Sophomore English 2nd Quarter Week 8 Lesson Plans
Monday 12/11
Read and discuss Moby Dick selection
Assignment - answer questions on handout
Tuesday 12/12
Finish discussing Moby Dick and answering questions on handout
Introduce Fireside Poets
Read and discuss Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" (textbook
p. 334 - 339)
Assignment - paraphrase each stanza of the poems on handout and answer the questions at the end of the poem.
Wednesday 12/13
Finish discussing Longfellow's "The Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" (textbook p. 334 - 339)
Read and discuss Oliver Wendell Holmes's "Old Ironsides" and "The Last Leaf"
Assignment - Read and take notes on poetry of Whittier and Lowell (text p. 346 - 356)
Answer questions on handout
Thursday 12/14
Discuss the poetry of Whittier and Lowell.
Answer questions on handout.
Friday 12/15
Review for final exam