AP Literature and Composition
2013-2014
lesson plan
Betteridge
Aug. 26
Collect Novel Notes for King Lear and A Thousand Acres
Pass out Aug/Sept Syllabus - discuss
Pass out class guidelines and policies HO – discuss
Go over class expectations
27
Pass out lit terms - know for use on tests, in papers, in discussion, etc.
These need to be a part of your everyday English vocabulary – study them on your own!
Pass out Cheating Policy – discuss
28
Pretest
King Lear/A Thousand Acres After Reading Tests (quickly)
Discuss answers if time (finish in a few days if no time)
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Go over KL and 1000 Acres Post Reading Tests
Pass out Mythology books – Edith Hamilton Mythology
How to Read Literature like a Professor
Pass out notes – read on own
Pass back chapter charts
Discuss ch. 1-9
Discuss chapter charts – add to them and improve them as we discuss the novels throughout the year
(doing this will provide ideas for the AP test essays)
HW – Mythology
Pass out mythology gods/goddesses chart
Edith Hamilton Mythology p 1 - 313 - due 9/23
p 314 – 330 due with Beowulf 10/1
Study the chart at the end – there are many allusions to Greek Mythology. You need to know the gods and
goddesses!
2
Pass out Beowulf books, HOs, Novel Notes– due 10/1
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Discuss ch. 10-17
Discuss chapter charts – add to them and improve them as we discuss
3
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Discuss ch. 18-27
Discuss chapter charts – add to them and improve them as we discuss
Pass back KL and A Thousand Acres post reading tests and finish going over
4
Pass back King Lear essays
Discuss KL Summer Reading Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
5
#1 King Lear AP Free Response Essay Question – (FR #5 from KL AP unit)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
8
King Lear AP Multiple Choice Test –( #1-30 p 24+ KL AP unit)
Pass out KL Power Point Hos and Intro Hos – read on own for reference
HW – Read Edith Hamilton Mythology due 9/23
Beowulf and Novel Notes – due 10/1
Read Beowulf notes
Complete the Literary Devices HO
Complete the Monster/Hero HO
9
King Lear
Discuss AP objectives
10
Pass back King Lear essays from last Friday (FR #5 from KL AP unit)
Discuss KL Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
When done, begin going over KL AP MC Test
AP Practice Quiz if time
11
King Lear
Discuss AP objectives
Pass back KL AP MC Test and go over
HW – pass out the sample AP essays - read
12
#2 Sample Free Response Question #1 from the AP Course Description (Henry IV Pt II)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Pass back King Lear essays from Sept. (FR #5 from KL AP unit) – finish if not done
Finish Discuss KL Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Finish going over the King Lear AP MC Test if needed
AP Practice Quiz if time
16
King Lear
Discuss AP Objectives – finish if needed
Sample AP Essays
Discuss the qualities of the good essays
AP Terms – begin practicing if time
17
Pass back Sample Free Response Question #1 from the AP Course Description (Henry IV Pt II)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Go over first quarter novel notes assignment – make groups – due 10/24
18
A Thousand Acres
Pass out Intro Hos- read for reference
Discuss novel
Compare to KL
Discuss AP Objectives
HW – Edith Hamilton Mythology p 1 - 313 - due 9/23
p 314 – 330 due with Beowulf 10/1
Beowulf and Novel Notes– due 10/1
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#3 Sample Free Response Question #2 from the AP Course Description (Ann Bradstreet)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Edith Hamilton Mythology
Test
Discuss mythology
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Edith Hamilton Mythology
Go over test
Discuss mythology
Collect Edith Hamilton Mythology books
AP Terms – Quizlet.com
Play AP terms games
25
Pass back Sample Free Response Question #2 from the AP Course Description (Ann Bradstreet)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Review Literary Terms
AP Practice Quiz if time
26
#4 Sample Free Response Question #3 from the AP Course Description (Hawthorne)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
Pass out textbooks while the students are writing – Cover your book and bring to class on Monday (If you cover them,
we’ll store them in the room.)
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Senior Stuff with Ms. Mermis or Access with Ms. Steele Date may vary even into mid Oct.
