AP+ELC+Second+Six+Weeks+Archive


 * AP ELC Second Six Weeks Archive, October 7-November 22, 2011**


 * SECOND SIX WEEKS: October 7-November 22, 2011**

__Friday, Oct. 7__ Continue diagnostic test: Essay question #2 -- 40 minutes (pp. 57-58) Library -- work on research papers
 * Works Cited page in MLA format due** by the end of the period (list of sources for paper)
 * Rhetorical devices HW due**

__Monday, Oct. 10__ Essay question #3 -- 40 minutes (pp. 58-59) Review and score AP Exam self-assessment
 * HW due __Friday, October 14__**: **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)**

__Tuesday, Oct.11__ Finish review/scoring of AP Exam self-assessment Readings from Unit One: Literature of Early America/group project

__Wednesday,Oct. 12__ Work on projects (I will be administering the PSAT. Students will report to Mr. Burke)

__Thursday, Oct.13__ Project presentations

__Friday, Oct.14__ Library -- work on research papers
 * Outline due today!**

__Monday, Oct. 17__ Finish group work on Early American Literature projects (submit to drop box)

__Tuesday, Oct. 18__ Project presentations

__Wednesday, Oct. 19 -- Early Release__ Identify difficult vocabulary from AP Exam practices and create list of 20 words Work on rough drafts
 * HW -- enter words, definitions, and an image into Quizlet.com due Friday** (Name your quizlet set "Your first name's AP ELC Exam vocabulary #1" -- for example, Monique's AP ELC Exam vocabulary #1)
 * ASVAB test given today** (optional)

__Thursday, Oct. 20__ Rough drafts of research essay due at the end of the period.

__Friday, Oct. 21__ Peer Editing of rough drafts/reflection
 * Final draft due next Friday. This is homework. There will no class time devoted to preparing final drafts.**

__Monday, Oct. 24__ Rhetorical Devices handbook, Cumulative Exercises I, pp. 201-207. Read/literary analysis: Background, p. 168; //The Declaration of Independence//, pp. 170-173

__Tuesday, Oct. 25__ Read/literary analysis: from //The Crisis, Number 1//, pp. 174-176.

__Wednesday, Oct. 26__ Rhetorical Devices handbook, Cumulative Exercises II, pp. 209-215.

__Thursday, Oct. 27__ Barron's book, Chapter 3, Mastering Multiple-Choice questions, pp. 73-88.

__Friday, Oct. 28__ Submit Profile in Courage essay to drop box and upload to contest website: Profile in Courage registration and submission Return //Profiles in Courage// novels to library Barron's book, Techniques for Tackling Reading Passages, p. 88-104
 * HW -- due Wednesday, Nov. 2.** Complete [[file:Project reflection.docx]] for Profile in Courage research essay assignment.

__Monday, Oct. 31__ No School -- Teacher Workday

__Tuesday, Nov. 1__ Submit project reflections either by email, in drop box, or printed. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Chapter 8 Aphorisms from Poor Richard's Almanack
 * Project due on Wednesday, Nov. 16.**

__Wednesday, Nov. 2__ Continue work on Benjamin Franklin critical reading project Distribute progress reports. **Return signed progress report for a HW grade by Friday, Nov. 4.**

__Thursday, Nov. 3__ Barron's book, Chapter 4: Mastering the Essay Questions, pp. 105-123.

__Friday, Nov. 4__ Timed practice: Synthesis Essay (55 minutes) Look at sample essay responses

__Monday, Nov. 7__ Examine sample responses to synthesis essay. Complete requirements for CLA (senior project) in Futures for Kids Download and read through the following CLA documents: Study Barron's AP ELC vocabulary words: AP ELC vocabulary list on Quizlet
 * Quiz on AP ELC vocabulary on Thursday, Nov. 10**

__Tuesday, Nov. 8__ -- Early Release Rhetorical Devices Handbook, Cumulative Exercises II, pp. 209-215

__Wednesday, Nov. 9__ Introduce //The Scarlet Letter// study guide and assignments


 * HW -- Read Chapters 1-8 in //The Scarlet Letter// by Tuesday, Nov. 22**

__Thursday, Nov. 10__ Submit Letters of Intent for CLA Vocabulary Quiz -- 25 words Chatham County Schools vision survey: CCS Survey Pre-reading for Scarlet Letter Pointers for writing analytical essays, Barron's book, pp. 135-

__Monday, Nov. 14__ Continue work on writing analytical essays in Barron's book

__Tuesday, Nov. 15__ Continue work on writing analytical essays

__Wednesday, Nov. 16__ Continue work on writing essays/standard usage and mechanics
 * Ben Franklin project due**

__Thursday, Nov. 17__ Continue work on writing essays/standard usage and mechanics
 * Notebooks due** [[file:NOTEBOOK CHECK.docx]]

__Friday, Nov. 18__ Continue work on writing essays/standard usage and mechanics, p. 169-
 * Pre-reading for //The Scarlet Letter// due**
 * Vocabulary Quiz -- 25 words (Barron's AP ELC Quizlet word bank)**

__Monday, Nov. 21__ Continue work on writing essays/standard usage and mechanics, p. 176- Complete group study guide activities for Chapters 1-8

__Tuesday, Nov. 22 -- End 2nd six weeks__ Study guide activities for Chapters 1-8 due Complete pre-reading for Chapters 9-15 Finish work in Chapter 4 Barron's book, Mastering Essay Questions (through p. 196)


 * HW -- Read Chapters 9-15 by Friday, December 2**
 * We will write a practice analytical essay for a classwork grade upon return from Thanksgiving break!**