AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
UNIT 2—HOME AND FAMILY
NOVEMBER 12, 2007-JANUARY 25, 2008
 November 12
 No School—Veterans’ Day
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 Finish The Picture of Dorian
Gray
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 Discussion and Class
Generated Rhetorical
Triangle for “Mother Tongue”
 HW: a) Five Canon Analysis
of “Mother Tongue” b) Define
Week 12 Vocabulary
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 Peer Evaluations and
Changes of Five Canons
Analysis of “Mother Tongue”
 HW: Make any necessary
changes to your Five
Canons Analysis of “Mother
Tongue”
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 “A Modest Proposal”
Imitation Exercise Overview
 SOAPSTone Strategy
Overview (Lecture and Note
Taking)
 HW: a) Finish or reread “A
Modest Proposal” (pp. 708716) b) Begin “A Modest
Proposal” Imitation Exercise
c) Define Week 13
Vocabulary
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 Reading Check Bell Ringer
Quiz
 The Rhetorical Triangle and
“A Modest Proposal”—Class
Generated
 HW: Continue work on “A
Modest Proposal” Imitation
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 Rhetorical Triangle Class
Review and Note Taking
 Five Canons Class Review
and Note Taking
 HW: a) Read “Neat People
vs. Sloppy People” (online)
b) Complete a Rhetorical
Triangle for “Neat People...”
c) Define Week 11
Vocabulary
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 Language Lesson—
Sentence Combining
 HW: a) Read “A Modest
Proposal” (pp. 708-716) b)
Begin studying all Unit 1
Vocabulary and strategies
for Exam 3 c) Begin
organizing binder for Binder
Check #2
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 Rhetorical Triangle for
“Neat People…” due
 Finish Five Canons Class
Review and Note Taking
 Five Canons Group Analysis
of “Neat People…”
 HW: Finish Group Analysis
of “Neat People”
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 “Neat People vs. Sloppy
People” Group Analysis Mini
Presentations
 HW: a) Read “Mother
Tongue” (pp. 729-735) b)
Answer questions 1-3 at the
bottom of page 735. Do not
worry about writing complete
essays.
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 No School—Thanksgiving
Holiday
 HW: a) Read “A Modest
Proposal” (pp. 708-716) b)
Begin studying all Unit 1
Vocabulary and strategies
for Exam 3 c) Begin
organizing binder for Binder
Check #2
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 No School—Thanksgiving
Holiday
 HW: a) Read “A Modest
Proposal” (pp. 708-716) b)
Begin studying all Unit 1
Vocabulary and strategies
for Exam 3 c) Begin
organizing binder for Binder
Check #2
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 Five Canons and “A Modest
Proposal” Group Worksheet
 HW: Continue work on “A
Modest Proposal” Imitation
 29
 SOAPSTone Analysis and “A
Modest Proposal”—Class
Discussion
 HW: Continue work on “A
Modest Proposal” Imitation
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Exam #3
Binder Check #2
HW: Continue work on “A
Modest Proposal” Imitation
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
UNIT 2—HOME AND FAMILY
NOVEMBER 12, 2007-JANUARY 25, 2008
 December 3
 In-Class Work on “A Modest
Proposal” Imitation
 HW: a) Define Week 14
Vocabulary b) Finish “A
Modest Proposal” Imitation
 10
 Ethan Frome Essay
Overview
 Interrelationships Among
Mattie, Zeena, and Ethan
 HW: a) Define Week 15
Vocabulary b) Read chapters
5-6
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 Ethan Frome Essay due
 Practice Multiple Choice and
Review
 HW: None
 January 7
 Literary Device Extra
Credit Scrapbook due
 Family Synthesis Question
Group Essay Overview
 Group Selection (Members
and Questions)
 HW: Begin work on
Synthesis Group Essay
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 “A Modest Proposal”
Imitation due
 How to Read a Novel—
Nabokov Briefly Revisited
 Ethan Frome Introduction
and Note Taking
 HW: a) Read the prologue of
Ethan Frome b) What do we
learn about the title character
and his home/family life?
 11
 Author Created Tension
 HW: a) Read chapters 7-9
b) How does Wharton use
symbolism to reinforce plot
development in
Ethan Frome? Discuss
specific examples.
 18
 Lord Chesterfield Timed
Writing Assessment
 HW: None
8
 In-Class Work on Group
Synthesis Question
 HW: Continue Work on
American Family Synthesis
Group Essay
5
 Character Introductions:
Ethan—“the ruin of a man”—
and Zeena—“the greatest
hand at doctoring”
 HW: a) Read chapter 1 b)
What is the effect of the
change of point of view from
the prologue? Explain.
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 Point of View and Setting in
Ethan Frome
 Deliberateness of the Author
 HW: a) Read chapters 2-4
b) Describe the relationships
among each of the three
primary characters.
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 No School—Staff
Development Day
 HW: a) Read chapters 2-4
b) Describe the relationships
among each of the three
primary characters.
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 Symbolism in the Novel
 HW: a) Read the epilogue b)
What does the presence of
the unnamed “narrator” in
the story’s prologue and
epilogue contribute to the
effect of the novel?
 19
 Lord Chesterfield Timed
Writing Class Review—
Rhetorical Triangle and Five
Canons
 HW: Complete class work
activity
9
 In-Class Work on Group
Synthesis Question
 HW: Continue Work on
American Family Synthesis
Group Essay
 13
 Ethan Frome—A Final
Discussion: Why You Should
Have Seen It Coming
 HW: Continue work on Ethan
Frome essay
 14
 In-Class Work on Ethan
Frome Essay
 HW: Finish work on Ethan
Frome essay
 20
 Lord Chesterfield
SOAPSTone Analysis
Worksheet—Groups
 HW: Complete class work
activity
 21
 Practice Multiple Choice and
Review
 Overview of Semester Extra
Credit Assignment
 HW: Literary Device Extra
Credit Scrapbook
 11
 In-Class Work on Group
Synthesis Question
 HW: Finish Work on
American Family Synthesis
Group Essay
 10
 In-Class Work on Group
Synthesis Question
 HW: Continue Work on
American Family Synthesis
Group Essay
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
UNIT 2—HOME AND FAMILY
NOVEMBER 12, 2007-JANUARY 25, 2008
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 American Family
Synthesis Group Essay
due
 Rodriguez Timed Writing
Assessment Practice
 HW: a) Organize binders for
Binder Check b) Study all
vocabulary for
Comprehensive Vocabulary
Assessment (Next Tuesday)
 21
 No School—MLK Day
 HW: Study all vocabulary for
Comprehensive Vocabulary
Assessment (Tuesday)
 15
 Rodriguez Timed Writing
Assessment Practice
 HW: a) Organize binders for
Binder Check b) Study all
vocabulary for
Comprehensive Vocabulary
Assessment (Next Tuesday)
 16
 Practice Multiple Choice and
Review
 HW: HW: a) Organize
binders for Binder Check b)
Study all vocabulary for
Comprehensive Vocabulary
Assessment (Tuesday)
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No Class—Semester Exams
(Odd Periods)
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Semester Exam
Binder Check #3
HW: Study all vocabulary for
Comprehensive Vocabulary
Assessment (Tuesday)
 22
 Comprehensive
Vocabulary Assessment
 HW: None
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 Impact of Commercial
Advertising on the American
Family—Rhetoric of
Advertising
 HW: None
 24
 Impact of Commercial
Advertising on the American
Family—Rhetoric of
Advertising
 HW: None
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 No School—End of Quarter