December 19-21: EXAMS!

Monday--periods 1-3-5
Tuesday--periods2-4-6
Wednesday--regular class schedule

AP Lang & Comp Week of December 12, 2011

• Go over group Rhetorical Precis
• critique
• discuss
• Complete individual precis
• Samuel Johnson Letter
• Unpack Prompt
• Practice Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• Look at samples
• Prepare for Christmas Break Reading
• The Slaughter House Five
• Background Information
• read & annotate
• Discuss note-taking process for the novel
• FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 19th
• Rhetorical Analysis: AP Prompt

English 11 Week of December 12, 2011

• Finish reading The Grapes of Wrath
• study guide
• vocabulary
• discussion
• The final exam will be on Monday, December 19th. The exam will be a comprehensive assessment over The Grapes of Wrath.

Expos Week of December 12, 2011

• Finish Multi-genre Project
• This is the final exam.
• Completed project is due Friday, December 16th
• Students will also present a component of their project on the final exam day: Tuesday, December 20th.

English 9 Week of December 12, 2011

• DEAR
• Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
• study guide
• character chart
• vocabulary
• Chapters 17-22
• Chapters 23-31
• To Kill a Mockingbird will be the final exam for the students.
• Exam Date: Tuesday, December 20th~6th period
• The students should have all their study guides, vocabulary words, and character chart to use as study tools for the test.  I will not give out a new study guide for the final.

English 9 Week of December 5, 2011

DEAR

• Continue Reading TKAM Chapters 17-22
• Reading check chapters 9-16
• including vocabulary
• New study guide for chs. 17-22
• Vocab for chs. 17-22

AP Lang & Comp Week of December 5, 2011

• OPTIC
• understanding visuals
• Political Cartoons
• Rhetorical Precis
• work together
• small group
• individual

Expos Week of December 5, 2011

Continue to work on Multi-genre Project

• Complete Research
• Working Thesis&Repetend--Due Tuesday 12/6
• Preface with word count--Due 12/7
• Exposition Pieces--Due 12/9

English 11 Week of December 5, 2011

• Chapters 20-22
• discuss
• study guide
• vocab
• c/c camps
• vocab
• Create a collage based on imagery of chapter 21
• Read chapters 23-26 (complete by Friday)
• study guide
• vocab

English 9 Week of November 28, 2011

Continue reading TKAM

• Chapters 11-16
• Study Guide
• Vocab

Expository Writing Week of November 28, 2011

• Multi-genre Project
• notes
• guidelines
• topic choices due Thursday, December 1st
• Research in library Thursday-Monday
• Be sure to check the list for due dates

AP Lang & Comp Week of November 28, 2011

• Finish Lyric Presentations
• OPTIC
• Use Political Cartoons
• Precis
• formula for writing rhetorical analysis
• together, group, self

English 11 Week of November 28, 2011

• Read chs. 16-17 in Grapes
• discuss
• study guide
• vocab.
• American Dream
• Read ch. 18-19
• study guide
• new vocab
• Read chs. 20-22
• study guide
• vocab.

English 11 Week of November 21, 2011

• Quizlet for chapters 1-9 vocab
• Discuss chapter 13
• Read chapter 14 together & discuss
• Vocab quiz--chs. 1-9(Tuesday)
• Read chapter 15 & Discuss
• complete study guide
• new vocab: chs. 10-16

AP Lang & Comp Week of November 21, 2011

• Binders due Monday
• Lyric Project Presentations (Monday & Wednesday)
• ICE--Rhetorical Analysis (Tuesday)
• This one will be for a grade!

Expos Week of November 21, 2011

• Continue to work on Saturation Essay
• finalize rough draft
• peer edit & revise
• final copy
• presentation (Wednesday)

AP Lang & Comp Week of November 14, 2011

• Discuss Friday's Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• finish
• Organize Binder (due Monday)
• And the Beat Goes On...
• Using lyrics to understand figurative language & rhetorical analysis
• Prep on Thursday
• Present Friday (?) & Monday
• Socratic
• "Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing"
• Develop rhetorical analysis question

Expos Week of November 14, 2011

• Saturation Essay
• internal monologue examples
• pick person
• research
• rough draft
• peer edit
• final copy
• presentation due Monday

English 11 Week of November 14, 2011

• Read Grapes
• chapters 1-10
• discuss
• study guide
• worksheets
• turtle
• similes/metaphors
• Prodigal Son
• Vocab for chapters 1-10
• use quizlet
• Chapter 10 Theme
• Ma's POV
• Quiz chapters 1-10

