,Wednesday 4 March: No class; Gala practice Thursday 5 March: Rhetorical Terms #4; Discussion and brainstorming for project; Begin As I Lay Dying Friday 6 March: Reading 1 due (through p. 13) Monday 9 March: Reading 2 due (through p. 25) Tuesday 10 March: Reading 3 due (26-34); Timon of Athens synopsis and prep Wednesday 11 March: No class; Field Trip to the Shakespeare Theatre to see Timon of Athens Thursday 12 March: Reading 4 due (35-57) Friday 13 March: Test Prep Friday: More Multiple Choice *****Move to Distance Learning***** March 15 is the due date for the first full-length AP Lang Practice Test from 5 Steps to a 5; you are to submit a screenshot of your multiple choice score and then also your essays. Mark which essay you think is the best so that I can grade that one. *************************************************************************************************************************************************** **Do two warm-up multiple choice questions each day; then read the answers and explanations in the back of the book. If you have questions, please ask during our Zoom call on Friday 27 March. Week 1 Wednesday 18 March: Reading 5 due (58-81); after you read, view this screencast, which will also have general information about distance learning and this one, which will begin to talk about Reading 5; the rest of reading 5 will be handled in the discussion forum due tomorrow Thursday 19 March: Reading 6 due (82-102); please see the discussion forum on Jupiter for questions and directions; hot seat for the modernist short story opens today; don't forget the writer's statement. •To get to the discussion forum, see the Messages tab on your Jupiter page. You are required to make your first response by 2 pm Thursday and the second response by 6pm; please check early because there is some group work. If you have trouble locating all members of your group via the usual channels, be sure you proceed in time to meet the deadline. •Email me to reserve your hot seat for the imitative writing. I will handle the hot seat via a screencast in which I give you feedback and perhaps a virtual stamp! Friday 20 March: Test Prep Friday: Argument essay; submit your essay by 5pm today; here is the prompt for you to open and read only when you are ready to start the 40-minute timer Be aware of Rhetorical Terms #5, for which there will be an assessment Wednesday 25 March. ************************************************************************************************************************************************* Week 2 Monday 23 March: Reading 7 due (103-127); please read before our Zoom call at 10:15; hot seat (1 spot [because of many seniors needing meetings]): Aleksandra You do not need a phone number to attend a Zoom call. Download the Zoom app to your phone (or make an account on your laptop) and you should now have an emailed invitation. My Zoom number is 755 804 5754 if you need to enter that to join the meeting. Tuesday 24 March: Please make three comments on the discussion board by 9pm today. The questions go through Reading 7 only, and there is no further reading due today. Hot seat: Aggie Wednesday 25 March: Please take the Rhetorical Terms 5 assessment; don't download until you are ready to take it; quiz is closed-notes. Please upload as a pdf to the Dropbox by noon today; hot seat for the modernist short story closes today Thursday 26 March: Modernist short story imitative writing due; don't forget the writer's statement; Zoom call at 10:15 Friday 27 March: Reading 8 due (128-149) *************************************************************************************************************************************************** Week 3 Monday 30 March: Complete reading 9 (150-175); Zoom call at 10:30 (not 10:15 because of a conflict) Tuesday 31 March: Reading 10 (177-197); Complete the discussion forum question by 6pm; please be sure to circle back to read everyone else's responses Wednesday 1 April: Wonder Wednesday Thursday 2 April: Here is a screencast about Reading 9 that starts with the discussion forum but then also includes the question no one answered about language; please listen to the screencast before the call; Zoom call at 10:15; complete reading 11 (198-217) Friday 3 April: Free Response Friday: Directions: Please review the old rhetorical analysis assignment sheet to remember the fundamental approaches to rhetorical analysis. Please review the template for the rhetorical analysis thesis (Author argues x using y) and the importance of topic sentences that get at not only what you see (y) but also how and to what end (x) the writer uses the device. After you have reviewed, please open the prompt (this is the whole packet--you will do question 2, the rhetorical analysis) and then write your essay response in 45 minutes. When you are finished, please upload your essay as a pdf to the assignment in Jupiter (rather than to the Dropbox). Please upload it to the assignment, rather than sending it as a message. You will see the little green mark by the assignment; click the mark to upload. If you are overcome by frustration, please give me a call. ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Week 4 Monday 6 April: Reading 12 due; regular Zoom call 10:15 Tuesday 7 April: Rhetorical Terms final quest (it is attached to the assignment in Jupiter), complete by noon; Reading 13 due (end of novel); Zoom call 2-2:45 to discuss reading Wednesday 8 April: Wonder Wednesday *****Easter Break***** Wednesday 15 April: Wonder Wednesday Thursday 16 April: 10:15 Zoom call; AILD in-(Zoom)class exercise; rhetorical analysis #1, rhetorical analysis #2 To prep for Zoom call, have the in-class exercise printed or otherwise visible while you are also visible on the call; we will do it together in class Sometime today, view the two rhetorical analysis screencasts listed for today Friday 17 April: Prep for in-class writing: Faulkner's Nobel Speech; see the prompt; turn in your preparation by midnight tonight (you may mark your book but should have a distinct outline to hand in today); as usual, the thesis statement should be the only fully pre-written sentence in your outline. ************************************************************************************************************************************************** Week 5 Monday 20 April: In-class writing: Faulkner's Nobel Speech (no Zoom call today); give yourself 35 minutes to write from the outline you produced for Friday; hand in by midnight tonight. Tuesday 21 April: Read and annotate "Darl Bundren's Cubistic Vision" as for a rhetorical analysis; explication and creative project assigned Wednesday 22 April: Wonder Wednesday Thursday 23 April: Workday for creative project; Zoom call to set up (10:15) Friday 24 April: Practice Rhetorical Analysis, due by midnight ************************************************************************************************************************************************** |