Sunda

Monday
5

(WEEK
ONE)

Tuesday
6

September
NO SCHOOL:
LABOR DAY

NO SCHOOL:
MOLD DAY

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

DUEWriters
Notebook

DUEreview
syllabus, annotate
and questions.

DUESyllabus
Signature.

FOCUS: What is
analysis exactly?
*Opening: Icebreakers
(M&Ms)
*Teacher Introduction
*What is analysis--quickwrite/discussion
*Analysis Web
Handout and Writing
Style Lecture
*Read Fox by Wild
*Analysis and Fox
*Why Poetry? Eagle
write and Tennysons
Eagle
*Closing: What did you
learn about analysis?
Revisit quick-write
*HW: Read syllabus,
annotate and write
questions, due
Thursday.

FOCUS: What is
analysis and what
are some
analytical
strategies I
should use?
* Opening: Mentor
TextWhat is
analysisread
and annotate
*Introduce
Jolliffee's chart-what do you
notice?
*Syllabus Review
group/class
discussion of
annotations and
questions.
*Syllabus
Discussion--binder
set up, writer's
notebooks
*"Death be Not
Proud" Donne
Poetry Reading-trying more analysis
and the chart.
*Closing: Start
Recording Analysis

FOCUS: What are

some
reading/notetaking strategies I
should be using
for AP Text?
*Opening: Read,
Suicide Note, what
do you notice?
*How do you read?
What strategies do
you currently use?
Read Hocked
Gems
*Discussion/WN Page
Reading Strategies
*Preview: How to
Read Literature like a
Professor, read
introduction
*Closing: what are
some reading
strategies and things
to keep in mind with
Foster?
-HW: Read Foster
chapters 1-6 for
Monday and write 20
word summaries for
each chapter.

Satur
day
10

Strategies/WN
reflection.
*HW: Syllabus
Signature Due
Friday.
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15

16

(WEEK
TWO)

DUEFoster
Chapters 1-6,
write 20 word
summaries for
each chapter.

DUE: Revisit
chapters 1-6. Write
a WN response:
what theories fit
the literature I
have read? How?
Why?

DUE: no homework.

DUE: Foster
chapters 7-9,
notes.

DUE: Foster
chapters 10-14,
notes.

FOCUS: Once
again, why is
diction and syntax
important? What
new theories can
help us from
Foster and how is
that going to
influence your
paper for the end
of this unit?

FOCUS: What is
tone and how
does it relate to
diction?

FOCUS: What is
group seminar
and how should
it be
structured?
*Opening: Read,
Introduction to
Poetry
*Collins poem
and SOAPS(IS)
*Video: What is
seminar and
discussion look
like in AP Lit.?
*Establish
Seminar Rules
and Expectations
*Seminar: Foster
chapters 1-6
*Read and apply
new
reading/notes
strategies with
chapter 6
*Closing: what did

FOCUS:
How should I read
poetry? What are
some reading
strategies I will
need?
*Opening:Highlight
key parts of your
response for small
table discussion
what Foster parallels
do you see?
*Class Discussion:
what are some Foster
analysis strategies we
can see and use?
*WN: What are some
key traits of a poem?
*Poetry Strategy:
Reread: Picture
activity
*Read, read, write,
Read/Rate:
Mirror by Plath
*Annotate Claim:
what claim could
you make in this

FOCUS: What are

some more reading
strategies from
Foster? What is
diction and syntax
and why is in
important in
poems/literature?
*Opening: Diction word
activity
*Vocabularywhat is
syntax and diction?
*Diction reading
strategy: There is no
frigate like a book
why frigate?
*Poetry reading
strategy: reading to
punctuation and end of
sentence with
Blackberry Eating.
*More independent
application: The
Rabbitwhat do you
notice about syntax and
diction?
*Closing: update WN
strategy listwhat did
you learn?

*Opening: Here a
pretty baby lies
read, note diction
and syntax.
*Poetry Strategy:
Threadingfinding
common diction
threads to help
make meaning.
*Application: Henry
IV AP passage
what do you notice
about diction and
what does this poem
say?
*Seminar: Foster

*Opening: It Says, I
SayFoster Ch.
10-14
* Seminar: Chapter
10-14
*Read, The Naked
and the Nude
*Tone Vocabulary
Listwhich tone
words best fit this
poem? Do you see
tone shifts?
*Read, Mooney
poem and look for
diction, tone, and
tone shift.
*Tone shifts:
boxing strategy,
teacher model
with Frost, Round,
and Issa.
*How can this help
you with analysis?

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(WEEK
THREE
)

you learn today?

*HW: WN
response
consider Fosters
theories so far
and discuss if any
of his theories fit
into our summer
reading or other
literature you
have read before.

poem? What could

you argue?
*Closing: Update
Poetry Strategies
(reread, write to find
meaning)
-HW: Read Foster Ch.
7-9 for seminar on
Thursday.

19

20

DUE: Poetic
Response Paper

DUE: Foster
chapter 15, 1821.

FOCUS: Why is
it important to
pay attention to
a poems form,
especially if it
is a sonnet?

*Opening: Revisit
Blackberry
Eatingwhere is
the tone shift and
what do you
notice about the
poems overall
form and
organization.
*Naked and the
Nude
*Close Read: If
its square, its
Sonnet Foster

*HW: work on Foster.

*Mooney Poem
Rewrite Activity:
change the diction
and tone
*Closing: shares
*HW: Poetic
Response Paper-Pick one of the
poems we have
read so far and
write a 350-600
word analysis.

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chapters 7-9
*Foster
Application Paper
Introduction and
Expectations
*WN Brainstorm
paper ideas?
*Closing: exitthree
things I learned
today.
*HW: Read Foster
Ch. 10-14 for
Fridays seminar.
22

DUE: A Goodman is
Hard to Find.

DUE: Foster
chapters 22-26

FOCUS: What
theories and analysis
strategies can you
apply to Flannerys
short story?

FOCUS: What do I
need to start
doing for my
Foster paper?
Why is it
important to not
always read with
your eyes?

DUE: A Rose for

Emily. Bring in
Hard Copy of one
AP Summer
Response Paper

SICK DAY: TOOK AP

PRE-TEST

FOCUS: What new

things are we
learning from
Foster? What are
some important
lit. devices you
should know?
*Opening: Pick a
stem, write a
response based on
the Foster
homework
*Seminar: Chapter
15, 18-21
*Read Fire and
Icewhich is worse
*What is
overstatement,
understatement, and
paradox?
*Understatement

*Opening: Three
discussion points from
Flannerys story, sticky
note.
*Seminar: A Goodman
is hard to find
*AP Timed MC PreTest (60 minutes)
*Closing: What did you
think of the MC exam
reflections and reactions
*Poetry Strategy:
Threadingfinding
common diction threads
to help make meaning.
*Application: Henry IV

*Opening: Read, My
Papas Waltz
*Article Read and
discussion of My
Papas Waltz
*Revisit Fosters Ch.
25
*Reread and discuss
again, My Papas
Waltz
*Seminar: Chapters
22-26
*Foster

23

FOCUS: How do I
write a good
analysis response
paper?
*Opening:
Vocabulary Round
2revisit tone
vocab sheet
*Seminar: A Rose for
Emilyany
symbolism?*What
have we learned?
Analysis, Claims, and
Evidence-WN Write
*Annotate your old
paperswhat did
you do well? What
could you revise?

24

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(WEEK
FOUR)

*What is a
sonnet? Perrin
Reading
*Read Sonnets:
Italian vs.
Shakespearean
(Collins,
Shakespeare,
Donne)
*Can you put
this sonnet in
order?
*Closing: As a
group, we
learnedexit slip
*HW: Read Foster
Ch. 15, 18-21 for
Tuesdays
seminar.

Monty Python Clip

*Poem Study:
Midterm Break
*Poem Study:
Robinson
*WN Response/Pick a
poem: what lit.
device(s) is the
author using and
why? Analysis
*Closing: where else
have you seen
overstatement,
understatement
and/or paradox?
HW: Read, A
Goodman is Hard
to Find
annotate for
Tuesdays seminar.

AP passagewhat do
you notice about diction
and what does this
poem say?
*HW: Foster Ch. 2226. Bring in a copy of
your summer reading
response paper (Book
Thief or Oedipus)

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27

28

DUE: The
Garden Party.

DUE: Finish
Foster. Foster 1st
Draft (2 pages
typed).

DUE: no homework,
workshop on Foster.

FOCUS: What is
allusion and
why is it
important while
reading
literature?
*Opening: Resketch this picture
on an index card
what do you
see? (Landscape)
*Define Vocab
Words

FOCUS: How can

you improve your
Foster paper?
*Opening: 5 things I
gained from Foster
*My son the
Man
*Seminar: End of
Foster
*Silent Read and
Respond, Thank

Application Paper
Introduction and
Expectations
*Closing: brainstorm
topic ideas, shares
*HW: Read, A
Rose for Emily
and bring in hard
copy of one AP
summer response
paper.

Reflections on what
you have learned.
*Workshop: Foster
Papers
*Closing: Share an
idea
-HW: Read, The
Garden Party.
Foster paper 1st
draft due Tuesday
(2 pages typed).
COMP: Cart #1

FOCUS: How can you

improve your Foster
paper?
*Opening: Vocab
Word/Review Time,
*12 Sentence
Paragraph, Quote
Integration, and
Analysis Writing
Strategy
*Practiceadd in a 6, 9,
12 sentence paragraph
in your Foster paper.

29

DUE: Work on
Foster Paper, 2nd
Draft.
FOCUS: What are
the rules and
reasoning behind
certain grammar
techniques?

*Opening: Red
Journals Quick-Write
*Plath,
Blackberrying
types/vocabread

30

DUE: Foster Paper,

2nd Draft, Writing
ConferenceBring
3-4 copies/Google
Doc.
FOCUS: How can
you improve your
Foster paper?

*Opening: Vocab
Quiz
*Writing
Groups/Foster 2nd

2
(WEEK
FIVE)

*Read, W. H.
Audens Musee
des Beaux Arts
*Read,
Landscape
with the fall of
Icarus
*Discussionhow
do they compare,
contrast? Why
use allusion? How
does this fit into
Fosters
arguments
*More allusion:
My Son the
Man
*Seminar: The
Garden Party
any allusions?
*Closing: Allusion
sticky note exit
*HW: Foster paper
1st draft due
Tuesday (2 pages)
Finish Foster Ch.
27-end for
tomorrows
seminar.

You Maam
*Discussion: what
are some important
analytical claims
you could make
about this story?
*Sample Essay
*Revisit 1st draft,
make revisions and
additions.
*HW: Foster 2nd
draft due Friday for
writing conference.
Bring 3-4
copies/Google Doc.

DUE: How I
met my
Husband

DUE: Final Foster

Workshop Day

DUE: no homework

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: Foster Final

Paper, Vocab Quiz.

FOCUS:
What are the
imagery types
and why is

FOCUS: What
have you learned
about poetry that
you could mimic or

FOCUS: How
does the
college board

*Write time/Workshop
*Closing: shares
*HW: Foster 2nd draft
due Friday for writing
conference. Bring 3-4
copies OR Google Doc.
COMP: Cart #1

Perrin
*Grammar Rules
(Semi-Colons,
FANBOYS, AWUBS,
Dashes,
Interrupters,
Colons).
*Table Group,
Mentor
Sentences, Fill out
chart
*Rewrite Red
Journals, show all
grammar techniques
*Closing: grammar
sentence share
*HW: Foster 2nd Draft
due Friday for
writing conferences

draftsrevisions
*Workshop
*Closing: my revision
plan
*HW: Read, How I
Met my Husband.
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dublogs.org/2014/07
/15/the-best-funnyvideos-to-helpteach-grammarhelp-me-find-more/

FOCUS: How can I

create a works
cited page for my
Foster paper?

FOCUS: What are the

imagery types and
why is imagery so
important to notice
while reading AP

want us to
read? (AP Exam
MC Prep)
*Opening: New
Vocab Sheet
(Tone words)
*Seminar: How I
Met My Husband
*What does the
AP Exam MC
questions look
for?
*Practice MC
Tests/Answer
Explanations:
Mirror and
Met my
Husband
*What do you
notice? Discuss
questions
*Closing: I
learned? AP Exam
WN reflectionHow can I read
like an AP reader?
*Shares
*HW: final
workshop
tomorrow.

literature?
*Opening: Poem
Study, My Son,
the Man
*Rubric Review
*How do I do a
works cited
page?
*Workshop: finish
Foster papers
*Closing: show me
your works cited
page
*HW: Foster Paper
Final due Friday.

COMP: Cart #1

*Opening: Vocab Review

10-15mins)
*Book Thief Close
Reading: my favorite
imagery passage
(drinking
champagne)
*5 imagery types/vocab
read Perrin
*Audio Imagery/Thread
Sound Words: I Felt a
Funeral in my Brain
Dickinson
*Visual Imagery: Out,
Out Frost
*Closing: what is the
purpose of this
imagery?
*HW: Foster Final Draft
due Friday.
--Get Sparkling Juice

imagery so
important to
notice while
reading AP
literature?

*Opening: what I
learned about
imagery from
yesterday
*Ironic Imagery/Box
Tone: My Mistress
Eyes Shakespeare
*Tactile Imagery:
The Great Scarf
of Birds Updike
*WN: What did you
learn about
imagery?
*Closing: my
revision plan
*HW: Foster Final
Draft due tomorrow.
Vocab quiz
tomorrow.

create in a poem
of your own?
*Opening: Vocab
Quiz.
*Study your hands
and write down 4-5
observations in WN
*Read, Hand
Poem, On an
August Night
*Hand Pictures
write a response
*Read, Bestiary
of my Hand
*Introduce
Apostrophe Hand
Poem Project
*Brainstorm ideas
*Closing: so what is
the Apostrophe Hand
Poem Project?
HW: no homework

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11

12

13

14

(WEEK
SIX)

DUE: No
homework.

DUE: No
homework.

DUE: Kite Runner,

Chapters 1-4.

COMP: Social
Studies Cart #3

COMP: Social
Studies Cart #3

FOCUS: What

FOCUS: What can

FOCUS: Who are the

DUE: Kite Runner,

15

are the level of

questions you
need to be
asking for AP
Lit and
analysis?
*Opening: Vocab
Words
*WN Brainstorm:
--If there is
something or
someone dead
you would like to
talk to, who would
it be? WN
*What is an
apostrophe?
*Apostrophe
Poems:
Milton and
O, Capitan
*Explore some
past students
workWeeblys
*Write-time
*Closing: shares
*HW: Apostrophe
Hand Poem 1st
Draft Due
Thursday.

I expect in our
next book? How
can I prepare for
the AP Exam?

characters and what

characterization are
we seeing in The Kite
Runner?

Chapters 5-6.
Apostrophe Hand
Poem 1st Draft
Due.

*Opening: Mirror
Passage and
Questions
*Discussion: AP
strategies.
Answers sheet
*Kite Runner
Introduction with
Pictures
*Write time (if time)
Apostrophes 1st
Draft
*Closing: one thing
I learned about the
Middle East is
*HW: Apostrophe
Hand Poem 1st Draft
(reflection not
needed) due
Thursday. Read
chapters 1-4 for
Wednesday.

*Opening: Vocab Review

*The Incident poem
study
*Characterization in
Kite Runner
*Seminar: Ch. 1-4
*WN Response: what do
you notice about
Hosseinis writing style?
*Closing: shares.
*HW: Apostrophe Hand
Poem 1st Draft
(reflection not needed)
due tomorrow. Chapters
5-6 due tomorrow.

FOCUS: What are

we learning about
for The Kite
Runner? What can
I revise in my
poem?

*Opening: WN
Response: What do
you make of the use
of winter as the
key season in The
Kite Runner?
*Seminar: Ch. 5-6
*Samples:
Apostrophe Hand
Poem, Rubric
Review
*Revisions: what can
you change and
improve?
*Closing: what do
you plan on fixing?
*HW: Writing Groups
tomorrow2nd Draft
Due.

SUB DAY
DUE: Apostrophe
Hand Poem 2nd
(TYPED) draft Due.
Writing Groups.
*Opening: Vocab
Test
*Poetry writing
tips
*Writing Groups:
Revising your poems
*Workshop: Finishing
Poems, reflections,
revisions
*Closing: What did
you accomplish?
*HW: Read, The
Rocking Horse
Winner for
Monday.

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18

19

(WEEK
SEVEN
)

DUE: The
Rocking Horse
Winner.

DUE: no
homework.

PSAT Testing:
MORNING

FOCUS: How can I

revise my
apostrophe hand
poem?

DUE: no homework.

FOCUS: How
does the theme
of father-son
play in the book
and other
literature? How
does it
compare/contra
st?
*Opening:
Rocking Horse
Literary
Criticism
*Seminar:
Rocking Horse
Winner
*Poem Study:
Daddy by
Plath
*WN Response:
pick one of these
and
compare/contrast
it to Kite Runner
*Reflection
Example for
Apostrophe
Hand Poem
*Closing: Discuss
*HW: Apostrophe

*Opening: 10
tips to write
better poems
mentor text
*Workshop:
Teacher
conferencing
*Revision time
*Closing: I
revised
*HW: Apostrophe
Hand Poem Final
due Monday.

Cart #1 Harmon
Share

FOCUS: How can I

revise my apostrophe
hand poem?

*Opening: Get a
computer
*Workshop: Teacher
conferencing
*Revision time
*Closing: I revised
*HW: Apostrophe
Hand Poem Final due
Monday.
Cart #1 Harmon
Share

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21
DUE: Ch. 8-10.

DUE: Chapter 7
and Response.
FOCUS: Why did
Hosseini pick this
crime and plot
point?
*Opening: Vocab
Review Time
(rescheduled)
*Read, For a
Lamb
*Close Rereading
of Ch. 7
*WN ResponseIs
Hassan a Jesus
figure?
*Seminar: Ch. 7
*Intro Poem
Commentary
Paper
*Closing: brainstorm
*HW: Read Ch.8-10
for Tuesdays
seminar.

FOCUS: How can

readers theatre
help us experience
and understand
poetry?
*Opening: Parents
Quotepick one and
write.
*Seminar Ch. 8-10.
*What is readers
theatre?
*Dad poems and
readers theatre
group activity
*Presentations
*Discussion: how can
these poems connect
and relate to Kite
Runner?
*Closing: grade
yourselves for your
presentations.
*HW: Apostrophe
Hand Poem Final &
Reflection.

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Hand Poem Final

Draft due Monday
with reflection!

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24

25

26

27

28

(WEEK
EIGHT
)

DUE: Hand
Poem FINAL

DUE: Chapters
11-13.

DUE: The Stamp

Collection

DUE: Chapters 1419

FOCUS: What
does the AP
Timed Essay
look and feel
like?

FOCUS: How does

the theme of
choices play out
in this book and
other literature?

FOCUS: What poems

could I use that
complement the
characters in The
Kite Runner?

DUE: Ideas for

Poem
Commentary
Paper/Workshop.

*Opening: Turn in
Apostrophe Hand
Poem
*New Vocab
*Timed AP
Essay (need 40
mins)
*Discussion: How
to annotate the
prompt.
*Closing:
reflections on the
essay
*HW: Read Ch.
11-13 for
tomorrow.

*Opening: A choice
I am glad I made/I
regret. Narrative
Write.
*Seminar: Ch. 1113
*Poem Study:
Traveling
Through the
Dark and The
Road Not Taken
*Could either of
these poems work
for the Poem
Commentary
Paper?
*HW: Read, The
Stamp
Collection for

*Opening: Vocab Review

Time
*Stamp Collection Vocab
Review
*Seminar: The Stamp
Collection
*Poem Study:
America, Thy
Brothers Blood and
A Bitterness
*Brainstorm for Poem
Commentary Paper.
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Ch. 14-19 for
Friday. Workshop
tomorrow.

How can I write

thoughtful leads
and conclusions?
*Opening: 9 Tips
for Great Intros
Sample Paper and
Rubric
* Conclusion
mentor text.
*Workshop Time:
Paper
*Conferencing
*Closing: I wrote
*HW: Ch. 14-19 Due
Friday.

Cart #1

FOCUS: What does

the AP Timed
Essay look and
feel like?
*Opening: Vocab
Test
*Seminar: Ch. 14-19
*Workshop: Good
conclusions and
new rubric
*Closing: reflections
on the essay
*HW: Poem
Commentary
Response Paper due
Wednesday.
Chapters 14-19 Due
Monday.

Social Studies
Cart #8

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30

31

(WEEK
NINE)

DUE: Chapters
20-23.

DUE: Chapters
24-25, Finish
Book.

DUE: Poem Character

Commentary Write.

FOCUS: What
are some
narrative topics
I could focus on
and write
about?
*Opening: New
Vocab Words.
*Seminar: Ch. 2023
*Personal
Narrative Paper
Introduction
*Hosseinis
narrative
techniques
brainstorm
*Pick a prompt
and write.

FOCUS: How does

irony impact a
story and
authors
message?

*Opening: More
narrative
prompts, pick
one and write
*Article Read
*Seminar: End of
Book
*Read, Story of
an Hour
*Discussion/irony
*Closing: what did
you think of the

FOCUS: Sin and

Atonementdid Amir
truly make up for his
betrayal?

*Opening: Vocab Review

Time
*The Rite of
Passageare children
capable of great evil?
*Atonement
Introduction and
Notes Sheet
*Film Techniques
Review
*Film Study:
Atonement
*Closing: what did you
notice?

3 CONFERENCES

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: Vocab Test

FOCUS: Sin and

Atonementhow
does the film
Atonement
parallel The Kite
Runner?
*Opening:
Narrative Prompt,
pick one and
write.
*What do you notice
so far?
*Film Study:
Atonement
*Closing: what did
you notice?
*HW: Narrative 1st
Drafts due Monday.

FOCUS: Sin and

Atonementhow
does the film
Atonement
parallel The Kite
Runner?
*Opening: Vocab
Test
*Film Study
Conclusion:
Atonement
*Seminar:
Atonement vs. Kite
Runner
*Closing: what did
you learn from the
film?
*HW: Narrative 1st
drafts due Monday,

*Closing: pairshare ideas.

*HW: Read Ch.
24-25 (finish
book).

book? Rating?
*HW: Poem
Character
Commentary Write
due tomorrow.

*HW: Narrative 1st Draft

due Friday.

workshop.

*****NOTE: there is a
short scene from this
film that you will need
fast forward because it
is a sex scene.
TIME:

During Chapter 6,
from the time of
35:00-37:00 is the sex
scene that needs to
be fast forwarded. All
students will miss is
Cecelia and Robbie
having sex and
Cecelia saying I love
you to Robbie and
then Briony walks in
on them.

6
(WEEK
TEN)

7 CONFERENCES

DUE: Narrative
1st Drafts
FOCUS: What
are some great
narrative
techniques
used by
Hosseini that I
can use to
improve my

NO SCHOOL
PD DAY

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11

DUE: Metamorphosis
Part I & WN
Response.

2nd Draft: Part One

Due.
Writing Groups

DUE:
Metamorphosis
Part II. Take Notes.

FOCUS: What will our

next book be about?

FOCUS: How can I

show vs. tell?

*Opening: WN shares
*Vocab Review Time
*Poem Study:
Ethicswhat would
you do? What does the

*Opening: Mentor
TextBullying
Text???
*Check 2nd Drafts.
*Discussion

FOCUS: How does

Gregor handle
losing his
transformation?

*Opening: Vocab Test

*Read One Art

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own writing?

poem really say?

*Kafka Introduction
Mentor Text
*Re-Reading
Metamorphosis Part I
How/Why Notes
*Discussion: what do we
notice?
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Read Part II for
Friday, Take notes.

*Opening: Check
1st Drafts/New
Vocab
My narrative
study/what do
you notice?
*Intros: Study
Books and Make
WN list.
*Show Revisions
*Workshoptype
your narrative
*Closing: one
thing I
revise/added
*HW: Narrative
2nd typed draft
due Thursday.
Metamorphosis
Part I due with
WN response
Wednesday.

techniques to
improve my own
narrative
*Writing Groups
*Workshop
revisions
*Closing: what I plan
to revise is
*HW: Narrative Final
Drafts Due Monday.

compare it to
Kafka
*Perrin Pages 905907
*Villanelle Write (if
time)
*Seminar: Part II
*Workshop?
Narratives
*Closing: I learned.
*HW: Read Part III for
Monday.

Cart #1??? Ask

Schofield/Share

Cart #1

Cart #1

13
(WEEK
SEVEN
)

14

15

16

17

18

DUE:
Metamorphosis
Part III.
Atonement
Response Paper
Due.

DUE: WORKSHOP
FINAL DAY.

DUE: A Hunger
Artist.

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Personal
Narrative Final
Draft.

How do I create
dialogue?

FOCUS: How can you

visually represent a
character from one of
the literary texts we
have read from this

What are key claims

being made in
Kafkas
Metamorphosis?

FOCUS: What

*Opening: Mentor
Text, Dialogue.

FOCUS: What is
our next book
about? What can I
work on for my

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are some
crucial plot
points/scenes/t
hemes from
this story?

*Opening: New
Vocab
*Seminar: End of
Metamorphosis
*Claims
brainstorm and
WN response.
*Read, Girl
*Girl video.
*Closing: shares
*HW: Final
Narrative
Workshop
tomorrow.

*Rubric Review
*Workshop: Final
revisions
*Conferencing: who
do I need to
review?
*Closing: Share a
line of dialogue
*HW: Read, A
Hunger Artist for
tomorrow.

Cart #1

unit?
*Opening: Key Line.
*A Hunger Artist
Commentary
*Seminar: A Hunger
Artist
*Artistic Character
Project Introduction,
Rubric, and samples
*Brainstorm: ideas
*Closing: shares
*HW: Workshop Friday.
Bring materials to work
on.

*Opening: Poetry
Strategy Revisit
what strategies
work?
*Poem Strategy:
Who, How, But, So
House and
Bereft
*Metamorphosis
Write: Pick a
claim, write a
paragraph
*Closing: my claim
was
*HW: Metamorphosis
paragraph due by
Monday.

two unit projects?

*Opening: Look at
The Handmaids Tale
coverwrite a
reaction
*Handmaids
Quote WriteAround and
Discussion
*Workshop: Pivotal
Passage Write and/or
Artistic Character
Project
*Closing: what did
you accomplish?
*HW: Metamorphosis
paragraph due
Monday. Artistic
Character Project
due Tuesday.
Presentations. Read
Ch. 1-4 of The
Handmaids Tale.

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Cart #1

21

22

DUE:
Metamorphosis
Paragraph.

DUE: no
homework.

23

24

Day

25

Thanksgiving
Break

26

Thanksgiving
Break

Handmaids
Tale, Ch. 1-4.
FOCUS: What
are you
noticing about
the role of
women in this
book? What is
anaphora and
epistrophe?
*Opening: New
Vocab
*Female
Identity Picture
Response
*Mentor Text:
Persepolis
*Seminar: Ch. 1-4
*New Vocab
Anaphora and
Epistrophe
*Try your own
poem with
Anaphora and
Epistrophe
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Ch. 512 for Monday.

How do I write
my reflection?

*Opening: Vocab
Review Time
*Reflection
Example
*Workshop:
reflection.
*Closing: I
accomplished
*HW: Artistic Project
due tomorrow for
presentations.

DUE: Artistic
Character Project &
Presentations
FOCUS: What did you
create for your
artistic project?
*Opening: Vocab Quiz.
*Present Projects
*Farce Study: Christmas
Vacation
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: Read Handmaid
chapters 5-12 for
Monday.

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28

29

30

DUE:
Handmaids
Tale, Ch. 5-12.

DUE: no
homework

DUE: A Modest
Proposal.

DUE: Handmaids
Tale, Ch. 13-18.

DUE: Handmaids
Tale, Ch. 20-24

FOCUS: What is
satire?

FOCUS: What should

I look for when it
comes to the AP
Exam Essay?

FOCUS: What can

I expect on the AP
Multiple Choice
Exam?

FOCUS: How can I

closely read and
analyze Atwoods
writing?

FOCUS: What is
metonymy?
*Opening: Close
Readwhat do
you notice about
Atwoods writing
style and
structure?
*Finish
Presentations.
*Seminar: Ch. 512
*What is
metonymy?
*Metonymy
examples
*Metonymy
poems
*Closing: What
did you learn
today?
*HW: no
homework.
DUE: Chapters
25-29.
FOCUS: What
can I expect on
the other AP

*Opening: Vocab
Wordsnew set.
*What is satire?
Mentor Text
*Read, Barbie Doll
*Start, A Modest
Proposalgroup
reading activity.
*Closing: what is
satire?
*HW: Finish reading,
A Modest Proposal
for Wednesday.

*Opening: Review A
Modest Proposal and
annotate/highlight some
key satire.
*Seminar: A Modest
Proposal
*The AP Essay:
Knowing the
Prompt/Annotating
the Promptreview
your essays
*AP Essay Practice
Prompt:
*Closing: what I learned
from Girl was
*HW: Read Ch. 13-18 for
tomorrow.

*Opening: Sticky
Note a Passage
*Adrienne Rich:
Storm Warnings,
Aunt Jennifers
Tiger
*Seminar: Ch. 13-18
*AP Essay Practice
Prompt #2:
*Closing: what did
you learn/relearn
today?
*HW: Read Ch. 20-24
for Friday.

*Opening: Vogue
Magazine
*Scrabble
*Analyze Ch. 24
Passage
*Seminar: Ch. 20-24
*WN Response: what
are you learning and
noticing?
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read 25-29 for
Monday.

Timed Essays
(Prose?)
*Opening: Soul
Scrolls Close
Reading, golden
lines
*Seminar: Ch. 2529
*Timed Essay
(40min): Tom
Jones Prompt
*Closing: what did
you notice?
*HW: Read and
Research, The
Pardoners Tale
for Tuesday.

25
(WEEK
EIGHT
)

PLEASE NOTE
THE LESSONS
BELOW ARE
NOT UP-TODATE!
26
DUE: Chapters
14-19
FOCUS: What
does the AP
Timed Essay
look and feel
like?
*Opening:
Vocab Test
*Seminar: Ch. 1113
*Practice AP

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28

29

30

31

TestTake it,
find the
answers,
discussion
*Practice AP
Test Againdid
you do better?
*Closing:
reflections on the
essay
*HW: Poem
Commentary
Response Paper
due Wednesday.
Chapters 14-19
Due Monday

1
(WEEK

NINE)

DUE: Chapters
20-23.
FOCUS: What did
you think of
Hosseinis book
and how could it
be used for the
future AP exam?
*Opening: It says, I
say.
*Turn in paper
*Seminar: Ch. 1419
*Timed AP Essay
(40min)
*What did you
notice? Discussion.
*Closing: share
*HW: Read Ch. 2023.

NO SCHOOL: PD

10

11

12

(WEEK
TEN)

13

14

DUE: Artistic
Character Project
and Presentation
Due.
FOCUS: What did
you create for the
artistic project?

15
(WEEK
ELEVE
N)

16

17
DUE: The
Pardoners Tale.
FOCUS: What is
the pardoners
tale about? What
is your Weebly

18
DUE: Chapters 30-37.

19
DUE: Ch. 37-45.

FOCUS: What is
purpose of catharsis?
What can I do on my
Weebly?

FOCUS: What can

I add to my
Weebly?

*Opening: Ch. 24
Passage
*Artistic Character
Project Presentations
*AP Exam MC Review
(one Passage and
WN reflections)
*Closing: favorite
project?
*HW: Read Ch. 2529
20
DUE: Ch. 46 &
Historical Notes.
FOCUS: How does
Atwood end the
book?

21

going to be?

22
(WEEK
12)

23
DUE: The
Yellow
Wallpaper.
FOCUS: What
can we discuss,
analyze, and
write about
from The
Yellow
Wallpaper?
*Opening: Vocab
Test #2
*Seminar: The
Yellow Wallpaper
*Introduce Doc.
Write
*Sample Paper

*Opening: What are

you most proud of
this semester? WN
*Vocab Test #2
Handout
*Seminar: The
Pardoners Tale
*Weebly
Introductions/1st
Drafts.
*Weebly Workshop
*Closing: one thing
I plan to do on my
electronic portfolio
is
*HW: Read Ch. 3037.
CART
24
DUE: no
homework
FOCUS: How
should I write the
AP Essay on
Prose/Poetry?
*Opening: AP Prose
Essay Tips
*Review your essay
*Rate Samples
Essays
*Modeling,
Discussion, and
Noteswhat do you
notice? How would
you revise?
*Closing: reflections

*Opening: Reread Ch.

30 and Catharsis
*Seminar: Ch. 30-37
*Weebly 1st Draft
Assignment: Intro,
Models, Etc.
*Weebly
Workshop/Rubric
*Closing: one thing I
plan to do on my
electronic portfolio is
*HW: Weebly 1st Draft
Due 11-25 at midnight.
Read Ch. 38-45.
CART

*Opening: Assign a
chapterseminar
comments.
*Seminar: 37-45
*Weebly Workshop
*Closing: pair-share
something you
created
*HW: Read Ch. 46
and Historical Notes.

25
DUE: Bring Materials
for Workshop.

26

FOCUS: What can I

finish on my Weebly
or Doctor Write?
*Opening: Online
Portfolio Mentor Text
*Workshop: Creative
Doctor Write and/or
Weebly
*Closing: I
accomplished
*HW: no homework!
Enjoy Thanksgiving
Break!
Day

NEED COMP:
_________________

*Opening: Close
Reading Ch. 41
*Seminar: Ch. 46 &
Historical Notes
*Most visual scene to
you?
*4 Scene Viewing:
The Handmaids
Tale.
*Discussionthe
scenes
*Closing: what did
you think of The
Handmaids Tale?
*HW: Read, The
Yellow Wallpaper for
Monday.

27

NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING

28

NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING

*HW: Bring
workshop
materials.

CART

29

*Closing:
brainstorm some
ideas
*HW: no
homework
30

(WEEK
13)

DUE: No
homework

DUE: Act I of A
Doll House.

DUE: Act II of A Doll

House. Creative
Doctor Write.

DUE: Act III of A

Doll House.

DUE: Emma
Goldman Essay.

What do we
notice about
the
characterizatio
n and structure
of A Doll
House?

What do you
notice about the
characters and
play structure?

What are some

key arguments
being made by
Ibsen?

What can I do for

my digital essay?

*Opening: What
is
Characterizatio
n Chart
*Macaroons!
*Starting, A Doll
Housereading
beginning scenes
*What type of
characterization
do you see?
*How is a play
organized?
*Closing:
Thoughts
*HW: Read Act I
for Tuesdays
seminar.

*Opening: Play
Vocab Sheet
*Chicken
Characterization
*Seminar/Reread:
Act I
*Start Act II (If time)
*Closing:
Comment
*HW: Read Act II for
Wednesday.
Creative Doctor
Write also due.

What is the
argument paper and
digital essay?
*Opening: Drama
Mentor Text
*Seminar/Reread: Act II
*Argument Paper and
Digital Essay
Introduction
*Closing: Brainstorming
*HW: Read Act III for
Thursdays seminar.

*Opening: Give
One, Take One
*Seminar/Reread Act
III
*What arguments is
Ibsen making?
*AP MC Passage #3
(Play)
*Analysis and
Answers
*Closing: Give one,
Take one
*HW: Read Emma
Goldman Essay on
A Dolls House for
Friday.

*Opening: StickyNote great points

from Goldman essay
*Seminar: Goldman
Essay
*My digital essay
sample
*Workshop: Key
Arguments? Your
claim? 1st Draft
*Closing: shares
*HW: Argument
Essay 1st Draft due
Monday (2-3 typed
pages).

10

(Week
14)

DUE: Argument
Essay 1st Draft.

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: 2nd Draft

Argument Essay Due

How can I
improve my
argument
essay?

How do I read
Shakespeare?

How can I turn my

argument essay into
a digital essay?

DUE: no
homework (work
on essay and
reading)

*Opening: Three
Vocab Words You
have learned
exit slip.
*Vocab List for
Test #3
*Writing Groups
*Workshop: how
can you make
your
argumentative
essay stronger?
*Introducing
the digital
essay
components:
my example
*Closing: revision
ideas?
*HW: Revise your
argument essay,
2nd draft due
Wednesday.

*Opening: AP MC
Shakespeare
Passage (Othello)
*Discussionhow
did you read this
passage? What
questions are
asked?
*How to read
Shakespeare:
article pair
reading
*Start Act Iwhat
do you notice?
*Closing: what did
you learn about
reading
Shakespeare?
*HW: Othello Act I
due Monday and
take notes.

*Opening: Digital
Essay Mentor Text
*Rubric
*Explore students
samples online
*Workshop: start
reworking your essay to
include digital elements
*Closing: what did you
create so far?
*HW: Digital essay draft
#3 due Tuesday.

CARTNeed to ask
Sprick

How am I reading
Shakespeare?
What can I do on
my digital essay?

*Opening: SSR Time,

Act One and teacher
conferencing.
*Workshop: digital
essay
*Closing: I
accomplished
*HW: Read Act I for
Monday and take
notes. Digital essay
draft #3 due
Tuesday.
CARTNeed to
ask Becky

11
Boot Em to the
Curb

12

CART

13
(Week
15)

14
EDPs
CART

15

16

17

18

DUE: Digital
Essay 3rd Draft.
Vocab Test.

DUE: Othello, Act I

and notes.

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: Digital Essay

Final Draft by
4pm.

How do I read and

understand
Shakespeare?

What do I notice
about Iago and
other characters?

*Opening:
Understanding Chart
*Act I PairDiscussion/Response
*Shakespeares Lines
Break Down
*Reread Act I, Scenes 12
*Video Clip
*Shakespeare
Reading Strategies
WN Response
*Closing: Something
that helped me
*HW: Digital essay due
Friday.

*Opening: Revisit
Othello AP MC
passage and
questions
*Reread Act I, Scene
3
*Iagos Soliloquy
and video
*Closing: I am
learning about
Shakespeare
*HW: Digital Essay
Final due by 4pm
Friday.

How do I do my
MLA works cited
page?

*Opening: Vocab
Test #3
*MLA Works Cited
Pagewhat do you
notice?
*Works Cited
Review: Break down
citation, review
tools
*Workshop: digital
essay
*Teacher
conferencing
*Closing: Great
line
*HW: Digital Essay
Final due Friday by
4pm.

How can I discuss

Shakespeare on a
class Google doc?
*Opening:
Shakespeare is
(sticky note).
*Act II Preview and
Google Doc
discussion
*Workshop: read or
essay
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Act II due
Monday 1-4-16, post
comments to Google
doc.

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21
Christmas
Break

22
Christmas Break

23
Christmas Break

24
Christmas Break

25
Christmas Break

26

27

28
Christmas
Break

29
Christmas Break

30
Christmas Break

31
Christmas Break

1
Christmas Break

3
(Week
16)

DUE: Othello
ACT II and
Google Doc
Discussion
Points

DUE: Read
Shakespeare tips
packet, annotate.

DUE: no homework

DUE: review AP
essay materials.

DUE: Othello Act

III

What is the final

writing project
for Othello?

How can acting out a

scene help me
understand
Shakespeare?

What have I
learned and can
apply to the AP
essays?

Why read
Shakespeare?

*Opening: Pick a
line, and whyWN
Response
*Tips Packet
Discussion
*Othello Blog
Project
Introduction
*Act 2: Scene 3
Reread.
*Closing: pick
another line
*HW: no homework.

