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AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
QUARTER 3 LEARNING SCHEDULE
Text/Content
Revision Writing Workshop
Distribute The Great Gatsby
Introduce New Vocabulary (01/14) – caustic, esoteric, inflammatory, euphemistic, idiomatic, trite, pedantic,
pretentious, nostalgic, didactic
Due: Argument & Rhetorical Analysis Revisions
from “Walking” Multiple Choice Practice (392 – 103)
“Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865” Multiple Choice Practice (417 – 419)
Analyze for rhetorical devices (418)
“Song of Myself” by Whitman (426 – 427) Imagery, context, diction, syntax (free-verse)
Emily Dickinson, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” (433) Metaphor/conceit, symbolism, form/syntax
Homework: Read “Taking off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes” (437)
from “Democratic Vistas” Multiple Choice Practice (430 – 431)
ACT multiple choice practice (English)
Introduction to Regionalism and Naturalism (454 – 473)
Introduction to Regionalism and Naturalism (454 – 473)
Regionalism/Naturalism Quiz
Vocabulary Test (diction modifiers and multiple choice terms)
Read 2005 Q2 B (485); Write a body paragraph based on the text with given thesis (486)
Homework: Read about Jesse Stuart (487); Finish reading “Another April” and annotating for rhetorical devices and
evidence(s) of regionalism
New Vocabulary Terms: glib, disdain, inexorable, aloof, feign, impressionistic, strident, conciliatory, surreptitious,
capricious.
Naturalism & “The Red Badge of Courage” Multiple Choice Practice (499 – 501)
ACT Practice (Reading passage)
Begin reading and annotating “Law of Life” (502 – 507)
Homework: Finish reading ”Law of Life” & Answer Questions pages 508 – 509
Jigsaw with “Law of Life” (510 – 511)
Multiple Choice Practice (519)
ACT Practice (English)
Introduce and Practice Conclusion writing with old essays
Practice Conclusion writing with old essays
Jan 24
Jan 25
NO SCHOOL
Vocabulary Test
Introduce Modes of Writing (compare/contrast, definition, cause/effect, narration, process analysis)
Introduce Compare & Contrast Rhetorical Analysis (543 – 550)
“Okefenokee Swamp” (552) – Complete pages 551, 553, 554 (T.S.)
Introduce New Vocabulary Words: effusive, terse, scornful, reverent, acerbic, cynical, melodramatic, evocative,
bemused, churlish
Body Paragraph Writing Workshop for “Okefenokee Swamp” (552) – Compare/Contrast R.A.
Peer Review
Compare/Contrast R.A. (choose prompt between 556 – 567)
Complete Pages 564, 565, Topic sentence skeleton bottom of 565
Full Rhetorical Analysis Compare Contrast (thesis, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion)
Jan 28
Vocabulary Test
New Vocabulary Words: double entendre, inimitable, poignant, self-deprecating, ambivalence, aesthetics, ingratiating,
dispassionate, allusive, laconic
Introduce Definition Essay (536 – 542)
Brainstorm Topics (refer to list of 100 UI’s, page 25)
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Revision Writing Workshop
Revision Writing Workshop
Revision Writing Workshop
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Definition Essay Writing Workshop
Definition Essay Writing Workshop
Definition Essay Peer Review
Review Visual Arguments (568 – 577)
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Vocabulary Test
Introduce Synthesis Essay (578 – 584)
New Vocabulary Words: discursive, grandiose, irreverent, picturesque, placid, wry, whimsical, wistful, facetious,
sanguine
Thesis and Topic Sentences for Synthesis Prompt (578 – 584)
Homework: Read & Annotate from “The Jungle” (585 – 592); Read and Annotate from “The Breast of Mr. McDonald”
from Fast Food Nation (611 – 614)
Body Paragraph Construction for Synthesis
DUE: Reading and Annotation for “The Jungle” (585 – 592) & “The Breast of Mr. McDonald” from Fast Food Nation (611
– 614)
Locavore Synthesis Prompt (621 – 627)
Thesis Statement + Body Paragraph (partner)
DUE: Definition Essay
Introduce Cause & Effect Writing (629 – 642)
2007Q1 Synthesis Prompt (643 – 649)
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Vocabulary Test
Writing Workshop: 2007Q1 Synthesis Prompt (643 – 649)
New Vocabulary Words: burlesque, candid, flippant, haughty, insipid, earnest, choleric, condescension, quizzical,
acrimony
Peer Review for 2007Q1 Synthesis Prompt (643 – 649)
Multiple Choice Practice
ACT practice (Reading passage)
Multiple Choice Practice (English)
Final Copy (typed) of 2007Q1 Synthesis Prompt (643 – 649)
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Vocabulary Test
Introduction to Harlem Renaissance and Modernism (651 – 671)
New Vocabulary Words: arcane, banal, absolved, reproved, coalesce, censure, apologist, capitulate, diatribe, ambiguous
Introduction to Harlem Renaissance and Modernism (651 – 671)
Harlem Renaissance and Modernism Quiz
Homework: Read & Annotate “Dust Tracks on a Road” (679 – 682) narrative devices and context
Rhetorical Analysis (685) narrative devices and context analysis (in class)
from “The Music of Poetry” Multiple Choice Practice (673 – 675)
ACT Practice (Reading passage)
Harlem Renaissance Poetry (676 – 678) tone, diction, figurative devices, context
MOCK EXAM
Vocabulary Test
“A Rose for Emily” (690 – 696)
Homework: Finish reading and annotating (for narrative devices) “A Rose for Emily” (690 – 696)
Discussion on “A Rose for Emily”
Multiple Choice Practice Questions (697)
“The Lottery” (698 – 702) Read and annotate for narrative devices
Discussion on “The Lottery”
Compare/Contrast mood in short story and short film
Mar 4 The Great Gatsby Reading Test
Mar 5 ACT TEST
Mar 6 Presentation Preparation
Mar 7 Presentation Preparation
Mar 8 Presentations
* 100 discretionary points, schedule subject to change based on determined remediation/enrichment.
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