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2024 4th Nine Weeks – Almost Done 😊

Week 1

April 1/2 Thesis Thank You’s; Multiple choice test corrections

April 3/4 Senior Week Activities

April 5 Senior Field Trip

Week 2

April 9/10 Introduce Ted Talk BOC Assignment

April 11/12 Ted Talk work day

Week 3

April 15/16 MC Practice Exam

April 17/18 Introduce Board Game review assignment

April 19 Ted Talk due; Board game work day

Week 4

April 23/24 View peer Ted Talks

April 25/26 Board Game beta test 

Week 5

April 29/30 Board Game Review

May 1/2 Board Game Review

May 3 MC Test Corrections

Week 5

May 6/7 Finals

May 8/9 Finals

May 10 Graduation Rehearsal

Week 6

May 13 Graduation!!

 

2024 3rd Nine Weeks’ Plus a Little Course Schedule

If there are snow days, you are still required to do the following: meet ALL thesis deadlines and present your project the day we return if we are out of school when your project is due.

Reminder: one writing lab appointment is due by the end of February.

Week 3.1 - January 8 - 12

M/T Welcome Back; Chapters 4 Overview and Coding Lesson; Conference sign-ups for Chapter 3

W/Th Unit Introduction: Rebel Without a Cause…Maybe

Essential Questions Generation; Rebel Without a Cause Project Overview and workday

 

F Homecoming

Week 3.2

January 15 MLK

January 16/17 Snowmageddon 

January 18/19 Snowmageddon 

Week 3.3

January 23/24 Doll House Introduction; Four Corners; BOC Assigned (will be due 

after Spring Break)

January 25/26 Thesis/Project Workday; Thesis: The Final Chapter

Week 3.4

January 29/30 Presentation 1; Doll House Act I

January 31/Feb. 1 Presentation 2; Doll House Act II/III

February 2 Presentation 3; Doll House Discussion

AP Classroom due by 11:59 p.m.

Week 3.5

February 5/6 Presentation 4; Doll House Horse Race; "Nora" comparison

 

February 7/8 Presentation 5; Doll House Act Questions due; Doll House FRQ

February 9 Presentation 6; FRQ Analysis

Rough Draft Chapter 3 (Product/Engineering) or Chapter 4 (Biomed, Psychology, Systematic) due to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. 

Rough draft must be of the whole chapter.

Week 3.6 -- (A Valentine’s Interlude)

February 12/13 Presentation 7; Valentine’s Box

February 14/15 Presentation 8; Valentine’s Day Activity 

February 16 “Hazel Tells Laverne” Thesis Title Due

AP Classroom due by 11:59 p.m.

Week 3.7

February 19 President’s Day

February 20/21 “I Hear American Singing” and “I, Too”

February 22/23 “Ballad of Birmingham” and “Everyday Use”

Mentor Final Meeting Confirmation Due; Writing Lab and FOSA Completed

AP Classroom due by 11:59 p.m.

Week 3.8

February 26/27 Thesis Workday/Peer Review; Digital Submission for Thesis 

Walkthrough

 

February 28/29 “Hills Like White Elephants”

 

March 1 Four Corners; “The Ones Who Walk Away”’

 

AP Classroom due by 11:59 p.m.

Week 3.9

March 4 “How Far She Went”

March 5 Election Day (No School)

March 6 “How Far She Went”

March 7/8 Full MC Practice

March 8 Bound Thesis Copy by 3 p.m; Final submissions due to Turnitin,com by 11:59

Week 4.1

March 11/13 Thesis defense PPT/Presentations Workday

March 14/15 Thesis defense PPT/Presentations Peer Review; FRQ Practice Essay

Week 4.2

March 18 No School

March 19 Finalize defense presentations

March 20 Thesis Defenses

March 21 Thesis party

March 22 Pig Out

 

2023 2nd Nine Weeks Course Schedule

This schedule contains all MAJOR assignments.  Thesis due dates are highlighted in blue.  Weekly assignments are highlighted in yellow. 

AP Classroom is highlighted in green.

Please proactively plan.

