Heather Cyr AP Language and Composition/American Literature Periods 1, 4 and 6 email:heather.cyr@bvsd.org voicemail: (303)453-4635 Office hours: Thursday from 3:20-4:20 in N180 and by appointment. Anticipated weekly homework: 5/19-5/23 Monday: 1. Second draft of "This I Believe" essay (typed) due tomorrow. 2. Get "This I Believe" permission slip signed by a parent/guardian. 3. If you're thinking of asking me for a letter of recommendation, be sure to talk to me soon! Tuesday: Final draft of "This I Believe" essay and reflection due the day you present (the day of your final). Bring in two copies of your final draft! 5/12-5/16 Monday: 1. Come to Friday's class with your "This I Believe" belief! 2. Optional: Invisible Man rhetorical analysis re-write due tomorrow. Tuesday: 1. Get a good night's sleep! 2. Bring: blue and/or black pens, number 2 pencils, water, snacks/hard candies, a pillow to sit on. Friday: 1. Finish 1st draft of "This I Believe" essay (if you didn't in class). 2. Get summer reading unit letter signed by a parent/guardian. 5/5-5/9 Monday: 1. Read "Flesh and Blood" (21 pages) and "Crown of Thorns" (18 pages) in Love Medicine by block.2. 2. Optional: Re-write Miller argumentative essay by Friday, May 9. Tuesday: Love Medicine open-notes synthesis essay Monday (bring all study guides). Wednesday/Thursday: Read "Love Medicine" (29 pages) and "The Good Tears" (22 pages). Friday: 1. Read "The Tomahawk Factory" (28 pages). 2. Bring red textbook next Friday so we can return them to the new LMC! 3. For additional AP multiple choice practice visit these two websites: A. sparknotes.com (go to "test prep," "AP" and then "English Language and Composition" and create an account for a new user. B. huntingtonpub.lib.in.us (go to the "LearningExpress Library" and create an account for a new user. 4/21-4/25 Monday: 1. Invisible Man test Tuesday, April 29 (study guide due the same day). 2. Optional: Re-write Miller argumentative essay by Friday, May 9. Tuesday: Bring your copy of Love Medicine to next Tuesday's class. 4/14-4/17 Monday: Invisible Man rhetorical analysis timed essay tomorrow. Tuesday: 1. Invisible Man test Tuesday, April 29 (study guide due the same day). 2. Optional: Re-write Miller argumentative essay by Friday, May 9. 3. AP Pre-administration lunch tomorrow in auditeria. FREE PIZZA! Wednesday/Thursday: Finish visual from existentialism rotation stations: create a visual (comic strip, illustration, etc.) that encapsulates Sartre's explanation of existentialism. 4/7-4/11 Monday: 1. Finish emulation of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" (if you didn't in class). 2. Final draft of memoir with picture due tomorrow. Tuesday: 1. Invisible Man rhetorical analysis timed essay Tuesday, April 15. 2. Optional: Re-write Miller argumentative essay by Friday, May 9. Wednesday/Thursday: Read and SOAPSTone Langston Hughes's "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" (due Monday). 3/31-4/4 Monday: 1. Have Invisible Man read by Tuesday, April 15. 2. 2nd draft of memoir (typed) due Friday. 3. Write a one page response: If you could choose any superpower, what would it be and why? Due block (will be collected). Friday: Final draft of memoir with picture due Tuesday 4/8. Extra Credit: Bring in your transcendental comic and/or topic gallery worksheet by Monday, April 14. 3/17-3/21 Monday: 1. Three "This I Believe" interview write-ups due Friday. 2. Bring your copy of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man to class Friday. Tuesday: First draft of memoir due at the end of block (will have Writing Workshop all day today and part of block). Friday: Have Invisible Man read by Tuesday, April 15. 3/10-3/14 Monday: 1. The Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman test Friday 3/14 (study guide due the day of the test - can combine texts onto one study guide). 2. Synthesis essay re-write due Friday 3/14 (change in date, since we don't have class tomorrow). 3. Visit website (thisibelieve.org) and take notes on at least 20 essays: author's name, his/her belief, rhetorical strategy. Due Friday 3/14. Friday 1. Bring 1-3 photos that you'd like to use for your memoir. 2. Annotate memoir prompt. 3/3-3/7 Monday: 1. Finish reading Act 2 of The Glass Menagerie. 2. Timed argumentative essay on Friday over The Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman. Friday: The Glass Menagerie and Death of a Salesman test Friday 3/14 (study guide due the day of the test). 2/25-2/29 Monday: Read the "Requiem" of Death of a Salesman. Wednesday/Thursday: The deadline for paying for the AP exam is Monday, March 3. Each AP exam costs $84. Please make checks payable to P2P and give to Mrs. Peterson in the dean's office (N235). Friday: Finish reading Act 1 (scenes 1-6) of The Glass Menagerie. Ongoing: 1. Synthesis essay re-write due Tuesday 3/11 (only if you didn't earn a 9). 2. Three "This I Believe" interview write-ups due Friday, March 21 (last day before spring break). 3. Visit website (thisibelieve.org) and take notes on at least 20 essays: author's name, his/her belief, rhetorical strategy. Due Friday, March 14 (last day of third quarter). 2/19-2/22 Tuesday: Bring Death of a Salesman to class every day. Wednesday/Thursday: Finish reading Act 1 of Death of a Salesman. Friday: 1. Get college fieldtrip form signed. 2. Finish reading Act 2 of Death of a Salesman. Ongoing: 1. Synthesis essay re-write due Tuesday 3/11 (only if you didn't earn a 9). 2. Three "This I Believe" interview write-ups due Friday, March 21 (last day before spring break). 3. Visit website (thisibelieve.org) and take notes on at least 20 essays: author's name, his/her belief, rhetorical strategy. Due Friday, March 14 (last day of third quarter). 2/11-2/15 Monday: 1. Gatsby test tomorrow. Study guide due as well. 2. Tone test Friday. Wednesday/Thursday: Synthesis essay re-write due Tuesday 3/11 (only if you didn't earn a 9). Friday: 1. Bring your copy of Death of a Salesman to class on Tuesday 2/19. 2. Close read Act 1 stage directions (at least 30 color coded observations). 2/4-2/7 Monday: 1. Timed synthesis essay tomorrow: is the "American Dream" alive and well today? 2. Gatsby test Tuesday 2/12. Complete study guide to help you review (due the day of the test). 3. Tone word test Tuesday 2/15. 1/28-2/1 Monday: 1. Be prepared to teach your tone word to the class tomorrow. On a half sheet of paper include the word, its definition, an illustration/mnemonic, and an example. 2. Read chapters 4-5 of Gatsby and highlight any elements of time (due block). Tuesday: Tone word test Tuesday 2/12. Wednesday/Thursday: Read chapters 6-7 of Gatsby and highlight elements of weather. Friday: 1. Finish reading Gatsby by Monday and highlight anything connected to the themes and symbols listed on the bookmark. 2. Timed synthesis essay Tuesday 2/5. 1/22-1/25 Tuesday: 1. Look up and define the Horatio Alger Myth. Then list at least 10 people/literary figures that fit this myth. 2. Be prepared to teach your tone word to the class next Tuesday 1/29. On a half sheet of paper include the word, its definition, an illustration/mnemonic, and an example. Wednesday/Thursday: Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby and close read the passage on page 12. Friday: 1. Read chapters 2-3 of Gatsby. 2. Signed registration form due Monday. 1/14-1/17 Monday: Three interview write-ups due Friday, March 21 (last day before spring break). Tuesday: Annotate "craft a synthesis prompt" prompt. Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Synthesis prompt due Friday, January 25. 2. Bring your copy of The Great Gatsby to block. 1/7-1/11 Monday: 1. Complete a study guide (similar to the one you made for The Scarlet Letter and Huck Finn) for My Antonia to help you review for the test on Tuesday 1/22. The study guide is due the day of the test. 2. Check Junior Days list in classroom to see where you're supposed to go tomorrow. 3. Take home your motif masterpiece. 4. Visit website (thisibelieve.org) and take notes on at least 20 essays: author's name, his/her belief, rhetorical strategy. Due Friday, March 14 (last day of third quarter). 12/10-12/14 Monday: 1. Bring your copy of Willa Cather's My Antonia to block. 2. Rhetorical analysis rewrite due Friday. 3. Argumentative rewrite due Friday. Wednesday/Thursday: Finish reading Willa Cather's My Antonia over break, paying particular attention to the themes and questions listed on the bookmark. 12/3-12/7 Monday: 1. Complete a study guide (similar to the one you made for The Scarlet Letter) for Huck to help you review for tomorrow's quiz. The study guide is due tomorrow. 2. Final draft of Huck's speech due Friday. Be ready to present and bring in the copy of the original speech. Friday: Bring your copy of Willa Cather's My Antonia to block. 11/26-11/30 Monday: 1. Complete a study guide (similar to the one you made for The Scarlet Letter) for Huck to help you review for the test on Tuesday 12/4 (change in date!). The study guide is due the day of the test. 2. Read and SOAPSTone Julius Lester's article "Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (pages 362-370). Tuesday: 1. Read and SOAPSTone Justin Kaplan's article "Born to Trouble: One Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn" (pages 371-381). 2. Must decide on the speech you're going to rewrite in Huck's voice by Monday 12/3 (bring a copy of it to class). Helpful hint: americanrhetoric.com is an excellent source! Friday: Rhetorical analysis rewrite due at the end of first semester (Friday, 12/14). 11/13-11/16 Tuesday: Read chapters 31-34 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 2. If you've already conferenced with Ms. Cyr and have your original timed argumentative essay, bring it to block (will have time for peer revising). 3. Timed rhetorical analysis essay Friday. Wednesday/Thursday: Read chapters 35-39 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. Friday: 1. Finish reading Huck (chapters 40-43) and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 2. Complete a study guide for Huck to help you review for the test on Friday 11/30 (study guide due the day of the test). 11/5-11/9 Monday: 1. Read chapters 16-20 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 2. Tomorrow, meet at 7:45 on the north side of campus. Bring money for lunch and dress nicely (no jeans!). 3. Bring laptop/college books (if you have any) to block to help you research college "fits." Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Read chapters 21-24 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 2. Argumentative timed essay rewrite due by the end of first semester (Friday, 12/14). Friday: Read chapters 25-30 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 10/29-11/2 Monday: 1. Read chapters 1-7 of Huck by block and write down characteristics of Huck's speech. 2. Read "Who Needs Harvard?" article and be prepared to discuss it with Ms. Gannett tomorrow. Tuesday: Two college "fits" due Tuesday 11/13 (at least one must be out-of-state). Will have part of block period on 11/7-11/8 to work on these in class. Wednesday/Thursday: Read chapters 8-11 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. Friday: Read chapters 12-15 of Huck and continue writing down characteristics of Huck's speech. 10/23-10/26 Tuesday/Wednesday: 1. Root words vocabulary quiz next Tuesday. 2. Bring your copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to Monday's class. 3. Optional: complete root words vocabulary quiz to help you prepare for next Tuesday's quiz. Friday: 1. Root words vocabulary quiz next Friday 11/2 (change in date!). 2. Clean Scarlet Letter material out of binder (and save!). 10/15-10/19 Monday: 1. Finish reading The Scarlet Letter by tomorrow/Thursday and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. 2. Timed argumentative essay on The Scarlet Letter tomorrow/Thursday. 3. Complete The Scarlet Letter study guide by Tuesday 10/23. Tuesday: 1. Motif Masterpiece due Tuesday 10/23 (will have half of block today and all day Friday to work on it in class). 2. The Scarlet Letter level one and two quiz next Tuesday 10/23. 10/8-10/11 Monday: 1. Have The Scarlet Letter read by Tuesday 10/16 (recommended: read chapters 17-18 by Tuesday) and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. 2. Finish worksheet identifying Puritan beliefs and values in Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (will need textbook page 70-73). Tuesday: Recommended: Read chapters 19-20 of The Scarlet Letter. Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Out-of-State college night at Monarch at 7PM. 2. Finish reading The Scarlet Letter by Tuesday 10/16 and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. 3. The Scarlet Letter test on Tuesday 10/16 (identification, short answer, multiple choice). 10/1-10/5 Monday: 1. Have The Scarlet Letter read by Tuesday 10/16 (recommended: read chapters 5-8 over the weekend) and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. Tuesday: Have The Scarlet Letter read by Tuesday 10/16 (recommended: read chapters 5-8 over the weekend) and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Go to the In-State College Night at CU's Event Center (7PM). 2. Finish Transcendental comic (if you didn't in class). 3. Bring textbook Friday. Friday: Have The Scarlet Letter read by Tuesday 10/16 (recommended: read chapters 5-8 over the weekend) and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. 9/24-9/28 Monday: 1. Finish pre-conference paragraph (if you didn't in class). 2. Read and SOAPSTone the introduction to The Scarlet Letter, "The Custom House" (due block). Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Read chapters 1-4 of The Scarlet Letter and highlight any passages related to your motif. 2. Final draft of editorial due Friday, 10/5. Friday: 1. Have The Scarlet Letter read by Tuesday 10/16 (recommended: read chapters 5-8 over the weekend) and continue highlighting any passages related to your motif. 2. Get fieldtrip form to UCCS and CC signed by a parent/guardian. 9/17-9/20 Monday: First draft of commercial script due at the end of today's class. Tuesday: 1. Finish close reading "Boom Like That" (at least 30 observations). 2. Bring textbook to block. Wednesday/Thursday: 1. Finish your text-to-text comic strip. It should include an encounter between McCandless and "the man" or London and Krakauer, a conflict (character vs. self, character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature or character vs. fate) and 2 vocabulary words (root words) that are used properly. 2. Bring your copy of The Scarlet Letter to Monday's class. 3. Commercial presentation and final draft of script due Tuesday. 9/10-9/14 Monday: Persuasive appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) quiz tomorrow. Tuesday: None. Wednesday/Thursday: Commercial outline due at the end of today's class. Friday: 1. First draft of commercial script due at the end of Monday's class. 2. Be prepared to present your commercial to the class on Tuesday 9/25. 3. Students who earned below a 70% on the literary terms test must retake it ASAP. 9/4-9/7 Tuesday: 1. Persuasive appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos) quiz Tuesday. 2. Finish annotation and SOAPSTone for editorial. Wednesday/Thursday: First draft of editorial due Friday (will have most of block to work on it in class). Friday: Second draft of editorial (typed) due Monday. Use your peer's feedback to make improvements. 8/27-8/31 Monday: Literary terms matching test next Tuesday 9/4 (be able to match terms to defintions and terms to examples). Tuesday: Cover American Literature textbook with a paper bag. Friday: Find an editorial that you agree with, print it, and color code persuasive appeals (ethos, logos, pathos). 8/20-8/24 Monday: None. Tuesday: Re-read your writing pre-assessment and score it using the AP scoring guide. Then identify at least 3 things you would need to do to score higher. Wednesday/Thursday: None. Friday: 1. Get syllabus signed by a parent/guardian. 2. Be prepared to teach the class your literary term on Monday (on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper write the term, its definition, an example, and an illustration/mnemonic). 8/16-8/17 Thursday: 1. Choose one piece to close read: "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros or "If I had been called Sabrina or Ann, she said" by Marge Piercy. (You should have at least 30 observations total, level 1, 2, and 3.) 2. Using the same piece you choose to close read, write an emulation based on your name. Be prepared to present this to the class on Monday. 3. Completed summer reading packets due Monday. 4. Be prepared for a writing pre-assessment tomorrow (bring a blue or black pen and notebook paper).