August 18:Course Description and Expectations /
Weekly Allusions & Figurative Language / Demonstrate Listserv / Set Up Reading
Groups & Work Groups for Year / Set Up AP Potluck Dinner. Essays and Group
Notes for Summer Reading Due August 24. Peer Review of Summer AP Essays Due
September 1 (Choose one essay from the person listed above you and one from
the person listed below you).
August 20: Set Up AP Potluck Dinner / Mock AP Exam.
Weekly Workshop: Greek Mythology Creation of the World (here
and
here) due.For more information about the Weekly Workshops, click
here. / Two Essays, Two short book
reviews and one set of Group Reading Notes for your Summer Reading are due
next class. (Please
all three -
remember that the Group Notes should only be handed in by one member of the
group.) For more information about writing a book review, click
here.
(2) The Week of August 23 - 2 classes
August
24: Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
Essays and Reading Group Notes Due
August 26:Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary. Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
(3) The Week of August 30-
3 classes
August 30:Discussion of Mock AP Exam,
including scoring guidelines, sample responses and scoring summary.
Please have graded sample essays A & K (Emily Dickinson) and P, GG & BBB
(Henry James) for class.
Read "Lost in the Funhouse" for Next Class. Two peer reviews of
summer AP essays due next class (Choose one essay from the person listed above you and one
from the person listed below you in the
archives.)
You should write comments using the Reviewing
feature in Word, write a general comment at the end AND give the essay a
grade; please use the rubric here to give you some ideas on what makes a quality AP essay.
Remember to send the essay to the writer and to me.
September
1:Mock Paideia Seminar - Lost in the
Funhouse, Barth.
Please read the
Paideia
Outline and the
Criticism
emailed to the listserv BEFORE the seminar.
Peer Reviews for Summer Essays Due.
(Choose one essay from the person listed above you and one from the person
listed below you in the
archives.)
You should write comments using the Reviewing
feature in Word, write a general comment at the end AND give the essay a
grade; please use the rubric here to give you some ideas on what makes a quality AP essay.
Remember to send the essay to the writer and to me.
September 9:
Review of Prose Terminology and History - point of view, theme, diction
(style): Hills Like White Elephantsby Ernest Hemingway and The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allen Poe. See the handouts
here
for more information.
Weekly Workshop: Prometheus and Epimetheus due. As I Lay Dying
Mid-Point (to page 137) Discussion Next Class.
(5) The Week of September 13 - 0 classes
September
13:NO CLASS
- Semana de Crecimiento Personal
September
15:NO CLASS
- Semana de Crecimiento Personal
AP ENGLISH CLASS
POTLUCK DINNER - 6:00
September
17:NO CLASS - Semana de Crecimiento Personal -
Weekly Workshop
CANCELLED. As I Lay Dying
Mid-Point (to page 137) Discussion &
Style Worksheet (PDF) Due Next Class.
You will need
to hand in the following for your class presentations:
Lesson plans for your presentation. Please use the
format here.
You should cover SOME information about the periods's
history, the characteristics of the literature, RELEVANT information on
particular authors, AND information or definitons of specific literatry
types or devices you will be looking at in class. As well, have a GOOD
class activity (discussion, etc.) which will "get at" the meat in the
works being presented (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.
A presentation package is due within a week after the
presentation. Please use the format
here.
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!
(6) The Week of September 20 - 2
classes
September
21: Review Prose
Terminology and Discuss
Style
Worksheet (PDF). Mid-Point Discussion of
As I Lay Dying
(to Page 137)
& Review of Formal Essay.
September
30:
Review of Prose Terminology and History - symbolism, setting: The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson and A Worn Pathby Eudora Welty. See the handouts
here
for more information.Weekly Workshop: Pandora's Box due.
(8) The Week of October 4 - 3 classes
Your outside reading the first quarter should be
finished this week; please hand in your AP essay, Discussion Notes & Book Review by Friday.
October
14: Review of Prose Terminology and History - putting it all together: Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolffe and Bernice Bobs Her Hairby F. Scott Fitzgerald.
See the
lesson plans
here. Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
(10) The Week of October 18 - 2 classes
October 19:Final Discussion of
As I Lay Dying / Introduction of Second Quarter Novel & Second
Quarter Outside Reading. Introduce MyDropBox Plagiarism Service
- Instructions here.
October
21:
NO CLASS - PARENT CONFERENCES Weekly Workshop: The Garden of Eden [Genesis Chapters 1-3]
and Peer reviews for Quarter One Outside Novel AP Essay (Review one up
and one down) Due.
(11) The Week of October 25 - 2
class
October 25:October 25:Group C: The Restoration 1660-1700.Read read this
sonnet, do the
homework here, and
review the Lesson
Plans and Handouts.
Please bring your Scarlet Letter books to class.
First Quarter Formal Essay Due. Please submit this and
ALL major assignment (I will tell you which) to MyDropBox
AND by email to me.
The instructions are
here.
October 27:
Group C: The Restoration 1660-1700.
Read and bring a copy of the excerpt of Tartuffe by Moliere,
Marriage a-la-Mode and From Troilus and Cressida by John Dryden;
define unknown terminology in the reading of the three poems (all of the
readings are in the
homework handout).
Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
November 4:Group D:
Augustan Age
1700-1745.Read A Modest
Proposalby Jonathan Swift. Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due.
Bring a copy of your paper WITHOUT comments to our next class!
November 8:
Work on Peer Editing and
Formal Writing Using Sample Essays from Class.
Bring a copy of your paper WITHOUT comments to our next class!
November 10:Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing.
We will be using the
Peer Review
Format and Essay
Grading Rubric.
Rewrite your introduction and first argument for the class November 18 & Write
Down 5 Major Errors to Work On (email to me...).
November 12:Bring your TWO peer reviews to class this
period to exchange & your Scarlet Letter. Mid-Point
Discussion of The Scarlet Letter (to Chapter 13)& Essay Ideas
- See Handout.Weekly Workshop: Cain and Abel [Genesis Chapter 4] due.
(14) The Week of November 15 - 1 classes
November 18
Thursday:(Binationals)
Bring a copy of your rewritten introduction and
first argument AND email it to me.
Work on Peer Editing and Formal Writing. Write Down 5 Major Errors to Work On. Review punctuation and structure (see
handout). Read
Poetry by Nikki Giovanni,
The Sow
by Sylvia Plath,
Camp in a Prussian Forest by Randell Jerrel,
Bright Star
by John Keats and
The Nature of Proof by Perrine for next class.
All the poems may be downloaded
here. Weekly Workshop: Literary Device due.
(15) The Week of November 22 -
1 class
November 23:Review of Poetry Terminology and History:
Poetry by Nikki Giovanni,
The Sow
by Sylvia Plath,
Camp in a Prussian Forest by Randell Jerrel,
Bright Star
by John Keats and
The Nature of Proof by Perrine.Email me 5 major
essay errors you want to work on. Weekly Workshop: Book or Movie Review due
- Optional Weekly
Workshop - If handed it, it will replace a missing workshop from another week.
This may also be emailed by Friday midnight.
(16) The Week of November 29 - 3 classes
Your outside reading the second quarter should be
finished this week; please hand in your AP essay, Discussion Notes & Book Review by Friday.
December 3:
Review for Final Exam.
Class Review of First Semester &
Suggestions for Second Semester.
Review Reading Assignment for Christmas (Beloved -
Reading Information & Criticism
1,
2 and
3). Weekly Workshop: Noah and
the Flood [Genesis Chapters 6-9] due.
Spend a day on
Grammar & Punctuation (Sheets Already Photocopied) Using First Page of Second
Quarter Formal Essays / Add Structure & Content Review? Reproduce
the handout on transition words.
Continue with
Poetry Boot camp
Decide on Late
Days - Excuse One Weekly Workshop for each (or every two) Late Days?
Follow up on
Poetry Festival - See interested on attendance.
RE-Introduce
Presentation guidelines and expectations: Lesson Plans, Presentation Package,
Send ALL Handouts, Work should be AP Challenging and Quantity
Review Final Exam
- Multiple Choice and Essays (Answer Sheets & Commentary Sheets Already Photocopied).
Do Peer Reviews? Make overheads of original AP essays from this exam and
review with the class.
Set Up Deadlines,
Discussions and Assignment for Christmas Novel, Beloved
Rewrite 5 Common
Errors Based on Current Situation
January 12: Discuss plans
for second semester; Review Final Exam - multiple choice and essays.
Hand out AP Test Prep CD.
January 14:
Finish reviewing AP exam essays & Introduce King Lear.
Discuss Poetry Festival ideas and participation. Give
handout
for Beloved seminar on Tuesday. Please read the
handout on essay grading for the AP. Weekly Workshop:
Paris and the Golden Apple due.
You should be writing a SHORT essay
(3-5 pp) over Beloved or another approved novel or author.
This will be due by February 7, emailed to me AND uploaded to
MyDropBox.
You need to be reading King Lear by William
Shakespeare and one other Shakespeare play of your own choosing. Information about
Shakespeare and his work can be found on the resources
page - both handouts and web links - and I will be giving you some handouts
in class. King Lear, which should be read with your reading
partner (and which counts as your 3rd quarter outside novel), should be read to the end of Act III by
January 28 and finished by Feburary 9. Your second
Shakespeare play will be due by March 2.
King Lear will "count" as your outside novel this
quarter. Your AP Paper and reading
notes are due by February 17.
