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
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