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry - Unit 1 Legend to History AD 449-1485
Intro Anglo Saxon Poetry – Pass out notes
Read together and discuss
“The Seafarer,” “The Wanderer,” “The Wife’s Lament” (p 17-26)
HW –Celtic Poetry HO p 33-37 (Brit Lit 1)
Finish Beowulf
Oct. 1
Collect Novel Notes and Literary Devices and Monsters/Hero HO
Collect Celtic Poetry HO
Beowulf Quiz (2013 Check on 13 Q quiz in PDF)
Pass back and quickly check Celtic Poetry HO
Beowulf
Show Map of area
Discuss
HW – read Canterbury Tales - due 10/8
Pass out books and introductory notes (fabliaux power point)
“Prologue” Character Chart
2
(We’ll write today due to short periods tomorrow.)
#5 2010 Free Response Question #1 (Century Quilt)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
HW – read Canterbury Tales
3 (Short Periods)
Pass back Sample Free Response Question #3 from the AP Course Description (Hawthorne)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
HW – read Canterbury Tales
6
Sample AP Multiple Choice Test – Questions 1-23 from the AP Course Description
HW – read Canterbury Tales
7
Pass back MC tests – quickly discuss answers
Beowulf
Finish discussing
Begin discussing Canterbury Tales “Prologue”
8
Canterbury Tales
Discuss “Prologue” and “Knight’s Tale”
Add to character chart as we discuss
Character chart due at the end of the period
9
Canterbury Tales
Discuss “Miller’s Tale” and “Wife of Bath’s Tale”
10
Canterbury Tales
Discuss “Pardoner’s Tale” and “Nun’s Priest’s Tale”
HW -Gawain and the Green Knight text p 162
Morte d Arthur – text p 176
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Canterbury Tales
Watch Canterbury Tales I and start Canterbury Tales II
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Canterbury Tales
Watch Canterbury Tales II and start Canterbury Tales III
15
Pass back Sample Free Response Question 2010 Q #1 (Century Quilt)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
16
#6 2010 Free Response Question #2 (Belinda)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Medieval Poetry
Read together - Four Ballads: “Two Corbies,” “Lord Randall,” “Get Up and Bar the Door,” “Barbara Allen” p 194200
Discuss questions p 195,197, 200-201
Hamlet
Intro
HW – Hamlet
Pass out books and intro notes – Due 10/28
Novel Notes
Act I character chart and other HOs (Hamlet Activity Pack)
Power point notes – Intro
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Arthurian Tales
Discuss Gawain and the Green Knight text p 162
Morte d Arthur – text p 176
HW – Single Topic Analysis Essay - Choose a single literary technique in one of the selections and explain how that one
technique contributes to theme or tone of the work as a whole – due 10/28
Include a PW, RD (must show revisions), FC – NO INTERNET – use your own knowledge!
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The English Renaissance (1485-1625) Poetry
Sydney & Spenser
Pass out intro notes
“Sonnet 1”, “Sonnet 35,” “Sonnet 75,” “Sonnet 1,” “Sonnet 39”
Read together
Discuss questions p 238 & 240-241
Marlowe & Raleigh
“The Passionate Shepherd to his Love”, “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,”
Read together
Discuss
23
Pass back 2010 Free Response Q #2 (Belinda)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
AP Practice Quiz if time
24
Collect First Quarter Novel Notes
#7 2010 Free Response Question #3 (Exile)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Finish Marlowe and Raleigh poems
Shakespearean Sonnets
Pass out intro notes
What is a Shakesperean Sonnet Overhead
“Sonnet 29”, “Sonnet 106,” “Sonnet 116,” “Sonnet 130”
Read together
Put up Paraphrases
Discuss questions p 254 & 256-7
HW – Metaphorical Minds HO – due in two days
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Collect Single-Topic Analysis Essay
Hamlet
Collect Novel Notes
Hamlet Test – use one for Regular 12
Act I
Pass out completed simile and personification charts (Hamlet Activity Pack)– go over
Pass out motif HO – complete as we discuss
Discuss
Collect Character charts
HW – Macbeth - due 11/18
Novel Notes due 11/18
Tragic Hero Notes
Fate, Symbol, and Metaphor Charts – Read the completed ones. You don’t have to write anymore.
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Trade, check, collect Metaphorical Minds HO
Hamlet
Act I & II
Discuss
Review motifs
Discuss AP Objectives
30 (Due to short periods tomorrow, we’ll write today)
#8 Hamlet AP Unit Free Response Q 1 (Setting the tone)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
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End of First Nine Weeks
Short periods – early dismissal
Pass back 2010 Free Response Q #3 (Exile)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Nov. 3
Second Quarter Novel Notes – Group – due Jan. 9
Hamlet
Act II & III
Discuss
Discuss AP Objectives
4
American Legion Americanism Test? Date may vary – we’ll adjust as needed.
