January 18, 2013
“It’s a ‘Frenzied Francine Friday,
and because it’s Friday, you
know what that means…!”
AP Language and
Composition
Mr. Houghteling
“It’s great to be alive!”
AGENDA
 Review
of quiz scores.
 Reading and Analyzing “I Know Why
the Caged Bird Cannot Read.”
 Discussion of Homework and
Dialectical Journal.
Leon Botstein Quiz
 Average:
64.79%
 Median: 63%
 Mode: 72%
 Highest Score: 81%
 Lowest Score: 27%
Percent of Students
35%
30%
25%
20%
Percent of Students
15%
10%
5%
0%
A
B
C
D
F
Percent of Students
A
B
D
F
C
Visual Literacy: Argument
“Two Scoreboards” –Edward Koren
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View the visual argument. Analyze it like you would
a written text.
What subject is Koren depicting?
Does Koren make a claim? If so, what is it?
Do the words support the images or vice versa?
What point is being made about the relationship
between sports and academics? Do you agree?
What does the American flag add to the impact of
the cartoon?
Prediction…
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Consider the title of our next text: “I Know Why
the Caged Bird Cannot Read.”
Make a prediction (WRITE IT DOWN!) about
what you think the text will be about.
As you’re writing, please consider the allusion
(“Caged Bird”) that is present in the title.
Maya Angelou—I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings
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“First published in 1970, I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings is a ‘survivor’ memoir, a first-person
narrative of victimization and recovery. Angelou
transports us to her childhood in segregated
Arkansas, where she was raised by her
grandmother and was mostly content, despite the
unpleasantness of her white neighbors, until, after
a move to St. Louis, eight-year-old Maya was
raped by her mother’s boyfriend.”
Make a Dialectical Journal
 NOTE-TAKING
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Quotations
 NOTE-MAKING
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Your responses,
comments, or questions
about the quotations
you’ve selected.
HOMEWORK
 Read
pages 89
through 91 of Francine
Prose’s essay.
 Take a moment to
realize why we are
taking a day off…