8/18 2nd:Please read through the website BEFORE coming to this first class.
Course Description and Expectations +
Standards & Benchmarks;
Rubrics & Formats; Chapter Reviews & Reading
Discussion/Questions from Perrine + Hamilton Literary Terms
homework, Discussion
Expectations & Rubric; Website (+ Updates) & Passwords.
Hand out How to Read Literature Like a Professor.
Assignment for Next Class: Read
introduction to AP test (photocopies)
8/19 5th:
Part One Mock AP Exam
Assignment for Next Class: None
(2) The Week of August 23 - 3
classes
8/23 3rd:
Part 2 Mock AP Exam
Assignment for Next Class: None
8/25 1st:
Discussion of Mock AP
Exam, including scoring guidelines, sample responses, scoring
summary, and AP Reader Comments.
Assignment for Next Class: None
8/26 4th
Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chief
Reader Comments & Rubrics for Essays
(3) The Week of August 30 - 3 classes
8/30 2nd:Discussion of Mock AP Exam, including scoring guidelines,
sample responses and scoring summary.
Assignment for Next Class: Research to
share background information on Ralph Ellison and Invisible Man
8/31 5th:Introduction of First Quarter Novel:
The Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph. See
Invisible Man Background and Themes.
Review Summer Reading & Discuss
first quarter outside novel.
Review rubrics for AP Essays
Assignment for Next Class: Read Lost in the Funhouse
- Photocopies
Assignment for Sunday: Two AP Essays from your Summer Reading are due
Sunday; please email
these
to me.
9/2 3rd:
Discussion Over
Lost in the Funhouse
Assignment for Next Class: None
09/5/:Summer AP
Essays due. We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(4) The Week of September 6 - 4
classes
9/6 1st:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
Assignment for Next Class: None
9/7
4th:Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Assignment for Sunday: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
(Choose essay
#1 from the person listed above you and essay #2 from the person listed
below you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee
when done. Please make comments using Word (see
here for a tutorial) and grade the essay using the
generic rubric in
the archives with a short overall comment at the end. Please return your summer reading novels.
9/9 2nd: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations,
Essential Literary Terms homework .
Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to
12 in Hamilton +
Chapter One &
The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, in Perrine
9/10 5th:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67.Azuero Jorge
Casasfranco Marcela. Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
Assignment for Next Class: Read Hunters in the Snow, page 86
09/12/: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due. We do not have class this day.
(5) The Week of September 13 - 2
classes
9/14 3rd:Discussion of Hunters in the Snow, page 86.
Assignment for Next Class: None
9/16 1st: Make Up Class
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Two from
Perrine and The Destructors, page 111.
(6) The Week of September 20 - 3
classes
9/20 4th:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter Two Perrine & The Destructors, page 111 -de las
Salas Alejandra & Estrada Nicolas
Assignment for Next Class:
Read
How I Met My Husband, page 125
9/22 2nd:Continued discussion
of plot and structure and How I Met My Husband, page 125.
Assignment for Next Class: The Invisible ManMid-Point (to Chapter 14, page 296)
9/23 5th:Mid-Point Discussion of
The Invisible Man(to
Chapter 14, page 296).
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter
Three from Perrine and Everyday Use, page 166.
9/27 3rd:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter Three Perrine
and Everyday Use, page 166 - Glennon Nicolas &
Gutierrez Mario. Discussion of characterization
in Everyday Use
Assignment for Next Class: Read Miss Brill, page 175 and How Far She Went, page 179.
9/29 1st:
Discussion
of characterization with Miss Brill, page 175, and How Far She Went,
page 179.
Assignment for Next Class:
Read pages 125 to 144 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on pages 132
(Two examples only for II and III - you don't need to do I) and 144
(Choose Three)
9/30 4th:Discussion of Hamilton, pages
125 to 144
& Exercise Review.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Four from
Perrine and The Lesson, page 195
(8) The Week of October 4 - 3
classes
10/4 3rd:Chapter
Summary & Presentation for Chapter
Four Perrine & The Lesson, page 195- Irurita Isabella &
Llano Maria Paulina. Discussion of Theme.
