Teacher: T. McKee
Week: 9/12/11
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Course: AP Language and Composition
Unit: Intro to Lang. and Comp.
AP Standards:
Apply effective strategies and techniques in their own writing
Create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and/or personal experience
Analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques
Analyze how two of more texts address similar themes of topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Learning Target
Activity (include DOK)
Assessment
Homework
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I can Apply effective
strategies and techniques
in their own writing
I Can Create and sustain
arguments based on
readings, research, and/or
personal experience
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Word of the Day
Camel Cheer
Camel Check
Finish Princess Diana Activity
Assign Archetype Analysis
Assign F451; lit groups
Discussion rubric
Materials/
Technology
Archetype analysis
Due Thursday
Chapter 2 p. 35-51 due
Wednesday (Do assignment
page 48)
Fahrenheit 451 Due October
3
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I Can demonstrate my knowledge of
English Language on the MAP test
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I can Analyze and interpret
samples of good writing,
identifying and explaining
an author’s use of
rhetorical strategies and
techniques
See Monday
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I Can Analyze and interpret
samples of good writing,
identifying and explaining an
author’s use of rhetorical
strategies and techniques
Differentiation Strategies/Modifications
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Anchor Activities
Chunking
Flexible Grouping
x
Jig-Saw
Learning Centers/Stations
Tiered Activities
Interest Groups
Literature Circles
Multiple Intelligence Options
Map Test
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Word of the Day
Camel Cheer
Camel Check
Discuss Chapter 2
JFK activity
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Word of the day
Camel Cheer
Camel Check
Peer reviews of Archetype essays/
discussion
Word of the Day
Camel Cheer
Camel Check
AP Vocabulary scavenger hunt
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Extended Time
Modified Assignments
Rephrase Directions
Prompting/Cueing
Reading/Scribing
Learning Contracts
Independent Study
AP/Honors
Mentorships
Discussion rubric, JFK Essay
JFK Essay p 57 Due Monday
9/19
Read Chapter 3 p61-74 of
text, questions on page 68
Due Monday 9/19
Quiz, Discussion rubric
Read Chapter 3 of text Due
Monday
9/12
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Marzano’s Best Practices
Identifying Similarities & Differences
Summarizing & Note taking
Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition
Homework & Practice
Nonlinguistic Representation
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback
Generating & Testing Hypothesis
Cues, Questions & Advance Organizers