Fall Semester 2023-24
📚First Week Back😎
1. "How to Mark a Book" by Adler
A: Annotation activity
2. "Good Readers and Good Writers" by Vadimir Nabokov
A: TQE Class Discussion
3. How to Read Literature like a Professor
A: Student Presentations on assigned chapters
A: Annotation activity
2. "Good Readers and Good Writers" by Vadimir Nabokov
A: TQE Class Discussion
3. How to Read Literature like a Professor
A: Student Presentations on assigned chapters
Short Story Boot Camp
Readings & Assignments
1. "The Flowers" by Alice Walker
A: Class Discussion 2.. "Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin A: Close Reading: Plot & Characterization A: Reading Notes 3. "Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner A: Structure/Setting/Theme 4. "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving A: Foreshadowing/Archetypes |
6. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
A: Setting Reading Guide and Annotating Guide 7. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez A: Symbolism/Magic Realism 8. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor A: Practice FRQ before Short Story Exam Summative: Short Story EXAM |
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
1. The Kite Runner Exam: September 26, 2023
2. Hexagonal Thinking for The Kite Runner.
3. Poetry Connections: "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
4. Major Work Data Sheet
2. Hexagonal Thinking for The Kite Runner.
3. Poetry Connections: "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
4. Major Work Data Sheet
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1. Background: Treasure Hunt
2. Annotation and Close Reading Assignment
3. Reading Quiz Ch1-3
4. Close Reading Chapter 5
5. Take home Practice FRQ
6. Reading Quiz Ch 6-7
7. Reading Quiz 8-9
8. Hamilton's "Who Live, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"
9. Nick or Gatsby's box project
10. Major Work Data Sheet
Poem Connection: "The Love Song to J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dramatic Reading or Novel Audio Files
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
A: Imagery
2. Introduction to Mary Shelly and Frankenstein
3. Letter 1-4 (The Framed Story)
4. Ch 1-3 (Victor's Early Life)
A: Close Reading of the Chapters to establish motifs
5. Ch 4-5 (Creation of the Monster)
A: Close Reading: Frankenstein, Chapter 5
A: Frankenstein's Monster: Marry Shelly's Monster vs Pop Culture
Ch 6-7 (Consequences of Creation)
Reading Quiz: Ch4-7
A: Close Reading: Frankenstein, Chapter 7
Related Reading: Greek Myth: The Creation of Man by Prometheus
Ch 8-10 (Consequences of Creation)
Ch 11-13 (The Monster's Story)
1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
A: Imagery
2. Introduction to Mary Shelly and Frankenstein
3. Letter 1-4 (The Framed Story)
4. Ch 1-3 (Victor's Early Life)
A: Close Reading of the Chapters to establish motifs
5. Ch 4-5 (Creation of the Monster)
A: Close Reading: Frankenstein, Chapter 5
A: Frankenstein's Monster: Marry Shelly's Monster vs Pop Culture
Ch 6-7 (Consequences of Creation)
Reading Quiz: Ch4-7
A: Close Reading: Frankenstein, Chapter 7
Related Reading: Greek Myth: The Creation of Man by Prometheus
Ch 8-10 (Consequences of Creation)
Ch 11-13 (The Monster's Story)
Ch 14-16 (The Monster's Story)
Reading Quiz: Ch 14-16
Ch 17-20 (Aftermath)
Frankenstein in Political Cartoons
Ch 21-24 and Walton's Letters (Aftermath)
Reading Quiz: Ch21-24
A: Frankenstein's Monster: Marry Shelly's Monster vs Pop Culture
Summative FRQ:
Frankenstein Sympathy Chart Project
Major Work Data Sheet
Poem Connections: "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Reading Quiz: Ch 14-16
Ch 17-20 (Aftermath)
Frankenstein in Political Cartoons
Ch 21-24 and Walton's Letters (Aftermath)
Reading Quiz: Ch21-24
A: Frankenstein's Monster: Marry Shelly's Monster vs Pop Culture
Summative FRQ:
Frankenstein Sympathy Chart Project
Major Work Data Sheet
Poem Connections: "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley