Ms. Erica Griggs, English
Summer Reading assignments:
Important updates and class reminders
Students that are taking AP classes that want to take the exam for college credit will need to register for the exam in the fall. Registration for the 2024 AP exams will begin on September 12 and will end October 31, 2023 (Spring semester courses will register in January when those classes begin). Late payments will not be accepted due to the College Board ordering deadlines. The cost of each exam is $98, except Research & Seminar which is $146. Students will take their registration form and check or cash to the Attendance office during school hours. The registration form for cash or check payments is in Attendance & on the Guidance Testing Web page. If your student is currently receiving Free or Reduced lunch, the TN State Department of Education and Rutherford County Board will pay for the cost of the exams for you. Free or Reduced students will still complete the forms and register in attendance.
There is also an easy online payment option for credit cards. The online payment price is $102 and $152 for Research & Seminar. You will need to create an account and must select the correct exams your child will be taking. Here is the link and this will open September 12. School Cash Online
Students will join their AP classes on their MyAP account. When they turn in their payment for the test, their account will be marked YES for taking the test within 48 hours. If you have questions about whether they turn in the payment, have your student check their MyAP account for their exam decision.
All students
If you are absent or working from home during the 2023-2024 school year, do the following to keep up with your work:
- Access your assignments in Teams.
- Some apps will be accessed through Clever throughout the year. If this is your first time accessing Clever from home, you will need to put your entire email address ([email protected]) and the password that you use to log in to a computer at school.
Wish list items
August 7-11th
| Monday | Tuesday (Straight 7) | Wednesday/ Thursday block | Friday (straight 7) |
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AP Lang
2 hour day 1st period only |
AP Lang
Hand out books Syllabus Review/ Goal setting -Read "The Case Against Grades." -Brainstorm using the class brainstorm chart below. -Group work/ Class discussion/ |
AP Lang
-Growth vs. Fixed Mindset- Read text and answer questions
-HW- Read pages 11-18 |
AP Lang
-Intro- Ethos/ Pathos –Notes and discuss text from last night -If time permits introduction logos -HW- Read pages 11-18 |
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AH Eng II
2 hour day
1st period only
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AH Eng II
Syllabus Review/ Goal setting -Intro Fear Unit -Pg. 102 Beware: do not read this poem -Discussion |
AH Eng II
Read and Discuss “Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear.” Complete the First read Extension Questions. |
AH Eng II
“ Read and Discuss “Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear.” Complete the First read
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August 14th-18th
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday (straight 7) |
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AP Lang -Intro- Ethos/ Pathos –Notes and discuss text from last night (pages 11-18) -If time permits introduction logos |
AP Lang Finish Ethos/ Pathos Class discussion Choose 1 essay between page 16 and page 18 (Wu and Eisenhower) to write. Submit on Teams. |
AP Lang Benchmark Soapstones- turn in for a grade page 30-31 “Girl Moved to Tears...” |
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AH Eng II Benchmark
Finish Why Some Brains enjoy fear
Read and discuss “The Raven” |
AH Eng II Library Read and discuss “The Raven”
Finish sharing “The Raven” rewrite
“Windigo”
Discuss Symbolism Page 110-112 |
AH Eng II
“Where is Here?” First Extension questions |
August 21-25
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday (straight 7) |
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AP Lang Discuss “Girl Moved to Tears” Intro Logos/ Syllogism/ etc. |
AP Lang “Ain’t I A Woman”- Syllogisms Teams Enthymeme Practice- Teams Appeals- Commercials HW: Read pages 38-46 |
AP Lang
Present commercials |
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AH Eng II Discuss “Where is Here?”
Windigo |
AH Eng II Introduce Frankenstein Pre-reading quiz
Begin reading in class HW Finish reading the letters and ½ of ch 1 |
AH Eng II
Discuss the letters at the beginning of Frankenstein
Continue reading Ch 1. HW Read ch 2 |
August 28- September 1st
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday (straight 7) |
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AP Lang -Library Outside Reading Project (Due Monday, Sept 25th) 2nd half of class -Introduce outside reading project -MC Checkpoint 1 -Declaration of Independence- Syllogism practice page 112-115 -HW: Wed/ Thursday Test Appeals- Rhetorical Triangle |
AP Lang
Test Appeals
Remaining time- read outside reading book |
AP Lang Florence Kelley “Speech on Child labor” Close read/ annotate- discuss
Read 51-56 Graphic organizer Churchill “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”
CHECKPOINT 1 Due |
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AH Eng II Discuss the letters, Chapters 1-3 Frankenstein Pages 3-6 lit and more Quiz chapters 1-2 HW Read chapters 4-5 |
AH Eng II Discuss chapters 4-5 Packet chapters 4-5
HW Read chapters 6-10 |
AH Eng II
Quiz Chapters 4-5 Discussion HW Read chapters 6-10 |
September 5th-8th
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AP Lang Introduce RA rubric Timed RA Essay |
AP Lang Group feedback RA Score a paper on their own
Checkpoint 2 due Goals –grade narrative Thesis |
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Adv. H Eng II Discuss summer work- model papers- expectations for writing in the future
Discuss chapters 6-10
Quiz Chapters 6-10
HW Read Chapters 11-17 |
Adv. H Eng II
Questions/ Discussion chapters 11-17
Read chapters 18-24 |
September 11th-15th
| Tuesday/ Wednesday Block | Thursday/ Friday Block |
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AP Lang Claims mini-lesson- BW read 77-78 and complete Qs 1-10 on 78 Read pages 78-83 Claims of fact, value, and policy Introduce quotes- Rhetorically accurate verb list
Work on grade narratives/revisions |
AP lang Thesis mini lesson (PPT) MCQ progress 2
Checkpoint 3 due
Friday Fall Pictures Revision due |
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Adv. H Eng II Quiz Chapters 11-17 Discuss and take up Questions in chapters 11-17 Begin Questions chapters 18-24 |
Adv. H Eng II Discuss chapters 18-24 Quiz Chapters 18-24 Friday fall pictures |
September 18th-22nd
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Evidence pages 89-92, Read 97 and “Why can’t environmentalism be colorblind”- Discuss Work on checkpoint 4- due tonight Read 98-top of 100 discuss “In College These American...” |
AP Lang Exigence PPT "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Rhetorical analysis in 2-3 parts
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AP Lang RA essay |
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Adv. H Eng II Discuss Novel and test prep |
Adv. H Eng II Frankenstein test Intro Poe “Fall of the House of Usher” |
Adv. H Eng II Read and discuss “Fall of the House of Usher” |
September 25-29
| Monday | Tuesday/ Wednesday Block | Thursday straight 7 | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang PSAT Review Day & ACT CERT for Seniors |
AP Lang MCQ #3- on AP College Board Read Secondhand Evidence pages 101-108 Induction/ deduction pages 109-115 |
AP Lang Presentations
Rhetorical strategies debate. |
AP Lang Fall Spirit Day |
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AH Eng II PSAT Review Day & ACT CERT for Seniors |
Adv. H Eng II Finish Fall of the House of Usher Qs- pages |
-Fall of the House of Usher assessment -Begin Fear Narrative PPT Dialogue Brainstorm- Grammar |
Adv. H Eng II Fall Spirit Day |
October 9th-October 13th
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday Straight 7 | Thursday/Friday (block) |
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AP Lang Choose your Q2 goals Toulmin model 116-118 #1-6 118-122 Page 120 1-8 |
AP Lang PSAT Workday (Pixar) |
AP Lang Discuss page 118. read 118-122 Page 120 1-8 Discuss Rogerian Argument And 116/1192 And Pixar project introduction |
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Adv. H Eng II Fear Narrative writing Dialogue |
Adv. H Eng II Fear Narrative Workday
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Adv. H Eng II Fear Narrative writing Peer review
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October 16th-October 20
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Monday/ Wednesday(block) |
Tuesday ACT cert |
Friday (Straight 7) |
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AP Lang Marc and Carly- in Teams Intro Synthesis
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AP Lang Workday Pixar
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AP Lang RA- Albright
NRI Introduction
Discuss page 118. read 118-122 Page 120 1-8 Introduce No Red Ink (due Friday) |
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Adv. H Eng II Peer review Fear Narrative MLA Format review: Purdue Owl
Intro book project/ library
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Adv. H Eng II Workday Fear Narrative
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Adv. H Eng II Fear Narrative due Check point 1 Due Monday
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October 23-27
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Research intro- choose topics Page 177-178 –Essential Q
