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.