English III
Fifth Six Weeks 2011
Mrs. Cobb
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Week 1: February 21-25
M
2/21
Research Review: introductions, TS, CD, CM, conclusions; HW: Work on rough draft
T
2/22
Rough Draft reminders; Intro to the Harlem Renaissance; Assign poetic terms; Text study
W/Th 2/23-24
Rough Draft due; Peer editing; Harlem Renaissance lecture; HW: Finish your research paper!
F
2/25
Research turn-in reminders; Analysis of Cullen’s “Tableau”; Harlem Renaissance Quiz #1
Week 2: February 28-March 4
M
2/28
(7 periods)
T
W
Th
F
3/1
3/2
3/3
3/4
Research Paper due; Analysis of Hughes’ “I, Too Sing” and Whitman’s “I Hear America
Singing”; analytical questions due end of period
TAKS (3, 5, 7) 1st period does not meet ; 7th Pd: Creative List Poem modeled after Whitman
(7 periods)
Creative List Poem (Whitman) and Analysis of Hurston’s Colored Like Me (excerpt)
(1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
Analysis of Cullen’s “Incident” and McKay’s “America”
Hurston’s media biography; complete reflection questions; Harlem Renaissance Quiz
#2
Week 3: March 7-11
M
3/7
T
3/8
W/Th 3/9-10
F
3/11
In-Class Cold Reading and analytical questions
Test Review
Harlem Renaissance Test; Intro to Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; Assign study guide 1-3
Analysis of GG 1; View 1; Distribute character analysis charts; HW: Read GG 2-3
March 14-18
Week 4: March 21-25
M
3/21
T
3/22
W/Th 3/23-24
F
3/25
SPRING BREAK
Analysis of GG symbolism; Review GG 1-3; HW: Read GG 4
Quiz: Ch 1-4; View 2-4
Character Analysis Activity; Assign Socratic Seminar questions; HW: Read GG 5
Review reading; Read aloud GG 6; HW: Read GG 7-8
Week 5: March 28-April 1
M
3/28
Discuss climax of novel; View 5-8
T
3/29
Read ending and work on questions
W/Th 3/30-31
Socratic Seminar; Work on study guide; Discussion of novel as a whole
F
4/1
Quiz: Ch 5-8; View ending
Week 6: April 4-8
M
4/4
T
4/5
W/Th 4/6-7
F
4/8
Test Review
Gatsby Objective Portion of Test
Gatsby Written Portion of Test; Analysis of Robinson’s “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy”
Analysis of Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Week 7: April 11-15
M
4/11
T
4/12
W/Th 4/13-14
F
4/15
(DBA: Writing)
Analysis of Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Quiz: poetry selections; Frost Bio Notes
Analysis of Frost’s “Apple Picking” and “Mending Wall”
Analysis of “Birches”
Grading Scale: 60% Tests/Essays
40% Dailies/Quizzes
Big Grades: * TEST: Research Paper (20%)
* TEST: Harlem Renaissance Test (20%)
* TEST: The Great Gatsby Test (20%)
Tutoring/Make ups:
Tuesdays 2:45-3:30 PM
Fridays 6:45-7:20 AM
**Students have one week to make up a quiz or test