Assignment for Next Class:
A Worn Path, Page 212,
and A & P, page 619
10/5 5th:Final discussion of Theme & A Worn Path, Page 212 and A & P, page 619
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Five Perrine
and Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251
10/7 3rd:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine & Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, Page 251 - Laura Alhach
& Santaigo Vasquez.
We will be using
this
worksheet and the criticisms assigned. Discussion of Hamilton, pages
112 to 122
& Exercise Review.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, page 260
and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White Elephants, page 268. Read pages 112 to 122 in Hamilton
& Do the exercises on page 122 (Choose Three of the Ten
Exercises)
Semana de Receso
(9) The Week of October 19 - 3
classes
10/19 1st:
Discussion of Point of View and Katherine Anne Porter The Jilting of
Granny Weatherall, page 260 and Ernest Hemingway Hills Like White
Elephants, page 268.
10/20 4th:Finish discussion from yesterday
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter One in Perrine Poetry
and Prepare Robert Hayden The Whipping; Emily Dickinson The Last
Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow;
Langston Hughes Suicide Note; Adrienne Rich Poetry: 101;
Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica 102.
Assignment for Tuesday: First Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due Sunday
10/22 2nd:Chapter Summary &
Presentation for
Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Manevich Ammiel &
Ocampo Jaime Alberto - Robert Hayden The Whipping; Emily Dickinson The
last Night that She lived; William Carlos Williams The Red
Wheelbarrow; Langston Hughes Suicides Note; Adrienne Rich Poetry:
101; Archibald MacLeish Ars Poetica 102. What is poetry?
Assignment for Next Class: None
10/31/:First Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due.
We do not have class
this day. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(10) The Week of October 25 - 3
classes
10/25 5th:Continued
discussion of Chapter One Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
Assignment for Next Class: Final
Discussion of The Invisible Man.
October 26 & 27:Parent's Day - Please use the agenda
here for Parent's Day.
10/29 3rd:Final Discussion
of The Invisible Man.
Please complete the discussion sheet
HERE before class..
Assignment for Next Class: Read Writing About Literature in Perrine, pages 3-23
& pages 247-274 in Hamilton (skim and review)
(11) The Week of November 1 - 2
classes
11/3 1st:Discussion of
First Quarter Formal Essay and readings from Perrine & Hamilton.
Review use of
Peer Reviews and Self Check Formats for Formal Essays plus
Formal Essay rubric.
Assignment for Next Class: Please read
Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 23-34,
and the sample essays, pages 40 to 58, for next class.
Assignment for Sunday: Peer Review for Quarter One
AP Essay.
11/4 4th:
Discussion of First Quarter Formal Essay.
Chapter Summary
& Presentation for Writing About Literature in
Perrine, pages 3-39 - Otoya Laura & Palaez Marisol
(Pages 2 to
23) & Palma Daniel & Romero Juan Manuel (Pages 23 to 39). Discussion of the Essay
Format, sample essays from Perrine (pages 40 to 48),
Review use of Peer Reviews and Self Check Formats for Formal Essays plus
Formal Essay rubric. Discuss proper documentation and plagiarism.
Assignment for Next Class: Read
background material on Nathaniel Hawthorne and
Scarlet Letter
11/7: Peer Review for
Quarter One AP Essay. We do not have class
this day.
11/8 2nd:Introduction of Second Quarter Novel,
Scarlet Letter
& Second Quarter Outside Reading.
Assignment for Next Class: Read Chapter Two in Perrine Poetry and Prepare
John Donne Break of Day; Emily Dickinson Theres been a Death, in
the Opposite House; Mari Evans When in Rome; Sylvia Plath Mirror;
William Blake The Clod and the Pebble; Yusef Komunyakaa - Facing It.
11/9 5th:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Rueda Juan David & Sardi
Alejandra - John
Donne Break of Day; Emily Dickinson Theres been a Death, in the
Opposite House; Mari Evans When in Rome; Sylvia Plath Mirror;
William Blake The Clod and the Pebble; Yusef Komunyakaa - Facing It..
Reading the Poem
Assignment for Next Class: None
11/11 3rd:
Continued discussion of
Chapter
Two Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems.
Assignment for Next Class:
Read Chapter Three in Perrine Poetry and Prepare
Henry Reed Naming of Parts; Langston Hughes
Cross; Robert Frost Desert Places; John Donne A Hymn to God the
Father; Elizabeth Bishop - One Art.
