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. [E/A notes; “Myth”]
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: Macbeth Perfect Murder Activity
Activities: Check for R&G
Existentialism/Absurd notes
A, E, and A essay assignment
“The Myth of Sisyphus”by Camus
Monday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Allusions, Existentialism, and the Absurd Essay due Dec. 8 [MAJOR]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read “The Myth of Sisyphus”; 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. [The Stranger—close reading of chapter 1]
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. [Analyzing “Myth”]
Warm-Up: Check for R&G; distribute The Stranger for those who did not purchase
Activities: Text render “Myth”
Close reading of The Stranger—chapter 1
Think/Pair/Share: where is there evidence of Existentialism in chapter 1?
Tuesday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Allusions, Existentialism, and the Absurd Essay due Dec. 8 [MAJOR]
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 Act I]
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. [R&G Act I]
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: Share myths; review of MLA format using sources
Wed/Thurs
Activities: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead—Act I
Groups determine key moments in Act 1
Upcoming Major Assessments: Allusions, Existentialism, and the Absurd Essay due Dec. 8 [MAJOR]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: A, E, and A Essay due Dec. 8; for those reading The Stranger—read Part I and complete 3 key
moments that demonstrate Existentialism
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form. [Close reading of The Stranger]
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. [Act 2]
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. [Key moments; A, E, and A Essay]
Warm-Up: Collect key moments from those reading The Stranger
Activities: Close reading of the very end of Part I of The Stranger
Act II of R&G
**Quiz Monday—analytical response to R&G
Friday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Allusions, Existentialism, and the Absurd Essay due Dec. 8 [MAJOR]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: A, E, and A Essay due Monday