January 14, 2013 - January 18, 2013 Weekly Agenda for A.P. English (Romantic Poetry)

Monday, January 14th:

Debriefing on the timed essay on Elizabeth Gaskell's MARY BARTON.  Break into groups of four and write two paragraphs analyzing one of the elements asked for in the prompt. They are: point of view, selection of details, characterization and dialogue.

Those of you who scored lower than a "B" will not have the grade entered. However, everyone will redo the essay.  Those of you who were absent on Friday will write it for the first time and turn in on Friday, January 18th.

Tuesday, January 15th:
Continue working on the two paragraph analysis.

Wednesday, January 16th:
The two paragraph essay is due today. 

The Romantic Era Packet is due today. 

Break into groups for SOCRATIC CIRCLE on Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. Each person in the group writes five questions and corresponding answers on the novel.  The questions should be in-depth, and each question should relate to one of the following areas: theme, character, tone, point of view, the Gothic/Romantic genre, figurative language and how it relates to the other areas of theme, character, tone, pov and the Gothic/Romantic genre.

 Thursday, January 17th:
Begin the Socratic Circle.

The reading logs for FRANKENSTEIN are due today.

The multiple choice questions on FRANKENSTEIN are due today. 

Friday, January 18th:
Pass out the corrected two paragraph essays.  Go over them. The rewrite of the MARY BARTON essay will be due on Tuesday. 
Read the biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley.
Read Percy Bysshe Shelley’s biography, and read and analyze“Ode to the West Wind”
Read biography of Lord Byron, and read and analyze “When We Two Parted”

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