AP+English,+First+Six+Weeks+(Aug.+25+-+Oct+6)

**August 28, 2009**
CLASSWORK [|Not By Math Alone by Sandra Day O'Connor and Roy Romer]

HOMEWORK [|Narrative Essay: Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie] Read this essay and answer the following questions in complete sentences for class on Monday. Answers may be submitted via email to ecboyle@chatham.k12.nc.us or as hard copies in class.

Rough draft of song analysis due in class on Tuesday Study first page of "AP Rhetorical Devices List" for quiz on Friday. You could be tested on any word. **
 * Monday, August 31

Complete Princess Diana article analysis ** And answer:
 * Tuesday, Sept. 1
 * Read [|On Shooting an Elephant]**


 * Wednesday, Sept. 2**

3) WRITE A ONE PAGE SUMMARY, TEACHING THE ISSUE TO THE CLASS. IN YOUR SUMMARY, YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN WHETHER THE EDITORIAL OR THE NEWS ARTICLE WAS MORE EFFECTIVE AND WHY
You will present your summary to the class on Thursday.

1) Rhetorical device review 2) Editorial/Article analysis presentations 3) DON'T FORGET EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM FOR CLASS TOMORROW! **
 * Thursday, Sept. 3

2) Discuss how to deal with difficult texts: Double Entry Journals, Dialectical Journals and Close Reading 3) Discuss background for __Eichmann in Jerusalem__ **
 * Friday, September 4**
 * 1) Finish presentations
 * Who was Hannah Arendt?
 * HannahArendt.org
 * [|Stanford Encyclopedia]
 * Who was Adolf Eichmann ?
 * What were the [|Nuremburg Trials]

1) Review page #2 of the Rhetorical Devices List for quiz on Monday, 9/14 2) Discuss your questions about Chapter 1 of Eichmann in Jerusalem 3) Respond to the Chapter 1 questions, either by yourself or with a partner. You must all have your own responses submitted by Wednesday, Sept. 9 either via email or paper copy.
 * Tuesday, September 8**

1) Review Rhetorical Devices List 2) Discuss your questions about Chapter #2 3) Respond to Chapter 2 questions, either by yourself or with a partner.
 * Wednesday, September 9**

1) Discuss Chapter 3 2) Read and discuss "On the Morals of A Prince" 3) Read Chapters 4-5 for homework; chapter 3 and 4 questions due Mon.
 * Thursday, Sept. 10**

1) Chapter 3 and 4 questions due 2) Discussion of EJ 3) Review practice AP test HOMEWORK: Chapter 5 Questions ; scroll down!
 * Monday, Sept. 14**

1) AP Rhetorical Devices Quiz #2 2) Discuss Chapter 5 of EJ 3) Form Chapter 6 Study Groups and Discuss HOMEWORK: Re-read Chapter 6 for your own knowledge. Study questions are not for a grade but it is advisable that you complete them for test prep!
 * Tuesday, Sept. 15**

1) Chapter 6 Pop Quiz (aren't you glad you checked the Wikispace?) 2) Chapter 7 Discussion HOMEWORK: FINISH CHAPTER 7 **
 * Wednesday, Sept. 17

2) Chapter 8 Discussion HOMEWORK: FINISH CHAPTER 8 ** 1) Group discussion on Kant' s Critique of Practical Reason 2) Eichmann Review HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 9
 * Thursday, Sept. 18**
 * 1) Finish going over AP Practice Test
 * **NOTE: QUESTIONS ON EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM ARE NOW FOR STUDY, NOT TO BE SUBMITTED AS A GRADE**
 * Friday, Sept. 19**

1) Discuss page #3 of Rhetorical Devices (imagery - mood); QUIZ FRIDAY! 2) Review Chapter 9 questions 3) Complete Chapter 9 questions in study groups HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 9 questions for study (don't turn in); Read Chapter 10 Eichmann test Monday 9/28
 * Monday, Sept. 21**

1) Chapter 3 Quiz 2) Review rhetorical devices 3) Read excerpt from A Critique of Practical Reason and analyze 4) Begin discussion of AP Analysis essay HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 11 and 12
 * Tuesday, Sept. 22**

1) Watch excerpt of "The Specialist: Portrait of a Modern Killer" and make five observations 2) Discuss in circle 3) Review rhetorical devices HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 13 an 14
 * Wednesday, Sept. 23**

1) Finish rhetorical device review 2) Discuss questions about Ch. 13 and 14 3) Continue discussion of AP Analysis Essay: organize essay and Mrs. Boyle will model HOMEWORK: Finish Eichmann and work on review questions
 * Thursday, Sept. 24**

1) Rhetorical device quiz 2) Eichmann review. Use review questions and test review at bottom of page. Just added (5:25 p.m. 9/24)
 * Friday, Sept. 25**

1) Eichmann test 2) Begin take-home analysis essay
 * Monday, Sept. 28**

1) Presentation on taking proper notes during lecture 2) Begin unit on Puritanism and The Scarlet Letter
 * Tuesday, Sept. 29**

1) Take Practice Multiple Choice Quiz 2) Discuss
 * Wednesday, September 30 (Early Release)**

1) Discuss Eichmann tests (first period) 2) Take notes on how to take Cornell Notes effectively 3) Take notes on how to write an analysis essay, using Cornell style HOMEWORK: Rewrite your Cornell Notes in a form that makes sense to you (if necessary), complete AT LEAST FOUR questions and the summary
 * Thursday, October 1**

1) Discuss your Cornell Notes from Thursday 2) Mrs. Boyle will model how to write an analytical essay 3) Work on your take-home analytical essay -- DUE TUESDAY!
 * Friday, October 2**

CLASSES WILL TAKE CORNELL NOTES FROM TODAY FORWARD! Topic: Introduction to Scarlet Letter I. Overview of Massachusetts Bay Colony [|II. Background on Nathaniel Hawthorne]
 * Monday, October 5**
 * [|You're Accused! Connection to Crucible]

III. Thematic Connection: Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God (p. 102 in textbook)