Week of 12/21-12/23

Monday: Final Stiff discussion. Rhetorical role sheets due.
Tuesday: Intro to Process Analysis. "On Keeping a Notebook." Instruction activity.
Wednesday: "Girl." "Twas the Night before an AP student's Christmas."

Have a great holiday break!

Read Catcher in the Rye! Post a blog response on the ning: Is Catcher in the Rye worth all the fuss? That is, is it the classic many claim it to be? Why or why not? Due by midnight January 3.

"Girl" emulation due Tuesday, January 5.

Week of 12/14-12/18

Monday: Discussion of chapters 4-8 in Stiff
Tuesday: Intro to Classification; "The Ways We Lie"
Wednesday: Discuss "The Ways We Lie"
Thursday: Discuss "Mother Tongue"; Intro to Comparison/Contrast. Homework: Read "Lost in the Kitchen" and "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (change in schedule)
Friday: Discuss and compare/contrast essays

For Monday: Read chapters 9-12 in Stiff. Complete all rhetorical role sheets.

Week of 12/7-12/11

Monday: Discussion of Intro and chapters 1-3 in Stiff
Tuesday: Intro to rhetorical mode: Examples; "On Compassion"
Wednesday: "The Declaration of Independence"
Thursday: "Aren't I a Woman?"
Friday: Intro to rhetorical mode: Classification; "The Ways We Lie"

Due Friday: Final draft of description paper

For Monday: Read chapters 4-8 in Stiff and complete rhetorical roundtable roles

Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4

Follow your calendar!

Monday: Intro to Stiff and rhetorical roundtable roles. Identify essay choice and rationale for reading it.

Tuesday: Read Intro to Description and "Jacket"

Wedenesday: Discuss "Jacket" and "Listening"

Thursday: Discuss "Death of the Moth"

Friday: Discuss "Death of a Moth" and "How I Wrote the Moth Essay and Why"

Read Intro and chapters 1-3 of Stiff for Monday, Dec. 7.

Week of 11/23-11/25

Monday: Memoirs due. Self-reflection on goals of your memoir. Complete excerpt analysis.
Tuesday: Read Capote's "The Thanksgiving Visitor."
Wednesday: Thanksgiving Thank You cards.

For Monday, November 30: In the 50 Essays book, identify an essay that you think we all should read. You may have to read a few before you find one that you want to share. Be sure to have a rationale for your selection.

Week of 11/16-11/20

Monday: Discuss themes of "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging" (NOT "How to Shoot an Elephant, Lauren!)

Tuesday: Impact of syntactical choices: "On Being a Cripple"

Wednesday: Score "I am a Cripple" sample essays.

Thursday: Individual analysis of memoir excerpts: Firebird by Mark Doty, When I Was a Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago, and All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg.

Friday: In-class essay: independent memoir. Bring book to class!

Due Monday, 11/23: Final draft of personal memoir. Bring in rough draft and picture to hand in with your final paper.

Week of 11/9-11/13

Monday: Read "Graduation" by Maya Angelou. Respond to rhetorical analysis questions.
Tuesday: Discuss "Graduation"
Wednesday: Assess rhetorical response essays based on "Graduation"
Thursday: Discuss "Salvation" by Langston Hughes and "Shame" by Dick Gregory
Friday: Rough draft of personal narrative due. Peer evaluation.

For Monday: Read "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging," both by George Orwell.

Week of 11/2-11/4

Monday: Discussion of "Once More to the Lake." Introduction to personal memoir assignment: "The Stranger in the Photo is Me." Piece due Friday, Nov. 13.

Tuesday: Virginia Woolf AP Prompt: read passage and write intro. HW: score samples.

Wednesday: Sample analysis.

HW: Finish reading selected memoir. Engage in online discussion on Ning. Work on personal memoir.

Week of 10/26-10/30

*Discussion of Memoir articles: Where is the line between fact and fiction in memoir writing?
*Work on college essays.
*Read selected memoir and engage in discussions on the Ning.
*Why I Write essay due.

HW: For Monday, 11/2, read "Once More to the Lake."

Week of 10/19-10/23

Monday: Continue discussion of The Things They Carried
Tuesday: Select memoir! Wish Mrs. Hatler a happy birthday!
Wednesday: Finish discussion of The Things They Carried
Thursday: Analysis of "A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial." Be prepared with annotations and notes on the "Understanding Meaning," "Evaluating Strategy," and "Appreciating Language" questions.
Friday: Discussion of four versions of "Why I Write." Read and annotate.

HW: For Tuesday, read the three memoir articles in the forum section of the Ning.

Week of 10/13-10/16

Tuesday through Thursday: Continue chapter analyses of The Things They Carried.

POW due Wednesday!

Friday: View video clips about Conscientious Objectors. Read information on CO's and on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Answer questions about these issues on the Ning. Assignment and link to videos and articles are in the Forum section under The Things They Carried. Response due by midnight on Sunday, October 18.

Week of 10/5-10/9

Monday: Preparation for The Things They Carried chapter analysis presentations to begin on Tuesday. HW: "The Things I Carry" piece is due Tuesday.

Tuesday--Friday: Sharing of "The Things I Carry" piece. Chapter presentations.

HW: By midnight Friday, respond to the "Legacy of an Ecocide" article and video. Then by midnight on Sunday, respond to a classmate's comments.

Week of 9/28-10/2

Monday: MC on In Cold Blood; PPT on Kansas visit. HW: Respond to one blog on ICB.
Tuesday: Passage analysis: fact vs. fiction: In Cold Blood
Wednesday: Passage analysis: point of view: In Cold Blood
Thursday: Opening chapter of The Things They Carried. Due 10/5: "The Things I Carry"
Friday: Work on The Things They Carried presentation assignment.

Week of 9/21-9/25

Monday: In-class Prompt: In Cold Blood
Tuesday: Evaluation of introductions
Wednesday: Evaluation of body paragraphs
Thursday: Evaluation of sample essays and own essays
Friday: Peer assessment of Prompt responses. MC practice.

Remember to keep reading The Things They Carried!

Week of 9/14-9/18

Mon: Analysis of Sebold's "Living with the Dead"
Tues:Group preparation of questions on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Wed-Fri: Discussion of questions. Biographical Cards!

For Monday: Read the articles here at the In Cold Blood link: http://www.hpregional.org/departments/english/mhassenplug/AP_Language.html

Week of 9/8-9/11

Monday: Enjoy the day off!
Tuesday: Review Adler's suggestions for marking a text. Discuss annotations of "Summer Bummer." Collect list of passages.
Wednesday: Passage analysis: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Thursday: Passage analysis: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Friday: In-class writing: passage analysis--9/11 article

Due Monday: Your card...

Sept. 2-4

We're back! I hope you enjoyed your summer and are ready to jump back into the exciting world of High Point!

Here's the plan for this week:

Overview of course
Your mission and goals, hopes and fears
Intro to POWs
"How to Mark a Book"
Annotation practice: "Summer Bummer"

Select passage from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for close analysis.

Welcome to AP Language!