10/31/11 - 11/4/11 - Distribute copies of Like Water for Chocolate. Finish reading and have 15 dialectical journal entries by Thursday. Review point of view and shifts in tone. Write practice thesis statements. Introduce poetry assignment due Monday. Timed writing practice. Read "The Lottery" in the textbook and answer questions. Review characters of Like Water for Chocolate. Distribute rubrics for second extensive analysis paper. Vocabulary and Literary Test Friday.
11/7/11 - 11/10/11 - Distribute copies of Kite Runner. Begin poetry presentations. Read "Writing As an Act of Hope" and answer questions. Timed writing practice.
11/14/11 - 11/18/11 - Read "Six Feet of the Country". Review Diction and complete exercises. Read "Terrance This is Stupid Stuff" and analyze using the guide for analyzing prose. Kite Runner dialectical journals and data sheet's due. Work on rough drafts of analytical paper. Timed writing practice. Vocabulary and Literary Term Test.
11/21/11 - 11/25/11 - Thanksgiving Break
11/28/11 - 12/2/11 - Distribute One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Open-ended timed writing on Kite Runner. Read "A Hanging". Finish poetry presentations and create an AP style multiple choice test on your poem, using the handout with test questions stems as a guide. Poetry test. Finish rough drafts of extensive paper and turn in the first draft after self editing. Vocabulary and Literary Term Test.
12/5/11 - 12/9/11 - Choose a poem of literary merit to analyze using the SIFT/TPCAST strategies and present it to the class. Write a second draft of your extensive paper and workshop it with classmates. Read "Coy Mistress" and analyze using the guide for analyzing poetry. Timed writing practice. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest dialectical journals and data sheets due. Third draft of extensive papers due for my review. Vocabulary and Literary Term Test.
12/12/11 - 12/16/11 - Distribute Metamorphosis. Open-ended timed writing on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. "Metamorphosis" data sheets and dialectical journals due. Final copies of extensive analytical papers due with all drafts included. Vocabulary and Literary Term Test. Open-ended timed writing practice on "Metamorphosis". Edit, Revise all open-ended timed writings and choose one to rewrite.
12/19/11 - 12/31/11 - Winter Break
1/2/12 - 1/6/12 - Finish poetry presentations and create an AP style multiple choice test on your poem, using the handout with test questions stems as a guide. Poetry test. Create a presentation of your extensice analytical essays and present to the class. Create a 20 minute lesson on one aspect of a literary work we've studied this semester. Be sure to have a clear, AP level objective, visual aides, and assessment. Vocabulary and Literary Term Test.
1/9/12 - 1/13/12 - Timed writing practice. Present lessons. Vocabulary and literary term test.
1/17/12 - 1/19/12 - Review, Final Exams.