Westside High School Lesson Plan
DeGroodt, Falcon
Unit Name and #:
Course:
AP Lit
Dates:
Monday
Teacher Name:
Poetry; “The Masculine
Identity”
Jan 12-16
Daily Objective:
 To understand how narrative poetry differs from the other major form of poetry: lyric poetry
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.
 To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the
to the twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
 Warm-Up: Review Ind. Poetry Assignment, answer clarifying questions
 Define narrative v. lyric poetry
 Read the first part of Tennyson’s “Lady of Shallot”, guided practice of analysis
 Read the remaining three sections of poem—class assigned to section 2, 3, or 4; students use
Vendler (1, 4, 6, 7) to analyze assigned portion; present
Major Upcoming Assessment: Independent Poetry Analysis and Composition Assignment (due Jan
14/15)
Checks for Understanding: Vendler presentations of “Shallot”
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: Independent Poetry Analysis and Composition Assignment due Wed/Thurs; Read
Catcher by Tuesday, January 20
Tuesday
Daily Objective: To analyze dramatic monologues for characterization and to demonstrate the ability
to differentiate between poet and speaker
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.
 To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the
to the twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Learning Activities:
 Define dramatic monologues/ introduce Browning
 “My Last Duchess”—read, analyze—guided practice
 “Porphyria’s Lover”—independent practice—write/pair/share
Major Upcoming Assessment: Independent Poetry Analysis and Composition Assignment (due Jan
14/15)
Checks for Understanding: random responses during “Duchess” guided practice; informal written
responses during “Porphyria’s Lover” write/pair/share
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: Independent Poetry Analysis and Composition Assignment due Wed/Thurs; Read
Catcher by Tuesday, January 20
Wed/Thur
Daily Objective:
 To understand how to apply poetry analysis skills to both MC and Open-Ended style questions
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.
 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:
 Submit Independent Poetry Analysis Essays [MAJOR grade]
 Cold poetry analysis MC practice
 Read first part of Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”; render 2 statements; pair/share
 Intro to Modernism
 Read/analyze “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”--SAR
Major Upcoming Assessment: Catcher Timed Writing [Jan 21/22]; Poetry Analysis essay [Jan 28/29]
Checks for Understanding: Randomizing responses during “Talent and the Ind. Talent” pair/share;
“Prufrock” SAR
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: Read Catcher by Tuesday, January 20
Friday
Daily Objective:
 To anticipate the analysis and study of a novel by discussing and thinking about its key themes
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.
 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:
 PowerUp
 Catcher Anticipation Guide
Major Upcoming Assessment: Catcher Timed Writing [Jan 21/22]; Poetry Analysis essay [Jan 28/29]
Checks for Understanding: Anticipation Guide
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: Read Catcher by Tuesday, January 20