Week 18:
Monday, June 1: Second half presentations. (30%).
Tuesday, June 2: Book Club Packet Due. (30%). Final Novel Exam. (60%).
June 3-5: Makeup Work/Testing/Extension Work
Week 17:
Monday, May 25: Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 26: Reading Day
Wednesday, May 27: Book Club #3 (preparation due at the beginning of class). (10%/30%).
Thursday, May 28: Reading Day
Friday, May 29: Book Club #4 (preparation due at the beginning of class). (10%/30%).
Week 16:
Monday, May 18: Reading Day
Tuesday, May 19: WWII Museum Field Trip. Book Club #1 (preparation due at the beginning of class). (10%/30%).
Wednesday, May 20: Reading Day
Thursday, May 21: Book Club #2 (preparation due at the beginning of class). (10%/30%).
Friday, May 22: First half presentations. (30%).
Week 15:
Monday, May 11: Review for Question 2 of the exam.
Tuesday, May 12: AP Precalculus Exam @ 8:00am
Wednesday, May 13: AP LANGUAGE EXAM @ 8:00am
Thursday, May 14: Select a book for book club and make a reading calendar.
Friday, May 15: Read your book for book club.
Week 14:
Monday, May 4: "Poets in the Kitchen" due. (10%). Whitman and textbook notes due. (30%). Complete Language Argument Slides. Due Thursday, May 7 (11:59pm). (30%)
Tuesday, May 5: Complete Language Argument Slides. Due Thursday, May 7 (11:59pm). (30%).
Wednesday, May 6: Complete Language Argument Slides. Due Thursday, May 7 (11:59pm). (30%).
Thursday, May 7: Complete Language Argument Slides. Due Thursday, May 7 (11:59pm). (30%).
Friday, May 8: Language Argument Slides due. (30%). Present slides and begin reviewing for AP Lang Exam.
Week 13: Homework read "Poets in the Kitchen" and complete the Guided Notes. Due Monday, May 4 (beginning of class). (10%).
Optional Homework: Week 3 Error Correction (If completed, I will scale your test score). Due Tuesday, April 28 (beginning of class).
Monday, April 27: Write a synthesis essay. (60%).
Tuesday, April 28: Optional Homework: Week 3 Error Correction due. Read synthesis exemplars and self score.
Wednesday, April 29: Paraphrase each paragraph of "Slang in America" and quote 4 rheorical devices and their purpose. Due Monday, May 4 (beginning of class). (30%).
Thursday, April 30: Select a text from pages 542-567 of the textbook and answer the "Exploring the Text" questions. (If you need access to the textbook outside of class time, you may take a photo of the relevant pages or use the pdf of the Amy Tan passage attached here.) Due Monday, May 4 (beginning of class). (30%).
Friday, May 1: Select a text from pages 542-567 of the textbook and answer the "Exploring the Text" questions. (If you need access to the textbook outside of class time, you may take a photo of the relevant pages or use the pdf of the Amy Tan passage attached here.) Due Monday, May 4 (beginning of class). (30%).
Week 12: Homework: Design your own Synthesis prompt. Due Friday, April 24 (beginning of class) (30%).
Optional Homework: Week 3 Error Correction (If completed, I will scale your test score). Due Tuesday, April 28 (beginning of class).
Monday, April 20: Serpents of Paradise quiz. (10%). Design your own Synthesis prompt. Due Friday, April 24 (beginning of class) (30%)
Tuesday, April 21: Week 3 Assessment. (60%).
Wednesday, April 22: Design your own Synthesis prompt. Due Friday, April 24 (beginning of class) (30%)
Thursday, April 23: Design your own Synthesis prompt. Due Friday, April 24 (beginning of class) (30%)
Friday, April 24: Design your own Synthesis prompt due (beginning of class) (30%). Share prompt ideas.
Week 11: Homework: Read Serpents of Paradise by Edward Abbey and be prepared for a reading quiz on Monday, April 20 (10%).
Monday, April 13: Complete the notes on "Hungry Planet." (30%).
Tuesday, April 14: Question 3 (Argument) Timed Write (60%).
Wednesday, April 15: Emerson, Thoreau, and "Hungry Planet" notes due. (30%). Table Read and Score Yourself.
Thursday, April 16: Introduction to Synthesis assignment (posted in Google Classroom).
Friday, April 17: Reality Fair.
Emerson, Thoreau, and "Hungry Planet" notes will be due: Wednesday, April 15 (beginning of class) (30%).
Week 10: Homework: Complete Emerson, Thoreau, and "Hungry Planet" notes will be due: Wednesday, April 15 (beginning of class) (30%).
Monday, April 6: Read and annotate "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. (30%).
Tuesday, April 7: Into the Wild Test (30%). Read and annotate "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. (30%).
Wednesday, April 8: Read "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau and answer Questions on Rhetoric and Style 1-12. (30%).
Thursday, April 9: Read "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau and answer Questions on Rhetoric and Style 1-12. (30%).
Friday, April 10: Complete the notes on "Hungry Planet." (30%).
Emerson, Thoreau, and "Hungry Planet" notes will be due: Wednesday, April 15 (beginning of class) (30%).
Week 9: Optional Homework: Week 9 Error Correction (If completed, I will scale your test score). Due Friday, March 20 (end of class).
Monday, March 16: Unknown One-Pager. Due Thursday, March 19 (end of class) (30%).
Tuesday, March 17: Week 9 Assessment. (60%).
Wednesday, March 18: Unknown One-Pager.
Thursday, March 19: Unknown One-Pager Due (end of class) (30%).
Friday, March 20: Read Into the Wild.
Week 8: Complete your seminar planning and response. Due Monday, March 16 (end of class) (10%).
Monday, March 9: Table read exemplars.
Tuesday, March 10: Partner read student responses.
Wednesday, March 11: Break down an argument prompt. Prepare for seminar.
Thursday, March 12: Timed Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis Essay. (60%).
Friday, March 13: Exploring the Unknown Seminar. Planning and responses sheet. Due Monday, March 16 (beginning of class) (10%).
Week 7: Complete your Space Image Analysis and Synthesis. (Most students will complete this in class). Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Monday, March 2: Whole Class Data Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Tuesday, March 3: Group Work Comic Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Wednesday, March 4: Group Work Image Analysis. Due Friday, March 6 (beginning of class) (10%).
Thursday, March 5: Feedback on Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essays.
Friday, March 6: Timed Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis Essay. (30%).
Week 6: No homework this week because of the ACT.
Monday, February 23: Skill #5: Write a Thesis. (30%).
Tuesday, February 24: Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skills #1-3. Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Wednesday, February 25: Standard time ACT. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #1). Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Thursday, February 26: Extended time ACT. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #1). Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Friday, February 27: ACT Make Ups. Partial Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Skill #4 (Claim #2) and Skill #5. Due Friday, February 27 (end of class) (30%).
Mardi Gras Week: Homework: Community Argument due Monday, February 23 (10%).
Let me know on February 12 if you will miss these days.
Thursday, February 19: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Friday, February 20: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second 1/2 of Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Week 5: Homework: Community Argument due Monday, February 23 (10%).
Monday, February 9: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second1/2 of Kennedy with a partner.
Tuesday, February 10: Skill #1-#3 Assessment. (60%)
Wednesday, February 11: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Tyson with a partner.
Thursday, February 12: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the second1/2 of Tyson with a partner.
Friday, February 13: Skill #4: Additional practice with Sagan. Make-up Work. ACT Practice.
Week 4: Optional Homework: Week 3 Error Correction (If completed, I will scale your test score). Due Friday, February 6 (beginning of class).
Monday, February 2: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Tuesday, February 3: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Wednesday, February 4: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Thursday, February 5: Select evidence and organize Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. (30%)
Friday, February 6: Skill #4: Analyze Author's Purpose for the first 1/2 of Kennedy as a class.
Week 3: Homework: Sagan "Pale Blue Dot" annotations due Thursday, January 29 (10%).
Monday, January 26: Skill #2: Read and annotate Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Tuesday, January 27: Scheduling Meetings in the Library: Read and annotate Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" independently. Due Thursday, January 29 at the beginning of class. (10%)
Wednesday, January 28: Week 3 Assessment. Multiple Choice. (60%)
Thursday, January 29: Skill #2: Read and annotate Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. Due Monday, February 2 at the beginning of class. (30%)
Friday, January 30: Skill #3: Select evidence and organize Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon" as a class.
Week 2: Selfies Argument Homework due Monday, January 26 (10%).
Monday, January 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday, January 20: Skill #2: Read and annotate Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon."
Wednesday, January 21: Skill #1 Assessment. (60%)
Thursday, January 22: Skill #2: Read and annotate Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Friday, January 23: Read and annotate Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Week 1: Adversity Argument Homework due Tuesday, January 20 (10%).
Monday, January 12: Welcome. Complete "Getting to Know You Notes."
Tuesday, January 13: Skill #1: Rhetorical Situation Notes for Kennedy's "We Will Go to the Moon."
Wednesday, January 14: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Tyson's "The Sky is Not the Limit" with a partner.
Thursday, January 15: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" with a partner.
Friday, January 16: Skill #1: Analyze the Rhetorical Situation for Reagan's "Challenger Address" independently. Due at the end of class. (30%)