2017 Winter Calendar (subject to change)
4 Poetry overview; discussion of student selected poems; assign The Things They Carried first segment pages 1-123
5 AP Essay topic practice - explicating individually, then collectively, then writing introductions together
6 Examining work from yesterday and constructively critiquing introductions
9 Poetry – explicating various forms of poetry and methods to approach complicated poems
10 Analyzing poetry
11 Analyzing poetry
12 AP Poetry Essay Writing
13 Introduce Teaching of Poetry Presentation requirements –Discussing TOPP and requirements analyzing poetry; Using Internet to determine poets (Laptops)
16 MLK - OFF
17 Poetry Work Day with iPads
18 Poetry Work Day iPads
19 Poetry Work Day in Media Center
20 Poetry Work Day in Media Center
23 The Things They Carried first segment due (1-124); Quiz
24 All required poetry materials need to be shared with Ms. Miller by the end of the day; Continue discussing The Things They Carried
25 The Things You Carry Letter Assignment in class
26 TOPP #1
27 TOPP #2
30 AP Poetry Essay Writing
31 TOPP #3
1 TOPP #4
2 TOPP #5
3 TOPP #6
6 TEACHER WORK DAY
7 TOPP Evaluations; AP Essay Poetry Writing
8 The Things They Carried second segment due 124-end; Quiz
9 Continue discussion of TTTC
10 Distribute Museum novels and allow time for reading due date assigning; The Things They Carried Culminating Beauty and Horror Collage Construction – finish for homework if incomplete
13 Presenting Collages
14 Introduce Museum Project officially - discuss requirements and answer questions
15 AP Open Essays –how do we approach writing them?
16 Looking at Museum rooms, measuring; AP intro. writing, outlining sample
17 AP Essay Writing – Open
20-24 Winter Break J Woot! Woot for 5 days!
27 Miller at Conference In-class reading of Museum novels or planning or both
28 In-class Museum Day
1 Go over AP Essays from last week
2 Annotated Bibliography work
3 Annotated Bibliography work
6 In-Class Museum Day
7 In-Class Museum Day
8 In- Class Museum Day
9 In-Class Museum Day
10 AP Essay Writing
13TEACHER WORK DAY
14 Final in-class preparations In Class before shifting “over”
15 Museum Day in rooms
16 Museum Day in rooms
17 Museum Day in rooms
20 Museum Day in rooms
21 Museum Day in rooms
22 Museum Day in rooms
23 Museum Day in rooms
24 Museum Day in rooms
27 Museum Day in rooms
28 Run through of Museums with full practice presentation – not optional
29 Group 1 Presents –
30 Group 2 Presents –
31 Self and group evaluations
SPRING BREAK April 3-7
10 Presenting to the Junior Class (I think) – TBD
11 Clean Up Day
12 Clean Up Day
13 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
14 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
15 Begin AP Preparation for the exam; Distribute The Road; Distribute calendar of writing and multiple choice schedule; multiple choice overview
April 11-30 – see other calendar for AP Preparation Schedule
1 The Road Due
2 Finish with The Road
3 AP Literature Exam!!!!
4 AP Calculus Exam
5 Payback day
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