Monday 29 January: "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday 30 January: snow delay Wednesday 31 January: Fireside poets, intro to "Thanatopsis" Thursday 1 February: "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant Friday 2 February: No class, First Friday Mass; argument paper revisions due Monday 5 February: No school, Headmaster's Holiday Tuesday 6 February: Dickinson paper due by midnight, uploaded to Jupiter; Whitman (in class) Wednesday 7 February: Snow day; read Walden excerpts Thursday 8 February: Prep for in-class writing on Transcendentalism Friday 9 February: In-class writing on Transcendentalism Monday 12 February: "Bartleby the Scrivener," pt. 1 (pp. 103–116); these are the study questions. Tuesday 13 February: "Bartleby the Scrivener," pt. 2 (pp. 116–129); these are the study questions. Wednesday 14 February: "Bartleby the Scrivener," pt. 3 (pp. 129–end) Thursday 15 February: Bartleby in-class activity; begin reading Anderson texts (see Tuesday 20 Feb.) Friday 16 February: Bartleby performances; vocabulary discussed Monday 19 February: No School: Presidents' Day Tuesday 20 February: Romanticism to Modernism; Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio: "The Book of the Grotesque," "Hands," make sure you've read "The Strength of God" for Wednesday Wednesday 21 February: (AP OOCM: "Billy Budd" due for AP students; go over rhetorical terms part 1; test in 2 weeks) "The Strength of God" Thursday 22 February: Hemingway: "Soldier's Home" Friday 23 February: "Big Two-Hearted River," pt. 1 Monday 26 February: "Big Two-Hearted River," pt. 2; Tuesday 27 February: Finish "Big Two-Hearted River"; short story project assigned *****For more Anderson stories, read "Sophistication" and "Tandy" *****For more Hemingway, choose "The Battler," "The End of Something," "The Three-Day Blow" Wednesday 28 February: As I Lay Dying, reading 1 (through p. 13) Wednesday, January 3: Emily Dickinson introduction, poems selected; “There Came a Day”; hot seat opens for argument paper final; assignment sheet for Emily Dickinson presentations Thursday, January 4: "There Came a Day" copytext due; copytext discussion and your own poem's copytext due at the end of class Friday, January 5: No class; All-School Mass Monday, January 8: Dickinson and form; Dickinson and the Fireside Poets Tuesday, January 9: Whitman Wednesday, January 10: Mrs. Walsh on field trip; workday for Emily Dickinson presentations; OOCM #3 for AP Lang (more mc and synthesis essay) Thursday, January 11: workday for Emily Dickinson presentations Friday, January 12: Emily Dickinson presentations ***** Midterm Prep Here is the study guide for the AP Lang midterm; here is the study guide for the grade-level group. To help with the rhetorical analysis question, here is the old rhetorical analysis assignment sheet--the list of approaches can help you review so that you can carry out your real-time rhetorical analysis. **** Monday, January 15: No school, MLK day Tuesday, January 16: Emily Dickinson presentations Wednesday, January 17: Emily Dickinson presentations Thursday, January 18: Hot seat closes for argument paper; review for midterm Friday, January 19: March for Life Monday, January 22: Argument paper due; review for midterm Tuesday, January 23–Friday, January 26: Midterms Monday 4 December: Reading 7 due
Tuesday 5 December: Causal Arguments and Proposal Arguments Wednesday 6 December: Reading 8 due Thursday 7 December: Thesis statement and informal outline due for Argument Paper Friday 8 December: Scarlet Letter round-up Monday 11 December: SL topics Tuesday 12 December: Scarlet Letter in-class writing Wednesday 13 December: TS/IS Chapter 5-6 Thursday 14 December: TS/IS Chapter 7 Friday 15 December: TS/IS Chapters 8-10 Monday 18 December: Workday; Rhetorical Analysis collected Tuesday 19 December: Workday Wednesday 20 December: Workday Thursday 21 December: Full Draft of Argument Paper due Christmas Break Wednesday 1 November: Continue reading sources; sample annotated bibliography; sample Popplet stasis grid: example 1, example 2.
Thursday 2 November: Continue reading, annotating sources; Hot seat meetings Friday 3 November: MLA-style simple bibliography due (all credible sources); No class; First Friday Mass Monday 6 November: Workday; Hot seat meetings; Reflective Memo assignment clarified Tuesday 7 November: Rhetorical Analysis activity Wednesday 8 November: Workday Thursday 9 November: Portfolio due; Stasis grid and annotated bibliography (5 sources) due Friday 10 November: "The Custom House" in class Monday 13 November: "The Custom House" in class Tuesday 14 November: More "Custom House" Wednesday 15 November: Reading 1 due; vocabulary assigned Thursday 16 November: Hot seat opens for Rhetorical Analysis; vocabulary due Friday 17 November: Reading 2 due Monday 20 November: Reading 3 due Tuesday 21 November: Reading 4 due Wednesday 22 November-Friday 24 November: Thanksgiving Break Monday 27 November: Reading 5 due Tuesday 28 November: Rhetorical Analysis student sample #2; In-class exercise Wednesday 29 November: Reading 6 due Thursday 30 November: Revised simple bibliographies due (grade will supplant earlier simple bibliography grade); Vocabulary quiz 2; Poetry Out Loud in-class competition Friday 1 December: No class; All-School Mass Readings for The Scarlet Letter Reading 1: Chs. 1-3 Reading 2: Chs. 4-6 Reading 3: Chs. 7-9 Reading 4: Chs. 10-12 Reading 5: Chs. 13-15 Reading 6: Chs. 16-18 Reading 7: Chs. 19-21 Reading 8: Chs. 22-end •Monday 2 October: Last day to turn in "Indians" revision (this revision is mandatory and counts as a new grade); Vocabulary quiz; Discuss Reading 6 (one completed SQ)
•Tuesday 3 October: Reading 7 (one SQ from first half of questions); •Wednesday 4 October: A second SQ from Reading 7 (second half) due •Thursday 5 October: Portfolio review and overview; Gatsby 1-7 activity set-up •Friday 6 October: Our Lady of the Rosary all-school Mass; no class •Monday 9 October: No school; Columbus Day •Tuesday 10 October: Reading 8 due with SQ; In class: Gatsby 1-7 activity (20 minutes); vocabulary assigned; receive portfolio overview •Wednesday 11 October: PSAT; no class •Thursday 12 October: Reading 9 due with SQ; Franklin excerpt •Friday 13 October: Gatsby round-up and prep for in-class writing; Columbus excerpt •Monday 16 October: Practice in-class writing (AP OOCM#1 6:15-8:15) •Tuesday 17 October: In-class writing; receive rhetorical terms handout •Wednesday 18 October: Gatsby review •Thursday 19 October: Gatsby review •Friday 20 October: Gatsby test •Monday 23 October: Argument paper introduced; how to refine a prompt and develop a tentative thesis •Tuesday 24 October: They Say/I Say chapter 4; work on amassing sources; talk in groups •Wednesday 25 October: Bring laptops or tablets to class; work in groups on amassing sources; credible vs. non-credible sources •Thursday 26 October: Bring laptops or tablets to class; group tentative bibliography (5 sources) due by the end of class; MLA update and review; prep for field trip •Friday 27 October: No class; Archdiocesan Professional Day Monday 30 October: Research field trip to UMD; Individual tentative bibliography due in MLA style by the end of the day; begin reading and annotating/highlighting sources Tuesday 31 October: Begin stasis grid using chart or Popplet; Stasis grid workday; have sources or laptop/tablet Look to this blog to find the weekly schedule–if we make changes on the fly, I will update the assignments here. Where possible, I will link to relevant handouts. If you are absent, you can find materials here, but, of course, finding materials out of context is not an adequate substitute for getting notes from a trusted classmate and checking in with me.
Week 1
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