Mrs. Wooley – Syllabus English 12 AP 2º Monday 2-13-12 Literary Terms Make-up Test II. Assign Dream Journal – two weeks 2-13 to 2-27-12. Review explications. Read “Words” pp 688-695 (to poem). Discuss Diction, Decorum, Syntax, Denotation and Connotation. Homework – Read pp 695- 707. Tuesday 2-14-12 Read and discuss 12 poems, pp 695-707. Answer questions. Homework – Read pp 708-718. Read pp 868-883, Chapter 19 Prosody. Wednesday 2-15-12 Read and discuss 9 poems, answer questions. Review homework information. Read poems pp 884-908, as assigned for group project. Answer questions about assigned poems including the meaning of the poems and the prosody. Homework – Read Writing about Prosody pp 912-921. Thursday 2-16-12 Computer Lab - explicate poem. Save on H drive. Do not print. **Bleak House selection timed and ready for taping.** Friday 2-17-12 Present and explain poetry. Monday 2-20-12 Presidents’ Day – No School Homework – Read novel. Tuesday 2-21-12 Literary Terms Make-up Test III. Present and explain poetry. Homework – Read pp 923-930, Chapter 20 Form. Wednesday 2-22-12 Discuss form: blank verse, sonnet, villanelle. Read poetry. In-class writing assignment – poetry. Homework – Written assignment (historical, cultural, social) for novel #5 due tomorrow. Thursday 2-23-12 Collect novel #5 paper. Discuss novels. **Bleak House selection tapings completed.** Read “Pantoums.” Begin activity. Write a “class” pantoum. Homework – Original pantoum due Monday 2-27-12. Read pages 931-935 Open-form poetry and Visual and Concrete poetry. Friday 2-24-12 In-class writing assignment – poetry. Read and discuss “Ballad of Birmingham” page 951. Connect poetry to other literary genre. Homework – Choose one poem from pages 937 thru 960, read the poem and answer the questions in writing. (Omit “Ballad” p 951, “The Waking” p 952, “Do Not Go Gentle” p 957.) Monday 2-27-12 Turn in homework – questions answered from poem of choice. Present Original Poems. Discuss dream journals – collect. Practice AP Multiple Choice Questions regarding poetry. Review for exam. (Practice AP exam + literary terms.) (Exams of the day 4º and 5º) Homework – Study for EXAM. Tuesday 2-28-12 EXAM (Exams of the day 1º, 2º and 3º) Wednesday 2-29-12 No school for students – Teacher work day. Thursday 3-1-12 Third Trimester Begins. Choose novels/poetry for third trimester Smart Board presentations. Homework – Choose and begin reading novel #6, due March 22, 2012.