Week 13: November 6 – November 10

Lang. 

Monday: Argument Essay Writing: Xmas decorating

Tuesday: Argument Writing: Warning Labels

Wednesday: Argument Writing: Warning Labels

Thursday: Reading Check p. 82-154

Friday: Argument Time Writing (Supported)

Lit.

Monday: Finish Introduction to Frankenstein

Tuesday: Frankenstein vocabulary

Wednesday: Read letters and take notes

Thursday: Q2 passage pseudo-timed writing

Friday: Reading Day

 

Week 11: October 23 – October 27

Lit.

Monday: Reading Check (Originally scheduled for Friday); Prose Prompt Analysis

Tuesday: Prose Analysis “Cherry Bomb”

Wednesday: Final Reading Check Jane Eyre; Review “Cherry Bomb” Essays

Thursday: Summative Jane Eyre Activities

Friday: Election Day

Lang.

Monday: Introduction to The Things They Carried

Tuesday: The Things They Carried vocab; Meaningful Sentences Due Thursday

Wednesday: Mr. Rogers Rhetorical Analysis (2nd Period only)

Thursday: Introduction to the Argument Essay

Friday: Election Day

 

Week 9: October 9 – October 13

Lit.

Monday: Jane Eyre reading check chapters 13-22; “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Tuesday: “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Wednesday: “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Thursday: Prose Analysis Essay, Rubrics, templates

Friday: Trip to Kilgore College to see “The Importance of Being Earnest”

Lang.

Monday: Rhetorical Analysis Essay; rubrics, templates

Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis Essay thesis statements

Wednesday: Topic sentences and evidence integration

Thursday: Group essay build practice

Friday: Supported Timed Writing

Week 8: October 2 – October 6

Lit.

Monday: Setting in Jane Eyre

Tuesday: Characterization in Jane Eyre

Wednesday: Poetry Analysis “The Barren Moors”

Thursday: Poetry Analysis “The Barren Moors”

Friday: Quiz – Poetry Terms and Biblical Allusions

Lang.

Monday: Julius Caesar Act IV

Tuesday: Rhetorical Device Weeklies Due; Julius Caesar Act IV/V

Wednesday: Finish Reading Julius Caesar; Julius Caesar Project

Thursday: Review

Friday: Julius Caesar Test

Week 5: September 11 – September 15

Lang.

Monday: Rhetorical Analysis “He Showed us the Way” and Bush’s 9/11 Speeches; Discuss Rhetorical Device weekly assignment

Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis Bush’s 9/11 Speeches

Wednesday: Vocabulary for Julius Caesar; Meaningful Sentences due tomorrow

Thursday: Meaningful Sentences Due; Introduction to Julius Caesar

Friday – Quiz – Methods of Development and Rhetorical Devices; Begin reading Julius Caesar

Lit.

Monday: Reflection Paper Due; The intersection of setting and character in 1984

Tuesday: 1984 thematic connections

Wednesday: Test Review

Thursday: 1984 graded discussion

Friday: 1984 Test; MWDS Due

Week 4: September 4 – September 8

Lit.

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Beowulf Song Work Day

Wednesday: Characterization of Winston and Julia

Thursday: Setting and Character integration in 1984

Friday: Reading Check 1984 Part 4; Beowulf song performance day.

Lang.

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis – Fast Food Nation

Wednesday: Graded Discussion Animal Farm

Thursday: Animal Farm and Rhetorical Devices test

Friday: RA – “He Showed Us the Way”

Week 3: August 28 – September 1

Lang.

Monday: SPACECAT; Rhetorical Analysis of Old Major’s Speech

Tuesday: Methods of development

Wednesday: Rhetorical Analysis Fast Food Nation excerpts

Thursday: Rhetorical Analysis Fast Food Nation excerpts

Friday: Reading Check Animal Farm Ch. 7 – 10 (Test and MWDS Due Wednesday, 9/6); Rhetorical Analysis “He Showed us the Way”

Lit.

Monday: Archetypes and Hero’s Journey; Introduction to Beowulf

Tuesday: Read Beowulf

Wednesday: Read Beowulf

Thursday: Read Beowulf

Friday: Reading Check 1984 Part 2 + Biblical Allusions; Beowulf project assignment – Due 9/8

Week 1: August 15 – August 18

Lang (Juniors)

Tuesday: Day 1 Stations

Wednesday: Course Overview; Join AP Classroom; Go to the library for Animal Farm; Introduction to Animal Farm

Thursday: Continue Introduction to Animal Farm

Friday: How to write an analytical summary

 

Lit (Seniors)

Tuesday: Course Overview; Intro to 1984

Wednesday: How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Thursday: 1984 Vocab; Meaningful sentences due tomorrow; Quiz on 8/25

Friday: New Rubrics; Biblical Allusions – Quiz on 8/25