Week of: September 8-12
Teachers: DeGroodt/Falcon
Team: AP Lit
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
Objective: To write, focusing on critical analysis of literature including expository, analytical, and
argumentative essays as well as creative writing to sharpen understanding of writers’ accomplishments and
deepen appreciation of literary artistry.
Warm-Up: Distribute prompt, review AP scoring
Activities: JE Open-Ended essay [MAJOR]
Monday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Poetry Analysis Essay next Monday-Tuesday (Sept 15-16)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Ch. 1-10 of Wuthering Heights by Friday, Sept 12
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
Objective: To write, focusing on critical analysis of literature including expository, analytical, and
argumentative essays as well as creative writing to sharpen understanding of writers’ accomplishments and
deepen appreciation of literary artistry.
Warm-Up: Romantic tenets; TP-CASTT review
Activities: Paired Poem connection to JE (Keats, Longfellow)
Tuesday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Poetry Analysis Essay next Monday-Tuesday (Sept 15-16)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Blake, Wordsworth, and Keats poems; Read Ch. 1-10 of Wuthering Heights by
Friday, Sept 12
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
Objective: To write, focusing on critical analysis of literature including expository, analytical, and
argumentative essays as well as creative writing to sharpen understanding of writers’ accomplishments and
deepen appreciation of literary artistry.
Warm-Up: Review seminar structure
Activities: Romantic poetry Socratic seminar
Debrief
Wed/Thurs
Upcoming Major Assessments: Poetry Analysis Essay next Monday-Tuesday (Sept 15-16)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Ch. 11-20 of Wuthering Heights by Friday, Sept 19
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
Objective: To write, focusing on critical analysis of literature including expository, analytical, and
argumentative essays as well as creative writing to sharpen understanding of writers’ accomplishments and
deepen appreciation of literary artistry.
Warm-Up: Clarifying questions on WH
Activities: Review Romanticism by reading “She Walks In Beauty”; think/pair/share Romantic tenets in poem
TP-CASTT Byron: “When We Two Parted” (852)
Friday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Poetry Analysis Essay next Monday-Tuesday (Sept 15-16)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Ch. 11-20 of Wuthering Heights by Friday, Sept 19