(13) The Week of November 15 - 2
classes
11/17 4th:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems - Soto Maria Paula &
Spataro Oriana - Henry Reed
Naming of Parts; Langston Hughes Cross; Robert Frost Desert Places;
John Donne A Hymn to God the Father; Elizabeth Bishop - One Art.
Denotation & Connotation
Assignment for Next Class:
None
Assignment for Sunday: First Quarter Formal Essay Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND
by email to me. Hand out Turnitin logon information.
11/19 2nd:Continued discussion of Chapter Three Perrine Poetry & Assigned
Poems.
Denotation & Connotation
Assignment for Next Class: Bring
TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments!
11/21:
First Quarter Formal Essay + Self
Check List Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND by email to me. We do not have class
this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(14) The Week of November 22 - 2
classes
11/22 5th:
Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.
We will be using the
Peer Review
Format.Discuss
rewrite policy and opportunities.
Bring TWO copies of your formal essay WITHOUT comments to this class.
Monday: Read Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn)
11/28:
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format. We do not have class
this day.
(15) The Week of November 29 -
3
classes
11/30 1st:Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems (Gerard Manley Hopkins Spring; William Carlos
Williams The Widows Lament in Springtime; Adrienne Rich Living in
Sin; Seamus Heaney The Forge; Robert Frost After Apple-Picking; Jean
Toomer Reapers; John Keats To Autumn)-Uribe
Simon & Zambrano Mateo. Imagery.
Assignment for Next Class:
Scarlet Letter Mid-Point Discussion (to chapter 12)
12/1 4th:
Mid-point discussion of
Scarlet Letter(to chapter
12).
Continued
discussion of
Chapter Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems
Assignment for Next Class: Read
pages 83 to 92 in Hamilton & Do the exercises on page 92 (Do Two
of the Five Exercises in Part I; Do Part A in Part II; Do Two of
the Five Exercises in Part III; Skip Part IV).
12/3
2nd:
Continued
discussion of
Chapter Four Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems + Hamilton exercises.
Assignment for Next Class: Read
Chapter Five in Perrine Poetry and Prepare Sylvia Plath Metaphors;
Adrienne Rich - Ghost of a Chance; John Donne A Valediction:
Forbidding Mourning; Andrew Marvell To His Coy Mistress; Langston
Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry
12/05/09:OPTIONAL: Rewrite of First Quarter
Formal Essay due. You only need to rewrite the Introduction, One
Argument and the Conclusion - grades for rewrite will be averaged with
original essay grades. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
Please send via email.
(16) The Week of December 6 - 2
classes
12/6 5th:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for Chapter
Five Perrine Poetry & Assigned Poems: Sylvia Plath
Metaphors; John Donne A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; Andrew
Marvell To His Coy Mistress; Langston Hughes Dream Deferred; Billy
Collins Introduction to Poetry) Azuero
Jorge & Casasfranco Marcela. Figurative Languiage: Simile,
Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, Metonomy
Assignment for Next Class: Read pages 32 to 42 in Hamilton
& Do the exercises on page 36 (Do Four of the Ten Exercises in
Part I; and Part 2 of Part II - the Dickinson poem) and 42 (Do Four
of the Ten Exercises)
Assignment for Sunday: Second Quarter Outside
Novel and AP Essay.
12/9 3rd:
Continued discussion of Chapter Five Perrine
Poetry & Assigned Poems + Hamilton exercises.
Assignment
for Next Class: Bring
back books from Semester One
12/12:
Second Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
(17) The Week of December 13 - 2 classes
12/13 1st:
Final Discussion of Scarlet Letter.
Introduce Beloved
for
Christmas reading. Bring back books from
Semester One.
12/14 4th: Christmas StuffReview for Final Exam. Class Review of First Semester &
Suggestions for Second Semester. Bring back books from
Semester One.
12/19/10: Second
Quarter Formal Essay due. Please submit to
Turnitin AND by email to me. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
AP Final Exam -
TBA Library Bring money for pizza!
You are responsible for your
own transportation home.
High School Exams - December 15 to December 17
Semester One - 45 Classes, 17 Weeks, 0 Missed Classes
these
to me.
