Sunday

(WEEK
ONE)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

SEPTEMEBER

FOCUS: What is analysis

exactly?

FOCUS: What is analysis and

what are some analytical
strategies I should use?

FOCUS: What is group

seminar and how should
it be structured?

FOCUS: What are some

reading/note-taking
strategies I should be
using for AP Text?

NO SCHOOL:
LABOR DAY

*Opening: Icebreakers
(M&Ms)
*Teacher Introduction
*What is analysis--quickwrite/discussion
*Read Fox by Wild
*Analysis and Fox *Why
Poetry? Eagle write and
Tennysons Eagle
*Closing: What did you
learn about analysis?
Revisit quick-write
*HW: Read syllabus,
golden line at least once
per page

* Opening: Mentor Text

What is analysisread and
annotate
*Introduce Jolliffee's chart-what do you notice?
*Syllabus Review
group/class discussion of
golden lines. *Syllabus
Discussion--binder set up,
writer's notebooks
*"Death be Not Proud" Donne
Poetry Reading--trying more
analysis and the chart.
*Closing: Start Recording
Analysis Strategies/WN
reflection.
*HW: Review The Book Thief
and find 2-3 things Zusak does
worth analyzing, write a 250
analysis response--what do
you notice and why? Syllabus
Signature Due Thursday.

*Opening: Group
Discussion Word
Response
*Video: What is seminar
and discussion look like in
AP Lit.?
*Establish Seminar Rules
and Expectations
*Seminar: The Book Thief
and Analysis
*WN Reflectionwhat
did you learn from
seminar?
*Preview: How to Read
Literature like a
Professor, read
introduction
*Closing: what are some
reading strategies and
things to keep in mind
with Foster?
-HW: Read Foster
chapters 1-6 for Friday
and write a 20 word or
less summary for each
chapter.
http://my.brainshark.com
/Socratic-seminar717263435

*Opening: Read, Suicide

Note, what do you
notice?
*How do you read? What
strategies do you
currently use? Read
Hocked Gems
*Discussion/WN Page
Reading Strategies
*Seminar: Foster chapters
1-6
*Read and apply new
reading/notes strategies
with chapter 6
*Closing: what did you
learn today?
*HW:250- 500 word
responseconsider
Fosters theories so far
and discuss if any of his
theories fit into our
summer reading or other
literature you have read
before.

Saturday
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(WEEK
TWO)

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FOCUS:
How should I read
poetry? What are
some reading
strategies I will need?

FOCUS: What are some

more reading strategies
from Foster? What is
diction and syntax and
why is in important in
poems/literature?

FOCUS: Once again, why is

diction and syntax important?
What new theories can help
us from Foster and how is that
going to influence your paper
for the end of this unit?

FOCUS: What is tone and

how does it relate to
diction?

FOCUS: Why is it
important to pay
attention to a poems
form, especially if it is a
sonnet?

*Opening: Diction word

activity
*Vocabularywhat is
syntax and diction?
*Diction reading
strategy: There is no
frigate like a book
why frigate?
*Poetry reading
strategy: reading to
punctuation and end of
sentence with
Blackberry Eating.
*More independent
application: The
Rabbitwhat do you
notice about syntax and
diction?
*Closing: update WN
strategy listwhat did
you learn?
*HW: Write a one page
quick-write in your WN
about your favorite
literature pieces you
have read in high school.

*Opening: Here a pretty

baby liesread, note diction
and syntax.
*Poetry Strategy: Threading
finding common diction
threads to help make
meaning.
*Application: Henry IV AP
passagewhat do you notice
about diction and what does
this poem say?
*Seminar: Foster chapters 7-9
*Foster Application Paper
Introduction and Expectations
*WN Brainstorm and revisit
homework passagewhat
could you look for to write on
for this Foster paper?
*Closing: exitthree things I
learned today.
*HW: Read Foster Ch. 10-14
for Thursdays seminar.

*Opening: Highlight
key parts of your
response for small
table discussion
what Foster parallels
do you see?
*Class Discussion:
what are some Foster
analysis strategies we
can see and use?
*WN: What are some
key traits of a poem?
*Poetry Strategy:
Reread: Picture
activity
*Read, read, write,
Read/Rate: Mirror
by Plath
*Mirror Write
Activitytry some
poetic structures and
mimic Plaths style
*Closing: Update
Poetry Strategies
(reread, write to find
meaning)
-HW: Read Foster Ch.
7-9 for seminar on
Wednesday.

