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’.