English 9 Week of November 14, 2011

• DEAR
• Read TKAM chapters 4-8
• discuss
• complete study guide
• Main Idea Worksheet
• Study Vocabulary
• Character Chart
• Quiz Chapters 1-8

AP Lang & Comp Week of November 7

AOW #10

• Look at AP Samples & compare to own writing
• Read AP Rhetorical Analysis Prompt
• prep for essay (together)
• Study Quizlet for Rhetorical Devices
• Complete own Rhetorical Analysis (ICE)

English 11 Week of November 7, 2011

• Finish Presentations
• Hand out The Grapes of Wrath books
• students may write/highlight in their texts
• Vocabulary for chapters 1-4
• Read chapters 1-4
• complete color imagery activity
• Turtle Imagery Chart
• Intercalary Chart

Expos Week of November 7, 2011

• Finish presentations on Rhetorical Devices
• Study Rhetorical Devices on QUIZLET
• Decision Paper--due Thursday

English 9 Week of November 7, 2011

DEAR

• Finish Web Quest
• Vocabulary for chapters 1-8
• Begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird
• We will read some of this together in class; however, some reading will have to take place as homework.
• This book DOES NOT COUNT AS A DEAR BOOK!
• There will be various activities and study guides that will be completed with the reading.

English 9 Week of October 31, 2011

DEAR

• Preparation for reading To Kill a Mockingbird

Expos Week of October 31, 2011

• Go over simile & metaphors
• create samples
• Presentation information for remaining devices

English 11 Week of October 31, 2011

• Begin vocab #4
• sentences using a Halloween theme
• due Wednesday
• Presentation from Mrs. P. Rosenberger (Tuesday)
• Project preparation for The Grapes of Wrath
• Due Monday, November 7th

AP Lang & Comp Week of October 31, 2011

• Finish Presentations
• Study Rhetorical Devices
• use quizlet
• Presentation from Mrs. P. Rosenberger (Tuesday)
• Practice analysis
• AP Prompts
• Grade
• understanding the AP rubric
• Practice
• timed-writing

AP Lang & Comp Week of October 24, 2011

REMINDER: FALL BREAK IS THIS WEEK.

NO SCHOOL THURSDAY & FRIDAY.

• AOW #8
• Rhetorical Devices Presentations Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday



English 11 Week of October 24, 2011

REMINDER: FALL BREAK IS THIS WEEK.

NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY.

• Finalize Tiburon Times Project
• Presentations Tuesday & Wednesday

Expos Week of October 24, 2011

REMINDER: FALL BREAK IS THIS WEEK.

NO SCHOOL THURSDAY & FRIDAY.

• Rough Draft for Profile in Courage essay
• peer editing & writing conference on Tuesday
• Final copy due on Wednesday by end of class

English 9 Week of October 24, 2011

REMINDER: FALL BREAK IS THIS WEEK.

NO SCHOOL THURSDAY & FRIDAY.

• DEAR
• Finish reading "The Necklace"
• Plot story on Freytag's Pyramid
• Test on Wednesday

AP Lang & Comp Week of October 17, 2011

• AOW #7
• Rhetorical Devices Teaching Project
• Presentations to begin Monday, October 24th

Expos Week of October 17, 2011

• Journal #9
• Continue research on Profile in Courage Essay

English 11 Week of October 17, 2011

• Finish movie
• Film Response
• Tiburon Times Newspaper Project
• Presentations to begin Monday, October 24th

English 9 Week of October 17, 2011

• DEAR
• "Cask of Amontillado" Review
• "Cask of Amontillado" Test
• Collage Project
• work in class
• due Thursday
• Begin "The Necklace"

English 11 Week of October 10, 2011

• Finish worksheets
• Read chs. 13&14
• Quiz
• Finalize character & epigraph worksheets for chs. 13&14
• Begin viewing film
• Culminating Activity: Tiburon Times

Expos Week of October 10, 2011

• Go over simile & metaphor activities
• Work on Profile in Courage Essay
• Rhetorical Devices:
• Analogy
• Allusion
• Eponym
• pp. 63-86

AP Lang & Comp Week of October 10, 2011

• AOW #6
• Complete Author's Purpose: Entertainment
• pp. 46-57
• exercises & free response
• Review Rhetorical Devices

English 9 Week of October 10, 2011

DEAR

• Grade Lit Elements Quiz from Friday
• Discuss journal
• Begin "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Complete reading activities
• Freytag's Pyramid
• Comprehension Questions
• Test after reading

