Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
Victorian Period –(1832-1901)
Week of: January 21 – January 25, 2013 - Week 1
Monday, January 21
Holiday – Martin Luther King
Teacher Workday
Tuesday, January 22
1. AP Multiple Choice Questions – Poetry Excerpt.
2. Vocabulary SAT 5
3. Read about the Victorian Period – complete outline activities.
4. Begin the annotations of the novel Great Expectations- Characters, Plot, Themes, Literary
Devices (Chpt. 1-3).
5. Discuss background of Charles Dickens and Victorian Life as well as the novel.
HW: AP Multiple Choice Worksheet/Vocabulary Definitions
Wednesday, January 23
1. Students will begin Journal Writing.
2. Continue reading the novel Great Expectations- Characters, Plot, Themes, Literary Devices
(Chpt. 4-6).
3. Continue with reading and analyzing activities. Complete Study Guide Questions for
Chapters 4-6.
4. Students will continue with annotations over prose focusing on Characters, Plot/summary,
themes, Literary Elements/Techniques.
HW: Vocab. Definitions
Thursday, January 24
1. Students will take a practice AP Timed Writing over Prompt “Chimney Sweeper” – Poetry
Prompt.
2. Students will write for 45 minutes.
3. Students will switch and grade each others’ essays by highlighting the AP procedure.
Friday, January 25
1. Vocabulary Quiz – SAT 5.
2. Read SSR Novel – Great Expectations Chapters 7-10.
3. Complete Study Guide Questions – Reading Log.
HW: Read chapters 11-13 over weekend.
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
Victorian Period –(1832-1901)
Week of: January 28 – February 1, 2013 - Week 2
Monday, January 28
1. Sat Vocabulary Definitions SAT 6.
2. Students will read and analyze the novel by Charles Dickens – Great Expectations
3. Students will continue reading/analyzing/discussing Great Expectations in small groups.
Identify tone, setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters. Chapters 14-16.
4. Students will work on Active Reading questions and discussion questions.
5. Give students the information for their Resumes – College or career. Due Friday.
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Tuesday, January 29
1. Students will do practice AP Multiple Choice questions. (10 Minutes).
2. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters. (Chapters 17-19).
3. Students will work in small groups on one chapter per group. Be able to discuss the
synopsis, setting, characters, conflicts, themes, and Point of View over the Chapter assigned.
4. Students will report their findings to the rest of the class.
5. Have students’ complete questions over chapters from Great Expectations.
HW: Study Voc. Def./Resume
Wednesday, January 30
1. Journal Writing.
2. Students will complete Questions from Great Expectations. (Part One).
3. Students must identify author, story line, internal/external conflicts, describe characters and
their conflicts, settings, themes, and point of view.
4. Use Graphic Organizers to complete Dialectic Journal Project
5. Students will continue to complete the Study Guide questions over the novel.
HW: Study Voc. Def./Work on Resume.
Thursday, January 31
1. AP Multiple Choice Questions Practice (10 Minutes).
2. Students will complete Questions from Great Expectations. (Part One).
3. Students must identify author, story line, internal/external conflicts, describe characters and
their conflicts, settings, themes, and point of view.
4. Use Graphic Organizers to complete Dialectic Journal Project
HW: Study Voc. Def./Work on Resume.
Friday, February 1
1. Take a vocabulary quiz over SAT 6 words.
2. Students will take a test over Part One
3. Students read SSR novel Great Expectations. Part Two – Chapters 20-22.
3. Collect Resumes.
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian Period – 1832-1901
Week of: February 4 – February 8, 2013 - Week 3
Monday, February 4
1. SAT 7 Vocabulary word definition
2. Students will continue working on the Questions from Great Expectations. (Part Two).
3. Students must identify author, story line, internal/external conflicts, describe characters and
their conflicts, settings, themes, and point of view.
4. Students will review for test over Great Expectations – Part Two, Chapters 23-25.
5. Students will continue to complete the Study Guide questions over the novel and begin Part
Two – Great Expectations.
HW: Study Voc. Def./Work on Book Review – Novel Analysis
Tuesday, February 5
1. Read and complete questions over Great Expectations Book Two Chpt. 26-28.
2. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters.
3. Students will work in small groups on one chapter per group and discuss with the class the
synopsis, setting, characters, conflicts, themes, and Point of View over the Chapter assigned.
4. Students will work for 10 minutes on AP Multiple Choice Questions.
5. Students will take a test over Great Expectations – Book One.
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Wednesday, February 6
1. Students will continue reading and analyzing characters from Great Expectations. Book
Two, Chapters 29-31.
2. Students will review the Open Ended Essay for the AP Exam.
3. Students will be given the prompt that they will be using for the timed writing on Thursday.
4. Discuss prompt. Underline what the prompt is telling them to do.
HW: Study Voc. Def./Work on Book Review – Novel Analysis.
Thursday, February 7
1. Students will begin the Timed Writing – Prose Prompt Essay.
2. Students will write for 45 minutes and turn in the essay.
Friday, February 8
1. Vocabulary Quiz – SAT 7.
2. Students will read their SSR novels Great Expectations Chapters 32-34.
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian Period – 1832-1901
Week of: February 11 - February 15, 2013 - Week 4
Monday, February 11
1. Students will work on Vocabulary SAT 8 Definitions.
2. Read and complete questions over Great Expectations Book Two Chpt. 35-37.
3. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters.
4. Students will work in small groups on one chapter per group and discuss with the class the
synopsis, setting, characters, conflicts, themes, and Point of View over the Chapter assigned.
5. Students will work for 10 minutes on AP Multiple Choice Questions.
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Tuesday, February 12
1. Read and complete questions over Great Expectations Book Two Chpt. 38-39.
2. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters.
3. Students will work in small groups on one chapter per group and discuss with the class the
synopsis, setting, characters, conflicts, themes, and Point of View over the Chapter assigned.
4. Students will work for 10 minutes on AP Multiple Choice Questions.
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Wednesday, February 13
1. Journal Writing – What are your “Great Expectations.”
2. Read and complete questions over Great Expectations Book Three Chpt.40-42.
3. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters.
4. Students will take a test over Great Expectations – Book Two
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Thursday, February 14
1. Students will read and analyze an excerpt from Great Expectations.
1. Read and complete questions over Great Expectations Book Three Chpt. 43-45.
2. Students will continue reading/analyzing Great Expectations in small groups. Identify tone,
setting, conflicts internal/external; and characters.
3. Students will work in small groups on one chapter per group and discuss with the class the
synopsis, setting, characters, conflicts, themes, and Point of View over the Chapter assigned.
4. Students will work for 10 minutes on AP Multiple Choice Questions.
HW: Study Voc. Def.
Friday, February 15
1. Vocabulary Quiz – SAT 8.
2. Students will read their SSR novels Great Expectations Chapters 46-48
HW: Read Great Expectations Chapter 49-51.
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
AP Lesson Plans – English IV
The Victorian Period – 1832-1901
Week of: February 18 - February 22, 2013- Week 5
Monday, February 18
1. Vocabulary – SAT 9.
2. Students will continue reading Great Expectations – Book 3 Chapters 53-54.
3. Students complete the Study Guide questions and review for the test on Tuesday.
4. Look up Persuasive Devices. What appeals to them?
5. Students will go over how to write a Persuasive Essay.
6. Students will begin Persuasive Essays. Hand out information to students for Persuasive Essays.
7. Early Release – 1:30
HW: Voc. SAT 9/Rough Draft – Persuasive Essay
Tuesday, February 19
1. Students will continue reading the novel Great Expectations Chapters 55-56.
2. Students will begin reading about the Victorian poets. Tennyson, Browning.
3. Students will work on AP Multiple Choice Questions – 10 minutes.
4. Students will continue to review persuasive elements. Watch persuasive speeches from
different speakers. Discuss what makes the speeches effective. Hooks? What appeals to them?
5. Students will work on their Persuasive Essays – Begin to choose a topic or issue to take a
side for. Work on the Intro., The Hook, The Thesis, what their issue is, and where they stand.
6. Students will begin to find three sources of information to use for support for the persuasive
essays.
HW: Voc. SAT 9/Rough Draft – Persuasive Essay
Wednesday, February 20
1. Students will write in their Journals.
2. Continue to work on Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay. The students must have at least 2
sources for support.
3. Students will work on their 1st Reason why they are for/against the issue.
4. The students will continue to read Great Expectations – Chapters 57-58.
HW: Voc. SAT 9/Rough Draft – Persuasive Essay
Thursday, February 21
1. Students will finish reading Great Expectations Chapter 59, and complete the Study Guide
Questions.
2. Students may work on their rough drafts for their persuasive essays.
HW: Voc. SAT 9/Rough Draft – Persuasive Essay
Friday, February 22
1. Students will take a Vocabulary Quiz over SAT 9.
2. Students will finish their rough drafts and peer edit their papers. Students will give
constructive criticism to improve their essays.
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian Period - (1832-1901)
Week of: February 25 - March 1, 2013 – Week 6
Monday, February 25
1. Students will begin the novel – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Read background of
King Leopold and the destruction he created in the Congo.
2. Review characters analysis and read background information of the author, Joseph Conrad.
3. Begin Practice Test for AP English/Literature. Answer Multiple Choice Questions (1st
section of the packet). Work for 10 minutes and the check and grade the answers.
4. Students will begin working on Final Drafts of Persuasive Essays.
5. SAT 10 – Vocabulary.
HW: Vocabulary – SAT/Literary Terms/Final Draft Persuasive Essay.
Tuesday, February 26
1. Students will continue with the AP English/Literature Practice Exam.
2. Work on Multiple Choice Questions 1-55, (2nd Section of Questions). Check and grade.
3. Students will continue reading Heart of Darkness. Work on completing questions over the
chapter.
HW: Study Vocabulary – SAT/Literary Terms/Final Draft Persuasive Essay.
Wednesday, February 27
1. Students will write in their journals – What is the meaning of the title, “Heart of Darkness?”
2. The students will continue to read their novels, Heart of Darkness.
3. Work on Study Guide Questions.
4. Students will work on AP Multiple Choice Questions 1-55 (3rd Section).
HW: Vocabulary – SAT/Literary Terms/Final Draft Persuasive Essay.
Thursday, February 28
1. The students will take a TIMED WRITING – Open Ended Essay over Great Expectations.
2. Students will write for 40 minutes and turn in their analytical essays.
HW: Vocabulary – SAT/Literary Terms/Final Draft Persuasive Essay.
Friday, March 1
1. Students will take a Vocabulary Quiz – SAT 10.
2. Collect Final Drafts - Persuasive Essays.
3. SSR – Read novel – Heart of Darkness.
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian Period – (1832-1901)
Week of: March 4 – March 8, 2013 – Week 7
Monday, March 4
1. Students will take the TAKS Test.
2. Seniors report at 1:00.
3. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th period classes.
4. Students will continue the novel – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
5. Discuss the light/dark imagery and the connotative and denotative meaning of the images.
6. Continue the Practice Test for AP English/Literature (4th Section of Questions).
7. Work on booklet and answer Multiple Choice Questions then check and grade.
Tuesday, March 5
1. Students will finish the AP English/Literature Practice Exam.
2. Work on Multiple Choice Questions from the final section. Check and grade the answers.
3. Students will continue to read the novel Heart of Darkness. Work on completing the study
guide questions.
