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2009-2010
Calendar
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Thursday |
Friday |
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IV AP-Opening day
procedures;
Common Vocabulary,
Course Guidelines,
Scoring Rubric
III ACC-Opening
day procedures; Vocabulary Unit 1,
Course
Guidelines
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25
IV AP-Discuss the
College Essay guidelines; students are
to read at least two articles over college
admissions and post reflections on the class
forum
III ACC-Discuss
the narrative poem; read the
"Where I'm From"
poem; Students are to create their own narrative
poem
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26
IV AP-Discuss key
points from last night's reading assignment;
answer questions students have about
the college essay
III ACC-Read
Act One of The Crucible
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27
IV AP-Crime and Punishment
Test
III ACC-Continue
reading Act One of The Crucible
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28
IV AP-Poems
due
III ACC-Poems
due
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31
IV AP-Seniors meet with
counselors
III ACC-Complete
dialectical journal; Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
1
IV AP-Create
class mindmap over major discussion points in
C&P
III ACC-Discuss The Crucible
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2
IV AP-Complete
Literary Terms Quiz; continue discussion of
C&P
III ACC-Complete quiz over Acts I-II of
The Crucible
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3
IV AP-College Essays Due
Discuss
C&P
III ACC-Read
Act III of The Crucible
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4
IV AP-Complete
Applied Practice questions over C&P
III ACC-Read
Act III of The Crucible
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7
Labor Day
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8
IV AP-Discuss
AP MC questions from Friday
III ACC-finish
reading The Crucible
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9
IV AP-Class
discussion over C&P
III ACC-view
selected scenes from The Crucible
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10
IV AP-Class
discussion over C&P
III ACC-Thematic
discussion of The Crucible, working on
quote incorporation |
11
IV AP-Timed Writing over C&P
III ACC-Vocabulary Quiz 2
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14
IV AP-Discuss
timed writing prompts
III ACC-Read
"38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police"
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15
IV AP-Lecture
notes over
Greek Theatre; begin reading Sophocles'
"Oedipus Rex"
III ACC-Discuss
"38 who Saw Murder," comparing it thematically
to "The Crucible
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16
IV AP-
Read "Oedipus Rex"
III ACC-Annotate
critical essays over "The Crucible"
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17
IV AP-Finish
reading "Oedipus Rex"
III ACC-Roundtable
discussion of "The Crucible" using critical
essays
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18
IV AP-Discuss
"Oedipus Rex"
III ACC-Vocabulary Quiz 3;
complete roundtable discussion of
"The Crucible"
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21
IV AP-Complete
close reading questions for "Oedipus Rex"
III ACC-Complete
two short answer responses to "The Crucible,"
focusing on effective quote incorporation
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22
IV AP-Discuss
elements and issues with Oscar Wilde's "The
Importance of Being Earnest"
III ACC-Distribute
material for the College Research Project
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23
IV AP-IOBE Test
III ACC-Read
and discuss "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God" by Jonathan Edwards; discuss rhetoric and
elements of argumentation
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24
IV AP-Discuss
the
Comedic Ladder and its application to
Wilde's IOBE
III ACC-Complete
short answer prompt over "Sinners..."
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25
IV
AP-view selected clips
from "IOBE" and apply the levels of comedy to
the scenes
III ACC-take
notes over the Revolutionary Period
Vocabulary Quiz 4
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28
IV AP-lecture
notes over the differences between comedy and
tragedy
III ACC-
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29
IV AP-analyze
the comedic elements in an excerpt from "IOBE"
III ACC-Vocabulary Test (1-4)
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30
IV AP-read
and analyze the comedic elements in "Confessions
of a Puritan Shopaholic"
III ACC-
End of 1st-6 weeks |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
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1
IV AP-Timed Writing over Comedy
III ACC-discuss the directives for the
personal narrative/college essay
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2
IV AP-review
yesterday's timed writing
III ACC-complete
introductory paragraph of the personal narrative
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5
IV AP-Anglo-Saxon
lecture
notes
III ACC-read
Diane Ackerman's "In Praise of Bats," analyzing
the appeals and the purpose of the piece; notes
over pathos, ethos, and logos
College Research Project
Due
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6
IV AP-read
and discuss Beowulf
III ACC-read
and analyze Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg
Address," paying particular attention to purpose
and the multiple appeals employed
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7
IV AP-Finish
reading and discussing Beowulf; assign and give
examples of
Anglo-Saxon boasts
III ACC-bubble
answer sheets for the PSAT; read and analyze
Thomas Paine's "Crisis No. 1"
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8
IV AP-read
excerpts from John Gardner's Grendel;
close analysis of Beowulf's boast before
fighting Grendel
III ACC-complete
analysis of "Crisis No. 1"
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9
IV AP-Discuss
boast assignment; read samples
III ACC-Check
rough drafts; provide feedback
Vocabulary Quiz 5
Narrative Rough Draft Due
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12
Columbus Day
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13
IV AP-Complete
Middle-Ages assignment
III ACC-Read
excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's autobiography,
analyzing "The Constitution"
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14
IV AP-Late Arrival (PSAT)
Discuss England's Middle Ages
Boasts Due
III ACC-Dead Day
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15
IV AP-Anglo-Saxon
boast presentations
III ACC-Discuss
rhetorical strategies in "The Constitution"
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16
IV AP-Discussion of
the framed narrative; review the lecture notes
over England's Middle Ages; read The Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales
III ACC-Discuss
Monday's timed writing
Vocabulary Quiz 6
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19
IV AP-Discuss
"Prologue" to TCT
III ACC-timed rhetorical analysis
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20
IV AP-Read
"Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady;" discuss
Wednesday's exam
III ACC-discuss
timed writing, analyzing Lincoln's Second
Inaugural Address
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21
IV AP-Beowulf and TCT
Test
III ACC-Introduce
American Romanticism; read the Romantic excerpt
from "The Custom House," discussing the Romantic
elements present; Homework: read first three
chapters
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22
IV AP-piece
together the first 42 lines of "The Prologue" to
TCT
III ACC-independent
reading of The Scarlet Letter
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23
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 1
III ACC-Discuss
Chapters 1-3 of TSL; Homework: read
chapters 4-6
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26
IV AP-Reading
day (Dante's Inferno)
III ACC-Reading
day: TSL chapters 7-8
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27
IV AP-Read
Hamlet, Act I, scenes 1-2
III ACC-Discuss
chapters 7-8; homework: read chapters 9-10
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28
IV AP-Finish
Act I, scene 2, focusing on the language used in
Hamlet's first major soliloquy
III ACC-Discuss
chapters 9-10 and complete handout of discussion
questions over those chapters
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29
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 2
III ACC-Vocabulary Quiz 7
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30
IV AP-Read
Hamlet
III ACC-read
TSL
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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2
IV AP-Read
Hamlet
III ACC-read
TSL
Labor Day |
3
IV AP-style analysis timed
writing
III ACC-TSL Test (1-12)
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4
IV AP-Read
Hamlet
III ACC-read
TSL
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5
IV AP-Vocabulary Test (1-3)
III ACC-Vocabulary Test (5-8)
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6
IV AP-analyze
and view Hamlet's "rogue and peasant slave"
soliloquy
III ACC-discuss
elements of Romanticism; find examples from the
novel that support each of the 15 elements
discussed
End of 2nd-6 weeks |
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9
IV AP-read
Act III, scene 1; focus on "To be or not to be"
III ACC-read
Chapter 13; homework, read through Chapter 16
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10
IV AP-finish
Act III
III ACC-read
chapters 17-20
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11
IV AP-read
Act IV
III ACC-read
chapters 21-22
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12
IV AP-finish
Act IV
III ACC-finish
reading TSL
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13
IV AP-read
Act V of Hamlet
III ACC-discuss
critical stances of TSL
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16
