Ms. Willner's Site
Professional Development
British Lit 2014-2015
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Unit 1: The College Essay
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Week 1: August 27th-29th
Week 2: September 2nd-September 5th
Week 3: September 8th-12th, 2014
Week 4: September 15th-19th
Unit 2: The Sonnet
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Week 4: September 18th-19th
Week 5: Intro to Flipping
Week 6: Comprehending Sonnets
Week 7: Close-Reading Sonnets
Week 8: Sonnet Project
Week 9: Poetry Reading
Unit 3: Hamlet
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Week 9: Hamlet Pre-Reading
Week 10: Act 1 of Hamlet
Week 11: Themes in Hamlet
Week 12: Act 3
Week 13: Soliloquy Project
Week 14: Performing Soliloquies
Week 15: Act 4
Week 16: Act 5
Week 17: Writing Essays
Week 19: Midterm Prep
Unit 4: Introduction to Critical Theory
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Week 21: Intro to Literary Theory
Week 22: Social Class, Gender, and Formalist Lenses
Brit Lit 2013-2014
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Unit 1: The Sonnet
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Week 1: January 28th-January 31st, 2013
Week 2: February 3rd through February 7th
Week 3: February 10th-14th
Week 4: February 24th-28th
Week 5: March 3-6th
Unit 2: Hamlet
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Week 1: March 7th
Week 2: March 10th-14th
Week 3: March 17th-21st
Week 4: March 24th-28th
Week 5: March 31st-April 4th
Week 6: April 7th-April 11th
Week 7: April 14-16th
Week 8: April 28th-May 2nd
Week 9: May 5th-9th
Week 10: May 12-May17th
Unit 3: Poetry Survey
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Week 1: May 19th-May 23rd
Week 2: May 27th-May 30th
Exam Assignment
American Literature 2014-2015
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Unit 1: The Great Migration & The Harlem Renaissance
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Week 1: August 27th-29th
Week 2: September 2nd-September 5th
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Block 4: Great Migration Blog Post
Block 5: Great Migration Blog Posts
Week 3: September 8th- 12th
Week 4: September 15th-19th
Week 5: September 22nd-26th
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Block 4 Podcasts
Unit 2: The Great Gatsby
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Week 6: September 29th-October 3rd
Week 7: October 6th-10th
Week 8: Flipped Gatsby
Week 9: Chapters 4 & 5
Week 10: Chapters 6 & 7
Week 11: Chapters 8-9
Week 12: Essays
Week 13: Completing Essays
Week 14: Playlist Project
Unit 3: The Power of Rhetoric
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Week 15: Introduction to Rhetoric, Bias, & Argument
Week 16: Analyzing Speeches
Week 17: Analyzing Speeches Continued
Week 19: Composing Speeches
Week 21: Speech Competition
Unit 4: Raisin in the Sun
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Week 22: Intro to Raisin in the Sun
Discriminatory Housing Policies
Unit 5: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Unit 6: Random Family
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Audiobooks
Unit 7: Savage Inequalities
9th Grade 2015-2016
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Introductions
Blogging
Short Stories
NaNoWriMo
Night
To Kill a Mockingbird
12th Grade 2015-2016
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Mini-Unit: The Metamorphosis
Unit 1: College Essays
Unit 2: Director Study
Unit 3: Serial
The Sonnet
Hamlet
Literary Theory
Brit Lit
2013-2014
Ms. Willner's Site
Professional Development
British Lit 2014-2015
>
Unit 1: The College Essay
>
Week 1: August 27th-29th
Week 2: September 2nd-September 5th
Week 3: September 8th-12th, 2014
Week 4: September 15th-19th
Unit 2: The Sonnet
>
Week 4: September 18th-19th
Week 5: Intro to Flipping
Week 6: Comprehending Sonnets
Week 7: Close-Reading Sonnets
Week 8: Sonnet Project
Week 9: Poetry Reading
Unit 3: Hamlet
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Week 9: Hamlet Pre-Reading
Week 10: Act 1 of Hamlet
Week 11: Themes in Hamlet
Week 12: Act 3
Week 13: Soliloquy Project
Week 14: Performing Soliloquies
Week 15: Act 4
Week 16: Act 5
Week 17: Writing Essays
Week 19: Midterm Prep
Unit 4: Introduction to Critical Theory
>
Week 21: Intro to Literary Theory
Week 22: Social Class, Gender, and Formalist Lenses
Brit Lit 2013-2014
>
Unit 1: The Sonnet
>
Week 1: January 28th-January 31st, 2013
Week 2: February 3rd through February 7th
Week 3: February 10th-14th
Week 4: February 24th-28th
Week 5: March 3-6th
Unit 2: Hamlet
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Week 1: March 7th
Week 2: March 10th-14th
Week 3: March 17th-21st
Week 4: March 24th-28th
Week 5: March 31st-April 4th
Week 6: April 7th-April 11th
Week 7: April 14-16th
Week 8: April 28th-May 2nd
Week 9: May 5th-9th
Week 10: May 12-May17th
Unit 3: Poetry Survey
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Week 1: May 19th-May 23rd
Week 2: May 27th-May 30th
Exam Assignment
American Literature 2014-2015
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Unit 1: The Great Migration & The Harlem Renaissance
>
Week 1: August 27th-29th
Week 2: September 2nd-September 5th
>
Block 4: Great Migration Blog Post
Block 5: Great Migration Blog Posts
Week 3: September 8th- 12th
Week 4: September 15th-19th
Week 5: September 22nd-26th
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Block 4 Podcasts
Unit 2: The Great Gatsby
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Week 6: September 29th-October 3rd
Week 7: October 6th-10th
Week 8: Flipped Gatsby
Week 9: Chapters 4 & 5
Week 10: Chapters 6 & 7
Week 11: Chapters 8-9
Week 12: Essays
Week 13: Completing Essays
Week 14: Playlist Project
Unit 3: The Power of Rhetoric
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Week 15: Introduction to Rhetoric, Bias, & Argument
Week 16: Analyzing Speeches
Week 17: Analyzing Speeches Continued
Week 19: Composing Speeches
Week 21: Speech Competition
Unit 4: Raisin in the Sun
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Week 22: Intro to Raisin in the Sun
Discriminatory Housing Policies
Unit 5: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Unit 6: Random Family
>
Audiobooks
Unit 7: Savage Inequalities
9th Grade 2015-2016
>
Introductions
Blogging
Short Stories
NaNoWriMo
Night
To Kill a Mockingbird
12th Grade 2015-2016
>
Mini-Unit: The Metamorphosis
Unit 1: College Essays
Unit 2: Director Study
Unit 3: Serial
The Sonnet
Hamlet
Literary Theory