AP English Language and Composition – Week 13

November 25-27, 2013

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students peer edited descriptive narratives.
  3. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Literary Term Presentations 12/2.
  3. Book Presentations 12/6
  4. Final Draft of Descriptive Narrative due 12/9.

AP English Language and Composition – Week 14

December 2 -6, 2013

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students conducted book presentations.
  3. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  4. Students examined the writing genre of “example”.
  5. Students analyzed an “example” political cartoon.
  6. Students read Barbara Ascher’s “On Compassion” and Anna Quindlen’s “Homeless”.
  7. Students analyzed Ascher and Quindlen in terms of their literary techniques; compared and contrasted; created explication chart.
  8. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Literary Term Presentations 12/9.
  3. Book Presentations 12/10
  4. Final Draft of Descriptive Narrative due 12/9.
  5. Timed essay on Ascher and Quindlen 12/11.

AP English Language and Composition – Week 15

December 9-13, 2013

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students submitted their Descriptive Narrative essays.
  2. Students presented literary terms.
  3. Students conducted book presentations.
  4. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  5. Students wrote a timed essay on Ascher and Quindlen selections; contrasted literary/rhetorical techniques; focused on tone.
  6. Students were provided with second marking period Basic Question and Major Assertion essay assignments and reading selections: Art and the Artist
  7. Students assigned to an “art” book for a DEJ.
  8. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
  9. HOMEWORK:
  1. AP Multiple Choice Practice Exam #3 12/18/2013
  2. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  3. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  4. Literary Term Presentations 12/16.
  5. Book Presentations 12/17
  6. Basic Question essay due 1/2/2014
  7. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 16

December 16-20, 2013

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students conducted book presentations.
  3. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  4. Students were administered AP multiple choice test.
  5. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction selection).
  6. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
  7. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  3. Literary Term Presentations 1/6/2014.
  4. Book Presentations 1/7/2014
  5. Basic Question essay due 1/2/2014
  6. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 17

January 2-3, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students submitted Basic Question Essay: Art and the Artist
  2. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction selection).
  3. Students participated in freewriting on the Major Assertion: H.L. Mencken’s quote about artists and society
  4. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  3. Literary Term Presentations 1/6/2014.
  4. Book Presentations 1/7/2014
  5. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 18

January 6-10, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students conducted book presentations.
  3. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction selection).
  4. Students participated in freewriting on the Major Assertion: H.L. Mencken’s quote about artists and society Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  5. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  3. Literary Term Presentations 1/13/2014.
  4. Book Presentations 1/14/2014
  5. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
  6. AP Multiple Choice Test #4 1/16/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 19

January 13-17, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students conducted book presentations.
  3. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction selection).
  4. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
  5. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  6. Students were administered AP Multiple Choice Test #4.
  7. HOMEWORK:
  1. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
  2. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  1. Literary Term Presentations 1/27/2014.
  2. Book Presentations 1/28/2014
  3. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 20

January 21-24, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students presented literary terms.
  2. Students conducted book presentations.
  3. Students submitted non-fiction outside reading DEJs.
  4. Students examined the Comparison/Contrast genre of writing: analyzed painting and photograph (juxtaposed); read Suzanne Britt’s “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” and Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out”; analyzed the two selections side-by-side; explicated by Content, Genre/Style, and Significance.
  5. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
  6. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
  7. HOMEWORK:
  1. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
  2. Literary Term Presentations 1/27/2014.
  3. Book Presentations 1/28/2014
  4. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 21

January 27-31, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students were assigned/presented literary terms.
  2. Students worked in groups/produced/conducted book presentations
  3. Students submitted Art DEJs.
  4. Students examined the Process Analysis genre of writing: analyzed process captured in photograph; read Jessica Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” and Horace Miner’s “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema”; analyzed the two selections side-by-side; explicated by Content, Genre/Style, and Significance.
  5. HOMEWORK:
  1. Literary Term Presentations 2/3/2014.
  2. Book Presentations 2/4/2014
  3. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
  4. Timed Essay: Britt/Barry; Mitford/Miner 2/7/2014

AP English Language and Composition – Week 22

February 3-7, 2014

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

  1. Students were assigned/presented literary terms.
  2. Students worked in groups/produced/conducted book presentations
  3. Students submitted Major Assertion: The Artist and Society
  4. Students wrote a timed essay on Britt/Barry OR Mitford/Miner.
  5. HOMEWORK:
  1. Literary Term Presentations 2/10/2014.
  2. Book Presentations 2/11/2014