IB English 4: First Quarter
(Handouts marked with * are assignments!)
Monday, 8/18
Handouts:
Syllabus, Parent Letter (*), Personal Superlatives (*), Poetry Study Material, Poetry Guidesheet,
Shirley Counsil Analysis of Poetry, Writing to Analyze Style, “Love Calls Us…” (*); Notebook
Check (*); “Lucky Seven” Guide to Annotation
Homework:
1.)
2.)
5.)
2” (MIN.) Binder
Print/Insert: Vocabulary Lists, Writing Process, Compare/Contrast,
Argumentative Essays
EE Due Wednesday, 8/20
Due THURSDAY, 8/21: Parent Signature Form; Personal Superlatives; “Love Calls Us”
Find ALL devices, etc. in the poem; identify Wilbur’s intent and means through which he
accomplishes it.
Pygmalion test (MC) Thursday
LP:
1.)
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)
7.)
Syllabus / Parent letter; Class procedures; Class website
Superlative Assignment (DUE 8/21)
Highlighting: Grading Policy / Late Work (Initial Schedules)
Laptop: stats, handout pdfs, IB/AP Credit policy; E1/E2 IBexams
Discuss the Goals: 5.0 + average score; 100% pass rate; 67-75% 5 or higher scores
Listen to “Love Calls Us…”
Post/Explain EE grades (50F – first; 25F – peer edit; 50S = final)
Links:
UF: https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/IB-examination-credit-info.aspx
UCF: http://knightsource.sdes.ucf.edu/ib
FSU: http://admissions.fsu.edu/credit/ibcredit.cfm
“Love Calls Us”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDWK0uWoM50&safe=active
3.)
4.)
Tuesday, 8/19
Handouts:
Student Info. Sheet, IOC Major Handout, IB E1 Comm. Major Handout, IB E2 (Drama) Major
Handout
Homework:
See Monday: #3 EE DUE TOMORROW!; #4 DUE THURSDAY; Pygmalion test Thursday
LP:
1.) WA Overview(Dec./Jan.)
2.) Check out The Great Gatsby (complete info. sheet)
3.) Laptop: Links to IBO orals pages (class site)
4.) IOC/E1/E2 Packets (Link to assessment videos on class site)
5.) Laptop: Show 2013 Exam (E1); Comp. to AP Lit. exam (IOC is similar to Q3)
6.) Time to work on Wilbur (“Love Calls Us…”)
Wednesday, 8/20
Handouts:
IOC Guiding Questions; Poems: “Patchwork” (*); “Black Lace Fan”/”Knight in Wood” (*);
“Sequoia”/”Passed On” (*); “Lost Heritage” (*)
Homework:
1.) EE DUE TODAY
2.) Parent signature, Superlatives, “Love Calls Us…” DUE TOMORROW!
3.) Pygmalion test TOMORROW!
LP:
1.) Distribute/read poems (handouts)
2.) Time for Wilbur assignment (“Love Calls Us…”)
Thursday, 8/21 (**Pygmalion test today!**)
Handouts:
1999 Sample IB Commentaries (E1): “Lost Heritage”; IBCommColor-MarkingPoetry
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) Collect parent letter, superlatives, “Love Calls Us…”
2.) TEST: Pygmalion (10 min.)
3.) TED Video: Billy Collins (9:20; 12:45 “Everyday”)
https://www.ted.com/talks/billy_collins_everyday_moments_caught_in_time#t-790645
http://www.ted.com/talks/billy_collins_two_poems_about_what_dogs_think_probably
4.) Review/discuss “Love Calls Us…”
5.) “The Lost Heritage” Read 3 times, color mark, and annotate the poem
Use color-marking handout; next day: 3 person groups come up with list of best motifs

In your group of 3, share your markings and understandings of “The Lost
Heritage.”

When thinking about the poem, consider a summary(annotate):
-who are the characters?
-what’s the main conflict?
-any additional conflicts?
-is there a resolution?
-what’s the setting?

As a group write a comprehensive, overarching statement of
-what the poem is about
-the intended effect(s) the poet wants to achieve
-the techniques the poet uses to achieve that effect

Also consider…(go to listing of techniques to look for in poetry; find 2-3 clever
ways to link 2 different moments in the poem)
6.) Read sample commentaries on “Lost Heritage” (or tomorrow)
Friday, 8/22
Handouts:
0102PoemsANDSamplesAuthorSecret (*); AP-IBquoteDeviceEffect (*)
Homework:
Read (3X), color-mark, annotate “The Secret Life of Books” and “The Author to Her Book”
ON NOTEBOOK PAPER: Complete ALL steps of QuoteDeviceEffect handout for both poems.
**If you would rather use handouts, print your copies from class web site.**
www.guffordsenglishclasses.weebly.com
LP:
1.) IB Commentary major handout discussion/review
2.) Groups: Poetry Test (hard)/Review
3.) “Lost Heritage” samples (?)/Homework time
Monday, 8/25
Handouts:
CommGroupPresDirHalfPg (*); CommIntroSamples; IOCPoemPrepChecklist
Homework:
Read (3X), color-mark, annotate “The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me”; ON NOTEBOOK
PAPER: Complete ALL steps of QuoteDeviceEffect handout for both poems. **If you would
rather use handouts, print your copies from class web site.**
www.guffordsenglishclasses.weebly.com
LP:
1.) Jigsaw/share: “The Secret Life of Books”/”The Author to Her Book”/collect homework
2.) Share intro. samples/discuss; Examine IOCPoemPrepChecklist (structure)
3.) Homework time?
Tuesday, 8/26
Handouts:
IOCPoetryQPanelDisc
Homework:
Read (3X), color-mark, annotate “The Knight in the Wood”; ON NOTEBOOK PAPER: Complete
ALL steps of QuoteDeviceEffect handout for both poems. **If you would rather use handouts,
print your copies from class web site.**
www.guffordsenglishclasses.weebly.com
LP:
1.) Jigsaw/share: “The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me”/collect homework
2.) Commentary samples: “Black Lace” (class web site)
3.) IOC sample: Laptop (Sample A IOC2013)
4.) Interview portion of IOC (prose/sample Gatsby ?’s on laptop)
Wednesday, 8/27
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Read “Planting a Sequoia” and “Passed On”; consider each poem in context of mark schemes for
IB examiners (think like a teacher/examiner). SUMMATIVE THURSDAY.
LP:
1.) Jigsaw/share: “The Knight in the Wood”
2.) TED video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCg2NcGYu34 (3:15-7:54)
3.) Share/discuss mark schemes for 2013 papers (poetry): Thinking like an examiner (laptop)
4.) IB IOC PPT (laptop, packet highlighting review)
Thursday, 8/28
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A (Media center tomorrow!)
LP:
SUMMATIVE: Choose between COIN FLIP: “Planting a Sequoia” and “Passed On”; Read,
color mark, annotate, write 500-700 word commentary on the poem.
Friday, 8/29
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) Media (Chance): EE/CAS/Honor Code/WA/turnitin/etc.
2.) Time allowing: Sample intro’s (GoodIntroSamples doc.: Commentary Folder)
Monday, 9/1
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 9/2
Handouts:
2007 APLitQ1BarredHistory (*); 2006 APLitQ1Hawk (*); 2013MockIOCv1Q3 (*)
Homework:
Preparation for Thursday summative (Media Center)
LP:
1.) Return commentaries/share samples (esp. intro.’s)/”Sequoia” samples (?)
2.) Intro. to MC Thursday (SUMMATIVE):
* 2 APLitQ1’s/2APLitQ3’s per person (DIVIDED IN CLASS TODAY)
* 15 minute prep. time for both partners
* 6-8 minute oral (Q1)
* 6-8 minute conversation (Q3)
* SWITCH ROLES, complete process again
* 50 points: 20 prep; 10 process; 10 peer evaluation; 10 self-evaluation
3.) Prep. time/discussion (partners)
Wednesday, 9/3
Handouts:
College Essay Prompts, Writing Tips (*); 2001ProseCommCharTJ (*)
Homework:
Summative essay (CommonApp50 points) due 9/18; annotate 2001ProseCommCharTJ by
Monday, 9/8
LP:
1.) Discuss personal superlatives/writing journal responses
2.) College essays: 50 points SUMMATIVE (due 9/18)
3.) Exam P1 packet/Sister Carrie w/sample (class set)
Thursday, 9/4
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; annotation of ProseCommCharTJ by Monday, 9/8
LP:
MEDIA CENTER: SUMMATIVE IOC PRACTICE (see Tuesday, 9/2 for info.)
Friday, 9/5
Handouts:
Literary Theory/Criticism
Homework:
BRING THE GREAT GATSBY TO CLASS ON MONDAY!; Summative college essay due 9/18;
annotation of ProseCommCharTJ by Monday, 9/8
LP:
Video: A&E Biography (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVB0qWLCnEo&index=1&list=PLF3yDl6JWjT9sTKcPgQX3q1dB3udmH0fK
Monday, 9/8
Handouts:
Gatsby background/major handout; Vectors of Character Change; Narrative Theory
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Print 2001TJsamples8,9 for class tomorrow!
