AP Literature

& Composition


Daily Agenda

Moving forward, please check Google Classroom daily.


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Friday, March 13th

  1. Collect NDS for Hamlet
  2. Library
    • return Hamlet
    • check out A Raisin in the Sun
  3. Individual Text Assignment
    • Choose a book (Google Classroom)
    • Assignment due May 1st
    • Presentation date TBD (AFTER the AP test)
  4. Continue reading The Awakening

HW:

  • Read chapters 1-10 of The Awakening.
  • Check Google Classroom


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Wednesday, March 11th

  1. Check out The Awakening
  2. Collect DOK Questions
  3. Practice M.C.
  4. Hamlet discussion questions (Google Classroom)
    • Small group discussion
  5. Reading schedule for The Awakening

HW:

  • Finish the NDS for Hamlet (due next class).
  • Answer four of the seven discussion questions in well-developed paragraphs (via Google Classroom)
  • Bring Hamlet to return next class.


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Monday, March 9th

  1. Add the class on Google Classroom
    • Period 3: 75oe6i7
    • Period 5: eoimhjr
  2. Practice M.C.
  3. Hamlet Act V
  4. Soliloquy analysis & GRAFF (due on turnitin.com by the start of class Wed. 3/13)
  5. Work on NDS & DOK
    • DOK due next class
    • NDS due Fri. 3/13

HW:

  • Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet
  • Soliloquy analysis & GRAFF


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Thursday, March 5th

  1. Practice M.C.
  2. Finish Act IV of Hamlet
  3. Add the class on turnitin.com:
    • Class code:
        • Period 3: 23732599
        • Period 5: 23732612
    • Password: wrwildcats
  4. Act IV Response to Passage (annotate and discuss in small groups)
    • Write an essay in response to the prompt. Upload your paper on turniin.com before the start of class on Monday, 3/9

HW:

  • Review Act IV
  • Write an essay in response to the prompt. Upload your paper on turniin.com before the start of class on Monday, 3/9
  • Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet.


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Tuesday, March 3rd

  1. Practice M.C.
  2. Job Shadow Project (interview, reflection, thank you note/letter)
    • due Thursday, May 21st
  3. Finish Act III (left off on page 156)
  4. Begin Act IV (read through scene 3)

HW:

  • Review Act III & the beginning of Act IV
  • Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet.


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Friday, February 28th

  1. Passage Analysis- Act II
    • Review and discuss (group presentations)
  2. Begin Act III

HW:

  • Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet.


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Wednesday, February 26th

  1. Collect:
    • Act II Questions
    • Character Chart
  2. Practice M.C.
  3. Passage Analysis- Act II (ODD or EVEN, must annotate each assigned passage)

HW:

  • Complete the analysis assignment for your assigned passages from Act II. Be prepared to share and present next class.
  • Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet.


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Monday, February 24th

  1. Collect Act I Questions
  2. Practice M.C.
  3. Response to Passage (Act I)
  4. Act II
    • Review Questions
    • Finish the character chart

HW:

  • Reread Act II of Hamlet. Answer the questions carefully and completely. Finish the character chart.


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Thursday, February 20th

  1. Collect: Major Motifs in Hamlet
  2. Act I of Hamlet
    • Character Chart
    • Questions

HW:

  • Reread Act I of Hamlet. Answer the questions carefully and completely. Continue working on the character chart.


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Tuesday, February 18th

  1. Library- check out Hamlet
  2. Major motifs in Hamlet
  3. Distribute NDS & DOK Questions

HW:

  • Finish your paragraphs for motifs in Hamlet.

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Wednesday, February 12th

  1. Collect Sonnet Projects
  2. Poetry Exam

HW:

  • Bring your ID card next class to check out Hamlet from the library.


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Monday, February 10th

  1. 2019 poetry prompt
  2. Review poetry essay rubric
  3. Review, score, and discuss sample essays
  4. Continue working on the Shakespearean Sonnets Project (due next class)

HW:

  • Bring a #2 pencil and a black or blue ink pen for the poetry exam
  • Sonnets Project due next class


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Thursday, February 6th

  1. Collect the Poetry Project
  2. Practice Multiple Choice
  3. Shakespearean Sonnets
    • #130 discussion
    • #18 analysis
  4. Shakespearean Sonnets Project (due Wednesday, 2/12)

HW:

  • Complete the Sonnets Project by Wednesday, 2/12


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Tuesday, February 4th

  1. Steve Burt TED Talk activity
  2. Practice Multiple Choice
  3. Poetry Analysis: “On Turning Ten” and “Men at 40” (due at the end of class)
  4. Continue working on the Poetry Project (due 2/6)

HW:

Complete the poetry project by Thursday, February 6th


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AP Literature & Composition (Per. 3 & 5)

  1. Review & Collect: Poetic Forms packet
  2. Poetry Project

HW:

Complete the poetry project by Thursday, February 6th


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Wednesday, January 29th

  1. KEEP Poetic Forms packet (will be collected next class)
  2. Poetry Project

HW:

Complete the poetry project by Thursday, February 6th


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Monday, January 27th

  1. Review: Rhyme and Sound & Sound Patterns
  2. Classical Baby “The Poetry Show”
  3. Poetic Forms (even numbers only)

HW:

Complete exercises for poetic forms (even numbered questions only). Be prepared to discuss next class.


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Thursday, January 23rd

  1. Review: meter, substitutions, pauses (self-grade)
  2. Essential Literary Terms
    • Rhyme- read pg. 235-240
      • Rhyme exercises
    • Sound and Sound Patterns- read pg. 243-248
      • Sound and Sound Patterns exercises

HW:

Complete exercises for Rhyme, Sound, and Sound Patterns. Be prepared to discuss next class.


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Tuesday, January 21st

  1. Assembly (period 3)
  2. Essential Literary Terms
    • Meter
    • Substitutions
    • Pauses

HW:

Complete the exercises for meter, substitutions, and pauses. Be prepared to discuss next class.


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Thursday, January 16th

  1. Collect signed course orientations
  2. Seating Chart
  3. Poetry by Billy Collins
  4. Essential Literary Terms
    • Prosidy (p. 219-230)
    • Meter (p. 231)
    • Distribute Exercise #1 (due next Thursday, 1/23)

HW:

  • Carefully read pages 219-231 in Essential Literary Terms. Please read it 2-3 times…I’m serious. Bring you ELT book next class as well as your packet of exercises.


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Tuesday, January 14th

  1. Welcome and roll call
  2. Course syllabus, overview, and review of classroom rules and policies
  3. Poetry

HW:

  • Bring your signed syllabus and poetry analysis next class. Be prepared to present/discuss your chosen poems.
  • Bring your copy of Essential Literary Terms next class.