A Separate Peace Reading Schedule

Dates

Due that
day

Nov.
20
Nov.
23

In Class that day:

Introduce novel, brief
background
Discuss reading schedule &
reading
expectations/annotation

Be thinking about Gene and

Finnys relationship as you
read. Who is more mature?
Also find PPE point for these
chapters; you will make one
PPE for each chapter. Think
about this: what did Knowles
intentionally do to
create/reveal his theme(s)?

Have read
chapters 12 by this
date
Due- 2
PPEs
One for
Chapter 1
and one for
Chapter 2

Nov.
30
Dec. 1

Have read
1-5 Quiz
Today
Chapters 15 PPEs
Due!
(5 of them-

(things to consider as reading and

writing)

HOMEWORK:
Read chapters 1-2 before next
block

Nov.
24
Nov.
25

Focus

Discussion/analysis of chapters
1-2

Major themes for chapters 15:

-Competiveness affects
friendship
-The effects of guilt and the need
one has for confession for
absolution of sins
-Plot focus:
Relationship between Gene and
Finny revealed.
Literary Elements:
-Conflicts characters face
(internal and external)
-Flashback ( as a literary
device/method author uses to
tell story) Why did he choose
this way (like Scarlet Ibis
-First person point of view
-Exposition of story: characters
and setting introduced. How
does author do this? Which
words, images, characterization
used to introduce important
characters and setting.
Consider all same info as above

HOMEWORK: read chapters

3-5
Complete PPE paragraph about
literary element Knowles
purposefully used. One for
each chapter (1-5)

Chapters 1-5 Quiz

Literature Groups: Analysis
and Discussion of 1-5

Major Themes:
-Anxiousness to grow up quickly
combined with anxiety about
growing older is common among
teens.
(We want independence,
freedom while simultaneously
fear responsibility)

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with
chapter #)

Homework : read chapters 6-7

PPEs for 6-7

For these
PPEs prove
Knowles
purposefull
y used a
particular
literary
device in
each
chapter.
Follow all
PPE format
rules.
Dates
Dec. 2
Dec. 3

Due that
Day
Have read
6-7

Literary Elements to
examine:
-Indirect characterization of key
characters
-characters as symbols
-Shifts in Mood from earlier in
novel (how does author do this)
Why?

In Class that Day:

Focus:

Literature Groups: Discussion

and Analysis of chapters 6-7

-Reexamine the setting- how has

it changed?
-characters: how have they
changed? Which methods of
indirect characterization does
the author use to reveal this
growth/change?
Same as above

HOMEWORK: read chapters

8-10
PPEs for 8-10
Dec. 4
Dec. 7

Have read
8-10

-We struggle as humans to find

our own personal/separate
peace away from stress of world.
-War changes things (how is this
shown in a mood shift)

Quiz 6-10
*Achieve Lab 224

Chapters 610 PPE due

today!
(5 of them)
Dec. 8
Dec.
9

Have read
chapter 11

Homework: read chapter 11

Write PPE for chapter 11

Literature Circles: In class

discussion and analysis on
chapter 11

Major theme:
Being at peace with yourself.
How do you do this?

Homework: Read 12-13

PPEs for 12-13
Dec.
10
Dec.
11

Have read
12-13 (to
the end of
novel)
PPEs for

Quiz 11-13
Literature Circles: In class
discussion and analysis on 1113

sClimax of Novel-how does

author set this up and create
tension in this scene?
-Any plot twists? Why?
-Any irony? Dramatic or
Situational?

11-13

Essay Assigned: Homework

Outline

Dec.
14
Dec.
15
Dec.
16
Dec.
17

Outline Due Summative Assessment on

Unit 1: Analyzing Authors
Craft: The Novel

Dec.
18
Dec.
21

*Achieve Lab 224 (B) LMC

Final
Drafts Due Lab (A)

First Draft
Due

Socratic Seminar

What did you gain/learn/ now

understand about life and
humans after reading this novel?