Date
Thurs. 8/25 &
Fri. 8/26
.AP Calendar – Quarter 1
Plans
 Welcome – attendance, syllabus, materials (comp. book, post-it notes; hand out Patterns)
 Summer reading – test on 8/31 & 9/1 (see Scarlet Letter study guide for help)
 AP expectations
 Study of Language and Composition
 Timed Prompt (40 minutes)
HW:
Mon 8/29 &
Tues. 8/30
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Obtain supplies
Print out syllabus, diction packet and diction chart from website
Prepare for summer reading test (COW & SL)
Bring in $13 for 5 Steps – due Wed 9/7 and Thurs 9/8
Voice Lesson #1 - Diction
Review syllabus
Reading Critically
o Read article
o Annotation/Highlighting – How to? Why? What?
o Gates – “What’s in a Name?” – practice annotation
HW:
Wed. 8/31 &
Thurs. 9/1
Fri. 9/2 & Tues
9/6
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Obtain supplies
Prepare for summer reading test (COW & SL)
Print out diction packet and diction chart from website
Bring in $13 for 5 Steps – due Wed 9/7 and Thurs 9/8
Summer Reading Test
HW: Bring in $13 for 5 Steps – due Wed 9/7 and Thurs 9/8
 VL #2 - Diction
 Discuss diction
o Review diction packet
o “The Rattler” – diction chart; review written analysis
o “A Typical School Day” – diction chart
Wed 9/7 &
Thurs 9/8
HW: Complete diction charts if not completed in class
Bring in $13 for 5 Steps – due Wed 9/7 and Thurs 9/8
 VL #3 – Diction
 Grade objective portion of summer reading test
 Finish discussing diction
 Complete diction chart for “My Wood”; discuss
Fri. 9/9 & Mon.
9/12
HW: Choose passage from COW or SL found on website; complete diction analysis of passage
 VL #4 - Diction
 Aims and Modes Discussion; analyze modes of essays in packet
 Rhetorical triangle
HW:
Tues 9/13 &
Wed. 9/14
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Read and annotate Patterns, Narration pp. 71-83
Read and annotate “My Mother Never Worked” p. 96
Read and annotate “Scrubbing in Maine” p. 106
Review strong student analyses of diction; assign second passage if necessary
Intro to narration
Discuss “My Mother Never Worked” and “Scrubbing in Maine”
HW:
Read and annotate “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder” p. 101
Write diction analysis of assigned passage
Print out OPTIC from website
Read and annotate “Shooting an Elephant” p. 117 – due 9/19 & 9/20
Print out syntax packet & syntax analysis chart – due 9/19 & 9/20
Read and annotate Writing Process, pp. 13-68 - due 9/21 & 9/22
Thurs. 9/15 &
Fri. 9/16
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Visual Texts
o OPTIC
o Analyze Marvel Comics, p. 82
o Analyze other visual texts in groups
Discuss “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder
HW:
Mon 9/19 &
Tues 9/20
Wed. 9/21 &
Thurs. 9/22
Fri. 9/23 & Mon
9/26
Tues 9/27 &
Wed 9/28
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Read and annotate “Shooting an Elephant” p. 117
Print out syntax packet and chart
Read and annotate Writing Process, pp. 13-68 - due 9/21 & 9/22
VL #5 - Diction
Discuss “Shooting an Elephant”
Syntax – discuss; chart from “Scarlet Ibis”
HW: Read and annotate Writing Process, pp. 13-68
 Quiz on Writing Process; discuss
 Syntax cont. – excerpt from Friday Night Lights OR Didion on water
 Write syntax analysis of preceding excerpt
 Review narrative topics, p. 132
HW: Write narrative essay draft – due 9/27 & 9/28
Read 5 Steps on analytical essays, pp. 77-110
 What Manner of Beast?
 Review strategies for analytical essay
 Timed Prompt
HW: Finish narrative drafts
 Grammar Review #1
 Writing Workshop
o Model
o Work in groups (complete 2 essays)
HW:
Thurs 9/29 &
Fri 9/30
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Revise drafts
Read and annotate Intro to Description, pp. 135-152 – Mon 10/3 & Tues 10/4
Read and annotate “Ground Zero” p. 158 – due Mon 10/3 & Tues 10/4
Grammar Review #2
Graded MC
Finish writing workshop (complete 2 essays)
Final essays – review rubric & formatting
HW:
Mon 10/3 &
Tues 10/4
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Read and annotate Intro to Description, pp. 135-152
Read and annotate “Ground Zero” p. 158
Final draft of narrative
Grammar Review #3
Visual Text – p. 151
Description – discuss
“Ground Zero” – discuss
Read and annotate “Living Like Weasels” p. 164
Read 5 Steps on multiple choice, pp.77-110 – due 10/8 & 10/9
Discuss “Living Like Weasels”
Grammar Review for Test
o Dear John – punctuate for tone
o Exercises
HW:
Wed 10/5 &
Thurs 10/6
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HW:
Fri 10/7 & Mon
10/10
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Review for grammar test
Read and annotate “Once More to the Lake” p. 175 – due 10/11 & 10/12
Read and annotate “The Storm” p. 183 - due 10/12 & 10/13
Grammar Test
HW:
Tues 10/11 &
Wed. 10/12
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Read and annotate “Once More to the Lake” p. 175
Read and annotate “The Storm” p. 183
VL #1 - Syntax
Discuss “Once More to the Lake” and “The Storm”
Review Descriptive essay topics – p. 189
HW:
Thurs. 10/13
Fri. 10/14
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Write descriptive essay draft
Print out tone packet - due 10/19 & 10/20
VL #2 – Syntax
Writing Workshop
HW:
Mon. 10/17 &
Tues. 10/18
Wed. 10/19 &
Thurs. 10/20
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Write final descriptive essay
Bring Thank You For Arguing to class
Print out tone packet for 10/19 and 10/20
VL #3 - Syntax
Collect essay
Thank You for Arguing
o Seminar
o Assign project
HW: Print out tone packet
Thank You for Arguing project due 10/25 and 10/26
Read Chapter 3 Multiple Choice from 5 Steps,– due 10/25 & 10/26
 VL #4 – Syntax
 Graded MC
 Discuss tone packet
 Model Timed Prompt – Santa Ana Winds
HW:
Fri. 10/21 &
Mon. 10/24
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Thank You for Arguing project due 10/25 and 10/26
Read Chapter 3 Multiple Choice from 5 Steps – due 10/25 & 10/26
VL #5 - Syntax
Finish tone work using model timed prompt – Santa Ana Winds
Graduation Project Overview – components, topics, mentors, etc.
HW:
Tues 10/25 &
Wed. 10/26
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Thank You for Arguing project due 10/26 and 10/27
Read Chapter 3 Multiple Choice from section 5 Steps – due 10/25 & 10/26
**MUST BRING 5 STEPS 10/26 AND 10/27**
Create a plan of action for graduation project (see handout)
Multiple Choice Diagnostic
Grade in class
Read Chapter Argumentative Essays from 5 Steps – due 10/27 & 10/31
Review diagnostic from 5 Steps (pp. 51-61) and highlight unknown rhetorical terms (not VOCAB)
VL #5 – Syntax
Graduation Project Q & A
Timed Prompt – Argumentative (2nd quarter grade)
Hand out sample essays to students for homework
HW:
*End Q1
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Tues. 11/2&
Wed. 11/3
HW: Annotate and grade sample essays using rubric and explain grade; Self-score argumentative essay
Create a plan of action for graduation project (see handout)
 Discuss argumentative essays – strengths, weaknesses, problems, etc.
 Toulmin method – Claim, Data, Warrant (use student examples to model)
Thurs 10/27 &
Mon. 10/31
HW: Read and annotate Chapter 6 (Synthesis Essay) from 5 Steps
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Major Grades for Quarter 1
o Summer Reading Test – 100
o Narrative Essay – 100
o Timed Prompt – 50
o Grammar Test – 100
o Descriptive Essay – 100
o TYFA Work - 50
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Minor Grades for Quarter 1
o 2 Diction analyses of assigned passages – 50
o Syntax analysis – 25
o Writing Process Quiz – 50
o 2 MC – 50