Unit 3: Freedom and Confinement

Wednesday 1/18/17

• UNIT INTRODUCTION: Unit 3 thematic concepts and Socratic Seminar topic
• SELF-REFLECTION: Unit 3 choice novel GoogleForm   
• INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: timed writing with "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins" (Gwynn)
• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• ANALYSIS: setting in No Exit (setting images, setting elements)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre)  

Friday 1/20/17

• MINI-LESSON: Existentialism (philosophical notes, "Do We Enjoy Being Free?" (8-Bit Philosophy video by Wisecrack)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: close-reading and annotation "Sisyphus and the Sudden Lightness" (Dunn)  
• INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: timed writing with "Sisyphus and the Sudden Lightness" (Dunn) 
• DISCUSSION: Existentialism and No Exit (textual connections) 
• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre)
• HOMEWORK: close-reading and annotation of "Courage" (Sexton) and "This Is Just to Say"(Williams) 

Tuesday 1/24/17

• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: plot, character, and symbol chart for No Exit (Sartre)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: FRQ3 No Exit theme essay prompt analysis (potential topics) 
• DISCUSSION:  thematic analysis of "Courage" (Sexton) 

Thursday 1/26/17

• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre)
• WRITING PRACTICE: thesis, quotation integration, organization for AP Exam FRQ2 prose passage analysis essay (The House of the Seven Gables)

Monday 1/30/17

• VOCABULARY MINUTES DUE at midnight: 180 minutes (4 weeks) minimum via Membean.com 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK:  reading, annotation, thematic analysis of "Courage" (Sexton)  
• READING & DISCUSSION: No Exit (Sartre) 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: theme statements for No Exit (Sartre) 
• ESSAY PROMPT: vote for your favorite prompts (GoogleForm) 
• INDEPENDENT PREPARATION:  thesis statements and organizers for FRQ3 No Exit theme essay (potential topics, essay outline organizer) 

Wednesday 2/1/17

• ASSESSMENT: AP Exam FRQ3 No Exit theme essay (potential prompts, essay outline organizer)
• VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT: individualized quiz via Membean.com    
• READING & ANALYSIS: Fences setting and play background (question creation)
• READING & DISCUSSION:  Fences Act 1 (Wilson), Act 1 Scene 1 (YouTube clip)  

Friday 2/3/17

• WRITING PRACTICE: thesis and organization for AP Exam FRQ2 prose passage analysis essay (Kiss and Tell)  
• READING DUE DATE 1: student-led discussion of theme, narrative voice, genre, structure, character, conflict, figurative language, imagery, setting, and diction/tone in choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer)
• READING & DISCUSSION:  Fences Act 1 (Wilson), Act 1 Scene 1 (YouTube clip)   
• HOMEWORK: close-reading and annotation of "Mending Wall" (Frost)   

Tuesday 2/7/17

• STUDENT CHOICE for READING & DISCUSSION:  Fences Act 1 (Wilson) [full play video]; Fences Act 1 Scene 3 ["How come you ain't never liked me?" scene with Denzel Washington (YouTube clip @ 5:20) and James Earl Jones (YouTube clip)]; Fences Act 1 Scene 3 ["I don't want him to be like me!" with Denzel Washington (YouTube clip)]  
• DISCUSSION: thematic analysis of "Mending Wall" (Frost)   
• HOMEWORK: reading and annotation of "This Is Just to Say" (Williams) 

Thursday 2/9/17

• READING DUE DATE 2: student-led discussion of theme, narrative voice, genre, structure, character, conflict, figurative language, imagery, setting, and diction/tone in choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer) 
• DISCUSSION:  thematic analysis of "This Is Just to Say" (Williams) 
• STUDENT CHOICE for READING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 2 (full play video)
• VIEWING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 2 Scene 1 ["I been standing right here with you!" scene with Viola Davis (YouTube clip)]  

Monday 2/13/17

• ASSESSMENT: AP Exam FRQ2 prose passage analysis essay
• STUDENT CHOICE for READING & DISCUSSION: Fences Act 2 (full play video)

