Week 1
Mandala
example of Mandala
Silent Exchange
Constructed & negotiated meaning
Review Bible and mythology
Test on "The Poisonwood Bible"
Week 2
Begin "Oedipus Rex"
Time and Scene
choral reading
reading logsWeek 3
Finish "Oedipus Rex" seminar discussion & reading
write 1st essay on self selected topic- due Monday
Reading logs complete
learn names of fellow studentsWeek 4
essay on function of chorus in "Oedipus Rex"
Supplemental material on "Oedipus Rex"
AP Notes
Bernard Knox's essay on "Oedipus Rex"
Abstract
reading logs collected
reading workshopWeek 5
review Bernard Knox and AP Notes
review Q-3 and what it is asking
Monologues
AP type Q-3 essayWeek 6
"Hamlet" Act1 and Act 2
supplemental material and text for "Hamlet"
complete reading logs and discuss
begin textual analysis for performance
decide on the role of the Ghost
PhysicalizeWeek 7
Collect reading logs
Performances-Act1,scene5 & Act2, scene2
Pantomime- Act2, scene1, lines 1-83
Video workshop-Get thee to a nunnery
Choral-To be or not to be
Paper-Does Claudius want to be a father to Hamlet?Week 8
Quiz- Act 2
Multiple interpretations of the Nunnery scene
Compare and Contrast the two scenes on film
Student performance- Act 3, scene 2
Physicalize: Act 3, scene 2, lines 419-432; Act 3, scene 3, lines 40-76; Act 3, scene 3,lines 77-101
Plan production of Mousetrap sceneWeek 9
Review mousetrap scene-write paper, 1ptds, due Wednesday
Physicalized soliloquies-Act 3, scene 3
The closet scene
Character committees
Quiz-Act 4
The mad scene
The gravediggers performanceWeek 10
Mad scene
Gravediggers
Last Gasp
Reading Logs for Act 5
Quiz-Act 4
Final questions and AP NotesWeek 11
Conclusion of Hamlet
AP Notes
Monologues
In class-AP type essay
begin Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are DeadWeek 12
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Essay test-Hamlet
begin Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are DeadWeek 13
Read and Discuss Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
C/C language of Shakespeare and StoppardWeek 14
Reading Logs R and G are Dead -Act 3
Socratic Discussion
Graphic representation of meaning
Abstract- due FridayWeek 15
Monologues
In Class-final essay
film of R and G are dead
Poetry share
Begin Cry, the Beloved Country
Winter Break
Week 17
DYRI -Cry, the Beloved Country
Discuss book, favorite passage
Style Analysis terminology and modeling
Style Analysis project-due FridayWeek 18
Style Analysis presentations
Monologues
Style Analysis practice
AP Notes-due FridayWeek 19
Abstract due
Monologues
Shared Inquiry
Style Analysis practiceWeek 20
Review
2 Essay questions-1.Style Analysis,2.Open questionSpring Semester
Week 1
Begin Beloved
Ghosts in literature
Letters on Beloved- due Tuesday and Thursday
Dictation
Style analysis
Helpful links for Beloved-One,Two,ThreeWeek 2
Continue Style Analysis
Letters for BelovedWeek 3
Conclude letter exchange
Seminar
Group style analysis presentations
Essay - in classWeek 4
Finish Beloved
Style analysis presentations
AP Notes
Monologues-Thursday
Test-in class writingWeek 5
Style analysis presentations Beloved
Begin poetry unit-Sound and Sense (TPCASTT and paraphrase)
First papers-due FridayWeek 6
Dialectical Journals and essay from Sound and Sense(#282-293)
Sound and Sense-chapter 1,2
TP-CASTT practice
M.C. test practice
Tulips by Sylvia Plath-Readings of a poemWeek 7
Continue "Tulips"
Essay-due Friday
DYRI Cliffs test 1,Sound & Sense chapter 3
M.C. practice writingWeek 8
Multiple Choice slam
Sound & Sense-chapter 4,5
Review-Prose Style Analysis (due Friday)Week 9
Sound & Sense, chapter 5 and 6
Multiple choice slam
Poetry presentations-preparationWeek 10
Poem explication
Sonic devices
M.C. practice
Poetry presentation
Poetry reading due 4/22
Poem memorization due 4/22Easter Break
Week 12
Poetry presentations
M.C. practice
Q3 review & prompt writing
Saturday 1-4 Practice testWeek 13
Review for AP Test on Monday 5/6
Scoring & predicting
Prose analysis
Poetry analysis
M.C. SlamWeek 14
AP Test
DebriefWeek 15
Start books-100 points
Reading reports- 100 pointsWeek 16
Poetry book
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