Week of: October 20-24
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.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
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.
Warm-Up: Review of Vendler analysis model (#1-6 on Vendler handout)
Activities: Read Act II of Hamlet
-analyze character, archetypes, relationships
-analyze Act II as rising action
Monday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Hamlet exam (MC & Short Answer)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Finish Act II of Hamlet; use Vendler’s model to analyze Hamlet’s soliloquy at the end of
Act II—read, analyze, and write this on a separate sheet of paper--due tomorrow
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
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.
Warm-Up: Submit Vendler analytical responses [minor grade]
Activities: Read Hamlet Act III
-Review elements of drama, tragic hero, plot pyramid
-Begin to analyze exposition of Hamlet for importance of character, setting, conflict
Tuesday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Hamlet exam (MC & Short Answer)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Finish Act III of Hamlet
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
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.
Wed/Thurs
Warm-Up: Hamlet analytical quiz
Activities: Hamlet Socratic seminar
-Analyze Act I: tragedy, exposition, tragic hero, setting, characterization
-Contemporary connections
Upcoming Major Assessments: Hamlet exam (MC & Short Answer)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Finish Hamlet by October 29/30; play notes due Oct 31
Objective: To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is
embodied in literary form.
Objective: To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure.
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.
Warm-Up: Hamlet MC practice--individually
Activities: --Get in groups to share MC answers
--Play MC game
--Read Act IV of Hamlet
Friday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Hamlet exam (MC & Short Answer)
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Finish Hamlet by October 29/30; play notes due Oct 31