AP Lit Spring 2009 Lesson Plan
Day 35 WTK 2 quiz
(4/23) Hamlet act V quiz
Discuss DiYanni HW
Assign DiYanni EC HW: “Gimpel the
Fool” (3 Q’s)
Intro Wuthering Heights
Assign WH 1.1-1.7
Day 36 Hamlet in-class essay
(4/27) Assign WTK Unit 3 words
Discuss WH HW
Assign WH 1.8-1.14
Discuss DiYanni HW
DiYAnni EC: “The Jewels”
Day 37 Discuss WH HW
(4/29) Assign WH 2.1-2.10
Intro WTK words
Practice MC
DiYAnni EC “The Cask of Amontillado”
Day 38 Discuss WH HW
(5/1) Assign WH 2.11-2.20
WTK Unit 3 sentences
In-class essay
Day 39 Discuss WH HW
(5/5) WTK Unit 3 quiz
Peer-grade in-class essay
Day 40 AP LIT TEST
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The Good Earth
By Pearl S. BuckFirst in the trilogy with Sons and A House Divided
Nobel prize for literature in 1938
Protagonist: Wang Lung, a poor Chinese farmer who, through persistence and hard work, struggles to overcome hardship and make a name for his family in their village.
Central Characters & FiguresWang Lung, protagonist
O-lan, wife of Wang Lung, formerly a slave of the house of Hwang
House of Hwang- presiding house in Wang Lung’s village, which serves as an icon of what Wang Lung aims to someday become
Wang Lung’s uncle, member of a band of thieves which serves as much of Wang Lung’s troubles
Ching- Wang Lung’s friend/neighbor, dies and is buried near his family
Sons- Wang Lung has 3 sons, two of which argue over the future plans of the estate, youngest runs off to be a soldier
Poor fool- Wang Lung’s daughter, mentally disabled as a result of famine in her infancy. Wang Lung has a very strong bond with her
Lotus- a prostitute who becomes Wang Lung’s concubine after he becomes successful
Cuckoo- a former slave of the house of Hwang, Madame of the tea house (where Lotus used to be) before becoming Lotus’ servant when moving in with Wang Lung. Disliked by O-lan because of the way she treated her at the house of Hwang
Plot OverviewWang Lung is a poor farmer, marries O-lan
They have children, buy land from Hwang family which was declining from Opium use
Famine and drought cause them to move to the Southern City, where they live in poverty
Wang Lung pulls a rickshaw, children go out and beg some. Eventually, in an attack on the southern city (due to China’s approaching war with Japan at that time), Wang Lung falls into money to spare a rich man’s life who thinks him a bandit.
Wang Lung returns home, they still have their land from before even though they sold their possessions for next to nothing to his thief uncle. O-lan had taken some jewels and money in the havoc of the attack on the city, they use this to start a new estate.
Through hard work, Wang Lung and his sons build a successful estate, and is even able to send his sons to school and hire slaves, and to buy the concubine Lotus.
Lotus becomes fat and spoiled with Wang Lung’s wealth, O-lan dies.
Wang lung now an old man, merely wants piece, but there arises a conflict over the sons and inheritance.
The sons discuss how the inheritance should work, wanting to sell the land, and even though Wang Lung tries to dissuade them so that they keep the land, they seem to have other plans
The land is the symbol of Wang Lung’s success, that which he worked so hard to buy with the little money he had, and that he kept throughout poverty, eventually returning to it and creating a successful estate. The land serves as the symbol for the theme, that hard work and persistence can turn even the poorest, most miserable, troubled peasant into the progenitor of a rich and successful family estate.
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