friday (16/17)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W research paper rough draft and notebook
Week 11 (Nov. 6 - 10)
Monday/Tuesday (6/7)
- Turn in Annotated Bibliography and Outline
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Finish Discussion of Short stories
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 10 - 11
Wednesday/Thursday (8/9)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- In-Class Essay (Prose)
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 12 - 14
Friday (10)
- Diagramming Sentences 101
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray 15 - 17
Week 10 (Oct 30 - Nov. 3)
Monday/Tuesday (30/31)
- Grammar Practice
- Finish up discussion of short stories
- In-Class Essay
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap. 4 - 6
Wednesday (1)
- Work Day
Thursday/Friday (2/3)
- Finish discussion of Short Stories
- Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray 7-9
Week 9 (Oct. 23 - 27)
Monday (23)
- Prospectus Due
- Discuss Young Goodman Brown
- H/W read/respond The Rocking-Horse Winner pg. 338
Tuesday/Wednesday 24/25)
- Prospectus Due (B-day)
- Grammar Practice
- Discuss Symbol and Point of View
- Discuss The Rocking-Horse Winner
- H/W read/respond The Tell-Tale Heart pg. 252
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray next class
Thursday/Friday (26/27)
- Grammar Practice
- Introduce The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Discuss The Tell-Tale Heart
- H/W read/respond The Picture of Dorian Gray chap 1-3
Week 8 (Oct 16 - 20)
Monday/Tuesday (16/17)
- Finish Discussion over The Catcher in the Rye
- In-Class essay over The Catcher in the Rye
- Discuss The Five-Forty-Eight
- H/W read/respond The Yellow Wallpaper pg. 264
Wednesday/Thursday (18/19)
- Introduce Deconstructionist Criticism
- Discuss The Yellow Wallpaper
- H/W read/respond Young Goodman Brown pg. 312
Friday (20)
- Introduce Biographical and Historical Criticism
- Discuss Young Goodman Brown
- H/W read/respond The Rocking-Horse Winner pg. 338
Week 7 (Oct. 9 - 13)
Monday (9)
No school
Tuesday/Wednesday (10/11)
- Work on Research Paper
Thursday (12)
- In-Class Writing Assignment
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Five-Forty-Eight pg. 287
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oct 26th
- Will take up Journals next week
Friday (13)
- In-Class Writing Assignment
- Finish Discussion of The Catcher in the Rye
- In-Class Essay over The Catcher in the Rye next class
- H/W read/respond The Five-Forty-Eight pg. 287
- Need The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oct 27th
- Will take up Journals next week
Week 6 (Oct. 2 - 6)
Monday/Tuesday (2/3)
- Reflective Essay Due over Independent Reading
- Socratic Seminar over Never Let Me Go
- Introduce A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 20 - 23
Wednesday/Thursday (4/5)
- Introduce Research Paper
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W finish/respond The Catcher in the Rye
Friday (6)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss Poetry
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W work on IR or Research Paper
Week 5 (Sept. 25 - 29)
Monday (25)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- Finish Discussion of "Sonny's Blues" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap 5 - 10
Tuesday/Wednesday (26/27)
- Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 11 - 15
- In-Class essay over AP Prose next class
Thursday/Friday (28/29)
- In-Class Essay over AP Prose
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 16 - 19
Week 4 (Sept. 18 - 22)
Monday/Tuesday (18/19)
- Introduce Cultural Criticism
- Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
- The Catcher in the Rye next class
- H/W work on Independent Reading
Wednesday/Thursday (20/21)
- Group Quiz over Sent. Structure
- Introduce The Catcher in the Rye
- Discuss "Sonny's Blues"
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap. 1 - 4
Friday (22)
-Parts of Speech Practice
- Discuss AP Prose Essay
- Finish Discussion of "Sonny's Blues" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- Discuss The Catcher in the Rye
- H/W read/respond The Catcher in the Rye chap 5 - 10
Week 3 (Sept. 11-15)
Monday (11)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- H/W read/discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" pg. 77
Tuesday/Wednesday (12/13)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Formalist Criticism
- Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall", "A Rose for Emily" and "Look on the Bright Side"
- H/W read "The Storm" pg. 105
Thursday/Friday (14/15)
- Discuss Research Paper
- Finish up discussion of Essay Writing/ Corrected Essay Due
- Introduce Cultural Criticism
- Discuss "The Storm"
- H/W read "Sonny's Blues" pg. 43
Week 2 (Sept. 4 - 8)
Monday (4)
- No School
Tuesday (5)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Sociological Criticism
- Discuss "Everyday Use"
- H/W read/respond "A Rose for Emily" pg. 28
Wednesday/Thursday (6/7)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Gender Criticism
- Discuss "A Rose for Emily"
- H/W read/respond "Look on the Bright Side" pg. 304
Friday (8)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- H/W read/discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" pg. 77
Week 1 (August 28 - Sept. 1)
Monday/Tuesday (28/29)
- Introductions
- Discuss How to Read Lit
- Writing reflection
- In-Class Essay over Summer Reading Novel Next Class
- H/W read/respond "A&P" pg. 14
Wednesday/Thursday(30/31)
- Introduce Psychological Criticism
- Discuss "A&P"
- In Class Essay over Summer Reading Novel
- H/W read/respond "Everyday Use" pg. 64
Friday (1)
- Discuss Essay Writing
- Introduce Sociological Criticism
- Discuss "Everyday Use"
- H/W read/respond "A Rose for Emily" pg. 28