5
Hamlet
Act III & IV
Pass out completed alliteration HO (Hamlet Activity Pack)
Discuss
Review motifs
Discuss AP Objectives
6
Hamlet
Act IV & V
Pass out completed metaphor HO (Hamlet Activity Pack)
Pass out completed foreshadowing HO (Hamlet Activity Pack)
Discuss
Review motifs
Discuss AP Objectives
HW – Paraphrase Hamlet’s Soliloquy (Hamlet Activity Pack)
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#9 Hamlet AP Unit Free Response Q 7 (Tragedy)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
10
Hamlet AP Unit Practice Multiple Choice Test Q 1-50
11
Finish Hamlet AP Unit Practice Multiple Choice Test Q 1-50
12
Go over answers to Hamlet MC test
Pass back Hamlet AP Unit Free Response Q 1 (Setting the tone)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Pass back Hamlet AP Unit Free Response Q 7 (Tragedy)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
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#10 Macbeth AP Practice Free Response Q (Ben Jonson quote) It’s not Friday, but we need to get this in!
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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AP Terms Review
18
Macbeth
Collect Novel Notes
Macbeth Test – Textbook test
Act I, II,& III
Discuss
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Macbeth
Act IV & V
Discuss
20
Macbeth
Themes and Motifs
Discuss
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Macbeth
AP Objectives
Discuss
In most cases, snow days do not change due dates – plan accordingly based on the
weather. Do not put assignments off until the night before it is due.
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Utopia
Pass out intro notes on Sir Thomas More
Read together and discuss p 266
The King James Bible
Pass out intro notes on KJB
Read together and discuss
“Psalm 23” p 276
“The Sermon on the Mount” p 278
“The Parable of the Prodigal Son” p 279
(If we run out of time or if we have early snow days, this is something we’ll cut.)
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Introduce novel and essay
HW – Read Frankenstein – due 12/16
Novel Notes
Pass out intro notes
Essays - pick five – each essay is to be on its own piece of paper with the prompt and proper heading copied on the top
of the paper. Choose from five different sections. Type (DS) or print in blue or black ink (do not write on the
back). Explain each answer fully. Use quotations and in-text citations as needed. Remember to include the
author and title in your intro.
HW – Synthesis Paper – Shakespearean Plays – due 12/18
Chose a motif that runs through multiple Shakespearean plays. Identify and explain the motif and its purpose in
the plays. How and what does it add to the play? Quote examples. Remember to use in-text citations. Don’t
forget your works cited. ( You’ve read Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Midsummers Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar,
Romeo and Juliet. You may also read additional plays. Use several in your paper – at least 3.) Cite your sources
including the plays you used.
PW, RD (must show revisions), FC – normal FC rules
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Sample AP Multiple Choice Test – Questions 24-46 from the AP Course Description
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
Dec. 2
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
John Donne
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“Song” p 422
“A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” p 424
“Holy Sonnet 10” p 426
“Meditation 17” p 428
HW – Meditation XVII and Holy Sonnet X HO, Modes of Discourse HO (Do Med 17 and HS X as HW – we’ll do Modes of D
together.)
