Livy Eng IV/AP Lit
August
19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 2326
First Day – class introduction
Turn in and discuss annotated poems
Point of annotation – notes and handout / 27
Discuss RP/Change paper
Summer reading presentations / 28
Summer reading presentations / 29
Summer reading presentations / 30
Diagnostic Test
HW: Read Preface of Perrine’s and takes notes on each section
September
2Labor Day / 3
How to write about Literature –Grouped discussion of Perrine’s
Discuss Product and Mentor for GP – show links of website
Product Proposal given / 4
Review AP essay rubrics
Read and grade sample essays / 5
Continue discussion of sample essays
Go over diagnostic test – students grade their own essays and compare to teacher grade
HW: Read Perrine’s of 238-245 in Point of view – annotate
Read background on “Beowulf” / 6
Change paper due
3 notes on Perrine’s reading
Read “Beowulf” excerpts
Discussion on POV
HW: Perrine’s pgs 107-115 and pgs 169-173 - annotate
9
3 notes on Perrine’s
Frame story definition
Chaucer’s “Prologue”
Two groups- analyze structure/frame story and characterization / 10
Discuss Product Search
Finish “Prologue”
HW: “Wife of Bath’s Tale”- annotate for POV, structure, and characterization / 11
Jigsaw on POV, structure, and characterization
Timed essay on “Wife of Bath” – 40 minutes
HW: Perrine’s pgs 337-342 – annotate
Grouped reading: Gulliver’s Travels excerpts and “The Guest”- annotate for irony and humor / 12
3 notes on Perrine’s
Product Proposal feedback
Grouped discussions on reading
Fishbowl Discussions
HW: Product Proposal / 13
Product Proposal Due
“Desiree’s Baby” – close reading
16
E-portfolio Discussion
Product Plan and Mentor Contract
HW: Perrine’s pgs 203-210 / 17
3 notes on Perrine’s
Read “Eveline” pgs 218-222
Answer #1, 3, and 8 on pg 222 / 18
Class discussion of theme on “Eveline”
Discuss Product Plan
HW: Read “Araby” by Joyce and create 3 questions by assigned element in order to find theme / 19
Socratic Seminar on “Araby”- 2 cents worth
HW: Read Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” / 20
Test on literary terms
Obstacles and Success of Product
23
HW: Background on Othello and drama terms defined / 24 – laptops
Shakespeare’s Othello Introduction – research
Give Othello question handout
HW: Read Act One / 25
Notes on Formalist and Structuralism literary theory
Shakespeare’s Othello - Act I
Scene analysis
HW: Read Act II and III / 26
Shakespearean Sonnets / 27 – ER
Share and grade Shakespearean sonnets – turn in
30
Discussion of Act II and III in groups
HW: Read Act IV-V
October
1Othello scene cut handout / 2
Finish Scenes from yesterday
Discussion of Act IV and V in groups / 3
Discuss literary theories
Play summary / 4
Analyzing through literary theory – half the class will look at Act V and analyze from a Formalist theory and the other half with view from a Structuralist theory
7
Finish the Fishbowl discussion / 8
Grad Project check – product/mentor log/pictures
Resume / 9
Othello Test
College Essay 1 / 10
Peer edit and revise College essay 1
HW: Write college essay 2 / 11
Peer Edit College Essay 2
Revise and rewrite essay 2
HW: Post on E-Portfolio
Read “Myth of Prometheus”
14
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” – analyze for theme, figurative language
HW: Download and annotate Frankenstein powerpoint / 15
“RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER” / 16– library
Check out Frankenstein and get reading schedule
Study questions for Mary Shelley f13
Frankenstein Historical Research / 17- laptops
Frankenstein Historical Research – finish for HW / 18 – Homecoming
Present Historical Research
21
“Paradise Lost” / 22
Finish “Paradise Lost” / 23
Grad Project check – product/mentor log/pictures
resume / 24 – end 9 wks
Frankenstein practice quiz
Discussion circles – preface to ch 12
Questions 1-10 / 25 – Work Day
28
Frankenstein practice quiz
Grad Project / 29
Reading Frankenstein / 30
Frankenstein practice quiz
Discussion circles – ch 13-ch 24
questions 11-17 / 31
Group Discussion – ending of novel
November
1Grad Project check
Frankenstein Essay
4
Wuthering Heights – background and dialectical journal / 5
Grad Project / 6
Product Due / 7 / 8 – ER
Wuthering Heights passage analysis essay
11 – Veteran’s Day / 12
“Porphyria’s Lover” / 13
Grad Project / 14 / 15
18
E-portfolio / 19
E-portfolio Due / 20 / 21
Wuthering Heights socratic seminar / 22
25 / 26
In-class Presentations / 27 – Thanksgivi ng / 28– Thanksgivi ng / 29– Thanksgivi ng
December
2In-class Presentations / 3
In-class Presentations / 4
In-class Presentations / 5
In-class Presentations / 6
In-class Presentations
9
Wuthering Heights movie / 10 – Senior Board Night
Wuthering Heights movie / 11
Heart of Darkness intro / 12
Heart of Darkness and imagery / 13
Applied Practice
Heart of Darkness and roman a clef
16
“Hollow Men” / 17
Literary Theory and
Heart of Darkness
Timed Essay
HW: Read Achebe essay / 18
Heart of Darkness and Achebe / 19
Invisible Man and Poetry
HW: Get Invisible Man and begin reading / 20 – ER
Tragic Figure unit essay due
23 - Break / 24- Break / 25- Break / 26- Break / 27- Break
30- Break / 31- Break
January
1- Break / 2- Break / 3 – Work Day6
Novel Discussion / 7
“Booker T” poem / 8
Group Discussions / 9 / 10
13
EOC / 14
EOC / 15
EOC / 16
EOC / 17 – end 2nd nine weeks
20 - MLK / 21 – Work day / 22– Work day / 23 / 24
Finish Invisible Man essay
27
Huck Finn introduction
HW: Huck Finn ch 1-8 / 28
Read Twain’s “The Damned Human Race” / 29
Appositive Work
Applied Practice / 30
“Just Walk On By”
Appositive Work 2-3
HW: Huck Finn ch 9-13 / 31
“Taboo”
Sentence Openers
February
3Huck Finn – the Rive as a character and metaphor
HW: Huck Finn ch 14-23 / 4
Campus Racism 101 – read and discuss
Applied Practice / 5
Character types – identify from Huck Finn
POV Writing / 6
Finish POV writing and workshop with other students
HW: Huck Finn ch 24-32 / 7
Applied Practice
Connotation and Denotation
10
Literary Theory and Huck Finn
HW: Huck Finn ch 33-43 / 11
Timed essay / 12 / 13
Their Eyes Were Watching God intro / 14
Historical Context readings grouped readings
17 - Workday / 18
Finish historical readings / 19
“How it Feels to be Coloured Me” / 20
Dialect
Connotation and denotation
Class Discussion of novel / 21
Applied Practice
Biopoem
23
Allusions and Imagery / 24
Class Discussion of novel
Timed Essay / 25 / 26
Multimedia of Significant Scenes / 27
Multimedia of Significant Scenes
March
3 / 4Present Multimedia of Significant Scenes / 5
The Awakening intro / 6 / 7
The Awakening passage analysis
10
“The Yellow Wallpaper”
Compare with The Awakening / 11
Applied Practice
Conference on essay / 12
“The White Heron” / 13 – ER
Finish “The White Heron” / 14
The Awakening research
17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
24
Essay Workshop / 25 / 26
Unit Essay Due / 27 – end 3rd nine wks / 28 - Workday
31
Poetry Unit
April
1 / 2 / 3 / 47 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
14 – Spring Break / 15– Spring Break / 16– Spring Break / 17– Spring Break / 18– Spring Break
21– Spring Break / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
28 / 29 / 30
May
1 / 25 / 6 / 7 / 8
AP LIT EXAM / 9
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
26 – Memorial Day / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30