World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – A.P. English
LP: 1
Title:
“What’s the point?”
Opening Activity (Do Now):
Write a list of famous authors.
Homework:
Write a 350-500 word essay about your favorite piece of
literature. This could be a poem, short story, or novel.
Explain its importance to you and to the world.
Review/Preview:
Syllabus
One Objective and One Essential Question
New Concepts:
The Nature of Literature
The Value of Literature
The Literary Canon
Summary:
Why do we read?
Extra Materials:
“Reading Imaginative Literature”
Date: 09/07/09 Tuesday
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 2
Date: 09/09/09 Thursday
Title:
The First Hero
Opening Activity (Do Now):
Trade essays with another member of the class to read. You
will be presenting the other student’s homework in a 30
second-long summary.
Homework:
Actively Read Parts 1 & 2 of The Epic of Gilgamesh
Consider: Themes
Review/Preview:
The Literary Canon
Reading a text in context
New Concepts:
Active Reading:
The Epic of Gilgamesh:
Summary:
Active Reading
Extra Materials:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Common Theme Words
Group Discussion
Read Intro in pairs.
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 3
Date: 09/10/09 Friday
Title: Let’s Get Physical: Reading is a workout
Opening Activity (Do Now):
Let’s Get Physical
Homework:
Read and Annotate tablets IV and V in Gilgamesh (33-45)
Review/Preview:
Active Reading of Parts 1 and 2
Theme
New Concepts:
Annotation
Dialectical Journal
Graphic Organizer
Summary:
Apply 3 Active Reading Strategies to Tablet III
Extra Materials:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Common Theme Words
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 4
Title:
Charting Character
Opening Activity (Do Now):
Character Charades
 Gilgamesh
 Enkidu
 Ishtar
Homework:
Read Tablets VII and VIII and create a dialectical journal
with 2 quotations (50-63)
Review/Preview:
Dialectical Journaling
Group Work to decipher key elements of the story
New Concepts:
Identifying tropes
Analyzing effect on character
 Bestial imagery
 Interactions with other characters
Summary:
Deciphering Key Elements of a story from context
 Analogy of the puzzle
Extra Materials:
None
Date: 09/13/09 Monday
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 5
Date: 09/14/09 Tuesday
Title:
Mimicking Style
Opening Activity (Do Now):
What is a question that has long plagued humanity?
Homework:
Finish reading the epic of Gilgamesh (page 81)
Review/Preview:
List characteristics of style in Gilgamesh
List major themes in Gilgamesh
New Concepts:
Mimicking style
Summary:
List elements of style and theme in the poem
Create original passages in the style of Gilgamesh
Extra Materials:
None
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 6
Title:
The Hero’s Journey
Opening Activity (Do Now):
What are the characteristics of a hero?
Homework:
Read your assigned teaching in the Bhagavad-Gita and be
ready to present
Review/Preview:
Compare the journey of other heroes with Gilgamesh
Finalize essential themes
New Concepts:
N/A
Summary:
List characteristics of Heroes and Journeys
Compare to other famous heroes and their journeys
Extra Materials:
None
Date: 09/16/09 Thursday
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 7
Title:
The Bhagavad-Gita
Opening Activity (Do Now):
List 5 major religious figures
Homework:
Read and Annotate Genesis 1-22
Review/Preview:
Bhagavad-Gita readings from last night
New Concepts:
Reading religious texts as literature
Hinduism
Summary:
Discuss religious texts
Review Bhagavad-Gita parts 1,2,3,6,11
 Student teaching
Extra Materials:
None
Date: 09/17/09 Friday
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 8
Date: 09/20/09 Monday
Title:
Genesis
Opening Activity (Do Now):
Hebrew Bible “Pop Quiz”
Homework:
Read Exodus 19-20 and write a dialectical journal (2
quotations)
Review/Preview:
Genesis Readings
 Creation
 Adam & Eve
 Cain & Abel
 Tower of Babel
 Noah
 Abraham & Isaac
New Concepts:
The writing of the Hebrew Bible
Allegory
Summary:
Read and review Genesis readings
Extra Materials:
PPT
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 9
Date: 09/21/09 Tuesday
Title:
Exodus
Opening Activity (Do Now):
“Edit” the 10 commandments
Homework:
Read and Annotate the Book of Job (124-150)
Review/Preview:
The 10 commandments
New Concepts:
The covenant
Effective Paraphrasing
Summary:
List, discuss, and “update” the 10 commandments
Paraphrasing exercise
Extra Materials:
None
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 10
Date: 09/23/09 Thursday
Title:
What if God was one of us?
Opening Activity (Do Now):
List biblical references in popular culture
Homework:
Read and paraphrase your assigned portion of the Tao te
Ching
Review/Preview:
Analyzing God as a character
Review Job reading
New Concepts:
Biblical Allusion
Summary:
Discuss biblical allusions
Analyze the relationship between Job and God
Extra Materials:
None
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 11
Date: 09/24/09 Friday
Title:
Tao Te Ching
Opening Activity (Do Now):
List, in order, the world’s top 5 most popular religions
Homework:
Complete missing homework and be prepared for review
day on Monday.
Review/Preview:
Key concepts of the Tao Te Ching
Begin Review for Exam
New Concepts:
Taoism
Summary:
Student presentations of the Tao Te Ching
Extra Materials:
Tao Te Ching
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 12
Date: 09/27/09 Monday
Title:
Review Day
Opening Activity (Do Now):
N/A
Homework:
Study for Unit One Test
Review/Preview:
List characteristics of style in Gilgamesh
List major themes in Gilgamesh
New Concepts:
Mimicking style
Summary:
List elements of style and theme in the poem
Create original passages in the style of Gilgamesh
Extra Materials:
Review sheet
World Literature Survey 2010-11
Fall Term – Unit One
Osar
Lesson Plan – World Lit.
LP: 13
Date: 09/28/09 Tuesday
Title:
Test Day
Opening Activity (Do Now):
N/A
Homework:
Complete Essay portion of Exam
Review/Preview:
N/A
New Concepts:
N/A
Summary:
Take exam (no notes)
Extra Materials:
Test