*Opening: It Says, I Say

Foster Ch. 10-14
* Seminar: Chapter 10-14
*Read, The Naked and
the Nude
*Tone Vocabulary List
which tone words best fit
this poem? Do you see
tone shifts?
*Read, Mooney poem
and look for diction, tone,
and tone shift.
*Tone shifts: boxing
strategy, teacher model
with Frost, Round, and
Issa.
*How can this help you
with analysis?
*Mooney Poem Rewrite
Activity: change the
diction and tone
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Wilburs
Poem, The Barred Owl
and write an analytical
response of 500 words
based on prompt.
GRADED!

*Opening: Revisit
Blackberry Eating
where is the tone shift
and what do you notice
about the poems overall
form and organization.
*Close Read: If its
square, its Sonnet Foster
*What is a sonnet? Perrin
Reading
*Read Sonnets: Italian vs.
Shakespearean (Collins,
Shakespeare, Donne)
*Can you put this sonnet
in order?
*Closing: As a group, we
learnedexit slip
*HW: Read Foster Ch. 15,
18-21 for Mondays
seminar.

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(WEEK
THREE)

15
FOCUS: What new
things are we learning
from Foster? What are
some important lit.
Devices you should
know (overstatement,
understatement,
paradox)?
*Opening: Pick a stem,
write a response based
on the Foster
homework
*Seminar: Chapter 15,
18-21
*Read Fire and Ice
which is worse
*What is
overstatement,
understatement, and
paradox?
*Understatement
Monty Python Clip
*Poem Study:
Midterm Break
*Poem Study: Robinson
*WN Response/Pick a
poem: what lit.
device(s) is the author
using and why?
Analysis
*Closing: where else
have you seen
overstatement,
understatement and/or
paradox?
HW: Read, A
Goodman is Hard to
Findannotate for
Tuesdays seminar.

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FOCUS: What can you
expect to experience
with the AP MC
Literature Exam? What
theories and analysis
strategies can you apply
to Flannerys short
story?
*Opening: Three
discussion points from
Flannerys story.
*Seminar: A Goodman
is hard to find
*AP Timed MC Pre-Test
(60 minutes)
*Closing: What did you
think of the MC exam
reflections and reactions
*HW: Read A Rose for
Emily for Wednesdays
seminar.
***I will send you an email with the exam to
copythis cannot be
post online nor can
students keep the test
copies.

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FOCUS: Why is symbolism
important and need to be
analyzed while reading
literature?

*Opening: what does the fly

symbolize? Quick-write.
*Seminar: A Rose for
Emilyany symbolism?
*Jigsawfour poems to
study: Plath, Dante (teacher
model), Blake, and Dickson
*Group Teaching (what is the
symbolism) and multiple
choice questions
*WN Response: pick a poem
and define its symbolism.
*Seminar: A Rose for
Emilyany symbolism?
*Closing:
-HW: Read Foster Ch. 22-26

18
FOCUS: What do I need to
start doing for my Foster
paper? Why is it
important to not always
read with your eyes?

19
FOCUS: What is allusion
and why is it important
while reading literature?

*Opening: Read, My
Papas Waltz
*Article Read and
discussion of My Papas
Waltz
*Revisit Fosters Ch. 25
*Reread and discuss
again, My Papas Waltz
*Seminar: Chapters 22-26
*Revisit, deeper reading
of Foster paper
expectations, sample,
rubric
*Closing: brainstorm
topic ideas, shares
*HW: Read, The Garden
Party and annotate for
Fridays seminar. Foster
st
paper 1 draft due
Monday.

*Opening: Re-sketch this

picture on an index card
what do you see?
(Landscape)
*Read, W. H. Audens
Musee des Beaux Arts
*Read, Landscape with
the fall of Icarus
*Discussionhow do they
compare, contrast? Why
use allusion? How does
this fit into Fosters
arguments
*More allusion: My Son
the Man
*Seminar: The Garden
Partyany allusions?
*Closing: Allusion sticky
note exit
st
*HW: Foster paper 1
draft due Monday. Finish
Foster Ch. 27-end for
Mondays seminar.

