AP Literature
& Composition
Daily Agenda
Moving forward, please check Google Classroom daily.
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Friday, March 13th
- Collect NDS for Hamlet
- Library
- return Hamlet
- check out A Raisin in the Sun
- Individual Text Assignment
- Choose a book (Google Classroom)
- Assignment due May 1st
- Presentation date TBD (AFTER the AP test)
- Continue reading The Awakening
HW:
- Read chapters 1-10 of The Awakening.
- Check Google Classroom
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Wednesday, March 11th
- Check out The Awakening
- Collect DOK Questions
- Practice M.C.
- Hamlet discussion questions (Google Classroom)
- Small group discussion
- 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
- Add the class on Google Classroom
- Period 3: 75oe6i7
- Period 5: eoimhjr
- Practice M.C.
- Hamlet Act V
- Soliloquy analysis & GRAFF (due on turnitin.com by the start of class Wed. 3/13)
- 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
- Practice M.C.
- Finish Act IV of Hamlet
- Add the class on turnitin.com:
- Class code:
- Period 3: 23732599
- Period 5: 23732612
- Password: wrwildcats
- Class code:
- 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
- Practice M.C.
- Job Shadow Project (interview, reflection, thank you note/letter)
- due Thursday, May 21st
- Finish Act III (left off on page 156)
- 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
- Passage Analysis- Act II
- Review and discuss (group presentations)
- Begin Act III
HW:
- Continue working on the NDS and DOK Questions for Hamlet.
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Wednesday, February 26th
- Collect:
- Act II Questions
- Character Chart
- Practice M.C.
- 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
- Collect Act I Questions
- Practice M.C.
- Response to Passage (Act I)
- 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
- Collect: Major Motifs in Hamlet
- 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
- Library- check out Hamlet
- Major motifs in Hamlet
- Distribute NDS & DOK Questions
HW:
- Finish your paragraphs for motifs in Hamlet.
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Wednesday, February 12th
- Collect Sonnet Projects
- Poetry Exam
HW:
- Bring your ID card next class to check out Hamlet from the library.
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Monday, February 10th
- 2019 poetry prompt
- Review poetry essay rubric
- Review, score, and discuss sample essays
- 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
- Collect the Poetry Project
- Practice Multiple Choice
- Shakespearean Sonnets
- #130 discussion
- #18 analysis
- Shakespearean Sonnets Project (due Wednesday, 2/12)
HW:
- Complete the Sonnets Project by Wednesday, 2/12
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Tuesday, February 4th
- Steve Burt TED Talk activity
- Practice Multiple Choice
- Poetry Analysis: “On Turning Ten” and “Men at 40” (due at the end of class)
- 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)
- Review & Collect: Poetic Forms packet
- Poetry Project
HW:
Complete the poetry project by Thursday, February 6th
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Wednesday, January 29th
- KEEP Poetic Forms packet (will be collected next class)
- Poetry Project
HW:
Complete the poetry project by Thursday, February 6th
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Monday, January 27th
- Review: Rhyme and Sound & Sound Patterns
- Classical Baby “The Poetry Show”
- 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
- Review: meter, substitutions, pauses (self-grade)
- Essential Literary Terms
- Rhyme- read pg. 235-240
- Rhyme exercises
- Sound and Sound Patterns- read pg. 243-248
- Sound and Sound Patterns exercises
- Rhyme- read pg. 235-240
HW:
Complete exercises for Rhyme, Sound, and Sound Patterns. Be prepared to discuss next class.
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Tuesday, January 21st
- Assembly (period 3)
- 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
- Collect signed course orientations
- Seating Chart
- Poetry by Billy Collins
- 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
- Welcome and roll call
- Course syllabus, overview, and review of classroom rules and policies
- Poetry
- Review “How to Read a Poem”
- TED- Billy Collins https://www.ted.com/talks/billy_collins_everyday_moments_caught_in_time
- Choose two of the poems to analyze and share/discuss next class.
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.