Week of: December 1-5
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. [R&G Quiz]
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. [A, E, and A essay assignment]
Warm-Up: Submit A, E & A Essay
Activities: R & G Quiz
Finish Act II
Monday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Final Essay Monday; Fall Final Tues-Fri
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Finish Act II
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form. [The Stranger—close reading, prose analysis]
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. [Analyzing R & G]
Warm-Up: Prose analysis practice: The Stranger excerpt
Activities: R & G Act III
Why did Stoppard choose Hamlet? Why these specific characters?
Tuesday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Final Essay Monday; Fall Final Tues-Fri
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Choose a myth/research for A, E, and A Essay by W/Th (bring at least ONE source to class);
A, E, and A Essay due Dec. 8
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form. [R&G Soc Seminar; MC practice]
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. [R&G Soc Seminar]
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 [“Gertrude Talks Back” write/pair/share]
Warm-Up: MC practice
Activities: Read “Gertrude Talks Back”; write/pair/share responses
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead—Socratic Seminar
Wed/Thurs
Upcoming Major Assessments: Final Essay Monday; Fall Final Tues-Fri
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Fall Final Essay written in class Monday
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form. [MC practice]
Warm-Up: Review structure of final
Activities: MC practice
Friday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Final Essay Monday; Fall Final Tues-Fri
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Final Essay written in class Monday