Thursday, May 18, 2017

Final Weekly Agendas

WEEKS 17-18
100 Years of Solitude
Read Chapter 20 by Friday, May 19th.  Quiz on Chapter 20 on Monday, May 22nd.

Reading Journal #10: Chapters 16-20

Please include a s/m/t chart on rain.  Passage analysis of “Fernanda’s Rant” on pp223-225.  

Magical Realism Project due Tuesday, May 30th.

Poet Synthesis Essay
Topic Sentences due Monday, May 15th
Rough draft due Friday, typed and in hand, May 19th

Final draft due to turnitin.com, Friday, May 26th

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Weekly Agenda 5.8-5.12 (Update 5.12)


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MONDAY-TUESDAY
Review Poem
-choices and explication
Review Chapter 14
HW Topic Sentences (Typed) due FRIDAY


WEDNESDAY
Review Chapter 15
-history of Banana Strike


THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Ch 15
-Banana Strike Story Board Pitch
-Connect Marquez Nobel Speech to Chapter 15 to the historical event: How does Marquez create a connection to the real solitude Latin America experiences?
HW Read Chapter 17 for MONDAY. Create an S/M/T chart for the symbol rain with evidence from Chapters 15,16, and 17. Reading QUIZ on Chapter 17.

Friday, May 5, 2017

MAY DATES: Reading Schedule and FINAL due Dates

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Read Chapter 14 and 15 by Monday, May 8th
Read Chapter 16 by Wednesday, May 10th
Read Chapter 17 by Friday, May 12th
Read Chapter 18 and 19 by Tuesday, May 16th
Read Chapter 20 by Thursday, May 18th

Possible quizzes on Chapter 17 and/or Chapter 20

FINAL Essay due to turnitin.com Friday, May 26th
FINAL Magical Realism Presentation Tuesday, May 30th

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Weekly Agenda 5.1-5.5

MONDAY/TUESDAY
Review Full Practice

Add to #9: Sketch Notes-symbols of modernity  in Chapter 12

Check Journals
HW Read Chapter 13 for THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY
AP LIT. EXAM in South Gym at 7:15.  Bring pens and pencils.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Review Chapter 13

Magical Realism Project FINAL

Poet Synthesis Essay FINAL: Getting started, deadlines.

Finish movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
HW Read Chapter 14 for MONDAY.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Weekly Agenda 4.24-4.28

100 Years of Solitude

MONDAY-TUESDAY
Review Chapters 8 and 9
-FISH: s/m/t
#9: Self-Selected passage analysis
-follow s/m/t:t.a.c

#10 Open Question Review
HW Finish Full Practice Test by Friday
AND, read Chapter 11 for Thursday

WEDNESDAY
Poet Study
-samples, closer look
Review poems -explicate: TSP-FAST
HW read Chapter 12 for FRIDAY

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Ch 12-Reading Quiz
Style Analysis

M/C review
HW Read Chapter 13 for MONDAY.
Journals due next week.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Weekly Agenda 4.17-4.21 (updated)

MONDAY-TUESDAY
Poet Synthesis Essay
-choose 2-3 more poems
-model essay excerpts
-”What’s your angle?”
-how to structure?


Review ironic elements in Chapter 5
Quiz-Chapter 5
HW Read Chapters 6 and 7 for WEDNESDAY


WEDNESDAY
Passage Analysis
Reflecting on the role of women.  Do they echo any of the characters from Chronicle?
HW Read Chapters 8-9 for FRIDAY.


THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Review Chapters
Journal #9
-s/m/t
-magical realism
-passage analysis
HW Read Chapter 9 for MONDAY; 10 for Tuesday
AND, begin explicating poems for POET Synthesis. Be prepared to explain what the poems have in common.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

SPRING BREAK

Recommended Reading
Chapter 5 of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Extra Credit Journal #99
on Chapter 5 or your Independent title, complete 1 journal entry (A1,A2, +2 others)

Complete the full-practice Diagnostic AP Lit. exam.


Friday, March 24, 2017

Weekly Agenda 3.27-3.31

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MONDAY-TUESDAY
Magical Realism
-notes
Read “The Solitude of Latin America” and complete Shared Annotations
-escalating questions discussion

Journal Entry #8:
100 Yrs Family Tree and 3 Qs 5pts
HW Read Chapter 4 for FRIDAY, and Chapter 5 for Monday, APRIL 17th.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
Review Chapter 4
-work on filling out worksheet

AP Practice TEST
-more multiple-choice practice

TIMED WRITING: Open Question
#2
HW Read Chapter 5 for APRIL 17th; QUIZ
AND, optional Journal Entry #99: Independent Letters

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Weekly Agenda 3.20-3.24

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CHRONICLE of a Death Foretold

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
SLIDE Cloze NOTES
MARQUEZ/LATIN America Background
-biography
-historical context
-genres
ESCALATING Questions

Notes-Discussion:
Character, symbolism, motif, theme allusions, style
-analyze for connections to oppositions
HW POET STUDY BIOGRAPHY due Friday to turnitin.com


THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Worksheet due
-review
-add s/m/t chart

Share #7 (Independent)

End of novella freewrite.
HW BIOGRAPHIES DUE to turnitin.com by 11:59pm.
AND, Read Chapters 1-3 in 100 Years --connect to background

Monday, March 13, 2017

Weekly Agenda 3.13-3.17

MONDAY/TUESDAY
Quiz 11-15
Open Question Prep
-worksheet
-Front Circle Discussion

Film?
Get A Chronicle of A Death Foretold and One Hundred Years of Solitude, read entire novella for next WEDNESDAY, 3.22;
AND, #7 Independent due 3.23.

