March 19th, 2007
Weekly Schedule
for
AP English

Monday, March 19th:

Pass out and assign poetry terms. Get into teams of three and select the three to five poetry terms you would like to present.

Warm-up activity: Write one periodic sentence using one word from your unit 4 vocabulary; write one loose sentence using a different word from your unit 4 vocabulary; write one interrupted sentence with another word, and finally write one balanced sentence with yet another word from your unit 4 vocabulary.

We will discuss the weekend’s reading of Chapters 6 and 7 in CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Tonight’s reading will be over Part lll, Chapters 1 and 2.


Tuesday, March 20th:

Your Unit 4 Vocabulary is due today.

Today we will do the first of many timed essays. The prompt will be given to you on Tuesday and will be over a passage from CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Tonight please read Part lll, Chapters 3 and 4.


Wednesday, March 21st:

I’m going to change the due date for your English grammar homework in WARRINER’S ENGLISH GRAMMAR; “participial phrases”; exercises 68 and 69 to today, Wednesday, March 21st (because I was too lazy to check out your grammar books to you on Thursday). Sooooo your grammar homework is due today from the book. No complaining! You had a week's grace period.

Today we will discuss the readings of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Then we will break into groups and continue analyzing for supporting evidence for theme, symbols, motifs and any other literary tropes you may find.

Tonight, please read Part lll, Chapters 5 and 6.



Thursday, March 22nd:

You will be given approximately fifteen minutes to work on the literary terms.

Then we will discuss any pesky writing problems that may have popped up during the timed writing assignment.

Then break into groups and work on last night’s reading of Crime and Punishment.

Tonight, please read Part IV, Chapters 1 and 2.


Friday, March 23rd:

You will be given approximately fifteen minutes to work on the poetry terms.

Then we will discuss last night’s reading of Crime and Punishment, and then break into groups and analyze Part IV, Chapters 1 and 2 for literary tropes.

For the weekend, please finish Part IV.

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