AP Lang./Comp.
Mon. 8/17
Essential Question/Learning
Targets:
ELAGSE11-12RI1: Cite
strong and thorough textual
evidence to support
analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the
text, including determining
where the text leaves
matters uncertain
Tues. 8/18
Essential Question/Learning
Targets:
ELAGSE11-12RI1: Cite strong
and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis
of what the text says
explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the
text, including determining
where the text leaves
matters uncertain
How can the SOAPS Strategy
enhance text analysis &
thesis development?
How can the SOAPS Strategy
enhance text analysis &
thesis development?
Wed. 8/19
Essential
Question/Learning
Targets:
ELAGSE11-12RL3:
Analyze the impact of
the author’s choices
regarding how to
develop and relate
elements of a story or
drama (e.g., where a
story is set, how the
action is ordered, how
the characters are
introduced and
developed)
Activator:
AP Language Intro Terms
QUIZ
Activator:
Read Alicia Keys“Revelation” & make
connection to Angelou’s &
Tan’s narratives
How can the SOAPS
Strategy enhance text
analysis & thesis
development?
Teaching and Learning
Strategies:
Discussion
Maya Angelou’s Champion
of the World- Identify
purpose, audience, point of
view, tone
SOAPS Strategy:
Maya Angelou’s Champion
of the World & Amy Tan’s
Teaching and Learning
Strategies:
Using SOAPS Strategy,
compare
Maya Angelou’s Champion of
the World & Amy Tan’s Fish
Cheeks
Review essay topic (Bedford
Reader p. 119)
How can an author
convey perspective
through narration?
Activator:
Discovery of Details
(Bedford Reader p. 101)
& answer the five W’s &
H for each narrative
Thurs. 8/20
Essential
Question/Learning
Targets:
ELAGSE11-12RL3:
Analyze the impact of
the author’s choices
regarding how to
develop and relate
elements of a story or
drama (e.g., where a
story is set, how the
action is ordered, how
the characters are
introduced and
developed)
How can the SOAPS
Strategy enhance text
analysis & thesis
development?
How can an author
convey perspective
through narration?
Activator:
Mini-Lesson- Thesis
Statements
Teaching and Learning
Strategies:
Fri. 8/21
Essential
Question/Learning
Targets:
ELAGSE11-12RL2:
Determine two or more
themes or central ideas of
text and analyze their
development over the
course of the text,
including how they
interact and build on one
another to produce a
complex account; provide
an objective summary of
the text
Activator:
Identifying theme activity
Teaching and Learning
Strategies:
Toni Morrison Biographical
background
Mini Novel Unit-- The
Bluest Eye
Instruction on Double
Entry Journals &
identifying theme
Summarizer:
Fish Cheeks
Summarizer:
Compare text analysis in
preparation for essay
assignment
Differentiation:
Students will use prior
knowledge, as well as a new
strategy in order to analyze
text. Students will work with
peers and assist one another
in the text analysis.
Read Scene vs. Summary
(Bedford Reader pp. 102103) to help with text
analysis
Summarizer:
Compare text analysis in
preparation for essay
assignment
Differentiation:
Students will use prior
knowledge, as well as a new
strategy in order to analyze
text. Students will work with
peers and assist one another
in the text analysis.
Teaching and Learning
Strategies:
Using SOAPS Strategy &
class discussion,
compose Champion of
the World/Fish Cheeks
ESSAY assignment Analyze the two
authors’ uses of
narration.
Summarizer:
Review the five W’s & H
for each narrative
Differentiation:
Students will work with
peers and assist one
another in the text
analysis.
Using SOAPS Strategy &
class discussion,
compose Champion of
the World/Fish Cheeks
ESSAY assignment Analyze the two authors’
uses of narration.
Summarizer:
Review the five W’s & H
for each narrative
Differentiation:
Students will work with
peers and assist one
another in the text
analysis.
Review of Double Entry
Journal assignment
Differentiation:
The Bluest Eye is an
independent reading
assignment. Students may
read the paperback, may
download the novel, or
they may listen to the
audiobook.