Weekly Snapshot, August 20-24
AP Language and Comp
Micki Ray
Unit 1: Colonial/Revolutionary America
Rhetorical Focus: Persuasion
Writing Skills Focus: Thesis and Topic Sentence
Grammar: Clauses and Subordination/Coordination
Major Paper: Persuasive Argument
Test Prep: Multiple Choice and Analysis
Monday, August 20, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can identify metaphor in a passage.
 I can analyze and explain the meaning and EFFECT of each metaphor in a passage.
Agenda:
1. Music example—song narration with metaphor
2. “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House,” Bradstreet
3. “The Spider and the Fly,” Taylor—metaphor analysis with partner
4. Homework: “Huswifery,” Taylor
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can define CONCEIT.
 I can identify conceit in a passage.
 I can analyze and explain the meaning and EFFECT of conceit in a passage.
Agenda:
1. Check and discuss homework.
2. Complete “Conceit” worksheet on the extended metaphor.
3. “Figures of Speech” worksheet over Bradstreet and Taylor poems
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can analyze and explain the meaning and EFFECT of figurative language in a passage.
Agenda:
1. ACT English passage 1 practice
2. Quiz—Analyze metaphor in a poem you haven’t seen, using terminology and making
connections to lines in the poem.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can differentiate between an independent clause and a dependent clause.
 I can define SYNTAX.
 I can identify the syntactical style of an author.
 I can simulate an author’s syntax.
Agenda:
BR: Grammar work—Independent Clauses vs. Dependent Clauses
1. Mini-lesson on SYNTAX—Read and simulate an author’s syntax.
2. Listen to Mrs. Ray’s simulation.
3. Share your story ending with a partner.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can list the 4 parts of an ANALYSIS thesis construction.
 I can analyze and explain how SYNTAX contributes to a passage’s meaning.
 I can craft a thesis statement to explain EFFECT in a Poe passage.
Agenda:
1. Notes on 4 part THESIS construction for ANALYSIS questions
2. Hawthorne vs. Poe syntax assignment with THESIS practice