Week 2.1 – October 9-13

M/T                Mural Presentations

W                    PSAT; Senior Alternative Schedule 

Th/F                Mural Presentations

AP Classroom due

Week 2.2 – October 16-20

M/W               Monster & Villains Centers

T                      ACT

Th                   Teacher In-Service

F                      Essential Question QFT; Introduce the Nine Week’s Project

BOC Selection due

Week 2.3 – October 23-27

M/T                Macbeth Act 1

W/Th             Macbeth Act 1

F                      Thesis Workday

                        AP Classroom due

Week 2.4 – October 30-November 3

M/T                Macbeth Act 2

W/Th             Macbeth Act 3

F                      Macbeth Act 3

                        AP Classroom due

                        Thesis: Chapter 1 revisions and Chapter 2 due by 11:59

Week 2.5 – November 6-10

M/T                Chapter 3 Introduction; Macbeth 4; Presentation 1

W/Th             Macbeth 5; Presentation 2

F                      Macbeth 5

                         AP Classroom due

Week 2.6 – November 13-17

M/T                Presentation 3; Macbeth Review

W/Th              Presentation 4; “The Possibility of Evil” 

F                      Thesis Conferences; Work Day

Week 2.7 – November 27-December 1

M/T                Presentation 5; “A Good Man is Hard to Find”

W/Th             Presentation 6; “The Veldt”

F                      Presentation 7; Senior Work Day

                         AP Classroom due

                        Chapter 3 due (Engineering and Product this is your Preliminary Design)

                        Mentor meeting completed (does not include initial meeting); provide proof of meeting

Week 2.8 – December 4-8

M/T                Presentation 8; “The History Teacher”

W/Th             Presentation 9; “Trifles”

F                      Presentation 10; "Trifles"

                       

                        All experiments should be concluded; Meetings with Sr. English Teacher/FOSA completed; All writing

                     appointments completed

Week 2.9 – December 11-15

M/T                BOC Editing

W                    Prepare for midterm

BOC Text Connections due by 11:59 p.m

 

AP Literature

2023 First Nine Weeks’ Course Schedule

All assignments are due at 11:59 p.m.

Writing Lab: All students MUST make a minimum of 2 visits during the semester.  Writing Lab grades will be added to the 2nd Nine Weeks.

Week 1 – August 7-11

M                    2-Hour School Day

T                      Overview of the course/expectations

W/Th              Counselors;  Remind; Turnitin.com; Conference Sign-ups; AP Classroom; Summer Reading Group Assignment

F                      Benchmark Test; BOC Assigned

College essay to Turnitin.com by 11:59 on Friday.

Annotated Bibliography to Turnitin.com by 11:59 on Friday

Week 2 – August 14-18

M/T                Thesis: Chapter 1 introduction and paper formatting; Research    

Question/Problem Statement Lesson

 

W/Th              What’s Love Got to Do with It? Unit Introduction; Foundational Framework Overview (Character, Setting, Structure, Narration, and Figurative Language); “Popular Mechanics”

F                      Summer Reading FRQ

BOC Selection Due – Microsoft Form

FOSA Selection (Microsoft Forms) and Partner Contracts (Turnitin.com) due by 11:59 p.m.

                        AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 3 – August 21-25

M/T                Summer Reading FRQ; Donne Introduction

W/Th              Literary Terms Quiz; Sonnets; Poetry Packet Assigned

F                      “Company Man”; First draft of research question due

                        AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 4 – August 28-September 1

M/T                Work Day (poetry packets, mural or thesis)

W/Th             Literary Terms Quiz; 3x3 introduction; “Kuglemass Episode”; "Valediction: Forbidding                                                      Mourning"

F                     Quoting, Research Method and Survey Overview; Second draft of research question due

                        AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 5 – September 5-8

M                    Labor Day

T/W                Literary Terms Quiz; “Once Upon a Time”; Importance of Being Earnest

Th/F               Peer review Chapter 1; Introduction to Chapter 2; Importance of Being Earnest

Mentor Agreement (Microsoft Forms) and Chapter 1 (Turnitin.com) due by 11:59 p.m.

AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 6 – September 11-15

M                    Teacher-Administrative Day (No School for You!)

T/W                Importance of Being Earnest

Th/F               Importance of Being Earnest

                        Poetry Packet Response due to Turnitin.com by 11:59 on Friday;

AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 7 – September 18-22

M/T                Importance of Being Earnest FRQ

W/Th              Terms Quiz; FRQ Peer Review 

F                      Senior Trip to Dollywood!

                        AP Classroom due by 11:59 on Friday

Week 8 – September 25-29

M                    ACT Prep Day

T/W                Research Method Work Day

Th                   Introduce Chapter 2; Chapter 1 Conferences

F                      Pig Out!

                        Research Method and Surveys due by 11:59 on Friday