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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

AP - Week 2

Monday 8-30

Turn in your literary terms, address issues with MWDS, Gallery Walk with evaluations, and HW: "The Yellow Wallpaper" with questions and Vocabulary Sentences (due Wednesday) - MWDS (due Friday)



Tuesday 8-31

Literary Circles, Tests will be returned, Peer Editing,



Wednesday 9-1

Discussion of "The Yellow Wallpaper"

HW: Read "The Story of an Hour" and "Desiree's Baby" for Friday



Thursday 9-2

Sample AP Exam



Friday 9-3

Assign The Great Gatsby, Literary Terms Quiz, Peer Edit Assignment, and "Owls".
HW: "Owls" Essay, Chopin Short Stories, Gatsby Chapters 1-9 for Friday, and Peer Edit.

AP - Week 1

Wednesday (8/25):

Test on summer reading, submission of summer reading, syllabus, letter to parents, information sheet (Due Friday), snapshot of course, and homework: close reading of TPB questions 1-8 due Thursday and take-home test due Friday

Thursday (8/26):

Submit and discuss close reading, discussion of syllabus, literary terms in TPB (first 4 in class) due Friday, and course expectations. Homework: finish literary terms, essay test, and placard for your product.

Friday (8/27):

Information sheet due, test due, assign MWDS (due Friday 9-3), and discussion of literary terms found in TPB. HW: finish placard

Next Week:

Gallery Walk of Products with placard, Literary Circles on TPB, Wrap-up of TPB, Sample AP Exam, Short Stories, and The Great Gatsby.

English II

You must reply to each of these questions with thoughtful and intellectual responses:
1. In your own words, what are human rights? Who should have them? What are the rights that every human should have?
2. Comment on how you perceived the altercation that Amir got himself into. What was it like? What did it show about him? How has he grown? What are your thoughts on his actions/reactions?

Week 14

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