Quarter 4: 

 

Unit IX:  Later Works of Realism and Naturalism

1.      Analyze and interpret London’s “To Build a Fire”

2.      Recognize the naturalistic elements of this short story

3.      Explicate the themes and literary elements that mark selected works by Chopin and Cather.

4.      Analyze and interpret selected poetry of Dunbar, Robinson and Masters

5.      Discuss the evolving definition of American protagonists and heroes from the literature of entire Civil War and post-Civil War periods.

 

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 1

Friday, April 1

A

 "A Story of An Hour" and "Desiree's Baby":
  How did Chopin craft the story? Discuss irony.

 

 

Assignment: "A Wagner Matinee"

Monday, April 4

B

Group analysis and sharing on "A Wagner Matinee"

 

 

Assignment:  (1) Read through your drafts and all corrections/suggestions
                       (2)  Poetic voices at the turn of the century:  Read Paul Dunbar's "Douglass," "We Wear the Mask" pp 600,601
                              Robinson's "Richard Cory" p607 and Masters' "Lucinda Matlock" and "Richard Bone" pp 608-609

Wednesday, April 6

D

 Split class:  Review of draft comments and clarification of MLA requirements: Final drafts are due Tuesday, Apr. 12
                  Conclude group answers to "A Wagner Matinee" and begin turn of the century poetry

 

 

Assignment:  Review poems not covered in class.  Handout "Sympathy"
Thursday, April 7 E Linking works:  "Sympathy" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
                       Identify and define modernist characteristics.
    Assignment:  Work on final drafts
                       Begin The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1, pp 5 - 26

 

Unit XI:  The Great Gatsby

  1. Identify the Modernist movement, its themes and literary elements.
  2. Identify The Great Gatsby as a focal piece of Modernism.
  3. Understand the conflicting forces of the post-war 1920s in which The Great Gatsby takes.
  4. Consider The Great Gatsby as a period piece.
  5. Analyze the motivations and flaws of the novel’s main characters and connect them to broader types within Roaring Twenties society
  6. Analyze the relationships among the characters.
  7. Analyze the “great” in Gatsby.
  8. Explain the significance of setting and symbolism in the novel.
  9. Explain Fitzgerald’s vision of the American Dream and compare and contrast it to the vision in previous and present times.  

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 2

Monday, April 11

A

 In-class interpretation of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

 

 

Assignment: Be prepared to discuss Chapter 1 of TGG
                      Continue finalizing research papers

Tuesday, April 12

B

Final Research papers due: (1) Properly formatted Final Outline with topic; (2) No title page (3) Properly formatted first page and rest of paper; (4) Works Cited.

Introduction of The Great Gatsby:  A period piece - the Roaring Twenties - and much more.
First impressions:  Nick, Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Gatsby

 

 

Assignment:  TGG Chapter 2, pp 27 - 42
                       Rounding out the characters and the layers of society they represent
                       Powerpoint , Group characterization

Thurs, April 14

D

 The Great Gatsby continued

 

 

Assignment: TGG  Chapter 3 & Group analysis of characters
                                 Be prepared for a reading check
Friday, April 15 E The Great Gatsby: Gatsby's party and aftermath
    Assignment:  TGG Chapter 4, Ch. 5
                       Put together a characterization of Gatsby using indirect and direct indicators.
                       Evaluate his connection to and vision of Daisy. Obsession.... Love.... Something else?

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 3

Tuesday, April 19

A

  The Great Gatsby:  Analyzing the dreamer and the dream.

 

 

Assignment: TGG Chapter 6:

Wednesday, April 20

B

The Great Gatsby:   CBS video clip: The tearing down of the "Gatsby" mansion
                                 We will combine and evaluate the group character analyses working in the new information from Chapter 6.

 

 

Assignment:  Finish reading The Great Gatsby.  We are focusing our discussion in three areas:  (1) Character study  (2) Setting  (3) Symbols
       When reading, keep a catalogue of passages that fill in the reader's understanding of Fitzgerald's characters through which he develops the novel's themes and his use of both setting and symbols to support these themes. Your list will be checked in class and there will be a reading check on the key events that comprised the climax and resolution of Fitzgerald's novel. 

