Literary Terminology Homework and College Application Personal Statement Editing

1. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework WEDNESDAY • Turn in your Literary Terminology homework to the front basket now. Horse walks into a bar. Bartender says… Why the long face? What did the horse say when it fell? "I've fallen and I can't giddyup!" No long faces today; you may have “fallen” but you CAN “giddyup”! Optional Out-of-class Work: If you need additional assistance and/or want a reconsideration of your grade, you must sign-up for a conferencing time. Time and slots are limited. Please do not sign-up to attend if you do not plan on using additional sources on your own time to come with an investigative/ better understanding of various rules that may apply to your errors and to show what you know about correcting errors & asking knowledgeable questions. Using your group work time, reference sources, and tutoring slot, fix the errors on your College Application Personal Statement; do this by physically writing on your returned final copy. If you had formatting errors, you will also need to print a new copy and staple this to the old one. This participation and documentation in your learning process is due two weeks from Friday! To make it “fair” to all classes, sign-ups start tomorrow at 7 AM – 7:30 and then again at lunch.

2. Past, Present, Future WEDNESDAY • Pre-assessment , models, & self-assessment • Literary Terminology assignment AP = Accurate Punctuation • Return College Application Personal Statement • Revision work time • Sign-up for conferencing/tutoring as needed • Revision work time + Personal strengths & needs and specific goals (Due this Friday) • College Application Personal Statement Editing (Due 2 weeks from this Friday) • Short Story Analysis

3. Introduction to AP Literature Standard Colorado Academic Standards 3. Writing and Composition 2.Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes Objective: you will be able to use reference materials and resources to make corrections to your college application personal statement in order to effectively communicate to your academic audience; you will be able to show what you know about the punctuation and mechanic rules of Standard Modern English by applying and explaining them Relevance: Strong communication and planning skills contribute to local and national stewardship. Understanding the art of rhetoric enables you to not only voice opinions but to persuade others to follow your line of reasoning and/or take action in a variety of work-related or personal situations. Essential Questions: Why am I writing and for whom? How does a writer structure and support an effective argument?

4. Activities: Develop & ApplyYou Do Purpose: to explore and use reference materials in order to be successful on written tasks and to show what you know about applying the punctuation and mechanic rules of Standard Modern English Tasks: • Get into assigned small pods; this is so you can help each other when I am not available • Re-read your essay • Look at my marks on it • Remember: I am not “out to get you”; I am here to help you as best I can. • Remember: I am looking to know that you understand the basic rules. If you “broke” a rule as a “stylistic device,” you still should be able to explain this to me. • Ask me questions! • Remember: I can’t write all of my thoughts, so ask and we (me & your peers) can talk about it. • Use your reference materials and resources to guide your understanding. If you have a lot of errors, see if there is a pattern and consider focusing on 2-3 common errors or rules to narrow your focus. Outcome: Use your review knowledge and reference sources to fix the errors on your College Application Personal Statement; do this by physically writing on your returned final copy. If you had formatting errors, you will also need to print a new copy. This is due a two weeks from today!

5. Some common notations • WC=Word choice • RO= Run-on sentence • Frag = sentence fragment • CS = Comma splice (2 sentences run together with a comma) • - (minus) at end of line = an error • Use of a comma • with a independent clause/coordinating conjunction - with a introductory dependent/subordinating conjunction – in a series – with intro adverbs, phrases, etc. • Capitalization • Homophones/spelling • Apostrophes • Poor proofreading and typos • Formatting & Indenting & spacing • ? = unsure about something you’ve done (syntax, diction, typo) or about a suggestion I’ve made • Squiggled lines = awkward, confusing, incorrect • Move a word or phrase around (e.g. ending on “of”)

6. Reference Sources General Writing Resources (OWL Purdue) https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/index.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/punctuation/index.html Conquering the Comma PPT (OWL) https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/conquering_the_comma_presentation.html https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/index.asp Some Video Sources: Overviews of punctuation & grammar with various video links https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar https://www.shmoop.com/grammar/punctuation/ • https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-comma-and-the-apostrophe/introduction-to-commas/v/meet-the-comma-the-comma-punctuation-khan-academy • https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/subordinating-conjunction.html • https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-preposition-and-the-conjunction/introduction-to-conjunctions/v/subordinating-conjunctions Capitalization • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byof5X5tUwE

7. Comma Help Compound Sentences Subordinating Conjunctions Dependent/ Independent A – after, although, as (if/long as/though) W – when, whenever, where, wherever, while, whereas (relative pronouns – which, who, whom, whose) H – how I – if (if only), in order that T – than, though (relative pronouns – that) E – even though, even if B – because, before U – unless, until S – since, so that Complex Sentences (Also, try the trick.) Although I am a little confused, I can figure this out! When I use a subordinating comma at the beginning of a sentence, I place a comma after the dependent clause. I do not need a comma if the subordinating conjunction is not at the beginning. FANBOYS • For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So I could go to Portland in July, or I could stay here and attend my friend’s wedding.

8. MLA Formatting. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/24/ • Times New Roman • 12 point • double spaced (only, throughout) • MLA heading • upper left-hand or right-hand corner, 1st page only list your name your instructor's name the course and period due date Centered Assignment Title College Application Personal Statement: Prompt # ___

9. Release & Review Optional Out-of-class Work: If you need additional assistance and/or want a reconsideration of your grade, you must sign-up for a conferencing time. Time and slots are limited. Please do not sign-up to attend if you do not plan on using additional sources on your own time to come with an investigative/ better understanding of various rules that may apply to your errors and to show what you know about correcting errors & asking knowledgeable questions. Using your group work time, reference sources, and tutoring slot, fix the errors on your College Application Personal Statement; do this by physically writing on your returned final copy. If you had formatting errors, you will also need to print a new copy and staple this to the old one. This participation and documentation in your learning process is due two weeks from Friday! To make it “fair” to all classes, sign-ups start tomorrow at 7 AM – 7:30 and then again at lunch. AP = Accurate Punctuation

10. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework THURSDAY Grab a “Reading& Writing Self-assessment & Reflection Chart” off the front table and read through it. Questions? Homework: Revisit your goals, plus/deltas, assignments, fill in 2 entries on the chart, & write 2 SMART Goals Review your short story work: If you made copies of the summer reading short stories, bring them tomorrow! Are you signed up for a College Application Personal Statement conference? Be prepared to show what you have learned/applied and/or what you still need help with understanding and applying! Optional Out-of-class Work: If you need additional assistance and/or want a reconsideration of your grade, you must sign-up for a conferencing time. Time and slots are limited. Please do not sign-up to attend if you do not plan on using additional sources on your own time to come with an investigative/ better understanding of various rules that may apply to your errors and to show what you know about correcting errors & asking knowledgeable questions. Using your group work time, reference sources, and tutoring slot, fix the errors on your College Application Personal Statement; do this by physically writing on your returned final copy. If you had formatting errors, you will also need to print a new copy and staple this to the old one. This participation and documentation in your learning process is due two weeks from Friday!

11. Activity: Develop and Apply You Do • What did you learn/are learning from the highlighted feedback on your college personal statement essay? • What have your learned about the AP Literature exam and how you need to prepare for it? • What are the two goals you wrote for yourself after your CollegeBoard/AP web quest? Have they remained exactly the same? • What did you learn from examining the pre-assessment models (about the poem)? • What did you list as two areas of improvement? • What have you noticed about your knowledge of literary terminology? • Fill out two chart entries on the Reading & Writing Self-Assessment & Reflection Chart • Thoughtful consider all of the above and write two SMART goals (see next)

12. Instruction: Obtain • As you work through our first unit, your goals will develop and become more specific as you learn what it is you need to know to do well on the exam as well as when you revisit your own strengths and needs for literary analysis, both close reading and writing. Consider already how a goal could change: • To improve my reading skills. • For first quarter, I will improve my close reading skills by practicing a close reading ritual, reading for detail, then for patterns, and then for a new understanding of the text, and using What? How? Why? So what? to annotate the text. I will keep notes, labeled with the title and author of each piece, in my binder. This will help me practice the skills needed to do well on the AP Literature exam and track my progress.

13. Past, Present, Future THURSDAY • Pre-assessment , models, & self-assessment • Literary Terminology assignment • Return College Application Personal Statement - Revision work time AP = Accurate Punctuation • Return College Application Personal Statement • Revision work time • Sign-up for conferencing/tutoring as needed • Personal strengths & needs and specific goals • Personal strengths & needs and specific goals (Due this Friday) • College Application Personal Statement Editing (Due 2 weeks from this Friday) • Short Story Analysis

14. Introduction to AP Literature Standard Colorado Academic Standards 3. Writing and Composition 2.Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes Objective: you will be able to use reference materials and resources to make corrections to your college application personal statement in order to effectively communicate to your academic audience; you will be able to show what you know about the punctuation and mechanic rules of Standard Modern English by applying and explaining them Relevance: Strong communication and planning skills contribute to local and national stewardship. Understanding the art of rhetoric enables you to not only voice opinions but to persuade others to follow your line of reasoning and/or take action in a variety of work-related or personal situations. Essential Questions: Why am I writing and for whom? How does a writer structure and support an effective argument?

15. Activities: Develop & ApplyYou Do Purpose: to explore and use reference materials in order to be successful on written tasks and to show what you know about applying the punctuation and mechanic rules of Standard Modern English Tasks: • Get into assigned small pods • Make written changes to the document • If you have a lot of errors, see if there is a pattern and consider focusing on 2-3 common errors or rules to narrow your focus. • Ask me questions & show me corrections • Help each other when I am not available • Use your reference materials and resources to guide your understanding. • Outcome: A new understanding of your own writing strengths and needs (see next)

16. Activity: Develop You Do • What exactly do you want to accomplish? State exactly what you want to achieve. Can you break a larger task down into smaller items? • How will you know if you meet your goal? Establish clear definitions to help you measure if you’re meeting your goal. • What steps will you take to meet your goal? Describe your goal with action verbs and outline the exact steps you will take to accomplish your goal. • Why is this goal worth accomplishing? Give yourself the opportunity to succeed; consider any obstacles you will need to overcome. • By when do you want to complete your goal? Decide exactly when to start and finish your goal.

17. Release & Review Revisit & refine your goals: 1. fill in 2 entries on the chart; 2. Write 2 SMART Goals • Use your self-assessment and reflections on individual assignments to help guide your goals and your progress towards them. • Ideas gathered from the CollegeBoard/AP website • College Application Personal Statement • Pre-assessment on “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” Are you signed up for a College Application Personal Statement conference? Be prepared to show what you have learned/applied and/or what you still need help with understanding and applying! Review your short story work: If you made copies of the summer reading short stories, bring them tomorrow!

18. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework FRIDAY Today we will start working with the short stories you read over the summer. I will be usingthe story you read and on which you took Elements of Fiction notes, so let’s watch a couple of videos that summarize the story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as a review/refresher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kbHj2lJUyQ Minute Book Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCJTX3nVLps Homework: Now that you know your assigned short story complete a Close Reading Ritual of it. Annotate the text for the six general Elements of Fiction. Be prepared to consider how the first 5 elements work together to express a theme of the story. We will examine how these thematic statements can become the thesis for an interpretive essay.

19. Past, Present, Future FRIDAY • Literary Terminology assignment • Return College Application Personal Statement - Revision work time • Sign-up for conferencing/tutoring as needed • Personal strengths & needs and specific goals (Due today OR Monday) AP = Also Prose • Short Story Assignment and Close Reading Ritual • Short Story Analysis – Theme • Thesis – Interpretive Essay

20. Introduction to AP Literature Standard Colorado Academic Standards 2. Reading for All Purposes 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies; 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills e. obtain and use information from text and text features to answer questions, perform specific tasks, and identify/solve problems. Objectives: you will be able to perform a Close Reading Ritual, focusing on the Elements of Fiction, for an assigned short story in order todiscover its potential themes Relevance: Assuming responsibility for and participation in small group activities (such as a sports team, debate team, fundraising, part-time job, service project) improves the quality of the intended goal. Enlisting all members of a team to do their part can often lead to new and unexpected outcomes and ensures a “win” and a successful team. Interpretation of text, supported by citing evidence, fosters reading skills and coherent thinking, speaking, and writing, which are priority skills for the workplace and postsecondary settings Essential Questions How does an author create meaning in a work of literature? What are the essential features of a literary analysis? How can we clearly express ideas about a literary work? their texts? What are some strategies for effective communication for oral presentations?

21. Activities: You Do Purpose: to practice Active Reading: A Close Reading Ritual, focusing on the Elements of Fiction, for an assigned short story in order to discover its potential themes Tasks: • Draw titles – Receive a copy of the story • Step 1: Before Reading • Model “The Yellow Wallpaper – I Do – You Do • Step 2: ARG/Close Reading Ritual – ANNOTATE YOUR TEXT for the Elements of Fiction Outcome/Homework:Finish Step 2 and complete the Elements of Fiction chart for Step 3. Be prepared to consider how the first 5 elements work together to express a theme of the story. We will examine how these thematic statements can become the thesis for an interpretive essay.

22. Release & Review How much of your short story have you read and annotated? What do you have left? What predictions, prior knowledge or questions have been “addressed”? Finish Step 2 and complete the Elements of Fiction chart for Step 3. Be prepared to consider how the first 5 elements work together to express a theme of the story. We will examine how these thematic statements can become the thesis for an interpretive essay. Did you turn in your goals etc.? They are due Monday! Are you signed up for a College Application Personal Statement conference? Be prepared to show what you have learned/applied and/or what you still need help with understanding and applying!

23. AP = Accelerated Pace Ambiguity Possible Address the Prompt Analysis, Please Always Poetry Also Prose Applied Practice “Anything’s” Possible? Absolute Paradise

24. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday Today we will start working with the short stories you read over the summer. I will be using a different story as a model over the next week, so let’s watch a couple of videos that summarize the story I read: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kbHj2lJUyQ Minute Book Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCJTX3nVLps Homework: Now that you know your assigned short story, obtain a hard or electronic copy to bring with you to class every day! Be prepared for a close reading ritual each night for your assigned story: you are headed to a group & individual analysis • Be prepared with a share your statement of theme for your story with your group

25. Introduction to AP Literature Standard Colorado Academic Standards 2. Reading for All Purposes 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies; 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills e. obtain and use information from text and text features to answer questions, perform specific tasks, and identify/solve problems. Objectives: you will be able to review a short story and discover its potential themes Relevance: Assuming responsibility for and participation in small group activities (such as a sports team, debate team, fundraising, part-time job, service project) improves the quality of the intended goal. Enlisting all members of a team to do their part can often lead to new and unexpected outcomes and ensures a “win” and a successful team. Interpretation of text, supported by citing evidence, fosters reading skills and coherent thinking, speaking, and writing, which are priority skills for the workplace and postsecondary settings Essential Questions How does an author create meaning in a work of literature? What are the essential features of a literary analysis? How can we clearly express ideas about a literary work? their texts? What are some strategies for effective communication for oral presentations?

26. Colorado Academic Standards Oral Expression and Listening 1.Effective speaking in formal and informal settings requires appropriate use of methods and audience awareness 2.Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals Reading for All Purposes 1.Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 2.Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills Writing and Composition 1.Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose 2.Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes 3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes Research and Reasoning 1.Independent research designs articulate and defend information, conclusions, and solutions that address specific contexts and purposes 2.Logical arguments distinguish facts from opinions; and evidence defines reasoned judgment

27. Coming Soon… Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday • Look at exam & lang to lit prompts