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Trade, Check, Collect Meditation XVII and Holy Sonnet X HO, Modes of Discourse HO
Ben Johnson
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“On My First Son” p 436
“Still to be Neat” p 438
“Song: To Celia” p 440
AP Poetry MC test Set 1
HW – Read Paradise Lost p 468-476
4
Go over AP Poetry MC test Set 1
John Milton
Pass out intro notes
Paradise Lost
Discuss (look at ARC for notes )
Read together and discuss
“Sonnett VII” p 464
“Sonnett XIX” p 466
HW – Paradise Lost HO
5
Flip Flop Satire selections – Do #12 now and #11 next time
#12 Satire AP Free Response Essay Question – (Satire Selections Question 2 p 63-64, “The War Prayer”)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
8
Trade, Check, Collect Paradise Lost HO
Go over AP Style Multiple Choice Test (AP Course Desc. #24+)
Pass back Macbeth AP Practice Free Response Q (Ben Jonson quote)
Briefly discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
Introduce Satire
HW – Read Gulliver’s Travels p 514-524 and “The Journal of the Plague Year” p 503 due – 12/9
“A Modest Proposal” HO due – 12/10 Handout Swift Satire
“The Rape of the Lock” p 532 (just read the version on the HO) due 12/15 Handout “Rape of the Lock” and
The Prose of the Poem HO
Pass out intro notes on Swift and Pope
(If snow days, cut Defoe)
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Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift
Pass out intro notes – beginning of realistic fiction
“The Journal of the Plague Year” p 503Discuss
“Gulliver’s Travels” p 514-524
Discuss
HW – Read “A Modest Proposal”
10
Jonathan Swift
Trade and Check - Swift Satire “A Modest Proposal” HO
Discuss
Pass out notes AFTER discussion
11
General/short comments on AP Satire Essay #1
Pass back essays
AP MP Satire Test Q 1-38
12
Flip Flop Satire selections – Do #11 now and #12 last time
#11 Satire AP Free Response Essay Question – (Satire Selections Question 1 p 62)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Alexander Pope
“An Essay on Man” p 530
Read together and discuss
“The Rape of the Lock” p 532 in text, but just read the HO
Discuss – Trade, check and collect the handouts – use them not text book
HW – Finish Shakespearean Synthesis Paper
HW – Pride and Prejudice due 2/2
Novel Notes
Discussion Questions (from AP unit) – all - write at least a paragraph response for each. Type or print in ink;
don’t write on the back. Put all prompts on the papers!
(If snow days, cut Gray)
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Collect Frankenstein Novel Notes and Essays
Frankenstein Test (15Q – alternative test if needed: 20Q in Prestwick House AP unit)
Thomas Gray
Pass out intro notes
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” p 570
Read together and discuss
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Frankenstein
Discuss the novel (Use the novel unit questions)
Review Romantic period – pass out Romantic notes
18
Collect Shakespearean Synthesis Paper
Frankenstein
Discuss the novel
Discuss AP Objectives
19
Alumni Day
Pass back Satire AP Free Response Essay Question– (Satire Selections Question 2 p 63-64, “The War Prayer”)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
AP Practice Quiz if time
(Cut if snow days)
In most cases, snow days do not change due dates – plan accordingly based on the
weather. Do not put assignments off until the night before it is due.
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
Jan. 5
Pass back Satire AP Free Response Essay Question– (Satire Selections Question 2 p 63-64, “The War Prayer”)
Discuss Essays – use the Elmo to demonstrate good/average/poor examples
AP Practice Quiz if time
Terminology Practice
6
The Romantic Period
Pass out A Guide to Tonal Analysis
Pass out Romantic Introduction HO
Go over the worksheets
Go over Satire Test from before break
Read or practice terms
AP Practice Quiz if time
HW- complete the HOs
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Collect HOs
Robert Burns
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“To a Mouse” p 626
“To a Louse” p 629
“Auld Lang Syne” from computer (only if we have time)
William Blake
Pass out intro notes
“The Lamb” p 640
“The Tyger” p 641
“The Chimney Sweeper” p 643
“Infant Sorrow” p 644
HW - “Afton Waters” (Burns) HO
“Lamb” & “Tyger” (Blake) HO
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Go over Burns and Blake HO
William Wordsworth
Pass out intro notes
“Lines . . . Abbey” p 666 (Use the ARC HO from the Regulars instead of text)
Discuss
Read and discuss
“The Prelude” p 672
“The World is Too Much with Us” p 675
“London, 1802” p 676
HW – Paradox and Poetry (Wordsworth) HO
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Collect 2nd Quarter Novel Notes
Collect Paradox and Poetry HO (Wordsworth)
Wuthering Heights
HW – Read Pride and Prejudice – due 2/2
Novel Notes and Study Guide Questions (Write answers on your own paper. Make sure you answer each part of
the prompt! The length of the answers will vary based on the questions. Normal FC rules.)
Video Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Pass out AP Unit Discussion/Topic Questions – pick five – each question is to be on its own piece of paper with the
prompt copied on the top of the paper. Type (DS) or print in blue or black ink (do not write on the back). Explain each
answer fully. Each must be a solid paragraph or more in length. Remember to include the author and title in your
intro. Due Jan 14
Pass out intro notes - Entailment
12
Video Wuthering Heights
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Video Wuthering Heights
14
Collect Wuthering Heights Questions
Wuthering Heights
AP Wuthering Heights MC test (AP Unit Q 1-30)
15
End of 2nd 9wks
#13 AP Free Response Essay Question – (WH AP Unit Q 4)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Third Quarter Novel Notes – Group – due March 20
Go over Wuthering Heights AP MC test
(Cut if snow days)
AP Practice Quiz if time
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Pass out intro notes
Watch video
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Finish video
Discuss poem
HW – Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Wishes for a Son HO
“Kubla Kahn” HO
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Collect Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Wishes for a Son HO & “Kubla Khan” HO
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Pass out intro notes & Byronic Hero Intro HO
Read and Discuss together
“She Walks in Beauty” p 718
from “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Apostrophe to the Sea” p 720
from ”Don Juan” p 724
HW – Byronic Hero HO
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Collect Byronic Hero HO
Pass back Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Wishes for a Son HO and go over answers
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Pass out intro notes
Read and discuss together
“ Ozymandias” p 732
“Ode to the West Wind” p 734
“To a Skylark” p 737
HW – What are Patterns For? HO
“Ozymandias” and “Men of England” HO
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Trade, check and collect HW – “Ozy”, and “Men of England” HOs
Pride and Prejudice
Collect Novel Notes
Collect Discussion Questions
Quiz (From Hull’s stuff)
Trade, check, collect quiz
Begin discussion (use AP SG as questions)
Discuss AP Objectives
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Pride and Prejudice
Discuss
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Pride and Prejudice
Finish discussing
HW – Read The Importance of Being Ernest
– due 2/5
Novel/Play Notes
Outline – chose one act – make a detailed outline
Pass out intro notes – Victorian Period, et. al.
Read on an ebook, online at www.online-literature.com, or purchase a copy of the play.
You can find free copies of this for Nook, Kindle, Kobo on the store sites. Type in “Free The Importance of Being Ernest.”
Project Gutenberg has both downloadable copeis for ebooks and html to read on the computer:
www.projectgutenberg.org/ebooks/844
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#14 AP Free Response Essay Question – (Pride and Prejudice AP Unit Q 6)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
Feb. 2
Pride and Prejudice
Discuss AP Objectives
HW - Literature-based analysis of the values of the Victorian Age Paper
Write an expository / analytical essay demonstrating the ways in which a single work of literary merit has
embodied, exposed, or reacted to the values of the Victorian period. This essay is expected to briefly explain the essential
Victorian values addressed by the work, then demonstrate how the author has reflected, responded to, or subverted those
values using such literary devices as satire, figurative language, symbolism, imagery, structure, and diction. You may
choose to focus your writing on Pride and Prejudice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Jane Eyre, or Wuthering Heights.
Properly credit your paper. Include a PW and RD (make sure the RD shows corrections and revisions). Normal FC rules.
– due Mar. 2
John Keats
Pass out intro notes
Read and discuss together
“ On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” p 746
“When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” p 748
“Ode to a Nightingale” p 750
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” p 754
HW – Odes and What are Patterns For HO
Collect Odes and Patterns HO
Pass out Victorian Intro and Victorian Revolution HO
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Pride and Prejudice
AP MC Test (AP P and P Unit Q 1-25)
AP Poetry MC Test Set 2 Q 1-12
In most cases, snow days do not change due dates – plan accordingly based on the
weather. Do not put assignments off until the night before it is due.
4
Go over answers to Pride and Prejudice AP MC Test (AP P and P Unit Q 1-25)
Go over answers to AP Poetry MC Test Set 2 Q 1-12
Pass back AP Free Response Essay Question – (Pride and Prejudice AP Unit Q 6)
Look at best and worst essays
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
5
The Importance of Being Earnest
Collect Earnest Outline and novel notes
Quiz (15Q)
Discuss
HW – 1984 –due 2/26
Novel Notes
Pass out intro notes and AP Notes
Take home quiz – on your honor to do on your own based on the novel only, not the internet!
Study Guides – for your own use; I am not collecting, but these are the key ideas from the novel.
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#15 AP Poetry Free Response Essay Question 1– (“Farmer’s Bride” in Poetry folder)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
9
The Importance of Being Earnest
Discuss
HW – Study lit terms!
