Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Why do poets use figurative language? What is the intended outcome?

1. MC test taking activity
2. Discussion of test
3. Poetry activity?

Homework

Walden running assignment (Reading - The Ponds for Friday / Baker Farm - End for Tuesday)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Brainsorm themes for Catcher in the Rye

1. Poetry Analysis: "A Study of Reading Habits"
2. Close reading activity regarding Catcher in the Rye

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What themes do you see in 1984?

1. Time to complete close reading activity
2. Discussion of passage one

Homework

Complete any remaining questions from the close reading
Answer the final thematic question regarding 1984

Yesterday's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What values are important to your utopia?

1. Utopia review and discussion
2. Close reading activity: 1984

Homework

Catcher in teh Rye
Visual character analysis for Holden

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What makes you unique?

1. Skills workshop: Capitalization
2. Skills practice
3. Assignment of mandatory piece
4. Grading discussion
5. 30 minutes to write

Homework
Bring 1984 and Catcher in the Rye this week
"Mending Wall" essay

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What strategies did you sue to "attack" Frost's poem?

1. Group review of "Mending Wall"
2. Lecture - "Mending Wall"

Due today - UTOPIA

Homework

Mending Wall essay due Tuesday

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Agenda

SA: How does Cisneros create a conflict between individuality and community?

1. Complete close reading activity discussion.
2. Begin "Mending Wall" poem study

Homework

1984 and UTOPIA assignment due tomorrow

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Agenda

SA: What themes do you see in House on Mango Street?

1. Time for close reading activity
2. Discussion - first two close reading passages

Homework

Extension - 1984 and utopia assignments are due on FRIDAY

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Agenda

SA: What do you know about the AP test? What questions would you like answered?

1. Discussion/reading regarding test structure
2. Close reading activity - House on Mango Street
Due: House on Mango Street character analysis

Homework

1. Bring 1984 on Thursday
2. Create your version of UTOPIA
This can be a 2 page essay or an alternate form (to be discussed)

Yesterday's Agenda (sorry for the delay)

Agenda

SA: If you had to write an essay about Those Winter Sundays, what would your thesis be?

1. Complete discussion of TWS
2. Group activity - thesis, TS, and evidence
3. Group discussion

Homework

1. Read "What is Poetry" packet - take notes and revise the "What is Poetry" essay
2. Bring House on Mango Street text

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Agenda

1. SA: feedback on baseline and poetry activity
2. Poetry term quiz / notebook check
3. Discussion of "Those Winter Sundays"
4. Thesis creation and support
5. Class discussion

Homework

Create a two page definition of "poetry"

Today's Class

Agenda

Baseline test - all class!

Homework

Buy a binder
Return signed policy forms
Complete "Those Winter Sundays" poetry activity and notes on vocabulary terms

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

First Day of School

Welcome to AP Literature and Composition!

Agenda
SA: Why did you decide to take an AP class?
1. Expectations
2. Sylalbs, policies, folder, and student information
3. Poetry activity

Homework
Summer reading due Friday
Parent signatures and binders due Monday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Create a cover page for writer's workshop

Final writer's workshop day

Homework

Due Friday - paper three!!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

FINAL DAY OF REVIEW

REST UP - BE CONFIDENT - EXAM AT 8 AM!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Workshop Review

Time to write - workshop time is winding down!

Review for your AP exam on Thursday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Answer one of the Pygmalion DP

Text presentation
Review schedule

Homework
Continue review schedule
Quiz tomorrow!

Yesterday's Agenda

Sorry for the delay!

SA: Answer one of the Frankenstein DP

1. Pygmalion presentation and discussion
2. Review work schedule

Homework

Continue review schedule
Quiz on Friday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Scan last week's multiple choice questions - list any vocabulary terms you do not know.

Review packet work
STUDY, STUDY!
PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

Homework
Continue review work

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What is the climax of your autobiography? Why is that the climax/turning point?

Writer's workshop - time is winding down! Make the most of your writing time!
Review?

Homework

Review packet

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Review Reflection

Review of When I Was Puerto Rican
Finish review packet one

HW: Review!!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Answer one of The Things They Carried DP

Discussion
Review schedule

Homework
Continue to follow the review schedule

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Answer one of the Hamlet discussion prompts

Things They Carried review

Review

Homework

Review Packet

Yesterday's Agenda

Sorry for the delay!

Agenda
SA: Create two questions you could ask the expert groups

Begin expert group presentations

Begin working on review packets

Homework
Review packets

Today's Agenda

Welcome Back!

Agenda

SA: Which text will be most useful on the AP test question three? (Other than Hamlet)

Writer's Workshop - only six sessions left!

