Monday, March 29, 2010

Frost

DATE

In Class

Homework for next class

Day O


-Read the essay “How Does a Poem Mean” pgs 2-5—take notes in the packet over the questions on pg 5.

Day 1

WORLD LIT ESSAY DUE

Intro Frost: his characteristics, and his style

Discuss “How does a Poem Mean” and “Stopping By Woods…” and work on Frost Imitation poem

-Read “The Wood-Pile” pg 17 and take notes as indicated by half sheet you receive in class


Day 2

Discuss “The Wood-Pile”

-Read and Discuss “After Apple Picking” pg 18

-Finish “After Apple Picking” pg 18

-Read “Home Burial” pgs 12-13

Day 3

-Dramatic presentation and discussion of “Home Burial”

-Start “Mending Wall” pg 19 in class… finish as homework

-Read “The Death of the Hired Man” pgs. 9-11 taking notes on Frost characteristics and plot

development

Day 4

-Discussion over “The Death of the Hired Man”

-Read “Mending Wall” pg 19

-Read “Birches” pg 20 and answer questions in packet


Day 5

-Discuss “Birches”

-Read and Discuss “The Sound of Trees” pg 16, “Acquainted with the Night” pg 15, and “Desert Places” 22

*Prepare for Passage Analysis

*Frost packets due Day 6

*Poetry Chapbooks due Day 7

Day 6

In class Passage Analysis

Read chapter one of The Great Gatsby


Day 7

Poetry Chapbooks due

Discuss chapter one of The Great Gatsby