8/27/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• go over syllabus

Assignment: Read and respond to Whitman poem:Gwendolyn Brooks's the mother pg. 422-3 and John Crowe Ransom's Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter pg. 554

8/29/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• go over AP test format, dates, and practices

• Q & A

• Discuss poems

Assignment: bring ATA to class

8/31/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• lecture/notes on literary elements

• begin a discussion of ATA

.Study for summer reading!!!!

9/5/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish powerpoint

• poetry discussion

.rd. Old Joke (handout) and analyze (1-2 pgs)

Letters I-IV of Frankenstein due read for Tuesday

9/7/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Discuss Old Joke in relation to grammar of poetry powerpoint

• AP essay prompt

• receive Frankenstein presentation slips

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein due in class on Tuesday;

study for poetry test

9/11/07

(A-C-E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Frankenstein book check

• Grammar of poetry test

• life of Mary Shelley

• begin letters

.presentations due next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• presentations

• go over tests

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Chapters I-V of Frankenstein due on Wed.

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Go over letters of Walton

.keep reading chaps 1-5

*reading quiz next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Chapters 1-V: use of allusion, position of women

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Lesson Unit/Topic

• Chaps. 1-5

.Rd. chaps 6-11 for HW

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Begin discussion of chapters 6-11

• reading quiz on these chaps.

.12-15 due Monday

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish 6-11

• AP writing prompt: the Open Question

read 12-15 in Frankenstein.  Read AP sample packet

Lesson Unit/Topic

• AP writing sample critique

• begin 12-15

.Finish novel for Friday

Lesson Unit/Topic

• AP writing peer edit

• finish 12-15

Finish 15-20 for Friday; intro. due

Lesson Unit/Topic

The abortion of the female monster

Elizabeth Lavenza

.rewrite of E.L's letter due Tues.

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish novel

rd. Birthmark by Hawthorne

Lesson Unit/Topic

• tie up loose ends in Frankenstein/ Birthmark

• AP prose passage prompt

.study for test

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Frankenstein test

. Rd. chapters 1-10 of Dracula for next Monday

rd & rate prose passages for Tues.

Lesson Unit/Topic

prose passage  evaluation

Dracula background & powerpoint

.keep reading DRACULA

QUIZ ON MONDAY

Lesson Unit/Topic

Dracula quiz chapters 1-10

• discuss chaps. 1-10: themes, symbols, perspective

.chapters 11-17 due read for 10/26; quiz on 11-17 on 10/26

Lesson Unit/Topic

finish chaps. 1-10

.keep reading

Lesson Unit/Topic

• reading quiz

• begin discussion of 11-17 Marxism + reproduction

.read 18-22 for next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish guided questions

• begin work on 14-17 Lucy & the fear of female sexuality

rd. 18 & 19 for next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish 18-19

.finish through 23 for Monday

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Begin discussion of 19-23

.finish book for next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• conclude discussion of Dracula

.study for Dracula test

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Dracula test

.read Oedipus for 11/16

Lesson Unit/Topic

• AP prompt

• Prompt discussion

.continue reading Oedipus

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Discuss Oedipus

• Socratic discussion

.Rd. Antigone for Tuesday

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish Oedipus & begin Antigone

• test review

Be prepared for Antigone

Lesson Unit/Topic

 NO class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Antigone

Antigone continued

Lesson Unit/Topic

Antigone

 Rd. Act 1 of Hamlet for 12/10

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Greek test

.read act 1 of Hamlet for 12/10

Lesson Unit/Topic

• poetry

• Renaissance notes & Shakespeare notes

.Act 1 Hamlet; read Bridge Handout

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Renaissance notes &

• Shakespeare notes

.

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Hamlet Act 1

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Lesson Unit/Topic

• continue Act 1 Hamlet:  biographical historicism

.Read Act II & 3

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Acts 1 & 2 quiz

• literary terms

• begin Act 2 discussion

.read Acts IV & V

Lesson Unit/Topic

• 4 & 5 quiz

• discuss 4 & 5

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish play

• midterm review sheet

PANEL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AFTER MIDTERMS

.study for Hamlet test

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Hamlet test

.bring review sheet next class

Lesson Unit/Topic

• midterm review

Prepare for Final Exam

1/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• practice exam

• finish Hamlet

.presentations FEb. 26 & 28

1/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• practice write

• go over writing ex.

.read Empire of Innocence for next class

1/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• discuss Limerick essay: POV, perspective

• time to plan panel presentations

.read: Those Winter Sundays pg. 485 in Seagull REader

Fire and Ice by Robert Frost (find online)

Rd. Traveling through the Dark pgs. 568-9

write a 1-2 pg. position paper on one of these poems--focus on the poem's use of a imagery.  Typed, printed

1/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• poetry

.reading of Native Son

1/30/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• go over prompt

• in class write: revision

.reading of Native Son;

read "To Brooklyn Bridge" handout

write a one page response--any focus

2/1/08

(A; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• discuss poem

.keep reading

2/5/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• finish poem

• begin Native Son

."Fear" write

2/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• continue Native Son

.reading

2/11/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• continue with Fear; groupwork

.reading

2/13/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• begin "Flight"

• discussion questions

.

2/15/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• discussion continued

.

2/26/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Panel presentation: The Bluest Eye

.

2/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Panel Presentation: Cat's Eye

.

3/3/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Cat's Eye presentation

papers due!!

.Heart of Darkness due in class for 3/11/08

3/5/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Cat's Eye cont'd

.

3/7/08

(C; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• begin Fate discussion

.

3/11/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• conclude Native Son

• HoD due in class

.read Walker essay for Thursday (handout)

3/13/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Walker discussion

HOD DUE READ FOR 3/26

3/17/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

 Native Son exam

.receive Panel presentation 2: God of Small Things & The Tempest

3/19/08

(E; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• AP objective test

.

3/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• AP writing exercise

• Conrad background

.

3/26/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• HOD discussion

.

3/28/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/1/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

go over Chimney write

.finish HOD

4/3/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• begin background and HOD discussion

.

4/7/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• HOD cont'd

.

4/9/08

(A; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/11/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/22/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/24/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/28/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

4/30/08

(E; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Cat's Eye presentation

.essays due Thurs

5/2/08

(A; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Cat's Eye finish

.bring AP workbooks

5/6/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• practice for AP test

.

5/8/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• TEST DAY!!!

.

5/12/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Goblin Market

.

5/14/08

(C; 1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Goblin Market

.

5/16/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Closing comments

.

5/21/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

5/23/08

(C)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

5/28/08

(E)

Lesson Unit/Topic

.

5/30/08

(A)

Lesson Unit/Topic

Prepare for Final Exam