Friday
Wednesday/Thursday
Tuesday
Monday
Week of: 1-27-14
TLW:
Take quiz over
“Hop Frog,”
receive
directions for the
biography
project, present
IRA book for
participation
TLW:
Review the
questions and
answer choices
from Practice set
2 and will record
what types of
questions were
missed
TLW: Take a
vocabulary quiz.
Review the three
topics in their
synthesis binder
and choose the
topic over which
they will write a
synthesis essay.
Student will be
given the basics
of the elements
required for the
synthesis essay.
TLW:
Take a short quiz
over “The Stolen
White Elephant”
by Mark Twain
and discuss
Twain’s writing
style for the
humor genre
Teacher:
Hagans
Subject: AP Lang and Comp
Objective: Demonstrate mastery of recall and application of detail
Activities:
Students will take a 25 item reading comprehension quiz over Poe’s “Hop Frog.”
Instructions will be given for the essay to be written over the Independent
Reading Assignment – a president’s biography or autobiography. Students will
present their chosen book for a participation grade.
Materials:
Quiz, Scantrons, pencils, erasers, handout
Follow Up/HW: Read “The Stolen White Elephant” on Edmodo, flocab quiz on
block days, bring synthesis binder to class
Objective:
Make critical thinking decisions in the AP mult choice format
Activities:
Practice set 2 questions with answer choices will be reviewed. Students will label
each question with a specific question type and tally those missed by type to be
retained to compare with the next practice set.
Materials:
Scantrons, graded, individual student set of questions and answer choices, paper
and pen
Follow Up/HW: : Read “The Stolen White Elephant” on Edmodo, flocab quiz on
block days, bring synthesis binder to class
Objective: Evaluate information to complete the synthesis essay
Activities:
Students will take the flocabulary quiz over “Dr. Doctor”
Students will choose which of the three topics in their binders that interest them
the most. This will be the topic over which they will write a practice synthesis
essay. Students will write the introductory paragraph, reviewing “Becausetherefore-since” process.
Materials:
Students synthesis binder with three topics, paper, pen
Follow Up/HW:
Read “The Stolen White Elephant” on Edmodo for quiz Friday
Objective: Demonstrate mastery in reading for details and analyzing literary and
syntactical devices in a fiction piece.
Activities:
Take a quiz over Twain’s short story. Continue working on the synthesis binder
essay.
Materials:
Handout, Scantron, pencil, synthesis binder
Follow Up/HW:
Read IRA book and take notes to be used in essay.
*TLW=”The Learner Will” and it describes what the student will be doing in class on that day.
AP Language and Composition is a living entity. We grow and change every day. The Lesson Plans are
intended to be the skeleton around which we build. Changes will occur.