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Friday, October 22, 2010

AP Week 10

Parents: Due to the county server, I wasn't able to send home progress reports on Friday. I sent them home on Wednesday. Also, just like ENG II, AP students will recieve 4 grades throughout the semester; however, the only grade that will appear on their transcript is the final grade assigned in June. This is a crucial year and comes with many growing pains and learning curves;however, desire and dication are powerful forces!

Monday: Peer Edit of Reverse Mapping - Groups for Toulmin (Prezi) - SAT Practice Test 2
HW: Finish Preze, SAT Practice, and Peer Editing


Tuesday:
Finish Prezi and assignment for the class.
HW: Finish Prezi and SAT packet - Finish The Awakening for Monday


Wednesday:
Present Toulmin lessons
HW: Annotate M.E. Lewes


Thursday:
Learning about the Free Response Questions - Read commentary, extract main ideas, apply to a sample student essay, and evaluate a student essay.
HW: Write the draft of M.E. Lewes


Friday:
APUSH All Day - Regardless, Mrs. Hunter will collect your essays.
HW: Check this link!

English I Weekly Assignments

October 18 - 22

October 11 - 15

October 4 - October 8

September 27 - October 1

September 20 - 24

September 13 - 17

September 6 - 10

August 30 - September 3

August 25 - 27

Monday, October 18, 2010

AP Week 9

Monday:
"I Am A Woman" Multiples
HW: page 638 in the SAT book #1-24

Tuesday:
Meet in the Library - bring "The Awakening"
HW: Read TA to chapter 20 by Monday.


Wednesday
SAT Check, Thesis Writing, and Kate Chopin
HW: Notes on Chopin, The Awakening, and Realism


Thursday:
Literary Movements in American Lit.
HW: Notes on Toulmin's Theory (and here's a consice look at it:)


Friday:
Delving into Toulmin's world!
HW: Reverse Mapping of Gatsby

Friday, October 8, 2010

AP Week 8

Monday:
We will meet in the multipurpose room! You will stay with Mrs. Hunter for the duration of class.


Tuesday:
Seminar: "Taking a Bite" out of television analysis.
HW: Read, edit, annotate, and grade the two versions of the "Owls" essay.



Wednesday:
"Owls" - You will get back and self-grade your essay considering the comments I made as well as annotate the exemplars.
HW: complete rubric and notes in SAT book pages 271 - 280.

Thursday:
Subject/Verb Agreement and Fragments
HW: Rewrite the final draft of "Owls" and redo rubric.

Friday:
Freak-Out Free Friday!
HW: Owls Essay Final

Friday, October 1, 2010

AP Week 7

Monday:
Turn in MWDS, SAT review, Socratic Seminar, and Gatsby Essay (due Thursday).
HW: Gatsby Essay

Tuesday:
Types of Sentences, Brainstorm for Gatsby, and return papers.
HW: "I Want a Wife" and Grammar Worksheet

Wednesday:
Reading Check on "I Want a Wife" and types of sentences.
HW: Gatsby Essay

Thursday:
Seminar (in house) on "I Want a Wife".
HW: Peer Edit

Friday:
Half Day - Cross-Curricular Lesson with Mrs. Hunter (Worksheet - Letter - Additional Notes with links)
HW: You will read "Taking a Bite out of Twilight". From this reading you will identify with the perspective of the author, the intended audience, and the author of the Twilight series. Consider it's impact on society. You will then select a show on TV to address how it has a feminist lens! Focus on the context of the series, the commercials shown, the dialogue of the characters, etc...
Please have this for class on Monday.