AP English Lit and Comp, Week 9 March 7 – March 11
Monday, March 7
Do Now:* Turn in The Kite Runner, take Wuthering Heights, prepare for TKR quiz
Standard: ELA12W4: The student practices timed writing, and uses the writing process to
evaluate writing; ELA12RL3: The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating
them to contemporary context and historical background; ELA12RL1: The student demonstrates
comprehension by identifying evidence in a variety of genres and using this evidence as the basis
for interpretation; ELA12RL1a: The student identifies evidence (plot events, main ideas,
characteristics in literature, and uses it as basis for interpretation.
Learning Steps:
Assessment:
Homework:
*Quiz over The Kite Runner
*Return and discuss essays over the poem “One Art”
*Begin discussion of The Kite Runner
*Grade TKR quiz
*Teacher observation of class discussion
*Perrine Poetry Ch 2 due Wed 3/9
*Read Wuthering Heights due Mon 3/28
*Law Day essay due April 1
Tuesday, March 8
Do Now: Is it harder to forgive someone who betrayed you, or to seek forgiveness from someone
you betrayed?
Standard: ELA12RL1a: The student identifies evidence (plot events, main ideas, characteristics
in literature, and uses it as basis for interpretation; ELA12RL3: The student deepens
understanding of literary works by relating them to contemporary context and historical
background; ELA12RL1: The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence in a
variety of genres and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.
Learning Steps:
*Continue and complete discussion of TKR
Assessment:
*Teacher observation of class discussion
Homework:
* Perrine Poetry Ch 2 due Wed 3/9
*Read Wuthering Heights due Mon 3/28
*Law Day essay due April 1
Wednesday, March 9
Do Now: *Which poem in your experience has done the best job of helping you connect with one
of the important realities of life (an “aha” moment, a moment of epiphany).
Standard: ELA12RL1(3): The student identifies, responds to and analyzes the effects of diction,
tone, mood, syntax, sound, form, figurative language, and structure of poems as they relate to
meaning; ELA12RL1a: The student identifies evidence (plot events, main ideas, characteristics in
literature, and uses it as basis for interpretation; ELA12RC2: The student participates in
discussions relate to curricular learning in all subject areas.
Learning Steps:
*Check Perrine HW
*Discuss “The Man…,” “A Study…” and “Hidden,” & answer the Qs
Assessment:
*Grade Perrine HW
*Teacher observation of class discussion
Homework:
*Perrine Poetry Ch 3: outline 757-763; Exercises p 763; Answer Qs for
“Pathedy of Manners” 761, & “Cross” 766 due Wed March 16
*Read Wuthering Heights due Mon 3/28
*Law Day essay due April 1
Thursday, March 10
Do Now: *Think of good metaphors for 1) gangster; 2) overly protective mother, 3) hard-core
protector of Mother Earth.
Standard: ELA12RL1(3): The student identifies, responds to and analyzes the effects of tone,
mood, syntax, and figurative language of poems as they relate to meaning; ELA12RC2: The
student participates in discussions relate to curricular learning in all subject areas.
Learning Steps:
*Discuss Do Now
*Discuss effectiveness of similes in “Snake”
*Give out copies of “The Roving Kind” and sing with the class
*Divide students into groups of 3. Groups decide on meanings of the
metaphors and rewrite the song with meanings (appropriate for English
class) clearly stated. Follow rubric to make 3D illustrations of the
poem, with quotes, in cells
Assessment:
*Grade group projects
*Teacher observation of class and group discussion
Homework:
*Perrine Poetry Ch 3 HW due Wed March 16
*Read Wuthering Heights due Mon 3/28
*Law Day essay due April 1
Friday, March 11
Do Now: Look over The Kite Runner information and prepare for a 50-minute essay
Standard: ELA12W2: The student practices timed writing and uses the writing process to
develop, revise, and evaluate writing; ELA12RL3: The student deepens understanding of literary
works by relating them to contemporary context and historical background; ELA12RL1: The
student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence in a variety of genres and using this
evidence as the basis for interpretation; ELA12RL1a: The student identifies evidence (plot events,
main ideas, characteristics in literature, and uses it as basis for interpretation.
Learning Steps:
*Students write AP-style essay on The Kite Runner in 50-minutes
*Students continue their group analysis of segments of “Elegy Written
in a Country Churchyard” p 56 of AP booklet.
*If the class finishes, read through the poem with each group explaining
its part.
Assessment:
*Grade essays
*Teacher observation of class discussions
Homework
*Perrine Poetry Ch 3 HW due Wed March 16
*Read Wuthering Heights due Mon 3/28
*Law Day essay due April 1