Emerson “from Education” pages 208-210 Qs 1-8 page 211 |
Meet in the library - research |
Pixar Due NRI Due Discuss Emerson Research paper- graphic organizer and thesis |
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Adv. H Eng II Intro Power and Freedom (266): “Caged Bird” 327 “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve in Prison” 328 Discussion Qs pages 333 and 334 |
Adv. H Eng II Turn in Caged Bird and Prison Qs pages 333 and 334 Read and discuss “The Censors” Extension Qs Analyze craft and structure |
Adv. H Eng II “I Am Very Real” Kurt Vonnegut Read, discuss, and complete packet. Checkpoint 2 due |
October 30th-November 3rd
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Synthesis prompt for Halloween Begin AP Lang Source Chart |
AP Lang Research- Source Chart Graphic organizer |
AP Lang Read and Discuss Fareed Zakaria’s “From In Defense of a Liberal Education” on page 179
NRI, graphic organizer, and source chart due |
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Adv. H Eng II Grammar ACT practice Sunj. Verb agreement “I Am Very Real” by Kurt Vonnegut Discuss Read and discuss “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Discuss Satire |
Adv. H Eng II Grammar ACT practice pronoun-antecedent agreement
Extension questions “Harrison Bergeron” Group work –outside reading Work on Outside reading |
Adv. H Eng II ACT practice Subj. And Object pronouns “Speech at the United Nations” Malala Yousafzai
Due: Checkpoint 3 |
November 6th- November 10th
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang
Research Outline |
AP Lang Read and discuss Frederick Douglass’s “The Blessings of Liberty and Education” pages 193-205 Douglass -Close read
Continue Work on the outline |
AP Lang MC practice Continue: Douglass
DUE: NRI and Outline |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT practice Subj. And Object pronouns
Read and discuss “Inaugural Address” on pages 283-286 Group work- freedom Page 291 -1 (a. & b.) and 2. |
Adv. H Eng II ACT- Adj. And adverbs
Pages 288-289 in the textbook “Inaugural Address”
Work on the outside reading project- checkpoint 4 and final project |
Adv. H Eng II ACT grammar style- quiz
Work on checkpoint 4 or your project.
Due: Checkpoint 4 |
November 13th-17th
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday (straight 7) |
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AP Lang Continue: Douglass Review parallel structure- complete handout
Work on your research paper |
AP Lang DUE: Research paper
Discuss Halloween synthesis essays
MC practice |
AP Lang Chast page 266 Questions (1-5 on page 270) |
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Adv. H Eng II Begin: “Four Freedoms Speech” |
Adv. H Eng II Finish “Four Freedoms” Test review |
Adv. H Eng II “Four Freedoms” test
Due: Outside reading project |
November 27th-December 1st
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday |
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AP Lang Synthesis practice Score essays-self score |
AP Lang MC practice RA review Group work RA |
ACT Cert |
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Adv. H Eng II Begin one-pager (Due Mon/Tues) |
Adv. H Eng II Essay/ power and freedom |
ACT Cert |
December 4th- December 8th
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday/ Thursday (block) | Friday (Straight 7) |
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AP Lang RA essay - finish discussing/ presenting
RA scoring |
AP Lang Socratic Seminar-prep
Finish presenting |
AP Lang Grade narrative- due Dec 12th
NRI due today |
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Adv. H Eng II One pager due ACT Run-On Sentences
Continue writing: Power and Freedom essay |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Misplaced Modifiers Power and Freedom peer review essay
Group poetry PPT projects- Power and freedom
Power and freedom essays due |
Adv. H Eng II Power and Freedom essay due
ACT Sentence Structure assessment
Work on group projects once everyone is finished. |
December 11th-15th
| Monday/ Tuesday (block) | Wednesday (1,2,6,7) | Thursday (3,1,4,2) | Friday |
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AP Lang Socratic Seminar Grade narratives due Tuesday |
AP Lang Review
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AP Lang 1,2 exams 4, 3 Review |
AP Lang 3rd,4th exams 5th,6th review
NRI due today |
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Adv. H Eng II Group Poetry Presentations
Albert io EOC practice |
Adv. H Eng II Review Albert io practice and discussion |
Adv. H Eng II Albert io practice and discussion |
Adv. H Eng II
3rd-period exam |
December 18th-20th
| Monday (7,5,2,6) | Tuesday (7,1,2,3,4) | Wednesday (2hr day) |
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AP Lang 5,6 exams 7,2 reviews |
AP Lang 7th exam1,2,3,4
Discussion |
AP Lang 2-hour day |
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Adv. H Eng II 7th review |
Adv. H Eng II 7th exam |
Adv. H Eng II 2-hour day |
January 8th-12thth
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Monday/ Tuesday Block |
Wednesday/ Thursday Block |
Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Introduce argument |
AP Lang Continue Argument REHUGO (due Jan 20th) |
AP Lang Homecoming NRI due today |
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Adv. H Eng II Intro Essential Q: What leads us on a path to virtue or vengeance? What motivates us to forgive?
