AP+ELC+Archive+Fifth+Six+Weeks,+March+8-April+26,+2012

__Thursday, March 8__ AP Exam: Diagnostic Test (self-assessment): Section 1 -- 1 hour (Barron's, pp. 35-49)

__Friday, March 9__
 * Submit HW -- RD #24-28**
 * Library -- work on research paper. Submit research paper outline to FusionPage.**


 * HW due __Friday, March 16__**: **In the Rhetorical Devices Handbook, read pp. 155-182. In the vocabulary section of your notebook, create one page of notes for each of the __//last//__ five (#29-33) rhetorical devices in the handbook (aporia, anaphora/epistrophe/symploce, amplication, personification, parataxis). Each page should have your name, class, date, and a title. Notes for each device should include the following:**
 * **Define the device.**
 * **Provide one example from the handbook.**
 * **Provide two examples that you create yourself (these examples may come from the exercises in the handbook)**

__Monday, March 12__ No School -- Teacher Workday

__Tuesday, March 13__ Continue diagnostic test: Essay questions #2 and 3 -- 40 minutes each (pp. 58-59, 59-60)

__Wednesday, March 14__ Continue diagnostic test: Essay #1 -- 55 minutes (pp. 51-57) Score multiple-choice section of diagnostic test

__Thursday, March 15__ Peer scoring of essays using the rating chart on pp. 70-72. Determine your total score using the test score worksheet on pp. 72-73
 * Submit rough draft of research paper**

__Friday, March 16__ Peer editing of rough drafts/reflection
 * Submit RD #29-33**
 * Final draft due next Friday, March 23!**

__Monday, March 19__ Rhetorical Devices handbook, Cumulative Exercises I, pp. 201-207. Read/literary analysis: Background, p. 168; //The Declaration of Independence//, pp. 170-173

__Tuesday, March 20__ Read/literary analysis: from //The Crisis, Number 1//, pp. 174-176.

__Wednesday, March 21__ Early Release Rhetorical Devices handbook, Cumulative Exercises II, pp. 209-215.

__Thursday, March 22__ The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Chapter 8 Aphorisms from Poor Richard's Almanack
 * Project due on Thursday, April 5.**

__Friday, March 23__ Work on Ben Franklin projects
 * Submit Profile in Courage research essay final draft to FusionPage**

__Monday, March 26__ Work on Ben Franklin project -- due April 5! Don't forget to blog every day! Study Barron's AP ELC vocabulary words: AP ELC vocabulary list on Quizlet
 * HW -- due Wednesday, March 28.** Complete [[file:Project reflection.docx]] for Profile in Courage research essay assignment.
 * Quiz on AP ELC vocabulary on Friday, March 30**

__Tuesday, March 27__ New unit: Novel study, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Socratic Seminar (1 hour) Procedures: Students complete anticipation guide before discussion begins: Discussion Director begins by choosing a statement to start.
 * Set up room in a large circle
 * Discussion Director (asks opening question/makes opening statement and keeps discussion focused and flowing.)
 * Time Keeper (No one can speak for more than 1 minute at a time, announces switch of note takers every 5 min.)
 * Scorer (tallies the conversation, makes sure everyone speaks at least 3 times)
 * Note Takers (records the conversation – questions and answers, switch every 5 minutes)
 * Teacher is not part of discussion, only monitors and assesses.
 * Raise hand to speak. Last speaker chooses next or discussion director steps in.
 * Agree or disagree with a series of statements related to our unit of study.
 * On the back side of the worksheet, write two thought-provoking questions for discussion in relation to any of these statements. Use the sentence starters as a guide.

At the completion of the discussion, students complete evaluation.

Vocabulary game (30 min.) in groups: 1920s Slang Students will be given slang words and phrases. They must define and use them in a sentence. The group that writes the correct or most believable/creative definition earns a point. The group with the most points at the end of the game wins.

__Wednesday, March 28__ Students will use primary sources to interpret life in the 1920s. Instructions (Part I) are available at the following website: []

With a partner, complete primary source analysis worksheet. Present images and share analyses. Check out novels -- The Great Gatsby. Distribute novel assignment:

__Thursday, March 29__ Begin reading novel/completing double-entry journal

__Friday, March 30__ Work on Ben Franklin project and/or Great Gatsby reading and journaling
 * Journal entries for Chapter 1 due**
 * Barron's AP terms vocab. quiz -- 25 random words from list**

__Monday, April 2__ Cumulative exercise III
 * Journal Entries for Chapters 2-4 due Thursday, April 5**
 * Ben Franklin project due Thursday, April 5 (submit a Word doc with your URL in the FusionPage drop box)**

__Tuesday, April 3__ Write a well-developed essay analyzing how Kennedy uses rhetorical strategies to achieve his purpose (40 min.). Peer evaluation of essays: We will read and score essays as a whole based on the AP exam essay rubric. Then, cut apart the essay into its component parts (introduction, body paragraph, conclusion) and evaluate each part.

__Wednesday-Thursday, April 4-5__ Work on Great Gatsby novel assignment/Ben Franklin project Submit both Chapters 2-4 journal and URL for Ben Franklin by the end of the period!
 * Read and journal through Chapter 5 over Spring Break!**

__Monday and Tuesday, April 16-17__ Journal Entry in penzu. Write a 250-word minimum response to the following prompt: Spring Break is over… Boo hoo. How did you spend your time? There are only 8 weeks of school left. Yay! What challenges will you face during these last two months? What do you hope to accomplish as you complete your year at Chatham Central (think about your academic, athletic, social goals and challenges)? What do you hope to achieve next year?
 * Submit journal entries for Chapters 5. Journal entries for Chapts. 6-7 due Wednesday, April 18. Chapters 8-9 due Friday, April 20.**

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.

__Wednesday, April 18__ Students will use primary sources to continue to interpret life in the 1920s. Instructions (Part II) are available at the following website: []

With a partner, find __two__ primary sources which reflect ideas, events, or details featured in //The Great Gatsby//. You will be assigned a category in which to search (News, Sports, Advertisements, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Obituaries, Business). Complete primary source analysis worksheet for the two sources in your category. FusionPage Discussion Post: Based on the evidence of these objects or documents, what were some of the attitudes, values, and beliefs of Americans during the 20s? What event/idea/detail from The Great Gatsby do these objects or documents parallel? (include specific detail/quote from the novel.)

__Thursday, April 19__ Finish source presentations Assign **Literary Newspaper partner project due Friday, April 27**. See instructions at @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/gatsby/studentindex.html Work on Great Gatsby novel assignment -- journal entries/rhetorical analysis of selected passage. Rhetorical analysis due Monday, April 23. All journal entries due tomorrow!

__Friday, April 20__ This assignment is postponed to a later date: Read article and write timed argumentative essay
 * Submit journal entries for Chapts. 8-9.**
 * Submit entire journal (Chapts. 1-7). Make sure entries are numbered and all requirements of the assignment are met!**

__Monday, April 23__ Submit rhetorical analysis Work on literary newspaper

__Tuesday, April 24__ Work on literary newspaper

__Wednesday, April 25 (Early Release)__ Novel test

__Thursday, April 26__ Work on literary newspaper