Spring+2015+Calendar

= **Class Calendar for Spring 2015** =


 * **January 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 1/19-1/23**
 * CCSS:**
 * W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.**
 * R.2, 3.** || ** No School ** || ** No School ** || ** No School ** || ** -Introduction to Course **
 * Syllabus/Planner **


 * -Self-Assessments **


 * -[|Paper Requirements]**


 * - Online Text Resources **
 * Online Literature **
 * and**
 * [|Online Text]**


 * - @Divergent Thinking **


 * -Join Wiki and**
 * Online Textbook**


 * -Homework: Read **
 * and review the **
 * reading for 1/22 ** || ** -Finish Divergent Thinking **


 * -Essential Question **


 * -Discuss Rhetorical Triangle **


 * - "Ballad of Birmingham" **


 * - [|"Letter from Birmingham..."] **
 * PDF Copy **
 * Questions in [[file:MLKQuestions.docx|Text p. 294]] **


 * Homework: **


 * -Research Ethos, **
 * Automatic Ethos, **
 * and Building Ethos; **
 * Take Notes on Definitions.**


 * Finish "Letters"; do q. 1, 2, 4 **


 * - Study @Literary Terms ** ||
 * **Week 2: 1/26-1/30**
 * CCSS:**
 * W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.**
 * R.2, 3.** || ** Syllabus Contract Due **


 * -Discuss HW; Letters**


 * [|Tone Video] **


 * -Rhetoric Analysis Packet **


 * HW: **


 * -Locate One Historical Speech **
 * and Bring Copy to Class; **
 * Study Lit Terms ** || **-Essential Question**


 * -Speech Study **


 * 4-Chapter One **
 * //pps. 7-10.// **
 * Do the activity on p.10**


 * HW: **
 * Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" **
 * Identify Rhetorical Approach; **
 * Work on Speech Analysis; **
 * Study Lit Terms ** || **-Essential Question**


 * -[|Undecided Voter] **
 * Video **


 * -Discuss Mother**
 * Tongue**


 * -Activity p. 12-13 **
 * in Text **


 * HW: **
 * Choose Speech**
 * Presentation Dates;**
 * Study Lit Terms **
 * -Using Rhetorical Triangle **
 * in Text **
 * [|Perform analysis]**
 * [|on Lou Gehrig's]**
 * [|Speech]** || **-Essential Question**


 * Visual Rhetoric **
 * Activity p.15 **


 * -Think/Pair/Share **


 * Read page 40-41; **


 * Do activity on page 41 **


 * (consider terms on **


 * page 47) **


 * HW: Read [|"Superman] **
 * [|and Me"] **
 * by Sherman Alexie; annotate **
 * considering his **
 * SOAPSTone, **
 * diction and syntax; **
 * Study Lit Terms ** || ** Literary Terms Quiz 1 **


 * -Essential Question**


 * - Socratic Seminar on Alexie**


 * -Discuss AP **
 * Exam M/C and **
 * 3 Essays **


 * -Read pages 61, 62; **
 * Activity with Visuals **
 * on 66 and 68 **


 * -[|Watch] or [|read] **
 * (click transcript) **
 * JFK's Inaugural **
 * Address; **
 * Graphic Organizer; **
 * Thesis Statement **
 * -Work on **
 * Speech Presentations ** ||
 * **February 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 2/2-2/6**
 * CCSS:**
 * W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.**
 * R.2, 3.** || **-Warm Up:**
 * Activity on page 29**


 * -Go over Analysis Essay 101**


 * [|-7 point thesis (analysis)]**


 * -1st Period:[|Thesis Activity]**
 * -4th Period: [|Thesis Activity]**


 * HW: Read and do Virginia **
 * Woolf Activity ** || **-Discuss Homework**


 * -Think/Pair/Share**
 * JFK analysis essay**


 * -Go over Graduation Project**
 * Proposals (due Friday)** || ** -Read pages 81-83; **
 * 85,86; **
 * Activity on page 86 **


 * -Claims Jigsaw (87-91)** || **College and Class Prep** || ** Literary Terms Quiz **


 * -Presentations**


 * -Notes on 95-97;**
 * Activity on 97**


 * -Jigsaw Posters On Presenting **
 * Evidence and **
 * Fallacies p. 97-109 **


 * -Jigsaw Presentation **


 * -Take notes on pages 111, 112 **


 * HW: **
 * Read [|"Not by Math Alone"]; **
 * prepare for Socratic Seminar; **
 * Annotations for Speech **
 * Presentation Due Monday ** ||
 * **Week 2: 2/9-2/13**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 1-3, W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** Vocab Quiz #1; **
 * Annotations and Proposals **
 * Due Today (will **
 * collect tomorrow) **


 * -Finish Fallacies Posters **


 * -Present Fallacies Posters ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Hand in Proposals**


 * -Notes on page 115-119; **
 * (induction and deduction) **


 * -Socratic Seminar on **
 * "Not by Math Alone" **


 * HW: **
 * Take notes on the **
 * [|7 Elements of Propaganda] ** || **-Prepare and write**
 * Rhetorical**
 * Analysis Essay**
 * [|Click on Link here for prompt]**
 * (Don't forget your 7**
 * point thesis, topic**
 * sentences, and**
 * examples)**
 * -If not completed, it**
 * should be homework**


 * HW: for Thursday: **
 * Read Orwell's **
 * [|"Politics in the] **
 * [|English Language"] ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Discuss yesterday's essay **


 * -Discuss homework;**
 * 7 groups:**
 * each group**
 * presents on**
 * examples of one**
 * element of propaganda**


 * -Socratic Seminar on **
 * "Politics and the English Language" ** || ** -Literary Terms Quiz 3 **


 * [|-Trotsky and Stalin:] **
 * [|Communism; QL#934] **
 * username: bluecomets **


 * [|- Czar Nicholas II;] **
 * [|QL#1294] **
 * username: bluecomets **


 * [|-Watch Karl Marx] **
 * [|video] ** ||
 * **Week 3: 2/16-2/20** || ** No School ** || ** Snow Day :) !! ** || ** Snow Day :) ** || ** Snow Day :/ ** || ** Snow Day :( ** ||
 * **Week 4: 2/23-2/27**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 1-3, W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** Vocabulary Quiz #2 **


 * Class Meeting**


 * -HW: Concise Diction **
 * Read and Take **
 * Notes on 781-783; **
 * Do Exercise Two... **
 * complete quizzes/activities **
 * for SAS programs ** || ** Snow Day :,( ** || ** No Class ** || ** Snow Day :,,( ** || ** Snow Day :"((( ** ||
 * **March 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 3/2-3/6**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 1-3, W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** Literary Terms Quiz 4 **


 * -Review Analysis Essay**


 * Structure/Outlining an**
 * Essay**


 * [|-5 main points of] **
 * [|The Communist] **
 * [|Manifesto] **


 * -4 group rhetorical analysis**
 * of [|Manifesto]**


 * HW: **
 * 4th Period: Essay Outline ** || **(Shortened Class due to**
 * ACT)**


 * -Finish work from yesterday** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Discuss The Great Gatsby**
 * Expectations: questions and**
 * strategies**


 * -Finish Communist Manifesto**


 * HW: **
 * The Great Gatsby chapter 1 **
 * (with expectations) ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Review Argumentative**
 * Essay Handout**


 * -Argumentative Essay**
 * [|Thesis]**


 * -Group work on Argumentative**
 * Essay**


 * HW: The Great Gatsby **
 * chapters **
 * 2 and 3 (with expectations); **
 * Read **
 * "Women's Brains" ** || ** Literary Terms Quiz 5 **


 * -Practice M/C Test**


 * HW: Read **
 * [|"Professions for Women"]; **
 * Do questions 3, 5, and 6; **
 * The Great Gatsby chapter 4-6 **
 * (with expectations) ** ||
 * **Week 2: 3/9-3/13**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 1-3, W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** Vocab Quiz **


 * Speech Presentations **
 * (1st Period from Thursday) **


 * -List of M/C that will be**
 * reviewed tomorrow**


 * -Finish discussing**
 * compulsory voting prompt;**
 * evidence for either side?**


 * HW: The Great Gatsby **
 * chapter 7 (with **
 * expectations); **
 * M/C corrections [minus **
 * those stated in class]; **
 * Bring in Grad Proposals **
 * to hand in tomorrow ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Go over M/C corrections**


 * -Finish Evidence for**
 * compulsory voting**
 * prompt**


 * -Discussion of Women's**
 * Brains and Professions**
 * for women: fallacies of**
 * argument**


 * HW: The Great Gatsby **
 * chapter 8 (with expectations) ** || **-Read [|"Barbie Doll"]**
 * Write an**
 * outline for an**
 * argumentative**
 * thesis for Gender Roles.**
 * Outline Body Paragraphs**
 * with a List of Textual**
 * Support/Quotes based**
 * on "Women's Brains",**
 * "Professions for Women",**
 * and "Barbie Doll"**


 * -Cumulative, **
 * Perdiodic, and Inverted **
 * Sentences **
 * (991-996); **
 * Exercise Four as a class **


 * HW: Work on argumentative **
 * essay; Finish **
 * Gatsby ** || ** 1st 6 Weeks End **
 * Speech Presentations **


 * -Do Activity **
 * Examine Norman **
 * Rockwell; Answer Questions on 243 **


 * -Student Seminar on **
 * Rockwell **


 * HW: Work on argumentative **
 * essay ** || ** Literary Terms Quiz; **
 * Argumentative Essay Due **


 * -Analyzing the**
 * prompt/outlining/**
 * grading 2003's**
 * argumentative**
 * and rhetorical essays**


 * -HW: **
 * "Me Talk Pretty One Day" **
 * (near the bottom of the page) ** ||
 * **Week 3: 3/16-3/20**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 1-3, W12, 1.a-c. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** Vocab Quiz **


 * -Discuss grades/strategy **
 * for 2003's prompt **


 * -"Me Talk Pretty One **
 * Day" Socratic Seminar ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Finish **
 * discussion on grades/strategy **
 * for 2003's prompt **


 * -4th: "Me Talk Pretty One **
 * Day" Socratic Seminar ** || **-In-class Essay**


 * -Child of the Americas pps. 355; **
 * Use Exploring **
 * the Text to Guide **
 * Your Reading **


 * HW-"Black Menin Public **
 * Spaces; Just Walk on By" **
 * by Brent Staple ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Group Work: **
 * questions 1-5 on page 523 **


 * -The Synthesis Essay **
 * pps 161-164. Jigsaw **


 * HW: **
 * -Read [|"Eleven"] pps. **


 * 239-242 ** || ** -Literary Terms Quiz **


 * -Read 164-166. **
 * Take Notes as **
 * You Reflect on **
 * Your Own Writing. **
 * -Introduction **
 * -Body Paragraphs **
 * -Conclusion **


 * -Synthesis Essay **
 * Assessment **
 * on Culminating **
 * Conversation/ **
 * Activity. **
 * Begins on Page 166 **


 * HW: Synthesis essay pre-write ** ||
 * **Week 4: 3/23-3/27**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 2-3, W12, 1. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || **Multiple Choice**
 * Practice Test**


 * HW: Synthesis Pre-write ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * Synthesis Essay Writing** || **-Finish Synthesis Essay**


 * -Find article(s)**


 * // Parallel Structures //**
 * // Read and Take Notes on //**
 * // 384-388 //**
 * // Perform Exercises //**
 * // Two, Three, and Five //**


 * -HW: Print off article **
 * from today; **
 * Locate one graph **
 * and one chart that discusses **
 * your article from today **
 * (print off); **
 * M/C Corrections ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -M/C Corrections? **


 * - // [|"A Modest] //// [|Proposal"] by //**
 * // Swift pps 404-410 //**


 * Click Here for Questions:**
 * -Modest Proposal:Answer **
 * 1-3 as a class;**
 * Answer 4-8,in **
 * groups, p. 411**


 * // Direct, Precise, //**
 * // and Active Verbs //**
 * // Read and Take Notes on 691-694 //**
 * // Perform Exercises //**
 * // One, Two and Four //**


 * -HW: Locate two essays/ **
 * opinions regarding article ** || ** -//Concise Diction// **
 * // Read and Take Notes on //**
 * // 781-783 //**
 * // Perform Exercises //**
 * // One and Two //**


 * // -Cumulative, //**
 * // Periodic, and Inverted //**
 * // Sentences //**
 * // Read and Take Notes on //**
 * // 991-996 //**
 * // Perform Exercises //**
 * // Two and Four //**


 * // -Subordination in the Complex Sentence //**
 * // Read 1124 -1127 //**
 * // and Choose Two //**
 * // Exercises that Appeal to You //**


 * HW: **
 * Combine article, graph, **
 * chart, poem, and essay **
 * into an arguable prompt **
 * (All due Monday) ** ||
 * **April 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 3/30-4/3**
 * CCSS:**
 * R12. 2-3, W12, 1. 2f,**
 * SL12, 1,2,3 L12, 5.** || ** -Vocab Quiz **


 * -Synthesis Essays Due **


 * -20 min to finish**
 * note taking from Friday** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -"A Modest Proposal"**
 * Socratic Seminar**


 * //-Exchange articles// **
 * //and data; outline synthesis essay// **


 * -Timed writing**
 * for Synthesis Essay**


 * HW: **
 * "My Modest Proposal" **
 * Topic choice; **
 * Finish Synthesis Essay ** || **-Pair/Share Articles**


 * -Scoring Practice for**
 * Synthesis Essay;**


 * -Scoring Traded Essays**


 * Cold War: **
 * McCarthyism, QL #207 **


 * HW: //The Crucible// Act 1; **
 * Complete Study Guide; **
 * "My Modest Proposal" **
 * Outline ** || ** Speech Presentations **


 * -Finish/Share**
 * "My Modest Proposal"**


 * HW: The Crucible **
 * Acts 2 and 3; **
 * Complete Study Guide; **


 * [|The Salem Witch Trials;]**
 * [|QL #550]** || ** No School ** ||
 * **Week 2: 4/6-4/10** || ** Spring Break ** || **-AP Registration-**
 * Ms. Coble**


 * -Sustained writing**


 * HW: The Crucible Act 4; **
 * Study guide **
 * [|The Salem Witch Trials;]**
 * [|QL #550]** || ** Vocab Quiz **


 * -Hand in/share Modest**
 * Proposal**


 * -Grade writing from yesterday**


 * -Seminar prep:** **McCarthyism**
 * and The Crucible** || **-Hand in/share Modest**
 * Proposal: Share in groups**
 * of 4; then choose one or**
 * two per group to share with**
 * the class**


 * -Seminar prep:** **McCarthyism**
 * and The Crucible-**
 * Questions and comments**
 * should reflect the parallel**
 * between the two**


 * -If time, then Today or Tomorrow:**
 * Read/ answer questions**
 * [|Once More to the Lake]** || **-80 minutes to write two essays;**
 * Rhetorical and Argumentative;**
 * (40 minutes each)**


 * -HW: Read/ answer questions **
 * [|Once More to the Lake]** ||
 * **Week 3: 4/13-4/17** || ** Vocab Quiz **


 * -****Socratic Seminar:**
 * The Crucible**


 * -Go over Museum Project** || **-Discuss Articles**


 * [|-Visual Analysis]**


 * -Work on Museum Projects** || ** Museum Projects Due **


 * -Presentations** || **1st: Speech Presentations**


 * -Presentations**


 * -Begin Antwone Fisher** || **-Antwone Fisher;**
 * study guide (in notebooks)** ||
 * **Week 4: 4/20-4/24** || ** Vocab Quiz **


 * 1st: Speech Presentations**


 * -Finish Antwone Fisher**


 * -Film Discussion** || **-Freedom Essay**


 * -Grading Argumentative**
 * Essay** || **-Bio of [|Frederick Douglass]** || **-Douglass Narrative** || ** -Summative Terms Test **


 * -Read through Chapter 3 of **
 * Narrative by Today **


 * -Frederick Douglass Essay**
 * Practice/Discussion** ||
 * **May 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 4/27-5/1** || **Boot camp:**


 * -Discuss Douglass**
 * Essay**


 * -M/C (60 min)** || ** 2nd 6 Weeks End **
 * Boot Camp**


 * -Essay 1-2**


 * HW: M/C Corrections ** || **Boot Camp:**


 * -Essay 3**


 * -M/C Discussion** || **Boot Camp:**


 * -Essay Discussion/**
 * Corrections**


 * -Discuss Jeopardy Assignment** || **Boot Camp** ||
 * **Week 2: 5/4-5/8** || **Boot camp**
 * [|Jeopardy][| (link option 2)] **
 * ([|Ppt template]) for... ** || **Boot Camp** || **Boot Camp** || **Boot Camp** || **Boot Camp** ||
 * **Week 3: 5/11-5/15** || **Jeopardy Review** || **Jeopardy Review** || ** AP Exam Today: **
 * Bring 2 black or dark blue **
 * pens and 2 #2 pencils **
 * (that you can sharpen/non-mechanical) **


 * -4th: Begin Gatsby** || **Watch:**
 * The Great Gatsby** || ** Paper Requirements **
 * Reviewed **


 * -Finish Gatsby** ||
 * **Week 4: 5/18-5/22** || ** Parental Consent **
 * Form Due **


 * -Class in Media Center** || **-Class in Media Center** || **-Class in Media Center** || **-Finishing research**


 * -Mapping out paper/research**
 * needed** || ** All Sources for Paper Due **


 * ALOHA DAY!! ** ||
 * **Week 5: 5/25-29** || ** No School ** || **Click Here to access**
 * thesis statement and**
 * proofreading materials** || **-Thesis statement**
 * -Connecting sentences**
 * -Intro/Conclusion** || ** Rough Draft Due ** || **-Edit** ||
 * **June 2015** || **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * **Week 1: 6/1-6/5** || **-Edit** || **-Edit**




 * [|-Sample Layout]** || **-Edit**

|| **1st Period Final**
 * -Peer Editing:**
 * Final Draft Due (1st) **


 * [|MIT College EssayArticle]**


 * [|The Princeton Review]**


 * [|USA Today Tips]**


 * [|Top Stanford Essays]**


 * [|UC Personal Statement]** || **2nd Period Final**
 * Final Draft Due (4th) ** ||
 * **Week 2: 6/8-6/12** || **3rd Period Final** || **4th Period Final** || ** 3rd 6 Weeks End ** || ** Teacher PD: **
 * No School ** || ** Teacher Workday: **
 * No School ** ||