Category Archives: Lang.2.A

Write introductions and conclusions appropriate to the purpose and context of the rhetorical situtaion.

Week 26: February 26 – March 1

Lit.

Monday: March Madness Poetry

Tuesday: The Kite Runner reading check chapters 1-7; Literary Device Doc due; Discussion and activities

Wednesday: 1/2 Day/CTE Day

Thursday: March Madness Poetry: “Danse Russe” v. “Abandoned Farmhouse”; “A Lady” v. “Leaving Early”

Friday: March Madness Poetry: “Dover Beach” v. “(love song, two goldfish)”; “Quarantine” v. “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”

Lang.

Monday: Review Rhetorical Analysis Timed Writing

Tuesday: Rhetorical Device Weekly Set 3 Due: Review generating evidence for argument (CHELPSS)

Wednesday: 1/2 day/CTE day

Thursday: Review the Argument Thesis and topic sentences

Friday: AP Progress Checks

 

Week 15: November 27 – December 1

Lit.

Monday: Literary Argument writing – rubric, exemplars

Tuesday: Reading Check Frankenstein Ch. 7 – 14

Wednesday: Literary Argument Thesis Statements

Thursday: Literary argument group essay build

Friday: Literary Character Secret Santa; Peer Edit/Review

Lang.

Monday: Review Rhetorical Analysis – passage from The Things They Carried

Tuesday: Graded Discussion The Things They Carried

Wednesday: Test The Things They Carried

Thursday: Vietnam Presentations

Friday: ASVAB

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 7: September 25 – September 29

Lit.

Monday: Poetry Group Essay Build

Tuesday: Poetry Analysis

Wednesday: Poetry Timed Writing

Thursday: Jane Eyre reading check Ch. 1-12; Poetry essay review

Friday: No school

Lang.

Monday: Finish Rhetorical Analysis; Continue Reading Julius Caesar Act II

Tuesday: Julius Caesar Act III

Wednesday: Julius Caesar Act III

Thursday: Rhetorical Analysis Marc Antony’s speech

Friday: No School

Week 6: September 18 – September 22

Lit.

Monday: Review Poetry Terms; AP Poetry Analysis Rubric

Tuesday: Introduction to Jane Eyre

Wednesday: Poetry Analysis

Thursday: Poetry Analysis

Friday: Poetry Group Essay Build

Lang.

Monday: Quiz Rhetorical Devices and Methods of Development; Begin Reading Julius Caesar

Tuesday: Julius Caesar Act 1

Wednesday: Half Day

Thursday: Julius Caesar Act 1 and 2

Friday: Rhetorical Analysis – Cassisus’s Speech

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”