August 2014

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
11
Review syllabus, course expectations, and classroom procedures
Class Definition: What is the American Dream? Whose dreams come true? / 12
Review WTQ/ORN
Introduce Online Writing Portfolio, and initial writing assignment for August / 13
Writing Lesson: Christina’s World
6 Word Stories via TTTC / 14
Continuation of 6 Word Stories
Gallery Walk: Share out your 6 word story with your item / 15
Summer Assignment Due (Hardcopy in class, online submission by midnight!)
TTTC Discussion
  • Questions available on my website!

18
Textbook Distribution!
TTTC Discussion
  • Questions available on my website!
/ 19
TTTC Discussion
  • Questions available on my website!
/ 20
Yearbook Photos!
Draft 1.0 of August OWP due for editing/revision! / 21
Vocabulary Quiz 1
TTTC pre-test microtheme / 22 Half Day
WTQ: The Beginnings
Draft “SMART” goals for your adventures here in AP Language!
25
As a class: read and discuss Mike Royko’s ”A Faceless Man’s Plea”
Analyze: ethos, logos, pathos, D/T/S, and purpose / 26
As a class: read and discuss Mike Royko’s ”A Faceless Man’s Plea”
Analyze: ethos, logos, pathos, D/T/S, and purpose / 27
Junior Lexile Test – Meet in C-Lab North
Finalize Draft 2.0 of OWP, post to site. Final product due on September 2! / 28
WTQ: Bradford (Discussion will follow)
Royko microtheme / 29
Gatsby, Chapter 1 Discussion

September 2014

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / 2
Intro Sept OWL, Review Description Mode and read Heat-Moon’s Essay / 3
WTQ: Bradstreet/Taylor
Intro to SOAPS
  • Class practice
/ 4
Vocabulary Quiz 2
Introduce Sinner’s essay/discuss “sin” and its effect / 5
Meet in A177 for a Counseling Presentation
8
WTQ: Edwards
Draft SOAPS in small groups/share out and discuss / 9
Esther Burr – Read and annotate, complete a SOAPS / 10
Gatsby Chapter 2/3 Fishbowl Discussion / 11
Introduce Visual Language
-9/11 Presentation / 12 Half Day
Audience Awareness with Lincoln
15
Diction
Pyle’s “Horrible Waste of War” / 16
WTQ: Revolutionary Engish
Diction
Pyle’s “Horrible Waste of War” / 17
Tone
Edwards DIDLSS practice / 18
Tone
Ascher’s “Box Man” / 19
Vocabulary Quiz 3
Draft 1.0 of September OWP due
22
Syntax
Deductive vs. Inductive / 23
Meet in the C-Lab!
Publish Draft 1.0 of Edwards to Turnitin.com for Editing / 24
Live Grading of Group Pyle Microthemes / 25
Final Draft of Edwards Style Analysis Due
WTQ: Henry
Individual Pyle MT / 26
The Great Gatsby Fishbowl Chapter 4 and 5
29
Multiple Choice Pre-Test / 30
Strategies of Multiple-Choice, Types of MC Questions

October 2014

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1
Meet in the C-Lab!
Learnerator – sign into our class dashboard, complete questions in class, Last date to mail OWP Link for Sept. / 2
Oct OWP – Review, read, discuss / 3 Half Day
Vocab Quiz 4
WTQ: Jefferson
Hw: Read Stanton
6
Intro Oral MC
-Stanton vs. Jefferson / 7
WTQ: Romanticism
Intro Oral MC
-Stanton vs. Jefferson / 8
Timed Write: 40 minutes / 9
Gatsby Ch 6/7 Fishbowl / 10
13 / 14
Intro Rhetorical Devices / 15
Intro Rhetorical Devices / 16
Intro Rhetorical Devices / 17
WTQ: Bryant Discussion
OWP Edit & Revise
20
Gatsby Ch 8/9 Discussion / 21
WTQ: Holmes
Seminar on American Dream
Company Man / 22
DOAS Due in Class
Miller Intro/Jigsaw
Vocab Quiz 5 / 23 Half Day
Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis Timed Write / 24 Half Day
Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis Timed Write
27
iPad activity: rhetorical analysis / 28
iPad activity: rhetorical analysis / 29
iPad activity: rhetorical analysis / 30
Timed Write / 31
OWP Link is Due
WTQ: Poe
Introduce Nov OWP

November 2014

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
3
Watch Satire Intro Video By Today
iPad activity: satire exploration / 4
iPad Activity: satire exploration / 5
iPad Activity: satire exploration / 6
Oral MC: Barry / 7 Half Day
Complete iPad activity over Steinbeck
Work on portfolio if you have time!
10 / 11 / 12
DOAS Act I Fishbowl / 13
DOAS Act I Fishbowl / 14
Vocab Quiz 6
Barry MT
OWP: Revise and Edit Day
17
Introduce Winter Break Assignment
Satire Exercises / 18
Timed Write / 19
AP Multiple Choice Practice:
Writing Questions Activity / 20
AP Multiple Choice Practice:
Writing Questions Activity / 21
OWP Link Due
December OWP Initiated: Swift and Modern Proposal (with MC)
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28

December 2014

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1
Swift Oral MC
Review satire exercises 1-3 via interactive lecture
HW: Find a political cartoon that you like.  / 2
Review satire exercises 1-3 via interactive lecture (complete)
Review satire examples from notes and discuss / 3
Rhetorical Devices Practice
  • Amplification
  • Emotional Appeals
/ 4
Timed Write: Satire / 5
Edit/Revise OWP
Group Satire Analysis over Political Cartoon
RD Quiz over Terms Reviewed
8
DOAS Act II/Req Fishbowl / 9
DOAS Act II/Req Fishbowl / 10
Link Due
Rhetorical Devices Practice
  • Argumentation
  • Balance, Antithesis, and Paradox
/ 11
DOAS Final Exam Timed Write / 12 Half Day
RD Quiz over Terms Reviewed
15
Rhetorical Devices Practice
  • Metaphorical Substitutions/Puns
  • Omissions and Repetitions
/ 16
RD Quiz over Terms Reviewed
Rhetorical Device Review Game / 17
Rhetorical Device Review Game
Watch Satire Videos
  • Evaluate Target, Reform
/ 18 Half Day
Finals 1, 3, 5 / 19 Half Day
Finals 2, 4, 6

January 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
5
OWP January Intro - Read doc’s online to draft proposal and prepare
Introduction: Disputation / 6
EDPuzzle: Synthesis Introduction
Penny Prompt Breakdown / 7
Disputation Planning / 8
Penny Prompt Breakdown / 9 Half Day
Winter Break Project Due!
Penny Prompt Breakdown
12
MEET IN A-178: Learnerator revisit for weekly practice / 13
OWP Proposal Due
LMNOP Fishbowl
**The prompts have been released. I’d focus on those prompts!!** / 14
LMNOP Timed Write (40 minutes) / 15
Introduce the Extended Write – Class Seminar over the piece you’re writing
  • Langston Hughes
/ 16
**Nickel & Dimed should be owned by this date!**
LMNOP Timed Write (40 minutes)
Learnerator Results due by 11:59pm
19 / 20
EDPuzzle: Logic and Argumentation
Toulmin Model / 21
Logical Fallacies
  • Notes/Review
/ 22
Logical Fallacies
  • Notes/Review
/ 23
OWP Draft posted to turnitin.com by 11:59PM
Meet in C-Lab to DRAFT your Disputation Prompt!
26
Logical Fallacy Video Creations
  • PSA’s with Argumentation involved
/ 27
OWP Draft PEER MARK posted to turnitin.com by 11:59PM
Logical Fallacy Video Creations / 28
Extended Write #1 Due (turnitin.com only)
Apple TV: Review and Discuss the Videos you Made  / 29
Rhetorical Analysis: TIMED WRITE / 30
OWP FINAL Draft posted to turnitin.com by 11:59PM
MC Results Due by 11:59PM
Intro: Synthesis Creation

