remaining green days of 2015

Monday 11/30

Paired poetry analysis

preview AP poetry prompts

Read and evaluate AP poetry anchor papers

HW)  annotate assigned poem

Allison

Give All to Love

Anna

The Good-Morrow

Aine

Grief

Caleb

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, (340)

Jessica

I Hear America Singing

Madison

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Natalie

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - (591)

Sydney

Idea 61: Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part

Taylor

Mad Song

Wednesday 12/2

Paired poetry analysis

preview timed write prompt for poetry

paired analysis of poem

shared analysis of poem

outline timed essay for poem

HW) finish outline to prepare for timed write

Friday 12/4

poetry timed write on "The Poetry of Departure" by Phillip Larkin

impromptu paired poetry analysis

HW)  select final four of poetry choices for poetry out loud

Tuesday 12/8

evaluate top shelf student essay
create final four of poetry out loud poems for quality and performance

individual students select his/her own poem to practice and perform for class poetry out loud
paired practice of multiple choice AP test

HW) practice poetry out loud poem along with annotation and analysis

Thursday 12/10

impromptu poetry timed write

public rehearsal of POL with presentation grade for evaluation and analysis

HW)  final rehearsal for POL

Monday 12/14

POL polish

POL performance

process writing time to rewrite one of quarter 2 timed writes

HW)  word process and print out 1st rewrite of timed write

Wednesday 12/16

evaluate essay criteria

apply criteria in --

peer editing and teacher conferencing for rewritten papers
or
attend, master or rule the
Gingerbread House Contest

HW)  final drafting of rewrite

Friday 12/18

AP multiple choice practice

paired groups find best choices for MC answers

whole class evaluation of MC answers

HW) do practice one hour MC test for AP

Tuesday 12/22

review answers for practice test

intro to Hamlet

issue Hamlet books

HW) find and watch two different versions of Hamlet (e.g. Branagh or Olivier or even Mel Gibson) watch several times over holiday break

write a one page comparison of two of the films