LP:
1.) Read first two pages of Gatsby background/major handout and HIGHLIGHT
2.) Gatsby PPT/notes (13Intro)
3.) Sample IOC passages (1,2)
4.) ProseCommCharTJ passage to be used in class then turned in tomorrow
Tuesday, 9/9
Handouts:
N/A (SEE PRINTING FOR TOMORROW)
Homework:
Read/Analyze preface/map/afterward in DETAIL (191-end/222; vii-xvi); Print CH. 1, 2 Quotes
for TOMORROW!; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Discuss/review 2001ProseCommCharTJ (annotations)
2.) Read/highlight/annotate samples (earned a 8, 9 on AP Lit. test)
3.) Turn in commentary passage and samples (both annotated/highlighted)
4.) Read/highlight basic intro. to literary theory (handout)
Wednesday, 9/10
Handouts:
Gatsby oral presentations
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!); Reading test
AND quotes 1,2 formative TOMORROW
LP:
1.) Discussion (PPT 0809): Character and setting in Gatsby; Preface & Expl. Notes PPT (08-09)
2.) Vectors of Character Change / Narrative Theory discussion
Thursday, 9/11
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Gatsby reading formative (35 points)
2.) Chapter 1-2 Quotes formative (10 points)
Friday, 9/12
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Finish Chapter 1-2 Quotes formative (10 points)
Monday, 9/15
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 9/16
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Group oral presentation topics
2.) Applied practice #3 Passage, MC (10 points, formative)
3.) Review chapters 1-4 (SUMMATIVE test Thursday)
Wednesday, 9/17
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Summative college essay due 9/18; Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Groups: Prepare for oral presentations
Thursday, 9/18
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Collect college essays
2.) Chapters 1-4, Bio. Test (Summative): 15 MINUTES
3.) Groups: Prepare for oral presentations (BEGIN TOMORROW)
Friday, 9/19
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Groups: Oral presentations (30 points formative)
Monday, 9/22
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Groups: Oral presentations (30 points formative)
2.) Chapters 5-9 discussion, review
Tuesday, 9/23
Handouts:
Gatsby matrix assignment (*)
Homework:
Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!)
LP:
1.) Finish group presentations
2.) PPT reviews: Characters (MAIN overview 08); Gatsby FINAL
Wednesday, 9/24
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Gatsby study questions due 9/25 (see site!); Quiz tomorrow (5-9)
LP:
1.) Finish group presentations
Thursday, 9/25
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Impromptu oral responses tomorrow!
LP:
1.) Collect Gatsby study questions (75 points)
2.) Chapter 5-9 Summative
Friday, 9/26
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Impromptu oral responses today and Monday!
LP:
1.) Names, questions pulled at random: 1-2 minute oral responses
Monday, 9/29
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
IOC passages in class tomorrow!
LP:
1.) Names, questions pulled at random: 1-2 minute oral responses
Tuesday, 9/30
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) IOC passages: 20 minute prep., two-person groups perform 10 minutes each.
Wednesday, 10/1
Handouts:
Poetry packets (*)
Homework:
“Greater Love” (Owen) / “Out, Out-“ (Frost) color-marking and two-sided handout due Mon.
LP:
1.) Introduction to Owen, Frost (packets, video/audio clips)
2.) Sample IOC (Intro.): IBO sample A
Thursday, 10/2
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Prepare for group presentation/analysis; color-marking/two-sided handout due Mon., 10/6
LP:
1.) Computer lab.: research/preparation for presentations
Friday, 10/3
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
“Greater Love” (Owen) / “Out, Out-“ (Frost) color-marking and two-sided handout due Mon.
LP:
1.) Poetry packets: bio./critical overview
2.) Groups (15 min.)/schedule of assignments
3.) Video clips (intro.)
Monday, 10/6
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Apologia…”/”The Roads Also” (Owen) / “The Sound of the Trees”/”Design” (Frost)
Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep. handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Greater Love” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “Out, Out-“ analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
Tuesday, 10/7
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Disabled”/”Smile, Smile, Smile” (Owen) / “The Gift Outright”/”Provide, Provide” (Frost)
Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep. handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Apologia…”/”The Roads Also” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “The Sound of the Trees”/”Design” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
Wednesday, 10/8
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Anthem for Doomed Youth”/”The Show” (Owen) / “Birches”/”Goodbye, and Keep Cold” (Frost)
Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep. handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Disabled”/”Smile, Smile, Smile” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “The Gift Outright”/”Provide, Provide “ analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
Thursday, 10/9
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Strange Meeting”/”Dulce Et Decorum Est” (Owen) / “After Apple-Picking”/”A Considerable
Speck” (Frost)
Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep. handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Anthem for Doomed Youth”/”The Show”analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “Birches”/”Goodbye, and Keep Cold” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
Friday, 10/10
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Mental Cases”/”Exposure” (Owen) / “An Old Man’s Winter Night”/”Ghost House” (Frost)
Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep. handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Strange Meeting”/”Dulce Et Decorum Est” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context;
Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “After Apple-Picking”/”A Considerable Speck”analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context;
Analysis)
Monday, 10/13
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
“Spring Offensive” (Owen) / “Mending Wall” (Frost) Color-mark, two-sided IOC poem prep.
handout
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Mental Cases”/”Exposure”analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “An Old Man’s Winter Night”/”Ghost House” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context;
Analysis)
Tuesday, 10/14
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) (Owen) “Spring Offensive” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
2.) (Frost) “Mending Wall” analysis (Bio., Hist., Lit. Context; Analysis)
Wednesday, 10/15
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
N/A (see above)
LP:
1.) (Owen) Groups: Remaining poems
2.) (Frost) Groups: Remaining poems
Thursday, 10/16
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
Study questions due by 10/22
LP:
1.) Complete, submit first five study questions
Friday, 10/17
Handouts:
Owen/Frost study questions (* due 10/22)
Homework:
Study questions due by 10/22
LP:
1.) Complete, submit 6-10
Second Quarter
Monday, 10/20
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 10/21
Handouts:
Owen/Frost web-based study questions (*) due 10/23; Owen/Frost matrix (*) due 12/4
Homework:
See above
LP:
1.) Finish study questions (due by tomorrow)
Wednesday, 10/22
Handouts:
Art of Tragedy; Shakespeare packet (*)
Homework:
Owen/Frost web-based study questions (*) due 10/23; Owen/Frost matrix (*) due 12/4; Read
Hamlet (Act 1) by Friday
LP:
1.) Review poets (summative tomorrow)
Thursday, 10/23
Handouts:
N/A (Hamlet books)
Homework:
Owen/Frost matrix (*) due 12/4; Read Hamlet Act I before tomorrow
LP:
1.) Study questions due
2.) Poetry summative (40 MC Questions = 80 Summative points)
Friday, 10/24
Handouts:
Sophocles/Shakespeare, Greek/Elizabethan theatre
Homework:
Owen/Frost matrix (*) due 11/13; Read Hamlet Act II by Monday
LP:
1.) Discussion/overview of Shakespeare packet, Art of Tragedy, Sophocles/Shakespeare
2.) Act 1 (video)
Monday, 10/27
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Prepare for summative (Acts I-III) on Thursday, 10/30
LP:
1.) Acts I, II (video)
Tuesday, 10/28
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Prepare for summative (Acts I-III) on Thursday, 10/30
LP:
1.) Act III (video)
Wednesday, 10/29
Handouts:
Hamlet Comparative Analysis (*); Agree/Disagree Discussion Topics (*)
Homework:
Prepare for summative (Acts I-III) on Thursday, 10/30
LP:
1.) Act IV (video)
2.) Discuss handouts/due dates
Thursday, 10/30
Handouts:
Hamlet review (*); Hamlet quote analysis (*)
Homework:
Prepare for quote analysis (11/4)
LP:
1.) Summative: Acts I-III
2.) Discuss review/quote analysis handouts
Friday, 10/31
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Prepare for quote analysis (11/4)
LP:
1.) Finish viewing Hamlet
2.) Hamlet review assignment (due 11/6)
Monday, 11/3
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Prepare for quote analysis (11/4); Review assignment due 11/6
LP:
1.) Assign topics for Agree/Disagree activity
2.) Groups: Approaching Hamlet passages through literary criticism (see handout)
Tuesday, 11/4
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Review assignment due 11/6; Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Draw names, one at a time, for Hamlet 1-2 line analysis
Wednesday, 11/5
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Review assignment due 11/6; Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Draw names, one at a time, for Hamlet 1-2 line analysis
Thursday, 11/6
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Summative: Hamlet Acts IV-V
Friday, 11/7
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Agree/Disagree discussion
Monday, 11/10
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Draw names/questions for 1-2 minute responses (summative)
Tuesday, 11/11
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, 11/12
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Poetry matrix due 11/13
LP:
1.) Draw names/questions for 1-2 minute responses (summative)
Thursday, 11/13
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/20
LP:
1.) Agree/Disagree topics
Friday, 11/14
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/20
LP:
1.) Agree/Disagree topics
Monday, 11/17
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/20
LP:
1.) Computer lab. (O-17): Work on phase 2 writing assignment
Tuesday, 11/18
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/20
LP:
1.) Computer lab. (O-17): Work on phase 2 writing assignment
Wednesday, 11/19
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/20
LP:
1.) Computer lab. (O-17): Work on phase 2 writing assignment
Thursday, 11/20
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Phase 2 Panel (Writing) due 11/19
LP:
1.) Collect panel writing; begin poetry panels
Friday, 11/21
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) Poetry panels
Monday, 11/24
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) Poetry panels
Tuesday, 11/25
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
N/A
LP:
1.) Poetry panels
Wednesday, 11/26
NO SCHOOL
Thursday, 11/27
NO SCHOOL
Friday, 11/28
NO SCHOOL
Monday, 12/1
Handouts:
IOC Schedule
Homework:
IOC Review (matrices, etc.: Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
LP:
1.) IOC schedule / passes
2.) Reading assignments
3.) IOC PPT, video, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVqEkaoORo) , recordings
Tuesday, 12/2
Handouts:
IOC Questions/Topics (Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
Homework:
IOC Review (matrices, etc.: Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
LP:
1.) Hamlet review (1-2 line quotes)
2.) Gatsby review (quotes)
Wednesday, 12/3
Handouts:
IOC Questions/Topics (Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
Homework:
IOC Review (matrices, etc.: Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
LP:
1.) Prep. for IOC practice tomorrow (media center)
Thursday, 12/4
Handouts:
IOC Questions/Topics (Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
Homework:
IOC Review (matrices, etc.: Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
LP:
1.) IOC practice: 8 minutes poem, 8 minutes Gatsby or Hamlet (coin toss)
(listener, recorder uses IOC Questions/Topics handouts)
Friday, 12/5
Handouts:
IOC Questions/Topics (Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
Homework:
IOC Review (matrices, etc.: Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry)
LP:
1.) Matrices/review (10 minutes each): Gatsby, Hamlet, Poetry
2.) Discuss/review reading assignment for 12/8-12/16
Monday, 12/8
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Tuesday, 12/9
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Wednesday, 12/10
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Thursday, 12/11
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Friday, 12/12
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Monday, 12/15 (EXAM WEEK)
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Tuesday, 12/16 (EXAM WEEK)
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Wednesday, 12/17 (EXAM WEEK)
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Thursday, 12/18 (EXAM WEEK)
Handouts:
Reading assignment (IOC’s)
Homework:
N/A (IOC Prep.)
LP:
1.) Reading Arms and the Man, All My Sons OR Anowa (see site for Arms/Anowa)
Friday, 12/19
NO SCHOOL UNTIL 1/6/15
Third Quarter
Tuesday, 1/6
Handouts:
Anowa major handout; Anowa 1st,2nd reading assignments
Homework:
Anowa 1st reading assignment due FRIDAY, 1/9
LP:
1.) Overview of second semester/site (GET BOOKS)
2.) Overview: AP Language (PPT)
Wednesday, 1/7
Handouts:
AP Language Packet; WA Tips; Paret1984 (*)
Homework:
Anowa 1st reading assignment due FRIDAY, 1/9; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy
uploaded to turnitin.com; hard copy turned in); Paret passage/comm. prep due TOMORROW
LP:
1.) WA Folders, Rubric, info.
2.) AP Lang Q3 (2006): passage, samples, scores
3.) Paret 1984 (look for 3 MI’s, pattern of examples for each)
Thursday, 1/8
Handouts:
2012APLangQ2 (*)
Homework:
Anowa 1st reading assignment due FRIDAY, 1/9; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy
uploaded to turnitin.com; hard copy turned in)
LP:
1.) Review Paret passage/commentary plans
2.) 2012 Q2: JFK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzD_TrKmrCo)
Friday, 1/9
Handouts:
91APLitHurstonMC (*)
Homework:
Anowa Music Journal due 1/14; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy uploaded to turnitin.com;
hard copy turned in)
LP:
1.) Turn in Anowa reading assignment
2.) AP Lang Q1 (2007): Small groups
3.) 91 Hurston MC
Monday, 1/12
Handouts:
01APLangMC (*)
Homework:
Anowa Music Journal due 1/14; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy uploaded to turnitin.com;
hard copy turned in)
LP:
1.) Formative practice: 01APLangMC
Tuesday, 1/13
Handouts:
Art/Theory of Drama; DOAS/Streetcar 1st Reading Assignments (*); Anowa technique journal (*)
Homework:
Anowa Music Journal due 1/14; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy uploaded to turnitin.com;
hard copy turned in)
LP:
1.) Sample IB Exam (May 2013Paper 2)
2.) Anowa technique journal (due 1/19)
3.) DOAS/Streetcar 1st Reading Assignments
Wednesday, 1/14
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Anowa Technique Journal due 1/20; WA Final submission 1/15 (digital copy uploaded to
turnitin.com; hard copy turned in); Begin reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Turn in Anowa music journal
2.) Class reading/performance: Anowa Production Notes, Prologue, Phase 1
Thursday, 1/15
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Anowa Technique Journal due 1/20; Begin reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Class reading/performance: Anowa Phase 1, Phase 2
Friday, 1/16
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Anowa Technique Journal due 1/20; Begin reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Class reading/performance: Anowa Phase 2, Phase 3
Monday, 1/19
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 1/20
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Continue reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Anowa technique journal due
2.) Class reading/performance: Anowa Phase 3
Wednesday, 1/21
Handouts:
Anowa group presentations (*); DOAS/Streetcar 1st Reading Assignment (*)
Homework:
Continue reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Groups/Topics for Friday/Monday
2.) Major Handout: responding to criticism (drawing numbers for 1-2 min. response)
Thursday, 1/22
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Continue reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Major Handout: responding to criticism (drawing numbers for 1-2 min. response)
Friday, 1/23
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Continue reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Anowa presentations/notes (20/25 points)
Monday, 1/26
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Continue reading DOAS
LP:
1.) Anowa presentations/notes (20/25 points)
Tuesday, 1/27
Handouts:
Miller major handout
Homework:
DOAS 1st assignment due 1/29; DOAS test 1/29
LP:
1.) Turn in Anowa presentations notes
2.) Paper 2 review: Anowa (rubric, past exam prompts)
3.) Agree/Disagree topics (100-word responses due tomorrow, 1/28)
Wednesday, 1/28
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
DOAS 1st assignment due 1/29; DOAS test 1/29
LP:
1.) Turn in agree/disagree 100-word responses (Anowa)
2.) Miller: “The American Theater” / “Timebends” excerpt
3.) Death of Salesman Reading Activity: DUE 2/5
Yellow: Highlight time spent in the past or intrusions from the past (Ben, etc.)
Pink: Highlight lies
Blue: highlight at truly significant lines
Mark foreshadowing (of death)
Mark use of music (and how this and lighting contribute to fluid scene changes)
Mark use of lighting
Underline use of nicknames (scout, pal, honey, kid, etc.)
Box all moments where you laughed (comedic relief))
Thursday, 1/29
Handouts:
DOAS Study Questions (*)
Homework:
Miller handout AND Art of Drama handout QUIZ 2/5; DOAS Reading Activity due 2/5;
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Turn in DOAS 1st assignment
2.) Test: DOAS
3.) Video/Reading/Annotations: DOAS
Friday, 1/30
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Miller handout AND Art of Drama handout QUIZ 2/5; DOAS Reading Activity due 2/5;
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Video/Reading/Annotations: DOAS
Monday, 2/2
Handouts:
Discussion Questions, Page #’s for Friday, 2/6 and Monday, 2/9
Homework:
Miller handout AND Art of Drama handout QUIZ 2/5; DOAS Reading Activity due 2/5;
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) For page #’s: 1 theme/social commentary; 1 word analysis; 1 other page link;
sig. of prior/next pg; 2 stage techniques; explore 1 relationship; link to Miller packet #
2.) PAGE #’S: discuss for plot/char/devices/significance (pairs): pg 16, 17, 22-23, 37, 41, 43, 51,
56, 59, 65, 73, 81, 90, 95, 97, 115120, 132, 136, 138 (maybe 77-78)
3.) Video/Reading/Annotations: DOAS
Tuesday, 2/3
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Miller handout AND Art of Drama handout QUIZ 2/5; DOAS Reading Activity due 2/5;
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Video/Reading/Annotations: DOAS
Wednesday, 2/4
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Miller handout AND Art of Drama handout QUIZ 2/5; DOAS Reading Activity due 2/5;
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Review: Miller handout / Art of Drama handout
Thursday, 2/5
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Miller handout quiz AND Art of Drama handout quiz
Friday, 2/6
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Student pairs: Discussion of assigned page #’s
2.) PPT topics (1-2 minute responses)
Monday, 2/9
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Student pairs: Discussion of assigned page #’s
2.) PPT topics (1-2 minute responses)
Tuesday, 2/10
Handouts:
Tragedy Matrix (*)
Homework:
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12
LP:
1.) Student pairs: Discussion of assigned page #’s
2.) PPT topics (1-2 minute responses)
Wednesday, 2/11
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
DOAS Study Questions due 2/12; Anowa and DOAS minor details quiz tomorrow
LP:
1.) IB Exams: Essay 2 (packet)
2.) Samples/scores: Essay 2
Thursday, 2/12
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) Minor details quiz: Anowa and DOAS
Friday, 2/13
Handouts:
IB Essay 2 Prep. (*)
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) IB Essay 2 Prep. (groups): Select ONE of the prompts, and follow instructions carefully
Monday, 2/16
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 2/17
Handouts:
IB Essay 2 Prep. (*)
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) IB Essay 2 Prep. (groups): Select ONE of the prompts, and follow instructions carefully
(must use different prompts than you used on Thursday)
Wednesday, 2/18
Handouts:
IB Essay 2 Exam (*)
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) Review IB Essay Major handout (15 min)
2.) START IB Essay Test (comparative DOAS/X) – PREP WORK DUE END OF PERIOD AND
GRADED WITH COMMENTS (100 for exam; 25pts each: 1) prompt brainstorm; 2) thesis;
3) structural outline w/ text references; 4) your essay)
Thursday, 2/19
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) IB Essay 2 Exam (day 2)
Friday, 2/20
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Get Streetcar BY 2/23 (check ISBN number; red cover, intro. by Arthur Miller)
LP:
1.) IB Essay 2 Exam (due today @ end of period)
Monday, 2/23
Handouts:
A Streetcar Named Desire 1st assignment (*); Streetcar major handout
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12)
LP:
1.) Intro. to Streetcar / major handout
Tuesday, 2/24
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12)
LP:
1.) Re-introduction: IB Exam Essay 1 (literary commentary) Major Handout
2.) “Wasp’s Nest”
Wednesday, 2/25
Handouts:
PoetryGuideSheet/7KeysToAnnotating; PoetryStudyMaterial; AnalysisOfPoetry(Counsil);
IOCPoemPrepChecklist (YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE HANDOUTS)
“BehaviorFish”/”PointsOfView” (*)
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12); WA due 3/4
LP:
1.) Silent reading/marking/annotating: “Behavior Fish”; “Points of View”
2.) Sample/scoring (“Points of View”)
Thursday, 2/26
Handouts:
Poem Commentary Exam (*)
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12); WA due 3/4
LP:
1.) Commentary writing (day 1) TURNED IN AT END OF PERIOD
Friday, 2/27
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12); WA due 3/4
LP:
1.) Commentary writing (day 2) FINISHED COPY DUE AT END OF PERIOD
Monday, 3/2
Handouts:
“The Loom” (class set); “Nervous Conditions” (*)
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12); WA due 3/4
LP:
1.) Prose commentary: “The Loom” (post-it notes/class set)
2.) “Nervous Conditions” (‘98 exam)
Tuesday, 3/3
Handouts:
LifeofPiComm&Assign (*)
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12); WA due ¾
LP:
1.) Prose commentary practice: Life of Pi passage & assignment
Wednesday, 3/4
Handouts:
WA cover sheet (*); 0203Prose&Samples (*); Prose Commentary Exam (*)
Homework:
Begin reading Streetcar, working on 1st assignment (due 3/12)
LP:
1.) WA cover sheet (completed in class)
2.) Commentary practice: 0203 exam
3.) Prose commentary exam (for Thurs./Fri.)
Thursday, 3/5
Handouts:
Prose commentary exam (*); Streetcar study questions (*)
Homework:
Read Streetcar, work on 1st assignment (due 3/12); Streetcar study questions due 3/19
LP:
1.) Prose commentary exam (day 1)
Friday, 3/6
Handouts:
Prose commentary exam (*)
Homework:
Read Streetcar, work on 1st assignment (due 3/12); Streetcar study questions due 3/19
LP:
1.) Prose commentary exam (day 2)
Monday, 3/9
Handouts:
Streetcar study questions (*)
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19
LP:
1.) Read/discuss/highlight Williams major handout
Tuesday, 3/10
Handouts:
(Class sets) 2011, 2012 Prose/Poetry Samples; Commentary Comp. Eval. Form (*)
Homework:
Read Streetcar, work on 1st assignment (due 3/12); Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final,
typed draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Commentary evaluations: prose, poetry
Wednesday, 3/11
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Read Streetcar, work on 1st assignment (due 3/12); Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final,
typed draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Commentary evaluations (discussion)—FINAL DRAFT OF CHOSEN COMMENTARY DUE
3/19.
2.) Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
Thursday, 3/12
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Turn in character assignment (bone structure); turn in final draft of commentary
2.) Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, 3/13
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
Monday, 3/16
Handouts:
Arms and the Man 1st reading assignment (*); Shaw major handout
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Movie: A Streetcar Named Desire
2.) Intro. to Arms / 1st assignment (?); Begin work on tragedy matrix (?)
Tuesday, 3/17
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Work on tragedy matrix (due tomorrow)
Wednesday, 3/18
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Streetcar study questions due 3/19; Final draft of commentary due 3/19
LP:
1.) Arms and the Man 1st assignment
Thursday, 3/19
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Final draft of commentary due TODAY
LP:
1.) IB Essay 2 mock exam #2 (Streetcar + choice)
Friday, 3/20
NO SCHOOL: SPRING BREAK UNTIL MONDAY, 3/30
Fourth Quarter
Monday, 3/30
Handouts:
Drama Linkages (*); Memorable Quotes (*)
Homework:
Shaw last 2 pages due 4/2; Major handouts (Miller, Aidoo, Williams, Shaw) highlighting due 4/2
(in-class check)
LP:
1.) Distribute linkages, memorable quotes handouts
2.) Shaw major handout: highlighting, ASSIGNMENTS on last pages
Tuesday, 3/31
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Shaw last 2 pages due 4/2; Major handouts (Miller, Williams, Shaw) highlighting due 4/2 (inclass check)
LP:
1.) Movie/read-along: Arms and the Man
Wednesday, 4/1
Handouts:
Arms and the Man Discussion/Music (*)
Homework:
Shaw last 2 pages due 4/2; Major handouts (Miller, Williams, Shaw) highlighting due 4/2 (inclass check)
LP:
1.) Movie/read-along: Arms and the Man
Thursday, 4/2
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Shaw last 2 pages due 4/2; Major handouts (Miller, Williams, Shaw) highlighting due 4/2 (inclass check)
LP:
1.) Movie/read-along: Arms and the Man (in-class check of major handouts)
2.) Turn in Shaw assignment (last 2 pages of major handout)
Friday, 4/3
Handouts:
Arms and the Man Discussion/Music (*)
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Groups: Select topics/prepare for presentation (5 min./group: Monday)
Monday, 4/6
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Group presentations (5 minutes): Arms, Streetcar, DOAS
Tuesday, 4/7
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Groups: open-note cumulative quiz (questions assigned to each group; present/discuss answers
to assigned questions)
Wednesday, 4/8
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Groups: open-note cumulative quiz (questions assigned to each group; present/discuss answers
to assigned questions)
Thursday, 4/9
Handouts:
Cumulative, cross-textual study ?’s (*)
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Minor details quiz: Arms and the Man, A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, 4/10
Handouts:
Group Quote Quiz Activity (*)
Homework:
Drama linkages due 4/16
LP:
1.) Linkages activity (all 4 plays)
Monday, 4/13
Handouts:
“Big” Matrix Master Review (*)
Homework:
1st page of “Big” Matrix due Thursday, 4/16; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) Linkage activity (cont.)
2.) “Big” matrix page 1
Tuesday, 4/14
Handouts:
Group Commentary Presentation (*); Cumulative, cross-textual study ?’s (*)
Homework:
1st page of “Big” Matrix due Thursday, 4/16; Read/highlight group comm. pass. due Monday,
4/20; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) “Big” matrix (cont.)
Wednesday, 4/15
Handouts:
Group Commentary Presentation (*); Planning for commentary (*); Final Essay Experience (*)
Homework:
1st page of “Big” Matrix due Thursday, 4/16; Read/highlight group comm. pass. due Monday,
4/20; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) Handouts/prewriting for Final Essay Experience (prewriting due @ end of class)
Thursday, 4/16
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Read/highlight group comm. pass. due Monday, 4/20; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) Turn in page 1 of “Big” Matrix
2.) IB Final Essay Experience (day 1)
Friday, 4/17
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Read/highlight group comm. pass. due Monday, 4/20; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) IB Final Essay Experience (day 2)
Monday, 4/20
Handouts:
2010 Prose and Poetry (and ‘08 Venus)
Homework:
Prewriting for group prompt due tomorrow; Memorable Quotes assignment due 4/21
LP:
1.) Groups: prewriting for group prompt, passage/quotes/etc. (due tomorrow)
Tuesday, 4/21
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
15 Cross-textual study questions due 4/23
LP:
1.) Commentary review: 2010 Polar Breath (prewriting / sample 25)
2.) DAY ONE OF TWO-DAY ORAL TEST (FAVORITE QUOTES)
Wednesday, 4/22
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
15 Cross-textual study questions due 4/23
LP:
1.) Groups: Prepare for oral commentary (MUST have a scanned, marked passage w/thesis)
2.) DAY TWO OF TWO-DAY ORAL TEST (FAVORITE QUOTES)
Thursday, 4/23
Handouts:
Group essay prompt presentation (*)
Homework:
Highlight/annotate commentary major handout due 4/27
LP:
1.) Group presentations (3): commentary passages
Friday, 4/24
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Highlight/annotate commentary major handout due 4/27
LP:
1.) Group presentations (3): commentary passages
Monday, 4/27
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Highlighted commentary packets due today
LP:
1.) Group presentations (finish): commentary passages
2.) Group prep. time: prompt responses for tomorrow
Tuesday, 4/28
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Notebook check Thursday, 4/30
LP:
1.) Group presentations: drama prompts
Wednesday, 4/29
Handouts:
Paper 1 Sample Intro.’s
Homework:
Notebook check Thursday, 4/30
LP:
1.) Group presentations: drama prompts
Thursday, 4/30
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Notebook check Thursday, 4/30
LP:
1.) Groups: essay 1,2 review (notebook checks)
Commentary (Paper 1) Review: 4/30 (3:00-5:00 p.m. in O33)
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Sample test passages with responses & scores
Commentary review PPT
Subject report comments
Reading processes, etc. (review)
Friday, 5/1
Handouts:
N/A
Homework:
Note that today is the LAST DAY FOR ALL MAKE-UP WORK
LP:
1.) Groups: essay 1,2 review
Drama (Paper 2) Review: 5/1 (3:00-5:00 p.m. in O33)
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Paper 2 Major handout review
Art of drama/tragedy handout review
Prompt practice
Sample responses & scores
Review quizzes, etc.
Monday, 5/4
PAPER 1 EXAM (COMMENTARY): A.M. @ ERAU
Drama (Paper 2) Review #2
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Readings of 4 plays / major handouts review
Tuesday, 5/5
PAPER 2 EXAM (DRAMA): P.M. @ ERAU