*Opening: Prosody
Handout
*Scene Recreations: Act
2 Groups
*Prep and Practice Time
*Present
*Closing: What new
things did you see with
the acting?
*HW: Read Act III of
Othello for Friday, take
notes. Review AP essay
materials for Thursday.

*Opening: Get ready

for AP Essays
*Two AP Essays
(prose/Sylvia and
open-ended/2015
Cruelty)
*Closing: turn in
essays
*HW: Othello Act III
due tomorrow, take
notes.

What is an
epithet?
*Opening:
Epithets
Handout
*Act 2: Scene 1-2
Reread
*Closing: what are
you noticing?
*HW: Read
Shakespeare
tips packet and
annotate.

*Opening: Why
Shakespeare
Article
*Debrief on AP
Essays
*Reread Act 3, Scene
1-2
*Othello Blog
Brainstorming Time
*Closing: shares
*HW: no homework.

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11

12

13

14

15

(Week
17)

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Africanus
article and
annotations.

DUE: no homework

Due: Othello Act

4, Notes.

DUE: no homework

How are Iagos

plans working?
*Opening: Poem,
Poison Tree
*Vocab Test
Handout Review
*Read Act 3,
Scene 3
*Flow Chart
Reflections (Iagos
plan)
*Closing: I
noticed
*HW: Read
Africanus
article and
annotate.

How does the

Africanus article
influence this
play?
*Opening:
Discussion
Africanus
article
*Finish Act 3, Scene
3
*Start Act 3, Scene
4
*Closing: reflect on
my reading
Shakespeare now
*HW: Othello Act 4
due Thursday,
notes.

What is our first

semester final exam?
*Opening: Read,
White Lies
*AP Final Exam
Semester 1 Discussion
*Finish Act 3, Scene 4
*Closing: Sticky Note
Exit
*HW: Othello Act 4 due
Thursday, notes.

17

18

19

20

(Week
18)

DUE: Workshop
day! Vocab Test
#4!

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Workshop day!

How can I
create a great
genre

What scenes
stand out to you
the most?
*Opening: Othellos
Assaults Handout
*Genre
Presentations
Project
Introduction
*Read Act 4, Scene 1
*Closing: what are
we noticing?
*HW: Be ready to
start genre
presentation
workshop on
Monday.

21
2nd Block:
9:13-10:30
(~70min)

How does Othello

end?

What can we do to
finalize our genre
presentation?

DUE: no
homework.

*Opening: AP

*Opening: Goals Exit

How has my AP

16

What is the
purpose and
impact of Act 4?
*Opening:
Shakespeare Acts
Structure
*Reread Act 4,
Scenes 2-3
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: Be ready to
start genre
presentation
workshop on
Monday.

22
2nd Block:
9:20-10:50 (EXAM)
DUE: Genre
Presentations
What do the genre
presentations
teach us?

23

presentation?

24
NEW
SEMEST
ER

(Week
1)
(W1
Mercha
nt)

*Opening: Vocab
Test #4
*Review Rubric
*Workshop: Genre
presentations
*Closing: plan
shares.
*HW: Genre
Presentations due
Friday.
25
DUE: Act 5,
Writers
notebook page
response.
How does the
play end and
why?
*Opening:
Othellos final
speech
*Seminar: Final
Act
*Scene
Depictions:3
movie scenes
*Closing: blog
topics?
*HW: Blog
workshop
Thursday. Read,
Othello: A
Modern
Perspective
(pgs. 287-298).
Sticky-note

Practice MC One
Passage
*Read Act 5, Scene
1
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: workshop day
tomorrow on genre
presentations

Slip
*Workshop: Genre
presentations
*Check in/conferencing
*Closing: revisit goals.
*HW: AP MC test
tomorrow!

MC test skills
improved?

26
DUE: Othello: A
Modern
Perspective
(pgs. 287-298)

27

28

DUE: Workshop Day!

DUE: Merchant
Act 1, and notes

How can I blog?

What do I notice
about
Shakespeares
comedies?

What is a blog?
*Opening: Golden
LinesReading
*Seminar: Othello:
A Modern
Perspective/Finish
Act 5 if needed.
*What is a blog?
*Workshop: Blog
responses
*Closing: what did
you pick?
*HW: Merchant Act
I, take notes, due
Thurs.
CART

*Opening: Tips for

Bloggers Mentor Text
*Merchant of Venice
Introduction Famous
Quotes
*Character List
*Workshop: Blogs
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Merchant Act 1
due Thursday, take
notes. Othello blogs due
Monday by 5pm.
CART

*Opening: Grab a
scantron
*AP MC Timed
Exam (60mins)
*Closing: Reflections
*HW: genre
presentations
tomorrow!

*Opening: AP
Analysis Terms for
Lit. Analysis
Vocab Sheet
(Syntax and
Poetry)
*Act 1 Reactions
*Reread Act 1
*Closing:
Shakespeare reading
tips?
*HW: Read Act 2 for
Tuesday. Read Act 3
for Thursday.

*Genre
Presentations
Practice (15mins)
*Workshop: Genre
Presentations
*Closing: comment,
question exit slip
HW: Read Act 5 for
Monday; write a full
page writers
notebook response.
29
DUE: no homework
What am I learning
from Act 1?
*Opening: Sticky
note great line.
*Finish Act 1
*Blog Final Workshop
*Closing: New
Shakespeare reading
tips?
*HW: Read Merchant
Act 2 for Tuesday.
Othello Blogs due
Monday.
CART

30

annotations.
CART
31
(Week
2)
(W2
Mercha
nt)

7
(Week
3)
(W3
Mercha
nt)

DUE: Act 2 Due.

DUE: no homework

DUE: Act 3 Due.

DUE: no homework

What are
malapropisms?

What do the suitors

speeches reveal?

What do make of
Shylocks
character?

*Opening: AP
Examwhat I
already know, MC
vs. Essay
*Vocab Review
Sheet
*Review AP MC
Exam #2
answers,
question styles,
etc.
Review AP Essays
(2)High,
Medium and Low
(Open-Ended
Cruelty Prompt)
and Student
Sample (Slyvia)
*Reflection: revisit
chart
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Merchant Act
2 due Tuesday.

*Opening:
Malapropisms
*Rereading/Discussi
on Act 2
*Closing: what is a
malapropism?
*HW: Act 3 due by
Thursday.

*Opening: Suitors
Speeches
*Finish Reading Act 2
*Talk Show Activity
*Closing: what did you
learn?
*HW: Act 3 due
Thursday.

What is the
difference
between a comedy
and tragedy?

8
DUE: Act 4 &
Google Doc
Comments.
Vocab Test #5.
How does the
trial play out?

9
DUE: no
homework
Does Shylock
deserve mercy?

10
DUE: Act 5
How does this play
differ from
Shakespeares
tragedies?

11
DUE: no
homework.
How does
Shakespeare
translate on film?

12
DUE: no
homework.
How does
Shakespeare
translate on film?

*Opening: Why we still

care about

*Opening: Movie
Review

*Opening: I noticed
film note/exit slip.

1 **FEB.
DUE: Othello
Blogs
What do I need to
know about the
AP Exam?

*Opening: Vocab

*Opening:
Portias Mercy
Speech

*Opening: Antonio
Wanted Poster
*Start Rereading Act
3
*Shylocks Speech
and Video Clips
*Closing: Shylocks
characterization.
*HW: Read Act 4 for
Monday, Google Doc
comments.

*Opening; Comedy
vs. Tragedy Article
*Finish Act 3
*Merchant of
Venice Final
Response Paper:
description/rubric.
*Closing: ideas
*HW: Act 4 due
Monday, Google Doc
comments. Vocab
Test Monday.

13

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(Week
4)
(W1
Cuckoo
)

Test #5
AP MC Practice
One Passage
(Dodsons and
Tulliivers)
*Opening:
Comedy vs.
Tragedy Article
*Rereading/discus
sing Act 4
*Closing: Review
Merchant Paper
*HW: Act 5 due
Wednesday.

*Finish Act 4
*Closing: Review
Merchant Paper
*HW: Act 5 due
Wednesday.

Shakespeare mentor
text
*Reread/Discuss Act 5
*Paper Quick-Write
*Closing: shares
*HW: Work on Merchant
of Venice paper.

*Finish Act 5 if
needed
*Film Study,
Merchant
*Closing: what did
you notice?
*HW: Merchant of
Venice Response
paper due Monday.

*Film Study,
Merchant
*Closing: I noticed
revisit exit slip.
*HW: Merchant of
Venice paper due
Monday.

15

16

17

18

19

DUE: Merchant
of Venice
Response Paper

DUE: Cuckoos
Nest, pages 3-41

DUE: Cuckoos Nest,

pages 42-75.

DUE: review AP
Exam materials.

DUE: Cuckoos
Nest, pages 76113

What makes a
reliable narrator?

How is the reading

going?

What are some

new/old tips I can
learn/relearn for
the AP essay?

What do you
know about
mental illness?
*Opening: Poem:
Ryan, Letter to
an Institution
*5 minute
research: What
is mental illness?
(use cell
phones/computer
s
jot down notes)
*Discussion
*Preview
Discussion
Questions
*Read pages 3-8,

*Opening: Poem:
Baca, Main
Character
*Seminar: pgs. 3-41
*Reliable Narrator
*Closing: Plot
point/Character
point
*HW: Read pages
42-75

*Opening: AP MCOne
Passage Practice
(Falling Star)
*Quote Reactions
*Seminar: pgs. 42-75
*Discussionhow is the
reading going?
*Closing: I learned.
*HW: Read pages 76113 for Friday.

*Opening: 6
Reasons to take
the AP Exam
Mentor Text
*AP Essay Tips
(Poetry and Prose)
Group Posters
*AP Essay Prompt,
Gretel in Darkness
write time on
Google Doc (40min)
*Closing: I learned
reflection under your
google doc.
*HW: Read pages

What are some

key scenes Kesey
is giving us and
why?
*Opening: Read
Monopoly chapter
(pgs. 114-116)
*Close Reading, 4
GroupsTeach the
class/Google Slides
(pgs. 76-84, 85-90,
91-101, 102-113)
*Seminar
*Closing: what did
you learn?
*HW: Read pgs. 115145 for Monday,
write a graded

20

reading
strategies
*Closing: Sticky
Note
*HW: Read pages
3-41. Take
character notes!

21
(Week
5)
(W2
Cuckoo
)

22
DUE: Pages
115-145.

23
DUE: Pages 149175.

What is the fog

and allegory?

What do you
make of Chiefs
character?

*Opening: WN:
The fog
*What is
allegory? And
hallucinations
are the voice of
Keseys
allegorical
protests
*Reread 130-138
*Seminar
*Closing: agree or
disagree with

*Opening:
Schizophrenia
Article
*Chief Reflections?
*Chief Reading,
The Vanishing
American: in
groups, pause and
discuss activity
*Seminar
*Closing: new
thoughts about

24
DUE: Pages 176-201.
What kinds of AP MC
questions are asked?
*Opening: Pair-share,
discussion of pages 176201.
*Mentor Text:
Tackling MC
Questions
*Review MC Passage
(Falling Star Passage)
what questions types
are there?
*Question
Stems/Types of
Questions
*Activity: Read

76-113 for Friday.

response paper, due

Monday.

25
DUE: Pages 205224.

26
DUE: Metaphor
and Mind Style
Essay.

What does the

story A&P teach
us?
*Opening: 3
discussion points
from pages 176-224,
WN.
*Seminar
*Read A&P and
discuss
*Closing: Sticky Note
exitI am learned.
*HW: Read
Metaphor and
Mind Style essay

What is one of the

final project for
this book?
*Opening: WN
Response
*Seminar: Metaphor
and Mind Style and
pages 205-224.
*Top 10 Project
Introduction and
brainstorm
*Closing: Thoughts
Read pgs. 225-258
and write a full page

27

quote?
*HW: Read pgs.
149-175.

Chief? Sticky Notes

*HW: Read pgs.
176-201 for
Thursday.

Questions for
Predictions, Guess
possible answers.
*Closing: what did you
learn?
*HW: Read pgs. 205224.

for Friday.

WN response.

SNOW DAY

NOTES: If you didnt

get a chance to pass
out the Metaphor
and Mind Style
essay, you can cut
that out because of
the snow day.
SNOW DAY

28
(Week
6)
(W3
Cuckoo
)

29
DUE: Pages
205-224
What is one of
the final project
for this book?
*Opening: Over
diagnosis
Article #1
*Seminar: Pages
205-224.
*Top 10 Project
Introduction and
brainstorm

1 **MAR.

SNOW DAY

SNOW DAY

*HW: Read pages

261-309.

*HW: Read pgs.

225-258 and full
page writers
notebook
response.

*HW: Read pgs. 225258 and full page

writers notebook
response.

*HW: Read pgs.

225-258 and full
page writers
notebook
response.

What can we
start on our
presentation?
*Opening: Poem

What can we start on

our presentation?

What can we start

on our
presentation?

*Opening: Poem
Study, The
Whipping

*Opening: Poem
Study, The
Whipping

What did you

think of the end of
the book?
*Opening: Poem
Study, Spring in
the Classroom
*Seminar: End of
bookGoogle Slides
discussion

*Ted Talk (if time)

*Closing:
Thoughts
Read pgs. 225258 and write a
full page WN
response.
**You can
decide to cut
out the Ted Talk
if needed
because of
time.
DUE: Pages
225-258
How and why is
mental illness
overdiagnosed?
*Opening: Overdiagnosis
Article
#1/Discussion
*Ted Talk
*WN Reflections
and Discussion
*Seminar: 225258
*Top 10
Brainstorm Time
*Closing: I
learned
*HW: Work on
Presentations!

Study, The
Whipping
*Seminar: 261-309
225-258
*Workshop: Begin
organizing
presentations
*Closing: Ideas?
*HW: Finish book for
tomorrows
seminar.
CART

*Seminar: 261-309
225-258
*Workshop: Begin
organizing
presentations
*Closing: Ideas?
*HW: Finish book for
tomorrows seminar.

*Seminar: 261-309
225-258
*Workshop: Begin
organizing
presentations
*Closing: Ideas?
*HW: Finish book for
tomorrows seminar.

CART

CART

*Seminar: Pages
261-309
*Review Google
Slides Homework for
End of the Book
Seminar.
*Workshop: Top 10
Project
*Closing: one thing I
learned
*HW: Finish book and
add to the Google
Slides presentation
for Mondays
discussion. Read
two Ken Kesey
articles for
Fridays discussion
WE NEED
COMPUTERS!!!
***The Google
Docs slides
activity was going
to be somethings
students could
work on in class,
but now they will
need to finish the
book and do the
slides for
homework.

10

11

(Week
7)

DUE: Bring
Materials for
Workshop.
Finish book.

DUE: Two Ken

Kesey Articles

DUE: PRESENTATIONS

DUE: no
homework (just
work on movie
reviews)

DUE: two movie

reviews, with
annotations, due.

(W4
Cuckoo
)

What can we do
on our
presentations?
*Opening: Overdiagnosis
Article
#2/Discussion
*Seminar: End of
bookGoogle
Slides discussion
*Workshop:
Presentations
*Closing: what did
you accomplish?
*HW: Work on
Presentations!
Read two Ken
Kesey Articles for
Tuesdays
discussion.
CART #2

What can we do
on our
presentations?
*Opening: Pick a
golden line from
each article, pairshare.
*Seminar: What did
you think of the
articles?
*Workshop: Final
Day for
Presentations
*Closing: We are
proud of
*HW: Presentations
tomorrow!
CART #2

What are we learning

from the
presentations?
*Opening: 10 Mins Prep.
*Presentations
*Group Reviews
*Closing: what did you
learn?
*HW: Find two movie
reviews and annotate
what you notice, due
Friday.

How do I read a
film?
*Opening: How do
you read a film?
*Film Technique
Review/Reading
*Movie Review
Assignment
*Film Study
*Closing: pair-share
observations
*HW: Find two movie
reviews and
annotate what you
notice, due Friday.

What do movie
reviews look like?
*Opening: Movie
Review Discussion
(HW)what did you
notice on the
reviews, structure,
set up?
*Seminar: what we
have seen so far
*Film Study
*Closing: Class
observations
*HW: Movie Review
due next Friday

12

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14

15

16

17

18

(Week
8)

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Mythology,
Chapter One.

DUE: Mythology
Chapter 2 Due.

Day Students
Day PD

(W1
Antigon
e)

DUE: no
homework,
workshop day!

How do I write
my book
review?

What are some

important Greek
myths I should know?

What was Oedipus

the King about?

*Opening: Film
Review Critical
Study/Gatsby
Reviews
*Finish Film (if
needed)
*Seminar
*Workshop: Your
Movie
Review/Rubric
*Closing: share a
great line.
*HW: Read
Mythology,
Chapter One for
Wednesday.

How do I write
my book review?
*Opening: Mentor
Text, 7 Tips to
Write Movie
Reviews
*Workshop: work on
your movie review
*Closing: I am
proud of
*HW: Mythology
Chapter One due
tomorrow. Movie
Review due Friday.
CART #1

*AP MC Test Passage

Practice (Eolian Harp)
*Seminar: Mythology
Ch.1
*Most Important
Myths: Jigsaw Mentor
Text, Group
Presentations on
Google Slides
*Closing: Mythology Exit
Slip
*HW: Read Mythology,
Chapter Two for
Thursday. Movie Review
due Friday.
http://www.greeka.com/
greece-myths/
http://hubpages.com/ed
ucation/top-10greekmyths
CART #1

*Opening: Revisit
your Oedipus
Writings (print
them): annotate
two observations 1.
Your writing, 2. The
play
*Mentor Text, 10
Oedipus
Quotesread
and review
*Seminar: Mythology
Ch. 2
*Closing: create a
visual on computer
paper that
represents Oedipus
the King
*HW: Read
Chapter 6, Group
Psychology and
the Analysis of
the Ego Freud
Reading.

DUE: Freud
Reading and Movie
Review.
What should I
know before I read
Antigone?
*Opening: Thoughts
about Freud Reading
Groups make a list
of 5 things miniposter for discussion
*Turn in movie
review
*Antigone
Pictures/Preview
*Greek Tragedy
Article, Group
Reading
*Start Antigone
*Closing:
thoughts/predictions
*HW: Read Antigone
Pgs. 59-91

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21

22

23

24

(Week
9)

DUE: Antigone
Pages 59-91

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Antigone Pages

91-128

DUE: What is
myth reading

(W2
Antigon
e)

Does everyone
deserve burial
rights?

What am I
learning for the
AP exam and
from Antigone?

What can we discuss

about Antigone in
terms of theme,
myth, and purpose?

What is myth?

*Opening: AP MC
Practice Passage
(Janie Starched)
*Video for
Discussion
*Read Antigone 7291
*Closing: Pair-share:
what I learned?
*HW: Finish
Antigone: Pages 91128

-Opening: Poem Study,

On Her Loving Two
Equally
--Discussion: station
responses (writing style,
theme, message, myth,
purpose)
-Read Antigone: 91-128
-Closing: what do you think
of Antigone?
-HW: read, What is
myth reading for
Thursday.

*Opening: Burial
ArticlesPair A
and B Read and
Discussion
*Class Discussion
does everyone
deserve burial
rights?
*ReRead Antigone
59-72
*Closing: what did
you notice?
*HW: Finish
Antigone by
Wednesday, Pgs.
91-128.

-Opening: what is a
myth? Antigone and
Star Wars Handout
-Myth re-reading
-Focus Questions
and Star Wars
-Star Wars Summary
-Film Study: Star
Wars (start film if
time)
-Discussion: what are
we seeing so far?
-Closing: what is myth?
-HW: review Star Wars
history if needed!

25

26

NO SCHOOL
COMP DAY

2
27

28

29

30

31

1 April

(Week
9)

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Structure
of Myth reading

DUE: Star Wars and

Myth reading

DUE: Workshop

(W3
Antigon
e)

Day Students
and Teachers
Spring Break

What will the

response paper
be for
Antigone?

