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Tues 9/4 = Drafting day for College Essay. Must have a struggle, an epiphany, and 3 literary techniques minimum. Due 9/10.
Wed 9/5 = Story #3: "A Hunger Artist." Point of View. Allegory. Parable. Symbolism. What else? Close read and YOU drive discussion tomorrow! Thurs 9/6 = QAC2. Every student must speak competently twice for a 4/4 reading grade. Short Story #4 "The Necklace." Fri 9/7 = CR activity/writing grade, Room 307. Time left over? Edit essays! Peer Edit will be on 9/12. Study Vocab. SS #5: "A&P" Mon 9/10 = HOLIDAY OBSERVATION. Multiple Choice diagnostic continued. Study Vocab. Work on Papers. Tues 9/11 = HOLIDAY OBSERVATION. Multiple Choice Answers. Study Vocab. Work on Papers. Mastery Project Reading Day Wed 9/12 = Peer Editing. Short Story #6: "Hills Like White Elephants." Finish for Homework Thurs 9/13 = Voc Quiz 1: The first 30 words. QAC "Hills." Fri 9/14 = QAC "A&P." Professor book Chapter 2, Chapter 7, Chapter 19, Chapter 22. Weekend = "Araby" MONDAY 9/17 = College or Scholarship Essay due START OF CLASS. MLA/Grammar&Punc.Checked/StruggleEpiphanyRes. Mon 9/17 = In Class Writing: Something about the Short Story. Be able to refer to characters/titles/authors/themes/POV/basically everything about 4 of the stories. YOU CAN USE YOUR NOTES ON THIS ONE! HW = "Cathedral" Tues 9/18 = Professor book: Chapters 2, 3, 7, 19, 22 Wed 9/19 = HOLIDAY OBSERVATION. Mastery Project Workday 2: Concentrate on Characters/Settings/Quotes that reveal Character Thurs 9/20 = Short Story Test. Fri 9/21 = Writing Folders/Mastery Project Workday 3: In computer lab to find criticism. 9/24-9/28 = FALL BREAK! HAVE FUN!!! Link for financial class on 10/10 = https://goo.gl/forms/qEe0lRm6djJpA0oO2 Final = 20%
Reading/Speaking/Listening = 35% Writing = 35% Vocab/Language = 5% Mastery Project = 5% (information to come later) Wed 8/1 = Introduction to AP Lit Thurs 8/2 = Plagiarism Contract, Timeline of Literature/Book Inventory with Sample Open AP Lit Question Friday 8/3 = Clips/Timeline on C. Bronte's life (I will link them here if you miss this class on Friday) BRING JANE EYRE MONDAY! 1. https://www.bustle.com/articles/155549-how-did-charlotte-bronte-die-the-answer-isnt-as-simple-as-you-might-think 2. https://www.bronte.org.uk/the-brontes-and-haworth/chronology 3. http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/brontetl.html 4. https://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Bronte-Charlotte-Chro.html 5. https://gpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mast17-soc-brontebarriers/breaking-barriers-to-walk-invisible-the-bronte-sisters-masterpiece/?#.W2Cqu2gvw2w 6. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/the-brontes-secret/480726/ Also see post below with sites from the summer. Kleenex Box Project (10/10 vocab/lang, due 8/10 Fri.): Decorate a Kleenex box for use in the room with book info: author, title, nation of writer, date written, genre, main characters spelled correctly, setting(s), main plot, themes (try not to use one noun...describe it just a little). Please just write somewhere the source you used...for this it will not have to be MLA format! Mon 8/6 = College Essay Info, Close Read Ch 1 together, Have Jane Eyre with you today! Tues 8/7 = Media Center Scavenger Hunt: MLA Formatting Wed 8/8 = 2 Fairy Tales/The Writer's Sub-conscious Thurs 8/9 = Names Fri 8/10 = Kleenex Box Due. Guidance lesson Mon 8/13 = Guidance Again Tues 8/14 = Kleenex Boxes/Names Review/Genre/Location Wed 8/15 = Location Continued/Other Topics Thurs 8/16 = Other Topics/Criticism Fri 8/17 = Criticism/Theme/Essay Info/Master Project Info Mon 8/20 = Objective Test, Jane Eyre Tue 8/21 = Essay Test...Meet in MEDIA CENTER, Jane Eyre Wed 8/22 = Master Project Sign Ups, Diagnostic M/C Test, HW = Start Mastery Project Thurs 8/23 = Diagnostic M/C Test Groupwork and Analysis, Terms Fri 8/24 = Storytime! Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" 1853. HW = Prepare for Question/Answer/Comment on Monday for a small reading grade Monday. Basically, just annotate, and think about the story. Why did Melville write this? Why is it "an irreparable loss to literature" that Bartleby's life not be known (paragraph 1)? Mastery Project Work = NOW IT IS FOR ONE WORK: Have a book or play with you on Tuesday. Be ready to finalize your sign up that day! Mon 8/27 = Voc. AP Lit terms 1-30 will be 9/13. QAC: "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" Tues 8/28 = "Bartleby" Plot Structure. Final Sign Up Mastery Project. Reading Day. Have a book with you! Wed 8/29 = College Essays: 2 good examples. You will need to turn one in on 9/10. Needs to have a struggle and epiphany. Thurs 8/30 = Storytime 2: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Fri 8/31 = Discussion, Time to work on Terms for 9/13 quiz You will need a one inch binder with some filler paper and a pack of 5 tabs. See you tomorrow!
* Check this out and read SOMETHING: https://blog.prepscholar.com/ap-literature-reading-list
* I look forward to preparing for the AP Lit Test with you this year! * I finished Jane Eyre this week. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about it! * Here are some interesting, brief articles about J.E.: ----https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/how-jane-eyre-created-the-modern-self/460461/ ----https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/movies/06eyre.html ----https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/jane-eyre-and-the-19th-century-woman and all the other interesting links on the right that side of this last article that also deal with J.E.... ----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ElJZuKGEI&list=PLiMA6nkv3p78qGavIn3xyND8oipaQMAdm (this is a collection of old movies) |
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