Orientation: Policy sheet; poem logistics; SQ assignment established; the return of Tea Party Tuesday
Here is the famous Unlucky 13 handout Thursday, September 1: Poem recitations; Intro to course; the rhetorical triangle USING BISHOP TO UNDERSTAND SPACECAT Friday, September 2: No class; Opening All-School Assembly (Poem due before assembly, see sign-up sheet on my door) HW: Take SPACECAT notes on "One Art" using the worksheet Monday, September 5: Labor Day; No school Tuesday, September 6: Bring a cup for Tea Party Tuesday; "One Art" discussion SPACECAT, drafts of "One Art" HW: Review the Introduction to Spiritual Writings SOLIDIFYING SPACECAT AND INTRODUCING RHETORICAL ANALYSIS WITH GIANNONE Wednesday, September 7: More discussion of SPACECAT as a method for rhetorical analysis, some connections to Giannone; discussion of the rhetorical analysis prompts and scoring Thursday, September 8: An example (question 2, p. 11) and tip sheet here; line of argument Friday, September 9: In-class writing: SPACECAT and the Spiritual Writings Introduction; HW: Work on SQ paragraphs ADDING DAILY EXAM PRACTICE COMPLETING RHETORICAL AND CLOSE READING WITH O'CONNOR Monday, September 12: Begin daily warm-ups from 5 Steps; Story assignments made, as some students will have completed SQs: "Good Country People" (Hulga): Clare, Ashlee, Fiat "The Life You Save May Be Your Own": Siena, Lucy, SHannan "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (the Misfit): Ana, Margot, Astrid "Parker's Back": Sydney, Adrianna, Gabby Tuesday, September 13: Tea Party Tuesday; Workday for the Flannery O'Connor SQs or on stories Wednesday, September 14: Spiritual Writings SQs due (4 total, paragraphs of 5-6 sentences each); work on stories in class; discuss in a general way; HW: (Bare minimum) Have read and annotated story for presentation Thursday, September 15: Here is the assignment for the group presentation; work on your group presentation Friday, September 16: Continue working on your group presentation Monday, September 19: Last workday for story presentation Tuesday, September 20: Story presentation day 1; HW: work on SQ essay prep Wednesday, September 21: Story presentation day 2; Quiz on presentations; HW: work on SQ essay prep Thursday, September 22: Two-day in-class essay (homework allowed if desired): Choose one of the questions you have written an answer to, or one of the three-asterisked questions if you would like to start fresh, to produce a response that works as a fully argued AP Lang FRQ-type question. You may consult with me on your work during lunch or class on Thursday, or during lunch or class on Friday. Friday, September, September 23: Complete the in-class writing; your homework is the Introduction to They Say/I Say Here is the rubric we looked at in class; you should take from it broad points about what is valued generally in the AP Lang essays. The first rubric is probably least applicable to what you are writing unless you are integrating outside sources. Look at the second and third for inspiration. Comments are closed.
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