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Archived Homework
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Assignments
for September 2019
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Date |
Class
Work |
Homework |
Due Today |
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Week 1 |
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Mon
08/26 |
Teacher
In-Service No
Students |
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Tues
08/27 |
Teacher
In-Service No
Students |
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Weds
08/28 |
First Day of
School
Questions/Comments
Syllabus Review
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AP Summer Assignment Due |
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Thurs
08/29 |
Intro to course
Sign up for AP
Test
Join Codes:
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RM3G24
-Period 4:
WNGDVM
-Period 5:
7J3VV3
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Get "Join
Code for your period/section
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Go to
mywp.collegeboard.org
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Use your
College Board username and password to sign in to My AP.
If you have never had a College Board account, create
one through the Sign Up link.
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Click the
"Join a Course or Exam" button for your period.
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Enter your
Join Code and hit "Submit
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Check the
course information. Make sure this information is
for this course. If it is, click "Yes"
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Fill out
registration information. If this is the first
timee joining a class, you will need to provide some
additional information. You only have to do this
once.
Tour of AP Classroom and new online resources for
students. |
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AP Summer
Assignment for half points. |
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Fri
08/30 |
Double Assembly Schedule
Arriving at class
norms - formulating an environment for maximum development
of the individual |
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online survey by end of day. |
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Week 2 |
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Mon
09/02 |
Labor Day
No Students |
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Tues
09/03 |
In-class essay
on summer reading. The prompt will cover both works |
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Weds
09/04 |
Group work on
summer reading. One group will instruct the other on
the meaning of the novel.
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Begin:
Identify at least three possible themes within your
assigned novel.
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Thesis = What
is the meaning of the work as a whole?
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Evaluate how
that theme is supported by
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Character
(consider elements of characterization)
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Setting
(consider elements of setting)
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Structure
of the work (why is the work arranged as it is?
Why this point of view. Consider elements of
plot)
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Figurative Language that support your claims
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Thurs
09/05 |
Group work on
summer reading. |
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Fri
09/06 |
Senior Day at
Mulligan's |
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Week 3 |
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Mon
09/09 |
Group work on
summer reading. |
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Tues
09/10 |
Group
presentations using
presentation
rubric. |
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Wed
09/11 |
Review
presentation in Socratic discussion |
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Thurs
09/12 |
Socratic
discussion on presentations
Evaluate in-class
essays in light of new understandings. Use 9-point
rubric. |
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Fri
09/13 |
Counselor visit |
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Week 4 |
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Mon
09/16 |
Breaking down the
novels - questions and teacher feedback.
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Tues
09/17 |
College Personal
Statement
Identifying
elements of self.
Journal 1a
What is a
personal statement. What is its purpose? Who is
its audience? |
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Scholarship Opportunities
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Please complete the first page of our class activity.
So in the section What are You? and the section What You
Believe/Universal Truths have FIVE stories of seven words
under each section. So page one will have 35 bullets
and page 2 will have 35. This is the beginning of the
stories we will tell about ourselves.
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Weds
09/18 |
Back to School Night
Short Day
College Personal Statement
Identifying those stories which best speak to self |
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Scholarship Opportunities
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Please complete the second page of our class activity.
So in the section What Keeps You Awake at Night? and the
section Choose a Song, Film, Novel, TV Show, or Other
Work of Art that Resonates with You, have FIVE stories of
seven words under each section. So page one will have
35 bullets and page 2 will have 35. This is the
beginning of the stories we will tell about ourselves.
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Thurs
09/19 |
College Personal
Statement
Developing the
essay
Identify what
works and does not work in a personal statement. |
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Fri
09/20
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College Personal
Statement
Peer review. |
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Week 5 |
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Mon
09/23 |
Minimum Day Personal
Statement review with counselor. |
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Deadline to
sign up and pay for the AP Lit test is
October 18.
Get your materials in.
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Buy or borrow
Oedipus the King (sometimes called Oedipus Rex)
by Sophocles. Have this harrowing Greek drama by
Thursday.
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Tues
09/24 |
Personal
Statement review |
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College Application Writing Workshop, 4:30 in the high
school library
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Deadline to
sign up and pay for the AP Lit test is
October 18.
Get your materials in.
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Buy or borrow
Oedipus the King (sometimes called Oedipus Rex)
by Sophocles. Have this harrowing Greek drama by
Thursday.
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Weds
09/25 |
Personal Statement review |
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Deadline to
sign up and pay for the AP Lit test is
October 18.
Get your materials in.
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Buy or borrow
Oedipus the King (sometimes called Oedipus Rex)
by Sophocles. Have this harrowing Greek drama by
Thursday.
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Thurs
09/26 |
Begin analysis of
literature.
"How'd He Do That?" How to Read Literature Like a Professor |
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Fri
09/27 |
Double Assembly Schedule
Journal 2a:
What does it mean when someone says, "that's a tragedy" ?
Support and discuss your definition with three events or
circumstances you consider tragic.
Handouts:
"The Nature of Tragedy"
Some group work: What are the five most important attributes
of classical tragedy? Rank from most to least important.
Be ready to explain. |
College Stuff.
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Week 6 |
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Mon
09/30 |
What is drama?
Aristotle's Poetics |
- Deadline to sign up and pay for the AP Lit test is
October 18.
Get your materials in.
- Draft 3 Personal Statement due Friday.
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Tues
10/01 |
Context for the tragedy
In drama, Greece is the word.
Understand the importance of
and their component parts |
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College
Application Writing Workshop, 4:30 in the high school
library
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Draft 3
Personal Statement due Friday.
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Make a chart
of the priorities of The BIG IDEAS of tragedy according
t Aristotle. Provide denotation. We
will want to be mindful of context as we approach
the work.
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Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Application
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Weds
10/02 |
Journal 3a:
How important is it that you feel in control of your life?
Have there been times when seemingly random circumstances
and external influences left you without control?
When did this happen, and how did you respond?
Oedipus the King |
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Thurs
10/03
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Oedipus the King |
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Fri
10/04 |
Some peer editing
Oedipus the King |
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Deadline to sign up and pay for the AP Lit test is
October 18.
Get your materials in.
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Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Application
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Draft 4 of Personal Statement due
Friday Oct. 11.
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Review feedback from your last in-class essay. On
Monday, have at least one question about that essay to
help focus your rewrite.
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In-class essay rewrite due
Monday, October 14. Make sure you
attach the in-class version.
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Draft 3 Personal
Statement |