Week Twenty Pre-AP

Pre-AP ENGLISH II

Week Twenty Pre-AP

Mon. January 7

LS

Welcome Back!!

Outside Projects DUE

Go over final

Intro Fahrenheit 451

Hand out F451 books and guides/handouts

Tue. January 8

Helping Verb Quiz

Intro book group project

Poetry “Astronomy Lesson” and “When I Heard”

Read aloud pp. 3-4 intro. writing prompt, M&M chart

Wed. & Thu. January 9 & 10

In-class timed writing to author’s and character’s attitudes in first four paragraphs

DUE: F451 APMC 1-8 (pp. 3-6)

HW: Rd pp. F451 3-14 and APMC 9-16

Fri. January 11

LS

DUE: F451 pp. 3-14, APMC 9-16

HW: F451 pp. 15-32, No APMC

Week Twenty-one Pre-AP

Mon. January 14

Due: F451 pp. 15-32

AP MC 17-23 DO IN CLASS

Introduce word flippant from cut APMC

HW: F451 pp 32-48, APMC 32-38

Tue. January 15

Due: F451 pp 32-48, APMC 32-38

HW: F451 pp. 48-68, APMC 39-46

Wed. & Thu. January 16 & 17

Due: F451 pp. 48-68, APMC 39-46

Intro. Persuasive Prompt

(entertainment preventing serious thought)

· Vocabulary #23: Hand out #24

HW: F451 pp. 71-91, APMC 47-53

Fri. January 18

Due: F451 pp. 71-91, APMC 47-53

HW: F451 pp. 91-110 (No APMC Due)

Week Twenty-two Pre-AP

Mon. January 21 MLK DAY NO SCHOOL

Tue. January 22

Due: F451 pp. 91-110 (No APMC due)

Intro.“Dover Beach”

Discuss issues with persuasive prompt

Wed. & Thu. January 23 & 24

Finish “Dover Beach” Discussion

Persuasive Draft Due à Workshop

HW: F451 pp. 113-117, APMC 62-68

Finalize Persuasive Essay

Fri. January 25

Finish “Dover Beach” Discussion

Persuasive Draft Due à Workshop

HW: F451 pp. 113-117, APMC 62-68

Finalize Persuasive Essay

Week Twenty-three Pre-AP

Mon. January 28

Persuasive Final Draft DUE: Entertainment prev. thought

Due: F451 pp. 113-117, APMC 62-68

HW: F451 pp. 118-125 DUE (No APMC Due)

Meeting time for book groups – progress check

Tue. January 29

Due: F451 pp. 118-125 DUE (No APMC Due)

Cover words non sequitur and epiphany from cut APMC. Both from question 70. Do question 70 orally in class

Wed. & Thu. January 30 & 31

F451 pp. 125-145 DUE

Fri. Feb. 1

F451 pp. 146-165 DUE (end)

AP MC 76-83 DUE

Meeting time for book groups – progress check

Week Twenty-four Pre-AP

Mon. February 4

AP MC 84-90 DO IN CLASS, collect books

Wrap up F451

Tue. February 5

LS F451 AP Lit. and Vocab. Terms test

HW: Merchant of Venice plot outline

HW: Merchant of Venice – newspaper articles -- Intro synthesis essay and prompt

Wed. & Thu. February 6 & 7

MofV articles A & B (Carpenter, Allen)

Vocabulary #24: Hand out #25

Fri. February 8 No School – Prof. Develop.

Work on outside reading project

Week Twenty-five Pre-AP

Mon. February 11

MofV articles

HW: Start drafting synthesis essay

Tue. February 12 Progress Reports

MofV articles

Wed. February 13 Parent/Teacher Conferences PM

DRAFT MofV Synthesis Essay Due

Thu. February 14 – No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fri. February 15 -- No School

Enrollment in Library with Counselors

Week Twenty-six Pre-AP

Mon. February 18 – No School – Presidents’ Day

Tue. February 19

FINAL MofV Synthesis Essay Due

Intro. Shakespeare and Othello

Wed. & Thu. February 20 & 21

Continue intro Shakespeare and Othello

Vocabulary #25: Hand out #26

February 22

Background on Shakespeare DUE

Do presentations of background on Shakespeare

Week Twenty-seven Pre-AP

Mon. February 25

Do presentations of background on Othello

Begin Othello if time

Tue. February 26

Othello Act I, scene i

AP MC 1-8 do in class

Meeting time for book groups – progress check

Wed. & Thu. February 27 & 28

Othello Act I, scene ii

AP MC #9-15 due

Begin Othello Act I, scene iii

Fri. March 1

Finish Othello Act I, scene iii

Week Twenty-eight Pre-AP

Mon. March 4

Othello Act II, scene i

Tue. March 5

Begin Othello Act II, scene ii, begin Act II, scene iii

Wed. & Thu. March 6 & 7

Othello Act II, scene iii finish

AP MC #16-23 due

Meeting time for book groups – progress check

Vocabulary #26: Hand out #27

Fri. March 8

Begin Othello Act III, scenes i & ii

Introduce Reputation Persuasive Prompt

Week Twenty-nine Pre-AP

Mon. March 11

LS Othello Act III, scene iii

AP MC #24-30 DUE

Tue. March 12

AP MC #31-38 due

AP MC #39-45 DO in class

Possible in-class writing

Wed. & Thu. March 13 & 14

Reputation Essay Due

Othello Act III, scene iv

AP MC #46-52 DUE

Fri. March 15

Othello Act IV, scenes i & ii

AP MC #53-60 DUE

Spring Break –March 18-25-Outside Project Due March 26

Spring Break – March 18-25

Week Thirty Pre-AP

Tue. March 26

Outside Projects DUE

· videos and reflection essays

Othello Act IV, scene iii

AP MC #61-67 DUE

Wed. & Thu. March 27 & 28

Othello Act V, scene i

AP MC #68-75 DO IN CLASS

Possible in-class writing (analysis)

Fri. March 29

Othello Act V, scenes i & ii

AP MC #76-82 in-class

Week Thirty-one Pre-AP

Mon. April 1

LS

Othello Act V, scene ii

AP MC #83-90 DUE

Tue. April 2

LS

Othello AP Lit. Terms & Voc. Exam

Introduce Revenge Persuasive Prompt

Intro. Bacon’s Essay “On Revenge”

Wed. & Thu. April 3 & 4

Review Othello AP Lit. Terms & Voc. Exam

Discuss/Explore “On Revenge”

Vocabulary #27: Hand out #28

Fri. April 5

In-class essay “On Revenge”

Week Thirty-two Pre-AP

Mon. April 8

LS Peer Assess “On Revenge”

HW: Read Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” (begin in class)

Tue. April 9

Discuss/Explore “The Story of an Hour” in groups

Wed. & Thu. April 10 & 11

Analysis writing in-class Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour

Peer assess Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” in-class writing

Assign Their Eyes Were Watching God background for presentations

· handouts (AP Terms & Voc., vocabulary from novel, etc.), pre-reading, guides, and books

Fri. April 12

Background presentations on TEWWG (20 minutes max for total # of presentations)

Read aloud/start style questions Ch. 1

Week Thirty-three Pre-AP

Mon. April 15

TEWWG finish Ch. 1 style questions

Ch. 1 DUE

APMC #1-8 do in class

Tue. April 16

TEWWG Ch. 2 DUE

APMC #9-15 DUE

Wed. & Thu. April 17 & 18

TEWWG Ch. 3-4 DUE

APMC #16-23 DUE

Vocabulary #28: Hand out #29

Poetry –“Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”

Fri. April 19 No School

Professional Development

Week Thirty-four Pre-AP

Mon. April 22

Cont./finish “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”

Tue. April 23 Progress Reports

TEWWG Ch. 5 DUE

APMC #24-30 DUE

Intro persuasive essay power/property/hate

Wed. & Thu. April 24 & 25

TEWWG Ch. 6 DUE

APMC #31-38 DUE

Possible Examination of writing prompt #1

Fri. April 26

TEWWG Ch. 7-8 DUE

APMC #39-45 DUE

HW: consider Joe’s positive and negative traits, make notes (T-chart)

Quotes, references, page numbers (skim chapters 4-9 for evidence)

Week Thirty-five Pre-AP

Mon. April 29

Power/property/hate essay DUE

Critical Reading Ch. 9 passage from AP exam (10 minutes)

“Man & Wife” poem and more poems

Tue. April 30

TEWWG Ch. 9 DUE

AP MC 46-52 DUE

Good Joe/Bad Joe team/room debate (30 minutes max)

Intro/prep AP style essay -- analysis

Wed. & Thu. May 1 & 2

TEWWG Chs. 10-11 DUE

IN-CLASS ESSAY—Janie’s Attitude

Vocabulary #29: Hand out #30

Fri. May 3

TEWWG Ch. 12-13 DUE

APMC 53-60 DUE

Week Thirty-six Pre-AP

Mon. May 6

TEWWG Ch. 14-15 DUE

APMC 61-67 DUE

Tue. May 7

TEWWG Ch. 16-17 DUE

Wed. & Thu. May 8 & 9

TEWWG Ch. 18 DUE up to AP MC 68-75

AP MC 68-75 DUE

Fri. May 10

TEWWG Ch. 18 DUE from AP MC 76-82 to end of ch.

AP MC 76-82 DUE

Intro. Definition Exercise

Week Thirty-seven Pre-AP

Mon. May 13

TEWWG Ch. 19-20 DUE

Definition Exercise work?

Tue. May 14

in-class impromptu writing

AP MC 83-90 do in class

peer review impromptu writing

Wed. & Thu. May 15 & 16

TEWWG AP Terms & Vocabulary Test

Vocabulary #30

Fri. May 17

Definition Exercise DUE

PSAT Data gathering

Last Week

May 20

PSAT Data gathering

Hand out instructor/course evaluation/survey

May 21

Finals for hours 2, 4, 6

Final—Language Study

2nd semester APMC Lit/Voc Terms

Possible critical reading passage

May 22

Finals for hours 1, 5

May 23

Finals for hours 3, 7