Weekly+Assignments

=Check here to see what's up for the week in AP Lit:= 5/20-5/24 College Writing Week: There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting"- Louis Brandeis M: working from a draft; common app questions hw: revise 1st essay--650 typed T: Common app questions hw: drafting common app questions W: Common app questions hw: drafting F: revising; return and revise essay question hw: NONE!!!

5/13-17 M: Persuasion hw: NONE! T: Persuasion hw: read NYtimes article and dink around NYTimes site on college application for 30 minutes W: college essay brainstorming; assignment; Persusasion hw: draft 500 words Monday to dropbox F: No class this week hw: essay draft 500 words 5//6-5/10// // M: Snow/poetry review // // hw: read Snow 31; read and analysis of prose passage // // T: Snow/poetry review // // hw: J block poetry review // // W: Speed dating the open question; // // hw: review notecards; review lit terms; GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP and eat a good breakfast // // F: Video fun; I'll bring popcorn // // hw: take the weekend off //

// I'll be going to the 3:40 showing of The Great Gatsby at The Regal Rockville //

// 4/29-5/3 // // M: analysis of Prose questions in packet; presentations // // hw: read Snow 31; read and analysis of prose passage // // T: reading quiz 20-31; discuss Snow // // hw: read two prose passages---do analysis // // W: Group work on prose passages // // hw: Snow work assigned in class // // F: Discuss Snow; professor presentations delayed until after exam; notecard assignment // // hw: three notecards for Monday //

//4/22-4/28// // M: Reading check; one professor presentation from Friday; // // hw; Snow 21-22 // // T: multiple choice; close reading practice; one professor presentation // // hw: Snow 23-24 // // W: Discuss Snow; one professor presentation // // hw: reading--Snow Falling on Cedars 25-27 // // F: Professor presentation; discuss Snow // // hw: reading--Snow 28-30 //

//4/15-19// // M: Discuss prose analysis; multiple choice work // // hw: multiple choice; Snow 12 // // T: multiple choice; passage analysis work // // hw: Snow 13-14 // // W: Writing passage analysis day // // hw: reading--Snow Falling on Cedars 15-17 // // F: Professor presentation; discuss Snow // // hw: reading--Snow 18-20 //

//4/8-4/12// // M: Peer review; multiple choice---poetry selections // // hw: poetry multiple choice // // T: chpt one instructions--- Snow Falling on Cedars // // hw: reading---Snow Falling on Cedars 1-4 // // W: Writing passage analysis // // hw: reading--Snow Falling on Cedars 5-7 // // F: Professor presentation; reading quiz // // hw: reading--Snow Falling on Cedars 8-11 //

// 4/2-4/5 // // M: // // hw: // // T: Finish HTRNLAP from Friday and passage analysis// // hw: Make/Finish literary peeps; take picture and upload to peeps page by Thursday // // W: Reading quiz; discussion of ending of book // //[]//

// hw: Finish peeps; bring in to Library **Thursday;** passage analysis // // F: HTRNLAP presentations; passage analysis; Literary Peeps awards (The "peeple's choice) // // Write 45 minute essay on passage analysis; //

// 3/19-3/23 // // M: Reading check; discuss country, conditions, childhood adventure // // hw: chpts Book I, 17-Bk 2- end of 7 // // T: Close reading passage // // hw: chpts Bk2, 8- Bk 3, through end of 2 // // W: Close reading continued; discuss country, conditions, childhood adventure // // hw: chpts Bk 3-end of book by Frd. // // F: HTRNLAP presentations; reading quiz // // hw chpts //

// 3/4-3/8 // // M-Discuss poem essays; peer review; poetry writing // // hw: write for 40 minutes on new poem topic // // T-discuss new poem essay; peer review; choose one essay to turn in; // // hw: Watch the first 30 minutes of [|Willa Cather: The Road is All]; read first 10 pages // // W- turn in poem essay choice; discuss authorial choices at beginning of //My Antonia // hw: Watch 30 more minutes of film; read 10 more pages // // F- Close reading passage analysis // // hw:20-60 by Monday; finish film //

//3/4-3/8// //M-collect HF papers; Writing focus day-- review passive voice; review analysis; new weekly poem// //hw: poetry multiple choice// //T-review multiple choice; poetry; htrnlap discussion-formal assignments// //hw: annotate Essay 1 A; write down three takeaways from this essay---why it got an 8!!!// //W- poetry analysis;return and discuss Huck papers// //hw: poetry annotation;// //F- poetry writing day//

