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- AP Language and Composition Agenda
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AP Language Due Dates for Semester 2 2020
All Jungle support materials and the Winter Writing Assignment 2019 are posted on my Mesa Schoolwires page under Class Files.
Tuesday, January 15
Turn in your folder of essays and 2-3 page typed essay on the evolution of your writing. Submit to Turn It In by 10 PM. No late submissions.
Thursday, January 23
Submit The Jungle Text Connections to Turn It In by 10PM. There will be no late submissions allowed.
Friday, January 24
Exam on The Jungle
Collect 2 sets of notes on The Jungle support videos
Discussion
January 17
1. Jungle synthesis
2. Princeton Review: multiple choice strategies. Read and annotate: include EQ, marginal notes, 3-5 sentence summary. Due: 1-22. Set MC test goal for test on 2-11.
Pass out MC sample questions with explanations packet. This will be worked on in class.
3. Pass out "Letters from Birmingham": Annotate: EQ, marginal notes for understanding and literary divices, 3-5 sentence summary. Highlight different colors for: ethos, pathos, logos, and when King is specifically addressing the clergymen's letter. Include a key at top of paper. Annotations due: 1-24. You will need to read the entire packet in order to work on presentation on 1-22. Presentations on 1-24.
3. Go over Unit 1 answers and submit
Homework:
Read literature circle book #1 due: 1-28
Jungle multiple choice test on 1-24
Vocab 9 test on 1-24
Read and annotate: Letter from Birmingham Jail due: 1-24. Reading and annotating needed for group work on 1-24.
Unit 2 AP classroom due: 1-30
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
Submit The Jungle Text Connections to Turn It In by 10PM. There will be no late submissions allowed.
January 22
1. Write synthesis
2. Work on Birmingham presentation
3. Collect MC strategies notes/discuss
Homework:
Vocab 9 test on 1-24
Jungle Multiple choice test on 1-24
Read literature circle book #1 due: 1-28
Unit 2 AP classroom due: 1-30
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
Pass out "Letters from Birmingham": Annotate: EQ, marginal notes for understanding and literary divices, 3-5 sentence summary. Highlight different colors for: ethos, pathos, logos, and when King is specifically addressing the clergymen's letter. Include a key at top of paper. Annotations due: 1-24. You will need to read the entire packet in order to work on presentation on 1-22. Presentations on 1-24.
Submit The Jungle Text Connections to Turn It In by 10PM. There will be no late submissions allowed.
January 24
1. Jungle multiple choice test
2. Vocab 9 test: 12 minutes
3. Notes on Jungle due
4. Begin Birmingham presentations
Homework:
Vocab 10 test on 2-7
Read literature circle book #1 due: 1-28
Unit 2 AP classroom due: 1-30
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
January 28
1. Literature circle #1 present to group
2. district writing assessment: read sources
Homework:
Vocab 10 test on 2-7
Read literature circle book #2 due: 2-3
Unit 2 AP classroom due: 1-30
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
January 30
1. Go over Unit 2 AP classroom answers 5-8 minutes
2. district writing assessment: write essay
3. If time, MC sample packet.
Homework:
Vocab 10 test on 2-7
Read literature circle book #2 due: 2-3
Unit 3 AP classroom due: 2-3
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
February 3
1. Literature circles #2
2. discuss and submit Unit 3 5-8 minutes
3. Unit 3 Progress Check in class - finish at home
Homework:
Vocab 10 test on 2-7
Read literature circle book #3 due: 2-11
Unit 4 AP classroom due: 2-7
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
February 5
1. Read Honor Code samples: self score
2. "I Have a Dream" speech
3. MC test sample packet: pages 1-3: read and annotate
4. Letters presentations
Homework:
Vocab 10 test on 2-7
Read literature circle book #3 due: 2-11
Unit 4 AP classroom due: 2-7
15 test corrections on semester 1 final due: 2-7. All corrections done in class.
finish annotating MC test packet for 2-11
February 7
1. Vocab 10: 12 minutes
2. Write synthesis essay
3. 15 test corrections due from semester 1 final
Homework:
Vocab 11 test 2-13
February 11
1. Turn in MC test packet annotations
2. Take an hour MC test
3. Lit circle #3
Homework:
Vocab 11 test 2-13
February 13
1. Vocab 11 test: 12 minutes
2. Write RA essay
3. Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks intro
Homework:
Vocab 12 test 2-21
March 25 and 25
AP Lang CAASPP testing in the small gym
August 15
1. Syllabus: read through syllabus under "Class Files". Print the signature page and turn in on August 27
2. Vocabulary unit quizzes + literary terms will be due every other week: Vocab units found under departments: English: AP Language: AP Vocabulary
Literary terms found under "Class Files"
3. Reading schedule for the semester
4. Text Connections: follow directions. Due 8-27
Homework:
Begin reading Crucible. There are a few copies in the library, or the play can be found in the blue literature book
Acts 1/2 due: 8-23
Voab 1 + 1-10 literary terms due: 8-23
Text Connections: follow directions. Due 8-27
August 19
1. Help essay
2. Crucible PowerPoint: take 1 page of notes. PowerPoint is located under"Class Files"
Homework:
Begin reading Crucible. There are a few copies in the library, or the play can be found in the blue literature book
Acts 1/2 due: 8-23
Voab 1 + 1-10 literary terms due: 8-23
Text Connections: follow directions. Due 8-27
August 21
1. MC test Help
2. Rhetorical Triangle PowerPoint. Students take at least 1 page of notes
3. Begin 5 Cannons PowerPoint. Students take at least 1 page of notes.Both PowerPoints can be located in "Class Files"
Homework:
Begin reading Crucible. There are a few copies in the library, or the play can be found in the blue literature book
Acts 1/2 due: 8-23
Voab 1 + 1-10 literary terms due: 8-23
Text Connections: follow directions. Due 8-27
August 23
1. Crucible reading quiz Acts 1/2
2. Vocabulary Unit 1 + literary terms 1-10
Homework:
Acts 3/4 due: 8-29
Vocab 2+11-20 literary terms due: 9-5
Text Connections: follow directions. Due 8-27
August 27
Text connections due to Turn It In by 10 PM tonight
- What notes for last week? Crucible: 1 page; Rhetorical Situation: 1 page; Levels/Hayakawa's Levels of Abstraction: review; 5 Cannons: 1 page due: Thursday. Cornell: EQ and 2-3 sentence summary on each
- Reading groups - all students in a group? Bring books to class on Thursday in order to determine reading schedule and jobs
- Reading schedule for semester - students are responsible for reading on the assigned date. Make up test or quiz needs to take place during lunch the nest school day. Alternate test will be given
- Turn It In - all assignments much be submitted by due date or loss of points. No work will be graded without submission to Turn It In. Literature group work will need to be printed prior to coming to class. Hard copy is needed in order to present to your groups.
- Pass out Rhetorical Situation/Triangle handout
- Malala speech: background video, listen to speech, begin annotating for SOAPSTONR in groups
Homework due next classCornell notesCrucible reading quiz 3/4get literature circle book and bring to classAugust 29
Crucible reading quiz Acts 3/4
1. Pass out Provost paragraph assignment due date: Pass out Gary Provost sentence example handout. This is not on my website. Write a paragraph on their choice of topic using 2 of each of the 4 sentence types: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex due: 9-3
2. Collect Cornell notes
3. Review levels
4. Literature group planning time
5. Annotation activity
6. Work on Malala annotations
7. Arch PowerPoint
8. Go over essay prompt
Homework:
Vocab 2+11-20 literary terms due: 9-5
Read your literature circle book
Pass out Gary Provost sentence example handout. This is not on my website. Write a paragraph on their choice of topic using 2 of each of the 4 sentence types: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex due: 9-3. Submit to Turn It In by 10 pm. Look under "Class Files" Provost Paragraph.
Finish annotating sentences from "Summer" by Jonathan Schwartz. Look under "Class Files".
September 3
1. Annotate Agument rubric. Read sample essay. Pass back essays.
2. Finish discussing "Summer" sentences
3. Finish annotating Malala speech. Due on 9-9
Homework:
continue reading literature book
literature circle job work ffor #1 due next class. Type up work and Submit to Turn In In by 10 pm evening of 9-9
study vocab 2
September 5
No School
September 9
1. Literature circle #1 group presentations
2. Vocabulary Unit 2 + literary terms 11-20
3. Discuss arch method of thesis writing: show Arch PP
Homework:
Text connections for Crucible due to Turn It In Due: 9-10 by 10pm
Read and prepare for literature circles #2 due: 9-13. Submit to Turn It In 9-12 by 10pm. Print out your Literature Circle #2 before class on Friday
Prepare for Socratic on 9-11. discussion questions are posted under "Class Files"
Take Arch Analysis notes on Malala speech. Prompt can be found under "Class Files"
September 11
1. Socratic
2. Pass back Provost paragraph. Highight each sentence type with a differenct color and provide a key. On your paper, write a periodic sentence example.
Homework:
Prepare for Literature Circle #2 due: 9-13. Submit to Turn It In 9-12 by 10pm. Print out your Literature Circle #2 before class on Friday
September 13
1. Literature circle book week 2 presentation
2. Using the Arch Method and thesis template for Malala, write a thesis and body paragraph. Your paragraph shoudl be 8-10 sentences long and needs to relate to your thesis. Please look at your writing rubric to see what you need to include in this paragraph.
Homework:
Continue reading your book and Literature Circle #3 is due: Thursday, 9-19. Make sure to read your job descriptions carefully AND look at the rubric.
Vocab #3 and 21-30 Literary terms due: 9-19
September 17
1. Pass back graded Malala paragraphs
2. Arch analysis for Sullivan Ballou letter. Thesis and 1 body paragraph
Homework:
Continue reading your book and Literature Circle #3 is due: Thursday, 9-19. Make sure to read your job descriptions carefully AND look at the rubric.
Vocab #3 and 21-30 Literary terms due: 9-19
September 19
1. Vocab 3 + lit term test
2. Literature Circle #3
3. "Girl" essay annotations
Homework:
Literature Circle #4 + exam due: 9-25
September 23
1. Groups arch analysis "Girl"
2. Write thesis + paragraph
Homework:
Literature Circle #4 + exam due: 9-25
September 25
1. Write Douglass prompt 55 minutes
2. Discuss prompt and begin norming examples
Homework:
Literature Circle #4 + exam due: 9-25
September 27
1. Literature Circle #4 + exam
2. Scarlet Letter PP
Homework:
Begin reading Scarlet Letter 1-6 due: 10-3
Dialectical Journals due to Turn It In: 10-4 before 10PM
Scarlet Letter Reading Assignment: Dialectical Journal
Dialectical Journal: 4-5 sentences commentary needed for each quote
One sentence explaining quote.
One sentence identifying the language element.
2-3 sentence of commentary explaining the significance of the language element.
6 Quotes for each 6 chapters need to have the focus as described below
Chapeters Due Date Focus
1-6 10-3 Character, setting, imagery
7-12 10-11 Significance of names, character, setting
13-18 10-17 Symbolism, imagery, setting
19-24 10-28 Free choice
October 1
1. Norm Frederick Douglass essays
October 3
1. Vocab 4 + lit term test
2. SL quiz 1-6
3. Norm Frederick Douglass essays
October 11
1. Write The Company Man essay
2. discuss Scarlet Letter
Scarlet Letter dialectical journal due tonight by 10PM
Ocober 15
1. Discuss and norm Company Man and grade essays
2. Scarlet Letter packet
Chapters 7-18 due: Friday
pass out Scarlet Letter multiple choice packets. Complete passages 1 and 2 1-14
October 17
Scarlet Letter reading quiz 7-18
Vocab 5 + lit terms test
check completion passages 1-2
get in literature circle groups and assign roles
Scarlet Letter project due: October 28
October 22
Rhetorical Analysis essay
October 24
Bring your literature circle novel to class
Homework: Begin reading your literature circle novel
Assignment #1 due next week, 10-30
October 28
Final quiz on SL
Rhetorical Analysis essay
Begin SL presentations
AP Language Due Dates for Semester 2 2020
All Jungle support materials and the Winter Writing Assignment 2019 are posted on my Mesa Schoolwires page under Class Files.
Tuesday, January 15
Turn in your folder of essays and 2-3 page typed essay on the evolution of your writing.
Thursday, January 23
Submit The Jungle Text Corrections to Turn It In by 10PM. There will be no late submissions allowed.
Friday, January 24
Exam on The Jungle
Collect 2 sets of notes on The Jungle support videos
Discussion
2018 Winter Break Assignments
A. Read Fahrenheit 451: work due January 24
Read Part 1. Annotate the passages indicated in the multiple choice packet with the purpose of answering the questions. Complete a dialectical journal for Part 1: 6 quotes. (All Dialectical Journals must be submitted through turnitin.com.) Focus on characterization, setting, and symbolism/imagery (choose one). There will be a reading quiz on the due date.
Read Part 2. Annotate the passages in the book indicated in the multiple choice packet with the purpose of answering the questions. Complete a dialectical journal for Part 2: 6 quotes. (All Dialectical Journals must be submitted through turnitin.com.) Focus on foreshadowing, mood, and tone. There will be a reading quiz on the due date.
Read part 3. Annotate the passages indicated in the multiple choice packet with the purpose of answering the questions. Complete a dialectical journal for Part 3: 6 quotes. You choose the elements to analyze. Submit to turnitin.com
B. AP Language and Composition Reflective Writing Assignment
Due MLA format 2-3 pages typed on Monday/Tuesday, January 14/15
The following essays need to be organized in a folder:
- Summer reading synthesis
- One word process
- Frederick Douglass
- Banneker
- Santa Ana
- Company Man
- Huck Finn
- Locavore
- Clare Boothe Luce
- Chris Hedges
- Public Libraries
- Create a table of contents for your essays. Include the rubric score or grade that you received on each essay…and any rewrite grades.
- Reflect on your writing process and include the following: *What do you feel are the strengths of your writing?*What difficulties do you encounter in your writing?
- *What skills and habits specifically can you work on second semester to further improve your writing?
- *What did you learn about your writing?
- *How did your writing improve or evolve over the semester?
- Use specific CD’s from your writing to prove your analysis.
Test corrections assignment: Choose any 20 questions that you got wrong and do the following: due: before class begins 12-13
- What strategy, term, or skill was the question asking you to demonstrate?
- Define/explain that strategy, term, or skill.
- What led you astray when choosing the answer to your question?
- What would have led you to the correct answer?
Scarlet Letter Reading Schedule
9-18 1-4 character, setting, imagery
9-28 5-9 character, significance of names, setting
10-4 10-14 imagery, motifs
10-12 15-19 setting, symbolism
10-18 20-24 free choice
January 17
1. Work in long form groups
2. Gatsby introduction
Homeworrk:
Vocab 16 due: 1-25
Long Form exam due: 1-25
Long Form paper due to Turn It In due: 1-25 by 8:00 p.m.
January 19
1. Read and annotate sources for district writing assessment
Homework:
Vocab 16 due: 1-25
Long Form exam due: 1-25
Long Form paper due to Turn It In due: 1-25 by 8:00 p.m.
Gatsby reading schedule: Chapters 1-5 due: 1-29; 6-9 due: 2-5
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates.
Read and annotate "I Have a Dream" annotate for the following: ethos, pathos, logos, repetition, extended metaphor, allusions, figurative language, diction, and tone.
January 23
1. Write the district performance assessment
2. Collect "I Have a Dream" annotations
3. Pass out Letters from Birmingham. Read for next class
Homework:
Vocab 16 due: 1-25
Long Form exam due: 1-25
Long Form paper due to Turn It In due: 1-25 by 8:00 p.m.
Gatsby reading schedule: Chapters 1-5 due: 1-29; 6-9 due: 2-5
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 1-5: 1 quote for each of the topics: setting, characterization, mood, flashback, imagery
January 25
1. Long Form exam
2. 15 minute warm up Gatsby packet
3. Vocab 16 test
4. Letter from Birmingham group project
Homework:
Vocab 17 test due: 2-2
Gatsby reading schedule: Chapters 1-5 due: 1-29; 6-9 due: 2-5
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 1-5: 1 quote for each of the topics: setting, characterization, mood, flashback, imagery, and free choice.
January 29
1. Gatsby passage warm up
2. Work in groups: Letter from Birmingham questions
3. Long Form groups for week 9
Homewok:
Vocab 17 test: 2-2
Read and annotate "Letter from Birmingham" for ethos, pathos, logos, rhetorical devices, and figurative language. Use a different highlighter for each and include marginal notations.
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 1-5: 1 quote for each of the topics: setting, characterization, mood, flashback, imagery, and free choice. Due today at 8:00 pm to Turn It In.
Synthesis essay next class.
Letter presentations begin next class.
January 31
1. Gatsby warm up
2. Write synthesis
Homewok:
Vocab 17 test: 2-2
Read and annotate "Letter from Birmingham" for ethos, pathos, logos, rhetorical devices, and figurative language. Use a different highlighter for each and include marginal notations.
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 1-5: 1 quote for each of the topics: setting, characterization, mood, flashback, imagery, and free choice. Due today at 8:00 pm to Turn It In.
Synthesis essay next class.
Letter presentations begin next class.
February 2
1. 2 Gatsby passages warm up
2. Vocab 17 test
3. Registration information
4. Begin Letter presentations
Homewok:
Vocab 18 test: 2-8
Chapters 6-9 due: 2-6
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 6-9: 1 quote for each of the topics: symbols and free choice due: Turn It In 2-6 by 8:00 p.m.
February 6
1. Gatsby warm up
2. Letter presentations
3. 40 minute timed write
4. Norm synthesis
Homewok:
Vocab 18 test: 2-8
Chapters 6-9 due: 2-6
6 quotes/dialectical journals with commentary will be due to Turn It In on the reading assignment due dates. For chapters 6-9: 1 quote for each of the topics: symbols and free choice due: Turn It In 2-6 by 8:00 p.m.
February 8
1. Gatsby warm up
2. Gatsby quiz
3. Norm essay
Homework:
Vocab 19 due: 2-14
Gatsby and MLK, jr Socratic on Monday
2-14 essay
18 August 2017
1. Synthesis essay notes
2. Explain vocabulary
3. Short Form explanation
Homework:
Bedford Cornell notes pages 9-30 due: 8-22
Short Form due: typed 8-24
Vocab 1 + 1-10 literary terms due: 8-24
Essay exam on The Jungle 8-22
Multiple choice exam on the Jungle 8-24
22 August 2017
1. Essay exam The Jungle
2. Long Form groups
Homework:
Vocab 1 + 1-10 test on 8-24
Short Form due: typed 8-24
Bedford Cornell notes 81-89
Annotate Civil War letter for tone and tone shift
24 August 2017
1. Vocab 1 + 1-10 test
2. Diagnostic test + SRI
3. Check civil war annotations and Bedford Cornell pages 81-89
4. Jungle exam
5. Tone
Homework:
Vocab 2 + 11-20 Due: 8-31
Annotate Stravinsky prompt
Read "Crucible" play by 9-6 - intro next class. Full text available in Class Files
28 August 2017
1. Period 1 SRI diagnostic
2. Check Bedfore 81-89, Stravinsky and collect Short Forms and signed syllabus
Homework: Vocab 2 + 11-20 due: 9-1
Annotate Nancy Mairs for rhetorical devices and identify what word defines you (on back) and justify
Read "The Crucible" due 9-5/6
30 August
1. period 1 Jungle multiple test
2. period 7 SRI test
3. Discuss Nancy Mairs and One Word essay
4. Discuss Civil War Letter
Homework:
Vocab 2 + 11-20 dur: 9-1
One Word essay due: MLA format, typed due: 9-8
"On the Beach" annotations due: 9-6. Annotate for: tone, tone shift, literary devices, diction, identify the meaning of shell and house symbol. Marginal notes need to include analysis.
Bedford: read "The Lottery" page 120
Read "The Crucible due: 9-6
1 September
1. Vocab 2 + lit terms
2. Crucible intro discussion
3. Stravinsky activity finish on 9-6
4. Tone: Pencil Face and Lottery video
Homework
Vocab 3 + 21-30 literary terms
One Word essay due: MLA format, typed due: 9-8
"On the Beach" annotations due: 9-6. Annotate for: tone, tone shift, literary devices, diction, identify the meaning of shell and house symbol. Marginal notes need to include analysis.
Bedford: read "The Lottery" page 120
Read "The Crucible due: 9-8
Read Bedford p. 99 "Fish Cheeks" and p. 367 "Girl" due: 9-6
6 September
1. discuss "Girl" and "fish Cheeks"
2. Turn in "On the Beach" annotations
3. Return essays
4. Discuss "Crucible" topics for Socratic on 9-12
5. Stravinky
Homework
Vocab 3 + 21-30 lit terms due: 9-8
Read "The Crucible" due: 9-8
One Word Essay due 9-8
Read and annotate/oragami Queen Elizabeth prompt: Diction, tone/sentence structure, purpose, imagery, thesis sentence
Cornell notes on "Crucible" topic due: 9-12: McCarthyism, Salem Witch Trials, Arthur Miller, Puritanism, Modern Day Witch Hunts
8 September
1. Vocab 3 test
2. Quiz on "Crucible"
3. Discuss Queen Elizabeth prompt - collect
4.Writing prompt - 40 munutes
Homework:
prepare notes for Crucible socratic due: 9-12
vocab 4 + 31-40 due: 9-14
Read outside reading book! due: 10-13
12 September
1. Introduction to Scarlet Letter
2. Crucible Socratic Seminar
Homework
See bold Scarlet Letter reading schedule below. Annotate any 2 chapters per 6 chapters. Annotations should reflect the language elements listed.
vocab 4 + 31-40 due: 9-14
Read outside reading - Long Form groups - book! due: 10-13
14 September
1. Vocab 4 test
2. Discuss Douglass prompt
3. Begin norming Douglass essay
4. Explain Scarlet Letter dialectical journal assignment. Class Files to find CTFISTS handout and dialectical journal form - page 2. For each week of Scarlet Letter reading, choose 6 quotes from any of the 6 chapters and write insightful commentary. Dialectical Journal handout has details at the top. "Dialectical Journal: One sentence explaining quote. One sentence identifying the language element. 2-3 sentence of commentary explaining the significance of the language element." 6 Quotes for each 6 chapters need to have the focus as described below (1-6 Character/Imagery...).
Homework:
Bedford Reader: read "Grade A:..." under narration section. Look in table of contents for pag number.
Vocab 5 + 41-50 lit terms due: 9-22
Scarlet Letter chapters 1-6 due 9-22 plus dialectical journal
Read your outside reading/long form book!
18 September
1. continue norming Douglass
Homework:
Bedford Reader: read "Grade A:..." under narration section. Look in table of contents for pag number.
Vocab 5 + 41-50 lit terms due: 9-22
Scarlet Letter chapters 1-6 due 9-22 plus dialectical journal
Read your outside reading/long form book!
20 September
1. Quiz on Grade A essay
2. Finish norming Douglass essays
3. Socratic on Grade A
Homework:
Vocab 5 + 41-50 lit terms due: 9-22
Scarlet Letter chapters 1-6 due 9-22 plus dialectical journal
Read your outside reading/long form book!
Scarlet Letter Reading Schedule:
#1-6 Due: 9-22 Character/Imagery
7-12 Due: 9-28 Character/Significance of Names
13-18 Due: 10-6 Setting/Symbolism
19-24 Due: 10-12 Free Choice
22 September
1. Vocab 5 test
2. Scarlet Letter 1-6 quiz
3. turn in dialectical journals
4. Check passage 1 Scarlet Letter
Homework:
Vocab 6 + 51-60 due: 9-28
Dialectical journal 7-12 focus on character and significance of names
Read 7-12
Read long form book
26 September
1. Check passages 2-3
2. Oragami activity on Meena Alexander
3. Write 40 minute essay
Homework:
Vocab 6 + 51-60 due: 9-28
Dialectical journal 7-12 focus on character and significance of names
Read 7-12
Read long form book
28 September
1. Scarlet Letter quiz 7-12
2. Vocab 6 test
3. Check passage 4 answers and annotations
4. Turn in dialectical journal 6-12 6 quotes and commentary
5. Discuss Santa Ana prompt and begin norming essays
Homework:
vocab 7 + 61-70 due: 10-6
Dialectical journal 13-18 focus on setting and symbols due: 10-6. Commentary needs to be 4-5 sentences. Read the top of the dialectical journal page. Go to Class Files page 2 for morw dialectical journal blank pages.
Pssages 5-6 due: 10-3. Annotations need to include marginal notes and number annotations.
Read long form book
2 October
1. Check passages 5 and 6
2. finish norming Santa Ana
Homework:
Passage 7 due next class
vocab 7 + lit terms due 10-6
#13-18 due 10-6 focus on symbolism and setting
6 quotes dialectical journal due 10-6
4 October
1. Work on thesis and body paragraph for Meena Alexander
2. Check passage 7
3. Time in Long Form groups.
Hand out Writing and Rewiting Hawthorne worksheet. Due October 11.
Homework:
Same as 10-2
6 October
1. Vocab 7 + lit terms quiz
2. 40 min timed write
3. Check passage 8
Homework:
vocab 8 + lit terms due 10-13
#18-24 quotes and responses dialectical journal and reading due: 10-13
Hawthorne writing and rewriting handout due: 10-10
Finish long form book. Intro and conclusion in class on 10-10
9 October
Library to write introductions and conclusions
Check passages 9 and 10
13 October
1. work day for Hawthorne: dialectical journal, writing and rewriting Hawthorne
Turn in dialectical journals and Scarlet Letter Packets and Writing/Rewriting handout
2. Vocab 8 test
Homework:
Long Form test on 10-16
16 October
1. Long Form test
2. Correct Scarlet Letter Packets 1-90
3. Pass out all dialectical journals and students self evaluate quality of responses
Homework: Vocab 9 test due: 10-19
Scarlet Letter test 10-19
19 October
1. Vocab 9 test
2. Scarlet Letter test
3. Scarlet Letter test corrections assignment: Choose any 20 questions that you got wrong and do the following: due: 10-27
- What strategy, term, or skill was the question asking you to demonstrate?
- Define/explain that strategy, term, or skill.
- What led you astray when choosing the answer to your question?
- What would have led you to the correct answer?
4. Discuss Banneker
5. Assign Scarlet Letter creative character/theme/symbol group assignment. Due: 10-31
6. Assign Week 18 Long Form books/groups.
Homework:
Bedford read: "A Modest Proposal" due: 10-31
Vocab 10 test due: 10-27
Long form papers and exam due week of December 4
Huck Reading Schedule:
Annotate and Dialectical Journals: Dialectical Journals 6 quotes + responses will be due on the date lited below.
Chapters 1-11: Characterization, Setting, Dialect due: 10-31
12-22: Imagery, symbolism, Satire due: 11-7
23-33: themes due: 11-14
34-43: Free Choice: 11-27
Huck 1-90 Multiple Choice Schedule. Anotate each passage for the answer.
Passage Due date
1 10-27
2-3 10-31
4 11-3
5-6 11-7
7 11-9
8-9 11-14
10 11-15
11-12 11-27
23 October
1. Norm Banneker
2. Timed write
3. Pass out Huck 1-90 packets
Homework:
Vocab 10 test due: 10-27
Bedford read: "The Meaning of a Word" and "Being a Chink" due 10-25
Read Huck
Begin Long Form book
Read Scarlet Letter satire due: 10-31
25 October
1. Huck intro
2. Watch Anderson Cooper discussion on Huck Finn
3. Watch 60 Minutes Huck
Take Cornell notes on both videos.
4. Time in Scarlet Letter groups
Homework:
Vocab 10 test due: 10-27
Read Huck 1-11
Read Bedford: "The Meaning of a Word" and "Being a Chink" and write a response: What was each author's message on race and language?
Dialectical Journal #1 due 11-3 see above the reading schedule for specific annotation topics
Passage #1 in Huck packet 1-90 due on 10-27
27 October
1. Finish discussion
2. Norm essay
3. Vocab 10 test
4. Check passage 1 Huck packet
31 October
Huck discussion
timed Write
Check Passages 2/3
Homework:
vocab 11 due 11-3
11-3
check passage 4
1. Scarlet Letter presentations
2. Dialectical Journal #1 due
3. vocab test #11
11-7
1. Check passages 5/5
2. Norm Scarlet Letter essay
3. Choose 1/3 for me to grade: Banneker, Goodman, Scarlet Letter
Homework:
Huck reading and passage 7
vocab 12 test
11-9
1. Kennedy timed write
2. Huck quiz 1-22
3. check passage 7
4. vocab 12 test
6. collect dialectical journal #2
Homework:
Huck passages 8/9
Read Huck
vocab 13 test due: 11-16
11-14
1. Norm essay
2. Huck timed write
3. check passages 8/9
Homework:
Huck passage 10
read Huck
Vocab 13 due: 11-27
Huck dialectical #3 due: 11-16
11-16
1. 1 hour multiple choice test
2. norm essay
3. students choose any essay to rewrite over break. Due to Turn It In: Friday, November 24 by 8:00 p.m.
4. collect Huck dialectical #3
5. Check passage 10
Homework:
vocab 13 due: 11-27
Huck exam due: 11-27
Huck dialectical #4 due 11-27
Huck passages 11-12 due 11-27
27 November
1. Check passages 11-12 and correct Huck packet
2. Collect #4 dialectical journal
3. Locovore synthesis: read and annotate
Homework:
Vocab 13 test on Friday, December 1
Book annotations due on Friday, December 1: annotate 1 chapter per section. Make sure to annotate for specific topics. See reading schedule for Huck above in bold
Huck test on Friday, Decmber 1
Read Long Form books!
Intro and Conclusion write in class on December 5
Exam and paper due on December 7: paper due to Turn It In on December 7 by 8:00 p.m.
29 November
1. Synthesis discussion
2. Complete Flee Map in class
Homework:
Vocab 13 test on Friday, December 1
Book annotations due on Friday, December 1: annotate 1 chapter per section. Make sure to annotate for specific topics. See reading schedule for Huck above in bold
Huck test on Friday, Decmber 1
Read Long Form books!
Intro and Conclusion write in class on December 5
Exam and paper due on December 7: paper due to Turn It In on December 7 by 8:00 p.m.
1 December
1. Huck test
2. Vocab 13 test
3. go over Q3 and read samples
4. turn in Huck annotations
Homework:
Read Long Form books!
Vocab 14 test: December 15
Long Form papers due: December 7 Turn It in by 8:00 p.m.
5 December
1. Synthesis essay 40 minutes
2. Time to write intro/conclusion in Long Form groups
Homework:
Read Long Form books!
Vocab 14 test due: December 15
Long Form papers due: December 7 Turn It in by 8:00 p.m.
7 December
1. 80 minutes to write 2 essays
Long Form papers due: December 7 Turn It in by 8:00 p.m.
Homework:
Read Long Form books!
Vocab 14 test due: December 15
Long Form papers due: December 7 Turn It in by 8:00 p.m.