4. Students will begin to review types of Fallacies/Techniques used in Commercials.
5. SAT Vocabulary 11.
Wednesday, March 6
1. Journal Writing.
2. Students will continue reading Heart of Darkness.
3. Students will work on Study Guide Questions over Heart of Darkness.
4. Students will begin to review types of Fallacies/Techniques used in Commercials.
Thursday, March 7
1. Continue with novel Heart of Darkness. Work on Study Guide Questions.
2. Students will work on AP Multiple Choice Questions.
3. Students will continue to review types of Fallacies/Techniques used in Commercials.
4. Students will decide on a group and the product that they will produce a commercial for.
5. The commercial must have at least one of the techniques/fallacies that we studied.
Friday, March 8
1. Vocabulary Quiz – SAT 11.
2. Students will read silently during SSR – Read novel – Heart of Darkness.
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian/Modern Period – (1832-1901; 1902-Present)
Week of: March 11 – March 15, 2013
Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 15,
SPRING BREAK
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian/Modern Period – (1832-1901; 1902-Present)
Week of: March 18 – March 22, 2013 – Week 8
Monday, March 18
1. Vocabulary Definitions – SAT 11.
2. Students will continue the novel – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
3. Continue with annotations of Characters, plot, themes, and literary terms over each chapter.
4. Read orally and in small Literature Groups (analyzing characters, themes, literary
techniques).
5. Answer discussion questions over the novel.
6. Students will work on their commercials. They will decide on their product and write our
how the commercial will be done. They must use at least one of the persuasive devices that we
discussed in their commercials. Start Videotaping.
HW: Vocabulary Definitions.
Tuesday, March 19
1. Students will work on AP Multiple Choice Questions – 10 minutes. H.O.D. Questions 1-6.
2. Continue with reading/analyzing - Heart of Darkness.
3. Students will continue with annotations of the chapters; literary analysis.
4. Continue with questions over Heart of Darkness.
5. Students will work on their commercials. Decide on groups, the product, and the persuasive
technique that will be used. Start Videotaping.
HW: Study Vocabulary – SAT 11
Wednesday, March 20
1. Continue with novel – Heart of Darkness; Chapters 2-3 – taking complete annotations of
each chapter.
2. Students will continue with annotations over every chapter focusing on Characters,
Plot/summary, themes, Literary Elements/Techniques – (Part Three).
3. Students will continue working on their commercials for their product.
4. Students will review for a test over Heart of Darkness.
5. Journal Writing on Wednesday.
6. Students will work on their commercials. They will decide on their product and write our
how the commercial will be done. They must use at least one of the persuasive devices that we
discussed in their commercials.
HW: AP Multiple Choice WKSH/Vocab. Definitions
Thursday, March 21
1. Students will take an AP Timed Writing – Poetry Prompt.
2. Students will write for 40 minutes and turn in their analytical essays.
Friday, March 22
1. Students take their vocabulary Quiz – SAT 11.
2. Students will read silently during SSR – Read novel – Heart of Darkness.
Teacher: Lori Garbe
Unit 3 (3rd Nine Weeks)
Lesson Plans – AP English IV
The Victorian/Modern Period – (1832-1901; 1902-Present)
Week of: March 25 – March 29, 2013 – Week 9
Monday, March 25
1. Students will present their persuasive commercials.
2. Students will read/analyze the novel Heart of Darkness.
3. Continue with annotations of Characters, plot, themes, and literary terms over each chapter.
4. Complete Study Guide Questions.
5. No Vocabulary this week.
HW: AP Multiple Choice WKSH.
Tuesday, March 26
1. AP Multiple Choice Questions – 10 Minutes.
2. Continue with Heart of Darkness activities from Monday.
3. Continue on annotations of novel - Characters, Plot, Themes, Literary Devices.
4. Students will present their persuasive commercials.
HW: AP Multiple Choice Worksheet.
Wednesday, March 27
1. Students will write in their Journals.
2. The students will continue with reading Heart of Darkness and reading/analyzing activities.
3. Students will continue with annotations over every chapter focusing on Characters,
Plot/summary, themes, Literary Elements/Techniques – (Chapter 3).
4. Students will present their persuasive commercials.
HW: AP Multiple Choice WKSH
Thursday, March 28
1. Continue with activities from Wednesday.
2. Continue working on Annotations of chapters from. Heart of Darkness
3. Review chapters– Heart of Darkness. Discuss answers to questions.
4. Students will present their persuasive commercials.
HW: AP Multiple Choice WKSH/Vocab. Definitions
Friday, March 29
1. Students will take a test over Heart of Darkness.