OMonday 27 September: SQ essay due; have read Introduction to TS/IS well enough to discuss
Tuesday 28 September: Chapter 1 due; in-class Harkness discussion to heighten tech talk Wednesday 29 September: Chapter 2 due; Modernism; In-class activity on imagism Thursday 30 September: More about modernism, imagism, and artistic context; HW prompt (notes only): At the end of Chapter 2, what is happening? What stylistic choices does Fitzgerald make to shape and execute the scene? What are the effects of these stylistic choices? Friday 1 October: No class; First Friday Mass; AP Classroom homework due: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/12/assessments/assignments/40179634/ Monday 4 October: Chapter 3 due Tuesday 5 October: They Say/I Say Chapter 1 due Wednesday 6 October: Gatsby Chapter 4 due Thursday 7 October: No classes; Our Lady of the Rosary Friday 8 October: They Say/I Say Chapter 2 due; academic summary assigned Monday 11 October: No school! Columbus Day Tuesday 12 October: Gatsby Chapter 5 due Wednesday 13 October: No classes for upper school: PSAT or SAT; deadline for seniors to have the stamp; if you are not taking the SAT, I can meet with you to finalize essay if desired Thursday 14 October: Summary assignment due; turn in your college essay. In class we'll go over the summary assignment and give students a chance to ask about SQ essays Friday 15 October: Gatsby Chapter 6 due Monday 18 October: They Say/I Say Chapter 3 due Tuesday 19 October: Gatsby Chapter 7 due Wednesday 20 October: They Say/I Say Chapter 4 due Thursday 21 October: Gatsby Chapter 8 due Friday 22 October: Gatsby Chapter 9 due; Reflective Memo introduced Monday 25 October: Workday for portfolio elements Tuesday 26 October: More Chapter 8 and 9 activities; HW: Prep 25-30 min for in-class writing using your well read, well annotated book and class handouts Wednesday 27 October: In-class writing: Gatsby, Franklin, and Columbus; HW: Work on portfolio Thursday 28 October: Discussion of in-class writing in light of the novel and also principles of TS/IS, review of major themes in and approaches to Gatsby; here are some old SQs to help you tune up to what kinds of things I ask in AP Lang. Friday 29 October: No school! Monday 1 November: Gatsby test; HW: Work on portfolio Tuesday 2 November: Introduction of paper sequence, but HW: finish portfolio Wednesday 3 November: Jane Tompkins: "'Indians': Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History" in class Thursday 4 November: Discussion of Tompkins and academic summary assignment made Friday 5 November: Portfolio due; No class; First Friday Mass (HW: Three-topic memo) Portfolio items; Portfolio due Friday, November 5 Turn in old, marked copy, any additional process, and new copy: 1. Giannone Rhetorical Analysis 2. O'Connor SQ Essay 3. In-class writing on allusion in Gatsby 4. Q1 Reflective Memo Orientation: Policy Sheet
Here is the famous Unlucky 13 handout Thursday 1 September: Intro to course, the rhetorical triangle (cartoons in class), "One Art" poem recitations Friday 2 September: Check in before Mass to make sure you have a plan for recitation before 1:30, knowing that other students are in the same boat...HW: Join AP Classroom (see Jupiter message from me); Take SPACECAT notes on Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" (see handout received at our check in) Monday 6 September: No school; Labor Day Tuesday 7 September: "One Art" discussion; SPACECAT and cartoons; Elizabeth Bishop SPACECAT discussion; HW: Review the Introduction to Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writings Wednesday 8 September: Flannery O'Connor SQs, SPACECAT and the Introduction Thursday 9 September: SPACECAT, continued; here is the rhetorical analysis prompt from 2021; here is a sheet to help with thesis statement development Friday 10 September: In-Class Writing: SPACECAT and the Introduction *********** Monday 13 September: Personal Progress Check 1 due online: Assignment: Unit 1 Progress Check: MCQ Available as of: 9/10/2021 9:31 AM EDT; Due: 9/13/2021 9:15 AM EDT Link for students to take test: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/12/assessments/assignments/40179643 Tuesday 14 September: Workday for the Flannery O'Connor SQs; Story assignments made: "Good Country People" (Hulga): Maggie, Abigail, Yahfyah, Isis "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" (Mr. Shiflet/Lucynell): Elise, Rachel, Molly "The Lame Shall Enter First" (Sheppard): Ella S., Elif, Grace, Lucia "The Enduring Chill" (Asbury): Lilly, Becky, Bella "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (the Misfit): Allison, Cara, Benedetta, Sofia "Everything That Rises Must Converge" (Julian): Anna, Cristina, Lupe "Parker's Back": Isha, Kyra, Ella B. Wednesday 15 September: Flannery O'Connor SQs due (8 questions total, per the assignment) Thursday 16 September: Have read your assigned story; group discussions of the story in a general way, highlighting SPACECAT elements Friday 17 September: Workday for presentation; here's the assignment Monday 20 September: Discuss in-class writing; Rhetorical analysis rubric; Re-write assignment; Work on presentation Tuesday 21 September: Work on presentation Wednesday 22 September: Short story presentation day 1 Thursday 23 September: Short story presentation day 2; hw: work on SQ essay Friday 24 September: Short story presentation day 3; hw: work on SQ essay; They Say/I Say distributed (Read introduction to help with SQ essay and Rhetorical Analysis rewrite) |