Week of: September 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.
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:
Activities: NO SCHOOL – LABOR DAR
Monday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Jane Eyre O-E Essay [MAJOR Timed Writing completed in class on Sept. 8]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Key Moments or Novel Notes due Tuesday, September 2
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: Collect/Share Key Moments/Novel Notes of JE
Activities: Close reading of Ch. 1 as Key Moment; prose analysis
Mini-lesson: Contemporary literary synthesis, archetypes using Harry Potter
Tuesday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Jane Eyre O-E Essay [MAJOR Timed Writing completed in class on Sept. 8]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Gilbert and Gubar’s “A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane’s Progress” from The
Madwoman in the Attic
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: Assign Ch. 1-10 of Wuthering Heights (due by Friday, Sept 12); introduce Signpost bookmarks as
annotations (due after the novel is completed)
Wed/Thurs
Activities: Socratic seminar structure, grading
JE Socratic seminar
- Jane Eyre, Gilbert and Gubar, etc.
Upcoming Major Assessments: Jane Eyre O-E Essay [MAJOR Timed Writing completed in class on Sept. 8]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Ch. 1-10 of Wuthering Heights by Friday, Sept 12
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: Hand back Key Moments/Novel Notes
Activities: Introduce Poetry Analysis Essay
2011 Poetry Analysis essay—unpack prompt, annotate, analyze
TP-CASTT
Friday
Upcoming Major Assessments: Jane Eyre O-E Essay [MAJOR Timed Writing completed in class on Sept. 8]
Materials: Pen/pencil, novel, course handouts
Follow Up/HW: Read Ch. 1-10 of Wuthering Heights by Friday, Sept 12