For a more concise view of the year, click
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(1) The Week of August 26 -
classes 1-3
- August 27: We will discuss the course and my
expectations.
- August 28: Please bring a LARGE Three Ring Binder. Have read the
entire CB AP English
website and the handouts given to you yesterday; we will
continue to introduce the course.
- August 30: Be prepared to write our first mock
exam. Please have your allusion work week one ready, too.
(2) The Week of September 2 -
classes 4-5
- September 3: Review the
AP Scoring Guidelines and
AP Scoring Summary from the 2001 test, as well as the Sample Response
Questions
One,
Two and
Three (these documents are in Adobe Acrobat format; if you can't view them,
you need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
here).
- September 5: Please read "The Bound Man" from
your anthology. Don't forget your Reader's Journal and your allusion
workshop week two.
(3) The Week of September 9 -
classes 6-8
- September 9: Please read/browse through the website from the
National Air Traffic
Controller's page on September 11
(URL
Down). Print out an
article, poem or other item which you personally found to be moving and
poignant.
- September 11: Please read anything you can find on Nathaniel Hawthorne,
and The Scarlet Letter. I will be introducing this book AND
giving you information on the Alternate Readings
- September 13: Read "The Last Judgement" (p.28);
group A should prepare some background. Week Three Allusion Workshop
due, as well.
(4) The Week of September 16 -
classes 9-10
- September 17: Please read "The Outlaws" (p.32)
and "Translation" (p.8); group B should prepare some background on "The
Outlaws". We will have a class activity over the story.
- September 19: Please have started reading
"Media" (p.84); group C should prepare some background. We will also
finish up "The Outlaws" from yesterday. Week Four Allusion Workshop due,
by Friday.
(5) The Week of September 23 -
classes 11-12
- September 23: We will have a Paideia Seminar
over "Media" (p.84). Please bring a line or two from the play which you
feel best sums up the "essence," and bring some evidence of whom you believe
to be the tragic hero. We will also have Group C to present some
background information.
- September 25: Have the first half
of The Scarlet Letter (to Chapter 13) finished. Also please read "The
Problem of Meaning in Literature" and "Critical Approaches to Literature."
Bring in any notes/Reader's Journal you have and be prepared a great
discussion. At this time, we will also talk about your first essay (Literary
reviews?).
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(6) The Week of September 30 -
classes 13-14 (1)
- September 30: We will start reading "Hedda
Gabler" in class; group D should prepare some background. We will also
be looking at Plagiarism. Week Five Allusion Workshop is due today (from
last week, remember).
- October 2: We will continue reading "Hedda
Gabler". We will also be looking the school's Graduate Qualities;
Teaching, Learning Practices; and the CES Principles. Please have these
read along with the handout on Ibsen and Hedda Gabler.
- October 4: There is NO CLASS
because of the Skip Day.
NO Allusion Workshop this week!
(7) The Week of October 7 -
class 15 (2)
Your outside reading the first unit should be
finished this week; please hand in your essay by Friday.
- October 8: There is NO CLASS the 12th Grade
Convivencia.
- October 10: We will finish reading "Hedda
Gabler". Please have read Acts II and III before class.
Week
Six Allusion Workshop AND Outside Novel AP Essays are due by Friday, 8:00AM.
(8) The Week of October 14 -
classes 16-17 (2)
- October 15: Have The Scarlet Letter
finished. We will be doing a Paideia in class to discuss the book.
Please bring in your Reader's Journal and thoughts.
- October 17: We will be looking at more
specific aspects of Scarlet Letter. Please refer to the
Paideia Seminar Agenda your group's specific assignment.
Week Seven Allusion Workshop
(The Garden of Eden [Genesis Chapters 1-3]) is due by Monday, 8:00AM
(9) The Week of October 21 -
classes 18-19 (3)
- October 21: We will review your
Outside Novel essays and talk a little about Genesis.
Please bring
copies of your essays on disk.
- October 23: We will work on the Scarlet Letter
essays specifically and the essay structure generally.
Please bring copies of your essays (introduction and first argument) on
disk.
- October 25: There is no class because of storms!
(10) The Week of October 28 -
class 20 (4)
- October 29: We have Parent Conferences.
Please read the handouts on Literary Terms I gave at the beginning of
the year next class.
- October 31: We will review literary terms
and types.
Week Eight Allusion Workshop (Daphne and the Laurel Wreath) is due today.
(11) The Week of November 4 -
class 21 (5)
- November 5: We will introduce the next
novel, As I Lay Dying and discuss your options outside novels this
quarter. The Scarlet Letter essays will be due today.
