5th 6 Weeks Agenda
Friday, February 21st (2A) and Monday, February 24th (2B):
1) Intro to Modernism Prezi and revisit Literary Periods Timeline
2) Read and discuss Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well-lighted Place”
3) Read and discuss Fitzgerald article, “The Crack-Up”
Homework: Finish reading (if not finished in class); study vocab. 16
Tuesday, February 25th (2A) and Wednesday, February 26th (2B):
1) Vocab. 16 Quiz
2) Roaring 20s Gallery Walk
3) Receive The Great Gatsby and characterization + theme assignment
Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby; vocab. 17 exercises due 3/3 & 3/4
Thursday, February 27th (2A) and Friday, February 28th (2B):
***Course selections
1) Read Cohen’s “American Stories”; discuss the idea of The American Dream
Homework: Read chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby; study vocab. 17
Monday, March 3rd (2A) and Tuesday, March 4th (2B);
1) Vocab. 17 Quiz
2) Discuss Independent Reading project (due 4/9 & 4/10)
3) Read and discuss T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” and make parallels to The Great Gatsby
Homework: Read chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby; vocab. 18 exercises due 3/18 & 3/19
Wednesday, March 5th (2A) and Thursday, March 6th (2B):
1) Discuss College Project and show examples; maybe go to lab
2) Read Merkin’s “Money Always Talks”; discuss its connection to wealth and corruption
3) Discuss developing themes and character development in The Great Gatsby
Homework: Read chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby; do college project (due 3/18 & 3/19)
Friday, March 7th (2A) and Monday, March 17th (2B):
1) Idiom, Synecdoche & Metonymy activity (look at examples and make illustrations)
Homework: Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby; finish college project; study vocab.
Tuesday, March 18th (2A) and Wednesday, March 19th (2B):
***College Project Due
1) Vocab. 18 Quiz
2) Read Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” p. 529 and answer the Questions on Rhetoric and Style with a partner or individually
Homework: Read chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby; vocab. 19 exercises due 3/24 & 3/25
Thursday, March 20th (2A) and Friday, March 21st (2B):
1) Grammar warm-up: revising and editing
2) Read Hedges “The Destruction of Culture” p. 922; compare it to war propaganda and Pablo Picasso’s Guernica
Homework: Read chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby; study vocab.
Monday, March 24th (2A) and Tuesday, March 25th (2B):
1) Vocab. 19 Quiz
2) Read Virginia Woolf’s “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid” p. 935 and make parallels to Hedge article
Homework: Read chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby; vocab. 20 exercises due 4/3 & 4/4
Wednesday, March 26th (2A) and Thursday, March 27th (2B):
1) Review Rhetorical Analysis Packet
2) Inner Outer Discussion
Homework: Finish The Great Gatsby
Friday, March 28th (2A) and Monday, March 31st (2B):
1) Inner Outer Discussion
2) Review for test
Homework: study for Gatsby Assessment
Tuesday, April 1st (2A) and Wednesday, April 2nd (2B):
1) The Great Gatsby Assessment (AP style M/C and rhetorical analysis--timed)
Homework: Work on IRP
Thursday, April 3rd (2A) and Friday, April 4th (2B):
1) Vocab. 20 Quiz
2) Grammar warm-up: revising and editing
3) Read “A Rose for Emily” and discuss setting, narration, and voice; possibly watch short film
Homework: Work on IRP; Vocab. 21 exercises due 4/15 & 4/16
Monday, April 7th (2A) and Tuesday, April 8th (2B):
1) Read “Barn Burning” and discuss setting, narration, characterization, etc.; make parallels with other Faulkner story
2) Begin Faulkner rhetorical analysis
Homework: Work on IRP
Wednesday, April 9th (2A) and Thursday, April 10th (2B):
***IRP due
1) Read excerpt from Sedaris’ Me Talk Pretty One Day (handout); discuss tone, satire, etc.
2) Continue working on Faulkner rhetorical analysis
Homework: Type up Faulkner rhetorical analysis (due 4/15 & 4/16)
Friday, April 11th (2A) and Monday, April 14th (2B):
1) Go over practice AP test
2) Analyze visual rhetoric (pulled from new AP textbook) in stations
Homework: study vocab. 21
Tuesday, April 15th (2A) and Wednesday, April 16th (2A):
***Rhetorical analysis due
1) Vocab. 21 Quiz
2) Finish going over AP test
Homework: study for Vocab. 15-21 test 4/21 & 4/22
Thursday, April 17th (2A) and Friday, April 18th (2B):
1) Watch The Great Gatsby
Homework: study vocab. 15-21 (next class)