What is myth?

Is Star Wars a myth?

-Opening: Top 5
Star Wars

-Opening: Revisit
Structure of Myth
reading
-Seminar
-Film Study

-Opening: Golden Line

One Thing
-Response Paper/Rubric
Review
-Finish Film (if needed)

What will I write

about for my
response paper?
-Opening: Star
Wars Revenge of
the Myth Article
-Citation Review

DUE: Workshop.
Antigone Myth
Response Paper
due by 5pm (on
Google docs).

Summary
-Response
Paper Intro
-Film Study
-Discussion: What
did you notice?
-Closing: Is this a
myth?
-HW: Read
Structure of
myth for
Tuesday.

-Closing: I noticed
-HW: Read Star
Wars and Myth
Mentor Text #3
for Wednesday.

SPRING BREAK

-Seminar: Myth
-Closing: My paper
ideas
-HW: Myth Response
Paper due Friday by
5pm.

-Workshop:
Response Paper
-Closing: One quote I
used was
-HW: Myth Response
paper due Friday by
5pm.
CART #1

-Opening: Review
Rubric
-Workshop Time
-Peer Review (?)
-Closing: I learned
from the Antigone
unit
-HW: Myth Response
paper due 5pm.

CART #1

6
SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

How can I finish

my response
paper?

SPRING BREAK

9
SPRING BREAK

10

11

12

13

14

15

(Week
10)

DUE: no
homework

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

What is Dantes
Inferno going to
be about?

TESTING ALL DAY

What can I learn from

Dantes Inferno and
Hercules?

DUE: no
homework.

Due: Dantes
Inferno Reading
Cantos I-III, Web
Quest.

(W1
Dante/A
P Exam)

*Opening: Book
Exploration and
WN Reactions
*Maternity
Leave
Discussion/Grad
es and
Revisions
*Previewing

JUNIORS TESTING ALL

DAY
*Opening: SSRCantos
and Conferencing
*Film Study: Hercules and
Mythology
*Closing: I noticed
mythology
*HW: Cantos 1-3 Due,
Dantes Inferno
Presentation Due Friday.

How can I prepare

for the AP Exam?
*Opening: Practice
AP MC Passage
(Advice to
Prophet)
*Mentor Text: How
to Get a 5 on the
AP Exam
*My Test Scores
(Mock Test)
*Weebly AP Exam

*Opening: 10
Reasons to Read
Dante
*Web Quest
Presentation
*Video
*Reading Intro,
Cantos 1-3: reading
strategies
*Closing: reading
strategies/I learned

16

Dantes
themes/discussi
on questions.
*Web Quest and
Google
Presentations
*Closing: quickshare
*HW: finish google
presentation if
needed. Read
Cantos 1-3 for
Friday.

Page Project:
Description,
Rubric
*Literature Circle
Project
Introduction
*Literature Circle
Meeting: Plan Dates,
Set up Google Doc
*Closing: What did
you learn?
*HW: Literature
Circle Reading due
Tuesday. Dantes
Inferno Reading and
Presentations Due
Friday.

CART #1
http://danteworlds
.laits.utexas.edu/i
ndex2.html

*HW: Literature
Circles. Study for AP
Exam.

https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?
v=NdmPi7ki2-A
Canto I:Virgil and
Start of Journey
Canto II: Why Dante
was picked/Beatrice
Canto III: Gates

CART#1

(Week
11)
(W2
Dante/A
P Exam)

18

19

20

21

22

DUE: no
homework

DUE: Read Canto

IV.
Literature Circle
#1 Due.

DUE: No homework

DUE: Cantos V-VI

DUE: Cantos XIII

and XVII

How can I prepare for

the AP Exam?

What is Dantes
writing style and
techniques?

How can I
successfully read
Dantes Inferno?

*Opening: Mentor
Text: How to
Approach the MC

How can I
prepare for the
AP Exam?
*AP Exam Essay

*Opening: AP MC
practice and

What are the

major themes in
Dantes Inferno
and why?

23

#3: Prompt and

10 minutes
brainstorm/start
response (2008
Adolescence)
*Share: what did
you do?
*Read Sample
Essays (High and
Low)
*Closing: I
learned
*HW: Literature
Circles #1
Tuesday and
Cantos V for
Tuesday.

*Opening: Read
Intro Pgs. 69/Discuss
*Dantes Inferno:
Reading
Circle/Strategies
Canto IV
*Lit Circle
Discussion #1
(20min)
*Closing: one thing
I learned
*HW: Read Cantos
VI and XVII for
Thursday.
Canto IV: Limbo

24

25
DUE: no
homework
How can I
structure my AP

26
DUE: Literature
Circle #2. Read
Cantos XIX, XX, and
XXXIV.

What did you

Questions read star

passages
*Review MC Passage
what questions types
are there? (Janie)
*Question Stems
*Activity: Read
Questions for
Predictions, Guess
possible answers
(Sober Englishman)
*Workshop: AP Exam
Page Reflections
*Closing: what did you
learn?
*HW: Read pgs. 225-258
and write a response
paper to Part 2 or Part 3.
CART #1 NEEDED

Discussion (Body
and Soul)
*What is Dantes
writing style and
why? WN Response
*Reading
Circle/Reread Cantos
V-VI
*Closing: Dantes
Writing style is
*HW: Read Cantos
XIII and XVII

27

28

DUE: no homework

DUE: Read Dante

Scholarly Article.

How can I write a great

AP essay?
*Opening: AP MC

*Opening: Mentor
Text: Dante Inferno
Themes
*Reading Circle,
Discussion, and
Strategies (Canto XIII
and XVII)
*Closing: Draw a
scene
*HW: no homework

Canto XIII:
Suicides/Forest
Canto XVII: Geryon

Canto V: Lust
Canto VI:
Glutton/Yucky River

*Opening: MiniSeminarScholarly
Article

29
Day: PD DAY
DUE: AP MC POST
TEST

30

Exam Essays?
*Opening: Timed
AP Essay (20min)
Poetry (Century
Quilt)
*Mentor Text: AP
Essay
*Writing Strategy
(Claim, Evidence,
Why).
*Workshop
Weebly
*Closing: what did
you learn?
*HW: Literature
Circles #2 Tuesday.

CART #1
NEEDED

learn from
Dantes Inferno?
*Opening: 5 Must
Ask Questions
Mentor Text
*Reading Circle:
Cantos XIX, XX, and
XXXIV
*Literature Circle
Discussion #2
*Closing: Dante
taught me
*HW: Work on AP
Exam Page!
Canto XIX: Popes
and Upside Down
Canto XX:
Soothsayers
Backwards Bodies
Canto XXXIV:
Lucifer
Senior Meeting:
9:15

Practice (John Donne

Prose )
*Discuss Answers
*AP Essay Prompt Prose
(Clarence Henry)
*Write an essay
together/Analyze sample
*Workshop: AP Exam Page
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Read Dante Scholarly
Article. Work on AP Exam
Page! Study!

CART #1 NEEDED
AP Exam Pre-ID

*AP MC Practice
*Finish Dante Rereads
if needed
*Workshop: AP Exam
Page

*Closing: I created
*HW: AP MC Post
Test tomorrow!
CART #1 NEEDED

What have I
learned about the
AP Exam multiple
choice?
*Opening: AP Test
(MC60 minutes)
*Discuss Answers
*Reflections: sticky
note
*Closing: shares
*HW: AP Exam Page
Presentations on
Monday and Tuesday.

1
May

2
DUE: AP Exam
Page Project

3
DUE: AP Exam
Page Project

What do I know
about the AP
Exam?

What do I know
about the AP
Exam?

-Opening: 6
Reasons to Take
AP Exam
mentor text
-AP Exam Page
Presentations
-Closing: what did
you learn from
another
classmates
page?
-HW: no
homework

-Opening: New
Yorker Article
-AP Exam Page
Presentations
-Closing: what did
you learn from
another classmates
page?
-HW: no homework

9
DUE: Jumanji
Reading

10

11

12

13

DUE: read other

mentor text on
film. Work on
Wizard of Oz
reading.

DUE: Jumanji Scholarly

Article

DUE: Work on
Wizard of Oz
reading.

DUE: Wizard of Oz,

pages 1-162, Ch.
XI and response
due.

Why are movies

also considered
literature?
*Opening:
Mentor Text,
Movies are
Literature Too
*Unit Overview
*Review Vocab

AP Exam

DUE: Read Cantos

XIX, XX, and XXXIV.

DUE: Read Dante

Scholarly Article.

What did you

learn from
Dantes Inferno?

What is Mrs. Rutans

favorite poem and
why?

*Opening: 5 Must
Ask Questions
Mentor Text
*Reading Circle:
Cantos XIX, XX, and
XXXIV
*Closing: Dante
taught me
*HW: read Dante
scholarly article

*Opening: Mini-Seminar
Scholarly Article
*Finish Dante Rereads
if needed
*My favorite poem:
The Raven
*Video

*Closing: I created
*HW: read Jumanji
and annotate for
Monday.

Canto XIX: Popes

and Upside Down
Canto XX:
Soothsayers
Backwards Bodies
Canto XXXIV: Lucifer

How can I
analyze film?
-Opening: revisit
homework2
things to discuss

How is film shaped by

historical context?

-Opening: Jumanji
Movie Review
-Finish Jumanji
-Seminar: what are we
seeing? What did we
read?
-Closing: WN response

What is the AP final

exam?
*Opening: What will
you take from this
class into college?
Read and annotate my
speechwhat do you
notice?
*My Sample

How can I set up

my speech and
weebly for the
final?
*Opening: What do you
need to do for the final
exam?

