Course Schedule

NEW:  Please see the writing guides on the right side of the home page for helpful guides for writing intros, conclusions, and integrating quotes.

Tuesday, 17

• Discuss Life of Pi
• odds and ends

Homework: Finish Life of Pi for next Monday

Friday, May 13

• Discuss Monday's ECA
• Life of Pi

Homework: Finish part 2 of LoP; portfolios due Tuesday

Wednesday, May 11

• It's AP test day!
• Discuss AP exam experience
  
• Life of Pi

Homework: None immediately for Friday, but remember to be working on your portfolio--get rest for your APWH test, and be prepared to pick up with Life of Pi on Friday

Wednesday, April 27

• Journal
• Discuss Life of Pi- quiz and a chat
• Review principles of analysis

Homework: Read Life of Pi through ch. 61; work on final portfolio; study for AP test

Monday, April 25

• Discuss timed writings
• begin AP review
• Discuss Life of Pi and do survival activity

Homework: Synthesis rewrites due Friday; Read Life of Pi through ch. 57--expect a quiz

Wednesday, April 20

• journal
• Discuss Life of Pi- realism, themes, syntax
• Tiny bit-o-work time for AP examples you're writing for the senior quiz

Homework: Read Life of Pi through ch. 49-- be prepared for a discussion of the way Pi's concept of anthropomorphizing animals returns.

Monday, April 18

• AP rhetorical terms review--create examples to quiz the seniors

Homework: Read Life of Pi through ch. 42; work on final portfolio

Thursday, April 14

• Timed writing
• Constructive peer grading

Homework: work on final portfolio

Tuesday, April 12

• Journal
• Brief Life of Pi chat
• Begin reviewing AP terms and relevant vocab

Homework: Begin working on final portfolio

Friday, April 8

• Remnant Trust visit- 5th floor of Victory
• Discuss Life of Pi

Homework: None!  What bliss (and a great opportunity to start studying for the AP test)!

Wednesday, April 6

• Journal
• Address questions with AP multiple choice from March 31
  
• Discuss Life of Pi

Homework: Finish part 1 of Life of Pi; space exploration synthesis rewrites due Friday

Monday, April 4

• Question over AP multiple choice from last class?
• Discuss Life of Pi
• Discuss timed writing
• Begin AP terms review
  

Thursday, March 31

• 2 sections of multiple choice from your AP books
• Timed writing- synthesis

Homework: Life of Pi author's note through ch. 12 plus study guide due Monday

Tuesday, March 29

• Finish and discuss multiple choice and essay mark-ups
• Why do we tell stories?
• Intro to Life of Pi--metafiction, frame story

Homework: Read Life of Pi author's note through Ch. 12 and do study guide for next Monday; Bring your AP book on Thursday, and plan for a timed writing on Thursday.

Thursday, March 17

• Fun with irregular verbs
• A little AP practice

Homework: Bring Life of Pi and your AP book with you when you return from break.  Have a fun and relaxing spring break!

Tuesday, March 15

• Journal
• verb tenses--dealing with irregular verbs
• Begin writing your own modest proposal

Homework: Modest proposal

Friday, March 11

• Discuss Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
• Begin verb tense review

Homework: Research arguments due next class: hard copy, rough draft, and submitted to turnitin.com

Wednesday, March 9

• Journal
• Work time on "A Modest Proposal"
• Begin verb tense review

Homework: Research argument final drafts due Tuesday, 3/15 (hard copy, original draft, and submitted to turnitin.com)

Monday, March 7

• Journal
• More with The Onion "Magnasoles" prompt
• Composition rule 17- passive voice
• Begin "A Modest Proposal"

Homework: Argument paper rewrites due next Tuesday

Thursday, March 3

• Journal
• Quote integration
• More with The Onion Harry Potter article
• "Magnasoles"

Homework:

Tuesday, March 1

• Journal
• Return to a previous discussion on using quotes
• Horatio and Juvenal and why they matter to us

Homework: Please complete front side of quote integration handout from a couple of weeks ago.

Friday, February 25

• Finish Taming of the Shrew film and discuss briefly
• Argument paper peer review time

Homework: nothing immediate--prepare to switch gears next week

Wednesday, February 23

• Taming of the Shrew film and discuss

Homework: FULL argument rough drafts due Friday with works cited (hard copy and turnitin.com)

Monday, February 21

• Finish Taming of the Shrew
• Pronoun review
  
• Begin watching Taming of the Shrew film- reaction/differences journal

Homework: Rewrites of synthesis essays due Wednesday; Research argument rough draft due Friday (turnitin.com and hard copy including works cited)

Friday, February, 18

• Journal
• turnitin.com
  
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• MLA citation refresher and discuss synthesis essays

Homework; Synthesis rewrites due next Wednesday; Research argument rough draft due Friday; turnitin.com "howdy" due by Monday (our class ID is 3746753 and our class password is 7aplang)

Wednesday, February 16

• Journal
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• The Joy of Pronouns

Homework: Finish Act 4 and do margin notes; finish pronoun worksheets; Work on Argument paper rough drafts

Monday, February 14

• Journal
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• Composition rule 15: pronoun usage

Homework: Argument rough drafts due on 2/25; Read Taming of the Shrew through Act 4, Scene 2 and do margin notes.  Also, know your pronouns!

Thursday, February 10

• Finish discussing TV and Politics synthesis
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• Begin "Reading List" synthesis

Homework: Finish reading Act 3 of Taming of the Shrew and do margin notes; write "Reading List" synthesis essay--handwritten (blue or black ink) or typed is fine

Tuesday, February 8

• Journal
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• Partners- TV and Politics synthesis

Homework:  None immediately for next class.  Work on Research Argument rough drafts--due on 2/25

Friday, February 4

• Journal/quiz
• 30 minutes with Shakespeare
• the AP synthesis essay--the basics, types of questions
• Begin looking at TV and Politics synthesis

Homework: Finish reading Act II of Taming of the Shrew and do margin notes.  Bring TV and politics synthesis back to class on Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 2

• Journal
• 30 Minutes with Shakespeare
• Return to Sontag intros- evaluate as a class

Homework: Finish Act I of ToS and do margin notes, quiz Friday; Argument papers; Review MLA citation of sources--make sure you remember how to do parenthetical citation

Monday, January 31

• Research day at EVPL

Homework: Argument paper intros due Wednesday

Thursday, January 27

• Finish group Sontag intros and critique them as a class
• Databases and our hunt for quality resources

Homework:  Work on argument papers--your intro paragraph is due next Wednesday; Bring materials to work at EVPL on Monday

Tuesday, January 25

• Review reliable sources
  
• Begin Act I of Taming of the Shrew
• Groups: Sontag argument

Homework: Finish Act 1, scene 2 of ToS and do margin notes.  Bring book next class!  Kundera rewrite due Thursday; Argument paper intro paragraph due next Wednesday

Wednesday, January 19

• Journal-grammar fix-ems
• Continue with ToS induction--finished in class
• Brief discussion of plagiarism and expectations for the argument paper

Homework: For Friday, please read the argument prompt from Susan Sontag about photography and be prepared to talk about it as a class and in small groups; Kundera argument rewrites will be due next Thursday; Work on Argument paper

Friday, January 14

• Timed writing- argument- Milan Kundera
• Continue with Induction of The Taming of the Shrew
• Define monologue, soliloquy, aside
• Reliable sources

Homework: Finish reading ToS Induction and do margin notes; Research prospectus due Wednesday

Wednesday, January 12

• Shakespeare's language
• Define frame story
  
• Composition rules 13 and 14
• Begin Taming of the Shrew
  

Homework: Research prospectus due next Wednesday; bring Taming of the Shrew Friday; expect a timed writing on Friday.

Monday, January 10

• Journal
• Renaissance life and our play
• Prose v. poetry
• Practice multiple choice- Richard III
• Composition rules 13-14

Homework: Shakespeare's language packet; Research prospectus

Thursday, January 6

• Journal
• Meet Shakespeare
• Practice AP multiple choice- Queen Elizabeth I
• Assign argument paper
• Look at 1st semester finals

Homework: Read Renaissance packet; Brainstorm topics for argument papers--research prospectus due Wednesday, 1/19