Finally, you will have a formal essay due on March 18 over
one of the Shakespeare plays we will read during the third quarter. You must use a Shakespeare play for this assignment.
AT LEAST two of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before
you finish the final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED
Common Errors
must accompany your paper when you hand it in.
Optional writing assignments will be
available for those who have mastered the formal essay.
(2) The Week of January 17 -
2 classes
January 18:Paideia
Seminar over Beloved. Third Quarter Outside Novel
Choice due - Please choose from the list
here.
January 20: Introduction
to Shakespeare, Tragedy and Hamlet. Please read one thing about
Hamlet before class (not a plot summary).Weekly Workshop:
Literary Device due.
(3) The Week of January 24 -
3 classes
January 24:Close
Reading of Hamlet. Please read the introduction
(pages vii to xlii) in Hamlet, the handouts and the online
resources I've posted
here.
January 26: Close Reading
of Hamlet.
January 28:NO
CLASS - SKIP DAYWeekly Workshop:
Book or Movie Review due.
(4) The Week of January 31 - 2
classes
February 1:King Lear
(to end of Act III) due - We'll have an in-class discussion on
the first half of this play.Close
Reading of Hamlet.
February 3: Close Reading of Hamlet. Weekly Workshop:
Odysseus and the Trojan Horse due.
(5) The Week of February 7 - 3 classes
February 7:Close
Reading of Hamlet. Short
essay over Beloved Due.
Email to Me & Upload to MyDropBox)
February 9: Close
Reading of Hamlet.
February 11:
Finish Close Reading of Hamlet. Weekly Workshop:
Literary Device due.
(6) The Week of February 14 - 2
classes
February 15:Final discussion over King Lear.
Please read the following criticisms BEFORE coming to class BY GROUP:
Group A,
Group B,
Group C,
Group D,
Group E
(you do not need to print all the critiques, only you group's)
AND be thinking about how to present it to the class. Don't forget
your books!!!
February 17:
Cindy Clark for AP Test; Watch One Minute Shakespeare Film - Discuss Choices for Second
Shakespeare Due March 2. King Lear
AP Essay and reading notes (email both to me) are due; you do not need to write a review.Weekly Workshop:
Book or Movie Review due.
February 21:
NO CLASS but King Lear AP Essay and reading notes (email both to me) are due; you do not need to write a review.
February 22: Watch Hamlet Films
- Bring money for Pizza.
RE-Introduce Presentation guidelines and expectations: Lesson Plans,
Presentation Package, Send ALL Handouts, Work should be AP Challenging and
Quantity AND include terminology where applicable.
February 24:
Review punctuation and structure (see
handout) & formal
essay expectations - use sample essays in class. Do the
punctuation
exercises for next class. Weekly Workshop:
Tantalus and Ixion and Sisyphus due.
(8) The Week of February 28 - 3 classes
February 28:Finish and review
Punctuation Exercises. Introduction of Fourth Quarter Novel -
The Great Gatsby (background
information here). Discuss creative writing tie-ins with the book for fourth quarter paper.
(Mid point discussion of book on April 1; final discussion or Paideia
Seminar on April 18 AND paper due on April 24.)
March 2:Second Shakespeare play due. Please
email me Reading Notes and a Play Review. Final
discussion of Shakespeare and his works & possible paper topics based on one
of his plays (you must use a Shakespeare play for this assignment).
March 4:March 4:Group A: Romanticism, Light, Dark
and Gothic 1785-1830. Read Coleridge’s “Rime
of the Ancient Mariner” before class; we will discuss that and Keats’s “Ode
on a Grecian Urn" in class. See the lesson plans
here.
Weekly Workshop:
Literary Device due.
March 10:Rompf:
Romanticism, Light, Dark and Gothic 1785-1830:
Read and prepare the Emily Dickinson poems assigned to your group
here AND the background on
Dickinson here. Weekly Workshop:
Pilate and Jesus [Matt.27] due.
March 18:
No Class but Third
Quarter Formal Essay due over ONE Shakespeare play (email to me & upload to
MyDropBox) - LATE DAYS COUNT OVER BREAK. AT LEAST two of your peers MUST have reviewed the essay before
you finish the final draft, and their comments along with your UPDATED
Common Errors
must accompany your paper when you hand it in. Weekly Workshop:
The agony of Christ [Mark 14] due.
MARCH 19 to
MARCH 28
- SEMANA SANTA
(11) The Week of March 28 - 2
classes
March 29:
Group C: Realism 1865-1915.
Please read Kate Chopin's "The
Story of an Hour" (AL pg 474 - also hyperlinked) and Leo Tolstoy's
"A Prisoner in the Caucasus" (OTAP 178 -
also hyperlinked - the story is about 19 pages to print; if you don't
have Of Time and Place with you, read it on your computer and
then bring a copy of the book to class.)