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(WEEK
FOUR)

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FOCUS: How can you
improve your Foster
paper?
*Opening: 5 things I
gained from Foster
*Seminar: End of
Foster
*Silent Read and
Respond, Thank You
Maam
*Discussion: what are
some important
analytical claims you
could make about this
story?
*12 Sentence
Paragraph, Quote
Integration, and
Analysis Writing
Strategy
*Practiceadd in a 6,
9, 12 sentence
paragraph in your
Foster paper.
*Closing: shares
*HW: Foster 2nd draft
due Wednesday. Find
a passage from The
Book Thief that has
great imagery and
write a 250 word
response for Tuesday.

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FOCUS: What are the
imagery types and why
is imagery so important
to notice while reading
AP literature?

*Opening: Book Thief

Close Reading: my
favorite imagery passage
(drinking champagne)
*5 imagery
types/vocabread
Perrin
*Revisit your Book Thief
response and passage
what imagery do you
see, then group share
and discussion
*Audio Imagery/Thread
Sound Words: I Felt a
Funeral in my Brain
Dickinson
*Visual Imagery: Out,
Out Frost
*Closing: what is the
purpose of this imagery?
nd
*HW: Foster 2 Draft
due Wednesday

24
FOCUS:
What are the imagery types
and why is imagery so
important to notice while
reading AP literature?

*Opening: what I learned

about imagery from
yesterday
*Ironic Imagery/Box Tone:
My Mistress Eyes
Shakespeare
*Tactile Imagery: The Great
Scarf of Birds Updike
*Application: Use all five
imagery types, bubbly juice
write
nd
*Writing Groups/Foster 2
draftsrevisions
*Closing: my revision plan
*HW: Foster Final Draft due
Friday. Read, Young
Goodman Brown for
Thursdays seminar.

25
FOCUS: What are the
level of questions you
need to be asking for AP
Lit and analysis?

26
FOCUS: What have you
learned about poetry that
you could mimic or create
in a poem of your own?

*Opening: Level of
Questions Mentor Text
*Read, Young Goodman
Brown literary criticism
*Create some worthy
level questions for
Young Goodman Brown
*Seminar: Young
Goodman Brown
*What is an apostrophe?
--If there is something or
someone dead you would
like to talk to, who would
it be? WN
*Apostrophe Poems:
Milton and O,
Capitan
*Write your own
apostrophe poem
*Closing: shares
*HW: Foster Final Draft
Due Friday.

*Opening: Foster Paper

Turn In
* Study your hands and
write down 4-5
observations in WN
*Read, Hand Poem, On
an August Night
*Hand Pictureswrite a
response
*Read, Bestiary of my
Hand
*Introduce Apostrophe
Hand Poem Project
*Brainstorm ideas
*Closing: so what is the
Apostrophe Hand Poem
Project?
*HW: Search
Afghanistan and write a
500 word response of
what you found online
with web links.

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1 OCTOBER

(WEEK
FIVE)

FOCUS: What will our

next book be focused
on?

FOCUS: Who are the

characters and what
characterization are we
seeing in The Kite
Runner?

FOCUS: What are we learning

about for The Kite Runner?
What can I revise in my poem?

FOCUS: How does the

theme of father-son play
in the book and other
literature? How does it
compare/contrast?

FOCUS: How can readers

theatre help us experience
and understand poetry?

*Opening: Share
Afghanistan
Responses in Groups.
*Kite Runner
Introduction with
Pictures
*Apostrophe Hand
Poemsample(s),
rubric
*Apostrophe Hand
Poem Workshop
*Closing: one thing I
learned about the
Middle East is
*HW: Apostrophe
st
Hand Poem 1 Draft
(reflection not
needed) due
Wednesday. Read
chapters 1-4 for
Tuesday.

*Opening: The
Incident poem study
*Characterization in Kite
Runner
*Seminar: Ch. 1-4
*WN Response: what do
you notice about
Hosseinis writing style?
*Closing: shares.
*HW: Apostrophe Hand
st
Poem 1 Draft
(reflection not needed)
due tomorrow. Chapters
5-6 due tomorrow.