- November 7: Where is no class the Personal Growth seminar. Week Nine Allusion Workshop (The Destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah [Genesis 18-19]) is due by Friday, 8:00AM
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(12) The Week of November 11 -
classes 22-23 (5)
- November 12: We will be doing an in-class mock
AP.
- November 14: We will review your mock AP. Week Ten Allusion Workshop (Echo and
Narcissus) is due by Friday, 8:00AM
(13) The Week of November 18 -
classes 24-26 (5)
- November 18: We will review your Scarlet Letter
essays and do some review work on grammar.
- November 20: The first half of As
I Lay Dying is due. We will be doing some analysis work over the
novel and discussing topics your paper over the novel.
- November 22: Read the
introduction to Sleeping on the Wing (pp 3-23) and Walt Whitman's
"Song of Myself" (pp. 25-36), biography (p. 37) and
Crossing
Brooklyn Ferry (please print) - be thinking about how
Whitman, a transcendentalist, compares to Hawthorne, an
anti-transcendentalist. We will also be looking at some of the more
common poetry terms in class; if you can identify any terms you already know
in Whitman's work, please note them in your Reader's Journal and bring them
in.
(14) The Week of November 25 -
class 27 (5)
- November 25:
Week Eleven
Allusion Workshop (Abraham and Isaac [Genesis 21-22]) is due today, 8:00AM
- November 26: Read Emily Dickinson (pp 39-43
& biography p 45-46) in Sleeping on the Wing, and be prepared to
discuss both her style and her use of figurative language.
No
Allusion this week:)
(15) The Week of December 2 -
classes 28-29 (5)
- December 2: You need to have finished
reading As I Lay Dying. We will be having a Paideia Seminar in
class today.
- December 4: Read (and print) Frost's "Out,
Out," "Birches,"
"Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "Fire
and Ice." Think about Frost's use of meter and image.
Week
Twelve Allusion Workshop (Jason and the Golden Fleece) is due by Thursday,
8:00AM
(16) The Week of December 9 -
classes 30-32 (5)
- December 9: Read pages 7-8
(Introduction), 9-11(Coca Cola Letters) and 42-46 (James Baldwin) in Points
of Departure AND the online material:
Nike Workers to Tiger Woods,
Mightier than the Sword and
You've Got Mail, But How
About Romance? Be thinking about not only
the content and writing in these letters and editorials but also how email and
other technology has changed the way we write.
- December 11: Read pages 47-48 (Introduction),
71-83 (Charles Darwin and Tierra del Fuego), and 83-91 (Henry David Thoreau)
in Points
of Departure. As well, for comparison's sake, browse through a
couple of Blogs (Web Logs - a type of online journal):
An
Ongoing, Erratic Diary,
Blahblah Blog,
or Scott's Blog.
The As I Lay Dying essays will be due
today.
- December 13: I
have some interesting Christmas
Poetry and a
Christmas Letter for you today, and we will discuss your final evaluations
next week - Mock AP. As well, we will talk about outside
reading over Christmas, and review what we've done the first Semester.
Your Scarlet Letter rewrite are due today (if you chose
to rewrite).
(17) The Week of December 9 -
classes 30-32 (5)
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December 16, 10:30 to 12:30 - Library Reference
Room: First
Semester Exam - Mock AP. Outside Novel AP essays
AND Portfolios are due when we have our exam.
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December 18, 12:00: ALL
Make-Up Essays, Analogies, etc. are DUE BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR CHRISTMAS
(As I Lay Dying essays and Scarlet Letter rewrites should be emailed; Outside
Novel essays should be handed in.)
Semester One - 32 Classes, 17 Weeks, 5 Missed Classes
Pending After Christmas
- Further Information on Myths, Archetypes, Etc - See Copies in Office
Comments & Suggestions from Semester One
- More time and different approaches to
discussions
- Small groups, separate groups, etc.
- More structured and focused
- Don't focus discussion on text too
much
- Time constraints with the class, both
inside and out
- More writing, different from essays -
reviews, editorials, etc - option for those who have mastered formal essay
- Integrate reviews, editorials, etc
with non-fiction selections
- More peer editing!
- Leave time for specialization later in
the year for those who want to dig into a specific area or theme.
- From Rompf
- No More Curricular Novels for Outside
Novel
(1) The Week of January 13-
classes 1-2
- January 14: Review Mock
AP Multiple Choice and Essay Questions; review and finalize Semester One
grades; Review As I Lay Dying essays; discuss plans for Semester Two.
