August 15:Please read through the website BEFORE coming to this first class.
Course Description and Expectations: Weekly Allusions & Figurative Language;
Reading Groups & Work Groups for Year; Chapter Reviews & Reading
Discussion/Questions from Perrine; Website & Passwords
August 16:
Part One Mock AP Exam
(2) The Week of August 20 - 2
classes
August 21:
Part 2 Mock AP Exam
August 22: Discussion of Mock AP
Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses, scoring
summary, and AP Reader Comments.
August 24:
Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due. For more information about the Weekly Workshops, click
here.
(3) The Week of August 27- 2 classes
August 28:Surprise
August 29:Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring
guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary. Two Essays and two short book reviews from your Summer Reading are due
Sunday; please email
these
to me.
For more information about writing a book review, click
here.
August 31:Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring guidelines,
sample responses and scoring summary.
Read Lost in the Funhouse,
the
Paideia Seminar Agenda,
and the
Common Criticism
for next class. Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
September 2:
Summer AP
Essays and Book Reviews due. We do not have class this day.
(4) The Week of September 3 - 3
classes
September 3:
Paideia Seminar Over Lost in the Funhouse.
Peer Reviews for Summer Essays due Friday (Choose essay
#1 from the person listed above you and essay #2 from the person listed
below you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee when done.
Bring hard copies of your summer reading book reviews to next class.
Please return your summer reading novels.
September
7:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner. Weekly
Workshop: Echo and Narcissus due.
(5) The Week of September 10 - 3
classes
September 11:Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Peer
Reviews for Summer Essays Due (Choose one
essay [first essay] from the person listed above you and one from the person listed
below [second essay] you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee when done.
Please make comments using Word and grade the essay using the generic
rubric in the archives with a short overall comment at the end. Please read Chapter One
from Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, for next class.
September
12:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine
& The Most Dangerous Game, page 67
- Pablo Arellano. Discussion of commercial and literary fiction.
Please read Hunters in the Snow, page 86, for next class.
September 14:Discussion of plot and
structure & Hunters in the Snow, page 86.Please read
Chapter Two from Perrine
and The Destructors, page 111, for Monday.
Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
(6) The Week of September 17 - 2
classes
September 17:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Two Perrine & The Destructors, page 111 - Pamela Calero.
Group work over plot,
critical analysis,
and simple analysis. Continued discussion
of plot and structure. Please read
the
handouts on Plot and
Literary
Terms and Types, plus
How I Met My Husband, page 125,
for next class.
September 19: Group work over plot,
critical analysis,
and simple analysis. Continued discussion
of plot and structure and How I Met My Husband, page 125. As I Lay Dying Mid-Point (to page 137) Discussion
Next Class. Weekly
Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
September
27:
Final discussion of characterization with Miss Brill, page 175, and How
Far She Went, page 179.
Please read Chapter Four from
Perrine and The Lesson, page 195, for next class.
September 28:
NO CLASS - Sports Day. Weekly Workshop: Arachne and Athena due.
(8) The Week of October 1 -3 classes
October 2:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Four Perrine & The Lesson, page 195- Andres De Lima. Discussion of Theme.
Please read Gooseberries, page 202, for next class.
October
4:
Discussion of Theme & Gooseberries, Page 202. Read A & P,
page 619, for next class.
October 5:Discussion of
A & P by John Updike.
Please read A Worn Path, page 212 and Once Upon a Time, page 220, for
next class. Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
October 11:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine & Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251 - Farah Elsharkawi.
We will be using
this
worksheet and the criticisms assigned.
Read Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, page 260
and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White Elephants, page 268, for next
class
October 12:
Discussion of Point of View and Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of
Granny Weatherall, page 260 and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White
Elephants, page 268. Read
Chapter One in Perrine Poetry and Prepare Alfred, Lord Tennyson The
Eagle; Robert Hayden The Whipping; Emily Dickinson The last Night
that She lived; William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow; Langston
Hughes Suicides Note; Adrienne Rich Poetry: 101; Archibald MacLeish
Ars Poetica 102. Weekly Workshop:
Book or Movie Review due.
