M: The students will review for The Crucible major test.

T: The students will complete The Crucible major test.

W – F: The students will review for and complete the Nine Weeks Test.

The Importance of Being Earnest

M & T: The students will review for The Importance of Being Earnest major test. Reading comprehension and identification of pun, satire, farce, epigram, and inverted expectation.

W: The students will complete The Importance of Being Earnest major test.

Th & F: The students will review for and complete the Nine Weeks test.

Victorian Poetry – Relationships / Discontent

M: The students will read the Alfred, L0rd Tennyson biographical sketch, pg. 959. Introduce selection vocabulary, pg. 958. Read In Memoriam, A.H.H., pgs. 960 – 962 and interpret  (1) the view of grief, (2) the effect of loss, and (3) the paradox in line 57.

T: The students will read the Robert Browning biographical sketch, pg.977. Introduce dramatic monologue and selection vocabulary, pg. 976. Read My Last Duchess, pgs. 979 – 980. The students will infer the speaker’s response to the duchess’ behavior and support with text evidence.

W: The students will read the Elizabeth Barrett Browning biographical sketch, pg. 985 and read Sonnet 43, pg. 986. Complete Critical Reading pg. 986. Assignment: Cite a popular song that praises love and compare its language, attitude and images with those of Sonnet 43.

Th & F: Introduce mood, pg. 1040.The students will read Dover Beach pgs. 1042 – 1043 and The Widow at Windsor pgs. 1048 -1049 relating the mood to the intended effect on the reader. Discuss the relationship between literature and place.

TEKS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.08

The Crucible

M: School Holiday

T: The students will turn in their Crucible entries; read pages 112 – 128. Discuss rumors of rebellion and Hale’s striving with the condemned to confess.

W: The students will complete the Act III Quiz. Read and discuss pages. 128 – 135.

Th: The students will complete the Act IV study guide and begin viewing The Crucible motion picture.

F: Continue viewing The Crucible motion picture.

Victorian Literature

M: School Holiday

T: The students will complete the unit introduction – The relationship between literature and place. Due at end of class period..

W: The students will complete the Act III quiz over The Importance of Being Earnest.

Th & F: The students will view the motion picture of The Importance of Being Earnest.

The Great Gatsby

M: School Holiday

T: The students will read pages 103 – 110  and discuss “shedding daylight on the dream.” Answer study guide questions  5 – 7.

W: The students will complete the Character Test.

Th: The students will read pages 111 – 118 and discuss the changes in Gatsby’s lifestyle since his reunion with Daisy. Answer study guide questions 8 – 10 and complete chapter six vocabulary review.

F: The students will complete the chapter 6 vocabulary quiz and will read and discuss pages 119 – 125.

The Importance of Being Earnest / Introduction to Victorian Literature

M: TIOBE The students will read pgs. 111 – 117 and identify examples of epigram, irony, and pun. Notes and discussion.

T: TIOBE The students will complete the Act III study guide.

W & Th: Vic Lit Intro  The students will read pgs. 946 – 952 and complete an exercise over

• The relationship between place and literature
• How literature shapes and reflects society
• The relationship of the writer to tradition

Due at the end of class Thursday.

F: The students will view an installment of Gone with the Wind, noting examples of survival.

TEKS: 12.02, 12.04, 12.08