Honors English 11~Week 20~June 7-11
Obj.: Objectives: Use public speaking strategies. Identify themes in a work. Analyze the importance of characterization and setting. Write thesis statements by incorporating universal themes. Support thesis with examples from the text. Identify common threads among literary works. Incorporate various methods of literary criticism. Understand the impact of allusions. Analyze literature using historical, biographical, and psychological approaches. Increase knowledge of higher-level vocabulary. Use appropriate language when writing about literature.
Mon.: WU: 1-10. From p.693, list ten elements of a good speech. VOC: Lord of the Flies Ch. 1-4 WS CW: Present speeches and take notes! HW: Read and take notes on the first third of Lord of the Flies. (Ch. 1-4)
Tues.: WU: 11.Which was your favorite speech and why? 12.What are some factors that needed improvement (no names)? 13.Describe the time and place of the novel. 14.-20. List and describe seven characters. VOC.: Lord of the Flies Ch. 7-11. WS CW: Continue presentations? Discuss novel. “T” Test Read! HW: Finish 2/3 of the novel and take notes.
Wed.: WU: From Norton’s Intro. to Literature, pp.A18-26, define the following: 21. objectivism 22.formalism 23.new criticism 24.structuralism 25.post structuralism 26.deconstruction 27.subjectivism 28.dialogism 29.sociological criticism 30.new historicism *pluralism VOC: Lord of the Flies WS CW: Continue presentations? Discuss novel. “U-Z” Test. Read! HW: Finish the novel and take notes.
Th.: WU: 31.What was your favorite thing we read and why? 32.What was your least favorite and why? 33.What was your favorite thing we wrote and why? 34. What was your least favorite? 35. What did you improve most this year? 36.What song represents your life before high school and why? 37. Ninth grade? 38. Tenth grade? 39. This year? 40.Next year? VOC: Lord of the Flies Ch. 12 WS CW: Novel test/Movie HW: Do your AP summer assignment and have a great summer!
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