//2/25-3/1// //M: review multiple choice; discuss ending; poetry essay 10 minutes// //hw: poetry essay draft---share with partner;// //T : poetry choice; the lyrical Huck; mc// //hw: either polish paired poetry essay or write one of your own: 40 minutes please; print out before class// //W: Huck Finn: moral questions; passage analysis choices// //hw: close reading--passages;// //F: In class timed writing:// //sign up and read HTRNLAP assignment on HTRNLAP//

//2/11-2/15// //M- reading quiz; questions; morality notes// //hw: Morality notes; read 5&6 in HTRNLAP// //T- Discuss morality in Huck; discuss HTRNLAP; finish talking about poetry essays// //hw: shore and river maps; mc questions;close reading Emmeline Grangerford// //W: Realism and Romanticism; mc questions; Emmeline close reading// //hw: Read king and duke chpts; mc questions// //F: reading quiz; discussion; mc questions// //HW: reading tba;//

//2/4-2/8// //M- discuss 3&4 of HTRNLAP; assign instructions from chpt 1 to HF; read initial paragraphs of HF// //hw: please read AP poetry prompt; paraphrase and annotate for class; do assignment for HF; read chpt 3// //T- poetry prompt; Discuss beginning of HF: what is Twain up to, anyway?// //hw: HF multiple choice questions; HF chpt 4// //W: HF multiple choice answers; discuss chpt 4// //hw: Huck Finn reading: 5-20//

//1/28-2/1// //M: Review Perrine essay; overview of novels; discuss chpts 1 and 2 of// How to Read Novels Like a Professor //Hw: lit terms 217-225 do odds (you can skip “The Darkling Thrush”; lit terms 225-245 do odds)// //T: Introduce racial controversy in// Huck Finn; video clips; Read Randall Kennedy's Essay, "Who Can Say Nigger?" //Hw: listen to Minnesota Radio clips on HF page---you may need help from tech before you go home from school; read articles on links// //W: discuss readings; close reading togetherparagraph 1 of// Huck Finn---apply chpt 1 of HTRNLAP to Huck Finn; questions about lit terms //Hw:// Huck Finn //instructions from paragraph 1; read chpt. 1// //F:// HF //discussion; lit terms questions and comments; discuss Thomas Hardy poem// //Hw: read chpts 1 and 2 in Huck Finn and read 3+4 of// How to Read Novels Like a Professor

//1/22-1/25// //T: Review tests;// //hw: reread irony section of lit terms and find and example of each from your reading so far// //W:// //hw: lit terms as assigned in class---// //F: How to Read Literature Like a Professor--bring books to class// //HW: read Perrine essay about proof in poetry; read chpts 1 and 2 in// How to Read Literature Like a Professor

//1/3-1/4// //F- Crucible discussion group work questions; reading quiz// //hw: pages 1-46// Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass //(If you haven't read it over break already)// // For those of you who missed class Friday!//

//1/7-1/11// //M: Crucible- finish discussion// //hw: finish reading// Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass //T: sentence study of// Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass //hw: read 198-204; memorize bolded terms in lit terms book// //W: discuss meter and Frederick Douglass// //hw: lit terms 207-208 I: 1-5; II 1,2,4, 5 (PRINT OUT AND BRING TO CLASS)// //F: Frederick Douglass and meter// //hw: review for final exam; choose three questions of the eight to write a cogent paragraph length response---upload to writing section of dropbox by Monday.//

//1/14 Reading Day//

//12/18-12/19// //M: finish discussing mc question practice; Crucible discussion// //hw: Acts II and III// //T: discuss Acts II and III// //Christmas break: watch film of// The Crucible //on amazon.com or itunes or netflix; finish reading Act IV; Have a great break!//

//12/10-12/15// //M: return poetry papers and discuss; presentations on Scarlet Letter// //hw: multiple choice practice as assigned in class// //T: multiple choice practice; TYPSFST;presentations on the Scarlet Letter// //hw: multiple choice practice; poetry practice--// //W: multiple choice practice; poetry--BRING LIT TERMS book// //hw: lit terms work// //F: lit terms;// The Crucible //hw: finish reading Act I of// The Crucible; //scroll throught prezi on McCarthyism and The Crucible; scroll through ppt on wiki about The Crucible//

//12/2-12/7// // M: The Scaffold Scene: discuss ending; motifs---groups; // // HW: group work on motifs // // T: Motifs and themes---how do they go together? // // HW: Motifs and themes in SL: Presentations due Monday // // W: Writing Day: Discuss questions, ways of writing, modeling // //** 2005. ** In Kate Chopin's //The Awakening //(1899), protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to possess "that outward existence// // which conforms, the inward life that questions." In a novel or play that you have studied, identify a character who outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly. Then write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary. // // or //

//** 1996. ** The British novelist Fay Weldon offers this observation about happy endings. "The writers, I do believe, who get the best and most lasting response from their readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development. By a happy ending, I do not mean mere fortunate events -- a marriage or a last minute rescue from death -- but some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation, even with the self, even at death." Choose a novel or play that has the kind of ending Weldon describes. n a well-written essay, identify the "spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation" evident in the ending and explain its significance in the work as a whole. // // F: In class essay. // // HW; presentation work; watch background on Salem Witch Trials on Crucible page //

//11/27-11/30// // M: Another day off! // // HW: still reading SL 11-20 //

// T: WP; quiz over reading; discussion // // HW: 21-22; revisit vocabulary---study and learn 25 words; //

// W: Discuss 21-22; discuss multiple choice questions; quiz over SL vocab // // HW: SL finish; mul // // QUIZLET STUDY FLASHCARDS FOR VOCAB: // //[]//

// F: WP---writing on weekly poem; discuss scaffolding of novel and scaffold scenes as device // // HW: Begin analysis of passage; //

// M: WP Quiz: 1-4 Scarlet Letter reading; discuss book // // HW: chptrs 5-6 SL add one word, definition, and context quotation for vocabulary to vocab wall for each chapter. Review paper and comments; begin revisions. Revision due Friday midnight to DROPBOX with all changes highlighted. //

// T: WP; return Gatsby papers; discuss // // HW: chpts 7-8 SL; vocab //

// W: WP; discuss // // HW:9-10 SL; vocab: read ahead or reread; //

// 10/29-11/2 // // M: Work day in the computer lab: peer edit (sheet on wiki), revise paper, read chpt 2&3 // // HW: paper due Monday by Midnight to dropbox and turnitin.com, finish reading chpt 2&3 // //T : WP; discus //s chpt 2&3 //F:// // HW: read chpts 4 and 5 //

// 10/29-11/2 // // W: Group work: Cornell discussion questions; choose one about which to write out of class essay this week 3-5 pages // // HW: Due Monday by Midnight to dropbox and turnitin.com // // F: WP; 1st page //The Scarlet Letter // HW: rough draft and revise paper; background Hawthorne // // F: WP; Scarlet Letter vocabulary // // HW: upload paper to turnitin.com by midnight; scarlet letter vocabulary; read assigned chapts from class for Monday //

// 10/22-10/26 // // M: Return essays; discuss rubric; review quiz // // HW: Lit terms due Friday ( 184-196, odds); //

// T: WP; finish close readings; What's the big idea? // // HW: Lit terms and watch 35 minutes of the Cornell freshman discussion on Gatsby (start at about 4:30): take notes //

// W: WP; Cornell study questions on Gatsby // // HW: Lit terms and finish Cornell freshman discussion on Gatsby: take notes //

// F: WP---writing on weekly poem; Close reading passages for writing about Gatsby // // HW: Read over Gatsby questions. Be prepared with examples and questions/comments for questions 1, 6,7, 9,10. //

// 10/15-10/19 // // M: Big ideas in GG; weekly poem; // // HW: Lit terms due Friday ( 45-54, odds); close reading partnered assignment due Tuesday; finish book by F; //

// T: weekly poem; close readings from you and your partners // // HW: Lit terms and finish book; listen to podcast on wiki and take notes //

// W: Close reading; discuss last week's papers // // HW: lit terms and finish book;listen to podcast on wiki and take notes //

// F: Discuss Gatsby; reading quiz; lit terms due // // HW: Yale lecture on Gatsby; take notes (pretend you're a student there!) // //10/8-10/12// //M: Happy Columbus Day!//

//T: Writing Day. Remember that AP means: answer the prompt// // HW: 1-80 GG by F; lit terms 167-178 I (2,3,4), II (2), and III (2) only due Friday; tonight: Gatsby background info //

//W: Discuss Gatsby beginning; close reading// // HW: 1-80 GG by F; lit terms 167-178 I (2,3,4), II (2), and III (2) only due Friday //

