Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
DeGroodt, Falcon
Unit Name and #:
Course:
AP Lit
Dates:
Drama, fiction, and
“The Feminine Identity”
March 30-April 2
Daily Objective: Students will be able to analyze drama for social commentary masked as comedy.
Monday
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o 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.
o 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:
o Read Act III-IV of G.B. Shaw’s Pygmalion, focusing on the following essential question:
How does the playwright use characterization, word choice, irony or other
dramatic elements to make social commentary on gender, education,
class, marriage, or power?
Assigned students analyze as reading is done aloud in class, using the essential question for
this unit.
o Nietzsche groups meet
Major Upcoming Assessment: No more majors left in the 5th cycle
o
Checks for Understanding: Nietzsche groups, assigned analyses during Act III-IV reading aloud
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Tuesday
Follow Up/HW: None
Daily Objective: Students will be able to analyze drama for social commentary masked as comedy.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o 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.
o 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:
 Continue reading Acts IV-V of G.B. Shaw’s Pygmalion, focusing on the following
essential question:
How does the playwright use characterization, word choice, irony or other
dramatic elements to make social commentary on gender, education,
class, marriage, or power?
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Assigned students analyze as reading is done aloud in class, using the essential
question for this unit.
Nietzsche groups meet
Major Upcoming Assessment: No more majors left in the 5th cycle
Checks for Understanding: Cold call responses during class reading analysis
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: None
Daily Objective: Students will be able to analyze drama for social commentary or thematic statement.
Wed/Thur
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.
o 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:
 Finish Pygmalion
 Nietzsche groups meet, compile analysis for entire play
 Nietzsche groups present
 MAJOR ESSAY WILL BE WRITTEN ON MONDAY!
Major Upcoming Assessment: O-E Nietzsche-Pygmalion essay [first MAJOR for 6th cycle] MONDAY!
Checks for Understanding: Nietzsche groups, in-class assigned reading analysis responses
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: O-E Nietzsche-Pygmalion crossover essay on MONDAY!!
Daily Objective:
TEKS/AP/Standards:
o 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.
o To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth to the
twentieth century) and to know a few works extremely well.
Friday
Learning Activities:
NO SCHOOL—GOOD FRIDAY
Major Upcoming Assessment: O-E Nietzsche-Pygmalion essay [first MAJOR for 6th cycle] MONDAY!
Checks for Understanding:
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil, handouts, book
Follow Up/HW: O-E Nietzsche-Pygmalion essay [first MAJOR for 6th cycle] MONDAY!