August/September AP English 2015-­‐2016 Nam id velit non risus consequat iaculis. Assignments are due on the dates listed below –
Otherwise this is a brief listing of what we will cover in class on the dates listed. Sunday SEPTEMBER -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ Monday 8-­‐31 Gatsby Groups Sociograms Paired Poems Word Drawings Setting Maps Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg 6 SAT includes: Improving Sentences (IMS) Id Sentence errors (IDSE) Improving Paragraphs (IP) 7 LABOR DAY NO SCHOOL 13 SAT IDSE 2 14 Gatsby AP Essay Practice Go over the sample Gatsby prompts – reasons for essay scores. 20 21 Salesman APQ’s Tuesday 9-­‐1 Gatsby Groups Sociograms Paired Poems Word Drawings Setting Maps Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg Thursday Friday 3 4 Gatsby Groups Gatsby AP Sociograms Essay Practice Paired Poems Go over the Word Drawings sample Gatsby Setting Maps prompts – Eyes of T.J. reasons for Eckleburg essay scores. Assign SAT IMS 1 due Packets to go IMS 2 over beginning IMS 3 of classes next week SAT IP 1 8 SAT IP 2-­‐3 9 10 SAT IDSE 1 11 Gatsby Groups Gatsby Groups Gatsby Gatsby Sociograms Sociograms Presentations Presentations Paired Poems Paired Poems Word Drawings Word Drawings ALL Projects Setting Maps Setting Maps DUE Eyes of T.J. Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg Eckleburg SAT IDSE 3 15 16 17 18 Gatsby In class Death of a Salesman – Salesman Class AP Writing Salesman – tragedy? Apply discussion prompts Narrative themes and practice Technique and archetypes cultural impact articles 22 Activity Period – No Class Wednesday 2 Gatsby APQ’s In class packets Handout sample AP Prompts and essays using Gatsby students score 1-­‐9 Handout Gatsby SAT practice 23 Salesman APQ Breakdown of question types and analysis of student errors from graded APQ’s 24 Death of a Salesman In class AP Writing prompts practice – Outline Only Saturday 5 12 19 25 26 Salesman Quiz + RC Literature Circles Organize & Read Orestia Trilogy Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus 27 4 28 Greek Theatre History and Role of the Chorus 5 Literature Circles Assignment #5 11 12 Teacher Inservice NO SCHOOL 18 19 Evaluate and Score Multiple Choice Complete a scoring sheet 29 Literature Circles Assignment #1 6 Reading Catalogs for Orestia Trilogy 8-­‐25 Getting Started Reflection AP Goals Update Files Class Selfie!! AUGUST -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ 8-­‐24 2015-­‐2016 School Year Kick Off 30 Literature Circles Assignment #2 7 Literature Circle Presentations Oedipus Rex OCTOBER 1 2 Literature Literature Circles Circles Assignment #3 Assignment #4 8 9 Literature Circle Literature Circle Presentations Presentations Oedipus at Antigone Colonus 13 14 15 AP Practice Test AP Practice Test AP Practice Test Essay Essay Essay 8-­‐26 Writing Strategy Rings Review writing rules and create strategies cards to use while writing essays 8-­‐27 Gatsby Groups Sociograms Paired Poems Word Drawings Setting Maps Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg 3 10 16 17 AP Practice Test Multiple Choice 8-­‐28 Gatsby Groups Sociograms Paired Poems Word Drawings Setting Maps Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg