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 * THIRD SIX WEEKS, November 28, 2011-January 20, 2012**

__Monday, Nov. 28__ Review Chapter 4, Mastering Essay Questions Practice writing analytical essay (40 minutes)

__Tuesday, Nov. 29__ Examine sample analytical essay responses

__Wednesday, Nov. 30__ Critical Reading practice: //Lost in the Kitchen//, by David Barry and //Me Talk Pretty One Day//, by David Sedaris (copies will be provided).
 * Read and annotate for SOAPStone (speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone), as well as for irony, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement, and stereotypes.
 * Write a paragraph explaining which selection achieves the greatest comic effect and why.
 * Answer discussion questions on rhetoric and style.
 * Take a multiple-choice quiz.
 * Write a timed essay to explain how the author uses rhetorical devices to achieve a comic effect.

__Thursday, Dec. 1__ Scarlet Letter group work: complete Extending Your Response (p. 12) by listing the three main characters and a description of each one’s guilt. Add a statement describing a time when you felt guilty. Discuss with which character from the novel you most identify. Quizlet practice on AP Exam vocabulary Continue critical reading practice exercise

__Friday, Dec. 2__ Finish critical reading practice exercise, if necessary Pre-reading for Chapts. 16-24
 * Submit study guide work for Chapters 9-15**
 * Vocabulary Quiz (25 words -- Barron's AP ELC Quizlet word bank)**

__Monday, Dec. 5__ Pop Quiz -- Scarlet Letter Chapts. 1-15 From Unit Four (Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion 1850-1914): Gettysburg Address and Letter to His Son critical reading.docx
 * Read Background on Lincoln and Lee, p. 530
 * Read //The Gettysburg Address//, by Abraham Lincoln, p. 532 and //Letter to His Son//, by Robert E. Lee, p. 535
 * Critical Reading Analysis/compare and contrast ideas, diction, audience
 * Multiple-choice quiz
 * Write a timed essay that analyzes and compares Lincoln's and Lee's use of language and rhetoric.

__Tuesday, Dec. 6__ Continue work on Lincoln and Lee critical reading
 * HW for Monday** **-- Memorize Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.** You will recite it aloud for the class. It is 10 sentences long -- you will receive 10 points for each sentence that is recited from memory correctly.

Speaking of speeches ... Here's an opportunity to earn an extra credit TEST GRADE and a cash prize! Enter the 2012 Rotary Against Drugs Speech Contest. This contest is a way for students to educate their peers about the dangers of drugs. As part of the contest, you will present your speech to members of the student body and school staff. One winner from each high school will advance to the district contest. District winners will advance to a multi-district contest. District and multi-district winners will receive cash prizes.

Submit a written copy of your speech and present it to the student body for extra credit in this class. __Written speeches are due and presentations to our class only will be held on Friday, January 6__. Speeches will be presented to a panel of judges on a different date TBA. Details about the assignment are in the following document: 2012RAD-forSchools.pdf

__Wednesday, Dec. 7__ Finish work on Lincoln and Lee readings

__Thursday, Dec. 8__ Scarlet Letter group work: Extending Your Response (p. 16). Write a one-paragraph response. Vocabulary practice (Scarlet Letter) on Quizlet

__Friday, Dec. 9__ Write a short paragraph describing your plan for your Scarlet Letter final product
 * Submit study guide work for Chapters 16-24**
 * Vocabulary Quiz (26 words from Scarlet Letter study guide)**

__Monday, Dec. 12__ AP Exam practice -- Barron's book, Practice Test A -- Essay question #2, p. 239 (40 minutes)
 * Recite Gettysburg Address from memory**

__Tuesday, Dec. 13__ AP Exam practice -- Multiple choice, p. 215 (1 hour)

__Wednesday, Dec. 14__ AP Exam practice -- Essay question #1, p. 232 (55 minutes)

__Thursday, Dec. 15__ AP Exam practice -- Essay question #3, p. 240 (40 minutes)

Scarlet Letter test review -- complete Scarlet Letter Study Guide for test.docx Submit study guide for test on Friday for 10 bonus points on the novel test.

__Friday, December 16__
 * Scarlet Letter novel test**
 * Submit Scarlet Letter final product**

You will receive two grades: one for the annotations, and one for the essay. I will use the AP Exam Essay Rubric (p. 29 in Barron's book) to score the essay. Both will be test grades.
 * Winter Break assignment -- due January 3, 2012:**
 * **Read and annotate your article. Number the paragraphs. Identify all elements of SOAPStone by circling, underlining, and taking notes in the margins.**
 * **Write an essay (2-3 typed pages, 12 pt. font, double-spaced, header with your name, title, date, class) analyzing the use of language and rhetoric in your article. Be sure to discuss how the language and rhetorical devices used help the author to achieve his purpose and/or tone. Provide evidence from the text to support your analysis, but be sure to have more analysis than you have references/quotes.**

__Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 19 and 20__ Go over Scarlet Letter test Score AP practice exams Review annotating
 * Barron's AP exam vocabulary quiz (25 words) on Tuesday**

__Tuesday, Jan. 3__ Submit annotated article and analysis essay. Zora Neale Hurston reading for CLA project (from //Dust Tracks on a Road//, autobiography): We will be viewing clips from the film version of //The Scarlet Letter// each day over this week and next.
 * Read the passage in American Literature textbook, pp. 914-920
 * Complete reading comprehension quiz

__Wednesday, Jan. 4__ CLA Project: Consider your own personal identity – who you are, your interests and character. Then, think about the community in which you spent most of your life: How has this community contributed to the person that you are? Using penzu.com, create an account. Then, create journal entries to answer the following questions. You will submit your responses to me via email ( kheilman@chatham.k12.nc.us ). Each response should be a minimum of 200 words.
 * Entry #1: Use descriptive language to introduce yourself, your home, and your family.

__Thursday, Jan. 5__ Entry #2: What are your main interests and ambitions? What character traits distinguish you?

__ Friday, Jan. 6 __ Entry #3: Describe the community in which you live – the people, the landscape, businesses and schools, events, and the values.

__Monday, Jan. 9__ Entry #4: Name one individual from the community who has influenced your values or beliefs. Explain specifically how they have influenced you. How does this person (or any others you may want to mention) support and foster your interests and ambitions?

__ Tuesday, Jan. 10 __ Entry #5: Explore your future identity – where do you see yourself in 5, 10, and 20 years? Who and what will you need to reach these goals? Collect textbooks Take Classroom Survey

__ Wednesday, Jan. 11 __ **Vocabulary Quiz (25 words -- Barron's AP ELC Quizlet word bank)** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read and evaluate <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Dave Barry’s Year in Review- The 2011 Festival of Sleaze - The Washington Post”.pdf
 * Identify SOAPSTone
 * With a partner, summarize the "real" news stories in the months assigned to you and then explain how Barry uses sarcasm to make this news humorous. Identify any other rhetorical devices you notice.

__Thursday, Jan. 12__ Final Exam (for students not exempt)

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AP EXAM REVIEW DURING SECOND SEMESTER EMPOWER HOUR!**
Students will be divided into two groups. Groups will alternate attendance weekly during the __first half of Tuesday’s Empower Hour__. You are required to sign yourself up and attend in preparation for the AP Exam on Wednesday, May 16.

__Group A__ Clark Heath Seth Hanna Monique Holly

__Group B__ Cole Ethan Quinn Sydni Ashley Erin Kayla

__Schedule:__ Jan. 31 (B) Feb. 7 (A) Feb. 14 (B) Feb. 21 (A) Feb. 28 (B) March 6 (A) March 13 (B) March 20 (A) March 27 (B) April 3 (A) April 17 (B) April 24 (A) May 1 (B) May 8 (A) May 15 (A&B)