March 19, 2012 - March 23, 2012 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English Literature (Romantic Poets and Frankenstein)



MARCH 19, 2012 - MARCH 23, 2012
WEEKLY AGENDA for A.P. ENGLISH LITERATURE

Monday, March 19th:
Break into groups and analyze Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
Analyze the poem in terms of "soapstones". Analyze and discuss Shelley's use of enjambment, caesura, the terza rima, metaphor, imagery and symbolism.

Tuesday, March 20th:
Discuss "Ode to the West Wind"
Read the biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Read "To Wordsworth", "England in 1819" and "Ozymandias"
Check out Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN
Read the first chapter of FRANKENSTEIN
Keep a reading log: brief summary; vocabulary; literary tropes; Romantic Era themes

Wednesday, March 21st:
Read the biography of John Keats
Read "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
Analyze "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" for shift of point of view and narrator, imagery and soapstones.
For homework tonight: you will be given a short passage from FRANKENSTEIN, which you must analyze in terms of literary tropes, character, tone, and Romantic Era themes. This should be at least one page in length (500 words).

Thursday, March 22nd:
In class writing assignment: Compare and Contrast essay on "Bright Star" by John Keats and "Something Like a Star" by Robert Frost.
For homework tonight: you will be given a short passage from FRANKENSTEIN, which you must analyze in terms of literary tropes, character, tone and Romantic Era themes. This should be at least one page in length (500 words).

Friday, March 16th:
Discussion of essay
Read and discuss "Ode to a Nightingale"
Watch an excerpt from "Bright Star"



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