“Let South Africa Show the World How to Forgive” Desomond Tutu page 635 Extension Questions and Relative clauses page 642 sentences
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ACT practice- Adding & Deleting Information Introduce “They are Hostile Nations” Margaret Atwood page 627 Read and discuss. Extension questions and Analyze Craft and Structure Discussion- How does Atwood convince her audience of her purpose? Which choice is most successful? |
Homecoming |
January 22-26
| Monday- snow day | Tuesday /Wednesday/Block | Thursday/Friday Block |
| SNOW |
AP Lang Read and discuss “Mother Tongue” 555-560-Questions for discussion 1-6 page 561
MCQ practice
HW Read Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” page 1026-37 |
AP Lang Discuss Orwell
Argument PPT
NRI due today |
| SNOW |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Organization Read and discuss “Neither Justice nor Forgetting: Defining Forgiveness.” page 496 Analyze methodology-From claim to evidence Write a critical summary.
Intro The Tempest (page 510) HW: Read Historical Context pages 502-508 |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Wordiness & Redundancy The Tempest- Read and discuss |
January 29- February 2
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Compose an argument -essay
Read and discuss Thoreau’s “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” on Pages 531-538 Qs on Rhetoric and style 1,3,5,8, and 11 on page 539 Finish Orwell/Thoreau PPT
HW: Suggestions for writing #2 4-5 paragraphs- due Feb 2 |
AP Lang Finish Thoreau- presentations
Read and discuss Thoreau’s “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” on Pages 531-538 Qs on Rhetoric and style 1,3,5,8, and 11 on page 539 Finish Orwell/Thoreau PPT
HW: Suggestions for writing #2 4-5 paragraphs- due Feb 2 |
AP Lang
Read “Small Change Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” Gladwell
NRI due today |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT - Word Choice & Tone Act 1: Scene 2 Act 1 Summary WS- Turn in Analyze Craft and Structure Act 1-book
Read and discuss |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Style & Rhetoric Assessment- Continue to Read and discuss The Tempest |
Adv. H Eng II ACT - Final Eng assessment Read and discuss The Tempest ACT 2 Analyze craft and structure-book Caliban Act 2: Scenes 1 and 2 -WS |
Feb. 5th-9th
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Discussion/ Questions Gladwell Q2 page 579 Model argument essays
Give article assignment -Teams |
AP Lang Progress check MCQ
“Letter From Birmingham Jail” on page 513 and “On Civil Disobedience” on page 999
Answers Qs |
AP Lang Argument essay #2
NRI due today Weekly article due Sunday night on Teams |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Reading-Main Idea Read and Discuss the Tempest Act 2
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Adv. H Eng II Dr. Roland’s student will speak for 5-10 min about AP research ACT Practice- Supporting Details Nearpod Code: AQX2EAQX2E Finish reading/ discussing Act 2. Comprehension check page 550 Close read and analyze the text on page 551 ACT 2 Analyze craft and structure-book page 552 |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Word meaning
Quiz Act 2
Begin Act 3- Answer all questions on Near Pod. Turn in your work- what you don’t finish today- finish Monday or Tuesday in class. Nearpod Code: AQX2EA |
Feb. 12th-16th
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Speed argument (dating) |
AP Lang Obama Speech Review for RA |
AP Lang RA practice NRI due today |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Reading Basics Assessment
Finish Act 3 Nearpod Code: AQX2E |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Drawing Conclusions ACT 3 Analyze Craft and Structure page 570 (chart and #s 1-4) Page 569 Qs 1-4 |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Author’s Approach Act 4 Read and Discuss |
February 19-23
| Monday | Tuesday / Wednesday | Thursday / Friday |
| No School |
AP Lang MCQ Review/ discussion Speed dating article- on Teams |
AP Lang ACT Junior Boot camp NRI due today |
| No School |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Making Inferences Assessment Discuss Act IV- Questions on page 583 Analyze the text Qs 1-4, pages 584-585 all questions. |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Cause and effect Quiz Act IV Read and discuss Act V |
February 26-March 1
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Read Bernie Sanders’s “Make College Free for All” on page 848 and Thomas Sowell’s “No Way That Going to College Can, or Should Be Free” on page 851. Complete the Teams assignment. |
