Mon (A) 10/3

Journals A and B due

Sign up for your selected author  -- Author Biography

Literary Terms - clarify the tropes definitions

Work on group project for presentation on 10/5

HOMEWORK:
 - short story group presentations on Wed 10/5
 - terms quiz on pp 1-3 on Fri 10/7
 - author biography due Tue 10/11

Thu (A flex) 9/29


Warm Up - Imagery in Hijuelos

Patterns of Arrangement
 - look at terms
 - read and identify passages  / purpose
 - discuss

Time to work on Author Journals and/or Group Project

HOMEWORK:
 - Journals A and B due Mon 10/3 -- author selection
 - group presentations Wed 10/5

Tuesday (A) 9/27


Author Selection -- Journal A
 - teacher check of Journal A
 - peer review of Journal A

Class time to work on Group Project w/ short stories

Chrome Books available to work on Author Journal A and B

HOMEWORK:
 - Author Journal A and B due Mon 10/3 -- sign up for author choice
 - Group presentations in class Wed 10/5

Fri (A flex) - assembly

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by Fitzgerald
 - small group
 - class discussion

Short Story group project

Author Selection
 - hopefully, time to work on and ask questions

HOMEWORK:
- author selection Journal A check in class Tue 9/27
- final author selection Journal A and B due Mon 10/3 -- author selection
- group project presentation on Wed 10/5

Wed (A - early dismissal) 9/21
Warm Up -- detail (Arthur Miller)

"Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
  - develop discussion ideas / questions in small group
  - look at complete story in relation to 1st paragraph
  - compare Paul to Bartleby

If time, work on or get help on author selection

HOMEWORK:
 - read and mark text of "Bernice Bobs her Hair" by Fitzgerald for Fri 9/23
 - Tue 9/27 - check Journal A in class (need to have 10 entries in complete RD form)
 - Mon 10/3 - Final Journals A and B due -- make author selection

Mon (A) 9/19
Warm Up -- diction
Discussion Analysis

"Bartleby" by Herman Melville
 - small group discussion
 - questions
 - class discussion / analysis
 - literary criticism

HOMEWORK:
- read and mark the text of "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather for Wed 9/21
 - work on author selection (Journal A check in class 9/27)

Thu, 15 Sep (A flex)

Warm Up - tone analysis

"The Private History of a Campaign that Failed"
  - student groups develop discussion questions -- class discussion
  - Write:  What is the purpose of the mysterious stranger?
  - read and mark literary criticism -- discuss critic's ideas in comparison to student's

HOMEWORK:
 -- read and mark the text of "Bartleby" by Melville for Mon 9/19
 -- work on author selection process and Journal A (Journal A check will occur in class on 9/27)

Tue, 13 Sep (A)

Warm Up - discussion critique

AP Terms - familiarize yourself with pp 1-3 on rhetorical and literary terms

Great American Short Stories --  "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  - marking text (refer to Ch. 2 of Language of Composition)
  - vocabulary, main ideas, questions, comments, connections
  - read and mark page 1 together
  - read and mark story in class
  - discuss and write short reaction
  - read a literary criticism

HOMEWORK:
 - read and mark the text of "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed" by Mark Twain for Thur 9/15
 - work on author search

Wed, 7 Sep (A)


Organize Notebooks:  author study, issue groups, AP readings/writings, handouts for reference

Signed Expectations Due

to library for books

Journalist Analysis:
  - work in small groups to discuss journalits

Author Search:
  - power point on approved authors
  - purchase Great American Short Stories in store for $5

HOMEWORK:
start author search - in-class check on Journal A Tue 9/27
read Ch 1 in Language of Composition for Friday 9/9 pp 1-27

Fri, 9/2 (A) - 92 min


Declaration of Independence
 review "say" and "do" for sections 1-4

Sections 6-8
   - vocabulary and "say"
   - rhetorical devices
   - structure of argument

HOMEWORK:
signed expectations due Wed 9/7
journalist assignment due in class Wed 9/7