May 4th-May 8th
Monday
-Finish Graphic Organizer #13: add to Open Question and Poetry Essay Types;
Rewrite 1 paragraph of one essay.
-Quick re-review of Lahiri’s “...Mr Pirzada”
Tuesday
-AP Practice M/C review: Determine overall practice grade with “calculators”
-Introduce Cisneros’ short-story: “Never Marry a Mexican”
Wednesday
-AP EXAM: be at the South Gym early! They want you there at 7:15, bring pens, pencils, and a snack.
Thursday
-Back to Cisneros: map out Character Arc
Friday
-introduce Viramontes’ “The Moths,” and Yamamoto’s “Seventeen Syllables
HW Choose 2-3 of the short stories, written by female authors, to compare and contrast in a Reader’s Response, due May 18th.
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May 11-May 15
Monday
Collect Journal through #13 (10pts).
-Review “The Moths,” and “Seventeen Syllables.”
-Sign up for One Hundred Years of Solitude Magical Realism Presentations (beginning the 18, next Monday)
Tuesday
-Transition to fantasy
-Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves.”
Wednesday
-Transition to role of women
-Shirley Jackson’s “The Beautiful Stranger”
Thursday
-Back to Ghost Story
-Edith Wharton’s “Afterward”
Friday
-fantasy, role of women
-Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”
HW Don’t forget, Reader’s Response, due May 18th.
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May 18th-May 22nd: M.R. PRESENTATIONS
Monday
-presentations
Review Reader’s Response
-H.P. Lovecraft’s “Call of Cthulhu”
Tuesday
-presentations
-Ray Bradbury title?
Wednesday
-presentations
Thursday
-presentations
-multiple short stories by Philip Dick: “A Little Something for Us Tempunauts,” “Service Call,” “The Days of Perky Pat”
Friday
FILM: Animatrix, Brazil, or Blade Runner excerpts.
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May 26th-29th May 25th is Memorial Day
Tuesday-Friday
Remaining Final Presentations and Final Grade Entry.
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