English IV AP
Kempner High School
1st Nine Weeks
2014-2015 School Year Stevenson
MONDAY
AUGUST
25 Go over calendar and
discuss what
makes for a
satisfactory
ending/ read
survivor story
TUESDAY
26 Assign Jigsaw groups and
sections from How to Read
Literature Like a Professor
WEDNESDAY
27 All classes meet with Mr.
Morgan
THURSDAY
28 Present (daily grade)
findings from Jigsaw groups
to class/ brainstorm essay
ideas
FRIDAY
29 How to write a good
thesis sentence- answer the
questions. Construct thesis
sentences which apply How
to Read Literature Like a
Professor to A Life of Pi
SEPTEMBER 1
Labor Day - No School
2 Share thesis sentences on
ELMO and polish into
introductions/ Discussion of
plagiarism (daily grade)
3 Life of Pi essay due by
midnight to Turnitin.com
(Major Grade)
Read articles on series
endings and develop
questions for Socratic
Seminar
4 Watch survivor videoWhat survival traits does Pi
possess?
5
8 Examine AP Literature
open ended prompts from
the past and look for
patterns/ Methods for
breaking down an AP
prompt and using the
pieces to construct your
introduction
15 Timed Writing- open
9 Meeting with Mrs.
Campbell to register for
Navience
10 AP lit multiple choice
diagnostic
11 go over answers/ issue
Beowulf books (double
daily grade)
12 Notes on Anglo Saxons
and Beowulf
Video clip:
Socratic Seminar over Life
of Pi and course readings/
viewings ( daily grade)
http://www.bagbybeow
ulf.com/video/index.ht
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16 Read excerpt from
Sarum on how Wergild
worked and compare to
modern day court system
17
ended prompt (Major
Grade for next progress
report)
18 Assign Beowulf comic
books and discuss author’s
purpose/ choose theme for
this year’s book/ choose
roles
19 Progress Report #1
Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
22 Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
23 Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
24 Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
25
Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
/ peer evaluations (daily
grade)
26
County Fair Day – No School
29 Class time to work on
Beowulf comics
Comic book project due!
(Double Daily Grade)
30 Begin college application
essays- examine what makes
for a strong essay and a
weak essay- as well as why
you should write one (you
will need to know your
prompt by now)
OCTOBER 1 Look at good
examples of narration
essays- what did you learn
about the writer? Can you
reveal too much?
Brainstorm for your own
essay
2 Notes on linguistics/
assign readings from “A
History of the English
Language”
3
Progress Report #2
Watch PBS’ History of the
English Language
6 Watch PBS’s Do You
Speak American/ mini
language study
7 Quiz over Linguistics
packet (daily grade)
8 Read “Is Texting Killing
the English Language” and
“English: it's a neologism
thang, innit”
9 Linguistics fishbowlshould America have a
national language? (daily
grade)
10
Notes on Canterbury Tales
and the continuing changes
to the English language
13 Read Wife of Bath’s Tale
What do women really
want?
HW: Read Pardoner’s Tale
14 Unit Test (Major Grade)
15 All day testing
PLAN (9th grade)
PSAT (10th & 11th grade)
ASVAB (12th grade)
16 Peer edit college
application essays (daily
grade for rough draft)/ due
by midnight to turnitin.com
(double daily grade for next
nine weeks)
17 End of 1st 9 Weeks
Fishbowl- what is more
effective- the system of
Wergild or our current
justice system (daily grade)
Major grades: Owen Meany Essay, Open Ended Timed Writing, Unit Test
Daily Grades: Jig Saw Presentations, Fishbowl (2), Socratic Seminar (1), AP MC Practice (2), Peer
Evaluation, Beowulf Comic (2), Linguistics Quiz, College Application Essay Rough Draft
Kempner High School
2ND Nine Weeks
2013-2014 School Year
English IV AP
MONDAY
OCTOBER 21
TAKS Retest (all week)
22
TUESDAY
23
WEDNESDAY
24
THURSDAY
25
FRIDAY
28
29
30
31
NOVEMBER 1
4
5
DA—ENG I, II, III (Writing)
DA—ALG I, ALG II,
GEOMETRY, MMA
6
DA—ENG I, II, III (Writing)
DA—ALG I, ALG II,
GEOMETRY, MMA
7
8
Progress Report #3
11
12
13
14
15
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
DECEMBER 2
3
4
5
6
Progress Report #4
9
10
11
12
13
16
17
18
19
20
THANKSGIVING BREAK
End of semester
FINAL EXAMS
23
WINTER BREAK
24
WINTER BREAK
25
WINTER BREAK
26
WINTER BREAK
27
WINTER BREAK
30
WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 1
WINTER BREAK
2
WINTER BREAK
3
WINTER BREAK
4
WINTER BREAK
Kempner High School
3rd Nine Weeks
2013-2014 School Year
English IV AP
MONDAY
JANUARY 6
Campus Staff Development
TUESDAY
7
District Staff Development
WEDNESDAY
8
2nd Semester Begins
9
10
13
14
15
16
17
20 MLK Day – No School
21
22
23
24
27
Progress Report #5
28
29
30
31
FEBRUARY 3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
Progress Report #6
20
21
24
25
DA—ALG I, ALG II,
GEOMETRY, MMA
26
DA—ALG I, ALG II,
GEOMETRY, MMA
27
28
MARCH 3
TAKS Retest (All Week)
4
5
6
7
10 SPRING BREAK
17
TELPAS assessment
window opens
11
18
12
19
DA—BIOLOGY, IPC, CHEM,
PHYSICS
13
20
DA—BIOLOGY, IPC, CHEM,
PHYSICS
14
21
End of 3RD Nine Weeks
Kempner High School
4th Nine Weeks
THURSDAY
2013-2014 School Year
FRIDAY
English IV AP
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
24
25
26
27
28
31
EOC – English I
APRIL 1
EOC – English II
2
EOC – Makeup
3
4
7
8
9
10
11
Progress Report #7
TELPAS Window Closes
14
15
16
17
18
Good Friday – No School
21
TAKS Retest (All Week)
22
23
24
25
28
29
30
MAY 1
2
Progress Report #8
5
AP Exams (All Week)
6
EOC—Algebra I
7
EOC—Biology
8
EOC—US History
9
EOC—Make ups
12
AP Exams (All Week)
13
14
15
16
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
3
2nd/ 4th Final Exams
5th/7th Review
4
3rd / 5th Final Exams
5
1st / 7th Final Exams
Memorial Day
JUNE 2
1st-5th Review
6th Final Exams
June 6
Graduation