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Important Information 

Directions for Descriptive Language flash cards: Write the word and definition on one side of the card then create a visual representation of the word on the other side of the card

Important Documents

Flashcard VocabularyWords and Definitions.doc

Dialectical Journal Assignment.doc

 

Some Historical Moments to Remember:

 

Fredrick Douglass and John Brown (photo taken at Harper's Ferry, WV)

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, writer of the Declaration of Independence

   
Assignments and Lesson Plans
 
   

April 2012

AP testing is week of 5/7-5/11.

Week of 4/30-5/4 is CST testing

Ch. 13--Argumentation/ Persuasion

Toulmin Model of Argument

March 2012

Analysis of Images and popular culture

Ch. 10--Comparison and contrast

AP Style comparison and contrast essay prompts

MC AP Style test

February 2012

Weeks of 2/6-2/17:

  • Complete Meditation 17

January 2012

Weeks of 1/23-2/3:

  • Early Prose Analysis

Week of 1/16-20:

  • M 1/16 No School
  • T 1/16 Read passage from p. 160
  • Th 1/19 Timed Write and Peer Evaluation HW:  Type and Revise Essay by M 1/23
  • F 1/20 Class Discussion

Week of 1/9-1/13:

  • Ch. 7 Notes
  • Ch. 7 Vocabulary
  • Ch. 7 Journal
  • Class discussions on Analysis

November 2011

M 10.10 Due:  Typed revision of Description essay

Peer Review/evaluation of Description essay

HW: Final revised draft of Description essay due M 10.17

F 10.7 Peer review/evaluation of Description essay

HW:  Type and Revise Description Essay by M 10.10

Th 10.6 Due:  Typed draft of "Desert Dance" essay

Peer evaluation of "Desert Dance" essay; Write Description Essay

HW:  Revise (Final Draft) "Desert Dance" essay by Th 10.13

T 10.4 Descriptive writing exercises and POV

M 10.3 Peer Review/Scoring of "Desert Dance" essay

HW:  Typed revision due Th 10.5

F 9.30 Re-attempt "Desert Dance" tone analysis essay

T 9.27-Th 9.29  Tone Analysis notes/classwork

Final Draft of "Caged Bird" essay due Th 9.29 (please include all previous drafts as attachments)

M 9.26  Tone Analysis of "Desert Dance"

F 9.23 Due:  Vocab. Flash cards from Ch. 4

In Class:  Vocab quiz; Read:  "Desert Dance"

Th 9.22 Due: Revised "Caged Bird" essay

Peer review/evaluation

HW:  Revise essay

 

T 9.20 Work on flashcards; discussion on Ch. 4 "Description"

HW:  Read "Desert Dance"

M 9.19 Due:  Notes on Ch. 4 (p. 59-66)

In class:  Journal write

HW:  Vocab. from ch. 4--make flash cards (ongoing)

F 9.16 Due:  Read ch. 3 from Compact Reader

In class:  Notes on ch. 3; read p. 59-66 in Compact Reader

HW:  Notes on p. 39-63 due M 9.19

Th 9.15 Due:  Typed revision of essay; Peer evaluation; Unpacking writing prompt

HW:  Read p.33-58 in Compact Reader by F 9.16; Revise essays again (ongoing--next draft due for peer evaluation on Th 9.22)

T 9.13 Peer evaluation of "Caged Bird" essay

HW:  Revise essay--must be typed

M 9.12 Review and Analysis of Poem

F 9.9 AP style essay

M 8.29-F 9.9 Unit 2:  Dialectical Journals on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

F 8.26 Brief Assessment of Rhetorical and Figurative Language terms

Th 8.25 General Discussion and Review of terms

T 8.23 Peer Review of essays & Discussion of how to interpret an AP writing prompt

M 8.22 Pre-Assessment #2:  AP Style Timed Write

F 8.19 Pre-Assessment #1:  Multiple Choice Passage

Th 8.18 Summer Assignment Due

 
 
   
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