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ENGLISH III AMERICAN LITERATURE
MONDAY
May 23, 2016
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BLOCKS 1, 2 and 3
FOCUS:
The student will determine the meaning of words and phrases including allusions, symbols, figurative and connatative meanings in the modern poetry of T.S. Eliot.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Using previous knowledge and notes on how to analyze and paraphrase a poem, students will work with a partner to understand "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
HOMEWORK:
1) Extra-credit for SAT or ACT test
TUESDAY
May 24, 2016
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BLOCKS 4, 5 and 6
FOCUS:
The student will determine the meaning of words and phrases including allusions, symbols, figurative and connatative meanings in the modern poetry of T.S. Eliot.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Using previous knowledge and notes on how to analyze and paraphrase a poem, students will work with a partner to understand "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
HOMEWORK:
1) Extra-credit for SAT or ACT test
WEDNESDAY
May 25, 2016
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Periods 1, 3 and 5
FOCUS:
The students will be introduced to Post-Modern Literature and its authors.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Check and discuss grammar handouts
2) "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.
3) Handout: (click here) graphic organizer and study guide for A Raisin in the Sun.
4) Students will complete the study guide while viewing Act I of A Raisin in the Sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AUi-d0maA
HOMEWORK:
1) Extra-credit for SAT or ACT test
THURSDAY
May 26, 2016
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Periods 2 and 6
FOCUS:
The students will be introduced to Post-Modern Literature and its authors.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Check and discuss grammar handouts
2) "Harlem" by Langston Hughes.
3) Handout: (click here) graphic organizer and study guide for A Raisin in the Sun.
4) Students will complete the study guide while viewing Act I of A Raisin in the Sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AUi-d0maA
HOMEWORK:
1) Extra-credit for SAT or ACT test
FRIDAY
May 20, 2016
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TEACHER WORK DAY
NO SCHOOL
FOCUS:
The student will
ACTIVITIES:
1)
HOMEWORK:
1) Extra-credit for SAT or ACT test
Power Points and Guided Reading Notes
Weekly Agenda
Grammar & Composition
Modernism: 1915-1945
"Soldier's Home"
Quarter 4, 2015
Ernest Hemingway
Flannery O'Connor
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Robert Frost
T.S. Eliott
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Piet Mondrian
Pablo Picasso
"Miniver Cheevy" and "Richard Cory"
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
"Out, Out-"
"The Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrock