Week 30: April 1 – April 5

Lit.

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Finish Championship Essay – Due today

Wednesday: Kite Runner Reading Check Ch. 21-25

Thursday: AP Progress check

Friday: Kite Runner graded discussion

Lang.

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Step 2 Due – this will need to be typed on a Google Document and submitted to the Google Classroom – 1 -3 sentences explaining the social issue you are going to investigate; Synthesis Writing practice

Wednesday: Timed Writing Synthesis

Thursday: AP Progress Check

Friday: Reading Check Part IV and the epilogue; review synthesis essays

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 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 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 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 2: August 21 – August 25

Lit.

Monday: How to Read Literature Like a Professor chapter assignment and gallery walk

Tuesday: New AP Lit rubrics; Biblical Allusions; Archetypes

Wednesday: 1984 Part 1 reading check; Discussion 1984 Part 1; 1984 Project

Thursday: Guest Speaker: Mrs. Wright

Friday: Continue archetypes; Hero’s Journey; How to Read Literature Like a Professor Questing Chapter

Lang.

Monday: Animal Farm Reading Check Ch. 1-3; Discussion of Ch. 1-3; Begin writing analytical summaries

Tuesday: Continue analytical summaries

Wednesday: Notes – rhetorical devices; re-visit analytical summaries

Thursday: Rhetorical Choices – SPACECAT; Analysis of Old Major’s Speech

Friday: Animal Farm Reading Check Ch. 4-6; Discussion of Ch. 4-6; continue analysis of Old Major’s Speech