TUESDAY - November, 1 2011: Agenda and Homework

Objective: Incorporate short quotes into analysis

Agenda: Review short quote format; 2) Discuss AP essay/Belinda prompt

Homework: complete definitions for journal 19: eccentric, pedant, profligate, scrupulous, artifice

TUESDAY, October 25 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Explicate a poem

Agenda - 1) discuss explication assignment; 2) analyze the three Dickinson poems

Homework - Read "Because I Could Not Stop of Death" and complete journal #18: In this entry, don't worry about what you think this poem might mean. Instead, write about what you notice about the imagery. What are things Dickinson describes in the poem? How does she characterize "Death?" What happens in the poem in terms of plot? Shoot for 200 words. Write in complete sentences.

FRIDAY, October 21 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Identify evidence to support a thesis.

Agenda - 1) Discuss meaning of sonnets 73 and 23; 2) Find evidence to support that meaning.

Homework: Complete journal #17:

Journal 17: Choose either “Sonnet 73” or “Sonnet 23” and write a journal entry explaining your interpretation of the poem.

Include a working thesis statement at the beginning, and support it with specific evidence from the poem.

WEDNESDAY, October 19 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Write a working thesis statement.

Agenda - 1) Work with a group to develop a working thesis for "Sonnet 90"; 2) present thesis to class.

Homework - Read "Sonnet 73" and write a working thesis.

TUESDAY, October 18 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Evaluate the accuracy of an interpretation.

Agenda - 1) Discuss "Sonnet 18"; 2) Write self-reflection.

Homework - Read "Sonnet 90"; finish vocab flashcards for Friday.

MONDAY, October 17 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Define unfamiliar words.

Agenda - Create a set of 25 flash cards for the vocabulary words we've had so far this year.

Homework - Read "Sonnet 18" and write journal #16:

Journal #16: Read and reread “Sonnet 18.” Explain your interpretation of the poem.

Consider dealing with these questions:

• Who is the speaker addressing in the poem?
• What is the speaker saying to this person?
• How do you know?
• What comparison does the speaker make between “a summer’s day” and the person he addresses?
• What do the last two lines mean?

THURSDAY, October 13 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Develop an interpretation of a poem that accounts for all the details.

Agenda - 1) discuss personal statements; 2) read and analyze "My Papa's Waltz"

Homework - Reread "My Papa's Waltz" and write journal #15: Describe the father/son relationship Roethke develops in the poem. What images, lines, or words stand out as especially meaningful?

WEDNESDAY, October 12 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Develop a interpretation consistent with details.

Agenda - 1) Discuss "Girl"; 2) Arrive at a consensus on an interpretation of the story.

Homework - Read the poems and complete journal #14 (define: countenance, temperate, complexion, civility, surmise)

TUESDAY, October 11 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Explain the function of a paragraph.

Agenda - 1) Discuss responses to Perrine essay from journal 12; 2) Write self-reflection.

Homework - Read "Girl" and write journal #13 (both of these are on a handout)

THURSDAY, October 6 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Use discussion/writing to understand complex text.

Agenda - 1) Discuss conference planning; 2) Analyze specific passages from the Perrine essay.

Homework - 1) Finish conference outline; 2) Complete journal #12 for Monday.

JOURNAL #12 – Write a paragraph (about 50 – 100 words) for each of the following:

-       What is Perrine saying about horses in paragraph 20?

-       What does paragraph 25 tell us about the difference between metaphor and symbol?

-       What is Perrine saying about the meaning of symbols in paragraph 27?

A Note on this Week's Schedule

Hello AP students -

We're on a pretty random schedule this week because of testing and homecoming, so I may not be posting daily agendas as they are being constantly changed. Be sure, though, that you bring a rough draft outline of your conference to class on Thursday. You should also have completed your definitions for the Perrine essay. Be ready to discuss this article on Friday and next Tuesday.

MONDAY, October 3 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Explain the meaning of complex text.

Agenda - 1) Instruction on preparing for conference; 2) Discuss Perrine essay and Rorschach tests.

Homework - FOR WEDNESDAY: Read "The Nature of Proof..." essay, writing the main idea of each of the first 15 paragraphs in the margin. Complete journal #11. FOR THURSDAY: Create a rough draft outline for your conference.

JOURNAL #11 Read Perrine’s “The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry” and define the following words.

·     ECONOMICAL, CONSENSUS, AMBIGUITIES, CONNOTATIONS, VIABLE

Choose the definition that matches its use in the writing. Copy the sentence from the text in which it appears, identify its part of speech, and write the definition.

AP Conference Assignment Sheet

Tomorrow I'm going to talk about your first AP conference. Here is a link to the assignment sheet that I'll hand out in class.

TUESDAY, September 27 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Recall specific details from a literary narrative

Agenda - 1) Reading quiz on "Young Goodman Brown;" 2) Analyze specific paragraphs from the story.

Homework - 1) Write journal #9 (I will collect this tomorrow); 2) study for Friday vocab quiz; 3) finish personal statement revision for Monday.

JOURNAL #10: Reread (maybe a few times) paragraph #63 on page 556 (It begins: “There,” resumed the sable…”).

Analyze what the speaker says here. Who is he speaking to? What is the point he is making? What details from his speech seem significant?

“Notice and fondle the details” before you try to connect it to other parts of the story…

MONDAY, September 26 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Revise writing to create sentence variety.

Agenda - 1) Discuss "Young Goodman Brown"; 2) Peer review personal statements.

Homework - 1) Reread "Young Goodman Brown" - reading quiz tomorrow; 2) Vocabulary quiz on Friday; 3) Personal Statement due Monday.

THURSDAY, September 22 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Explain the significance of a title.

Agenda - 1) Discuss journal #8; 2) write self-reflection

Homework - Read "Young Goodman Brown" p. 548; complete journal #9.

JOURNAL #9: Read Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” (p. 548) and define the following words.

·     APTLY, ABASHED, PIOUS, LURID, VISAGE

Choose the definition that matches its use in the writing. Copy the sentence from the text in which it appears, identify its part of speech, and write the definition.

WEDNESDAY, September 21 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Develop an interpretation of a character consistent with the details of a story.

Agenda - 1) Discuss final requirements for the personal statement; 2) Read and discuss journal #7

Homework - Write journal #8

Journal #8: What is the significance of the title of the story? When is the phrase “A Good Man is Hard to Find” used in the story? What is a “good man” in the context of the story? How does the grandmother define “good?”

TUESDAY, September 20 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Identify relevant details for analysis.

Agenda - 1) reading quiz over "Good Man is Hard to Find;" 2) Brainstorm details from a passage.

Homework - Write Journal #7.

JOURNAL #7: Choose three words that you think most accurately describe the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Explain why each word is appropriate using specific evidence from the text (quotes, details, etc.).

MONDAY, September 19 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Revise writing for variety in sentence structure.

Agenda - 1) Evaluate sample intro paragraphs; 2) Explanation of editing charts.

Homework - 1) Complete editing chart; 2) Reread "A Good Man is Hard to Find" p. 358. Expect a reading comprehension quiz tomorrow.

FRIDAY, September 16 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Explain the significance of specific quotes and details.

Agenda - 1) Take the AP diagnostic test; 2) Finish and present Nabokov TOP TEN lists

Homework - 1) Read O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" p. 358 (here is a link to the story online); 2) complete journal #6.

JOURNAL #6: Read O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (p. 358) and define the following words.

·     VALISE, NICKELODEON, DISPOSITION, GAPED, AMBLING

Choose the definition that matches its use in the writing. Copy the sentence from the text in which it appears, identify its part of speech, and write the definition.

SAMPLE:

IRREVOCABLE (page 17) “Outdoors was the end of something,
an irrevocable, physical fact, defining and complementing our
metaphysical condition.” Adjective. Impossible to alter; unchangeable.

THURSDAY, September 15 - Agenda and Homework

Objective - Identify important details in a complex text.

Agenda - 1) Identify Nabokov's specific advice for readers in his essay; 2) work with a group to create a top ten list of his advice.

Homework - finish rough draft of personal statement for tomorrow.