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*Discussion: Book
*Start Film
Jumanji
*Closing: what did
you learn/relearn?
*HW: Read
mentor text,
other film
vocab. Wizard
of Oz, pages 1162, Ch. XI and
response due
Friday.
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-Film Study: Jumanji

DUE: The Little

Mermaid
Reading.
What did
Andersen write
and why?
-Opening: 3
Striking Things
from The Little
Mermaid text
-Seminar: The
Little Mermaid
-Film Study: The
Little Mermaid
-Closing: how
does the movie
contrast and why?
-HW: Roberta
Trite Article due
Tuesday. Finish
Wizard of Oz for
Thursday.

pick a focus question

-HW: read The Little
Mermaid for Monday.
Wizard of Oz reading,
pg. 1-162/Ch. XI, and
response due Friday.

*Review
Project/Rubric
*Workshop
*Closing: one thing I
plan to do
*HW: The Little
Mermaid due Monday.
Wizard of Oz reading,
pg. 1-162/Ch. XI, and
response due Friday.

*Review student
samples/reflection
activity
*Workshop: Weebly and
Speech
*Closing: I
accomplished
*HW: The Little
Mermaid due Monday.

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DUE: Roberta
Trite Article.

Senior Celebration

DUE: Wizard of Oz
due

DUE: No
homework

How do films
influence a
literature symbols
and legacy?

Senior Picture
10am

-Closing: what did

you notice?
-HW: read
Scholarly Article
on Jumanji for
Wednesday.

What changes
were made and
why?
*Opening: Analyze
the cover of
Mermaid
*Film Study: The
Little Mermaid
*Discussion
*Closing: 2
Observations
*HW: Finish Wizard
of Oz for Thursday.

DUE: no homework
What do I need to
work on for my
Weebly and Speech?
*Opening: Set a goal
*Workshop: Weebly and
Final Speech
*Conferening: what can
I look at for feedback?
*Closing: Reflect on goal
*HW: Finish Wizard of
Oz.

*Opening: Ruby
Slippers Mentor
Text
*Discussion: Wizard
of Oz
*Start Wizard of Oz
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: no direct
homework

*Opening: Focus
Questions (Peer
Review)
*Workshop: Peer
Review Weebly
*Closing: what are
you going to fix?
*HW: presentations!

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DUE: No
homework
How does the
film
compare/contra
st to the book?
Why?
*Opening:
Wizard of Oz
Fun Facts
Mentor Text
*Film Study,
Wizard of Oz
*Closing: I
noticed
*HW: Griswold
Wizard of Oz
Scholarly
Article Due
Tuesday.

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No School

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DUE: Griswold
Wizard of Oz
Scholarly Article.

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DUE: No
homework.

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26

DUE: Presentations

DUE: Presentations

What did we gain from

AP Lit.?

What did we gain

from AP Lit.?

Start Presentations

Presentations

*Opening: Get ready to

present! Rubrics!
*Presentations (8)
*Closing: one thing I
liked
*HW: presentations!

*Opening: Get ready to

present! Rubrics!
*Presentations (8)
*Closing: great job
*HW: presentations?

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DUE: Harry
Potter and the
Secrets of
Childrens
Literature text.

DUE: Willy Wonka and

the Chocolate Factory
Due.

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

What are key

features in
childrens
literature?

*Opening: Quotes
*Seminar: the book
*Start Film #1, Willy
Wonka
*Closing: I saw

What do we gain
from the Wizard
of Oz movie?
*Opening: Star
some great lines
*Seminar: Griswold
*Workshop: AP Final
Exam!
*Closing: I
learned
*HW: presentations
tomorrow!

How does Dahl write

and why?

Start Harry Potter?

How does the film

contrast and
compare?
*Opening: One
comment about the
film
*Finish Film
*Discussion
*Intro Final Project (if

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Seniors Last Day

Awards: 8am
*Opening: Is Harry
Potter Classic
Literature?
mentor text
*Film Study: Harry
Potter
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: Read Willy
Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory by
Wednesday. Harry
Potter and the
Secrets of
Childrens
Literature text
due Tuesday.

What is the final

project for this
unit?
*Opening: What have
you learned from this
unit? Brainstorm
*Project Overview,
Description, and

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DUE: Charlie
and Chocolate
Factory Articles
Due.
How do the
movie
adaptations
compare,
contrast, and
compete?
*Opening: Golden
Line Homework
*Discussion
*Film #2:
Charlie..
*Closing: We
noticed
*HW:
Presentations.

*Opening: I
noticed
*Film Study: Harry
Potter
*Seminar:
scholarly article
*Closing: I learned
____key feature
*HW: Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate
Factory due
Wednesday.
7
DUE: no
homework

How do the
movie
adaptations
compare,
contrast, and
compete?
*Opening: Article,
Which is Better
*Discussion
*Film #2: Charlie..
*Closing: We
noticed
*HW: Workshop
tomorrow.
COMP.

time)
*Closing: I learned
*HW: no homework.

Rubric
*Mrs. Rutans Sample
*Workshop
*Closing: My plan
*HW: Work on
presentations.

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DUE: no homework

DUE: Final workshop

day.

*HW: Charlie and

Chocolate Factory Articles,
read for Monday.
https://www.goodreads.
com/work/quotes/27657
86-charlie-and-thechocolate-factory

What can I argue about

film?
*Opening: Review Rubric
*Workshop: Your
presentations
*Conferencing
*Closing: pair-share.
*HW: Work on
presentations

COMP.

What can I argue

about film?
*Opening:
Question/Comment for
Mrs. Rutan
*Workshop: Your
presentations
*Conferencing
*Closing: pair-share.
*HW: Presentations
tomorrow!

COMP.

LAST DAY
DUE:
Presentations
What did we learn
about film and
literature?
*Opening: Get ready.
*Present!
*Celebrations!
*HW: Enjoy your
summer!

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/04/how-toni-morrison-s-beloved-is-taught-in-schools.html

I wanted the reader to be kidnapped, thrown ruthlessly into an alien environment as the first step into a shared experience with the book's populationjust as the characters were snatched from one
place to another, from any place to any other, without preparation or defense. (xviii)

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/cuckoo-re.html

ABCD How character is Constructed

Evidence
Appearance

Characterisation (What impression is shaped

through that quotation)

Behaviour

Comment by Narrator

Dialogue

http://www.filmsite.org/onef.html

Literature Circles #3

*Opening: Discussion Questions

*Seminar
*Mythology Baseball Cards Project Introduction
*Workshop Time
*Closing: what did you create?
*HW: no homework, just work on Mythology cards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cultural_references_in_Divine_Comedy

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*Opening: Reading
Strategy (Preview the
canto)
*Reading Circle,
Discussion, and
Strategies
*WN: Reading
Strategies
*Closing: Dantes
writing
*HW: Literature Circle
Discussion/Reading.
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*Opening: AP MC
Practice
*Read Dantes
Inferno
*Closing: WN List
*HW: Lit. Circle
Friday, post by
Thursdays night.
Read Cantos XIXIII, annotate for
Wed.

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COMPUTERS
Laptops

COMPUTERSLaptops
TEST ID

*Opening: Baseball
Card Studywhat
do you notice?
*Baseball Allusion
Tips and Rubric
*Workshop: Make
your own cards
*Closing:

*Opening: Pair-Share on
Homework
*Sample WN Notes
*Key Names/Research
*Seminar
*Read Dantes Inferno
*Closing: I Learned
*HW: Read Cantos XIV-XVI,
takes notes in WN.

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*Opening: AP Prose
Prompt, 20 min write
*Mentor Text:
Techniques and
Sample Essays
*WN Reflection
*Pair/Share and Seminar
*Read Dantes Inferno
*Closing: Pair-share
*HW: Read Cantos XVIIXIX, take notes in WN.

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*Opening: AP MC Test
*Literature Circle
Discussion
*Dantes Inferno: what
can you do on your
own? Hard Copy
Reading
*Discussion
*Closing: Class reading
strategy list
*HW: Mentor Text
and Response Paper
due Monday.
24
Day PD
*Opening: Key Scene
WN Reflection
*Literature Circle
*Seminar/Read Dantes
Inferno
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: Read Cantos XXXXIII, take notes in
WN.

*HW: Read Cantos XIXIII, annotate for

Wed.
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*Opening: AP MC
Practice
*Reread Dantes
Inferno: Cantos XIXXXIII
*Closing: I
noticed
*HW: Read Cantos
XXIV-XXVI, take WN
notes.

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31

*Opening: Poem
Study, Kubla
Khan
*WNyour own hell
*Reread Dantes
Inferno
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Read Cantos
XXVII-XXIX, take WN
notes.

*Opening: Poetry Prompt

(2 Poems), write time
*Mentor Text Tips
*Discussion: how to write
this?
*Reread Dantes Inferno
*Closing: AP Goal
*HW: Read Canto XXX for
Friday, take WN notes.

*Opening: AP Test (MC

60 minutes)
*Discuss Answers
*Reflections: sticky note
*Closing: shares
*HW: Read Canto XXX for
Friday, take WN notes.

*Opening: Literature
Circles
*Question 3 Prompt
and Sample Essays
*Final Exam
Questions?
*Reread Dantes
Inferno
*Closing: debrief
*HW: study for AP
Exam on Wednesday.

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*Opening: What
have you learned
from AP? WN
Response
*Allusion
Baseball Cards
Sample and
Rubric
*Workshop: Cards
and/or AP Exam
Study
*Closing: what did
you accomplish?
*HW: study for the
AP Exam! Finish
Dantes Inferno
Thur., Notes.

*Opening: What will

you take with to
college from this
class?
*Workshop: AP Exam
and Baseball Cards
*Closing: what did
you accomplish?
*HW: AP Exam
tomorrow! Finish
Dantes Inferno
Thurs., Notes.

AP Exam 8am

*Opening: Revisit Cantos

and notes, highlight key
ideas.
*Reading Circle: Cantos
XX-XXX
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: no homework

*Opening: Dante
Scholarly Article
Read and Annotate
*Discussion: does his
justice work?
*Reading Circle
*Closing: Final
reflections for Dante?
*HW: read, The
Monkeys Paw for
Monday.

*Opening: AP Timed Essay

(2 prompts) and Rubric
*Final Workshop: Allusion
Baseball Cards
*Closing: my best card is
*HW: Dantes Inferno due
Thurs, take WN Notes.