M: The students will be introduced to the work of Mark Twain; notes and discussion.
T: The students will view the Dr. Elliot Engel video lecture over the work of Mark Twain and complete its accompanying questions.
W: The students will complete the Shadows of the Imagination test over Poe and Hawthorne.
Th & F: The students will read The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and complete the exercise on local dialect.
M & T: The students will finish reading the allegory, Young Goodman Brown.
W & Th: The students will identify and interpret five faith allegorical statements from Young Goodman Brown.
F: The students will compete SAT-based vocabulary lesson 18 Words with Tales Attached.
M: The students will make journal entries. Third nine weeks journals are due Friday, March 4th.
T: The students will see a Powerpoint presentation and compile notes on the common characteristics of the archetypal hero. Assignment: Vocabulary Builder WB pg. 41
W: The students will read Knights of Legend, pg. 169 and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, pgs. 171 – 179. Distribute Medieval Romance Literary Analysis graphic organizer, WB pg. 39.
Th: The students will complete Sir Gawain and the the Green Knight, pgs. 180 – 183, and Morte D’Arthur, pgs. 185 – 195.
F: The students will complete and turn in the Medieval Romance Literary Analysis assignment. Journal Due – Test Grade
TEKS covered: ELA 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.12, 12.13
M, T, & W: The students will present their Raven projects and the accompanying character sketches to the class.
Th & F: The students will review for a unit test over Gothic literature, the allegory, Annabelle Lee, The Raven, and Young Goodman Brown.
M: The students will be in the Plato lab typing the final draft of their pre-production memo concerning the film version of The Raven.
T: The students will discuss and take notes on Gothic literature, the life and writing influences of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the allegory.
W: Raven memo due. The students will view a video on the writing style of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Early dismissal for teacher training.
Th & F: The students will read Young Goodman Brown.
TEKS covered: 12.01, 12.02, 12.05, 12.07, 12.13, 12.15
M: School Holiday
T: Students will use elements of the writing process to compose a journal entry.
W & F: The students will be introduced to lesson vocabulary, the life of Jonathan Swift, satire, and will read Gulliver’s Travels, pgs. 604 – 616.
Th: The students will compete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 17 Size and Shape.
TEKS covered this week: 12.01, 12.06, 12.13
M: School Holiday
T-W-F: The students will present their constructed raven to the class and read the character sketch they wrote about it.
Th: The students will complete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 17 Size and Shape.
M: School Holiday
T & W: The students will research the casting, location, music, set decoration, and props for a memo detailing pre-production plans for a movie version of The Raven.
Th: The students will complete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 17 Size and Shape
F: The students will type drafts of their Raven memo.
M: Student Holiday
T – W: In groups, the students will explicate The Raven, recognizing the sound devices alliteration and repetition, and the four recurring themes in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Th – F: The students will do research to write a proposal to produce a movie version of The Raven. The proposal will include setting and location, casting, music, set decoration, and props.
M: Student Holiday
T: The students will view the video of Hawthorne’s life, New England’s Puritan Son, complete its accompanying questions, define allegory, and complete the vocabulary for Young Goodman Brown.
W – F: The students will read the allegory, Young Goodman Brown.