Wednesday 2/15/17

• READING DUE DATE 3: student-led discussion of theme, narrative voice, genre, structure, character, conflict, figurative language, imagery, setting, and diction/tone in choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer) 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: FRQ3 Fences theme essay prompt analysis (potential topics)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: AP Exam multiple-choice questions  

Friday 2/17/17

• Fences performance (field trip Gordon State College Theatre) 
• INDEPENDENT READING: Unit 3 choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer) 

2/20/17-2/24/17

• Henry County Schools WINTER BREAK 

Wednesday 3/1/17

• SMALL-GROUP WORK: AP Exam multiple-choice questions
• SELF-REFLECTION: AP Exam multiple-choice log   
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: FRQ 2 ("The Other Paris") sample analysis   
• SELF-REFLECTION: scoring and analysis of FRQ 2 ("The Other Paris")

Friday 3/3/17

• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: AP Exam multiple-choice questions ("Remembrance"), answers submitted via Socrative 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK & SELF-REFLECTION: AP Exam multiple-choice questions ("Remembrance") 
• READING DUE DATE 4: student-led discussion of theme, narrative voice, genre, structure, character, conflict, figurative language, imagery, setting, and diction/tone in choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: analysis and theme of Fences 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: AP Exam FRQ3 Fences theme essay prompt analysis (potential prompts) 

Monday 3/6/17

• VOCABULARY MINUTES DUE at midnight: 180 minutes (4 weeks) minimum via Membean.com  

Tuesday 3/7/17

• ASSESSMENT:  AP Exam FRQ3 Fences theme essay (potential prompts, essay outline organizer)
• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT & SMALL-GROUP WORK: AP Exam multiple-choice questions, answers submitted via Socrative    
• SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSION: student-led discussion of theme, narrative voice, genre, structure, character, conflict, figurative language, imagery, setting, and diction/tone in choice novels (reading schedule, discussion preparation organizer) 
• INDEPENDENT WORK: AP Exam FRQ3 choice novel theme essay planning and drafting (potential topics)  
• INDEPENDENT or SMALL-GROUP WORK & CONFERENCING: preparation for thematic Socratic seminar for No Exit (Sartre), Fences Act 1 & Act 2 (Wilson), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson),Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison), and supplementary texts (Socratic Seminar topic, graphic organizer, self-reflection, rubric) 

Thursday 3/9/17

• VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT: individualized quiz via Membean.com   
• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT & SMALL-GROUP WORK: AP Exam multiple-choice questions, answers submitted via Socrative   
• INDEPENDENT WORK: AP Exam FRQ3 choice novel theme essay planning and drafting (potential topics)   
• INDEPENDENT or SMALL-GROUP WORK & CONFERENCING: preparation for thematic Socratic seminar for No Exit (Sartre), Fences Act 1 & Act 2 (Wilson), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson),Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison), and supplementary texts (Socratic Seminar topic, graphic organizer, self-reflection, rubric) 

Tuesday 3/14/17

• ASSESSMENT:  AP Exam multiple-choice questions 
• INDEPENDENT or SMALL-GROUP WORK & CONFERENCING: preparation for thematic Socratic seminar for No Exit (Sartre), Fences Act 1 & Act 2 (Wilson), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson),Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison), and supplementary texts (Socratic Seminar topic, graphic organizer, self-reflection, rubric)  

Thursday 3/16/17

• ASSESSMENT: AP Exam Free-Response Question 3 theme analysis of choice novel [The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson), Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison)] (potential topics), essay DUE before class submitted via TurnItIn  
• SELF-REFLECTION: AP Exam multiple-choice log and analysis of missed questions 
• INDEPENDENT or SMALL-GROUP WORK & CONFERENCING: preparation for thematic Socratic seminar for No Exit (Sartre), Fences Act 1 & Act 2 (Wilson), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson),Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison), and supplementary texts (Socratic Seminar topic, graphic organizer, self-reflection, rubric

Monday 3/20/17

• DISCUSSION ASSESSMENT: Socratic seminar for No Exit (Sartre), Fences Act 1 & Act 2 (Wilson), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson),Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston), Song of Solomon (Morrison), and supplementary texts (Socratic Seminar topic, graphic organizer, self-reflection, rubric)
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