Week Thirty-Eight: May 14-18 Monday: 1. Read from "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoearu and discuss in relation to transcendentalism 2. Work on Into the Wild Song Project Homework: projects due on final exam day AP Literature Summer Reading Tuesday: 1. Continue Into the Wild Homework: projects due on final exam day AP Literature Summer Reading Wednesday: 1. Read from "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson and discuss in relation to transcendentalism 2. Work on projects Homework: projects due on final exam day AP Literature Summer Reading Thursday: 1. Continue Into the Wild Homework: projects due on final exam day AP Literature Summer Reading Friday: 1. Read from "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau and discuss in relation to transcendentalism Homework: projects due on final exam day AP Literature Summer Reading
Week Thirty-Seven: May 7-11 Monday: 1. Share "scarlet letters" 2. TSL Final Discussion Homework: none Tuesday: 1. Share "scarlet letters" 2. TSL Final Discussion Homework: TSL Test tomorrow Wednesday: 1. TSL Test Homework: none Thursday: 1. Intro to Transcendentalism 2. More information Homework: none Friday: 1. Introduce Transcendentalism Project and Into the Wild Soundtrack 2. Choose at least one other partner to work with (up to three people per group) and sign up for songs on MONDAY at 8:00 sharp on Mrs. B's door (first come, first served) Homework: choose partner and song **ALSO, I WILL BE OFFERING A SCARLET LETTER TEST RECOVERY OPPORTUNITY ON MONDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AM AND 3:30 PM. UP TO 1/2 POINT BACK FOR EACH CORRECTED ANSWER.
Week Thirty-Six: April 30-May 4 Monday: 1. TSL chapters 11-20 quiz 2. Sign-up for your "What's Your A" day Homework: chapters 21-22 due on Wednesday Tuesday: 1. Work on "What's Your A" projects Homework: chapters 21-22 due tomorrow Wednesday: 1. In groups, complete the chapter 21 close reading activity (see Batchelor if you were absent) Homework: chapters 23-24 due Friday Thursday: 1. Share chapter 21 activity from yesterday with the class Homework: chapters 23-24 for tomorrow Friday: 1. Homework: Week Thirty-Five: April 23-27 Monday: 1. 2nd period: class as usual--TSL Meeting (discuss chapters 11-13) 2. 3rd period: meet in G 125 for EOC Test Section I Homework: all periods: chapters 14-15 due Wednesday (with questions and alternate titles) Tuesday: 1. 2nd period: report to E 102 by 8:20 for EOC Test Section I 2. 3rd period: class as usual (you will discuss chapters 11-13 in your groups that you missed yesterday) Homework: all periods: chapters 14-15 due tomorrow (with questions and alternate titles) Wednesday: 1. All periods: class as usual--discuss chapters 14-15 in your TSL groups Introduce project: What's Your "A" (handout) 3. 3RD PERIOD: YOU WILL TEST DURING PERIODS 5-7 IN G 125 (SECTIONS II & III) Homework: chapters 16-18 for Friday (complete alternate titles and reading questions) Thursday: 1. 2nd period: report to G 125 for Sections II & III of EOC Testing 2. 3rd period: class as usual Homework: chapters 16-18 for tomorrow (with questions and alternate titles) Friday: 1. All periods: class as usual--chapters 16-18 discussion in TSL groups Homework: chapters 19-20 due Monday with questions and alternate titles
Week Thirty-Four: April 16-20 Monday: 1. TSL Book Clubs Homework: chapters 7-8 for Wednesday (complete alternate titles and reading questions) Tuesday: 1. EOC Practice Test Homework: chapters 7-8 for Wednesday (complete alternate titles and reading questions) Wednesday: 1. TSL Book Clubs Homework: chapters 9-10 for Friday (complete alternate titles and reading questions) Thursday: 1. EOC prep/review Homework: chapters 9-10 for Friday (complete alternate titles and reading questions) Friday: 1. TSL chapters 1-10 quiz 2. TSL Book Clubs Homework: EOC/chapters 11-13 with questions and alternate titles
Week Thirty-Three: April 9-13 Monday: 1. Welcome Back! 2. Finish Billy Elliot (film) Homework: none Tuesday: 1. Romantics/Gothics test review 2. Issue copies of The Scarlet Letter and study pack (add reading calendar and alternate titles handout) 3. Together as a class, read chapter 1: The Prison Door and complete the handout Homework: chapters 2-4 due Thursday Wednesday: 1. Finish "Prison Door" discussion form yesterday 2. Independently , begin/continue reading chapters 2-4 Homework: chapters 2-4 due tomorrow (with questions in the study pack) Thursday: 1. TSL group meeting #1: discuss chapters 2-4 alternate titles and questions in the study pack Homework: read for next meeting (Monday) Friday: 1. Chapter 2-4 whole class discussion Homework: chapters 5-6 for Monday (alternate title and reading questions)
Week Thirty-Two: March 26-30 Monday: 1. Finish working in Emily Dickinson groups from Friday Homework: Romantics/Gothics test on Wednesday Tuesday: 1. Romantics/Gothics test review stations (no need to make up) Homework: Romantics/Gothics test tomorrow Wednesday: 1. Romantics/Gothics Unit Test Homework: none Thursday: 1. Homework: Friday: 1. Homework: Week Thirty-One: March 19-23 Monday: 1. Gothic Notes 2. Elements of the Gothic in "The Fall of the House of Usher" Homework: none Tuesday: dickinson.doc 1. Elements of the Gothic in "The Fall of the House of Usher" (white boards) 2. Dickinson Poetry Immersion Homework: Finish Dickinson Poetry Immersion Wednesday: 1. "The Fall of the House of Usher" class discussion (white boards) 2. Crash Course: Emily Dickinson (take notes) Homework: Emily Dickinson Immersion Thursday: 1. Issue Romantics/Gothics test review sheet 2. Finish Crash Course: Emily Dickinson 3. Dissuss "I heard a fly buzz when I died" Homework: none Friday: 1. Small group discussion: Emily Dickinson Poetry Immersion --USE THIS: Dickinson Poetry Analysis Homework: Emily Dickinson Poetry Mimesis (please type, print, and include a heading)
Week Thirty: March 12-16 Monday: 1. Begin Dead Poets Society Homework: none Tuesday: 1. Dead Poets Society Homework: "The Fall of the House of Usher" due tomorrow to Commonlit.org Wednesday: 1. "The Fall of the House of Usher" due to Commonlit.org 2. Finish Dead Poets Society Homework: Thursday: 1. Dead Poets discussion Homework: Friday: 1. Gothic Notes
Week Twenty-Nine: March 5-9 Monday: 1. Study Hall Day! Get some work done :) Homework: Tuesday: 1. "The Devil and Tom Walker" Discussion Homework: Wednesday: 1. sympathy_for_the_devil_essay.pptx Homework: short essays due by the end of the period on Thursday Thursday: 1. Discuss tomorrow's Digital Learning Day("The Fall of the House of Usher" on Commonlit.org) 2. Work on sympathy_for_the_devil_essay.pptx --due by the end of the period to Turnitin.com Homework: none Friday: Digital Learning Day 1. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe on Commonlit.org -go to Commonlit.org and choose to login with a Google Account -select your @fcsgaonline.org email address and use your lunch number as your password -You will be prompted to change your password -Find your assignment "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe: read story and complete the reading questions (you can choose to listen to a reading of the text by pressing the play button on the green toolbar at the top right) Homework: complete "The Fall of theHouse of Usher" assignment on CommonLit
Week Twenty-Eight: February 26-March 2 Monday: 1. Revisit the Oxford Happiness Quotient 2. Work on HAPPY Reflections writing assignment Homework: HAPPY Reflections due tomorrow printed and uploaded to Turnitin.com Tuesday: 1. HAPPY Reflections due 2. Introduce the American Romantics with notes handout (get from Mrs. B) 3. Issue Romantic poetry handouts: "A Psalm of Life" * "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" * "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" * Poetry Chart Homework: complete the "A Psalm of Life" handout and poetry chart Wednesday: 1. Review last night's homework ("A Psalm of Life") PowerPoint: A Psalm of Life Homework: none Thursday: 1. In small groups, read through and complete "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" Homework: none Friday: 1. Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" Homework: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" in your Romantic poetry packet
Week Twenty-Six: February 12-16 Monday: 1. Final Discussion: The Road Homework: The Road projects due Friday Tuesday: 1. Work on The Road projects Homework: The Road projects due Friday Wednesday: 1. Begin non-fiction unit: "The Pursuit of Happiness" Homework: The Road projects due Friday Thursday: 1. "Play" 2. Oxford Happiness Quotient 3. Read "The Roseto Mystery" (the Introduction to Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers) and complete handout Homework: The Road projects due Friday AND finish Roseto Mystery and MC handout Friday: 1. The Road projects due
Week Twenty-Two: January 15-January 19- Monday: 1. No School--MLK Day Tuesday: 1.See Calendar Homework: Essays due tomorrow by 8:00 am to Turnitin.com Wednesday: 1. Snow Day--we'll catch up upon our return Thursday: 1. Snow Day--we'll catch up upon our return Friday: 1. Snow Day--we'll catch up upon our return
Week Twenty-One: January 8-December 12- UNIT CALENDAR Monday: 1. No School--Snow Day Tuesday: Welcome Back! 1. Introduce Southern Gothic Literature 2. Issue copies of The Crossingpassage Homework: Read and annotate the excerpt from The Crossing Wednesday: 1. See Calendar Homework: See Calendar Thursday: 1. See Calendar Homework: See Calendar Friday: 1. See Calendar Homework: See Calendar
___________________________________________________________________________ Week Nineteen: December 11-December 12 Monday: 1. No School--Snow Day Tuesday: 1. Independent Novel reading check quiz 2. Read novels Homework: Read novels Wednesday: 1. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman (listen to audio) 2. Issue Reading Questions to prepare for seminar (Friday) Homework: Read novels Thursday: 1. Prepare for tomorrow's seminar using the reading questions issued yesterday Homework: Read novels; seminar tomorrow Friday: 1. "The Yellow Wallpaper" seminar Homework: Read novels Week Eighteen: December 4-December 8 Monday: 1. Reading Day Homework: Read novels Tuesday: In small groups in the media center... 1. Read Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" . As you read, fill out the left side column of the handout 2. After reading, establish elements of Realism present in the story (on poster paper)--use your Realism outlines 3.Watch film adaptation of the same name (link below). As you watch, fill out right side column of the handout VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqnSX4SJ_A&t=18s 4. In small groups complete the Story/Film comparison activity (see Batchelor for handout) Homework: Read novels Wednesday: In small groups in the media center... 1. Finish yesterday's activity if necessary 2. Discsuss Thursday: 1. Class Discussion of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Homework: none Friday: 1. Study Hall Day! Homework: none
Week Seventeen: November 27-December 1 Monday: 1. Share Research Projects (Due) Homework: choose independent reading novel Tuesday: 1. Introduce Realism (guided notes outline) Homework: bring a jacket/coat to class tomorrow! Wednesday: 1. Survival 101 (no need to make up) Thursday: 1. Read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London 2. Complete the Cause and Effect: Ten-Pin Alley handout Homework: finish "To Build a Fire" with handout (above) Friday: 1. Discuss "To Build a Fire" using annotations and Cause and Effect Homework: Read your Independent Novel Week Sixteen: November 20-24 Thanksgiving Break! Enjoy! Week Fifteen: November 13-17 Monday: Batchelor Out = Substitute 1. Discuss chapter 