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Instructors name: Devin Ayers Week of: 10/07 10/11 Course/Grade: AP Lit. and Comp. Unit Name: Apocalypse Now: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Common Core/ NM Content Standards: SL11-12.1; SL11-12.3; SL11-12.4; SL11-12.6; RL11-12.1; RL11-12.4 RL11-12.6; W11-12.4; W1112.5 Essential Question(s): Why do cultures generate apocalypse stories? What is their function? What makes quality literature? How is The Road different from any book you have read before? Other considerations (modifications, accommodations, acceleration, etc.): Students who require it will receive extended deadlines for writing assignments and/or shortened reading. Connections (prior learning/prior knowledge): Students will discuss prior interactions they may have had with apocalypse stories and connect this understanding with The Road, locating the novel in the tradition of apocalypse stories. Resources/Materials Teacher: Students: Novel: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Assessment (How will you monitor progress and know students have successfully met outcomes?) Daily: direct observation/small group discussion This Week: direct observation/small group discussion/fiction writing/Socratic dialogue Unit: direct observation/small group discussion/fiction writing/Socratic dialogue Time allotted MONDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their knowledge of theme, writing style, diction and the genre of apocalyptic fiction. They will show their learning in whole class discussion, small group discussion, and an opening paragraph for an apocalyptic short story. Today we will be introducing the novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy. This book (which won the Pulitzer Prize) is a father and son story, an epic journey and an apocalypse novel all at the same time. We will begin with a discussion of literature Lesson activities for instructor and students Assignment(s) DueExit ticket: opening paragraph of apocalypse short story.
students may have encountered that fits into these categories, and thus may have influenced The Road. Then, in small groups, students will discuss the function of apocalypse stories, and will write an opening paragraph for a short story based on an apocalyptic theme. The final product will be a minimum of 2,000 words, typed, double spaced, twelve point font, Times New Roman. A rough draft will be due on Wednesday. TUESDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their understanding of literary devices, literary analysis and AP test taking strategies. They will show their understanding by completing and then discussion practice AP multiple choice questions. WEDNESDAY Learning TargetAs the instructor will be out today, so following the vocabulary quiz, students will get the rare opportunity to read silently in class and prepare themselves for the Socratic dialogue on Friday. Assignment(s) Due-
Assignment(s) DueReading: through page 50 in The Road Vocabulary quiz
THURSDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their understanding of theme, plot, character development, symbolism syntax and diction, and editing in fiction. They will show their learning through peer editing of the short story rough draft. FRIDAY Learning Target-
Assignment(s) Due-
Assignment(s) DueReading: through page 101 in The Road Socratic dialogue Second draft: apocalyptic short fiction