Bring the American Literature and Of Time and Place textbooks to
class. The lesson plans are
here and the presentation
here. Fourth Quarter Outside Novel Choice due; please
choose from the list
here.
(4th quarter outside novel work [AP Essay, Reading Notes, Review] due by April
24.)
March 31:Group C:
Realism 1865-1915.
• Read Bret Harte "The
Outcasts of Poker Flat" (AL Text 452 and hyperlinked) + the
Summary of Samuel Clemens
The Adventures Huckleberry Finn (the summary is hyperlinked; click on
the book title for the whole book). Bring your American Literature
textbook. Weekly Workshop:
Book or Movie Review due.
April 14:
Group E -
Modernism.
Read "Flight" by John Steinbeck (AL 630 - not available online),
"The Bear" by William Faulkner (AL 646 - not available online),
and "A Clean
Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway. See the lesson
plans here and the handouts
(Steinbeck,
Historical Background,
Fitzgerald,
Characteristics). Weekly Workshop:
Atlas and his Burden or Midas and the Golden Touch due.
(14) The Week of April 18 - 2 classes
April 19:Final discussion & Seminar over
The Great Gatsby. We will be reading the criticisms
here in class - you do
not need to print them. Decide on after school AP Test Prep work for those taking the
test. Distribute
copies (made) of 2004 ICFES English exam - take exam and look for problems.
April 21:AP Test Preparation and Final Suggestions - See Web Links
here and
Essay Test Strategies.
Creative Writing, Outside Novel Assignments (Book Review & Reading Notes) due
May 1 - No Exceptions and No Late Days. Remind Final Exam participants (Abadia,
Andrade, Navarro, Restrepo, Vasquez). Review Schedule for End
of Year.
The
Week of April 25
April 25 -
29 -
SENIOR EXAMS
April 27, Science Balcony, 8:00
to 11:00:Final Exam for AP English - Mock AP: Abadia,
Andrade, Navarro, Restrepo, Vasquez
(15) The Week of May 2 - 2 Classes
May 1:
Creative writing assignment for Fourth Quarter due
(email to me & upload to
MyDropBox) / Fourth Quarter Outside Novel Short Review (email to me)
and Reading Notes (email to me) due.
No Exceptions
and No Late Days!
May 3:ICFES English Exam Prep: Review Exam and Discuss Strategies. / Course Summary and Recommendations; Do we need
testing?
May 5:Course Summary and Recommendations
MAY 5 - AP
ENGLISH LITERATURE
AND COMPOSITION EXAM
MAY
5 - POTLUCK DINNER FOR AP CLASS
MAY
15 -
ICFES
May 10 - 20 -
SPECIAL SCHEDULE
May 23 - 27 -
SENIOR PROJECT
PRESENTATIONS
June 4 -
GRADUATION
Semester Two - 34 Classes, 15 Weeks, 1 Missed Classes
Add more comprehensive writing, grammar and
punctuation program at beginning of the year - see
Aaron's handout (One,
Two,
Three) & Talk
to Aaron and Mike (Dialectic Entries).
Borrow or buy several copies of Strunk &
White for AP class for ongoing writing work.
Add testing to the class?
Penalize late presentation plans and
packages with late days - one week before for plans & one week after for
packages.
Move Gatsby to the beginning of the year and
As I Lay Dying to the end.
Make more discussion time for books
(especially difficult books), perhaps two mid-point discussions, a seminar and
then a critical analysis.
Continue with the Boot Camp at the beginning
of the year but reinforce it throughout the year (see below).
Keep all things Shakespeare.
Start the class with the modern/contemporary
period and then work up from the past. Maybe extended selections from
the modern/contemporary period could be used in the Boot Camp.
Even out the work in the two semesters;
semester two is not strong enough as final prep for the AP Exam, especially in
terms of mock AP essays.
AP essays should be both typed and hand
written.
Most presentations could be better.
Testing could occur at quarter and semester
to force content review. Tests should be open book and could be oral.
The late days should be kept.
Consider a reading journal to force more
practice analysis of daily reading, provide evaluation of reading done and to
reinforce the Boot Camp and AP terminology.
Presentations and class should use texts
with more complexity, like they use on the AP test. These could be part
of weekly workshop rotations with allusions, figurative language and
book/movie review assignments.
Literary terminology needs to be more
thoroughly reinforced throughout the year.
We need more practice with the two "other"
essay questions on the AP (could be used as a rotation for the workshops?)
Use and implementation of technology was
good. Having to print readings wasn't too difficult, but I still need to
evaluate the number of copies made for the class.
Try to integrate more creative writing
(workshop rotation?). Creative writing exercises could be used to
reinforce terminology.
Most people feel more comfortable with the
formal essay now than at the beginning of the year.
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