Weekly Syllabus
OBJECTIVE |
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES |
HOMEWORK |
MONDAY
1. I can determine multiple central ideas of a text, analyze how those ideas emerge and are shaped by details, and interact with each other.
2. I can apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading. 3. I can interpret figures of speech (e.g. hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text. |
1. Discuss AP Test (if necessary)
2. Check for Nonfiction Book Title - ½ sheet 3. Check LOC homework pages 897-898, exs. 1,3 4. Speech to the Virginia Convention --listen to speech --discussion (SOAPSTone) |
1. Argument chapter -- Assign pages 81-97 - due Thursday (quiz)
2. CE (op-ed/precis) due Fri |
TUESDAY
1. I can determine multiple central ideas of a text, analyze how those ideas emerge and are shaped by details, and interact with each other.
2. I can apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading; I can vary my syntax for effect. 3. I can interpret figures of speech (e.g. hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text. |
1. Speech to the Virginia Convention discussion
-- LOC: work in Writer’s Notebook -- Group Activity -- complete chart (rhetorical devices/strategies) |
WEDNESDAY
1. I can determine multiple central ideas of a text, analyze how those ideas emerge and are shaped by details, and interact with each other.
2. I can apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading; I can vary my syntax for effect. 3. I can interpret figures of speech (e.g. hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text. 4. I can analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques [AP standard] |
1. Finish working on charts from Tuesday.
2. Work on Periodic, Loose, and Inverted Sentences Handout or finish reading Argument chapter |
1. Prepare for quiz
2. Handout on Periodic, Loose, and Inverted Sentences due Thurs 3. Argument chapter due tomorrow (quiz) 4. CE due Fri |
THURSDAY
1. I can apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.
2. I can analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques [AP] |
1. Review homework on Periodic, Loose, and Inverted Sentences
2. Quiz on "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and Argument Chapter |
1. CE due tomorrow (op-ed, precis)
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FRIDAY
1. I can analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques [AP standard]
2. I can identify the author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how style and content contribute to power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text. |
1. Current Events
2. Quiz over Cumulative, Period, and Inverted sentences |
1. Nonfiction book read by December 9
2. Finish Argument reading and annotating (due Tuesday, December 3) |