AP Language Calendar
August 2008 Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1 No School
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11 Staff Development No Students
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12 Staff Development No Students
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13 Teacher Work Day No Students
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14 Introductions Attendance Collect Summer Assignment
8 No School
15 Literacy Presentations
HW Literacy Present. due Friday
18 American Dream Initial Assessment HW “The Way to Rainy Mountain” Questions 1-6 (ML)
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Literacy Presentations continued · Lecture: Sentence Lesson #1 HW Invention Write
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Invention Write Share Notes: Chap. 1 Everyday Use HW The Box Man handout—read, annotate and prepare for graded discussion (writing style, rhetorical devices)
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Invention Write Authors Chair Lecture: Persona/Take and the Aristotelian Triad HW Invention Write Rewrite-Change in perspective
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Graded discussion Chap. 1 continued and convincing activity Vocabulary Unit #1 (quiz coming soon) HW Bring index cards for next class
29 Staff Development No Students
AP Language Calendar
September 2008 Monday
Tuesday
1 Holiday No School
8 AP Exam Timed Write #1 continued Work/Folders HW Revision of essay
15 The Jungle Exam HW: Read the introduction to The Crucible. Stop at the beginning of dialogue in Act 1. Come prepared for a discussion of the text next period.
Staff Development Minimum Day
22 Act 1 of film, Choice book assignment given Vocabulary books Unit 2 due Monday HW Read Examination
Wednesday
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Friday
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Vocabulary Level G Unit #1 Creation of index cards for study— rhetorical devices and literary terms
Index cards for study continued AP Exam Timed Write #1 Rubric discussion
(Note: No HW assigned, but it is expected that study time and AP reading takes place)
(Note: No HW assigned, but it is expected that study time and AP reading takes place)
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29 HW John Proctor profile (character analysis
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Expectations for exam Study Guides passed back AP essay analysis
Scarlet Letter Exam Picture Day (as assigned by administration)
(Note: No HW assigned, but it is expected that study time and AP reading takes place)
(Note: No HW assigned, but it is expected that study time and AP reading takes place)
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The Crucible, Act 1
Vocabulary Quiz The Crucible, Act 1
Continued
HW: Read AP text. Reading log due
Quickwrite Discussion of introduction Assign parts
HW: Read for 1 ½ hours and get parent
next week before end of grading period.
signature. 1 pg reflection on text.
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The Crucible, Act 2
The Crucible, Act 3
HW: Vocabulary, Choice book assignment
HW: Vocabulary, choice book assignment. Come with new title for Monday
of Sarah Good on page 144, answer ques.1-8
Vocab Unit 2 Quiz Continue Act 3
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30 Act 3 finish Group discussion of quotes HW: Why I Wrote the Crucible Prepare for graded discussion
Graded Discussion Introduction of Research paper Internet Research HW: Continue research, begin draft
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AP Language Calendar
October 2008 Monday
Tuesday
29 Vocab Unit 2 Quiz Continue Act 3 HW John Proctor profile (character analysis
6 AP Timed Write
Wednesday
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Thursday
1
Act 3 finish Group discussion of quotes
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HW: Why I Wrote the Crucible Prepare for graded discussion
HW Analytical essay
20 Presentations HW Analytical essay
Staff Development Minimum Day
27 Work and Learning Log with new grades American Lit Timeline Sentence Lesson 3 begin AP Test Structure
HW
Patterns Notes p 143-150 “The Santa Ana” Compact Reader P 79-82 Questions: Meaning 1-4, Method and Structure 1-4, Language 1-2
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HW: Continue research, begin draft
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Act 4 finish Movie version completed
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2 Graded Discussion Introduction of Research paper Internet Research
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Group Presentation project announced—Presentations on Monday October 20.
HW: Finish character chart and questions for Acts 3-4. Due next class period.
MLA Review Day Notes from text, question time
Friday
HW: Continue Analytical essay due first block period of the week of Oct. 20
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Lab time for paper Group Time for project/presentation (PSATs also on 15th. . .) HW: Continue Analytical essay due first
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Lab time for paper Group Time for project/presentation HW: Continue Analytical essay due first block period of the week of Oct. 20
block period of the week of Oct. 20
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Final Presentations Notes Handout: Jonathan Edwards and The Great Awakening Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Imagery assignment
Presentations continued Research paper due The Crucible exam HW: Continue reading your AP text.
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23 HW: Continue reading your AP text.
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AP Practice Exam HW: The Compact Reader p. 67-69 “Desert Dance” Questions: Purpose and Audience 1-2, Method 1-3, Language 12, 4-5
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Descriptive Essay Writing Ode to an Orange and Oranges HW Descriptive Writing Assignment
AP Language Calendar
November 2008 Monday
Tuesday
3 Peer Editing HW Final Draft Finish Book by Friday Reading Logs due @ end of week w/ 12 signatures Vocab Quiz next period
4
Staff Development Minimum Day
5
HW: Finish AP Level novel by Friday
11 Holiday No School
Friday
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In the American Society group analysis Book check out, Creation of booklet analysis project Grade reflection and check
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JLC Section 1 Quiz, Section 1 Discussion Descriptive Essay final due Research project for JLC Section 1 (what you do not finish becomes homework)
14 Read Compact Reader—Narrative p. 88-96 Notes Read Salvation, answer meaning 1-4, method structure 1-4 and language 1-3
HW: Complete essay for text chosen for 6 week period
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17 Rules of Game in class HW next chapter and questions
Thursday
Vocab Unit 3 Quiz AP Practice Exam group discussion Descriptive Essay due/Sharing— work on revision due next week
10 Finish American Society group project HW Prepare for JLC conversation and quiz
Wednesday
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Group Discussion of analysis Class work on booklet and character discussion In class: Half and Half HW Pages 141-155, Narrative structure in JLC and idea for personal narrative
24 Joy Luck Club Mid Unit Quiz Narrative essay due Reflection and peer responses HW Finish American Translation section
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26 Complete discussion of AP Multiple Choice test
Minimum Day
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In class discussion of narratives and Multiple choice test HW Read Rice Husband and Four Directions, create cover for booklet, Continue work on narrative
27 Holiday No School
28 No School
AP Language Calendar
December 2008 Monday
Tuesday
1 In class timed write—Eudora Welty, value of reading HW Continue JLC
Wednesday
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Thursday
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Reflection of MC test—compare Essay analysis with national examples and rubric—peer score and response HW Life’s importance letter and chp 1 of section 4
Friday
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Group Essay Write—Unspoken rules and group identity HW Finish JLC and booklet analysis assignment. Bring ID card for Monday.
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FINALS 22 No School
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25 Holiday No School
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