The Great Gatsby
M: The students will complete and discuss A.P. questions over chapter 1.
T: The students will read pages 23 – 32 and answer discussion questions over the reading.
W: The students will complete the A.P. Literary Terms Test, part 2. This test can not be replaced with a nine weeks test.
Th: The students will read and discuss pgs. 33 – 38.
The Great Gatsby
M & T: Class discussion and notes on the hallmarks of the Jazz Age: time period, advances for women, Prohibition, urban corruption, 1919 World Series scandal, the “People’s Car,” dancing, backlash from the “decade that roared.”
W: Fine Arts Day
Th: The students will view the Biography Channel production of F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer and answer questions about the author of the novel.
F: Chapter One vocabulary. The students will read pages 1 – 10 of the novel, identifying examples of characterization for the characters Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, and Tom & Daisy Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby
M – T: The students will view and answer questions over the Biography Channel video, F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer.
W – Th: Characterization: The students will read Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby and find an example of direct exposition with which the author presents a dominant trait of the characters Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Daisy Buchanan.
F: The students will answer seven AP test multiple choice format questions over chapter one of The Great Gatsby.
M: The students will read The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, afterwards identifying examples of humor and regional dialect. Notes and discussion. Announce Humor In American Literature test for Friday, March 31
T; The students will complete a reading comprehension and regional dialect exercise on Jumping Frog. Due at end of class period.
W: The students will complete a review for the Humor in American Literature test.
Th: The students will complete the ACT-based vocabulary exercise, QUACK! Lesson 5
F: The students will complete the Humor in American Literature Test.
M & T: In preparation for reading The Great Gatsby, students will will be introduced to the Jazz Age and its hallmarks. Notes and discussion.
W: The American Dream Corrupted: Major themes of The Great Gatsby. Notes, discussion, and examples from life.
Th: WOHS classes will dismiss at 9:00 a.m. for District 16AAA UIL Academic competition to be held.
F: The students will watch a Biography Channel presentation on the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
M: The students will be introduced to the work of Mark Twain; notes and discussion.
T – W: The students will view Dr. Elliot Engel’s video lecture on the work of Mark Twain and will answer the accompanying questions.
Th: White Oak High School will dismiss classes at 9:00 a.m. to host the UIL Academic District Meet.
F: The students will read The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and complete an answer on local dialect.
2.29.3.4
M: The students will complete the Dr. Elliot Engle video presentation over the life of Edgar Allan Poe and the recurring themes in his work. Announce the raven project.
T: The students will complete the major test over The Crucible.
W: The students will complete the vocabulary and be introduced to the interpretations of the colors featured in The Masque of the Red Death. Assign research of ravens in various cultures, due Friday.
Th: The student will read The Masque of the Red Death.
F: The students will report on their research of ravens in various cultures.
M: The students will complete the Dr. Elliot Engel video presentation on the the life and recurring themes in his work. A test will be given over the Gothic literature notes on Friday.
T: The students will complete the major test over The Crucible.
W – F: The students will review the vocabulary for and read The Fall of the House of Usher, completing analysis chart for elements of Gothic literature as they read.
W: American Romantics assignment due.
F: Gothic literature notes test.
M: The students will be introduced to the dramatic form, tragedy, and the characteristics of the tragic hero. Notes and discussion.
T: The students will complete the character guide of The Crucible. Notes and discussion.
W: The students will read the Arthur Miller biographical sketch on pgs.1118 -1119 and Contemporary Commentary on pgs. 1120 – 1121. Assignment: Complete Thinking About the Commentary on pg. 1121. Assign roles for Act I.
Th: The students will complete a quiz over the Witch Hunt! notes. They will complete the Act I vocabulary for The Crucible and read pages 1124 – 1125. Introduce Act I.
F: The students will read pgs. 1126 – 1131.
The Epistle / Personal Letters
M & T: Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House – The students will write, proofread, and print a letter to a friend describing their rooms.
Aphorisms
W: The students will take notes on and discuss aphorisms.
Th: The students will read Poor Richard’s Almanack. They will paraphrase selected aphorisms and write an original one.
F: The students will review for a major test over the unit A Nation is Born: American Literature from 1750 to 1800.