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AP Literature July 31st to August 4th

7/29/2017

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WEEK 1
Monday, July 31
  1. Poker Night—A Streetcar Named Desire; simulate Mitch and Stanley’s poker night with Spit in the Ocean, Seven-card Stud, lemonade, and 40s music, including “Paper Moon.”
  2. Welcome & introductions; read & discuss classroom management plan & syllabus.
  3. Answer questions on Pre-Course Reading assignment (Streetcar and In the Lake due Friday, August 4).

*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage and Pre-Course Reading assignment.

Learning Goal(s): Introduce yourself clearly and distinctly by providing organized evidence in a style appropriate to your peers.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12SL4 Present findings in a way that is appropriate for the audience.

Tuesday, August 1
  1. Complete multiple choice 1/2 length test (Five Steps to a Five—only 2 passages) *diagnostic assessment* (30 mins.)
  2. Introduce textual lineage due Friday, August 4.
  3. Introduce the "quilt" block. 
  4. Introduce Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7 w/critical article from HHS Database 

*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.

Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.

Wednesday, August 2
  1. Review Cobb Digital Library access and literary criticism databases. (LRCs)
  2. Read "Young Goodman Brown" (on pg. 398 of Bedford)
  3. Discuss the questions in small groups (teacher assigned), focusing on symbolism and allegory.
  4. Read Chapter 28: Critical Approaches Important in the Study of Literature in Pearson p.1834-56.; summarize theories and apply to Streetcar with graphic organizer.  
  5. Apply critical approaches to “Young Goodman Brown” 

*Homework: Take the digital syllabus survey; work on textual lineage due Friday, August 4 and Streetcar re-read assignment due Monday, August 7.

Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.

Thursday, August 3
1. Computer lab visit: Complete menu, including Streetcar reread, textual lineage, and Schoology/Turnitin log-ins.
2. Research Streetcar article for rhetorical précis; summarize and assess the validity of the article’s argument. *DIFFERENTIATION: Students choose articles based on interest and reading level. (HHS Media Center)
*Homework: Streetcar article with précis and re-read assignment due for Socratic discussion Monday.

Learning Goal(s): Conduct further research to enhance your understanding of a literary text, realizing that different perspectives with a range of support exist.
Standards Addressed: ELACC11-12W7-9 Conduct research projects, gathering relevant information, citing properly, and drawing evidence to support analysis, reflection, and research. ELACC11-12RI7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information in different formats in order to address a question.

Friday, August 4
  1. Outline a response to the question your draw over A Streetcar Named Desire (SCND)
  2. Compose additional questions to prepare for the Socratic Seminar (1 factual, 3 interpretive, 1 evaluative)
  3. Present textual lineage *DIFFERENTIATION: Products will vary based on student interest and choice.
  4. Review re-reading requirement and précis assignment for Streetcar due Monday;
*Homework: Streetcar article with précis and re-read assignment due for Socratic discussion Monday.

Learning Goal(s): Use textual evidence to support your analysis of the explicit and inferred meanings of a play, including uncertainties.
ELACC11-12RL1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of explicit and inferred meanings of a text, including uncertainties.
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