*Opening: WN Response:
What do you make of the use
of winter as the key season
in The Kite Runner?
*Seminar: Ch. 5-6
*Workshop: Writing Groups
and Apostrophe Hand Poem
st
1 Drafts
*Closing: what do you plan on
fixing?
*HW: Read The Rocking
Horse Winner for Thursdays
seminar. Apostrophe Final
Draft due Friday.

*Opening: Rocking Horse

Literary Criticism
*Seminar: Rocking Horse
Winner
*Poem Study: Daddy by
Plath
*WN Response: pick one
of these and
compare/contrast it to
Kite Runner
*Closing: Discuss
*HW: Apostrophe Hand
Poem Final Draft due
Friday with reflection!

*Opening: Apostrophe Hand

Poem Turn In
Baba and AmirWN
response.
*What is readers theatre?
*Dad poems and readers
theatre group activity
*Presentations
*Discussion: how can
these poems connect and
relate to Kite Runner?
*Closing: grade yourselves
for your presentations.
*HW: Read Chapter 7.
Write a 250-500 word
response.

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(WEEK
SIX)

FOCUS: Why did

Hosseini pick this
crime and plot point?

FOCUS: How does the

theme of choices play
out in this book and
other literature?

FOCUS: What poems could I

use that complement the
characters in The Kite Runner?

FOCUS: What does the AP

Timed Essay look and feel
like?

FOCUS: How does irony

impact a story and
authors message?

*Opening: Close
Rereading of Ch. 7
*WN ResponseIs
Hassan a Jesus figure?
*Read, For a Lamb
*Seminar: Ch. 7
*Poem Commentary
Response Paper
Introduction
*Closing: brainstorm
*HW: Read Ch.8-10
for Tuesdays seminar.

*Opening: WN
ResponseCHOICES
*Seminar: Ch. 8-10
*Poem Study: Traveling
Through the Dark and
The Road Not Taken
*Could either of these
poems work for the
Poem Commentary
Paper?
*HW: Read, The Stamp
Collection for
Wednesday.

*Opening: Red Journals

personal narrative
*Stamp Collection Vocab
Review
*Seminar: The Stamp
Collection
*Poem Study: America, Thy
Brothers Blood and A
Bitterness
*Poem Commentary Sample
Paper /Workshop
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Ch. 11-13 for
Thursday. Poem Commentary
Response Paper due Monday.

*Opening: It Says, I Say

*Seminar: Ch. 11-13
*Timed AP Essay (need
40 mins)
*Closing: reflections on
the essay
*HW: Read Ch. 14-19.
Poem Commentary
Response Paper due
Monday.

*Opening: Pick a line.

*Seminar: Ch. 14-19
*Read, The Story of an
Hour
*Discussion/irony
*WN Responsethe
authors techniques and
why.
*Closing: share
*Read Ch. 20-23. Poem
Commentary Response
Paper due Monday.

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SEVEN)

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FOCUS: What are

some narrative topics I
could focus on and
write about?

FOCUS: What did you

think of Hosseinis book
and how could it be used
for the future AP exam?

FOCUS: Sin and Atonement

did Amir truly make up for his
betrayal?

FOCUS: Sin and

Atonementhow does
the film Atonement
parallel The Kite Runner?

FOCUS: Sin and

Atonementhow does
the film Atonement
parallel The Kite Runner?

*Opening: Pick a
narrative prompt. 10
min. write/turn in
paper
*Seminar: Ch. 20-23
*Personal Narrative
Paper Introduction
*Hosseinis
narrative techniques
brainstorm
*Closing: pair-share
ideas.
*HW: Read Ch. 24-25
(finish book).
st
Narrative 1 Draft due
Wednesday.

*Opening: More
narrative prompts
*Article Read
*Seminar: End of Book
*Plot Points for AP
Test/Prompt
*Sample Essay
*Closing: what did you
think of the book?
Rating?
nd
*HW: Narrative 2 Draft
due Friday.

*Opening: The Rite of

Passageare children
capable of great evil?
*Atonement Introduction and
Paper
*Film Study: Atonement
*Closing: what did you notice?
nd
*HW: Narrative 2 Draft due
Friday.

*Opening: Review and

share
*Film Study:
Atonement
*Closing: what did you
notice?
nd
*HW: Narrative 2 drafts
due Friday.

*Opening: Briony and

Amir compare
chart/check narratives
*Film Study Conclusion:
Atonement
*WN Reflect
*Seminar: Atonement vs.
Kite Runner
*Closing: what ideas do
you have for your
Atonement paper?
*HW: Atonement
Response Paper due
Monday.