//F: Discuss Gatsby; reading quiz; lit terms due// // HW: read Gatsby; //

//10/1-10/5// //M: Continue essential questions on House of Mirth; short passage analysis// //(The Gilt Cage---chpt 5, 59-60--"Mrs. Trenor" through "no one richer than her father.")// // HW: Update all literary terms on wikispace; review for Friday's quiz // //T: finish short passage analysis; Begin discussion of Catcher narrator// // HW: collect passages of narration-listen for instruction in class // //W: Discuss Catcher large ideas// // HW: Write for 30 minutes on Wordsworth's "London." Please document at the top of the paper when you begin and when you stop, and include the honor code. The question: What is Wordsworth saying in his poem "London, 1802" and how does he use literary devices such as apostrophe, metaphor, diction, or poetic form to say it? // //F: lit terms quiz// // HW: Writing prompt: all planning done outside class; in class writing on Tuesday; finish Catcher discussion on Monday; // //10/1-10/5// //M: Continue essential questions on House of Mirth; short passage analysis// // (The Gilt Cage---chpt 5, 59-60--"Mrs. Trenor" through "no one richer than her father.") // // HW: Update all literary terms on wikispace; review for Friday's quiz // //T: finish short passage analysis; Begin discussion of Catcher narrator// // HW: collect passages of narration-listen for instruction in class // //W: Discuss Catcher large ideas// // HW: Write for 30 minutes on Wordsworth's "London." Please document at the top of the paper when you begin and when you stop, and include the honor code. The question: What is Wordsworth saying in his poem "London, 1802" and how does he use literary devices such as apostrophe, metaphor, diction, or poetic form to say it? // //F: lit terms quiz// // HW: Writing prompt: all planning done outside class; in class writing on Tuesday; finish Catcher discussion on Monday; //

//9/24-9/28// //M: LTGWS: falling/spinning; connections; if time, review short passages in groups// // HW: Lit Terms: read 64-82; exercises on 66-67, do evens; exercises on 78-79 do 2,3,4; on 80-82 do 2,3,4 // //T: Weekly poem writing: Blake's "London"; finish short passages in groups// // HW: Lit Terms; Write one paragraph: identify tone of the short passage and explain how tone is developed (diction/syntax/literary device/narrative voice/etc.); upload to dropbox // //W: New weekly poem; Short passage review; Begin discussion of// House of Mirth. // HW: sticky note five passages that deal with **each** essential question stated in class today: //

// What is Lily a slave to? (5 references) // // What is Wharton criticizing about Lily and her society? (5 references) // // What moral choices in this book reflect double standards? (5 references) // // In what way is this book essentially about freedom? (5 references) //

// R: Tutorial during J block // //F: Discuss HOM; lit terms due;// // HW: Do a close reading of HOM passage: The Gilt Cage---chpt 5, 59-60--"Mrs. Trenor" through "no one richer than her father." //

//9/17-9/21// //M: FIELD TRIP to National Gallery of Art and Library of Congress// // HW: type up assignment given in gallery; upload to dropbox // //T: Daily poem; connections from field trip; review quiz on LTGWS; close reading// // HW: Lit Terms 129-132 I, II, III; 152-154 II, III; 156-166 I evens; II, III (the theme and tone section is hard, others not so much) // //W: Weekly poem; Close reading work on LTGWS; notecards for discussion on LTWS due Friday( assignment in class)// // HW: notecards and lit terms due Friday // //F: Discuss LTGWS; lit terms due;// // HW: each student upload (and ititial two lit terms and definitions to lit term page by Monday); begin memorization; vocab and lit term quiz coming next week //

//9/10-9/14// //M: Questions/Comments/Observations sample essays and scores on 2012 AP essays;lit term wall; WP writing explained// // HW: lit terms due Friday: 32-38 do evens; 39-43 do evens; 54-62 do evens; // //T: Daily poem writing; review quiz on LTGWS; hand out close reading passages// // HW: annotate close reading passages; listen to podcast on [|LTGWS] // //W: New weekly poem; Close reading work on LTGWS; notecards for discussion on LTWS due Friday// // HW: notecards and lit terms due Friday // //F: Discuss LTGWS; lit terms due// // HW: learn vocabulary on vocab wall; make sure you know lit term wall //

//8/27-8/31// //M No class today// //T: Welcome to AP lit!!! Wendell Berry excerpt with our bucket stories// //HW: Finish bucket stories.Read Stegner essay and review AP syllabus on this wiki under course description.// //W: Questions about syllabus? Discuss Stegner essay and how it has anything to do with our course!// //HW: review by chapter summary of summer reading books;// //R No class on Thursday// //HW: see W// //F 1st summer reading quiz on testmoz. Shortened day today. Happy Labor Day weekend.// //HW: Watch// Man on a Wire on Netflix; review for quizzes.//

9/3-9/7 M No class today T: New York daily poem; Quiz on Catcher; revisit Stegner essay. Revise one sentence summary of essay(hint: this is not a self-help essay about how one should view the world) HW: review for Mirth quiz; finish Man on Wire movie if you haven't; W: New York daily poem; Mirth quiz; quizlet class account; Bring in Literary Terms books HW: Lit terms assignment; read 9-12, 112-128; Do EVEN exercises for point of view; Do I and II for characterization exercises. UPLOAD TO DROPBOX IN CLASS ON FRIDAY R No class on Thursday HW: see W F: In computer lab; set up dropbox and turnitin; wrangle through the lit terms; HW: review one set of essays from this year's AP exam and access according to AP rubric