Spring Semester Agenda for World Literature

Agenda for World Literature for 2014 Spring Semester

January 13 - 24: 

Aristotle’s Poetics

Begin reading OEDIPUS

January 27 - 31: 

Socratic Circle on OEDIPUS

Essay on OEDIPUS 

February 3 - 14: 

Hamlet, Act One 

Read

Handouts

Watch video

Class notes

Open Book Test

Act out

February 17 - 28: 

Hamlet, Act Two 
Read

Handouts
Watch Video

Class Notes

Open Book Test
Group Work on Act 2, Scene 2

March 3 - 14: 

Hamlet, Act Three

Read

Handouts

Watch Video

Class Notes

Open Book Test

Act out

March 17 - 21: 

Hamlet, Act Four

Read
Handouts

Watch Video

Class Notes

Open Book Test

March 24 - 28: 

Hamlet Socratic Circle

Hamlet, Act Five

Read

Handouts

Watch Video

Class Notes

Open Book Test
Hamlet Essay

March 31 - April 4:

Hamlet Essay Due

Break into groups, create scripts, act out scenes from Hamlet

April 7 - 11:   

DEATH of a Salesman

Read aloud

Act out

Homework: 
Read and outline background information about:
Arthur Miller 
Play's Commentary on Contemporary Society of Post World War Two

Impact of play 

April 14 - 20: 

Spring Break 

April 21 - 25: 

Socratic Circle on DEATH of a SALESMAN

Essay on DEATH of a SALESMAN: Contemporary Significance of Play 

April 28 - May 2: 

A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE

Read aloud

Act out

Documentary

Homework: read and outline background information about:

Tennessee Williams

Play as Commentary on Contemporary Society

Impact of play 

May 5 - 9:  

Watch video of A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE

Essay on A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE

May 12 - 23: 

August Wilson’s GEM of the OCEAN 
Read

Act out
Documentaries: 
The Middle Passage

August Wilson 

Homework: 
Read and outline information about:

The Middle Passage

Life for Blacks in Turn of the Century America

August Wilson 

Creative Process of August Wilson: Group Work 

 

Socratic Circle for GEM of the Ocean 

May 26 - 28: 

Essay on GEM of the OCEAN 

MAY 28:

Last day of school for seniors