8 outline in small groups 2. Work on Harlem Renaissance Research Project Homework: HR Projects Tuesday: 1. Review/clarify guidelines for project--PROJECT DUE DATE EXTENDED TO MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK 2. Gatsby test moved to Thursday Homework: Gatsby test on Thursday; projects Wednesday: 1. Gatsby review games (group maze and directions) Thursday: 1. Gatsby Unit Test Homework: tomorrow is a project work day--bring tablets! Friday: 1. Project work day (bring tablets) Homework: Projects due Monday after break; Have a great Thanksgiving! Week Fourteen: November 6-10 Monday: 1. Harlem Renaissance Research Project 2. HR Research Electronic Organizer Homework: Gatsby chapters 5-6 due tomorrow; Organizer due Thursday Tuesday: 1. HR Poem of the Day: "Harlem" by Langston Hughes 2. hand back and review ch. 1-4 quiz 3. Chapters 5-6 discussion Homework: chapter 7 due (5-7 quiz tomorrow) Wednesday: 1. Chapters 5- 7 quiz 2. Chapters 5-7 film clip (if time) Thursday: 1. Chapters 5-7 film clip and discussion Homework: tomorrow is a project work day--bring tablets! Friday: 1. Project work day (bring tablets) Homework: chapters 8-9 due Monday Week Thirteen: October 30-November 2 Monday: 1. Group discussion of Gatsby chapters 2-3 outlines (15 minutes) 2. Independently complete chapters 2-3 close reading activity Homework: finish close reading activity, if necessary Tuesday: 1. Gatsby chapters 2-3 class discussion/activity: Stations Homework: chapter 4 due tomorrow --QUIZ 1-4 Wednesday: 1. Gatsby chapters 1-4 quiz Homework: chapters 5-6 due Monday with outline Thursday: 1. Chapters 2-4 discussion Homework: review Harlem Renaissance Research Project; chapters 5-6 due Monday with outline Friday: 1. Project Work Day Homework: Homework: chapters 5-6 due Monday with outline
Week Twelve: October 23-27 Monday: 1. Work on essays due tomorrow Homework: essays due tomorrow to Turnitin.com by the beginning of the period Tuesday: 1. Crucible test remediation (see Mrs. B to make up) Homework: Crash Course: 1920s with questions Wednesday: 1. Fulton County Password Reset (?) 2. Introduce The Great Gatsby -Crash Course: 1920s Homework: none Thursday: 1. Issue Gatsby books, Unit Calendar, chapter outlines 2. The Great Gatsby Audio Guide --https://www.arts.gov/partnerships/nea-big-read/the-great-gatsby (click on the "Multimedia Tab) 3. Begin reading Homework: chapter 1 due tomorrow with outline Friday: 1. Gatsby chapter 1 due --class discussion/activity Homework: chapters 2-3 due Monday
Week Eleven: October 16-20 Monday: 1. Continue Doubt Homework: add to list Tuesday: 1.Finish Doubt 2. Finish handout with discussion questions Homework: whole class discussion tomorrow Wednesday: 1. Doubt whole class discussion Homework: Essays due Tuesday to Turnitin.com Thursday: 1. Continue Doubt discussion Homework: Essays due Tuesday to Turnitin.com Friday: 1. Essay workday: Thesis statements and topic sentences Homework: Essays due Tuesday to Turnitin.com
Week Ten: October 9-13 Monday: 1. No School Tuesday: 1. Homework: Wednesday: 1. PSAT Homework: none Thursday: 1. Begin watching Doubt (In Favor/Against List and Essay Assignment) Homework: add to list Friday: 1. Continue watching Doubt (In Favor/Against List and Essay Assignment) Homework: add to list
Week Nine: October 2-6 Monday: 1. Discussion: John Proctor--Tragic Hero Homework: Crucible Character Recipes Tuesday: 1.The Crucible In-Class Writing (see Batchelor to make up) Homework: Crucible test Thursday (study guide) Wednesday: 1. Self and Student scoring (see Batchelor) 2. Study Hall Homework: Crucible test tomorrow Thursday: 1. Crucible Unit Test Homework: None Friday: NO SCHOOL- TEACHER WORKDAY :)
