Author: mike reiter

AP Lit and Comp August 2017

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6	7	8	9 / Course Introduction / “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” / *Summer Assignment Due	10 / Literary Devices Test	11 / In Class Writing over Old Man and the Sea / “The Closing of the American Book”	12
13	14 / Examining the AP Test / What is being asked?	15 / AP Multiple Choice Practice Test (excerpt) / “The Chaser”	16 / AP Sample Essays / Evaluate and Discuss	17 / Grade Sample Essays in Groups	18 / Practice Test: / AP Free Response Question #2	19
20 / ** Level one, two, and three questions will be required during journal entries of TCIR	21 / The Catcher in the Rye Introduction / TP-CASTT of “Sounds of Silence”	22 / Catcher / 1-4	23 / Catcher / 5-9	24 / Catcher / 10-13	25 / Catcher / 14-18	26
27	28 / Catcher / 19-22 / “Glass Case” Writing Assigned	29 / Catcher / 23-26 / Introduce Poetry Response Assignments	30 / AP Free Response Question #3 / Over Catcher	31 / Grammar Review: / Sentence Structure, / Parallelism, / Word Choice

September 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 / Grammar Review: / Commas, Capitalization, Possessives / FRQ#3 Due	2
3	4 / LABOR DAY / NO SCHOOL	5 / “Gatsby and the / Roaring Twenties” / Presentation Intro. / Lyrical Analysis	6 / Choose Topics / Begin Research	7 / Research	8 / Research / Poetry Response #1 Due	9
10 / ** Discussions during class will be led by assigned groups per chapter.	11 / The Great Gatsby / Chapter 1 / Discussion Led by Mr. Reiter	12 / Gatsby Chapter 2 / Group #1 Leads Discussion	13 / Gatsby Chapter 3 / Group #2 will lead discussion	14 / Gatsby Chapter 4 / Group #3 will lead discussion	15 / Gatsby Chapter 5 / Group #4 will lead / Poetry Response #2 Due	16
17	18 / Gatsby Chapter 6 / Group #5 will lead discussion	19 / Gatsby Chapter 7 / Group #6 will lead discussion	20 / Gatsby Chapter 8 / Group #7 will lead discussion	21 / Gatsby Chapter 9 / Group #8 will lead discussion	22 / AP FRQ #3 / Gatsby / Poetry Response #3 Due	23
24	25 / Gatsby / Multiple Choice Test	26 / Research for Presentation	27 / Research	28 / Research	29 / Gatsby Presentations Begin / Poetry Response #4 Due	30

October 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2 / Gatsby / Presentations / Journals Due	3 / Gatsby / Presentations	4 / Gatsby / Presentations	5 / “Winter Dreams” / Fitzgerald / P. 730	6 / The Great Gatsby / Delineate quotes in the novel in groups/ / Sample Synthesis	7
8	9 / “Gatsby and the American Dream” Synthesis Paper Assignment	10 / Synthesis Paper / Examples / Citing Sources	11 / Sample Source / Evaluation	12 / Research	13 / FALL BREAK / NO SCHOOL	14
15	16 / FALL BREAK / NO SCHOOL	17 / Research	18 / Research	19 / Developing Your / Thesis Statement	20 / Lab to Begin Outline	21
22	23 / Work on Outline	24 / Outlines Due / Works Cited Review	25 / Work on Works Cited	26 / Works Cited Due / Begin Drafting	27 / Lab to Draft	28
29	30 / Lab to Draft	31 / Synthesis Paper / Peer Edit Day / Rough Draft is Due

November 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 / “Gatsby and the American Dream” Synthesis Paper Due / *Gatsby Film	2 / Gatsby Film	3 / Gatsby Film	4
5	6 Short Story Unit / “The Short Story” / Lyrical Analysis	7 / “A Rose for Emily” / P. 817	8 / “Everyday Use” / P. 1312	9 / “To Build a Fire” / P. 596	10 / “The Lottery” / Print Out	11
12	13 / AP Free Response Question #2	14 / Salem Witch Hunt	15 / Discussion of Salem Witch Hunt in American Society	16 / “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” / Puritan Beliefs	17 / The Crucible / “Background” / Discussion	18
19	20 / The Crucible / Act I / Pp. 1126-1137	21 / The Crucible / Act I / Pp. 1138-1146	22 / THANKSGIVING BREAK / NO SCHOOL	23 / THANKSGIVING / BREAK / NO SCHOOL	24 / THANKSGIVING BREAK / NO SCHOOL	25
26	27 / The Crucible / Act I / MC Test / Watch Act I	28 / The Crucible / Act II / Pp. 1161-1172	29 / The Crucible / Act II / Pp. 1173-1181	30 / The Crucible / Act II / MC Test / Watch Act II

December 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 / The Crucible / Act III / Pp. 1187-1199	2
3	4 / The Crucible / Act III / Pp. 1200-1213	5 / The Crucible / Act IV / Pp. 1217-1227	6 / The Crucible / Act IV / Pp. 1228-End	7 / The Crucible / Acts III-IV / MC Test	8 / Watch Acts III-IV	9
10	11 / Storm Center / Journals Due	12 / Storm Center	13 / Finish Storm Center	14 / AP Multiple Choice Test	15 / Review for Finals	16
17	18 / FINALS	19 / FINALS	20 / FINALS	21	22	23
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