DLackey's Lesson Plans 2007-2008

English 11
3-17-08
Read Newsweek and complete quiz or essay for extra credit.
3-18-08 to 3-20-08
View "O Brother Where Are Thou?" and complete worksheet.
HW: Choose an Independent Novel to read following Spring Break.

AP English 12
3-17-08
Read aloud "Proof" - beginning p. 1969.
3-18-08 to 3-20-08
View "Proof" video.

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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English 11
3-10-08
Discuss "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" pp. 528-539
3-11-08
Quiz - "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" pp. 528-539
3-12-08 and 3-13-08
Read and complete Short Fiction Chart for "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" p. 1035, "A Wagner Matinee" p. 688, and "The Story of an Hour" p. 783.
3-14-08
Quiz over reading selections; Introduce Independent Novel and Speech Assignment

AP English 12
3-10-08
Read aloud and discuss Trifles
3-11-08
Begin notes on Beckett
Introduce and practice multiple choice questions about MLA format
3-12-08
Read “Krapp’s Last Tape”
3-13-08
Discuss Krapp’s Last Tape – Listen to and discuss NPR This American Life episode about writing humor for The Onion – View and discuss film parody
parody film West Bank Story
3-14-08
Student essay choice –
Language test - Onion passage
Literature test – Drama passage

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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Due Dates for 1920s and 30s Research Paper:

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English 11
3-3-08
HW: Read selections from text: pp. 916-918
Read and discuss Langston Hughes poems: IAR pp. 281-289; Zora Neale Hurston, pp. 290-300
HW: Work on Research Paper
Final Draft due to Turnitin.com 3-5-08 by 3:00 pm.
3-4-08
Election Day - No School
3-5-08
Research Paper Final Draft due to Turnitin.com 3-5-08 by 3:00 pm.
Discuss Harlem Renaissance - Hughes and Hurston selections
HW: Read and answer questions "A Rose for Emily" pp. 516-525; vocab. p. 527
3-6-08
Discuss "A Rose for Emily" pp. 516-527
HW: Read and answer questions "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" pp. 528-539
3-7-08
Quiz - Southern Gothic: Faulkner and Welty

AP English 12
3-3-08
Read aloud and discuss A Modest Proposal; background on Swift
Identify techniques of satire.
3-4-08
Election day - No School
3-5-08
Discuss Jerzy Kosinski – View Being There – identify comic techniques
3-6-08 to 3-7-08
Finish viewing Being There – identify comic techniques

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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