AP English Lit. and Comp.
World Lit. et al – Fall 2014
AED Williams
Second Term
November 10 – 14: Week Five
November 17 – 21: Week Six
Monday 4A / Tuesday 4B – Close reading of Jazz excerpt
Highlight indications of speaker
Discuss using quotations as evidence in supporting assertions about literature
Literary Terms Quiz # 10
Poetry – “Haunted House” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Discussion of Beloved continued using pink sheets as a guide
Wednesday 4A / Thursday 4B – Poetry – “Gone” by Ronald Wallace
Discussion of Beloved continued using pink sheets as a guide
Vocabulary Test #7-9
Part One of pink sheet due
Friday 4A / Monday 4B – AP Prep – In-class essay – A Prayer For Owen Mean
Continue discussion of Part One of Beloved
“Aristotle” by Billy Collins – how is this poem connected to Beloved?
“Marginalia” by Billy Collins
Tuesday 4A / Wednesday 4B – Literary Terms Quiz #11
Read “The Sacred” by Stephen Dunn – How does this relate to “Denver’s Secrets”?
Denver’s birth and Beloved’s arrival
What is the sequence of events that leads to Beloved’s appearance?
“Down by the Riverside” – by Mahalia Jackson – comparison to Baby Suggs’ sermon.
Questions concerning lyrics and tone of the song.
What are the reasons that Paul D stops asking questions when he has the need for more
answers?
Finish discussion / notes on part one of the pink sheet in necessary
Turn in second pink sheet / make assignment for the third pink sheet that covers parts
two and tree
Begin discussion of Beloved using questions from the pink sheet
Pink sheet for Parts II and III due November 13
Divide into groups to begin working of recurring images assignment
Thursday 4A / Friday 4B – AP Prep – Prose Test #4
Quotes and images from Beloved
Work on recurring images and symbols chart in groups