AP English
Mary Florio
2015_16
Week 7
October 12
A Day
5
6
NO CLASS
NATURE
We’ll review periodic and
cumulative sentences.
40 minute periods
We will begin to read the essay
“Against Nature” by Joyce Carol
Oates. Please finish for
homework. (This isn’t in your
textbook, and neither is the next,
so you won’t need your books for
a few days.)
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
October 13
B Day
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
October 14
C Day
PSAT Testing
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
NATURE
NATURE
You’ll be working with the text in
groups to respond to various
assigned questions. We’ll discuss
all these during this period.
You’ll be working with the text in
groups to respond to various
assigned questions. We’ll discuss
all these during this period.
NO CLASS
NATURE
You will read “Small Wonder” by
Barbara Kingsolver and identify
rhetorical strategies. What is her
argument?
There will be a quiz on this work
next class. You will be able to use
your notes and the essay.
October 15
D Day
NATURE
NATURE
Quiz -- “Small Wonder”
You will read “Small Wonder” by
Barbara Kingsolver and identify
rhetorical strategies. What is her
argument?
I will be at a workshop.
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
October 16
A Day
SPIRIT DAY
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
There will be a quiz on this work
next class. You will be able to use
your notes and the essay.
NO CLASS
Quiz -- “Small Wonder”