WEDNESDAY
Open Question Samples
M/C Practice
HW Remember, Biography due next Tuesday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Open Question Timed Essay

Begin Marquez background
-notes
HW Read Chronicle for WEDNESDAY.

Friday, March 3, 2017

Weekly Agenda 3.6-3.10

MONDAY-TUESDAY (BLOCK)
QUIZ Book 3, Chapters 5-7


Journal Entry #6: Diary Entry


Review Chapters
-consider Images of the revolutions
-watch movie


Add to FOLDABLES
HW Read Chapter 8-10

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
Feminist Lens
HW Prepare for Graded Discussion, see worksheet.


FRIDAY
QUIZ Book 3, Chapters 8-10

Review OUTLINES
HW Read Chapters 11-15 for TUESDAY
AND, BIOGRAPHY DUE MARCH 21st to turnitin.com

NEXT
Final Tale Discussions
-role of women

-Carton

Open Questions
-FLTs

Open Question Front Circle Discussion



Monday, February 27, 2017

Weekly Agenda 2.27-3.3

MONDAY-TUESDAY
Escalating Questions
-Book 2, Ch 21-22
HW Read Book 3, Chapters 1-4 for Wednesday;
AND, Typed Outline due Tuesday

WEDNESDAY
Reading Quiz

Possible: Diary Entry from a Character’s Perspective: Dr. Manette or Mr. Lorry -use key language.
Quaker Share excerpts from diary entries.
Read background from Masterpiece Guillotine
-share out key language about guillotine
Answer: How is Dickens portrayal of the guillotine and the repetition of the phrase “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death” a commentary on the French Revolution?  
-what other language invokes a similar response from the reader.

(THURSDAY)FRIDAY-BLOCK Schedule
Prepare for two-circle discussions.  In pairs, research direct evidence on whether or not Dickens empowers women (Feminist Lens)
Circle discussions
-exit tickets
HW for Tuesday (block) read Book 3, Chapters 5-7




NEXT
Excerpt Analysis: Chapter 9
Carton as Christ (literary)
Quiz 10-12-features of a novel: reversal
HW FINISH BOOK


Monday, February 20, 2017

Weekly Agenda 2.20-2.24 (Updated 2.22)

MONDAY
President’s Day


TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Review Chapters 17-20
-symbolism, characterization, connection, function


Review #5


THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Quiz: 2nd 1/2 of Ch 21

Close-Reading

-Annotation

POET STUDY
-outline and biography model; review features of each
-clarify outlining elements


Optional HW for next WEDNESDAY, 3.1: Diagnostic p11 in supplemental AP Prep Text: Multiple-Choice Practice and/or Free Response


HW Outline due Tuesday, printed and in hand for marking up.
HW Read Chapters 22-24 for MONDAY Graded Discussion
READ Book 3: Chapters1-4, by WEDNESDAY, QUIZ.


NEXT
MON-Presentations
GRADED DISCUSSION:

Review Carlyle’s account compared to Dickens’.


Monday, February 13, 2017

Weekly Agenda 2.13-2.17

Read Book 2, Chapters 16-18 by Friday, 2.18; read 19-21 by Tuesday, 2/21


MONDAY-TUESDAY
Poem Presentations


Review Chapters 7-11
READING JOURNAL #5: CHANGE: Letters due Friday, 2/17 (not Tuesday)


TUESDAY
Read and Mark up Chapter 9 passage

SSR
#5


WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
Poem Presentations


Review Chapter 9: “Gorgon’s Head”


Review Chapters 11-13 by focusing on Carton and Stryver characterization: Collect and Connect


FRIDAY
Poem Presentations
Review Chapters 15 and 15 through an s/m/t chart.

HW Annotated Bib. due Tuesday PM to turnitin.com; AND, we will finally get to review Reading Journal Entry #5 Independent Letters Format, pages 1-30 of your independent book.

Monday, February 6, 2017

Weekly Agenda 2.6-2.10

MONDAY-TUESDAY
Poem Presentations

Critical Annotation Format

Review Chapters 1-4
  • Symbolism, Foreshadowing, Irony, Satire
1935 MOVIE
HW READ chapters 5-7 by 2.7;
Check Journals  /30
Close Study Chapter 6
Turn in 2-3 Critical Annotation Drafts for review and credit by Friday.

WEDNESDAY
Presentations
Return Timed Essay
-review
HW READ Chapters 8-11 for Friday.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Quiz 7-11
Presentations
Review Chapter 8-11
  • imagery
  • twin cities
  • characterization
HW Read Chapters 12-18 for TUESDAY
READING JOURNAL #5: INDEPENDENT Letters due TUESDAY on 12-18

Monday, January 30, 2017

Weekly Agenda 1.30-2.3

MONDAY
Timed Writing #2 (Dbl-Poem)
HW
Chapters 4-6 by Tuesday, 2.1 (Bk 1)

TUESDAY
One-Word Reading Quiz
  • Mr. Lorry passage analysis
  • Miss Manette analysis
  • review “Book the FIrst”
    • #4: character poem
HW Read in Book 2, Chapters 1-4 for Friday, Feb 3rd.

WEDNESDAY
SSR-TALE
-no new entry, add to #4, create s/m/t chart, prepare to share with class

THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Review S/M/T
  • analysis of light
    • tie to Bible;symbolism

Critical Annotation samples, template

“Book the Second” Chapters 1-4
-review: symbols and character
-French Nobility
-”the spectre”
HW Read chapters 5-7 by Feb 7th;
AND, complete 3 annotations by TUESDAY.
Recommended Pacing:
READ
chapters 1-4 by Feb 3rd
chapters 5-7 by Feb 7th
chapters 8-10 by Feb 10th