What We Did Today AP English III

10/16

Turn in Close Reading Guide

Review Romanticism

Transcendentalism-Introduction-Transcendental Elements Chart

Read Comic Strip-Fill out Transcendental Elements Handout

Play Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan—add to Transcendental Handout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA

Play Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up—add to Transcendental Handout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PbffNcbCo

Read Emerson’s “Self Reliance” --add to Transcendental Handout

Checkout The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail books (reading all outside of class)

Write your own aphorism (life motto)- Decorate and display

Homework: Start reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (reading all outside of class)

10/17 and 10/18

(1) Writer’s Notebook-Review elements of transcendentalism.How Transcendental are you?

Introduce The Thoreau Challenge-Google Classroom

Transcendentalism “Civil Disobedience”-Thoreau

-Break up in groups. Each group reads a different part. Civil Disobedience broken into multiple groups. Paraphrase. Answer Questions and then share with class.

Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Finish by October 26th

The Thoreau Challenge

10/19 and 10/22

Review "Civil Disobedience"

Read “Nature” by Emerson

Close Reading Questions

Read excerpts from Thoreau’s Walden

Explain the historical connection between the two writers: Emerson as teacher and Thoreau as practitioner.

Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail-entire play by needs to be finished by the 25th

The Thoreau Challenge

10/23 and 10/24

Thoreau Account-share when finished (24th-5th Period)

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Discussion-make sure it’s done by next class

Transcendentalism Test next class (Part I Essay Part II-Socratic Seminar-29th-5th and 30th-B)

How to write an Argumentative Essay (Question 3)

Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail-entire play by needs to be finished by 10/25

10/25 and 10/26

Counselors-45 minutes

Transcendentalism Test: Part I: Essay over The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

Homework: Prepare for Socratic Seminar

10/29 and 10/30

Transcendentalism Test: Part II: Socratic Seminar

Read “The Masque of the Red Death” Presentation over symbols, etc.

Homework: Read "The Fall of the House of Usher" Google Classroom

10/31 and 11/1

Essay Tracker-Google Classroom

(2) Writer’s Notebook-What do you think happened in “The Fall of the House of Usher?/reactions, mood, etc.

The Scarlet Letter Intro-take notes

Romanticism Continued (Brooding Romantics-Dark Romantics)

Start reading The Scarlet Letter (read Chs. 1-3)

Homework: Read Chs. 4, 5, and 6

11/2 and 11/5

(3) Writer’s Notebook-What happens in chapters four through six?

Read Ch. 7

Vocabulary-Google Classroom

Read Ch. 8

Homework: Read Chs. 9 and 10

11/6 and 11/7

-What is going on with Dimmesdale? Diagnose his sickness.

Read Ch. 11

AP Practice for Ch. 11

Read Ch. 12

Homework: Read Chs. 13 and 14