10
AP Practice Quiz if time
AP Terminology/Literary Device Review
(Cut if snow days)
11
The Importance of Being Earnest
Discuss AP Objectives
Pass back AP Poetry Free Response Essay Question 1– (“Farmer’s Bride” in Poetry folder)
Use the Elmo to go over essays
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#16 AP Free Response Essay Question – (The Importance of Being Earnest AP Unit Q 2 Absurdity)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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AP Practice Quiz if time
AP Terminology/Literary Device Review
(Cut if snow days)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
AP MC test (IBE AP Unit Q 1-25)
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
from “In Memoriam, A. H. H.” p 818
“The Lady of Shalott” p 821
from “The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears” p 827
“Ulysses” p 828
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Robert Browning
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“My Last Duchess” p 836
“Life in a Love” p 839
“Love Among the Ruins” p 840
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Read together and discuss
“Sonnet 43” p 844
(We might be able to do both Brownings and Tennyson in one day. If so, we will practice terms on the second day.)
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Mathew Arnold
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“Dover Beach” p 884
Rudyard Kipling
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“Recessional” p 886
“The Widow at Windsor” p 889
HW – Kipling HO
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Collect Kipling HO
Emily Bronte
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“Remembrance” p 918
Thomas Hardy
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“The Darkling Thrush” p 921
‘Ah, Are you Digging on My Grave?’ p 923
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Gerald Manley Hopkins
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“God’s Grandeur” p 930
“Spring and Fall to a Young Child” p 932
A. E. Houseman
Read together and discuss
“To an Athlete Dying Young” p 933
“When I was One and Twenty” p 934
Pass back and go over Kipling HO if time
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1984
Collect Novel Notes
Trade, check, collect Quiz
Discuss
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1984
Discuss
HW – finish Victorian Essay
Mar. 2
Collect Victorian Essay
1984
AP MC Test (AP 1984 Unit Q 1-20)
HW – read “The Lagoon” p 1134 3/9
“Araby” p 1147
“The Lady in the Looking Glass” p 1158 – due 3/10
“The Rocking Horse Winner” p1176
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The Modern and Postmodern Periods
William Butler Yeats
Read together and discuss
“When You Are Old” p 966
“The Wild Swans at Coole” p 969
“The Second Coming” p 971
“Sailing to Byzantium” p 973 (if time)
HW – W. B. Yeats: Examining an Elegy HO
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Collect W. B. Yeats: Examining an Elegy HO
T. S. Eliot
Read together and discuss
“Preludes” p 982
“The Journey of the Magi” p 984
Critical Commentary on the “Hollow Men” p 986
“The Hollow Men” p 989
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Finish T.S. Eliot and “The Hollow Men”
Pass back W. B. Yeats: Examining an Elegy HO and go over
Go over AP MC Test (IBE AP Unit Q 1-25)
AP MC Test (AP 1984 Unit Q 1-20)
Discuss AP Free Response Essay Question – (The Importance of Being Earnest AP Unit Q 2 Absurdity) best papers
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#17 AP Free Response Essay Question – (1984 AP Unit Q 6 Dystopian Tone)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
OGT Week Short Periods
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Joseph Conrad
“The Lagoon” p 1134
Pass out intro notes
Quiz
Discuss
James Joyce
“Araby” p 1147
Pass out intro notes
Quiz
Discuss
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Virginia Woolf
“The Lady in the Looking Glass” p 1158
Pass out intro notes
Quiz
Discuss
D. H. Lawrence
“The Rocking Horse Winner” 1176
Pass out intro notes
Quiz
Discuss
HW – The Bluest Eye – due 3/14
Novel Notes
Study Questions
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Pass back AP Free Response Essay Question – (1984 AP Unit Q 6 Dystopian Tone)
Discuss essays
HW – Poetry Synthesis Paper – due 4/16
Trace a theme through at least three different poets (British and/or American) from the Modern and/or
Postmodern periods. Explain how the poets develop this theme. What poetic devices are used to create the
theme? Use multiple poems per poet. Properly credit your paper with in-text citations and a work cited. Include
a PW and RD (make sure the
RD shows corrections and revisions). Normal FC rules.
