All juniors who are enrolled in AP Language and Composition for the fall or spring semester should see Ms. Holley in Room 208 regarding the reading requirements for the course.
The following books must be read prior to the first day of the course:
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
Native Son - Richard Wright
Students must complete dialectical journals for each book. These will be due on the first day of the course.
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SPRING 2012
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TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
1/23 - 1/27 |
*First day of class *Review syllabus *Collect dialectical journals *Review AP exam *Distribute AP vocabulary books *Copy the daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Continue AP exam review *Begin reading Ch. 1 (pgs. 1-9) (take notes) *Discuss SOAPSTone and appeals *Copy the daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Death of a Salesman comprehension test *Chapter assignment (pgs. 9-10) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Death of a Salesman practice exam *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Finish assignment (pgs. 9-10) *Read and discuss pgs. 10-12 *Chapter assignment (pg. 12) (homework) (due Tuesday) *Book checkout *Continue reading Ch. 1 (pgs. 10-26) (take notes) *Daily allusion |
1/30 - 2/3 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 1 vocabulary quiz *Discuss patterns of development *Class assignment (pg. 26) *Print page 1 of the literary terms list (due Thursday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Exam revisions in groups *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Exam revisions in groups *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Native Son comprehension test *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Group assignment (pg. 28) *Begin reading Ch. 2 (pgs. 35-48) (take notes) *Daily allusion |
2/06 - 2/10 |
*SAT warm-up *Registration day *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 2 vocabulary quiz *Discuss assignment (pg. 28) *Discuss pgs. 49-51 of the textbook *Assign novels (The Crucible) (read Act I by next Tuesday) *Webquest assignment (The Salem Witch Trials) (due Wednesday) *Textbook assignment (pg. 51) (due Friday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review AP practice exam (Death of a Salesman) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary analysis *Literary terms quiz 1 *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Finish analysis from Thursday *Voice lesson *Discuss the "American Dream" *Daily allusion |
2/13 - 2/17 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 3 vocabulary quiz *Textbook assignment *Tone words *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Discuss webquest *Discuss Puritanism and Act I of The Crucible *Copy grammar rules and writing tips *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Timed writing *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz 2 *Daily allusion |
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2/20 - 2/24 |
*NO SCHOOL | *SAT warm-up *Daily allusion |
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2/27 - 3/02 |
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3/05 - 3/09 |
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3/12 - 3/16 |
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3/19 - 3/23 |
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3/26 - 3/30 |
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*MID-TERM EXAMS | *MID-TERM EXAMS | *PLANNING DAY |
4/02 - 4/06 |
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*NO SCHOOL |
4/09 - 4/13 |
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4/16 - 4/20 |
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4/23 - 4/27 |
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4/30 - 5/04 |
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5/07 - 5/11 |
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5/14 - 5/18 |
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5/21 - 5/25 |
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5/28 - 6/01 |
*NO SCHOOL |
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6/04 - 6/08 |
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*FINAL EXAMS | *FINAL EXAMS | *PLANNING DAY |
6/11 - 6/15 |
*SUMMER BREAK |
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FALL 2011
WEEK |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
8/22-8/26 |
*First day of school *SAT warm-up *Review Code of Conduct and forms *Review AP course syllabus *Turn in dialectical journals *Distribute AP vocabulary books *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Death of a Salesman Comprehension Test *Review the AP exam *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review the AP exam *Begin reading Ch. 1 (pgs. 1-9) (take notes) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Chapter assignment (pgs. 9-10) *Book checkout *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Read pgs. 10-26 and take notes *Chapter assignment (pg. 26) *Daily allusion |
8/29-9/2 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 1 vocabulary quiz *Discuss reading from Friday *Homework assignment due Thursday (pg. 12) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Multiple choice practice exam (Death of a Salesman) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review AP practice exam *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Finish reviewing AP practice exam *Continue Ch. 1 *Assignment due (pg. 12) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms (printed page 1 due) *Discuss "The American Dream" *Timed essay *Daily allusion |
9/5-9/9 |
*No School | *SAT warm-up *Unit 2 vocabulary quiz *Review basic grammar rules *Tips for writing essays *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Continue Ch. 1 (assignment pg. 28) *Reading assignment for homework (pgs. 35-48) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #1 *Revise essays *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Native Son test *Close reading (literary analysis) *Daily allusion |
9/12-9/16 |
*Benchmark Testing (No Class) |
*SAT warm-up *Essays due *Unit 3 vocabulary quiz *Continue literary analysis from Friday (JFK) *WebQuest assignment (due Wednesday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *WebQuest due *Continue JFK literary analysis *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #2 *Continue JFK literary analysis *Chapter assignment (pgs. 49-51) (due Monday) *Begin The Crucible *Daily allusion |
*Retake AP practice exam (Death of a Salesman) *Tone words for homework (20 examples) (due Tuesday) *Daily allusion |
9/19/9/23 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 4 vocabulary quiz *Finish JFK literary analysis *Create Pinwheels for Peace *Advertisement assignment due *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Group assignment (AP exam) *Tone words due *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Allusions quiz #1 *Plant Pinwheels for Peace *Read pgs. 61-68 and complete the assignment on pg. 68 (questions #1-7) *Daily allusion |
*EARLY RELEASE *SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #3 *Puritanism and The Crucible *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review Act I of The Crucible *Characterization in The Crucible *Chapter assignment (read pgs. 69-85 and take notes) *Daily allusion |
9/26-9/30 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 5 vocabulary quiz *Irony activity *Textbook assignment (pg. 100) (due Wednesday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Sentence structure analysis worksheets *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Sentence structure analysis worksheets *Irony in The Crucible *Daily allusion |
*No School | *SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #4 *Review Act II of The Crucible *"Essay ID" *"Opening Statements" *Daily allusion |
10/3-10/7 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 6 vocabulary quiz "Opening Statements" *Textbook assignment (pgs. 102-108) (pg. 108, #1, 3, 5, 6, 7) (due Wednesday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *"The Company Man" assignment *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *"The Company Man" assignment *"Conflict" in The Crucible *Research the "McCarthy Hearings" for homework (15-20 facts) (due Friday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #5 *Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (pgs. 152-156 of The Language of Literature classroom textbook) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Timed essay and questions *Textbook assignment (pgs. 108-109, #1, 2, 4, 6, 8---12) (due Tuesday) *Daily allusion |
10/10-10/14 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 7 vocabulary quiz *Read "The Great Fear" (pgs. 199-221) *Finish and review "Irony" *Editorial cartoon 1 (review) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *McCarthy Hearings (group assignment) *Textbook assignment (read pgs. 113-122, "Best in Class") *Daily allusion |
*PSAT Testing (No Class) |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #6 *Puritan poetry (Anne Bradstreet) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Allusions quiz #2 *Review topics for essays (thesis statements) *Complete questions #1-8 on pg. 122 (due Wednesday) *Daily allusion |
10/17-10/21 |
*SAT warm-up *Read "A Talk to Teachers" (pgs. 123-129) *Complete questions #1-12 (pg. 129) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Read "A Talk to High School Teachers" (pgs. 164-166) *Complete questions #1-5 (pg. 166) *Complete the writing assignment #4 on pg. 174 *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Timed writing (mid-term essay) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Read pgs. 167-170 (from AP textbook) *Complete Exercise 1 (#1-7), Exercise 2 (#1-9), Exercise 3 (#1-8), and Exercise 4 (#1-10) (answers only) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Complete question #5 from pg. 174 (should be at least one page in length) *Daily allusion |
10/24-10/28 |
*SAT warm-up *The Crucible Cumulative Test *Review for mid-term exam *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Controversial topics for research paper *Rhetorical precis assignment *Daily allusion |
*Mid-term Exams | *Mid-term Exams | *Planning Day (No School) |
10/31-11/4 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 8 vocabulary quiz *Assign new novels (The Scarlet Letter) *Short story group assignment *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Rhetorical precis assignment due *Group presentations *Textbook assignment (pgs. 259-274) *Complete discussion questions #1-4 (pg. 274) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Discuss argumentative research paper *Logical terms for arguments *Logical reasoning *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #7 *Questions due (pg. 274) *Write it right (handout) *Embedding quotations *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Multiple-choice practice and review (Nathaniel Hawthorne) *Textbook assignment (pgs. 274-275, #1-12) *Daily allusion |
11/7-11/11 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 9 vocabulary quiz *Review "Write it Right" handout *"Embedding Quotations" handout *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *The Scarlet Letter quiz #1 (Ch. 1-6) *SOAPSTone assignment ("I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) *Read pgs. 276-281 and complete the "Discussion" questions #1-6 on pg. 281 *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Timed essay and questions ("I Have a Dream") (King) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Homework due *Literary terms quiz #8 *Finish essay *Daily allusion |
*No School |
11/14-11/18 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 10 vocabulary quiz *Rough drafts (peer reviews) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Allusions quiz #3 *Rough drafts (peer reviews) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *The Scarlet Letter quiz #2 (Ch. 7-12) *Review essay and questions *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #9 *Textbook assignment (pgs. 281-282, #1-12) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review essays *Daily allusion |
11/21-11/25 |
*No School | *No School | *No School | *No School | *No School |
11/28-12/2 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 11 vocabulary quiz *"Contrasts in Diction" handout *"Language in Action" worksheet *Read "A Modest Proposal" (pg. 914) *Daily allusion |
*No Class (BAT Testing) |
*SAT warm-up *Research papers due today *The Scarlet Letter quiz #3 (Ch. 13-19) *Mencken essay and questions *Textbook assignment (pg. 920, #1-8) (due Friday) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #10 *Mencken essay and questions *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review Mencken essay *"Saying It Both Ways" worksheet *Textbook assignment (pgs. 920-921, #1-12) *Daily allusion |
12/5-12/9 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 12 vocabulary quiz *Discuss "A Modest Proposal" *Satire assignment *Questions due *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Multiple-choice practice and review (from "A Modest Proposal") *Review worksheet ("Saying It Both Ways") *Continue satire *Read Thoreau (pgs. 939-956) for homework *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *The Scarlet Letter quiz #4 (Ch. 20-24) *SOAPSTone assignment ("On the Duty of Civil Disobedience") *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #11 *Read satires in class *"Figurative Language" *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *AP practice test (multiple-choice and essay) (from Walden) *Daily allusion |
12/12-12/16 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 13 vocabulary quiz *Synthesis essay (group assignment) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Satire passage (from "A Modest Proposal") *Review "Figurative Language" handout *"Tone in Critical Reviews" *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Review "Tone" *Synthesis essay (timed practice) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #12 *Review satire and examples *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *The Scarlet Letter film *Read through Ch. 18 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn *Daily allusion |
12/19-12/30 |
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1/2-1/6 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 14 vocabulary quiz *"Family Feuds" (worksheet) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Satire passage and questions ("The Battle of the Ants") *Finish "Family Feuds" worksheet *Editorial cartoon (SOAPSTone assignment) *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Synthesis essay (issue of violent images) *Begin "The Grangerfords" worksheet *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #13 *Review "Family Feuds" and editorial cartoon *Finish worksheet *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Textbook assignment (Read "On the Rainy River") (pgs. 961-973) *Complete questions #1-8 (pgs. 973-974) *Read through Ch. 30 by Monday *Daily allusion |
1/9-1/13 |
*SAT warm-up *Unit 15 vocabulary quiz *"Censorship" worksheet *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Allusions quiz #4 *Satire passage ("Advice to Youth") *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Synthesis essay ("Zero Tolerance Policies") *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Literary terms quiz #14 *Finish synthesis essays and peer edit *Daily allusion |
*SAT warm-up *Final writing *Passage and questions (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) *Daily allusion |
1/16-1/20 |
*No School | *SAT warm-up *Review for final exam *"Taking Aim" (review worksheet) *Daily allusion |
*Final Exams | *Final Exams | *Planning Day (No School) |
