AP Calendar – Quarter 2
Date
Wed 10/29 &
Thurs 10/30
Plans
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Graduation Project Q&A
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Timed Prompt – Argumentative
Day 24
Mon 11/3 & Tues
11/4
Read from Education (102), and “Why I’m Asking You to Not Use Your Laptop this Year (posted) (11/5 &11/6)
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Detail #1
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Review Toumlin Method for Argumentation
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Peer Score Argumentative Essays
Day 25
HW: Graduation Project Proposal – due 11/12 & 11/13
Wed 11/5 & Thurs
11/6
Day 26
Fri 11/7 & Mon
11/10
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Detail #2
Discuss Writing Prompts Paper 2.1
Discuss Mode of Process
Discuss from Education
Discuss “Why I’m Asking You to Not Use Your Laptop this Year” (posted)
HW: Read “A Talk to Teachers”
Detail #3
Discuss “A Talk to Teachers”
Day 27
Wed 11/12 &
Thurs 11/13
HW: Read “The Proper Place for Sports” (449) and “Kill “Em! Crush ‘Em! Eat “Em Raw!” (453)
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Discuss Compare and Contrast
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Discuss “The Proper Place for Sports”
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Timed Prompt – argumentative
Day 28
Day 29
HW: Read “For Fasting and Football, a Dedicated Game Plan” (473)
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Detail #4
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Discuss Exemplification
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Discuss “Kill “Em! Crush ‘Em! Eat “Em Raw!”
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Discuss “For Fasting and Football, a Dedicated Game Plan”
Tues 11/18 & Wed
11/19
HW: Bring four copies of draft into class for Writing Workshop.
Annotated Bibliography due 12/4 & 12/5
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Review Annotated Bibliography Requirements
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Writing Workshop
Fri 11/14 & Mon
11/17
Day 30
Thurs 11/20 & Fri
11/21
Day 31
Mon 11/24 & Tues
11/25
Day 32
Mon 12/1 & Tues
12/2
Day 33
Wed 12/3 & Thurs
12/4
HW: Final Papers due Thursday 11/20 & Friday 11/21
Annotated Bibliography due 12/4 & 12/5
Read “Mother Tongue” (542), (556), and “Bilingualism in America: English Should Be the Official Language” (562)
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Imagery #1
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Discuss Writing Prompts Paper 2.2
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Discuss “Mother Tongue”
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Discuss “Always Living in Spanish”
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Discuss “Bilingualism in America: English Should Be the Official Language”
HW: Bring The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven to class
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven Collaborative Lesson #2
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HW: Read “Politics and the English Language” (529) and “Conversation: Focus on Current Language Usage” (579-589) for 12/1 &
12/2
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MC
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Discuss Cause and Effect
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Discuss “Politics and the English Language”
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Group Discussion: Talking as Sources
HW: Read and annotate Chapter 7 of 5 Steps
Read “Silence and the Notion of the Commons” (641) and “Into the Electronic Millennium” (647)
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Timed Prompt – analytical
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Discuss “Silence and the Notions of the Commons”
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Discuss “Into the Electronic Millennium”
Day 34
HW: Read and Annotate “From Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” (posted) and “The Future of Happiness” (623) and “The Cosmic
Calendar (671)
Progress Report
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Day 35
Tues 12/9 & Wed
12/10
HW: Finish Drafts for Writing Workshop.
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Tone #1
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Writing Workshop
Day 36
HW: Final draft Paper 2.2: Tuesday 12/10 & Wed 12/11
Read and Annotate” “Conversation: Focus on the Ethics of Genetics Technology” (
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Tone #2
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MC
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Collaborative Source Discussion
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Discussion of Visual Texts
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Introduction to Synthesis
Fri 12/5 & Mon
12/8
Thurs 12/11 & Fri
12/12
Day 37
Mon 12/15 & Tues
12/16
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Imagery #2
MC
Discuss “The Future of Happiness
Discuss “From Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven #3
HW: Read Chapter 7 of 5 Steps (Synthesis Essay)
Day 38
Wed 12/17 &
Thurs 12/18
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Day 39
Fri 12/19 & Mon
1/5
Day 40
Tues 1/6 & Wed
1/7
Tone #4
Synthesis Essay
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Read, annotate, and write
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Read sample student essays; grade
HW: None (Bring 5 Steps when returning from break)
Read and annotate Chapter 9 of 5 Steps for Review
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Review Synthesis Essay w/ Samples
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HW: Read “Conversation: Focus on Body Image” (482-492)
Tone #5
Collaborative Source Activity
Thank You For Arguing Project, Day 1
Day 41
Thurs 1/8 & Fri 1/9
Day 42
Thurs 1/9 & Fri
1/10
Day 43
Mon 1/12 - Tues
1/20
Have a Nice Break
Thank You For Arguing Project, Day 2
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Multiple Choice (45% of Semester Exam)
SEMESTER EXAMS
Day 43
Tentative Grades for Quarter 2
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Major
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Paper 2.1 – 100
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Paper 2.2 - 100
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Argumentative Prompt – 50
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Analytical Prompt – 50
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TYFA Project – 50
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Collaborative Discussions - 90
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Minor
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3 MC - 75
Annotation - 25
Annotated Bibliography - 50
Group response to Essay – 25
GP Topic and Thesis - 25