AP English III Agenda: 1st Quarter (subject to change)
Monday, August 25th (1st & 5th):
*1st: check out textbooks at 9:10
*5th: check out textbooks at 3:30
1) The Things They Carried activity
2) Survey
Homework: Bring annotated book 8/27
Monday, August 25th (2A & 4A):
*2A: check out textbooks at 10:30
*4A: check out textbooks at 2:15
1) The Things They Carried activity
2) Discuss syllabus
Homework: Bring annotated book next class; review syllabus
Tuesday, August 26th (1st & 5th):
1) Discuss syllabus
2) Set up Remind 101
Homework: Review syllabus
Wednesday, August 27th (1st & 5th):
***Set up log ins, emails, and turnitin.com (1st-library; 5th-lab 240)
1) Syllabus quiz
2) The Things They Carried discussion
3) Discuss TTTC annotation (double entry) assignment and test (due September 5th)
Homework: Develop three questions for discussion by 8/29; work on double entry journal
Wednesday, August 27th (2A & 4A):
***AUP video during 2A (6 minutes)
***Set up log ins, emails, turnitin.com, and Remind 101
1) Syllabus quiz
2) The Things They Carried discussion
3) Discuss TTTC annotation (double entry) assignment and test (due September 5th)
4) Find the hidden tiger activity
5) Introduction to AP test
Homework: Develop three questions for discussion; work on double entry journal; finish
looking over AP intro PowerPoint
Thursday, August 28th (1st & 5th):
1) Find the hidden tiger activity
2) Introduction to AP test
Friday, August 29th (1st & 5th):
*Discuss Nonfiction independent reading assignment (due 10/16)
1) Finish survey
2) TTTC inner outer discussion
3) Discuss PATTR (look at a short piece of nonfiction using PTTR) and rhetorical terms
Homework: Read and familiarize yourself with the rhetorical terms handouts; read “The
Yellow Wallpaper” and identify at least three rhetorical devices used and their effects on the
story.
Friday, August 29th (2A & 4A):
*Discuss Nonfiction independent reading assignment (due 10/16)
1) TTTC inner outer discussion
2) Discuss PATTR (look at a short piece of nonfiction using PTTR) and rhetorical terms
Homework: Read and familiarize yourself with the rhetorical terms handouts; read “The
Yellow Wallpaper” and identify at least three rhetorical devices used and their effects on the
story.
Tuesday, September 2nd (1st & 5th):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Discuss “The Yellow Wallpaper” rhetorically
Wednesday, September 3rd (1st & 5th):
***Picture Day
1) Receive SAT Vocab. book and go over lesson 1
Homework: Lesson 1 quiz 9/10; review TTTC and finish double-entry journal by 9/5
Wednesday, September 3rd (2A & 4A):
***Picture Day
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Receive SAT Vocab. book and go over lesson 1
Homework: Lesson 1 quiz 9/11; review TTTC and finish double-entry journal
Thursday, September 4th (1st & 5th):
1) Communication activities
2) Addressing Common Problems in Essays PowerPoint
3) Begin reading “The Minister’s Black Veil” and annotating with regard to Hawthorne’s
style and use/effect of rhetorical devices
Friday, September 5th (1st & 5th):
1) Turn in TTTC assignment
2) Take TTTC test
3) Read “The Minister’s Black Veil” and annotate with regard to Hawthorne’s style and
use/effect of rhetorical devices
Homework: Finish reading and annotating story
Friday, September 5th (2A & 4A):
1) Turn in TTTC assignment
2) Take TTTC test
3) Read “The Minister’s Black Veil” and annotate with regard to Hawthorne’s style and
use/effect of rhetorical devices
Homework: Finish reading and annotating story; view Addressing Common Problems in
Essays PowerPoint
Monday, September 8th (1st & 5th):
1) Discuss MBV annotations with partner
2) Discuss story as a class
Tuesday, September 9th (1st & 5th):
1) Pre-test (read articles and compare and contrast positions)
Homework: study for lesson 1 vocab. quiz
Tuesday, September 9th (2A & 4A):
1) Discuss MBV annotations with partner and afterward with class
2) Pre-test (read articles and compare and contrast positions)
Homework: study for lesson 1 vocab. quiz; read “I Take Your Point” handout
Wednesday, September 10th (1st & 5th):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) SAT vocab. review with partner
3) SAT Vocab. 1 Quiz
Homework: read “I Take Your Point” handout
Thursday, September 11th (1st & 5th):
1) Lecture on Puritanism and Romanticism
2) Introduction of The Scarlet Letter and annotation assignment
Homework: Read and annotate “The Custom-House”—Introduction to The Scarlet Letter by
9/15
Thursday, September 11th (2A & 4A):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) SAT vocab. review with partner
3) SAT Vocab. 1 Quiz
4) Lecture on Puritanism and Romanticism
5) Introduction of The Scarlet Letter and annotation assignment
Homework: Read and annotate “The Custom-House”—Introduction to The Scarlet Letter
Friday, September 12th (1st & 5th):
***Pep Rally
1) 1st: read and annotate the introduction
Monday, September 15th (1st & 5th):
1) Answer AP style questions about the introduction
2) Rhetorical analysis activity
Homework: Read chapters 1-3 and annotate.; study lesson 2 vocab. (quiz 9/19)
Monday, September 15th (2A & 4A):
1) Answer AP style questions about the introduction with partner
2) Rhetorical analysis activity
Homework: Read chapters 1-3 and annotate; study lesson 2 vocab. (quiz 9/19)
Tuesday, September 16th (1st & 5th):
1) Discussion of rhetoric (elements, triangle, appeals, visual rhetoric, the classical model,
and patterns of development)
2) Look at rhetorical analysis model (document camera)
Wednesday, September 17th (1st & 5th):
1) Grammar warm-up
2) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 4-6; study lesson 2 vocab. (quiz 9/19)
Wednesday, September 17th (2A & 4A):
1) Grammar warm-up
2) Discussion of rhetoric (elements, triangle, appeals, visual rhetoric, the classical model,
and patterns of development)
3) Look at rhetorical analysis model (document camera)
4) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 4-6; study lesson 2 vocab. (quiz 9/19)
Thursday, September 18th (1st & 5th):
1) Rhetorical Analysis timed writing (40 minutes)
Friday, September 19th (1st & 5th):
1) SAT Vocab. 2 Quiz
2) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 7-9; study lesson 3 vocab. (quiz 9/25)
Friday, September 19th (2A & 4A):
1) SAT Vocab. 2 Quiz
2) Rhetorical Analysis timed writing (40 minutes)
3) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 7-9; study lesson 3 vocab. (quiz 9/25)
Monday, September 22nd (1st & 5th):
1) Instruction on peer reviews
2) Peer review of rhetorical analysis essay
Tuesday, September 23rd (1st & 5th):
1) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 10-12; study lesson 3 vocab. (quiz 9/25)
Tuesday, September 23rd (2A & 4A):
1) Instruction on peer reviews
2) Peer review of rhetorical analysis essay
3) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 10-12; study lesson 3 vocab. (quiz 9/25)
Wednesday, September 24th (1st & 5th):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Work on final draft of rhetorical analysis
Thursday, September 25th (1st & 5th):
1) SAT Vocab. 3 Quiz
2) Inner outer discussion of The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 13-16; finish final draft (due 9/29)
Thursday, September 25th (2A & 4A):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) SAT Vocab. 3 Quiz
3) Work on final draft of rhetorical analysis
4) Inner outer discussion of The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 13-16; finish final draft (due 9/29)
Friday, September 26th (1st & 5th):
1) Act out modern-day Scarlet Letter
Monday, September 29th (1st & 5th):
1) Final draft due
2) Class rhetorical analysis essay (teacher types and puts on projector; students work in
pairs—each pair responsible for a certain part of the essay)
Homework: Read chapters 17-21; study lesson 4 vocab. (quiz 10/2)
Monday, September 29th (2A & 4A):
1) Final draft due
2) Class rhetorical analysis essay (teacher types and puts on projector; students work in
pairs—each pair responsible for a certain part of the essay)
Homework: Read chapters 17-21; study lesson 4 vocab. (quiz 10/3)
Tuesday, September 30th (1st & 5th):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Inner outer discussion of The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday, October 1st (1st & 5th):
1) Inner outer discussion of The Scarlet Letter
Homework: finish book; study lesson 4 vocab. (quiz 10/2)
Wednesday, October 1st (2A & 4A):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Inner outer discussion of The Scarlet Letter
3) Act out modern-day Scarlet Letter
Homework: finish book; study lesson 4 vocab. (quiz 10/3)
Thursday, October 2nd (1st & 5th):
1) SAT vocab. review with partner
2) SAT Vocab. 4 Quiz
3) Review for the SL and last inner outer discussion
Homework: finish annotations; study for the SL test
Friday, October 3rd (1st & 5th):
***Pep Rally
1) Review for SL test
2) Finish annotations
Homework: finish annotations; study for the SL test
Friday, October 3rd (2A & 4A):
1) SAT vocab. review with partner
2) SAT Vocab. 4 Quiz
3) Review for the SL and last inner outer discussion
Homework: finish annotations; study for the SL test
Monday, October 6th (1st & 5th):
1) Begin reading “They Say” (jigsaw)
Tuesday, October 7th (1st & 5th):
1) Annotations due
2) The Scarlet Letter test
Tuesday, October 7th (2A & 4A):
1) Annotations due
2) The Scarlet Letter test
3) Read “They Say”
Homework: finish reading handout; bring textbook next class
Wednesday, October 8th (1st & 5th):
1) AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Do a SOAPStone on Einstein letter (p. 9-10 of textbook) with partner
Thursday, October 9th (1st & 5th):
1) Group activity over Culminating Activity on p. 28-34 (4 groups of 5 or 6); one group
member designated to teach the class
Homework: read “I Say” handout; study lesson 5 vocab. (quiz 10/14); bring textbook next
class
Thursday, October 9th (2A & 4A):
1 AP multiple choice warm-up
2) Discuss “They Say”
3) Do a SOAPStone on Einstein letter (p. 9-10 of textbook) with partner
4) Group activity over Culminating Activity on p. 28-34 (4 groups of 5 or 6); one group
member designated to teach the class
Homework: read “I Say” handout; study lesson 5 vocab. (quiz 10/14); bring textbook next
class
Friday, October 10th (1st & 5th):
***Pep Rally
1) Fill out writing metalog and update writing folder
Homework: read “I Say” handout; study lesson 5 vocab. (quiz 10/14); bring textbook next
class
Monday, October 13th:
***Staff Development: no school
Tuesday, October 14th (1st & 5th):
1) Vocab. 5 Quiz
2) Discuss “I Say”
3) Read and discuss pages 61-74 on how to write a synthesis essay
Homework: read “Tying It All Together” handout; bring textbook next class
Tuesday, October 14th (2A & 4A):
1) Vocab. 5 Quiz
2) Discuss “I Say”
3) Read and discuss pages 61-74 on how to write a synthesis essay
4) Fill out writing metalog and update writing folder
Homework: read “Tying It All Together” handout; bring textbook next class
Wednesday, October 15th (1st & 5th):
***PSAT
1) Fill out writing metalog and update writing folder
Thursday, October 16th (1st & 5th):
***Independent Reading Project due
1) Grammar warm-up
2) Discuss “Tying It All Together”
3) Begin synthesis essay activity
Thursday, October 16th (2A & 4A):
***Independent Reading Project due
1) Grammar warm-up
2) Discuss “Tying It All Together”
3) Synthesis essay activity
4) Begin synthesis essay using 74-81 in your textbook
Homework: finish synthesis essay by next class study lesson 6 vocab. (quiz 10/22)
Friday, October 17th (1st & 5th):
***Last day of the grading quarter
1) Finish synthesis essay activity
2) Begin synthesis essay using 74-81 in your textbook
Homework: finish synthesis essay by Tuesday, 10/21; study lesson 6 vocab. (quiz 10/22)