Homework

Finish expert group powerpoints / continue reading Pride and Prejudice

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Answer one of your discussion prompts in preparation for leading the class discussion

Review of expert PowerPoints
Research and construction of expert PowerPoints (round 2)

Homework

Pride and Prejudice packet
Continue expert presentations
Review!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Which text do you "know" the best? What do you recall about it?

1. Pride and Prejudice background work/discussions
2. Preparation of expert text presentations

Homework

Packet and PowerPoints (presentations emailed by start of B tomorrow)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Explain the title: Pride and Prejudice in its relationship to the text.

1. Finish poetry presentations
2. Begin Pride and Prejudice "family tree"
3. Read introductory packet and inquiry questions

Homework

Pride and Prejudice assignment due tomorrow!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What themes do you see developing in Pride and Prejudice so far?

Poetry presentations (KL, RL, KK)

Final presentations tomorrow! (Bring your texts to class)

Homework

Continue Pride and Prejudice assignment - due Thursday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Which events, people, and factors have helped to shape the person you have become.

Writer's Workshop
Introduction to assigned piece: Autobiography Writing
Time to Write

Homework
Pride and Prejudice assignment due Thursday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: per student lesson plans

1. Poetry lessons (SA and SC)
2. Continue poetry activities

Homework

Pride and Prejudice assignment due tomorrow!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Per student lesson plans

1. Continue workshop celebration share
2. Continue student led poetry lessons

Homework
Pride and Prejudice assignment

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Why is publication so important for writing?

1. Assign Pride and Prejudice work
2. Workshop share/celebration
3. Every writer must read at least one piece
4. Group critique/positive feedback

Homework

1. Read Pride and Prejudice through the end of volume one by Thursday
2. Create 10 multiple choice questions

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Final workshop update

Final workshop day! Portfolios are due on Friday (check for the writing process, diversity of styles, and mandatory piece completion)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Per students' lesson plans
Continue student lessons/activities
Possible Multiple Choice Activity

Homework

Writer's Workshop due Friday, March 30th (one week)!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: CS lesson plan - to write about adjectives describing graduation beliefs

CS lesson plan

Homework

Complete CS homework assignment

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Per "student teacher" lesson plans

Continue student poetry lessons

Homework

Per student teacher lessons

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Per student teachers' directions
Student led poetry lessons

Homework
Per student teachers' directions

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Depends upon student teaching assignments

1. First "student teacher" lesson plans
2. Schedule depends on "student teacher" lessons

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Which poem did you select and why?

1. Discuss Frankenstein questions
2. Begin research and work for poetry lesson plans

Homework

Lesson plans due tomorrow!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: List potential themes/topics for Frankenstein open-ended prompts

1. Upcoming assignment: teaching poetry
2. Frankenstein discussion questions
3. If time: begin looking for a poem

Homework

Due Wed: Find your expert poem
Due Thurs: Lesson plan
Due Friday: Lesson

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Workshop Progress

1. Review of class progress
2. Time to write

Homework

Frankenstein work due tomorrow

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: How have issues with "journeys" and "power" impacted the story of Frankenstein?

1. Finish evidence activity for "One Art"
2. Whole group discussion
3. Frankenstein quiz

Homework

Finish Frankenstein and discussion prompts by Tuesday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: List as many terms related to "attitude" that you can think of...

1. AP released poetry activity
2. Class discussion

Homework

Frankenstein assignment due tomorrow

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What made the thesis and outline difficult yesterday? What helped? What will you do differently next time?

Presentation of poetry analysis

Practice multiple choice activity

Return to Frankenstein discussion prompts

Homework
Read through page 140 - add ten more discussion prompts

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: How do you know how to structure an essay thesis? What clues do you get from the question and from the passage itself?

1. "Oymandious": Shelley poem

What does the speaker reveal about power?

2. Multiple choice passage practice

Homework

Frankenstein assignments due tomorrow!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: First reaction to the text

1. Discuss reactions/discussion prompts
2. Group work - close reading analysis

Homework

Read through page 101 - create 10 discussion prompts using two passages

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Based on the research, why do you think Frankenstein is so often studied in AP?

1. Complete and present powerpoints
2. Begin work on "Ozymandious" poem

Homework

Read through page 44 and complete discussion prompts for Friday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Summarize the story of Frankenstein as you remember it.

1. Review of sample open-ended essay
2. Background research for the novel (the author, the style, 19th century perceptions on electricity, and modern day science)
3. If time, begin presentations

Homework

Read the first 44 pages by Friday. Create 10 discussion prompts (over the course of two selected passages).

Today's Agenda

Agenda
SA: Passage perspective translation

1. Complete translation by the end of class
2. Writer's Workshop

Homework

Complete Pygmalion and essay by tomorrow

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Close reading quiz

1. Discussion
2. Act III discussion prompts
3. Whole group reading

Homework

Finish the play! Answer one open-ended question. Have a great break...

