AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION II
DATE
Monday
4/21
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
 Quite quiz
HW= prepare for Socratic seminar tomorrow, come to class with
questions
 Socratic seminar: Part II of Fast Food Nation
Tuesday
4/22
Wednesday
 Continue discussion, if needed
4/23
 Reading time: Epilogue and Afterword (pgs. 255-290)
Thursday
 Reading time: Epilogue and Afterword (pgs. 255-290)
4/24
HW= prepare for Socratic seminar tomorrow, come to class with
questions
Friday
 Socratic seminar: Epilogue and Afterword of Fast Food Nation
4/25
DATE
Monday
4/28
Tuesday
4/29
Wednesday
4/30
Thursday
5/1
Friday
5/2
DATE
Monday
5/5
Tuesday
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
 Computer lab to write mini-essays
 Computer lab to complete mini-essays
 Read McDonaldization essay for Socratic seminar and
discussion tomorrow
HW= prepare for Socratic seminar tomorrow, come to class with
questions
 Socratic seminar: McDonaldization
 Pick up 2-3 other essays to read and evaluate (How do these
essays add to/enhance/diverge from Schlosser’s views?)
 Reading time for essays
HW= Evaluations
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TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
Collect evaluations
Introduce the portfolio and research paper assignment
Discussion of potential topics
Challenges of true research (mini-lesson)
5/6
Wednesday
5/7
Thursday
5/8
Friday
5/9
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Library/lab to choose sources
Library/lab to choose sources
Research diary
Purpose of an annotated bibliography
Bibliography assignment (Works Cited)
Work day on portfolio and research paper
Movie: Fast Food Nation
DATE
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
Monday
 Collect Bibliography/Works Cited assignment
5/12
 Movie: Fast Food Nation
Tuesday
 Movie: Fast Food Nation
5/13
Wednesday EXAM DAY (in room 255!) - Study hall for those not taking it will
5/14
meet in the school library
Thursday
 Discussion: Have you ever been lucky enough to receive a
5/15
meaningful letter?
 Katie Couric article
 Revisit the issue
Friday
 Letter writing as a form of writing
5/16
 Read Garrison Keillor, “How to Write a Letter”
 Considerations of letters: audience and personal expectations
DATE
Monday
5/19
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Tuesday
5/20
Wednesday
5/21
Thursday
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TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
Writing a letter to an audience with opinions different than
yours
Focus for reading: tone, diction/word choice, structure
Read Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham
Jail” and Chief Seattle
Discuss similarities and differences between the letters
Change of focus: letters of advice
Timed writing: your advice regarding…
Group activity: George Eliot letter (discuss, write
introduction, and outline main points)
Prominence of letters of advice- change in relationship
5/22
Friday
5/23
DATE
Monday
5/26
Tuesday
5/27
Wednesday
5/28
Thursday
5/29
Friday
5/30
 Read and discuss Lord Chesterfield (pgs. 670-672)
 Timed writing: a letter to yourself with a twist
MEMORIAL DAY RECESS
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
MEMORIAL DAY
 Review keys to evaluating a letter
 Timed writing/unit test: business correspondence
 Review portfolio expectations
 Work time
 Daily diary
 Work time
 Daily diary
 Work time
 Daily diary
HW= 1st submission of completed research paper
DATE
Monday
6/2
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
 Collect research paper / conference
 Work time
 Daily diary
Tuesday
 Work time / conferences
6/3
 Daily diary
Wednesday
 Work time / conferences
6/4
 Daily diary
HW= Completed portfolio due tomorrow
Thursday
 Collect portfolio
6/5
 Graduation celebration
Friday
6/6
DATE
TOPIC/ACTIVITIES
Monday
6/9
Tuesday
6/10
Wednesday
6/11
Thursday
6/12
Friday
6/13
NO SCHOOL- WELCOME TO SUMMERTIME!