Required Reading:
Sound and Sense Chapters 1-3
Writing with Style Chapters 1-3
How To Read Literature Like a Professor-chapters 12, 13, & 24
“Everyday Use” short story/fiction, characterization
“Heritage” poem, rhyme scheme, rhythm, tone, imagery, theme, conflict
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”poem
“We Wear the Mask” poem-symbols, theme, tone, rhyme scheme, rondeau
“America” poem-McKay: alliteration, simile, tone, theme, rhyme scheme, sonnet
"Kitchenette Building" tone, imagery, caesura, theme, diction, enjambment, juxtaposition
"The Whipping" tone, speaker, structure, imagery, caesura, enjambment, diction, theme
“On the Subway” poem: By Sharon Olds, free verse, eye rhyme
“I, too, Sing America” poem
excerpt from Black Boy autobiography, tone, diction, characterization, theme,conflict
"Sonny's Blues" short story, tone, allusion, characterization, symbolism, theme
"Dust Tracks on a Road" autobiography, tone, allusion, symbolism, theme
excerpt from "Double Consciousness" essay, allusion, motif, theme, imagery, metaphor, simile
Sound and Sense Chapters 1-3
Writing with Style Chapters 1-3
How To Read Literature Like a Professor-chapters 12, 13, & 24
“Everyday Use” short story/fiction, characterization
“Heritage” poem, rhyme scheme, rhythm, tone, imagery, theme, conflict
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”poem
“We Wear the Mask” poem-symbols, theme, tone, rhyme scheme, rondeau
“America” poem-McKay: alliteration, simile, tone, theme, rhyme scheme, sonnet
"Kitchenette Building" tone, imagery, caesura, theme, diction, enjambment, juxtaposition
"The Whipping" tone, speaker, structure, imagery, caesura, enjambment, diction, theme
“On the Subway” poem: By Sharon Olds, free verse, eye rhyme
“I, too, Sing America” poem
excerpt from Black Boy autobiography, tone, diction, characterization, theme,conflict
"Sonny's Blues" short story, tone, allusion, characterization, symbolism, theme
"Dust Tracks on a Road" autobiography, tone, allusion, symbolism, theme
excerpt from "Double Consciousness" essay, allusion, motif, theme, imagery, metaphor, simile
FOCUS ON HOW THE WRITER CONVEYS THEME!
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE/LITERARY DEVICES:
Tone/ Mood
Theme
Rhythm
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
Simile/Metaphor
Imagery
Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
Symbol
Juxtaposition
End Rhyme
Eye Rhyme
Appropriation
Tone/ Mood
Theme
Rhythm
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
Simile/Metaphor
Imagery
Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
Symbol
Juxtaposition
End Rhyme
Eye Rhyme
Appropriation
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August 25-Higher Order questions due. IN CLASS: Socratic Seminar HW: List symbols in journal
August 27-Disclosure due. IN CLASS: Analysis of AP rubric, benchmarking essays, timed write, journal work
September 1-Late disclosures due IN CLASS: Peer editing, Deconstructing the prompt, writing practice, rubric review
September 3- IN CLASS: Deconstructing poem prompts, benchmark essays, S&S ch1-2, annotations
August 27-Disclosure due. IN CLASS: Analysis of AP rubric, benchmarking essays, timed write, journal work
September 1-Late disclosures due IN CLASS: Peer editing, Deconstructing the prompt, writing practice, rubric review
September 3- IN CLASS: Deconstructing poem prompts, benchmark essays, S&S ch1-2, annotations
akin
vacuous
subversive
brazen
compunction
capricious/caprice
tumult
admonish
muse
pecuniary
presumptuous
plight
din
beguile
versions of says, tone words
vacuous
subversive
brazen
compunction
capricious/caprice
tumult
admonish
muse
pecuniary
presumptuous
plight
din
beguile
versions of says, tone words