IV AP-discuss
motifs in Hamlet
III ACC-create
mindmaps of critical stances in TSL
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17
IV AP-Literary Analysis of
Hamlet
III ACC-continue mindmaps
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18
IV AP-Discuss
structure of Dante's Inferno
III ACC-complete
mindmaps
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19
IV AP-Dante's Inferno test
III ACC-mindmap
presentations
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20
IV AP-Discuss
Dante's Inferno
III ACC-read
Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Vocabulary Quiz 9
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23
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 4
III ACC-continue
reading "Usher"
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24
IV AP-Roundtable
discussion of critical stances in Dante's
Inferno
III ACC-finish
"Usher;" discuss Romantic/Gothic elements in the
short story
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25
Thanksgiving |
26
Thanksgiving
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27
Thanksgiving
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30
IV AP-read
Albee's "The Zoo Story"
III ACC-read
Poe's "The Raven;" discuss the Gothic elements
in the piece
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
1
IV AP-lecture
notes over
Existentialism
III ACC-notes
over TPCASTT; analyze William C. Bryant's "Thanatopsis"
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2
IV AP-apply
lecture notes to "The Zoo Story;" read first
scene of Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead"
III ACC-Read
and analyze Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, The
Tide Falls"
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3
IV AP-complete
Applied Practice questions over Hamlet
III ACC-Complete
Applied Practice analysis questions over "Thanatopsis;"
work on rough drafts of persuasive essay
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4
IV AP-
Vocabulary Quiz 5
III ACC-work
on persuasive essays
Vocabulary Quiz 10
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7
IV AP-Read
"R&G are Dead"
III ACC-rough
drafts of persuasive essays due-complete peer
editing
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8
IV AP-Read
"R&G are Dead;" complete
discussion questions
over Act I
III ACC-continue
polishing rough drafts
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9
IV AP-Finish
"R&G are Dead;" complete
discussion questions
over Acts II-III
III ACC-read
and analyze Holmes's "The Chambered Nautilus"
Persuasive Essay Due
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10
IV AP-Discuss
"R&G are Dead
III ACC-finish
discussing "The Chambered Nautilus;" begin
preparing for Final Exam
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11
IV AP-
Vocabulary
Test (4-6
III ACC-
Vocabulary
Test (9-11)
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14
IV AP-Final
Exam Review
III ACC-Final
Exam Review
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15
Final Exams
1st Period
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16
Final Exams
2nd-3rd
Periods
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17
Final Exams
4th-5th
Periods
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18
Final Exams
6th-7th
Periods
End of Semester |
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Semester Break
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Semester Break |
23
Semester Break
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24
Semester Break
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25
Semester Break |
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28
Semester Break |
29
Semester Break
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30
Semester Break |
31
Semester Break |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
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1
Semester Break
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4
Semester Break
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5
IV AP-Discuss the
components and design of a
Petrarchan Sonnet
III ACC-
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6
IV AP-Counselors meet with
seniors in auditorium
III ACC-
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7
IV AP-Read and analyze William Wordsworth's "The
World is Too Much with Us"
III ACC-
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8
IV AP-Read and analyze
"London, 1802" and "Composed upon Westminster
Bridge"
III ACC-
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11
IV AP-Introduce
Shakespearean sonnets; analyze Sonnet 130
and Sonnet 18
III ACC-
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12
IV AP-
III ACC-
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13
IV AP-Group analysis of Shakespearean
sonnets
III ACC-
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14
IV AP-Group
analysis of Shakespearean sonnets
III ACC-
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15
IV AP-Complete Sonnet Quiz;
Sonnet presentations
III ACC-Read Kate Chopin's "A Pair of Silk
Stockings" and answer questions over the story
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18
MLK Day
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19
IV AP-Sonnet presentations
III ACC-Read and discuss Kate Chopin's
"The Story of an Hour"
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20
IV AP-Shakespearean Sonnet Test
III ACC-TAKS short answer responses using
the two Kate Chopin selections
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21
IV AP-Sonnet Timed Writing
III ACC-TAKS short answer responses using
the two Kate Chopin selections
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22
IV AP-Frankenstein reading day
Vocabulary Quiz 7
III ACC-Read and analyze Walt Whitman's
"O Captain!, My Captain!"
Vocabulary
Quiz 12
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25
IV AP-Discuss Sir Philip Sidney's "With How
Sad Steps..."
III ACC-Discuss Walt Whitman's
"O Captain!, My Captain!"