English 11 Week of October 3, 2011

• Discuss ch. 10
• Complete STAR chart for May
• Quiz chs. 6-10
• Read ch. 11 (homework)
• discuss
• STAR June
• Read ch. 12
• Begin Epigraph Chart
• work with partner
• will turn in when finish ch. 14

Expos Week of October 3, 2011

• Journal #7
• Complete Writing Activity: Editorial using Hypophora, Rhetorical Question, & Procatalepsis
• Begin device 8: Distinctio
• complete book exercises
• place samples on board
• Devices 9&10: Simile & Metaphor

AP Lang & Comp Week of October 3, 2011

• AOW#5
• Finish Churchill Essays
• Last section of Author's Purpose: Entertainment

English 9 Week of October 3, 2011

• DEAR
• Finish Essays
• Literary Elements Notes
• Begin "The Cask of Amontillado"

AP Lang & Comp Week of September 26, 2011

• AOW#4
• PH
• Persuade
• complete ex. 2 with groups
• Entertain
• annotate
• complete exercise 2 with groups
• Rhetorical Devices Vocab
• review
• quizlet
• Sample AP prompt
• preparation for ICE

English 11 Week of September 26, 2011

• Quizlet Vocab #2
• quiz Tuesday/Thursday
• Read chapters 8-9
• finish ch 8 at home
• Complete Star Chart: August
• Read chapter 10
• Quiz chs. 6-10
• Activities:
• Black Madonna Research
• Advertising
• News Article 

Expos Week of September 26, 2011

• Quizlet: Rhetorical Strategy Devices
• quiz Tuesday/Thursday
• Rhetorical Devices Study
• pp. 26-36
• complete all exercises
• share/discuss
• pp. 37-40 (distinctio)
• exercises 1 & 2
• pp. 41-62 (simile/metaphor)
• all exercises
• Writing Activity: Poem

English 9 Week of September 26, 2011

• DEAR
• Work on Essay #1
• prewrite
• rough draft
• edit
• revise
• final copy
• Rough Draft due Wenesday by end of class
• Complete Peer Edit/Self Edit & Revisions
• Share

AP Lang & Comp Week of September 19, 2011

• AOW #3
• Notes: Close Reading
• Discuss PH Reading & Annotations
• Rhetorical Analysis
• Partner Activity
• Prep for 1st RA writing
• Practice MC

English 11 Week of September 19, 2011

• Review Ch. 5
• journal entry from Lily's perspective
• rules of etiquette
• Grade Vocab #2
• Read chs. 6-8
• group activity: Chapter/Scene Chart
• Found Poem
• Quiz chs. 4-6
• Vocab review: Quizlet
• Assessment on Friday

Expos Week of September 19, 2011

• Journal #4
• Complete Visual Vocab
• Use quizlet to study vocabulary words
• Rhetorical Strategy Vocab
• Write a short essay over topic of your choice using understatement and hyperbole.
• Quizlet Assessment of Stategy Vocab.
• Rhetorical Devices: Litotes & Antithesis; Hypophora
• complete book exercises
• Journal #5
• Ch. 1 MI pp. 37-46
• Vocab Assessment on Friday
• MI ch. 2

English 9 Week of September 19, 2011

• DEAR every day at the beginning of class.
• Literary Analysis Assignment
• Read "Fish Cheeks," "Arm Wrestling with My Father," "Black Men and Public," and "TV Addiction"
• Annotate each piece
• Complete Literary Guide
• This should be completed by Friday. We will use class time to work on this and have discussion over each reading.

English 11 Week of 9/12/11

• Read chapters 2-3
• continue to fill in fig. lang. chart
• Discuss
• Quiz
• Lost Poster
• STAR Character Chart
• Read chapter 4
• Vocab Lesson #2
• quizlet
• Read chapter 5

English 9 Week of 9/12/11

• Dear
• Group Paragraph
• Present
• Work with Sample Paragraphs
• Need to have highlighters by Friday!
• Bat
• UC
• Composition Basics Project
• CBQ #4
• Please study and review for this quiz

AP Lang & Comp Week of 9/12/11

• Summer Choice Reading Book Report Presentations
• AoW#2
• Respond
• Rhetorical Devices Vocabulary
• Visual Vocab
• Quizlet
• Rhetorical Devices Handbook
• Reading Assignment
• Hyperbole & Understatement