- January 16:
Review Mock AP Multiple Choice and Essay Questions; review and finalize
Semester One grades; Review As I Lay Dying essays; discuss plans for
Semester Two.
During the following four weeks,
while we are reading Hamlet in class, you should be working on the
following:
- You should read
three As I Lay Dying
essays from your peers (alphabetically, two names ahead of you and one
name behind), fill out an
online rubric
with a comment back to the author, and email the author and me (cc:) the
rubric and comments. This should be finished by January 24.
- You should carefully review
your own As I Lay Dying essay and note five things which you feel
need improvement (we'll call this our list of Common Errors). Based on
this list, I want you to rewrite one argument and the introduction.
Hand in the list, the introduction and the argument to me by January 30
electronically.
- IF you did well on the essay,
you will need to get approval from me for an alternate writing assignment
(review, editorial, letter, creative, etc.).
- If you have already finished
On the Road, you may choose from
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey), King Lear (Shakespeare),
OR any other Shakespearean Tragedy for Extra Credit.
Please write an AP essay over this novel using the same parameters as for
On the Road. The due
date will be February 18.
- You should be writing a SHORT essay
(3-5 pp) over Hamlet, On the Road, or your Extra Credit novel.
This will be due by March 10 electronically. AT LEAST two of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before
you finish the final draft, and their comments along with your Common Errors
must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
(2) The Week of January 20-
classes 3-5
- January 20: Introduction
to Shakespeare, Tragedy and Hamlet. Please read the introduction
(pages vii to xlii) in Hamlet; as well, please check out the online
resources I've posted
here.
- January 22: Close
Reading of Hamlet, Act I.
- January 24: Close
Reading of Hamlet, Act II.
As I Lay Dying peer reviews
should be finished today.
Week 13 Allusion Workshop (Jacob and Esau
[Genesis 25-27]) due today.
(3) The Week of January 27-
classes 6
- January 28: Close
Reading of Hamlet, Act III.
- January 30:
NO CLASS - MOCK ICFES
As I Lay Dying rewrite, with
Common Errors list, due today.
Week 14 Allusion Workshop (Cupid
and Psyche) due Friday.
(4) The Week of February 3-
classes 7-8
- February 3:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
- February 5:
Mini-Paideia Seminars over On The Road (small groups with focus
questions FIRST then large group to debrief).
- February 7:
NO CLASS - SPORTS DAY
Week 15 Allusion Workshop
(Joseph, his brothers, and the coat of many colors [Genesis 37])
due today.
(5) The Week of February 10-
classes 9-10
- February 11:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
- February 13:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Week 16 Allusion Workshop
(The Birth of Christ [Luke 1-2]) due Friday.
(6) The Week of February 17
classes 11-12
- February 18:
Close Reading of Hamlet. Extra Credit AP Essay, with peer reviews and Common Errors, due
today.
- February 20:
Close Reading of Hamlet.
Week 17 Allusion Workshop (Rescue
of the Child Moses [Exodus 1-2]) due Friday.
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(7) The Week of February 24-
classes 13-15
- February 24:
Watch Hamlet Films. Discuss possible essay topics.
- February 26:
Ms. Clark on AP Exam signup and questions. Watch Hamlet Films. Discuss possible essay topics.
- February 28:
NO CLASS - SKIP DAY
Week 18 Allusion Workshop
(The Burning Bush [Exodus 3]) due today.
While we are
working on the next set of short fiction from the text, each group will be
assigned to teach one of the selections in class. Your group will be
responsible for the following:
- Locate or ask me for a poem to share QUICKLY at the
beginning of class.
- Lesson plans for your presentation. Please use the
format
here or copy
the one I handed out in class.
- You should cover SOME information about the author's
background, the genre or type of story you are presenting, have a GOOD
class activity (discussion, etc.) which will "get at" the meat in the
story (using literary terms, as necessary, as well) AND have used
additional resources in your presentation.
- Please include ONLY that
background information which is relevant to the story being considered.
You should do your best to tie this information into the work.
- If you don't remember what your
group is, click here.
- A presentation package due within a week after the
presentation. Please use the format
here or copy the one I handed out in class.
- This handout also includes the rubrics the class will
be filling out and the rubric you and I will be using.
Remember that you are teaching the class, so this is much
less a presentation than an instruction. You know what makes a good class,
and you know what makes a bad class, so make your class a good one!
(8) The Week of March 3-
classes 16-17
- March 4:
Introduce Beloved and Outside Reading until Semana Santa.
- March 6:
GROUP A: Anton Checkov, page 46. Week 19 Allusion Workshop (The
Passover [Exodus 12]) due Friday.
(9) The Week of March 10-
classes 18-19
- March 10:
GROUP B:
Gustave Flaubert, page 61.
Short essay over Hamlet, On the Road or your Extra Credit novel due
today electronically - remember to include the peer reviews and Common
Errors.
- March 12:
GROUP C: Alberto Moravia, Page 332.
Week
20 Allusion Workshop (Passage through the Red Sea [Exodus 14]) due
Thursday.
(10) The Week of March 17-
classes 20-21
- March 17:
NO CLASS - ICFES SKIP DAY
- March 19:
GROUP D: Franz Kafka, page 337.
- March 21: First Half of Beloved Due (to 165) - In class discussion or Paideia. Week
21 Allusion Workshop (Midas and the Golden Touch) due
today.
(11) The Week of March 24-
classes 22-23
- March 26:
GROUP E: Eugene Ionesco, page 344.
- March 28:
GROUP F: Albert Camus, page 350.
(12) The Week of March 31
classes 24-25
- April 1: Poetry from T.S.
Eliot - Read in Sleeping on the Wing pages 169 to 180.
- April 3:
Beloved Due - In class discussion or Paideia.
Please bring in some notes AND ONE significant quote from the book to start
our discussion.
(13) The Week of April 7
class 26 -
Short Essay over Beloved OR Outside
Novel due BEFORE EASTER
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April 7:
Poetry from e.e. cummings - Read in Sleeping on the Wing pages
197-202. I'll have some additional handouts in class.
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April 9: Third
Quarter Exams - Mock AP
SEMANA SANTA - April 12 To April 22
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(14) The Week of April 21
classes 27-28
- April 22: Review Mock AP
Multiple Choice and Essays.
- April 24: Prepare for AP Exam
on May 5 - Short Essays with Samples / Please write the essay from the Mock AP
we took before Semana Santa that you didn't initially write.
(15) The Week of April 28
classes 29-30
- April 28: Prepare for AP Exam
on May 5 - Short Essays - Open Question / Please write two essays from the AP
exam handed out in class, one from the first two and the free-response essay.
- April 30:
Prepare for AP Exam on May 5 - Final Tips
from AP Guide / Multiple Choice Work / Please write ONE free-response
essay (see topics here)
AND review the
grading criteria for the essays you wrote for Monday.
(16) The Week of May 5
class 31
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May 5:
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION EXAM
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May 6:
Start Film Analysis
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May 8:
NO CLASS - AP Exam (Math) & Science Fair
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classes 32-33
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May 16: NO CLASS - Special
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class 34
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Semester Two - 34 Classes, 18 Weeks, 6 Missed Classes
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The Daily Poetry - Check the
Library of Congress
website our current poem. We will start every class with a little
poetry.
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Note:
We will also be using
Sleeping on the Wing by James Moffett some of our poetry selections.
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The Mythology and Biblical Allusions weekly work
due on the last day of the week - click here.
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The short story work from the anthology, Of Time
and Place.
- When we study the short stories, each group will be
required to present a SHORT introduction to our story and author, as follows:
- Information about the author WHICH IS RELEVANT to
the work we will be discussing.
- Information about the period in which the piece was
written and, again, which is relevant to the work.
- Information about the genre of the piece: what type
of short story is it?
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The non-fiction work from the anthology, Points
of Departure.
- When we study the short stories, each group will be
required to present a SHORT introduction to our story and author, as follows:
- Information about the author WHICH IS RELEVANT to
the work we will be discussing.
- Information about the period in which the piece was
written and, again, which is relevant to the work.
- Information about the genre of the piece.
This includes the "type" of piece it is, as well as the defining characteristics
of that type. In short, genre may be defined as follows:
"Genre is a synonym type or kind. It groups
various literary works by form, technique, or subject matter into types or
categories. The term, often loosely used, reflects numerous principles and kinds
of literature.
Traditionally, genres include the tragic, comedic, epic, lyric, pastoral.
Currently, genre divisions might also include novel, short story, essay, perhaps
television play or motion picture scenario or one-act play.
Genre classification infers formal or technical characteristics among similar
works regardless or time or place of composition, author, or subject matter; it
also infers that characteristics defining a particular group of works are basic
in discussions of literary art. Critics frequently regard genre distinctions as
useful descriptive devices albeit arbitrary ones." (http://www.heniford.net/1234/glossgen.htm)
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