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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.

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

Monday, August 30, 2010

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.