United States Literature A and B
Ms. Fini and Ms. Molin
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Lit Terms
Week 1
March 15-19, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
1. Syllabus
2. Introduction Power Points
3. Review Notes for US Literature A
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
1. Opening Question: What is something from US Literature A that you found interesting?
2. Opening Essay on modernism
3. Modernism Notes (3rd Hour) and (6th Hour)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
1. Opening Question: What is onething you learned about Modernism yesterday?
2. Introducting the QUEST for Modern Literature
3. Review Lit. Terms
4. Apply QUEST and Lit Terms to
a. ee cummings "what if a much of a which of a wind" (Textbook 602)
b. Robert Frost "Mending Wall" (Textbook 727)
c. Langston Hughes "harlem" (Textbook 754)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
1. Opening Question: WHat is one of the elements of QUEST and where did you observe its use in a poem yesterday?
2. The American Dream Mind Map
3. Small Group Dream Presentation
HW: American Dream Paper Assignment (due on Monday, 3/22)
Friday, March 19, 2010
1. Present Small Group Dreams
2. William Carlos Williams
HW: Paper (due on Monday)
Week 2
March 22-26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
1. Opening Question: Weekend Update: What did you do ths weekend that was interesting, exciting, different or fun?
2. Introduce T.S. Eliot
3. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (Textbook page 584-587) or Reader 210-215)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Stations:
Ms. Fini: Lit Terms in Prufrock
Ms. Molin: QUEST and meaning in Prufrock
Independent Station: Imagery in Prufrock
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
PAWS DAY
Thursday, March 25, 2010
1. Opening Question: What is one element of QUEST and one Lit Term that you saw used in TS Eliot?
2. Intro to "The Flapper" and F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
Friday, March 26, 2010
1. Quiz: QUEST, Applying Lit Terms, "Prufrock"
2. Finish "Bernice"
March 29-April 2 is Spring Break
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