Two Week Agenda 4.20-5.4

April 20–May 1, 2015 Block Schedule Mondays & Thursdays - ODD Tuesday & Friday - EVEN		April 20–May 1, 2015 Block Schedule Wednesdays - LATE START
Period A Period 1/2 Break Period 3/4 7:12-8:08 AM 8:15-10:15 AM 10:15-10:24 AM 10:34 AM-12:34 PM LUNCH Period 5/6 12:34-1:09 PM 1:16-3:16 PM		Period A Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 8:45-9:30 AM 9:36-10:21 AM 10:28-11:13 AM 11:20 AM-12:05 PM LUNCH Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 12:05-12:40 PM 12:47-1:32 PM 1:39-2:24 PM 2:31-3:16 PM

WEEK 4.20-4.24

MONDAY

Review 100 Years of Solitude

-review handout

MR Elements
-Binary Opposition
-Hybridity
Read excerpts
-the banana plantation build up
--timeline
the massacre
-pitch the scene (film-wise)

HW  finish novel for THURSDAY (Monday would be the latest)

JOURNAL #11: Answer the 3 questions posted on the board. Record evidence. Prepare to tie to the "Time is Cyclical" element of Magical Realism
1. What similarities or differences are related to the types of solitude? What circumstances produce them?
2. What varieties of love occur in the novel? Does any kind of love transcend or transform the ravages of everyday life, politics and war, history, and time itself?
3. Is the sixth-generation incest of Aureliano Babilonia and Amaranta Ursula inevitable? What foreshadows the end?

WEDNESDAY

CLASS FINAL: Magical Realism Project: Presentations due beginning May 18th
-brainstorm options
-clarify questions
-m/c review

THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Share evidence for end of 100 Years discussion
-archetypes?

Journal Entry #12 Passage Analysis (AP Style)
-Fernanda's Rant-

HW Read Short Story and complete a Reader's Response (see sample)
--must be MLA, typed, 2 paragraphs only: summary and analysis

WEEK 4.27-5.1

MONDAY/TUESDAY

Review Practice Passage (Funny in Farsi) #1
-reader's response

Review Passage Prompt #2

HW Add to Graphic Organizer, Journal Entry #13

Journal Entry #13

-graphic organizer

--3x3: Columns: Passage Analysis/Open Q/Poem Analysis; Rows: Analysis (see breakdown)/evidence/organization/style

WEDNESDAY

Review Practice AP Open Question Essay

-add to #13

rewrite portion, share changes

HW Write Reader's Response #2 for Thursday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY

New Short Story, #2

-story elements

select passages for AP Practice

--highlight devices

Short Story #3
HW Finish Reader's Response #3 for MONDAY

NEXT

MAY 6th-AP Exam

Essay Handouts and Information

MLA In-Text Citation Guide

Poet Study Synthesis Assignment and Rubric

SAMPLE ESSAY and Writing Checklist (please check back by 3.30)
-see in-class handout

Recommended Terms (Define and organize into concept circles)

stanza assonance haiku

refrain slant rhyme sestina

lyric onomatopoeia free verse

narrative alliteration heroic couplet

villanelle line sonnet

limerick feminine rhyme iambic

consonance narrative enjambment

light verse ode internal rhyme

euphony trochaic diction

sibilance turn/volta paradox

ambiguity Petrarchan/Italian Elizabethan

fixed form personification connotation

euphony metonymy caesura

stanza simile stress

masculine rhyme rhythm sestet

octave tercet synecdoche

epic epigram cacophony
others...?

Weekly Agenda 4.13-4.17

Marquez and Poetry

MONDAY and TUESDAY
Poet Study
Reviewing Norton Sample Essay
-read and label introductory paragraph
--thesis, major themes, style elements
-compare essay to rubric and requirements
-bullet paragraph topics into an informal outline
--answer: What overall organizational structure does this writer use?  How might they have isolated subtopics to support their thesis?

100 Years
-reading quiz
-Magical Realism evidence
HW Continue Reading 100 Years, reading quiz tomorrow pp200-354;
AND, bring draft for WED revision

WEDNESDAY
-revision, peer feedback, read around
-as is grade on rubric, what is required for improvement in terms of criteria
HW Make sure your essay is accessible via the cloud (ie. google doc or other)

THURSDAY and FRIDAY
100 Years
-Magical Realism Worksheet
-enter into journal as #10

Poet Study
-On laptops, In class revision process
-teacher and peer feedback: checking/implementing style elements
HW For Next Week, Finish Reading 100 Years; 
AND, make sure I have your practice AP packet for next week review.