Expository Writing Week of 9/12/11

Expository Writing

• Finish Sandlot Narratives
• Rhetoric Notes
• Read pp. 3-10 Rhetorical Devices: A Handbook and Activities for Student Writers
• Complete vocab for style devices
• create visual vocab
• Journal #3
• Read pp. 13-14 
• complete ex. 1
• Read p 15
• complete ex. 1
• Read pp. 17-18
• Read & Annotate Passage
• What is SATIRE?
• Answer the prompt in a 3 paragraph essay
• Discuss HYPERBOLE
• create own sign to hang
• Brainstorm ideas for an understatement essay
• begin drafting
• 3 paragraphs
• due Friday/Monday

English 9: 9/5-9/9

Monday: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

1. DEAR
2. Grade CBQ#2
3. Identifying parts of a comp

Wednesday

1. DEAR
2. Sample comp #1
1. Identification & Label
3. Quizlet Review

Thursday

1. DEAR
2. Quizlet Review
3. Intro Paragraphs

Friday

1. Quick Review
2. CBQ#3
3. DEAR

AP Lang & Comp

• Burying Addie's Voice: Exploring As I Lay Dying through Addie Bundren's voice
• literary analysis
• annotating
• discussion
• Individual book report presentations--Thursday & Friday (Are you ready?)

Expository Writing 9/5-9/9

Monday: NO SCHOOL


Tuesday & Wednesday

• Begin working on Narrative #2
• Childhood Memory

Thursday & Friday

• Publishing & Sharing N2

English 11: 9/5-9/9

Monday: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday

1. Finish work from Friday (research-p.1 or paragraph-p.5)
2. Review Literary Elements
3. Begin reading The Secret Life of Bees
1. ch. 1 together
2. annotate

• Assign Figurative Language worksheet

Wednesday

1. Go over chapter 1 and discuss figurative language
2. Discuss characters
3. Read chs. 2-3?

Thursday

1. Discuss chs. 2-3
2. Reading quiz chs. 1-3?
3. Literary Elements Quizlet Review

Friday

1. Literary Elements Quiz
2. Bees Journal
3. Read Ch 4--together

• Discuss
• Characters

THIS WEEK IN SHIPPIE'S ENGLISH CLASSES.......

Click on the blog posts for your class to see the assignments for the week. Please note that agenda items are subject to change. 

English 9-1 8/29-9/2

Monday

1. DEAR
2. Go over CBQ#1
3. Invalid/Valid Thesis Statements
1. Write 3 of each on own

Tuesday

1. DEAR
2. Share original thesis statements
3. Worksheet
1. mark V or I

Wednesday

1. DEAR
2. Grade worksheet
3. Correct Invalid Thesis Statements
4. Review composition basics
1. quizlet
2. flashcards
3. study trifold or quiz#1

Thursday

1. DEAR
2. More invalid/valid thesis statements
3. CBQ Review

Friday

1. Quick Review
1. Questions
2. CBQ#2
1. grade in class if time allows
3. DEAR after quiz

This week in AP 11...8/29-9/2

We are finishing activities related to the reading of The Kite Runner. 


Intro to Afghanistan:

• Read handout in small groups
• Answer questions provided

Human Rights...what are human rights?

• create a definition
• list 5 rights
• Compare to Amnesty International's Bill of Human Rights
• What rights have the Taliban violated?
• Case study & Questions 

Expository Writing 8/29-9/2

Monday
Writing Workshop: Narrative #1

• Peer Edit & Revise

Tuesday

1. Turn in Narrative #1
2. Read & Discuss "The Chase" by Annie Dillard 

Wednesday

1. Finish discussion from Tuesday
2. Answer questions at end of text
3. The Sandlot
1. View
2. Prepare for Narrative #2: The Childhood Event

Thursday

1. Finish The Sandlot
2. Discuss The Sandlot vs. Big Fish
3. Begin composing Narrative #2

Friday

1. Continue rough draft of Narrative #2
2. Illustrations for N2
3. Class Book?

English 11 8/29-9/2

Monday

1. Finish vocab sentences
2. Begin anticipatory activity#1 for The Secret Life of Bees

Tuesday

1. Finish activity #1
2. Write a paragraph predicting events for Bees~must also include a picture

Wednesday

1. Finish paragraph & picture
2. Present paragraph & picture with class
3. Display 
4. Quizlet review of vocabulary lesson #1 words

Thursday

1. Quizlet for vocabulary lesson #1 (practice quiz--grade)
2. Begin author research

Friday

1. Vocabulary lesson #1 Quiz
2. finish author research--turn in