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26
IV AP-Introduction to
the pastoral tradition; carpe diem poets;
Renaissance poetry; read, analyze, and discuss
Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd
to His Love," Sir Walter Raleigh's "The
Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" and Robert
Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"
III ACC-Read chapters 1-2 of Huckleberry
Finn and complete analysis questions
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27
IV AP-Independent
reading day
III ACC-Realism Test
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28
IV AP-Quiz over Frankenstein
chapters 1-12
III ACC-Read the introduction to Modernism
in the EOL textbook
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29
IV AP-Vocabulary Unit 8
III ACC-Complete quiz over Modernism;
discuss the historical/literary context of
Modernism
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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1
IV AP-Discuss Romanticism
III ACC-Read George Orwell's "Shooting an
Elephant"
Labor Day |
2
IV AP-Independent reading day
III ACC-Discuss "Shooting an Elephant;"
distribute The Great Gatsby
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3
IV AP-AP Multiple Choice Test
III ACC-Read and discuss Chapter 1 of The
Great Gatsby
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4
IV AP-Review Frankenstein test
III ACC-Read and discuss Chapter 2 of The
Great Gatsby
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5
IV AP-Finish Frankenstein
III ACC-Read Chapter 3 of The Great
Gatsby
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8
IV AP-Discuss Frankenstein using past
literary argument stems
III ACC-Read Chapter 4 of TGG
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9
IV AP-Frankenstein Timed
Writing
III ACC-Reading quiz over chapters 3-4;
discuss chapters 3-4 of TGG
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10
IV AP-How to craft an "interesting" literary
argument
III ACC-Read Chapter 5 of TGG
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11
IV AP-Frank
Socratic Discussion
III ACC-TAKS short answer response to
Chapter 5
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12
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 9
III ACC-Vocabulary Quiz 13; read Chapter 6
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15
School
Holiday |
16
IV AP-Frank Socratic Discussion
III ACC-read Chapter 7
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17
IV AP-Read Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "time
of the Ancient Mariner"
III ACC-read Chapter 8
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18
IV AP-In groups, plan and begin four-square
analysis of "RotAM"
III ACC-In groups, begin geographical
analysis of TGG
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19
IV AP-Vocabulary Test (7-9)
III ACC-Vocabulary Test (11-13)
End of 4th-6 weeks |
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22
IV AP-finish "RotAM" projects
III ACC-finish geographical analysis project
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23
IV AP-group presentations
III ACC-Before presenting group work, each
group must create an original title for its
assigned chapter(s) and present that with a
summary of the chapter along with the
geographical analysis project
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24
IV AP-"RotAM" Test; present list of
play choices
III ACC-The Great Gatsby
Test
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25
IV AP-Lecture on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's
"Kubla
Khan"
III ACC-TAKS practice with TGG
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26
IV AP-finish lecture over "Kubla Khan;"
discuss constructing arguments out of literature
III ACC-TAKS practice with TGG
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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1
IV AP-Read and analyze William Blake's "The
Tyger" and "The Lamb"
III ACC-TAKS practice
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2
IV AP-Read and analyze Blake's "The Chimney
Sweeper"
III ACC-TAKS practice
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3
IV AP-Read and discuss effective student
examples of compare / contrast essays
III ACC-TAKS Test
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4
IV AP-Read and discuss ineffective student
examples of compare /contrast essays
III ACC-view clips from TGG
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5
IV AP-
Vocabulary Quiz 10
III ACC-view clips from TGG
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8
IV AP-Discuss Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"
Plays due in class
III ACC-view cllips from TGG
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9
IV AP-Complete discussion of "Ozymandias;"
introduction of John Keats; read "Ode on a
Grecian Urn"
III ACC-finish viewing clips from TGG
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10
IV AP-discuss "Ode on a Grecian Urn;" read
literary criticism over the poem
III ACC-Read and analyze poetry from the
Harlem Renaissance ("The Weary Blues" by
Langston Hughes) |
11
IV AP-Poetry Timed Writing
III ACC-Read and analyze "I, Too" and
"Harlem" by Langston Hughes
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12
IV AP-discuss yesterday's writing
III ACC-Vocabulary Quiz 14
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15
Spring
Break |
16
Spring
Break |
17
Spring
Break |
18
Spring
Break |
19
Spring
Break |
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22
IV AP-Read and discuss Keats's "Bright Star"
III ACC-Read A Raisin in the Sun
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23
IV AP-View clips from the film "Bright
Star;" with a partner, construct five
AP-style multiple choice questions for the
poem
III ACC-Read
A Raisin in the Sun |
24
IV AP-Read and discuss Lord Byron's "She
Walks in Beauty"
III ACC-Read
A Raisin in the Sun
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25
IV AP-recite "She Walks in Beauty" from
memory
III ACC-Read
A Raisin in the Sun
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26
IV AP-Vocabulary
Quiz 11
III ACC-Finish reading ARITS; assign
presentation projects
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29
IV AP-Discuss the role/purpose of drama,
briefly discussing the selected plays
Play deadline
III ACC-Complete ARITS projects
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30
IV AP-Read and discuss Ian Johnston's
lecture on Drama
III ACC-Finish ARITS projects
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31
IV AP-Drama Timed Writing
III ACC-ARITS presentations
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Labor Day |
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1
IV AP-Metaphysical poetry; read, analyze,
and discuss John Donne's "A Valediction
Forbidding Mourning" and "The Flea"
III ACC-ARITS presentations
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2
School
Holiday |
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5
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 12
III ACC-finish ARITS presentations; hand out
research assignment sheets
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6
IV AP-Paired Poems; read and discuss Richard
Wilbur's "A Barred Owl" and Billy Collins's "The
History Teacher"
III ACC-library research |
7
IV AP-discuss past Q3s, giving examples from
past novels
III ACC-library research
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8
IV AP-Poetry Quiz
III ACC-organize research; begin Annotated
Bibliography
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9
IV AP-Vocabulary Quiz 12
III ACC-continue reading and sorting
research; complete Annotated Bibliography |
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12
IV AP-begin reading and discussing Book I of
Heart of Darkness
III ACC-submit Annotated Bibliography;
continue research process |
13
IV AP-read and discuss Book I of HOD;
distribute
study questions
III ACC-work on thesis statements and rough
drafts
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14
IV AP-read and discuss Book I of HOD
III ACC-continue writing rough draft
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15
IV AP-finish reading Book I of HOD
Vocabulary Test (10-12)
III ACC-Vocabulary Test (14-16)
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16
IV AP-discuss Book I of HOD
III ACC-typed rough draft due
End of 5th-6 weeks |
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19
IV AP-read Part II of HOD
III ACC-Begin resume project
Research Paper Due
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20
IV AP-continue Part II of HOD
III ACC-Read The Things They Carried
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21
IV AP-counselors meet with
seniors
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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22
IV AP-Read and discuss Part III of HOD
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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23
IV AP-Read
and discuss Part III of HOD
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
Resumes Due
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26
IV AP-Exam Prep
III ACC-Read The Things They Carried |
27
IV AP-Exam Prep
III ACC-Read The Things They Carried
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28
IV AP-Exam Prep
III ACC-Read The Things They Carried |
29
IV AP-Exam Prep
III ACC-Read The Things They Carried |
30
IV AP-Late Arrival Practice AP
Test
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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3
AP Exams
AM: US
Government
PM: Comparative
Government / French Language
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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4
AP Exams
AM: Computer
Science A / Spanish Language
PM: Statistics
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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5
AP Exams
AM: Calculus
AB/BC
PM: Chinese
Language and Culture
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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6
AM: English Lit. & Comp /
German Language
PM: Japanese
Language and Culture
III ACC-Read
The Things They Carried
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7
AP Exams
AM: US History
PM: European
History / Studio Art
III ACC-The Things They
Carried Test
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10
AP Exams
AM: Biology /
Music History
PM: Physics B/C
III ACC-Read "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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11
AP Exams
AM: Chemistry /
Environmental Science
PM: Psychology
III ACC-Read
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
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12
AP Exams
AM: English
Language and Comp
PM: Art History
III ACC-Read
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
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13
AP Exams
AM:
Macroeconomics / World History
PM:
Microeconomics
III ACC-Read
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
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14
AP Exams
AM: Human
Geography / Spanish Literature
PM: Latin:
Vergil
III ACC-Read
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
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17
IV AP-presentations
III ACC-Read
"A Streetcar Named Desire" |
18
IV AP-presentations
III ACC-Streetcar Test
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19
IV AP-presentations
III ACC-
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20
IV AP-presentations
III ACC-
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21
IV AP-presentations
III ACC-
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24
FINAL EXAMS |
25
FINAL EXAMS |
26
FINAL EXAMS |
27
FINAL EXAMS |
28
FINAL EXAMS |
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31
Memorial
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