Unit 3: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Ms. Dowdy
AP Literature & Composition
Supplementary materials can be found on Ms. Dowdy’s Wikispace
Essential Questions:
 What were nineteenth-century social attitudes toward women, children, and family?
 What is the purpose of the ambiguity at the end of the novel and how can we
support multiple interpretations of Edna’s final act?
 How can we trace the stages of Edna’s awakening?
 What is Chopin’s social criticism?
Objectives:
 Apply feminist theory to literature
 Identify and analyze the types of women present in the novel
 Discuss the impact of figurative language, symbolism, and imagery on the
meaning of the book.
 Analyze the significance of the specific settings on the meaning of the book:
Grand Isle / New Orleans
Léonce’s house / the “pigeon house”
Essential Text:
 The Awakening- Kate Chopin
Assessments:
 Unit test on The Awakening (major assignment)
 Double Entry Journal (major assignment)
Link to Common Core Standards
RL.CCR.12.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the
text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining
where the text leaves matters uncertain
RL.CCR.12.5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific
parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a
comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as
its aesthetic impact.
RL.CCR.12.7: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g.,
recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each
version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare.)
RI.CCR.12.6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the
rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power,
persuasiveness, or beauty of the text
Unit 3: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
W.CCR.12.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection,
organization, and analysis of content
W.CCR.12.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences
W.CCR.12.10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection,
and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of
tasks, purposes, and audiences
SL.CCR.12.1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics,
texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and
persuasively
SL.CCR.12.1d: Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments,
claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue; resolve contradictions when possible;
and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the
investigation or complete the task
SL.CCR.12.4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear
and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative
or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance,
and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks
L.CCR.12.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar
and usage when writing or speaking
Unit 3: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
11/30 - B
12/1 - A
12/2 - B
12/3 - A
12/4 - B
Introduce PP Part 1
on Feminist
Literature
Refer to B day
11/30
PP Part 2 (Completed)
Refer to B day 12/2
Compare and Con
protagonist of “D
to Edna
(Story in novel or
Wiki)
Discussion of Article on “True
Womanhood” and Discussion of
Eupehmisms
https://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/
files/lavender/386/truewoman.pdf
“Story of an Hour”:
Reading and
Questions on Wiki
HW: Reading
through and
including Chp. VIII
and Double Entry
Journal
12/7 - A
Refer to 12/4 B
Day
12/14 – B
“Lady Luncheon”
by Angelou Pg.
759 Lit Book;
Poem by Dickinson
Pg. 956: Contrast
Feminist Literature
in all three pieces
HW: Read through
the end of the book
and Double Journal
Entry
HW: Reading thr
including Chp. X
Double Entry Jou
VOCABULARY QUIZ 2
12/8 – B
“Beyond the
Bayou”
Analysis
(Story in novel
or found on
Wiki)
HW: Reading
through and
including Chp.
XXIV and
Double Entry
Journal
12/15 – A
Refer to 12/14
B Day
HW: Reading through and
including Chp XIV and Double
Entry Journal
12/9 – A
Refer to 12/8 B Day
12/10 – B
12/11 – A
MULTIPLE CHOICE
ASSESSMENT on Extracts
from Book/Accompanying
Text
Refer to 12/10 B
HW: Reading through and
including Chp. XXXIII and
Double Entry Journal
12/16 – B
12/17 – A
12/18 – B
ESSAY RESPONSE TO
READING AFTER FINAL
DISCUSSION; Vocabulary Quiz
will be embedded in essay task
Refer to 12/16 B Day
VERY DIFFICU
CHALLENING W
EXHAUSTING A
OVERWHELMI
ASSIGNMENT
VERBOSE AND
SUPERFLUOUS
TASK