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World War I Poets
Pass out intro notes and Intro HO
Rupert Brooke
“The Soldier” p 1050
Siegfried Sassoon
“The Wirers” p 1052
Wilfred Owen
“Anthem for Doomed Youth” p 1053
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AP MC Test (DH Lawrence Q 1-20 AP Misc. Test Folder)
Frost Q 1-10 – AP Poetry Folder)
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#17 AP Free Response Essay Question – (1984 AP Unit Q 6 Dystopian Tone)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
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Dylan Thomas
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” p 1206
“Fern Hill” p 1208
Ted Hughes
Pass out intro notes
Read together and discuss
“The Horses” p 1210
HW – Dylan Thomas: Penetrating the Paradox HO
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#19 AP The Bluest Eye (plot/history) Essay
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
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Collect Dylan Thomas: Penetrating the Paradox HO
The Bluest Eye
Collect Novel Notes and Study Questions
Discuss (Use AP Study Guide)
Discuss AP Objectives
HW – Things Fall Apart and Heart of Darkness – due 3/27
Novel Notes
Pass out intro notes, “The Second Coming” HO, and pronunciation guides
Take Home Tests – Things Fall Apart AP MC test from Applied Practice Booklet and Heart of Darkness from AP Unit
Prestwick
Answer Study Guide Questions for Heart of Darkness; the study guide for “Things Fall Apart” is optional.
(The take home tests and Heart of Darkness study guide may be completed in a small group.)
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Collect Third Quarter Novel Notes - Group
“Heart of Darkness” AP MC test (you don’t have to have read the book to take the test)
Check test when done
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Pass back Dylan Thomas: Penetrating the Paradox HO and go over
The Bluest Eye
Pass back Questions – go over answers
Discuss (Use AP Study Guide)
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Finish Bluest Eye if needed – Frost can be one day
Robert Frost
Pass out Robert Frost Poetry Packet – do not write on
Read together and discuss
Pass out Frost intro notes
HW – On the Level HO – due in 2 days
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Emily Dickinson
Pass out Emily Dickinson Poetry Packet – do not write on
Pass out Dickinson intro notes
Read together and discuss
HW – Finish Third Quarter Novel Notes
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Trade, check and collect On the Level HO
Walt Whitman
Pass out Walt Whitman Poetry Packet – do not write on
Pass out Whitman intro notes
Read together and discuss
Langston Hughes
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Pass out Hughes and Dunbar Poetry Packet – do not write on
Pass out Hughes and Dunbar intro notes
Read together and discuss
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End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Short periods – early dismissal
Things Fall Apart/Heart of Darkness
Collect Novel Notes, Questions and Take Home Test
Discuss AP Objectives
HW – The Kite Runner – due 4/17
Novel Notes
Pass out intro notes and pronunciation guide
April 6
Fourth Quarter Novel Notes – Group – Due May 5
Things Fall Apart/Heart of Darkness
Discuss study guide questions
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Things Fall Apart/Heart of Darkness
Go over answers to Take Home Tests
Discuss
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Things Fall Apart
Finish discussing
Work on Study Island – Due AP test day in May
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AP MC Test (AP Things Fall Apart Unit Q 1-25)
HW – The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind HO
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Collect The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind HO
#20 AP Things Fall Apart Response Essay Question 5 – (foils )
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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Gear Up Survey – Date may vary
A Raisin in the Sun
Play – watch video or read in class (S. Portier 1961 – 128 min)
Complete study guide and novel notes for that day’s part - novel notes due at the end
HW – Study Island AP Practice Test – on your honor – do alone! Due in 5 days
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A Raisin in the Sun
Play – watch video or read in class
Complete study guide and novel notes for that day’s part
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A Raisin in the Sun
Play – watch video or read in class
Complete study guide and novel notes for that day’s part
HW – finish poetry synthesis analysis
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Poetry Synthesis paper due
A Raisin in the Sun
Play – watch video or read in class
Complete study guide and novel notes for that day’s part
Discuss play
HW – complete Novel Notes and study guide
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Collect Raisin Novel Notes and study guide
Pass back The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind HO and go over it
Kite Runner
Collect novel notes
Discuss AP Objectives
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Collect Take Home Study Island Practice AP Test
Kite Runner
Discuss
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Kite Runner
Discuss
HW - Literature-based analysis of the nature of humankind
Write an argumentative / analytical essay in which you take a stand regarding a particular author’s view of the
essential nature of mankind. This essay is expected to briefly but convincingly assert your thoughts about the author’s
view of mankind, followed by specific and relevant textual support, including both paraphrasing and direct quotation.
Plot summary is to be kept at a minimum. You should comment on and judge the work’s artistry and quality . You may
choose to focus your writing on a contemporary novel choice from The Kite Runner, Things Fall Apart, Their Eyes Were
Watching God, The Bluest Eye or another piece we read from this period. Properly credit your paper. Include a PW and
RD (make sure the RD shows corrections and revisions). Normal FC rules. – Due May 7
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Kite Runner
AP MC Test (AP Kite Runner Unit Q 1-25)
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AP Test Review
Pass back Kite Runner, Things Fall Apart, and AP Practice tests MC Tests
Go over answers
Pass back AP Things Fall Apart Response Essay Question 5 – (foils )
Discuss
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#21 AP Kite Runner Response Essay Question 2 – (redemption )
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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AP Test Review
AP Poetry MC Practice and Explanation
Go over directions and advice
Practice Tests
AP Poetry Test A Q 1-17
“Do Not Go Gentle” 5Q MC Test
HW – Critical Response Model HO –due in 2 days
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Post Test - OTES
AP Review
Go over answers to AP Poetry Test “Do Not Go Gentle” Practice MC tests
Practice Tests
Satire MC test Q 39-61
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Collect Critical Response Model HO
AP Review
Go over answers to Satire test Q 39-61
Practice Tests
Satire MC test Q 62-91
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AP Review
Go over answers to Critical Response Model HO
Go over answers to Satire test Q 62-91
Start reviewing Novel Notes
May 1
AP Review
Novel Note Review
Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Animal Farm, The Odyssey, A Midsummers Night’s Dream,
Antigone, Julius Caesar, A Separate Peace, Ethan Frome, The Awakening, Scarlet Letter, Huck Finn
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AP Review
#22 2011 AP Free Response Essay Question 3 – (justice)
Copy the prompt on the top of the paper
Legible copy due at end of the period
Print in blue or black ink – don’t write on the back
Due at the end of the period
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AP Review
Collect 4th Quarter Novel notes
Novel Note Review
King Lear, A Thousand Acres, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Wuthering Heights,
The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, 1984, The Bluest Eye, A Raisin in the
Sun, Of Mice and Men, Moby Dick, The Crucible, The Great Gatsby, Things Fall Apart, Kite Runner
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AP Literature and Composition Test
AP Test Post Analysis
Discuss Essays
Usually the senior Bio II trip and the Red Cross Bloodmobile are held around this time, so three days are scheduled for
library prep for the research paper. We will be lucky to get one or two days in.
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Collect Mankind Essay
The senior research paper will require students to complete the following steps in the research process:
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Select a scholarly, literary research topic
Pre-read source documents to ensure the topic is viable for this project
Narrow the topic to a manageable scope
Compose appropriate research questions to focus the literary research
Find credible, reliable scholarly research sources
Conduct research using a variety of sources
Create a MLA works-cited page
Outline research findings for the presentation in a formal paper
Write a paper that synthesizes information from various sources
Employ MLA parenthetical documentation within the paper
Format the paper correctly according to MLA guidelines
Go over directions and topics.
Go over OWL at Purdue
Look at a sample paper
Review citations and work cited
Discuss scholarly sources
Discuss Infohio
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Research – continue review, set up, topics, etc.
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Research
Go over directions and topics.
Go over OWL at Purdue
Look at a sample paper
Review citations and work cited
Discuss scholarly sources
Discuss Infohio
Dates may vary based on senior schedule, class trip, etc.
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Library
Start research
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Library
Research papers
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Library
Research papers
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Library
Research papers
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Work on research in class.
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Movie – (Pygmalion-George Bernard Shaw)
Take notes – view the movie as though you were reading the book
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Collect Research
Movie – (Pygmalion-George Bernard Shaw)
Take notes – view the movie as though you were reading the book
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Movie – (Pygmalion-George Bernard Shaw)
Take notes – view the movie as though you were reading the book
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Review movie
Go over research if done
(cut if needed)
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Sr. Finals?
Don’t put the essay on the kid’s syllabus
Essay - Choose a literary technique that is used in Pygmalion. Explain it. How does it add to the movie? What purpose
does it serve? Etc. Write a five paragraph paper. Proofread, revise, print a legible final copy in blue or black pen.
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Sr. Finals?
Don’t put the essay on the kid’s syllabus
Essay - Choose a literary technique that is used in Pygmalion. Explain it. How does it add to the movie? What purpose
does it serve? Etc. Write a five paragraph paper. Proofread, revise, print a legible final copy in blue or black pen.
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Sr Trip?
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Grad Practice ?
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Graduation