*****NOTE: there is a short

scene from this film that you
will need fast forward
because it is a sex scene.
TIME:

During Chapter 6, from

the time of 35:00-37:00
is the sex scene that
needs to be fast
forwarded. All students
will miss is Cecelia and
Robbie having sex and
Cecelia saying I love
you to Robbie and then
Briony walks in on them.

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(WEEK
EIGHT)

FOCUS: What are

some great narrative
techniques used by
Hosseini that I can use
to improve my own
writing?

FOCUS: What will our

next book be about?

FOCUS: How does Gregor

handle losing his
transformation?

FOCUS: What are some

crucial plot points/scenes
from this story?

FOCUS: What is satire?

*Opening: Hosseini
Narrative Techniques
Chapter Study/turn in
paper.
*Discussion
techniques to improve
my own narrative
*Writing Groups
*Workshoprevisions
*Closing: what I plan
to revise is
*HW: Narrative Final
Drafts Due Friday.

*Opening: Poem Study:

Ethicswhat would
you do? What does the
poem really say?
*Kafka Introduction
Mentor Text
*Close Reading
Metamorphosis (pgs. 47) and sketch
*Discussion: what do we
notice?
*Closing: predictions for
Part I
*HW: Read Part I for
Wednesday.

*Opening: WN Prompthow
does Gregor handle his
change?
*What does Gregor look like?
*Seminar: Part One.
*Read One Artcompare it
to Kafka
*Villanelle Write (if time)
*Closing: reflections and
answers
*HW: Read Part II for
Thursday

*Opening: Three Sticky

Notes for Three Passages
*Seminar: Part II
*Pivotal Passage Paper
Introduction
*Poem Strategy: Who,
How, But, SoHouse
and Bereft
*Closing: what themes
are emerging in this
novella?
*HW: Read Part III for
Friday. Narrative Final
Drafts due Friday.

*Opening: What did you

think of the end of
Metamorphosis?
*Seminar: Part III
*What is satire?
*Read, Barbie Doll
*Start, A Modest
Proposalgroup reading
activity.
*Closing: what is satire?
*HW: Finish reading, A
Modest Proposal for
Monday.

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NOVEMEBER

(WEEK
NINE)

FOCUS: What is
satire?

FOCUS: How can you

visually represent a
character from one of
the literary texts we
have read from this
unit?

*Opening: Review A
Modest Proposal and
annotate/highlight
some key satire.
*Seminar: A Modest
Proposal
*Read, Girl and
discuss
*Pivotal Passage
Sample
Reading/Review
*Closing: what I
learned from Girl
was
*HW: Read, A Hunger
Artist for Tuesday.
Pivotal Passage Paper
Due Friday.

*Opening: Key Line.

*A Hunger Artist
Commentary
*Seminar: A Hunger
Artist
*Artistic Character
Project Introduction,
Rubric, and samples
*Brainstorm: ideas
*Closing: shares
*HW: Workshop
Wednesday. Bring
materials to work on.

FOCUS: What is our next book

about? What can I work on for
my two unit projects?

*Opening: Look at The

Handmaids Tale coverwrite
a reaction
*Handmaids Quote WriteAround and Discussion
*Workshop: Pivotal Passage
Write and/or Artistic
Character Project
*Closing: what did you
accomplish?
*HW: Pivotal Passage Paper
due Friday. Artistic Character
Project due Monday
Presentations. Read Ch. 1-4 of
The Handmaids Tale.

FOCUS: What are you

noticing about the role of
women in this book?
What is anaphora and
epistrophe?

*Opening: Female
Identity Picture Response
*Mentor Text:
Persepolis
*Seminar: Ch. 1-4
*New VocabAnaphora
and Epistrophe
*Try your own poem with
Anaphora and Epistrophe
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Ch. 5-12.

FOCUS: What is
metonymy?

*Opening: Close Read

what do you notice about
Atwoods writing style and
structure?
*Seminar: Ch. 5-12
*What is metonymy?
*Metonymy examples
*Metonymy poems
*Closing: What did you
learn today?
*HW: Read Ch. 13-19

(WEEK
TEN)

FOCUS: What are Mrs.

Rutans policies and
procedures? What did
you create for the
artistic project?

9
(WEEK
ELEVEN)
Need to
get
laptops!

*Opening: Reflections
on the semester so
far.
*Review Policies and
Procedures
*Seminar
*Artistic Character
Project Presentations
*Closing: favorite
project?
*HW: Read Ch. 20-23
for Wed.
10 FOCUS: What are
some poetry reading
strategies? What can
we discuss, analyze,
and write about from
The Yellow
Wallpaper?
*Opening: Read the
first poem
*Poetry Strategies:
Richs poems
*Seminar: The Yellow
Wallpaper
*Introduce Doc. Write
*Sample Paper
*Closing: brainstorm
some ideas
*HW: Read Ch. 30-37
for Tuesday. Creative
Doc. Write Workshop
on Friday.

4
*PD DAY

FOCUS: How do I read poetry?

How do I do analysis?

FOCUS: What can I expect

on the AP Multiple Choice
Exam?

FOCUS: What can I expect

on the AP Multiple Choice
Exam? What is the
pardoners tale about?

*Opening: Sticky Note a

Passage
*Scrabble
*Seminar: Ch. 20-23
*Adrienne Rich: Storm
Warnings, Aunt Jennifers
Tiger
*Closing: what did you
learn/relearn today?
*HW: Read Ch. 24-29

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FOCUS: What can I
expect on the AP MC
Exam? What is
catharsis?
*Opening: Read and
Review this passage (AP
MC Passage)
*Discussion, Test
Analysis
*Reread Ch. 30 and
Catharsis
*Seminar: Ch. 30-37
*Closing: what did you
learn today?
*HW: Read Ch. 38-46 for
Friday.

*Opening: Vogue
Magazine
*Analyze Ch. 24 Passage
*Seminar: Ch. 24-29
*AP Exam Introduction
MC, review passage #1
from pre-test
*WN Response: what are
you learning and
noticing?
*Closing: shares
*HW: Research and Read,
The Pardoners Tale.

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LIBRARY

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LIBRARY

FOCUS: What is an electronic

portfolio?

FOCUS: What can I create

for my electronic
portfolio?

*Opening: Great Work

Handout
st
*Weebly 1 Draft Assignment:
Intro, Models, Etc.
*Weebly Workshop
*Closing: one thing I plan to
do on my electronic portfolio
is
st
*HW: Weebly 1 Draft Due
11-26

*Opening: Online
Portfolio Mentor Text
*Weebly Workshop
*Closing: pair-share
something you created
st
*HW: Weebly 1 Draft
Due 11-26. Read Ch. 3846 for Friday. Creative
Doc. Write Workshop on
Friday.

*Opening: Soul Scrolls

Close Reading, golden
lines
*Seminar: The
Pardoners Tale
*AP Exam Continue MC,
review passage #2
*Closing: create a
question for the close
reading or pardoners tale
*HW: Read The Yellow
Wallpaper
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FOCUS: How does Atwood
end the book? Why? What
can I do to improve my
writing?

*Opening: Close Reading

Ch. 41
*Seminar: Ch. 38-46
*Workshop: Creative Doc.
Write (peer review,
teacher review)
*Closing: what did you
think of The Handmaids
Tale?
*HW: Read The Historical
Notes for Monday.
Creative Doc. Write due
Monday. SNOW DAY

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FOCUS: How does

Atwood end the book?
Why? What can I do
to improve my
writing?

FOCUS: What is the

purpose of the Historical
Notes? What do I notice
about the structure of
the AP MC Exam?

FOCUS: What is the purpose of

the Historical Notes? What do
I notice about the structure of
the AP MC Exam?

FOCUS: What do we
notice about the
characterization and
structure of A Dolls
House?

FOCUS: What can I create

on my Weebly?

*Opening: Close
Reading Ch. 41
*Seminar: Ch. 38-46
*Workshop: Creative
Doc. Write (peer
review, teacher
review)
*Closing: what did you
think of The
Handmaids Tale?
*HW: Read The
Historical Notes for
Monday. Creative Doc.
Write due
Wednesday.