Have a blessed Easter and relaxing week.

Tuesday, May 3

D

 The Great Gatsby:  Reading check
      Recall - We will begin by returning to Chapter 6 and assessing the state of each of the novel's main characters after Gatsby's second party - seen through Daisy's eyes, Nick remarks that it was much less impressive than the first. 
     We will move onto Chapter VII as the novel dramatically shifts away from Gatsby's house to the Buchanan's and to NYC where, as Nick said in Chapter IV, "Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge."

 

 

Assignment: To come
Wednesday, May 4 E The Great Gatsby:
    Assignment:  Study for TEST

 

Quarter  4, Cycle 4

Friday, May 6

A

 The Great Gatsby: Conclusion
Final discussion of themes and characters

 

 

Assignment: Prepare for Monday and review The Great Gatsby  for tests

Monday, May 9

B

In Another Country, 731 (Read section on Hemingway)

 

 

Assignment:  Review

Wednesday, May 11

D

 In-class essay (45 minutes)

 

 

Assignment: Read "A Day's Wait" Hemingway short story (This will NOT be on the test)
                      Read text pp 654 on Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
Thursday, May 12 E Objective section of Lost Generation test
Hemingway: Style and theme - "A Day's Wait"
Introduction of Imagism:  "In a Station of the Metro" p 661, "The Red Wheelbarrow"  "This is Just to Say" p 663
    Assignment:  List of discussion leaders for poetry selections will be distributed on Monday and you will have time to work on your analysis in class.     
                      

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 5 for

Monday, May 16

A

 Modern era poetry selections - In class work
All students are expected to read poems for each day.  There may be a check quiz.

 

 

Assignment:  Read about Cummings and Auden on p 692; "anyone lived in a pretty how town" p 694
                       "old age sticks" p 695; "The Unknown Citizen" p 696-697; "Ars Poetica" p 712
                       Time permitting:  The Harlem Renaissance p 838:  Langston Hughes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" p 841

Tuesday, May 17

B

Poetry Unit continued
Modern Poetry Writing Assignment  "Theme For English B"

 

 

Assignment: Sandburg p 768; "Chicago" p 770; 
                      Frost p 802; "Mending Wall" p 806-807; "Out, Out" p 808; "The Gift Outright"  p 812
                      Robert Lowell, "Hawthorne"
Note:  If we run short on time, we will use June 6 to finish our modern poetry selections.

Friday, May 20

D

 Poetry Unit continued

 

 

Assignment: Read The Crucible  1086 & 1087; Act I 1089 - 1103 (to the entrance of Mr. Hale) with notes for Monday                    
Monday, May 23 E The Crucible: Introduction: Arthur Miller, the Fifties environment; McCarthyism and the Red Scare
                                           The Salem Witchcraft Trials
                                           Miller's use of stage directions
                                           Characters and Motivations
    Assignment:  Complete Act I

 

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 6

Tuesday, May 24

A

 The Crucible: Discussion of Mr. Hale's role, his character, his observations and the treatment of Tituba

 

 

Assignment: Read Act II, pp 1114 - 1129

Wednesday, May 25

B

Reading check and discussion of Act II (note that each Act has a different setting.  This is the action in John Proctor's home)

 

 

Assignment:  Complete The Crucible  pp 1132 - 1167

Tuesday, May 31

D

 The Crucible Act III Courtroom scene

 

 

Assignment: Review for reading check
Wednesday, June 1 E  The Crucible:  Act IV and the play's overall themes and applications
    Assignment:  Prepare thoughts for essay due Monday, June 3
                       Vocabulary 26 - 30 lessons

 

Quarter 4, Cycle 7

Friday, June 3

A

 Vocabulary questions?
Final discussion of the overall themes in The Crucible

 

 

Assignment: Complete essays

Monday, June 6

B

Final poetry selections

 

 

Assignment:  Write letter to your 12th grade !!! English teacher

Wednesday, June 8

D

 Final Vocabulary Quiz
Review

 

 

Assignment: Prepare for Final Exam, Tuesday, June 14 at 8:30