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: How is Pygmalion a comedy? Be specific!

1. Pygmalion close reading activity
2. Group reading and analysis

Homework

Due Thursday: Act II and two page analysis of "The Flower Girl"

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Workshop update
1. Time to write

Homework

Read Act One of Pygmalion for tomorrow

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What themes did you choose to include in your skit? What made this challenging?

1. Skit presentation
2. If time, begin Pygmallion background

Homework

Bring in AP payments

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Why does Shakespeare use so many soliloquies in his play?

1. Presentation of soliloquy work
2. Time to work through skits

Homework

Skits due tomorrow
AP payments due by the end of the month

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Peer review thesis papers

1. Soliloquy Activity
2. If time: skit writing continued

Homework

Skits due Friday
Payments due by the end of the month

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: List potential thesis statements for the choice thesis paper assignment

1. Discussion of thesis statements
2. Completion of Act V
3. Discussion of potential themes
4. Video version of the play
5. Begin creating skits

Homework

Choice thesis paper due tomorrow (minimum of three pages)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Creative Writing Task (character, conflict, setting)

1. Writer's Workshop
2. Hamlet Update

Homework

1. Choice thesis paper (min 3 pages) due Wednesday
2. AP payments due at the end of the month

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast any two characters in Hamlet

1. Discuss thesis-based responses
2. Read Act V together
3. Discuss character, theme, and conflict
4. Begin creative writing task (if time)

Homework

AP payments are due by the end of the month!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Laertes and Hamlet

1. Read and analyze Acts IV and V
2. Discuss and answer text questions

Homework

Due Friday: select and answer one 40 minute AP prompt relating to Hamlet

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Is Hamlet a sympathetic character? Use text evidence to support your claims.

1. Continue reading Act IV - acting and analyzing the play
2. Act IV small group questions

Homework

Select and answer one 40 minute open-ended essay prompt for Friday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What are your goals and expectations for this writer's workshop session?

1. Introduction to journal writing (first assigned piece)
2. Time to write

Homework

1. Finish Hamlet and journal for Wednesday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Is Hamlet justified in his treatment of Ophelia? Why or why not?

1. Roots Quiz II
2. Discuss Hamlet's actions and rationale
3. Continue reading Act III
4. Discuss character, theme, and conflict
5. Analyze Act III questions

Homework

Complete the play and journal by Wednesday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Create and answer one AP-style question regarding Hamlet

1. Continue reading and discussing Act II
2. Group analysis of Act II questions

Homework

1. Read and journal through Act IV
2. Prepare for ROOTS quiz (tomorrow!)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What do you think of Hamlet's mother? What kind of woman is she? Is she to blame for the shame Hamlet feels? Use text evidence to support your claims.

1. Complete and discuss Act I questions
2. Continue reading Act II in class
3. Discuss character, theme, and conflict
4. Journaling Activity

Homework:
Act IV and journal due Friday
Root quiz due Friday

Agenda - First Day of Semester Two!

Agenda

SA: How would you characterize Hamlet? How do you know?

1. Class reading of the play
2. Discussion of key elements, themes, and conflicts
3. Completion of Act I questions
4. Group activity discussing journal prompts

Homework

Read Act IV and journal by Friday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: What do you remember about Shakespeare? His language? His times?
2. Final Beloved discussion
3. Grade Reports!
4. Shakespeare background research

Homework

1. Prepare for prefix quiz
2. Finalize background research
3. Read and journal Hamlet through Act I

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: Status report for writer's workshop (what is done, what is in the works, what is left to do?)
2. Writers Workshop Day

Homework

1. Read Hamlet, preface and Act I, sc i
2. Study prefixes for quiz this Friday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1 . SA: Answer two of the questions you wrote for Morrison (by taking her perspective)
2. Discussion of yesterday's poetry activity
3. Video: Toni Morrison interview
4. Post-Beloved question/answer activity

Homework

Continue to study prefixes (new novel coming on Monday!)

Yesterday's Agenda

Sorry for the delay!

1. SA: List as many prefixes (with their meanings) as you can remember.
2. Distribution of prefixes list (quiz next week)
3. "Barbie Doll" versus "Phenomenal Woman" poetry analysis activity

Homework

1. Study prefixes
2. Create five questions that you would like to ask Toni Morrison regarding her novel.

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: List your thesis and topic sentences
2. Reverse outline review
3. Post-Beloved questions
4. Class discussion

Homework

Read and take notes from Sound and Sense, chapters 6 and 7

Today's Agenda

Agenda

Writer's Workshop
SA: Based on your recollection, begin to compile a list of all the practical uses for writer's workshop that you have done so far. In addition, list the result of that piece of writing (for instance, if you wrote a college application, did you get in?)

Homework

By tomorrow, finish Beloved and write a two to three page choice thesis.