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TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF SECOND SEMESTER IN AP ENGLISH*

TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF SECOND SEMESTER IN AP ENGLISH*. * Tentative means I am really pretty sure this is the deal, but not totally sure this will work out perfectly. AP Agenda for November 4/5. Daily Objective : Students will understand how to successfully complete an AP exam.

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TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF SECOND SEMESTER IN AP ENGLISH*

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  1. TENTATIVE AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF SECOND SEMESTER IN AP ENGLISH* * Tentative means I am really pretty sure this is the deal, but not totally sure this will work out perfectly.

  2. AP Agenda for November 4/5 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to successfully complete an AP exam. • Daily Assignments: • Remember to bring Walden next class period and be ready to discuss “Spring,” “Conclusion,” and “Civil Disobedience” (3B will also discuss “Brute Neighbors” and “Solitude”) • Mini-AP Exam worth 150 points: • 45 minutes to complete 3 mc passages • 40 minutes to complete argument essay

  3. AP Agenda for November 6/7 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • Research time in media center (for 1A) and Rm. 214 (for 4A, 2B, 3B) to also work on paper proposal; remember conference on sources page will be due about 30 minutes into next period • First fifteen minutes of class: Brief discussion of “Spring,” “Conclusion,” and “Civil Disobedience” (3B will also discuss “Brute Neighbors” and “Solitude”); last pop quiz on Walden, which will have:

  4. AP Agenda for November 10/11 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • Research time in media center (1A) and in Rm. 214 (4A, 2B, and 3B) • Remember I will call up to conference on your sources after 30 minutes into the period; make sure the paper is filled out by then • Next period: Socratic Seminar on Walden, then research time to work on Annotated Works Cited and Formal Brainstorming

  5. AP Agenda for November 12/13 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper and how to analyze a work of nonfiction from the 1800s. • Daily Assignments: • Socratic Seminar on Walden (p. 215-216) • Return Mini-AP Exam taken November 4/5 and go over it • Work on annotated works cited and formal brainstorming—1A in media center; 4A, 2B, and 3B in Rm. 214 • Next class period: Mini-AP Exam on Henry David Thoreau • You will have a rhetorical analysis essay to complete in 40 minutes • You will have 45 minutes to complete 3 mc passages (two will be from Walden; one will be on another essay written by Thoreau) • If you have the Pond Cover—study p. 66 (“At a certain season…”)-68 (…farm or county jail.”) and p. 72 (“Every morning was a cheerful…”)-74 (…reduce other things in proportion.”) • If you have the Red Tree Cover—study p. 64 (“At a certain season…”)-67 (…farm or county jail.”) and p. 70 (“Every morning was a cheerful…”)-73 (…reduce other things in proportion.”) • You should also be familiar with these terms in order to do well on the mc: conceit, oxymoron, aphorism, euphemism, epithet, didactic, tautology, syllogism, chiasmus, paradox, hyperbole, syllepsis, parable, synecodoche, anaphora, pun

  6. AP Agenda for November 14/17 • Daily Objective: Students will understand the format of an AP test, particularly the multiple choice and rhetorical analysis sections. • Daily Assignments: • Mini AP Test on Henry David Thoreau- worth 150 points • 45 minutes to complete the mc passages • 40 minutes to complete the essay

  7. AP Agenda for November 18/19 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • Work on rough draft of synthesis research paper in media center (1A) and in rm. 214 (4A, 2B, and 3B)

  8. AP Agenda for November 20/21 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • Work on rough draft of synthesis research paper in media center (1A) and in rm. 214 (4A, 2B, and 3B); it is due November 21 at 11:59 pm • Enjoy your break!

  9. AP Agenda for December 1/2 • Daily Objective: Students will learn to successfully peer edit other student’s essays. • Daily Assignments: • Complete peer editing of two synthesis research papers and self-editing of one’s own paper

  10. AP Agenda for December 3/4 • Daily Objective: Watch a historical fiction account of the Salem Witch Trials to appreciate our rights as modern Americans. • Daily Assignments: • Begin watching The Crucible

  11. AP Agenda for December 5/8 • Daily Objective: Watch a historical fiction account of the Salem Witch Trials to appreciate our rights as modern Americans. • Daily Assignments: • Finish watching The Crucible • Work on study guide for next period’s MC test on The Crucible • We will also go outside for our Thoreavian experience next class period

  12. AP Agenda for December 9/10 • Daily Objective: • Daily Assignments: • Take a mc test on The Crucible for 45 minutes • When finished, we will go outside an participate in our Thoreauvian Experience

  13. AP Agenda for December 11/12 • Daily Objective: Students will learn how to contribute during an informal Socratic Seminar. • Daily Assignments: • Warning: December 19 (A) or January 6 (B) you will bring in your favorite book and a food related to your favorite book. • Read “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen in circle and discuss • Do Kobald’s Bag Activity (if time)

  14. AP Agenda for December 15/16 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write the final draft of a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • In-class time to work on final draft of research paper • Do AP MC Practice #11 and #12 by end of period as well

  15. AP Agenda for December 17/18 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write the final draft of a research paper. • Daily Assignments: • In-class time to work on final draft of research paper • Pick one AP Essay you have completed this 9 weeks and do SOS activity with it on p. 289 • Remember to bring in your favorite book and a food related to your favorite book next class period (which is December 19 OR January 6)

  16. AP Agenda for December 19/January 6 • Daily Objective: Students will have an appreciation for different genres of books. • Daily Assignments: • Share how your food is related to your book; put on back table • Complete Book Talk in your group as you eat • Warning: Next period you will pick out an AP essay you have completed this nine weeks and write a final draft on it; Next class period B Day students turn in notebook (and A Day students do it next next class period)

  17. AP Agenda for January 7/8 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to write an argument essay. • Daily Assignments: • B Day: Turn in notebook/ Remember next class period you start taking your midterm exam • Find the argument essay you completed during this nine weeks and write a final draft of it (instructions on p. 318); due by the end of class and peer editing is due January 11 • Post favorite JQV for this nine weeks onto Discussion Board

  18. AP Agenda for January 9 (A Day) • Daily Objective: Students will understand the creative ways to start a story. • Daily Assignments: • Turn in notebook • Complete story activities on p. 490 (1/2 the class period) • Work on JQV or posting favorite JQV or peer editing of AP essay (1/2 the class period) • Warning: Next class period you will begin taking AP Midterm exam

  19. AP Agenda for January 12/13 • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to successfully complete an AP exam. • Daily Assignments: • Take 1st half of AP Midterm exam (rhetorical analysis and synthesis essay)

  20. AP Agenda for Exam Day (on January 14, 15, or 16) • Daily Objective: Students will understand how to successfully complete an AP exam. • Daily Assignments: • Complete second half of AP Midterm exam, which is multiple choice section and argument essay

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