AP Lang MCQ practice
Revise the essay of your choice- 1 paragraph- see Teams |
AP Lang Article Speed dating
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Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Cause and effect Act V Questions: page 598 (Analyze the text 1-4), page 599 all (including notebook), page 601 (chart only) HW Study for Test- The Tempest March 4th/ 6th |
Adv. H Eng II Feb 28-March 1: MS ELA and Eng 1 & 2 benchmarks |
Adv. H Eng II Feb 28-March 1: MS ELA and Eng 1 & 2 benchmarks
Act V test (if time permits) |
March 4th-March 8th
| Monday/ Wednesday Block (A/ B) | Thursday/ Friday Block (A/B) | Saturday March 9th |
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AP Lang Thesis sign up Money unit intro-758 Swift's “A Modest Proposal” page 771
Rhetorical devices – handout Write 1 para. Analyze what choices Swift makes to convey his purpose. |
AP Lang
Exam procedures/ reminders
Rhetorical Analysis Review- Nearpod
MC for Mock |
Mock exam in the cafeteria- arrive 7:50- college corner |
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Adv. H Eng II Debate prep Albert io grammar-parts of a sentence practice Makeup benchmark test |
Adv. H Eng II Debate prep grammar practice |
March 11th-March 15th
| Monday/ Wednesday Block | Tuesday | Thursday/ Friday block |
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AP Lang Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” Qs 1-5 on Common Lit Assignment
Venn Diagram |
AP Lang ACT Day |
AP Lang Book Fair Synthesis Review- on Teams |
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Adv. H Eng II Debate |
Adv. H Eng II ACT CERT |
Adv. H Eng II Book fair ACT Practice- Argumentative essay |
March 19-22 (No school for students March 18th)
| Tuesday - Straight 7 | Wednesday- Straight 7 | Thursday- Straight 7 | Friday- Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Discuss synthesis scores One pager- Emerson/Swift |
AP Lang Thesis Defense/ Expo |
AP Lang One pager- Emerson/Swift |
PIG OUT |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice Read intro “I Came, I Saw, I shopped” on pages 366-368- Write a critical summary – What do our possessions reveal about us? Begin Reading “The Necklace” on page 373 |
Adv. H Eng II Thesis Defense/ Expo |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice Finish Reading “The Necklace” Write an alternate ending |
PIG OUT |
April 1st- April 5th
| Monday/ Tuesday Block | Wednesday/ Thursday Block | Friday Straight 7 |
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AP Lang Villain Project Part I |
AP Lang Villain Project Part II |
AP Lang MCQ practice-discussion Continue working on the Villain Project |
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Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- EOC Practice - Narrative writing |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Comparative relationships Write an alternate ending “The Necklace” |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- sequence Read and discuss “Searching for Beauty...” page 418 Complete- Analyze the text page 426 (1-3) and Analyze craft and Structure on page 427 (all) Test Monday on text |
April 9th- April 12th (April 8th no school- Eclipse Day)
| Tuesday/Wednesday Block | Thursday/Friday Block |
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AP Lang Villain Speeches |
AP Lang Discuss Synthesis from Mock/ Revise Villain Speeches |
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Adv. H Eng II EOC practice writing Rubric-Self-score- discuss student samples Test “Searching for Beauty” The Great Gatsby HW Read pages 1-10 |
Adv. H Eng II ACT Practice- Relating ideas assessment Intro The Great Gatsby
Read and discuss (if time) Chapter 1 |
April 15th-19th
| Monday (1,2,6,3)/ Tuesday (4,5,6,7) Block | Wednesday (2,1,6,3)/ Thursday (5,4,6,7) Block | Friday (3,2,6,1) |
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AP Lang Discuss RA and Arg from Mock Revise |
AP Lang Albert io (“Marketing to Children” and Bush Library (Biography) Mock exam conferences |
AP Lang Revise one of your 3 mock exam essays. Due next Monday/Tuesday
Mock exam conferences Continue to Revise your essay Exam review |
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Adv. H Eng II Gatsby Ch 1 Quiz Narrator) West Egg/ East Egg and the Social Reg.- Discussion Reading assignments |
Adv. H Eng II Read and discuss chapter 2 Ashes and Elegance/ George and Myrtle Wilson |
Adv. H Eng II Read chapter 3 |
AP Lang Open house
Adv H Eng II Open House
Student Handbook
Writing Lab