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AMSA Grade 7 World Literature Syllabus

2009-2010

Week

Date

Topic

Significant

Assessments

Test, quizzes, projects, reports

1

Sept 1- 4

Welcome back; summer reading

UNIT ONE:  Roman Mythology

Intro to Roman Mythology

Ovid:  The Creation &  The Four Ages (from Metamorphoses)

Monday - Aug 31 - No school- 6th Grade Orientation

Tuesday Sept 1 - First day of school

Summer reading assessment assigned

2

Sept 7 - 11

Ovid:  The Creation &  The Four Ages (from Metamorphoses)

Roman Pantheon of gods

Monday Sept 7 - Labor Day - No school

Summer reading assessment due

3

Sept 14 - 18

The myth of Romulus and Remus

Begin UNIT TWO

Quiz on Roman mythology

4

Sept 21 - 25

UNIT TWO:  Intro to Aeneid – Lucretius and Virgil

Background on Lucretius – biography, historical context, philosophy;

Intro to De Rerum Natura

5

Sept 28 - Oct 2

Lucretius:  De Rerum Natura – book 1

6

Oct 5 - 9

Conclude De Rerum Natura – book 1

Intro to Virgil – biography & context – relationship with Augustus

Friday Oct 9 is Prof Development Day - No School

Quiz on Lucretius

7

Oct 12 -16

Conclude bio on Virgil

Excerpts from Eclogues and Georgics

Intro to Aeneid

Monday Oct 12 is Columbus Day - No School

Wed Oct 14 - PSAT grades 9,10,11

8

Oct 19 - 23

UNIT THREE:  The Aeneid

Aeneid, Books 1, 2

9

Oct 26 - 30

Aeneid, books 3 & 4

“THE DIDO FACTOR”

“Dido Factor” assessment assigned

10

Nov 2 -6

Aeneid, books 5 & 6

Term 1 Common Assessment

Friday Nov 6 - End of Term 1

Term 1 Common Assessment

11

Nov 9 -13

Aeneid, books 7 & 8

Wednesday Nov. 11 - Veteran’s day, no school

Dido Factor assessment due

12

Nov 16 - 20

Aeneid, books 9, 10 & 11

Tues Nov 17 AMC 8 grades 6,7,8

Essay on Aeneid assigned

13

Nov 23 - 27

Finsh Aeneid

Thursday and Friday  - Thanksgiving

14

Nov 30 - Dec 4

UNIT FOUR:  Roman Comedy

Intro to Roman theatre; Old Comedy / New Comedy

Intro to Plautus / Maenachmus Twins

Rough Draft of Aeneid Essay Due Monday

15

Dec 7 -11

Plautus; Maenachmus Twins Acts 1, 2 & 3

Friday Dec 11- Professional Development Day - No school

Final draft of Aeneid essay due Friday

16

Dec 14 - 18

Plautus; Maenachmus Twins Acts 4 & 5

Quiz on Roman theatre, old comedy, new comedy, Plautus & Maenachmus Twins

17

Dec 21 - 25

Scene performances for Maenachmus Twins

Thurs/Fri - Begin Christmas Holiday - No school

Performance of write your own ending scenes

X

Dec 28 - Jan 1

School closed for entire week - Christmas/New Year holiday

18

Jan 4 -8

UNIT FIVE: Horace & Ovid (Odes & Elegies)

Intro to Horace

Carpe Diem

Dulce et Decorum Est

Intro to Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica)

19

Jan 11 - 15

Horace; Art of Poetry (excerpts)

Friday Jan 15 is Prof Development Day - No School

20

Jan 18 - 22

Finish Art of Poetry

Review for common assessment

Monday, Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Day- No school

Friday Jan 22 - End of Term 2

Quiz on Horace Term 2 Common Assessment

21

Jan 25 - 29

Intro to Ovid

Intro to Metamorphoses

Ovid; Metamorphoses (excerpts)

22

Feb 1 -5

Excerpts: Metamorphoses

23

Feb 8 -12

Conclude Metamorphoses

Tues Feb 9 - AMC 10 - grades 9,10 + top 25 from AMC  8

Quiz on Ovid

X

Feb 15 - 19

February Recess. No school entire week

24

Feb 22 - 26

UNIT SIX:  Short Story  PLOT: Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

25

March 1 - 5

SETTING: Singer, The Day I Got Lost, Bradbury, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

THEME: Hughes, Thank You, M’am, Saki, The Story Teller

26

March 8 - 12

MCAS UNIT: Reading Comprehension

Friday March 12 is Prof Development - No School

project

27

March

15 - 19

MCAS: Critical/Advanced Reading Skills

MCAS: Poetry, Sample testing

28

March 22 - 26

Classes this week are at teacher’s discretion

Tues Mar 23 - grades 7,10 MCAS -ELA Comp - 2 sessions

Wed Mar 24 - grades 6,7,8,10 MCAS - Reading - 2 sessions

Thurs Mar 25- grades 6,7,8,10 MCAS - Reading - 1 session

MCAS

29

March 29 -April

2

Term 3 Common Assessment

UNIT SEVEN: Early Indian Literature

Introduction to Indian literature

The Rig Veda:  Creation Hymn; Night

Friday April 2 - End of Term 3

Term 3 Common Assessment

30

April 5 - 9

Mahabharata:  Sibi

Mahabharata:  Hundred Questions

Wed Apr 7 - ELA Comp makeup

31

April 12 - 16

Bhagavad-Gita:  The Yoga of Knowledge

Bhagavad-Gita:  Philosophy and Spiritual Discipline

Ramayana:  Rama and Ravana in Battle

X

April 19 - 23

Spring Recess. No school entire week

32

April 26 - 30

Panchatantra:  Numskull and the Rabbit

Panchatantra:  Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind

Test on Indian Literature

33

May

3 - 7

UNIT EIGHT:  Early Chinese Literature

Intro to Chinese Literature

From The Book of Songs; “I beg of you, Chung Tzu”

From The Book of Songs; “Thick grow the rush leaves”

From The Book of Songs; “O Oriole, Yellow Bird”

From the Book of Songs; “What Plant Is Not Faded?”

34

May

10 - 14

Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu; from the “Tao Te Ching” – I, II, III, VIII, IX, XXIX, XLIII,

Mon May 10 - grades 6,7,8 MCAS Math - 1 session

Tues May 11 - grades 6,7,8 MCAS Math - 1 session

Thurs May 13 - grade 8 MCAS - Science & Tech - 1 session

Fri May 14 - grade 8 MCAS - Science & Tech - 1 session

35

May

17 - 21

Confucius

Excerpts from The Analects

Mon May 17 - grade 10 MCAS - Math - 1 session

Tues May 18 - grade 10 MCAS - Math - 1 session

36

May

24 - 28

6th Grade to Nature’s Classroom:  Monday May 24 – 28

7th Grade to Stone Environmental School Monday May 24-28

8th Grade to Washington DC Tuesday May 25 – 28

Friday May 28 is Prof Development - No School

37

May 31 - June 4

Taoist writers – Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu & Lui An

T’ao Ch’ien – excerpts from Form, Shadow, Spirit

T’ao Ch’ien – “I Built My House Near Where Others Dwell”

Monday May 31 - Memorial Day - No school

Wed June 2 - grade 10 MCAS - Science - 1 session

Thurs June 3 - grade 10 MCAS - Science - 1 session

Assessment on Chinese Literature

38

June

7 - 11

Review for Final Exam

39

June

14 - 18

Final Exams

Friday June 18 - End of Term 4

June 18 is last day for students if no snow days

Final Exam

June 21 - 25

Possible snow make-up days