3.1 Historical, Social & Biographical Context

Thursday October 24 & Friday October 25

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Examine the historical, social and biographical context related to our novels.

Agenda Items

• Silent Reading

• Overview of Historical & Cultural Context

• Context Notes

  • Terms & Concepts

  • Historical events & figures

  • Author's background

  • Author's literary career & writing process

Assignments

• 3.1 Historical, Social & Literary Context Notes due Friday 10/25

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3.2 Dialectical Journal & Vocabulary Study

Tuesday October 29

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Read for at least 15 minutes.

• Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to characterization, setting, significant events and conflict. 

• Identify and explain details from the text that reflect indirect characterization, context,  internal conflict, external conflict, and significant events in the novel.

• Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from the novel. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.

Agenda Items

• Independent Reading

• Dialectical Journal

• Reading Assignments & Quiz Dates

Assignments

• Homework: Read the assigned page numbers in preparation for next week's quiz, and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday 11/1.

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3.3 Literature Discussion: Characterization, Setting, Plot & Social Issues

Thursday October 31

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Read for at least 15 minutes.

• Discuss details from the text that reflect indirect characterization, context,  internal conflict, external conflict, and significant events in the novel.

Agenda Items

• Independent Reading

• Small Group Discussion

• Reading Assignments & Quiz Dates

Assignments

• Homework: Read the assigned page numbers in preparation for next week's quiz, and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday 11/1.

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3.4 Opening Pages

Friday November 1

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Write the opening page(s) of your book.

  • Choose two of the four temperaments to focus on in your writing: story, structure, music, and imagination.

  • Incorporate highly specific details that introduce readers to a character and the world that this character inhabits.

  • Consider the social issues you are exploring in your book. How do these issues show up in highly specific details in your opening pages?

Agenda Items

• Journal Writing

• Overview of Opening Pages & Mentor Text

• Creative Writing Workshop

  • Generative Writing Prompt

  • Sharing & feedback

Assignments

• Homework: Read the assigned page numbers in preparation for next week's quiz, and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday 11/1.

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3.5 Word Play

Wednesday November 6

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Write a passage or poem inspired by a word.

Agenda Items

• Vocabulary Study - etymology, parts of speech, denotation, connotation, pronunciation, syllables

• Mentor Texts:

  • “Eat” by Joy Harjo

  • Excerpt from The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

  • “Ars Poetica” by Jose Olivarez

  • “From” by A Van Jordan

• Journal Writing - Word Play

Assignments

• Journal Writing: Word Play

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3.6 Reading Notes: Plot, Inciting Incident, Significant Events

Thursday November 7

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Define and discuss the concepts of propaganda and “reality control” in connection with studying 1984. 

• Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect examples of irony, allegory, rising action, internal conflict, external conflict, inciting moment, character development, characters’ perspectives, values and desires, context, and significant events in Part 1, Chapters 5-8 of 1984.

• Discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.

• Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from 1984 Part 1 Ch 5-8. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.

Agenda Items

• 1984 Part 1 Discussion & Notes

• Orwell's philosophy on social and political aspects of language and history

• Irony & Allegory

• Plot & Significant Events - inciting moment, internal conflict, external conflict, rising action

Assignments

• Homework: 

  • Study vocabulary words for Part 1  Ch 5-8 

  • Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 5-8 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Tues October 17.

• 3.5 1984 Part 1 Ch 5-8 Quiz tomorrow

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3.7 Reading & Vocab Quiz #1

Friday November 8

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in the novel.

• Identify and explain significant events—episodes, encounters and scenes—and character development in the novel.

• Identify the correct definition for vocabulary words from the novel, and spell each word correctly.

Agenda Items

• Reading & Vocabulary Quiz #1

• Dialectical Journal / Reading Reflection Questions

Assignments

• 3.4 Reading & Vocab Quiz #1

• Homework: 

  • Study vocabulary words for Part 1  Ch 5-8 

  • Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Tues October 24.

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3.8 Thinking Thematically: Significant Quotes

Tuesday November 12

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.

• Write reading notes that include text evidence and commentary related to themes, significant quotes, significant events and conflict. 

• Explain the significance of excerpts from the text including the author’s use of  literary elements and techniques and the relationship to larger themes present in the work.

Agenda Items

• Overview of significant quotes

• Reading & Dialectical Journal

Assignments

• Homework: Read two thirds of your book and complete the significant quotes assignment, due Monday November 18.

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3.9 Socratic Seminar: Critical Questions

Tuesday November 19 - Thursday November 21

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Discuss your observations, questions, and insights inspired by quotes and passages from the text.

• Discuss examples of internal conflict, external conflict, significant events, and context details in a novel.