(10) The Week of October 15 - 0
classes
October 17:
NO CLASS - Substitute
October 19:
NO CLASS - Skip
Day.
First Quarter Outside Novel, Book Review and Reading Notes due Sunday.
Weekly Workshop: The Garden of Eden [Genesis Chapters 1-3].
October 21:First Quarter Outside Novel AP Essay, Book Review and Reading Notes
due.
We do not have class
this day.
(11) The Week of October 22 - 2
classes
October 22:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Sasha Gutierrez.
Discuss Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Eagle; Robert Hayden The Whipping;
Emily Dickinson The last Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams
The Red Wheelbarrow; Langston Hughes Suicides Note; Adrienne Rich
Poetry: 101; Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica 102.
October 24 & 25:Parent's Day - Please use the agenda
here for Parent's Day.
October 26:
NO OR PARTIAL CLASS - 60 Year Celebration.
Discussion of
Ox-Cart
Man Poem. Final
Discussion of As I Lay Dying next class.
Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
(12) The Week of October 29 - 2
classes
October 29:Final Discussion
of As I Lay Dying. Read Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-23, for next class.
November 1: Discussion of
First Quarter Formal Essay.
Please read
Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 23-34,
and the sample essays, pages 40 to 58, for next class.
Weekly Workshop: Book or
Movie Review due.
November 6:
Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay.
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 3-39 - Anita Grajales. Discussion of the Essay Format, sample essays from Perrine
(pages 40 to 48),
documentation and plagiarism. Please have read the chapter
on Writing about Literature from Perrine (pages 3-59) for this class.
November 7:
Introduction of Second Quarter Novel,
On the Road,
& Second Quarter Outside Reading.
See the handout for Jack Kerouac and On
the RoadRead Chapter Two in Perrine Poetry and Prepare A. E. Housman Is my
team plowing; John Donne Break of Day; Emily Dickinson Theres been
a Death, in the Opposite House; Mari Evans When in Rome; Sylvia Plath
Mirror; William Blake The Clod and the Pebble; Edwin Arlington
Robinson Eros Turannos.
November 9:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Ma.Alejandra Hincapie.Weekly Workshop: Cain and Abel [Genesis Chapter 4] due.
November
12:
First
Quarter Formal Essay Due. Please submit this and ALL major
assignment (I will tell you which) to MyDropBox
AND by email to me.
The instructions are
here.
We do not have class
this day.
(14) The Week of November 12 - 2
classes
November 13:
Continued discussion of Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems. Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to our next class!
November
15:Work on Peer Editing and
Formal Writing.
We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT
comments to this class.
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format are due next class.Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due
(optional).
On the Road
to 149 for next class.
(15) The Week of November 19 - 2
classes
November
19:On the Road
Mid-Point Discussion (to page 149) & Essay IdeasPLUS Finish Work on Peer
Editing and Formal Writing.Read Chapter
Three in Perrine Poetry and Prepare Emily Dickinson There is
no Frigate like a Book; Ellen Kay Pathedy of Manners; Henry Reed
Naming of Parts; Langston Hughes Cross; Robert Frost Desert Places;
John Donne A Hymn to God the Father.
November 20:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Isabel Mejia. Second Quarter Outside Novel AP Essay, Book Review
and Reading Notes (one set per group) due December 2.
Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due (optional).
(16) The Week of November 26 -
2
classes
November 26:
Continued discussion of
Chapter
Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems. TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format are due.
November 27:Finish discussion of Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
Read Chapter Four in Perrine Poetry and Prepare
Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn
November 29:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn)- Alejandra Tarquino.
Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due
(optional). Second Quarter Outside Novel AP Essay, Book Review
and Reading Notes (one set per group) due December 2.Rewrite of introduction and first argument for quarter
one formal essay & 5 Major Errors due (email both to me...).
December 2:Second Quarter Outside Novel AP Essay, Book Review
and Reading Notes (one set per group) due.
We do not have class this day.
(17) The Week of December 3 - 3
classes
December 3:
Continued discussion of Chapter Four
Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems. On the Road due tomorrow.
