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.