Work Schedule: Heart of Darkness
Tue (2/10)
Thu (2/12)
Fri (2/13)
Mon (2/24)
Tue (2/25)
Wed (2/26)
Thu (2/27)
Fri (2/28)
Mon (3/2)
Tue (3/3)
Wed (3/4)
Introduction to Heart of Darkness (HoD)
Begin collaborative MWDS on HoD for homework (One Drive)
Read first 10 pages of HoD together
Rhetorical Terms Quiz: Syntax Terms
Today/Tonight’s Reading Assignment: HoD, pp. 11-20
Poetry Essay Due
Group 1 Syntax Presentation: pp. 11-20
(PowerPoint submitted to turnitin.com before beginning of 7th period)
Today/Tonight’s Reading Assignment: HoD, pp. 21-30
Quiz: HoD, Part I
Group 2 Syntax Presentation: pp. 21-30
(PowerPoint submitted to turnitin.com before beginning of 7th period)
Today/Tonight’s Reading Assignment: HoD, pp. 31-40
Group 3 Syntax Presentation: pp. 31-40
(PowerPoint submitted to turnitin.com before beginning of 7th period)
Today/Tonight’s Reading Assignment: HoD, pp. 41-50
Quiz: HoD, Part II
Group 4 Syntax Presentation: pp. 41-50
(PowerPoint submitted to turnitin.com before beginning of 7th period)
Today/Tonight’s Reading Assignment: HoD, pp. 51-60
Rhetorical Terms Quiz: Review of Old Terms
Group 5 Syntax Presentation: pp. 51-60
(PowerPoint submitted to turnitin.com before beginning of 7th period)
Read last 10 pages of HoD together
Prose Essay Due
Finish reading/discussing HoD together (if necessary)
Read T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” as a response to HoD
Quiz: HoD, Part III
Collaborative MWDS on HoD due by end of 7th period
TEST: HoD (Format TBA)
Group Syntax Presentations: A Syntactical Analysis of Marlow’s Journey in Heart of Darkness
Task: Make a PowerPoint Presentation that does the following:
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Sums up the basics of your passage (who – list all characters that appear; what – list all events that happen; when – list
amount of time that passes; where – list all places on journey & be prepared to trace this route on a map in class)
Offers a few examples of syntax from your passage (how)
Makes a connection between form (how) and meaning (why) in your passage
Submit your PowerPoint to www.turnitin.com by the date on your Work Schedule.
Apocalypse Now Permission Slip
We may watch a few clips from Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now (based on Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness) in AP Literature
for analytical purposes (comparing/contrasting technique, etc.). The film, set during the Vietnam War, is rated R for violence and language associated
with war. Please check one of the following and sign below:
_____ My son/daughter ______________________________________ has permission to watch these clips in class.
_____ My son/daughter ______________________________________ does not have permission to watch these clips in class.
(He/she will not be penalized in any way.)
Parent signature: _________________________________________________________________________________________