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 Comments are closed.
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