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AP Literature & Composition 

Monday, Feb. 3rd

1/31/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
  • ​Rough Draft for Synthesis due on Friday! 
  • Portfolio Page for January due on Friday! 
  • Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
  • Submit to Skyline literary magazine at [email protected]


1. Deconstruct an example
  • ​How is this essay organized?  Reverse outline! 
  • Highlight a good example of analysis.  Why is it good? 
  • Read and annotate for tomorrow!

2. Workshop time for essays
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Wednesday, January 30th

1/29/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
  • ​Rough Draft for Synthesis due on Friday! 
  • Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
  • Submit to Skyline literary magazine at [email protected]

1. Spotlight sentence--
"When Pop tell me he need my help and I see that black knife slid into the belt of his pants, I follow Pop out the house, try to keep my back straight, my shoulders even as a hanger; that's how Pop walks. I try to look like this is normal and boring so Pop will think I've earned these thirteen years, so Pop will know I'm ready to pull what needs to be pulled, separate innards from muscle, organs from cavities." 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' by Jesmyn Ward 

2. Synthesis Paper
  • Round Robin topics​
    • Articulate idea 
    • Share your proposal ​
  • Workshop 
    • ​Outline 
    • Gather and write about evidence 
    • Start at the body paragraphs
    • "Write off the page" 
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Tuesday, January 29th

1/28/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
  • ​Thesis for Synthesis Essay due on Wednesday! 
  • Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
  • Submit to Skyline literary magazine at [email protected]



1. Independent Reading Project

2. Synthesis Paper
  • Explore Thesis Statements 
  • How to create a rough outline 
  • Workshop time
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Thursday, January 23rd

1/23/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
  • ​Please turn in your summary and comparison paragraph for your non-fiction article. 
  • Please turn in the 1st Draft of your timed essay!
  • Thesis for Synthesis Essay due on Friday
  • Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
  • Submit to Skyline literary magazine at [email protected]



1. Select Independent Reading Books

2. Synthesis Paper
  • Discuss topics and develop thesis statements
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Tuesday, January 22nd

1/18/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Sign up for Stratford Jobs!
  • ​Please turn in your summary and comparison paragraph for your non-fiction article. 
  • Please turn in the 1st Draft of your timed essay!
  • Thesis for Synthesis Essay due on Friday
  • Teen Writing Contest at AADL:  aadl.org/events/itsallwrite
  • Submit to Skyline literary magazine at 



1. Handmaid's Tale Mastery Discussion

2. Self-Assessment 
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Friday, January 18th

1/18/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Finish Handmaid's Tale. Mastery Speaking and Listening Discussion Next Tuesday! 
    • ​Here is a link to read the text on-line
  • ​For Mastery: Revisions to Q2 Essay and self reflection due by Friday. 

  • ​Commonplace Books #3 Due Friday, January 18th 

​When it's over, I want to say all my life

I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.




1. Poetry Quickfire Challenge

2. Workshop Time 
  • Commonplace notes
  • Reading 
  • AP Q2 Essay revisions
  • Read and annotate poem for tomorrow 
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Wednesday, January 16th

1/15/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Finish Handmaid's Tale. Mastery Speaking and Listening Discussion Next Tuesday! 
    • ​Here is a link to read the text on-line
  • ​For Mastery: Revisions to Q2 Essay and self reflection due by Friday. 

  • ​Commonplace Books #3 Due Friday, January 18th 


2nd Hour
1. Business 
  • Discuss conversation and ideas for Mastery next week. 
  • Field Trip to Stratford in May?  
  • AP registration this month! 

2. Spotlight Sentence:  "If you can call it talking, these clipped whispers, projected through the funnels of our white wings.  It's more like a telegram, a verbal semaphore. Amputated speech." (201)
  • Write for 3 minutes on your first impressions, things you notice or find interesting. 
  • How would this sentence be different in a different order? 
  • Consider the connotations of the words. 
3. Present non-fiction texts in small groups
  • Select a non-fiction text to read--fill out comparison chart. 


5th Hour 
1. Business 
  • Discuss conversation and ideas for Mastery next week. ​
  • Field Trip to Stratford in May?  
  • AP registration this month! 


2.  Spotlight Sentence: "If you can call it talking, these clipped whispers, projected through the funnels of our white wings.  It's more like a telegram, a verbal semaphore. Amputated speech." (201)
  • Write for 3 minutes on your first impressions, things you notice or find interesting.  
  • How would this sentence be different in a different order?  
  • Consider the connotations of the words. 

3. Workshop Time 
  • Commonplace notes
  • Reading 
  • AP Q2 Essay revisions
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Tuesday, January 15th

1/14/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Finish Handmaid's Tale. Mastery Speaking and Listening Discussion Next Tuesday! 
    • ​Here is a link to read the text on-line
  • ​For Mastery: Revisions to Q2 Essay and self reflection due by Friday. 

  • ​Commonplace Books #3 Due Friday, January 18th 


1. Present non-fiction texts in small groups (2nd)
  • Select a non-fiction text to read--fill out comparison chart. 

2. Discuss section 2 of The Handmaid's Tale.  
  • Speaking and Listening Rubric 
  • Self Assess on the rubric. 
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Thursday, January 17th

1/11/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • Finish Handmaid's Tale. Mastery Speaking and Listening Discussion Next Tuesday! 
    • ​Here is a link to read the text on-line
  • ​For Mastery: Revisions to Q2 Essay and self reflection due by Friday. 

  • ​Commonplace Books #3 Due Friday, January 18th 



1. Poetry Preview
  • Quick read all the poems at your table. 
  • As a table, select one poem that you will read an TP-CASTT for tomorrow's activity. 

2. Looking at an AP 8 
  • Highlight--claim, evidence, reasoning in each paragraph. 
  • What is strong about this essay? 

3. Workshop Time 
  • Commonplace notes
  • Reading 
  • AP Q2 Essay revisions
  • Read and annotate poem for tomorrow 
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Friday, January 11th

1/10/2019

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Goals: 
  • Analyze and critique a range of literature using specific criteria (e.g., use of source material or medium, authenticity of time/place).
  • Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

Announcements: 

  • ​Senior Portfolio Page for December due today. 
  • Read Handmaid's Tale.  Read to chapter 31 (page 199) for Monday
    • ​Here is a link to read the text on-line
  • ​For Mastery: Revisions to Q2 Essay and self reflection due by next Friday. 
  • For Monday, January 14th, bring in a non-fiction text (essay or article) that speaks to The Handmaid's Tale
  • ​Commonplace Books #3 Due Friday, January 18th 


1. Use of Language in The Handmaid's Tale 
  • Present insights from group work yesterday.

2. Test Prep 
  • A (8/9)--41-45 
  • B (6/7) 36-40
  • C (4/5) 32--35
  • D (3 or below) 28-31
  • Essay-Writing Tips
    • ​​Example
  • Revise Q2 Essays/Confer with Feliks and trusted writing partners. 


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