Topic Outline Spring 2017
1. Fences by August Wilson
2. 10-Minute Plays
3. Short Stories
4. Independent Reading of Poetry Collection and Research Paper
5. Independent Reading of Novel
6. AP Literature Test Preparation
7. Creative Writing
Writing Focus for Spring
January-- Prose Analysis with Q3 on Fences
February--Poetry Analysis
March--Poetry Analysis and Research
April--Poetry, Prose and Q3
May--Creative Writing with Poetry and Plays
1. Fences by August Wilson
2. 10-Minute Plays
3. Short Stories
4. Independent Reading of Poetry Collection and Research Paper
5. Independent Reading of Novel
6. AP Literature Test Preparation
7. Creative Writing
Writing Focus for Spring
January-- Prose Analysis with Q3 on Fences
February--Poetry Analysis
March--Poetry Analysis and Research
April--Poetry, Prose and Q3
May--Creative Writing with Poetry and Plays
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$7 Free/Reduced Lunch Program
Registration: Dec. 1- Feb. 28
Late Registration: March 1 - March 8 ($10 Fee)
Exam Schedule
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Fences
Written by August Wilson
Set in the 1905s Won the Pultizer Prize in 1987 |
COMPLETE TEXT OF FENCES
Trailer for Movie
Quiz on Act I scene i of Fences Friday, January 6
Quiz on Fences Friday, January 13
Quiz on Fences Friday, January 20 (moved to Monday, Jan. 23)
Question 3 Timed Writing on Fences for Major Grade Wedneday, January 25
Prose Timed Writing (Daily) Tuesday, January 10
Prose Timed Writing (Major) Thursday, January 19
Poem of the Week
January 3-6 "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke
January 9-13 "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden
Trailer for Movie
Quiz on Act I scene i of Fences Friday, January 6
Quiz on Fences Friday, January 13
Quiz on Fences Friday, January 20 (moved to Monday, Jan. 23)
Question 3 Timed Writing on Fences for Major Grade Wedneday, January 25
Prose Timed Writing (Daily) Tuesday, January 10
Prose Timed Writing (Major) Thursday, January 19
Poem of the Week
January 3-6 "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke
January 9-13 "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden
Ten-Minute Plays and Ten-Minute Analysis
"Brother" by Mary Gallagher
"The Man Who Couldn't Dance" by Jason Katins
"A Bowl of Soup" by Eric Lane
"That Midnight Rodeo" by Mary Sue Price
"The Janitor" by August Wilson
Jan. 27 Silent Read all the plays
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Work in Group on Presentations
Link to Prose Prompts on AP Lit Exam
Feb. 2-3 Presentations to Class
Ten-Minute Paper Instructions
Timed Writing--Prose Analysis over one of the plays Feb. 6
"Brother" by Mary Gallagher
"The Man Who Couldn't Dance" by Jason Katins
"A Bowl of Soup" by Eric Lane
"That Midnight Rodeo" by Mary Sue Price
"The Janitor" by August Wilson
Jan. 27 Silent Read all the plays
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Work in Group on Presentations
Link to Prose Prompts on AP Lit Exam
Feb. 2-3 Presentations to Class
Ten-Minute Paper Instructions
Timed Writing--Prose Analysis over one of the plays Feb. 6
10-Minute Play Process Paper due on Sunday, Feb. 12.
Use MLA format. Cite the play. The expectation is for 700-1000 words.
Include Works Cited page.
Example of entry:
Lane, Eric. "A Bowl of Soup." Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays. Ed. Eric Lane and Nina Shengold. New York: Random House,
1997. 117-123. Print.
Rubric used to score essay.
Use MLA format. Cite the play. The expectation is for 700-1000 words.
Include Works Cited page.
Example of entry:
Lane, Eric. "A Bowl of Soup." Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays. Ed. Eric Lane and Nina Shengold. New York: Random House,
1997. 117-123. Print.
Rubric used to score essay.
February 2017
INDEPENDENT PLAY-- Feb. 10-27
Due Dates:
Pick up play on Friday, Feb. 10.
Can of Worms Quiz over half of the play on Feb. 21
Finish play by Friday, Feb. 24
Write about play on Monday, Feb. 27.
SECTION ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
The Piano Lesson is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson set in the 1930s. It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle. Wilson began writing this play by playing with the various answers regarding the possibility of "acquir[ing] a sense of self-worth by denying one's past".[1] The Piano Lesson received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson)
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father. The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun)
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. The play begins as the men, followed by the women, enter the Wright's empty farm house. On command from the county attorney, Mr. Hale recounts his visit to the house the previous day, when he found Mrs. Wright behaving strangely and her husband upstairs with a rope around his neck, dead. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifles_(play))
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie[1] is a five-character memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on Williams himself, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Rose. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie)
Sorry, Wrong Number by Violet Lucille Fletcher
Violet Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 – August 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her credits include The Hitch-Hiker, an original radio play written for Orson Welles and adapted for a notable episode of The Twilight Zone television series. Sorry, Wrong Number is one of the most celebrated plays in the history of American radio, which she adapted and expanded for the 1948 film noir classic of the same name. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Fletcher)
Due Dates:
Pick up play on Friday, Feb. 10.
Can of Worms Quiz over half of the play on Feb. 21
Finish play by Friday, Feb. 24
Write about play on Monday, Feb. 27.
SECTION ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
The Piano Lesson is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson set in the 1930s. It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle. Wilson began writing this play by playing with the various answers regarding the possibility of "acquir[ing] a sense of self-worth by denying one's past".[1] The Piano Lesson received the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson)
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.[1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred"[2]) by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father. The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun)
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. The play begins as the men, followed by the women, enter the Wright's empty farm house. On command from the county attorney, Mr. Hale recounts his visit to the house the previous day, when he found Mrs. Wright behaving strangely and her husband upstairs with a rope around his neck, dead. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifles_(play))
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie[1] is a five-character memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on Williams himself, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Rose. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie)
Sorry, Wrong Number by Violet Lucille Fletcher
Violet Lucille Fletcher (March 28, 1912 – August 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter of film, radio and television. Her credits include The Hitch-Hiker, an original radio play written for Orson Welles and adapted for a notable episode of The Twilight Zone television series. Sorry, Wrong Number is one of the most celebrated plays in the history of American radio, which she adapted and expanded for the 1948 film noir classic of the same name. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Fletcher)
Short Story Analysis due February 23, 2017. THURSDAY. (Major Grade)
Students will select from two stories: "Araby" or "Eveline."
"Araby": Analyze the language James Joyce uses to portray the narrator's feelings. Explain why his feelings changed.
"Eveline": Joyce said that this and other stories he wrote about Dublin dealt with the "spiritual paralysis" of its citizens. Analyze the language Joyce uses to portray this paralysis.
Include a Works Cited page.
Paper must be in MLA format.
Turn into turnitin.com.
Copy of Short Stories "Araby" and "Eveline"
Works Cited:
Joyce, James. "Araby." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.
Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. 403-408. Print.
Joyce, James. "Eveline." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.
Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. 408-413. Print.
Students will select from two stories: "Araby" or "Eveline."
"Araby": Analyze the language James Joyce uses to portray the narrator's feelings. Explain why his feelings changed.
"Eveline": Joyce said that this and other stories he wrote about Dublin dealt with the "spiritual paralysis" of its citizens. Analyze the language Joyce uses to portray this paralysis.
Include a Works Cited page.
Paper must be in MLA format.
Turn into turnitin.com.
Copy of Short Stories "Araby" and "Eveline"
Works Cited:
Joyce, James. "Araby." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.
Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. 403-408. Print.
Joyce, James. "Eveline." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.
Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. 408-413. Print.
Poetry collections
Select between the following collections:
The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins
"Monday" by Billy Collins
You Tube Billy Collins Performs "Monday"
Robert Frost's Poems
"Birches" by Robert Frost
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
Video of "Mirror"
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
"I, too" by Langston Hughes
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"I felt a funeral in my brain" by Emily Dickinson
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
"The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton
"my poem" by Lucille Clifton
Make your selection by Friday, Feb. 17.
Read 20 pages of your work.
Timed Writing over one poem on Monday, Feb. 27.
Research March 1-3 in library.
Annotated Bibliography of six sources due on March 5, Sunday.
Research Paper is due before Spring Break: March 20.
Sample Annotated Bibliography
Link to Sources
Pathfinders to Databases
Sample Paper over "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
Sample Paper over "Home Burial"
Research Paper Requirements:
3 secondary sources
1 primary sources (the book of poems)
6 pages (7 with Works Cited)
MLA Format
Paper is due Monday, March 20, by midnight.
Rubric
The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins
"Monday" by Billy Collins
You Tube Billy Collins Performs "Monday"
Robert Frost's Poems
"Birches" by Robert Frost
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
Video of "Mirror"
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
"I, too" by Langston Hughes
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
"I felt a funeral in my brain" by Emily Dickinson
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
"The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
Blessing the Boats by Lucille Clifton
"my poem" by Lucille Clifton
Make your selection by Friday, Feb. 17.
Read 20 pages of your work.
Timed Writing over one poem on Monday, Feb. 27.
Research March 1-3 in library.
Annotated Bibliography of six sources due on March 5, Sunday.
Research Paper is due before Spring Break: March 20.
Sample Annotated Bibliography
Link to Sources
Pathfinders to Databases
Sample Paper over "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
Sample Paper over "Home Burial"
Research Paper Requirements:
3 secondary sources
1 primary sources (the book of poems)
6 pages (7 with Works Cited)
MLA Format
Paper is due Monday, March 20, by midnight.
Rubric
March 2017
Independent Reading--Select one of the following novels before Spring Break.
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
Part I Prologue-Ch. 4
Part 2 Ch. 5-10
Part 3 Ch. 11-Ch. 18
Part 4 Ch. 19-29
Middlessex by Jeffery Eugenides
Part I Book 1
Part 2 Book 2
Part 3 Book 3
Part 4 Book 4
The Round House by Louis Erdrich
Part I Ch. 1-3
Part 2 Ch. 4-6
Part 3 Ch. 7- 9
Part 4 Ch. 10-11 (afterward)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Part I Section 1 (Ch. 1-2)
Part 2 Section 1(Ch. 3)
Part 3 Section 1 Ch. 4-Section 2 Ch. 5
Part 4 Section 2 Ch. 6-Section 3 "The Final Letter"
The Visit by the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Part I Ch. 1-Ch. 5
Part 2 Ch. 6-Ch. 8
Part 3 Ch. 9-Ch. 11
Part 4 Ch. 12-13
Important Dates:
COW over Part I Monday, March 27
COW over Part II Monday, April 3
COW over Part III Monday, April 10
Timed Writing--Major Grade over Novel Tuesday, April 18
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
Part I Prologue-Ch. 4
Part 2 Ch. 5-10
Part 3 Ch. 11-Ch. 18
Part 4 Ch. 19-29
Middlessex by Jeffery Eugenides
Part I Book 1
Part 2 Book 2
Part 3 Book 3
Part 4 Book 4
The Round House by Louis Erdrich
Part I Ch. 1-3
Part 2 Ch. 4-6
Part 3 Ch. 7- 9
Part 4 Ch. 10-11 (afterward)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Part I Section 1 (Ch. 1-2)
Part 2 Section 1(Ch. 3)
Part 3 Section 1 Ch. 4-Section 2 Ch. 5
Part 4 Section 2 Ch. 6-Section 3 "The Final Letter"
The Visit by the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Part I Ch. 1-Ch. 5
Part 2 Ch. 6-Ch. 8
Part 3 Ch. 9-Ch. 11
Part 4 Ch. 12-13
Important Dates:
COW over Part I Monday, March 27
COW over Part II Monday, April 3
COW over Part III Monday, April 10
Timed Writing--Major Grade over Novel Tuesday, April 18
Poetry Unit May 6-May 18
Poem #1 (May 5) Topic: Fame, Reality, Celebrity
"Famous"
"Dear Miss Cyrus"
"Dear Mark Wahlberg"
Poem #2 (May 8) Topic: Write a Ballad (Journal #8)
www.thoughtco.com/literary-ballad-poems-2725560
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/ballad-poetic-form
Warren Zevon's "Exciteable Boy"
Poem #3 (May 9) Topic: Extended Metaphor or Conceit (Journal #9)
“When the Cancer Comes”
"The Gutting"
Poem #4 (May 10) Partner/Group Poem (Journal #10)
Group or Partner Poem—Work on Timing/Juxtaposition/Parallelism
“The Speakers” by Weldon Keys
A video presentation of "The Speakers"
"I wrote her name upon the strand" by Edmund Spenser
Video of "I wrote her name upon the strand"
Button Poetry--“The Friend Zone,” “The Origin Story”
Poem #5 (May 11) Topic: Write from the POV of a famous character (Journal #11)
Write from the point of view of a famous character.
“Gertrude Talks Back” by Margaret Atwood –short story
"Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood
Button Poetry—“Sampson”
Button Poetry—“To JK Rowlings from Cho Chang”
Poem #6 (May 12) Topic: Personification or Just Making an Abstraction Real (Journal #12)
Personify an abstraction/use concrete details to make an abstraction real (Poems about Love, Freedom, Courage)
Button Poetry—“When Love Arrives,” “How to Love Your Introvert,” “OCD”
John Donne—“The Flea”
Poem #7 (May 16) Topic: Write a modern sonnet (Journal #13)
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/florida-doll-sonnet
Florida Doll Sonnet
Denise Duhamel, 1961
by I love Fresh Market but always feel underdressed
squeezing overpriced limes. Louis Vuitton,
Gucci, Fiorucci, and all the ancient East Coast girls
with their scarecrow limbs and Joker grins.
Their silver fox husbands, rosy from tanning beds,
steady their ladies who shuffle along in Miu Miu’s
(not muumuus) and make me hide behind towers
of handmade soaps and white pistachios. Who
knew I’d still feel like the high school fat girl
some thirty-odd years later? My Birkenstocks
and my propensity for fig newtons? Still, whenever
I’m face to face with a face that is no more real
than a doll’s, I try to love my crinkles, my saggy
chin skin. My body organic, with no preservatives.
Poem #8 Write a 50-word Story with Pun (Journal #14)
fiftywordstories.com/category/stories/puns-and-wordplay/
Examples of puns in poetry
Poem #9 Rant about something you find frustrating (Journal #15)