• Explain how specific details that reflect characterization, setting, plot events, and context influence your interpretation of the story.

Agenda Items

• Day 1: 

  • Reading & Note-taking

  • Small Group Activity: Significant Quotes Handout

• Day 2:

  • Review supplemental materials for your book

  • Discussion Preparation

  • Socratic Seminar & note-taking form for observations, insights & critical questions

• Day 3:

  • Seminar Reflection

Assignments

• 3.9 Seminar Reflection - rubric 

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3.10 AP Exam Preparation: Novel FRQ

Tuesday December 3

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Describe the characteristics of a strong literary interpretation essay.

Agenda Items

• Review AP Literature Exam format 

• Review Novel FRQ Rubric & example essay

• Review Novel FRQ Prompt formats

Assignments

• Read & take notes - finish your book & reading notes by the end of this weekend

• 3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday December 10 

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3.11 Reading Notes: Character Change, Conflict, Significant Events, Juxtapositions, Motifs, Symbols

Wednesday December 4

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• While reading, take notes on character change, conflict, significant events, motifs, juxtaposition, and symbols. For each note, include: 

  • quote

  • page number

  • your thoughts/what you noticed

Agenda Items

Assignments

• Practice: 3.11: Reading Notes - finish your book & reading notes by the end of this weekend

• 3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday December 10 

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3.12 Novel FRQ Outline & Thesis

Thursday December 5

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Use scrap paper to capture and organize your ideas and text evidence.

• Write an outline and thesis statement for an essay in response to an AP Literature FRQ prompt.

  • Write an outline that presents your line of reasoning, including relevant claims and text evidence.

  • Write a one-sentence thesis statement that answers the prompt and presents a defensible interpretation of the novel.

Agenda Items

• Anatomy of an AP Literature FRQ prompt

• Using Your Scrap Paper

• Organizing your ideas --> line of reasoning / outline

• Writing your thesis statement

Assignments

• Practice: 3.12 Novel FRQ Outline & Thesis

• Read & take notes - finish your book & reading notes by the end of this weekend

• 3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday December 10 

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3.13 Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ

Friday December 6

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Identify 

Agenda Items

• Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom

Assignments

• 3.13 Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom

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3.14 Novel FRQ

Tuesday December 10

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Write a 4-5 paragraph literary interpretation essay that includes a defensible thesis statement and presents a clear line of reasoning in body paragraphs with relevant claims, evidence and commentary.

  • Write commentary that explains the relationship between the evidence and the claim.

  • Use relevant literary terminology in a literary interpretation essay.

  • Write using appropriate capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and transition phrases.

Agenda Items

• Novel FRQ in AP Classroom

Assignments

• 3.14 Novel FRQ in AP Classroom due in class today 

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3.15 Essay Scoring

Wednesday December 11

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Use a rubric to discuss and evaluate your own literary interpretation essay to determine the score your essay should receive based on the thesis, line of reasoning (including claim, evidence and commentary), and sophistication.

Agenda Items

• FRQ Scoring Form

Assignments

• Practice: Use the rubric-based form to annotate & score your poetry interpretation essay

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3.16 Portfolio Review & Reflection

Thursday December 12 & Friday December 13

• Add items to your portfolio that represent what you have learned and accomplished so far in English class.

• Organize your files by ensuring that the file name reflects the title and/or type of piece.

• Reflect on the writing process and the experience of publishing our writing. 

• Reflect on your learning and experience in English class this semester, noting successes, literary skills and knowledge gained, favorite activities and assignments, challenges, themes, questions, growth, and future opportunities.

• Write using appropriate capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and transition phrases.

Agenda Items

• Portfolio Organization

• Portfolio Reflection

Assignments

• 5.10 Portfolio Review & Reflection Essay

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3.X Reading Notes: Character Development, Hero's Journey & Significant Quotes

Tuesday November 19

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Define and discuss the concepts of character development, character change, and the hero’s journey in connection with 1984. 

• Identify and discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.

• Explain the significance of excerpts from the text including the author’s use of  literary elements and techniques and the relationship to larger themes present in the work.

• Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to character development, significant quotes, significant events and conflict. 

• Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from 1984 Part 2. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.

Agenda Items

• AP Exam Format Survey

• Character Development - Hero's Journey

• Reading & Dialectical Journal

• Discussion Questions

Assignments

• 1984 Part 2 Reading & Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday October 24

• Homework: 

  • Study vocabulary words for Part 2 

  • Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday October 20.

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3.X Context Commentary

Wednesday November 13

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Write author's commentary explaining the historical, social, literary and biographical context that influences your writing.

Agenda Items

• Journal Writing

• Overview of Context Commentary & Mentor Texts

• Journal Writing: Context Commentary

• Sharing & feedback

Assignments

• Homework: Read the assigned page numbers in preparation for next week's quiz, and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday 11/1.

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3.X Creative Writing: Dystopian Fiction 

DATE

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Examine and discuss the characteristics of impactful fiction stories.

• Brainstorm current social and/or political issues for creating a literary or artistic work of dystopian fiction.

• Write a dystopian fiction story that involves a protagonist experiencing internal and external conflict, an inciting incident, character development, and the hero’s journey. 

Agenda Items

• Qualities of Impactful Fiction

• Brainstorming - Current Social / Political Issues

• Writing Your Fiction Story

Assignments

• Practice: Dystopian Fiction Story

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3.X Themes, Motifs & Symbols 

DATE

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Brainstorm and discuss themes and motifs in the novel.

Agenda Items

• Themes - Small group discussions

• Whole Class discussion & anchor charts

Assignments

• Practice: Anchor charts listing themes, motifs and symbols in the novel

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3.10 Introduction to Literary Criticism: Critical Lenses for Examining Literature

Thursday October 26

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to character development, setting, significant events, conflict and a critical lens. 

• Identify and comment on patterns, themes and observations in 1984.

• Choose a critical lens for examining literary elements and themes in 1984.

• Brainstorm at least one question for examining 1984 through a critical lens.

• Generate questions related to character development, character perspectives and motivations, significant events, and themes in 1984.

• Write a 1-2 sentence thesis statement that addresses a question and presents a defensible interpretation of the novel.

• Present and discuss your interpretation, including your claim, text evidence and commentary.

Agenda Items

• Literary Criticism: 

  • Literary Theory & Critical Lenses

  • Examples of critical essays

• Review Literary Criticism Essay Guidelines & Steps

• Significance & Thesis Statement

• Silent Reading & Dialectical Journal

• Commentary & Line of Reasoning

• Create Questions

• Video Discussion - Critical Lenses

Assignments

• 3.10 Literary Criticism & Thesis Quiz

• Create Questions inspired by 1984, using depth & complexity icons

• Homework: Read 1984 Part 3 and complete dialectical journal

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3.11 Video Discussion: Critical Questions

Tuesday October 31

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to character development, setting, significant events, conflict and a critical lens. 

• Identify and comment on patterns, themes and observations in 1984.

• Choose a critical lens for examining literary elements and themes in 1984.

• Brainstorm at least one question for examining 1984 through a critical lens.

• Generate questions related to character development, character perspectives and motivations, significant events, and themes in 1984.

• Present and discuss your interpretation, including your critical question, claim, text evidence and commentary.

Agenda Items

• Literary Criticism: 

  • Literary Theory & Critical Lenses

  • Examples of critical essays

• Commentary & Line of Reasoning

• Significance & Thesis Statement

• Silent Reading & Dialectical Journal

• Create Questions

  • Critical Lens Questions

  • Depth and Complexity Questions

• Video Discussion - Critical Lenses

Assignments

• 3.11 Video Discussion - Critical Lenses for 1984 - due Friday November 3

• Homework: Read 1984 Part 3 and complete dialectical journal

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3.12 Literary Criticism & Thesis Quiz 

Wednesday November 1

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Match critical questions with the corresponding literary theory (critical lens).

• Evaluate thesis statements based on whether they meet the following criteria:

  • present a defensible claim

  • use specific wording

  • insightful, reflecting deep thought

Agenda Items

• Literary Criticism & Thesis Quiz

• Create Questions

  • Critical Lens Questions

  • Depth and Complexity Questions

• Gather text evidence and write commentary

• Video Discussion

Assignments

• 3.12 Literary Criticism & Thesis Quiz

• Homework: Read 1984 Part 3 

• 3.11 Video Discussion - Critical Lenses for 1984 - due Friday November 3

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3.13 Research Notes: Literary Criticism 

Friday November 3

Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:

• Read and take notes on a critical essay or text related to your critical question for the novel.

Agenda Items

• Read and take notes on your critical text. 

  • Include the full bibliographic citation for your article, including title, author, journal, date, and URL

  • What is the critic’s thesis?

  • What interesting points do they make?

  • What points do you agree with? 

  • What alternative viewpoints do you hold?

  • What quotes do you want to incorporate in your own essay?

  • What ideas do you want to acknowledge and respond to in your essay?

Assignments

• Homework: Read 1984 Part 3

• 3.13 Research Notes: Literary Criticism due before Tuesday November 7

• 3.11 Video Discussion - Critical Lenses for 1984 - due today

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