English IV AP
Mr. Page
First Quarter
2014
WEEK 1
August 25 Course introduction; icebreaking activities; issue the Inferno (Reading schedule: Have Cantos I-XVII read by 9/9/14)
August 26 Continue introductions; HW: Read pp. 1-7, 23-29 in Bedford
August 27/28 3rd Period Assembly; Lecture: Ancient and Modern Literature; “The Story of an Hour” in-class essay
August 29 Pep Rally Schedule; Assign creative writing; The Inferno
WEEK 2
September 1 Labor Day
September 2 Write outline/draft of creative writing assignment
September 3/4 Return in-class essay; writing workshop; Lecture: Critical Strategies and Archetypal Analysis
September 5 Pep Rally Schedule; The Inferno
September 6 80s Dance
WEEK 3 Open House – Monday @ 7pm
September 8 Why do we read pessimistic literature; The Inferno
September 9 CREATIVE WRITING due; The Inferno
September 10/11 Senior pictures; Quiz over cantos I-XVII; The Inferno
September 12 Notebook check; The Inferno
WEEK 4
September 15 Lecture: psychological criticism
September 16 Test review; modern Hell presentations
September 17/18 LIT TEST # 1
September 19 Tips for Monday’s timed writing; Introduction to drama; drama: Sure Thing
Sophocles and Oedipus the King; read Trifles pp. 1368-77 for Tuesday class
WEEK 5
September 22 The Road writing assessment.
September 23 Trifles; Oedipus the King; Irony, Tragedy, Fate, Aristotle
September 24/25 Comedy: the comedic ladder; Frasier; Oedipus the King
September 26 Pep Rally Schedule; Comedic ladder skits
WEEK 6
September 29 Oedipus the King – Philosophical questions
September 30 “On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex”
October 1/2 TED Talk; Prejudice; Medea: Revenge; study questions
October 3 Pep Rally Schedule; Medea
WEEK 7
October 6 The Lion in Winter
October 7 Unit 2 test review
October 8/9 LIT TEST # 2; assign Hamlet (Read by 10/20/14); The Lion in Winter
October 10 The Lion in Winter
WEEK 8
October 13 Student holiday
October 14 The Lion in Winter; The Lion in Winter quiz
October 15/16 Late Arrival: 2, 4, 6: The Poetry Wheel: A Method of Analysis; Respond to poetry: Bedford; Assign Poetry & Song paper.
October 16 Late Arrival: 1, 3, 5, 7
October 17 Poetry analysis: TP-CASTT; Respond to poetry: Bedford
WEEK 9
October 20 Poetry analysis: Bedford
October 21 Unit 1-3 Vocabulary Test (100 questions: definitions, synonyms, antonyms, analogies)
October 22/23 Poetry analysis: Bedford
October 24 Writing workshop – The Road; Introduction to Hamlet
SECOND QUARTER
October 27 Hamlet timed writing
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Conference hours By appointment
Voice mail 281-641-6978
Late work 20 points deducted each day for late summative work
20 points deducted each day for late formative work
Make-up work Students must make up missed tests/quizzes ASAP. A zero will be recorded after one week. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Grading scale Creative writing, Literature test 1, Literature test 2, Unit 1-3 vocabulary test = 75%
Notebook check, The Road essay, The Lion in Winter quiz, Inferno quiz= 25% [NOTE: READING CHECKS ARE AT THE TEACHER’S DISCRETION]
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