February 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
2
Extended Write Discussion/Planning / 3
Feb. OWP
  • 40 Model Essays
  • Questions
/ 4 / 5
Nickel & Dimed Test
  • Intro/Serving in Florida
/ 6
Nickel & Dimed Seminar
  • Intro/Serving in Florida

9
Meet in C-Lab: Counselor Presentation / 10
Logic & Argument Test:
  • Toulmin
  • Fallacies
/ 11
Meet in A-177
  • Disputation Plan on a Page
  • Research
/ 12
Synthesis/Argument How-To
  • Breaking Down
  • Structure
  • Jigsaw with Boards
/ 13
Synthesis Timed Write: 55 minutes
16 / 17
Meet in C-Lab:
  • Disputation Work
  • Pop Topic
/ 18
OWP Draft to turnitin.com by 11:59PM
Meet in C-Lab:
  • Disputation Work
  • Pop Topic
/ 19
Class Review:
Fallacies and Rhetorical Devices / 20
Finish Logical Fallacy Test
23
Peer Mark Completed by 11:59PM
Rhetorical Device Test / 24
Extended Write #2 Due: Turnitin.com ONLY
PopTopic Presentations / 25
PopTopic Presentations / 26
Feb OWP Final Posted
PopTopic Presentations / 27
Learnerator Completed
Disputation 1

March 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
2
Nickel & Dimed Microtheme
Intro FRQ #3 (Structure) / 3
Discussion: FRQ #3 / 4
TIMED WRITE:
Synthesis (no pre-reading/pre-planning) / 5
Group Timed Write: Entertainment in Society / 6
Disputation 2
9
Build a Test: Multiple Choice / 10
TIMED WRITE: Argumentation (FRQ #3) / 11
Disputation 3 / 12
Meet in C-Lab to:
  • Find materials
  • Write questions
  • Etc.
/ 13 Half Day
Search for quotes to fill in subjects
16
TIMED WRITE:
Synthesis / 17
Meet in C-Lab to Type and Finalize Product (if possible, start editing!) / 18
In-Class Peer Review:
  • Check question stems/distracters, etc
/ 19 Half Day
Nickel & Dimed Test
Fishbowl / 20 Half Day
Nickel & Dimed Test
Fishbowl
23
Disputation 4 / 24
Timed Write: Rhetorical Analysis (FRQ #2) / 25
Lab: OWP Create and Produce
  • Learnerator
/ 26
Lab: OWP Create and Produce
  • Learnerator
/ 27
Disputation 5
30 / 31

April 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / 2 / 3
6
Take MC Tests Created By Peers
  • Discuss common traits/etc.
/ 7
TW: FRQ 3 / 8
AZMerit: 5 / 9
AzMERIT: 2, 4, 6 / 10
AZMerit: 5
13
AzMERIT: 2, 4, 6 / 14
AIMS SCIENCE: Late Start
Quotation Quiz, Topics 1-5 / 15
AZMerit: 5 / 16
AzMERIT: 2, 4, 6 / 17 Half Day
Quotation Quiz, Topics 6-10
20
AP Exam Practice:
MC/FRQ2 / 21
Same as day prior! / 22
AP Exam Practice:
FRQ1/FRQ3 / 23
Same as day prior! / 24
Quotation Quiz, Topics 11-15
27
Disputation: Technology / 28
Disputation: Advertising / 29
Disputation: Privacy / 30
TW: Rhetorical Analysis

May 2015

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1
Disputation 9: Gun Laws
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 Half Day
11 / 12 / 13
AP Exam: Relax & Celebrate!  / 14 / 15
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
25 / 26 / 27 Half Day / 28 Half Day / 29