*Opening: Analysis
Reflectionwhat is the
purpose of the Historical
Notes? WN Response
*Seminar: End of the
Book
*AP MC Passage #2
*Analysiswhat kind of
questions do you
notice?
*Closing: WN: what we
learned about the AP
MC Exam?
*HW: Creative Doc.
Write due Wednesday.
Read
SNOW DAY

*Opening: Analysis
Reflectionwhat is the
purpose of the Historical
Notes? WN Response
*Turn in Doc. Write
*Seminar: End of the Book
*AP MC Passage #2
*Analysiswhat kind of
questions do you notice?
*Closing: WN: what we
learned about the AP MC
Exam?
*HW: no homework

*Opening: What is
Characterization Chart
*Macaroons!
*Chicken
Characterization
*Starting, A Dolls
Housereading
beginning scenes
*What type of
characterization do you
see?
*How is a play organized?
*Closing: Thoughts
*HW: Read Act I-II for
Mondays seminar.

*Opening: T-Chartwhat
arguments are being
made in Handmaids Tale
and The Yellow
Wallpaper?
*Weebly Rubric Review
*Weebly Tips
*Weebly Workshop
*Closing: what did you
create?
*HW: Read Act I-II for
Mondays seminar.

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FOCUS: What did you
notice in Act I-II? What
is the argument paper
and digital essay?
*Opening: Deep Level
Discussion Questions
Mentor Text Revisit
*Scene Creations
Conclusion (from
Thurs).
*Reread Act I-II
*Seminar: What do
you notice?
*Argument Paper and
Digital Essay
Introduction
*Closing:
Brainstorming
*HW: Read Act III for
Tuesdays seminar.

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FOCUS: What did you
notice in Act III? What
are some arguments
Ibsen seems to be
making?
*Opening: Give One,
Take One
*Reread Act III
*Seminar: what do you
notice?
*What argument is
Ibsen making?
*AP MC Passage #3
(Play)
*Analysis and Answers
*Closing: Give one, Take
one
*HW: Read Emma
Goldman Essay on A
Dolls House for
st
Monday. Weebly 1
Draft due Wednesday by
midnight.

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FOCUS: What can I create for
my Weebly or argument
essay?
*Opening: Tone Write
*View one student sample-observations
*Workshop: Weebly and/or
argument essay
*Closing: shares!
st
*HW: E-mail me Weebly 1
Draft before midnight. Read
Emma Goldman Essay for
Monday.

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*Opening: Sticky-Note
great points from
Goldman essay
*Seminar: Goldman
Essay
*Finish Reading,
Review Act II
*Start Act III
*Argument Essay
Quick-write
*Closing: shares
*HW: 250-500 word
response: what is the
AP essay? due Wed.
st
Argument Essay 1
Draft due Thursday (23 typed pages).

*Opening: Argument
Essay Sample
*Revisit quick-write
*Finish Act III
*AP MC Practice #3 (if
time)
*Closing: what are you
thinking for your
argumentative essay?
*HW: Research and
write a 250-500 word
response to What is the
AP Essay. Argument
st
Essay 1 Draft (2-3 typed
pages) due Thursday.

*Opening: Review the

prompts
*Pair-share your What is the
AP Essay response.
*Sample Essay Breakdown
(Kite Runner and
Frankenstein)
*AP Pre-Test Reflections
*Closing: what did you learn?
st
*HW: Argument Essay 1
Draft due Thursday. Read
Handmaids Tale Scholarly
Article for Thursday.

*Opening: Tone Write

*Seminar: Handmaids
Tale Scholarly Article
great argument ideas?
*Workshop: how can you
make your argumentative
essay stronger?
*Introducing the digital
essay components: my
example
*Closing: revision ideas?
*HW: Revise your
nd
argument essay, 2 draft
due Friday.

*Opening: Get ready for

AP Essays
*Two AP Essays (prose
and open-ended)
*Closing: turn in essays
nd
*HW: Digital Essay 2
draft due Monday.

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Out!
*Opening: Digital
Essay Mentor Text
*Finish Atwood Essay
Discussionargument
writing tips
*Rubric
*Explore students
samples online
*Workshop: start
reworking your essay
to include digital
elements
*Closing: what did you
create so far?
*HW: Digital essay
draft #3 due Tuesday.

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Out!

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*Opening: Tone Write

*Act I PairDiscussion/Response
*Shakespeares Lines
Break Down
*Reread Act I, Scenes 1-2
*Shakespeare Reading
StrategiesWN
Response
*Closing: Something that
helped me
th
*HW: Digital Essay 4
draft due Tuesday for
Peer Review. Final Draft
due Friday 12-19. Read
the Shakespeares tips
packet and annotate for

Boot Em to the Curb

*Opening: What do you

think of Shakespeare?
*Shakespeare AP Test
MC Passage
*Workshop: digital essay
*Closing: Shakespeare
predictions
*HW: Read Act I for
Thursday. 250-500 word
response (How you are
reading)

*Opening: Shakespeare
Promptread and analyze.
*How to read Shakespeare:
article pair reading
*Start Act Iwhat do you
notice?
*Closing: what did you learn?
*HW: Read Act I for Thursday.
250-500 word response (How
you are reading)

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*Opening: Revisit
Othello AP MC
passage and questions
*Reread Act I, Scene 3
*Iagos Soliloquy and
video
*Closing: I am learning
about Shakespeare
*HW: Read Act II for
Wednesday:
Understand/Dont
Understand Chart.

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*Opening: Review My
Sample Digital Essay and
techniques
*How do you cite?
Review Citation and
Works Cited
*Workshop: Digital
Essay
*Closing: what digital
media did you add?
*HW: Digital Essay Final
Due Fridaysend link to
Mrs. Rutan. Act II due
Wednesday:
Understand/Dont
Understand Chart.

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*Opening: Epithets Handout
*Discuss Shakespeare Tip
Packet
*Act 2: Scene 1-2 Reread
*Closing: what are you
noticing?
*HW: Digital Essay due Friday.

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*Opening: Pick a line, and
whyWN Response
*Othello Blog Project
Introduction
*Act 2: Scene 3 Reread.
*Closing: pick another
line
*HW: Digital Essay due
Friday.

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*Opening: Prosody
Handout
*Scene Recreations: Act 2
Groups
*Prep and Practice Time
*Present
*Closing: What new things
did you see with the
acting?
*HW: Read Act III-IV of
Othello. Write a 500-750
word response. Use
evidence! Graded!

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*Opening: Why
Shakespeare Article
*Discuss responses in
groups
*Finish Act 2, Scene 3
*Start Act 3, Scene 1-2
*Revisit responses:
other thoughts or
ideas, especially for
blog?
*Closing: shares
*HW: Think about
blog response ideas

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*Opening: Poem,
Poison Tree
*Read Act 3, Scene 3
*Flow Chart Reflections
(Iagos plan)
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: Read Africanus
article and annotate.

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*Opening: Discussion
Africanus article
*Finish Act 3, Scene 3
*Start Act 3, Scene 4
*Closing: reflect on my
reading Shakespeare now
*HW: 13 Reasons Why
Reading and questions due
Friday. Pivotal Scene
Response: Which scene stands
out to you the most and why?
250-500 words due Thursday.

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*Opening: Read, The
Incident
*Discuss pivotal scene
response.
*Finish Act 3, Scene 4
*Closing: Sticky Note
Exit
*HW: Revisit Act 4. 13
Reason Why Reading due
Friday.

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*Opening: How and
WhyAsher
Reflection/WN
response
*Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Reading and
Discussion
*Start Act 4, Scene 1
*Closing:
Shakespeares ethos,
logos, or pathos?
*HW: WN Responses
one page for each
blog prompt due

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SNOW DAY
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*Opening: Response
to Ashers writing,
WN.
* Seminar: Ashers
book
*FIELD TRIP: 8:3011:00 JAY ASHER
*HW: Revisit Act 4

*Opening: Othellos
Assaults Handout
*Genre Presentations
Project Introduction
*Read Act 4, Scene 1
*Closing: what are we
noticing?
*HW: WN Responses
one page for each blog
prompt due Monday.

*Opening: Read, The

Incident
*Discuss blog brainstorming
*Genre Presentations
Workshop
*Closing: Ideas for the genre
project?
*HW: Shakespeare
Presentations due Thursday.

AP Class 7:45-10:34

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*Opening: AP MC EXAM
(60minutes)
**BREAK

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*Genre Presentations
Practice (15mins)
*Workshop: Genre
Presentations
*Closing: comment,
question exit slip
HW: Read Act 5 for
Monday; write a
response 250-500 words.
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*Discuss Act 5

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