Week Seven: September 18-21 Monday: 1. Work on "Sinners" Projects Homework: projects due Wednesday, Act Two due Wednesday Tuesday: 1. Work on "Sinners" Projects Homework: projects due Wednesday, Act Two due Wednesday Wednesday: 1. Projects due 2. Begin reading Act Three of The Crucible Homework: finish Act Three Thursday: 1. Begin reading Act Four of The Crucible Homework: finish Act Four Friday: 1. Act Four whole class discussion Homework: Crucible test Thursday 10/5
Week Six: September 11-15 Monday: 1. No School (Hurricane Irma) Tuesday: 1. No School (Hurricane Irma) Wednesday: 1. No School (Hurricane Irma) Thursday: 1. Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"--Puritan sermon by Jonathan Edwards 2. Introduce "Sinners" Children's Book Project Homework: Plan for "Sinners" Project Friday: 1. Work on "Sinners" Children's Book Project Homework: projects due Wednesday, 9/20 Week Five: September 4-8 Monday: 1. Labor Day--No School Homework: none Tuesday: 1. Continue reading Act I of The Crucible Homework: none Wednesday: 1. Continue reading Act I of The Crucible Homework: none Thursday: 1. Homeoming Nominations: https://tinyurl.com/ya356w8f 2. Vote for High School Football Game of the Week: http://myfoxatlanta.secondstreetapp.com/High-5-Sports-Game-of-the-Week-3/ 3. FINISH Act I of The Crucible 4, In groups, finish Act I packet: character flow chart and character motivations Homework: The Crucible Act I Quiz tomorrow Friday: 1. The Crucible Act I Quiz 2. "Half-Hanged Mary" by Margaret Atwood Homework: finish "Half-Hanged Mary" assignment
Week Four: August 28-September 1 Monday: 1. Introduce The Crucible 2. Opening Discussion Homework: The Crucible Exposition pre-reading sheet (see Batchelor) Tuesday: 1. Whole class discussion of Opening Discussion from yesterday 2. Brief lesson on McCarthyism and The Red Scare (https://prezi.com/kc_udv_y8a4m/mccarthyism-1950-1956/) Homework: none Wednesday: 1. Finish McCarthy/Red Scare prezi (https://prezi.com/kc_udv_y8a4m/mccarthyism-1950-1956/) 2. Begin reading The Crucible Homework: Thursday: 1. No Students (Faculty Professional Development) Homework: Friday: 1. No Students (Faculty Professional Development) Homework:
Week Three: August 21-25 Monday: 1. ECLIPSE--NO STUDENTS Homework: none Tuesday: 1. MC reading comprehension quiz: "Speaking f Courage" 2. Assign Essay: Character Analysis from The Things They Carried Homework: chose character and highlight in book for characterization Wednesday: 1. Character chosen (tell Batchelor) 2. Computer lab to register for turnitin.com 2. TTTC Character sketch Homework: finish character sketch--due tomorrow Thursday: 1. Video: "The Salem Witch Trials" (The History Channel) Homework: Essays with Works Cited Page due Monday (11:59pm) to Turnitin.com Friday: 1. Essay drafting (thesis conference if needed) 2. MLA Formatting Guide (Ms. Boudreaux put this together--Bless her! Ignore the fact that it says 2010; it's still relevant) 3. Tutorials: INTROS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnq17dyxyu4&t=3s CONCLUSIONS: https://prezi.com/leb9syrol5my/conclusion-paragraphs/ REMINDERS: an_ap_literature_teacher’s_tips_for_timed_writings.pptx Homework: Essays with Works Cited Page due Monday (11:59pm) to Turnitin.com
Week One: August 7-11 Monday: 1. Attendance 2. Welcome /Introductions 3. "Make Your Bed" Homework: 1. Reread "How to Tell a True War Story" and complete the handout "10 Rules for Telling a True War Story"--Due Wednesday 2. Novel test Thursday Tuesday 1. Attendance 2. "Make Your Bed"...? 3. The Things WE Carry Homework: 1.Reread "How to Tell a True War Story" and complete the handout "10 Rules for Telling a True War Story"--Due TOMORROW 2. Novel test Thursday Wednesday 1. "Truth" discussion: How to Tell a True War Story -metanarrative, metafiction, frame narrative, verisimilitude, post-modernism Homework: 1. Novel test FRIDAY Thursday 1. Continue notes/discussion from yesterday (10 Rules) Homework: Reread "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" Friday TEST: Homework: Reread "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" and be prepared to discuss in class on Monday