AP ENGL III Agenda: 1st 6 Weeks (subject to change)
Monday, August 26th (2A) and Tuesday, August 27th (2B):
*2A: check out textbook from 10:45-11:00
*2B: check out textbook from 10:15-10:30
1) Discuss syllabus and course
2) Survey
3) Discuss summer reading assignments
4) Outliers Discussion
5) Begin introduction to AP test PowerPoint
Homework: Study for Outliers test; SRA due next class
Wednesday, August 28th (2A) and Thursday, August 29th (2B):
1) Turn in SRA (hard copy and to turnitin.com)
2) Take school pictures at 10:10 (2A) & 11:00 (2B)
3) AUP video in 2A
4) Outliers Test
Homework: Read and familiarize yourself with the rhetorical devices handout; acquire
copy of The Scarlet Letter
Friday, August 30th (2A) and Tuesday, September 3rd (2B):
2B: Assembly at the beginning of class
1) Finish Outliers Test
2) Syllabus Quiz
3) Discuss style and rhetorical devices used in SR short stories
Homework: Read “The Minister’s Black Veil” and annotate with regard to Hawthorne’s
style and use/effect of rhetorical devices; do Lesson 1 Vocab. Ex. 1
Wednesday, September 4th (2A) and Thursday, September 5th (2B):
1) Discuss style and rhetorical devices used in SR short stories as a class
2) Discuss “The Minister’s Black Veil” in partners; compare annotations
3) Lecture on Puritanism and Romanticism
4) Introduction of The Scarlet Letter and annotation assignment
5) Introduction to AP test PP
6) Addressing Common Problems PP
Homework: Read “The Custom-House”—Introduction to The Scarlet Letter (annotate as
you read); complete Lesson 1 Ex. 2-4 by 9/10 & 9/11
Friday, September 6th (2A) and Monday, September 9th (2B):
***Go to an open lab (email, log ins, etc.)
1) Answer AP-style questions about the introduction
2) Finish AP Test PowerPoints
3) Discuss common problems found in SRA
4) 2B-Puritanism/Romanticism PowerPoint
Homework: Read chapters 1-3; study for Vocab. Quiz 1
Tuesday, September 10th (2A) and Wednesday, September 11th (2B):
1) Grammar warm-up (revising common errors found in SRA)
2) Lesson 1 Vocab. Quiz
3) Look over SRA feedback and fill out writing metalog
4) Inner-Outer Discussion on the Scarlet Letter
5) Rhetorical Analysis activity
Homework: Read chapters 4-6; Lesson 2 Ex. 1-3 due 9/16 & 9/17
Thursday, September 12th (2A) and Friday, September 13th (2B):
1) Grammar warm-up (revising common errors found in SRA)
2) Discussion of rhetoric (triangle, appeals, etc.) and rhetorical analysis example
3) Inner-Outer discussion on the Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 7-9; study for Vocab. Quiz 2
Monday, September 16th (2A) and Tuesday, September 17th (2B):
1) Lesson 2 Vocab. Quiz
2) Rhetorical Analysis timed writing (40 minutes)
3) Inner-Outer discussion on the Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 10-12; Lesson 3 Ex. 1-3 due 9/20 & 9/23
Wednesday, September 18th (2A) and Thursday, September 19th (2B):
1) Instruction on peer-reviews
2) Peer-review of rhetorical analysis essay
3) Inner-Outer discussion on the Scarlet Letter
Homework: Read chapters 13-16; have final draft of rhetorical analysis completed by
9/24 and 9/25; study for Vocab. Quiz 3
Friday, September 20th (2A) and Monday, September 23rd (2B):
1) Warm-up: writing improvement (what do you need to work on the most?)
2) Lesson 3 Vocab. Quiz
3) Inner-Outer Discussion on The Scarlet Letter
4) Work on final draft
Homework: Read chapters 17-21; finish final draft of rhetorical analysis; Lesson 4 Ex. 13 due 9/26 & 9/27
Tuesday, September 24th (2A) and Wednesday, September 25th (2B):
1) Warm-up: how do you feel now about looking at a novel stylistically? How does this
differ from past approaches of reading/annotating a novel?
2) Turn in final draft
3) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter
Homework: Finish the book; finish vocab. exercises; study for Vocab. Quiz 4
Thursday, September 26th (2A) and Friday, September 27th (2B):
1) Lesson 4 Vocab. Quiz
2) Inner outer discussion on The Scarlet Letter and review
3) Discuss writing suggestions from handouts
Homework: Finish annotations; Lesson 5 Ex. 1-3 due 10/2 & 10/3
Monday, September 30th (2A) and Tuesday, October 1st (2B):
1) Annotations due
2) The Scarlet Letter Test
3) Read writing suggestions from They Say, I Say and The Craft of Research
Homework: Finish reading handouts