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Monday, September 27, 2010

AP Week 6

Monday:
Return progress reports, present Gatsby theme posters, and Gatsby Visual Interpretation.

Tuesday:
Discuss Visual Gatsby, finish theme poster, and discuss "Superwoman"
HW: MWDS for Gatsby by Friday, read in Readings for Writers "Superwoman" on page 655. You will need to come in with two questions regarding you experience with the text and observations that are concrete and real.

Wednesday:
APUSH All day!

Thursday:
No School.


Friday:
No School
Note: MWDS should be submitted on Monday.


Monday, September 20, 2010

AP Week 5

Monday:
Gatsby Reading Check (themes), hand out papers,
HW: Read the "Advice" section on page 3 and the "Discussion" section on page 6 of the Readings for Writers book. You will come in prepared to answer the follow-up questions and with a paragraph summary of both sections. By Friday, you will need to create AT LEAST two posts on our Wikispaces forum. ALSO: you will need to submit a final draft of the "Owls" essay by Thursday.

Tuesday:
Discussion on reading from Readings for Writers and Vocabulary.
HW: "Owls" rewrite and Wikispaces.


Wednesday:
MLK Speech with a look at persuasion and purpose.
HW: See above and SAT book pages: ___


Thursday:
Rhetoric and Persuasion in the Media: Glenn Beck.

Friday:
Gatsby discussion

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

AP Week 4

Monday:
aplanguagesbhs.wikispaces.com

Tuesday:
Complete Short Story Interactive Theater, Student Sample of "Owls" with reverse mapping, and completing student essay reverse map!

Wednesday:
Peer Editing: Owls

Thursday:
Lecture in multipurpose room (Notes 1 & 2), Intro to Writing, and Literary Terms.

Friday:
Both classes will be with Mrs. Hunter for the duration of class.

Next week: We will explore Gatsby, our SAT book, and the Readings for Writers book. There will be a reading test for Gatsby, Vocabulary Quiz, and review of Multiple Choice Test.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

AP Week 3

Tuesday:
Reading Quiz on the Short Stories, Intro to Gatsby, review of student samples "Owls".
HW: Rewrite Intro to "Owls", Half of Gatsby by Friday, and your perspective on each of the three short stories using a feminist criticism.

Wednesday:
Analysis of the three short stories.

Thursday:
Annotation of the "Owls" essay.

Friday:
Interactive Theater: Short Story Characters