Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Course:
DeGroodt, Falcon
AP Lit
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
AP Lit Review
April 27-May 1
Daily Objective: Students will review for the AP exam Poetry Analysis and O-E essays by organizing
and executing student-led presentations.
Monday
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale
elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
o To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth to the
twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
o Poetry Project Presentation
o O-E Project Presentation
Major Upcoming Assessment: Poetry/O-E Projects
Checks for Understanding: Randomizing oral analytical responses during guided practice,
randomizing SAR responses during independent poetry analysis
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Tuesday
Follow Up/HW: O-E review sheet (daily grade) due W/Th
Daily Objective: Students will review for the AP exam Poetry Analysis and O-E essays by organizing
and executing student-led presentations.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale
elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
o To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth
to the twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
 Poetry Project Presentation
 O-E Project Presentation
Major Upcoming Assessment: Poetry/O-E Projects Checks for Understanding: Randomizing oral
analytical responses during guided practice, randomizing SAR responses during independent poetry
analysis
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Wed/Thur
Follow Up/HW: O-E review sheet (daily grade) due W/Th
Daily Objective: Students will review for the AP exam Poetry Analysis and O-E essays by organizing
and executing student-led presentations.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
 To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale
elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
o To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth to the
twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
 Collect O-E review sheets
 Auden’s villanelle – review
 Auden’s “The Shield of Achilles” independent practice
Major Upcoming Assessment: AP Exam May 6
Checks for Understanding: Randomizing oral analytical responses during guided practice,
randomizing SAR responses during independent poetry analysis
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: None
Daily Objective: Students will review for the AP exam Poetry Analysis and O-E essays by organizing
and executing student-led presentations.
Friday
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale
elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
o To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth to the
twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
o Gwendolyn Brooks’ “my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell” as ind. Practice
o Pick a poem written by Sharon Olds that was not studied previously in class—presentation and
analysis
Major Upcoming Assessment: AP Exam May 6
Checks for Understanding: Randomizing oral analytical responses during guided practice,
randomizing SAR responses during independent poetry analysis
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: None