Unit Calendar for Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being A Wallflower"
| Week
| Pages- Chapters
| Major Activities
| Reflective Journal Entries
| Vocab
| Homework
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| 1
| Intro
| Analysis of Photography for Coming of age themes and interpreting art as means of expressing a person’s feeling – cathartic
Journal #1 and Journal #2 on photography
| Journal#1 - respond to questions (approximately two to three entries per week)
[Journal entries will be checked (not collected) at the end of each week.
Respond to each letter approximately 1 paragraph –
Weekly check is approximately 300 words or three paragraphs per week that is checked but not collected]
| Vocab. Illustration Project Due 4/4/14
| Read pages 1-21 (18)Journal # 2 and Photo due 4/4/14 Find a photo that YOU believe fits with the Coming of Age theme and write about it in your journal. Attach a copy of phot What made you choose this particular photo? How does it make you think of the Coming of Age theme? Use specific details about the subject and setting in the photo. ● What changes do you think the subject is experiencing and why? ● Can you identify with the subject in the photo? Why or why not?
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| 2 -3
| Review of 1-21(18)
p. 21-39
| Day 2: p. 21-39 Journal#3 Questions on reading pages 1-21 (18) – In class begin reading pages 19- 23 approximately
● What are your initial reactions to the novel so far? Do you like it? Dislike it?
● Can you identify with Charlie? Why or why not? Do you think the events portrayed are realistic?
| 20 minutes: ~Topic 1: Discuss the introduction of Charlie. What are your first impressions? What techniques does Chbosky use to reveal his character? Are his thoughts and actions consistent? Inconsistent? Provide support. ~Topic 2: Discuss Charlie’s relationship with his family. What are your first impressions? What kind of dynamic does his family seem to have? How do they handle conflict? Provide support. Topic 3: Discuss Charlie’s relationship with school and friends. What are your first impressions? How does he interact with his peers and teachers? Which social situations are most revealing? Provide support.
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| Finish reading pages 21- 39 HW: Journal #4 Dialectical Journal Reflections for pages 21-39
4/3/14 Check for journal entries 1-3
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| 4
| p.21-39 Reading due 4/7/14
During week Reading 42-63
| Finish Topic panel Discussions During week Reading Due: p. 42 to 63
Work in class: Journal #5: Distribute lyrics for “Dust Bowl Dance” by Mumford and Sons and “The Boxer” by Simon and Garfunkel; “Asleep” by The Smiths (see handouts). Have students read the lyrics and then play the songs aloud for them. Have students share their initial reactions to the songs.
Groups of four to analyze the songs, specifically how they may relate to the theme of Coming of Age. Distribute handout (see below) with guiding questions and tell them to take notes as we will discuss as a class tomorrow.
| week 4: Reading p. 42-63; 64-88
Journal#6 In class Journal: When bill asks Charlie “we accept the love we think we deserve” what you think he means by that? Please use specific examples in the book. 10 minutes
Journal#7: In class Journal: Tell me about Charlie’s grandfather, Is there anyone in your family that reminds you of him? Give specific details Select Major Assignment:
Panel Group Discussions: Topic 1: What is the role of abuse in the novel so far? How has Charlie identified it in his family members and/or friends? Does it alter his perceptions of these people because of it? Do you think there’s any foreshadowing taking place? ~Topic 2: What are Charlie’s current relationships with his friends? How has he showed changes from the Charlie we met in the beginning of the novel? ~Topic 3: What do the gifts Charlie gives his friends reveal about their characters? How is this similar to his usage of music?
| Extra Credit: WLRN Poetry Contest
In class: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock by T. S. Eliot – Formalities of poetry in relation to lyrics – poetic elements: stanzas, lines, enjambments, and content112-131
| HW: Read pages 89-112
Select 2 out of 3 – Check for Journals Entries#4-9 Due: 4/11-13/14: Journal#8 In the format of Charlie’s style-Start Entry with”Dear Friend” minimum of 7 sentences or more – Discuss what is your favorite song, why, what specific time does it remind them of – attach (clean not explicit) copy Or Journal#9 any of following prompts: After making Patrick a mixed tape, Charlie describes how he “just thought ….this one tape that had all of these memories and feelings and great joy and sadness. Right there in the palm……..mean” (Chbosky 62). ~Keeping this quote in mind, what do you think the role of music is in Charlie’s life? ~What does music mean to you? Do you have similar sentiments as Charlie? Why or why not? ~How do you think music helps people express their thoughts or beliefs? Can any other messages be sent through music? Or Journal #9: Write dialectical Reflection 4 reading
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| 5
| Reading due p. 89-112 4/13/14
| Reading During the week: p. 113 –131Discussion
#9) ~Why do you think the poem Charlie read aloud to his friends had such an impression on them? Be specific ~ Is there a character you most identify with? Why or why not? ~ What makes him/her stand out to you? ~ What are some of his/her positive characteristics? Does he/she have any flaws? Work on projects:
| 1) Required Mixed Tape Compilation (required) In class assignment – Choose one 2) Scene Rewrite or
3) Personal Narrative
Mixed Tape: begin brainstorming about possible songs they will Also emphasize that they should keep copies of all drafts they complete for a future project.
| Weekly Vocab HW due: 1st and 15 the of month
| HW: Reading p. 132 -155 Check for Journal #9-12 – dialectal Journal – Your interpretation 4/17/14 Reading Due: p. 112-131
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| 6
| Reading due: p. 132-155
| Reading during the Week p. 155-170 and class Discussion
Work on Projects – drafts and review
| Review for required projects
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| HW: p. 170-190 – Check for Journal #13-16 – dialectal Journal – Your interpretation
journal
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| 7
| p. 170 - 190
| Reading during the week and discussions Work on projects – drafts and review
| Work final journal entries and class projects Scene 1: Prom from Patrick’s perspective ● Scene 2: Graduation night from Sam’s perspective ● Scene 3: Charlie and Sam’s night together from Sam’s perspective ● Scene 4: Discovering Charlie/the epilogue from his parents’ perspective
| Weekly Vocab HW due: 1st &15th of month
| Reading During the week: 191-213
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| 8
| Readings completed
| Presentations
| All final submissions Due for Perks of a Wall flower
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| Final Collection of all Journal Entries#1-16 / Annotations
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