December 4:
Final Discussion of
On the Road. Read Chapter Five in Perrine Poetry and
Prepare Frances Cornford The Guitarist Tunes Up;
Robert Francis The Hound; Emily Dickinson It sifts from Leaden Sieves;
John Keats Bright Star; Sylvia Plath Metaphors; John Donne A
Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress;
Langston Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry
December 6:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Frances Cornford The
Guitarist Tunes Up; Robert Francis The Hound; Emily Dickinson It
sifts from Leaden Sieves; John Keats Bright Star; Sylvia Plath
Metaphors; John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Andrew
Marvell To His Coy Mistress; Langston Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy
Collins Introduction to Poetry) - Juan Pablo Vasquez. Weekly Workshop: The Birth of Christ [Luke
1-2] due.
Bring back books from Semester One.
(18) The Week of December 10 - 2 classes
December 10:Continued discussion of Chapter Five
Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Frances Cornford The Guitarist
Tunes Up; Robert Francis The Hound; Emily Dickinson It sifts from
Leaden Sieves; John Keats Bright Star; Sylvia Plath Metaphors; John
Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Andrew Marvell To His Coy
Mistress; Langston Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy Collins Introduction
to Poetry).
Second
Quarter Formal Essay Due by 7:00AM 12/12. Introduce Beloved for
Christmas reading -
Background & Discussion Questions;
One Criticism. Bring
back books from Semester One.
December 11:
Christmas Stuff
Review for Final Exam.
Class Review of First Semester &
Suggestions for Second Semester.
Bring back books from
Semester One.
December 12, 7:00AM: Second
Quarter Formal Essay due. Please submit to
MyDropBox
AND by email to me.
The instructions are
here.You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
AP Final Exam - December 12, 10:15 to
2:00
Reference Room, Library Bring money for pizza!
You are responsible for your
own transportation home.
Senior Exams:
December 12 to December 14
Semester One - 47 Classes, 18 Weeks, 7 Missed Classes
January 10:
Discuss plans for second semester. Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.
Discuss Poetry Festival Participation & Preparation (Slam?)
(2) The Week of January 14 - 4
classes
January 14:
Review AP exam essays.Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to our next class!
January 15:
Finish reviewing AP exam essays.Start work on Peer Editing
and Formal Writing. We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.
Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT
comments to this class. TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format will be due January 18.
January 17:Work
on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.
January 18:Finish Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing. Please read
Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine & Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going,
Where Have You Been?, Page 311
for next class. TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format due. Weekly Workshop:
Paris and the Golden Apple due.
(3) The Week of January 21 - 3 classes
January 22:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Six (Fiction) Perrine
& Joyce Carol Oates Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,
Page 311
- Laura Franco. Discussion of Symbol, Allegory and
Fantasy.
Please read Gabriel Garcνa Mαrquez A Very Old Man with Enormous
Wings, page 327,
The Nobel Prize Speech and
The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World for next class.
January 24:
Finish Chapter Six from Fiction (p.
645).
Discuss Symbol, Allegory and
Fantasy:
Gabriel Garcνa Mαrquez A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, page 327,
The Nobel Prize Speech and
The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World. Please read
Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine & Frank OConnor The Drunkard, Page
339.
January 25:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Seven (Fiction) Perrine
& Frank OConnor The
Drunkard,
Page 339
- Martin Molina. Discussion of
Humor and Irony.
Please read Woody Allen The
Kugelmass Episode, page 348, for next class. Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
(4) The Week of January 28 - 2
classes
January 29:
Finish Chapter Seven from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Humor and Irony:
Woody Allen The Kugelmass Episode, page 348. Finish
and prepare Beloved for Seminar next class; read
the
Seminar Agenda and
criticisms previously handed out for the seminar.
January 31:Paideia Seminar
over Beloved. Please have read the criticisms assigned (one
& two),
finished the book AND prepared for the seminar.
AP essay over Beloved due by February 4.
Third Quarter
Short Essay due by February 25. Please read
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine & Edith Wharton Roman Fever, page 409,
and Flannery OConnor A Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454.
Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
You should be writing your third
quarter essay
over Beloved or another approved novel or author.
This will be due by February 25, emailed to me AND uploaded to
MyDropBox.
You need to be reading King Lear by William
Shakespeare and one other Shakespeare play of your own choosing (see #3
below). Information about
Shakespeare and his work can be found on the resources
page - both handouts and web links - and I will be giving you some handouts
in class. King Lear,should be read to
the end of Act III by February 14 and finished by
Februayr 22.
You are asked to
read a THIRD Shakespeare play (try to choose a copendy or history) with a
reading partner. You must clear this play through me BEFORE you start
reading. This play
should be read by March 7. Reading notes,
AP essay and a play review are due March 12.
You will have a formal essay due on
April 20 over
one of the Shakespeare plays we will read during the third quarter. You must use a Shakespeare play for this assignment.
AT LEAST two of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before
you finish the final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED
Common Errors
must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
(5) The Week of February 4 - 3 classes
February 4: NO
CLASS - PEACE MARCH Please read Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine &
Edith Wharton Roman Fever, page 409, and Flannery OConnor A Good
Man Is Hard to Find, page 454.
AP essay over Beloved due.
February 6:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Eight (Fiction) Perrine
& Edith Wharton Roman Fever, page 409, and Flannery OConnor A
Good Man Is Hard to Find, page 454
- Erin Pettibone. Discussion of
Evaluating Fiction.
Please read Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and
Elizabeth Tallent - No Ones a Mystery, page 617, for next class.
February 7:
Finish Chapter Eight from Fiction (p. 645).
Discuss Evaluating Fiction:
Edgar Allan Poe The Cask of Amontillado, page 611, and Elizabeth
Tallent - No Ones a Mystery, page 617. Please read the introduction (pages vii to xlii) in
Hamlet, Perrine (pp 1027 to 1032 &
1074-1078), the handouts (Tragedy Handouts -
Tragic Structure
and
Tragic Hero)and the online resources
here and
here for next class. Weekly Workshop:
Odysseus and the Trojan Horse due.
(6) The Week of February 11 - 3
classes
February 11:
Introduction to Shakespeare, Tragedy, Hamlet and King Lear.
February 12:Close Reading of Hamlet.
February 14: Close Reading of Hamlet. King Lear
(to end of Act III) due next class.
February 20:
Close Reading of Hamlet. King Lear (to end of Act III) due -
We'll have an in-class
discussion on the first half of this play.
We will be using the worksheets on
Animal Imagery,
Character Study
and Reading
Questions from the play.
February 22: Close Reading of Hamlet.
(8) The Week of February 25 - 3 classes
February 25:Close Reading of Hamlet.
February 27:Close Reading of Hamlet.
King Lear should be finished next class. Third quarter formal
essay due for Monday
- Email to me & upload to
MyDropBox.
AT LEAST two
of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before you finish the
final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED Common
Errors must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
February
29:Close Reading of Hamlet. Third Quarter Formal Essay due -
Email to me & upload to
MyDropBox.
AT LEAST two
of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before you finish the
final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED Common
Errors must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
(9) The Week of March 3 - 2
classes
March
4:Final discussion of King Lear. Third
Shakespeare play should be read by March 14. Reading notes,
AP essay and a play review are due March 14.
March
5:Close Reading of Hamlet.
March
7:
NO CLASS - SPORTS DAY Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
(10) The Week of March 10 - 3 classes
March 10:Close Reading of Hamlet.
March 12:Watch Hamlet Films
(One-Minute & Montage).
March 14:
Third Shakespeare play due.
Final discussion of Shakespeare and his works & possible paper topics
based on one of his plays (you must use a Shakespeare play for this
assignment).We will be using
this worksheet. Reading notes,
AP essay and a play review for Third Shakespeare Play due March 16.
Weekly Workshop: The agony of Christ [Mark 14] due.
MARCH 15 to
MARCH 25
- SEMANA SANTA
(11) The Week of March 24 - 2
classes
March 26:Introduction of Fourth
Quarter Novel - The Great Gatsby (background
information here). Mid point discussion of book on
April
8 (through Chapter 5); final discussion or Paideia
Seminar on April 21).
Read
Chapter Six (Poetry) Perrine
& Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, pαge 734; Walt Whitman A
Noiseless Patient Spider, page 736; William Blake The Sick Rose, page
737; Seamus Heaney Digging, page 739; Robert Frost Fire and Ice,
page 746; Richard Wilbur The Writer, page 750
March 28:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Six (Poetry) Perrine
& Robert Frost The Road Not Taken, pαge 734; Walt Whitman A
Noiseless Patient Spider, page 736; William Blake The Sick Rose, page
737; Seamus Heaney Digging, page 739; Robert Frost Fire and Ice,
page 746; Richard Wilbur The Writer, page 750
- Iliana Villalobos. Discussion of Symbol & Allegory. Please read
Chapter Seven (Poetry) Perrine
& Emily Dickinson Much Madness is divinest Sense, page 757;
Countee Cullen Incident, page 759; Marge Piercy Barbie Doll, page
761; William Blake The Chimney Sweeper, page 763; Elisavietta Ritchie
Sorting Laundry, page 767; Billy Collins The History Teacher, page
769; W. H. Auden The Unknown Citizen, page 771; Robert Browning My
Last Duchess, page 775.Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
(12) The Week of March 31 -
2
classes
March 31:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Seven (Poetry) Perrine
& Emily Dickinson Much Madness is divinest Sense, page 757;
Countee Cullen Incident, page 759; Marge Piercy Barbie Doll, page
761; William Blake The Chimney Sweeper, page 763; Elisavietta Ritchie
Sorting Laundry, page 767; Billy Collins The History Teacher, page
769; W. H. Auden The Unknown Citizen, page 771; Robert Browning My
Last Duchess, page 775
- Camilo Jose Zambrano. Discussion of
Paradox, Overstatement, Understatement, Irony.
Please read Chapter Eight (Poetry) Perrine & Robert Frost Out, Out,
page 779; e. e. cummings in Just, page 782; Countee Cullen Yet Do I
Marvel, page 783; Edwin Arlington Robinson Miniver Cheevy, page 785;
T. S. Eliot Journey of the Magi, page 786; Adrienne Rich I Dream Im
the Death of Orpheus, page 789.
April 1 to April 2: Parent
Conferences
April 4:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Eight (Poetry) Perrine
& Robert Frost Out, Out, page 779; e. e. cummings in Just,
page 782; Countee Cullen Yet Do I Marvel, page 783; Edwin Arlington
Robinson Miniver Cheevy, page 785; T. S. Eliot Journey of the Magi,
page 786; Adrienne Rich I Dream Im the Death of Orpheus, page 789
- Pablo Arellano. Discussion of
Allusion. The Great Gatsby, through
Chapter 5, due next class. Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
April 8:
Mid-Point discussion of The Great Gatsby, through Chapter 5. Please read Chapter Nine (Poetry) & Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, page
793; Ralph Waldo Emerson The Rhodora, page 795; Emily Dickinson
Faith is a fine invention, page 797; John Keats On the Sonnet, page
798; Billy Collins My Number, page 801.
April 9:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Nine (Poetry) Perrine
& Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, page 793;
Ralph Waldo Emerson The Rhodora, page 795; Emily Dickinson Faith
is a fine invention, page 797; John Keats On the Sonnet, page 798;
Billy Collins My Number, page 801
- Pamela Calero. Discussion of Meaning and Idea.
Please read Chapter Ten (Poetry) Perrine & Richard Eberhart For a
Lamb, page 806; Michael Drayton Since theres no help, page 808;
William Shakespeare My mistress eyes, page 809; Adrienne Rich
Miracle Ice Cream, page 810; Thomas Hardy The Oxen, page 811; John
Donne - The Apparition, page 813; John Donne The Flea, page 814;
Matthew Arnold Dover Beach, page 816.Set up additional prep time for students taking the AP Exam (See
Speed Dating, 2008 Practice Exam.pdf, AND further work on prose and poetry AP prompts).
Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
TBA
- ICFES
(14) The Week of April 14 - 3 classes
April 14:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Ten (Poetry) Perrine
& Richard Eberhart For a Lamb, page 806; Michael Drayton Since
theres no help, page 808; William Shakespeare My mistress eyes, page
809; Adrienne Rich Miracle Ice Cream, page 810; Thomas Hardy The
Oxen, page 811; John Donne - The Apparition, page 813; John Donne The
Flea, page 814; Matthew Arnold Dover Beach, page 816
- Mariana Cobo. Discussion of
Tone. Please read Chapter Eleven (Poetry) Perrine & Ogden Nash The
Turtle, page 823; Theodore Roethke The Waking, page 826; Gwendolyn
Brooks We Real Cool, page 831; Maya Angelou Woman Work, page 832;
William Stafford Traveling through the dark, page 835; Marilyn Hacker
1973, page 836; Robert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay, page 837.
April 15: Chapter Summary &
Presentation for Chapter Eleven (Poetry) Perrine & Ogden Nash The
Turtle, page 823; Theodore Roethke The Waking, page 826; Gwendolyn
Brooks We Real Cool, page 831; Maya Angelou Woman Work, page 832;
William Stafford Traveling through the dark, page 835; Marilyn Hacker
1973, page 836; Robert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay, page 837 -
Andres Delima.
Discussion of
Musical Devices. Please read Chapter Twelve (Poetry)
Perrine & George Herbert Virtue, page 843; Walt Whitman Had I the
Choice, page 854; Sylvia Plath Old Ladies Home, page 856; Claude
McKay The Tropics in New York, page 857; Linda Pastan To a Daughter
Leaving Home, page 858; Judith Ortiz Cofer Quinceaρera, page 859;
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Constantly risking absurdity, page 860.
Fourth
Quarter Formal Essay over ONE OR MORE Shakespeare plays due Sunday.
April 17:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for Chapter Twelve (Poetry) Perrine & George Herbert
Virtue, page 843; Walt Whitman Had I the Choice, page 854; Sylvia
Plath Old Ladies Home, page 856; Claude McKay The Tropics in New
York, page 857; Linda Pastan To a Daughter Leaving Home, page 858;
Judith Ortiz Cofer Quinceaρera, page 859; Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Constantly risking absurdity, page 860 - Farah Elsharkawi.
Discussion of Rhythm and Meter. Please read Chapter
Thirteen (Poetry) Perrine & Alexander Pope Sound and Sense, page 867;
Emily Dickinson I heard a Fly buzzwhen I died, page, 871; Margaret
Atwood Landcrab, page 876; John Updike Recital, page 877; Galway
Kinnell Blackberry Eating, page 879; Richard Wilbur A Fire-Truck,
page 880; William Carlos Williams The Dance, page 881. Fourth Quarter Formal Essay due over ONE
OR MORE Shakespeare plays (email to me &
upload to MyDropBox) due Sunday. AT LEAST two
of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before you finish the
final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED Common
Errors must accompany your paper when you hand it in.Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due
(15) The Week of April 21- 3 classes
April 21:AP Test Prep. Prepare for Great Gatsby final discussion next class.
April 22:
Final discussion & Seminar over
The Great Gatsby. We will be reading the criticisms
here in class.
Please also see the
discussion questions and
definition of the American Dream we will be using in class.- you do
not need to print them.
April 24:AP Test Prep. Course Summary and
Recommendations.
Set up additional test preparation for those taking the AP.
April 25 to April 30
- SENIOR FINALS
April 29:
INTERNAL ENGLISH EXAM
May 6 to May 21 -
SPECIAL SCHEDULE
May
8 -
AP
ENGLISH LITERATURE
AND COMPOSITION EXAM
MAY 8 - POTLUCK DINNER FOR AP CLASS
May 22 to May 30 - SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
June 4
-
SENIOR WALK & LUNCH
June 7 -
GRADUATION
Semester Two - 36 Classes, 15 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes
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