Week of September 3

How happy are you that the week of AP prompts are behind us??? Now this week you get to GRADE them, which is certainly way more fun than writing them, right?!?!?!  Right?!?!? right?

Monday, 9/3
OFF!!!!!

Tuesday, 9/4
College Application essay

Wednesday, 9/5
Group AP grading

Thursday, 9/6
1- MC Practice (grading, explanation)
2- Therapeutic Thursday

Friday, 9/7
Group AP grading
JOURNALS DUE

Week of August 27

August is nearly SPENT! Mercy. I know that you have been excitedly awaiting your chance to recite your Prologue in Middle English, and that opportunity is now here. Other than that, this week is a week of AP practice. I know it sounds boring (and might be), but we have to keep the end goal in mind.

Monday, 8/27
Prologue memorization
Say/Mean/Satire in class
Stretch your brain in and out of class

Tuesday, 8/28
Poetry Practice

Wednesay, 8/29
Prose Practice

Thursday, 8/30
1- MC Prac
2- TT

Friday, 8/31
Open Q Practice

Wife of Bath

We had a great discussion regarding the Wife of Bath's Tale. Do you think the Wife of Bath is meant to contradict the misogynist (woman-hating) ideas of her time, or to uphold them? How might her story be a type of wish-fulfillment for the aging? Respond to any other elements from this tale (or any others we read during this unit).

We have THURSDAY'D!

My highlight of the week is Therapeutic Thursday, and while only one group experiences it at a time, both groups got a lot 'o learnin' in on Thursday this week. We had an awesome discussion (led by Carolyn and Erin) on adjective selection in writing and the way various authors employ styles, while group 2 started a multiple choice review that included some annotation and active reading.

Week of August 20

I'm feeling pretty good about where we have been and where we are headed. I just need a tiny bit more conversation out of you as we progress through Chaucer.

Monday, 8/20
Discuss Part 2 of the Prologue
Homework: Read Pardoner's Tale

Tuesday, 8/21
Discuss Pardoner's Tale
Homework: Read WOB's Tale

Wednesday, 8/22
WOB Discussion

Thursday, 8/23
Group 1-TT
Group 2- MC Practice

Friday, 8/24
Character Analysis in class essay

REMINDER: Prologue recitation is on Monday, 8/27!!!

Week of August 13

It's on, starting on Wednesday! I can't wait to spend a year with you, sharing my favorite pieces of literature and watching you learn to love them too. (What? Too positive? Surely not...)
 Monday, 8/13 Go over "Stuff" (AP Boot Camp)

Tuesday, 8/14 Finish "stuff"
Assign Memorization (Due 8/27)
Assign The Alchemist (Due 9/12)
Assign Self-Assessment (due Friday) 

Wednesday
Canterbury Tales notes
Read Part 1 of Prologue

Thursday
Model Therapeutic Thursday

Friday
Discuss Part 1
Assign Part 2
  Canterbury Tales prologue read aloud link

Welcome to Your SENIOR YEAR!!!!

This is it, people! Your last "first day" is now over. Like I told you in class, I can assure you that the next ten months will pass faster than you can blink. We will look up and realize that it's time to don those caps and gowns and walk down that track. Kind of makes me sad thinking about it, to be honest! :) I am really excited about this year, as I told you today. I love what I do and I believe in this curriculum, so I am anxious to see in what ways you all are going to blow me away. This week we will finish going over procedural-type stuff and next week we will get to Unit 1. Please remember to keep communication open between us, ok? Have a great weekend!