Mrs. Crawford
AP Lang
Marking Period 4: Class
Reading: Great Gatsby; The Circle; related articles
Essential Questions: How is the American Dream defined or restricted by class?
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AP RC (30 minutes) |
Gatsby Chapter 1; Gatsby Chapter 1 Annotated with explanations / Seniors read optional book Gatsby Guided Reading Questions
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Introduction to Gatsby/Reading Day--bring book to class
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Gatsby Chapter 1; Gatsby Chapter 1 Annotated with explanation / Seniors read optional book Gatsby Guided Reading Questions
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Please complete quick quizzes #49-52; practice these words with quizzlet and add your individual words to your VOCAB google doc
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Gatsby Guided Reading Questions |
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Gatsby/Circle
Quiz
on Chapters 1 and 2 Gatsby Guided Reading Questions Reading Day--Chapter 3 |
Gatsby Read and annotate 1-4 for Harkness Tuesday AND Wednesday Gatsby Guided Reading Questions BNW (period 4 Seniors: BNW Questions) |
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Reading Day Gatsby Guided Reading Questions Circle Guided Reading Questions Gatsby Index (may help with harkness)
Harkness Chapters 1-4
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Harkness Chapters 1-4
Please complete quick quizzes #53-56; practice these words with quizzlet and add your individual words to your VOCAB google doc
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Gatsby Chapter 5
Reading Day: in-class close reading on Monday; quiz on 5-6 on Tuesday
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Gatsby Chapter 5
Reading Day: in-class close reading on Monday; quiz on 5-6 on Tuesday |
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In Class Practice Analysis
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Gatsby
Chapter 5-6 quiz tomorrow Close Reading practice |
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Quiz on Chapter 5-6 Gatsby
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In-Class Close Reading (50 pts) |
Gatsby Chapter 6
The Circle (Read
through 200, Part 1 by March 27) |
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Word Smart quiz on 49-56
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Gatsby Chapter7 The Circle (Read through 200, Part 1 by March 27) |
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Quiz on Chapter 7 Gatsby AP Lang Book Madness Fill out YOUR bracket here |
Review
Dystopian Book Choice Project Having trouble choosing a book? Click here |
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Please complete quick quizzes #57-60; practice these words with quizzlet and add your individual words to your VOCAB google doc
AP Lang Book Madness Round
2 Here is the Out of Print Book Madness 2015 Brackets
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Gatsby Chapter
8-9 work on Harkness Notes Circle/Senior choice (complete reading by April 13) |
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Quiz on Chapters 8-9 Fill out YOUR bracket ROUND 3 here
Read Psychology Today's American Nightmare in preparation for Harkness (update of American Dream in 21st century)
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Finish the
book; prepare for harkness Harkness Notes--please read before harkness |
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Harkness Chapters 5-9 Harkness Notes--please read before harkness |
Circle Review--SENIORS POST GUIDED READING QUESTIONS OR SUMMARY TO TURNITIN.COM BY APRIL 13
Decide on: Dystopian Book Choice Project Having trouble choosing a book? Click here |
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Harkness Chapters 5-9 After break, seniors will have in-class open ended prompt on book choice (100 pts) Senior Harkness on Circle during 3rd lunch
Please complete quick quizzes #61-64; practice these words with quizzlet and add your individual words to your VOCAB google doc |
Choose and buy Dystopian book for
Dystopian Book Choice Project |
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Final Book Bracket Vote HERE
Review Exam MC, Essays
Bring choice of book for Dystopian Book Choice Project
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Read Dystopian Book |
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AP RC (pd. 2-Weds) Entertainment Argument 2003 Entertainment Argument Sample Scores
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Review Past Essays and Sample Student Responses Read Dystopian Book |
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AP Argument In-Class Essay
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Due to a tie between LMNOP and GG, please revote
HERE Discuss argument student samples for Creativity student samples for Humor student samples for Doubt |
Reminder Seniors: Finish The Circle/ alt book choice; post turnitin guided reading quesitons by midnight on Friday, April 17th). Check out the media center for poetry month: Tuesday: Blackout Poetry (check out samples here:
http://bit.ly/1Ev5oR7 or Google “blackout poetry” if you don’t have
Pinterest) Wednesday: Floating Poetry (loosely based on this sample here:
http://bit.ly/1Ev4Vys ) Thursday: Ode to your Zip Code
(see samples of Zip Odes here:
http://zipodes.tumblr.com/ ; students
will also be encouraged to submit their Zip Odes to the O’Miami contest) Friday: Do You Haiku? (Haiku writing) Ongoing: Poetry Garden (students will have the option to mount their poems onto
flower shaped paper to display on the back wall of the LMC to create a growing
poetry garden throughout the week) |
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| Dystopian BookQuiz-- You may complete this as a group. Please include 1. Thesis (with author, book, year, fear) 2. Multimedia vehicle (prezi, film, etc..NO powerpoint) 3. Four quotes from the book that relate to your specified fear 4. Delegation of each group member's obligations (see list of project requirements) POST to Turnitin.com (20 pts) |
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Introduce AP Self Reflections Please complete quick quizzes #60-64; practice these words with quizzlet and add your individual words to your VOCAB google doc Review Synthesis Essay Tips
Review Past Essays and Sample Student Responses
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Word Smart quiz 57-64 | |
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AP Synthesis In-Class Essay |
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Dystopian Book Work Day |
Dystopian Sample Student Project (Sample 1:
Uglies-Westerfield; Sample 2-Catch
22; Sample 3-Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep |
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Dystopian Book Project: Final Checkpoint (30 pts)
Submit to turnitin: 1. four more quotes from final 50 pages of book, analyses of each of these quotes--connections to "fear" in thesis (+8) 2. transcript of interview (+4) 3.annotated work cited page 6 sources (paragraph summary of each journal and newspaper article) (+6) 4. copy of passage to analyze, identifying 4 rhetorical strategies used by author (+4) 5. story board, outline of final project (+6) 6. date that ALL group members are committed to present between 4/29-5/12 (+2) |
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In Class 1 hour Summative AP exam (55 points)
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In Class 1 hour Summative AP exam (55 pts) |
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Dystopian Projects- Please sign up for PRESENTATION DATE
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Word Smart Quiz on 65-73
Dystopian Projects
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Work on college essay (many resources college essay related)
sample college essay (my student) Sample College Essays (Johns Hopkins)
essay hell-college essay blog and tips
college essay checklist (complete and copy and paste onto word document WITH college essay) Due May 29th Submit to Turnitin.com Get excited about summer reading!! Here are all the choices/assignments for AP Lit. |
AP EXAM is May 13th in SPORTS CENTER (Weds). Breakfast in my room 207 at 7:15 am
POST AP: