SUMMER WORK FOR HONORS AND AP ENGLISH CLASSES

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Week 9 of 10

Essential Question
1.  What remains to conquer?
Monday 05/19/14
1.  Short Story requirements:
  • 2 or more symbols - objects not actions
  • 2 or more characters - not necessarily protagonist/antagonist
  • Plot with conflict
  • Dialogue 
  • Sensory language and telling details
  • Conclusion
2.  Remember that your Research Paper needs:

  • 6 or more sources in paper
  • 3 full pages
  • works cited like the sample you were shown - not a URL source log - this will not pass
  • (Last #).
  • (Last).
  • (“Article Title in Quotes”).
3.  Pick up any of your graded work / art that you want
4.  Period 7 - dialogue formatting - read p. 221 and p. 239 and then we practice

Wednesday 05/21/14 
1.  Conferences for Revised Research Paper - you will show me the revisions you addressed
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014  (SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE)

7:50 - 9:05 AM Period 2   (75)

9:05 - 9:15 AM Recess (10)

9:15 - 9:20 AM Passing (5)

9:20 - 10:35 AM Period 4 (75)

10:35 - 11:05 AM Lunch (30)

11:05 - 11:10 AM Passing (5)

11:10 - 12:25 PM Period 6   (75)

12:25 - 12:30 PM Passing:  Move to Gym for Assembly (5)

12:30 - 1:15 PM Farewell Assembly (45)

Thursday 05/22/14 and Friday 05/23/14
1.  Conferences for Revised Research Paper - you will show me the revisions you addressed
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Week 8 of 10

Essential Questions
1.  Can there be progress without conflict?
2.  How can I write a stunning short story?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A - Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B - Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C - Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D - Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E - Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Monday 05/12/14
1.  Weekly
2. Description/Brainstorm handouts for your Short Story: characters, conflict, symbols

Tuesday 05/13/14 and Wednesday 05/14/14
1. Mini-lessons on characterization, character development, and dialogue
2. Begin reading "A Problem" by Anton Chekhov p. 254
3. Target Practice: identifying characterization and character development in reading


Thursday 05/15/14 and Friday 05/16/14
1. Mini-lesson on theme
2. Finish reading "A Problem" by Anton Chekhov
3. Target Practice: identifying theme in readings



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Week 7 of 10

Essential Questions
1.  Can there be progress without conflict?
2.  How can I write a stunning short story?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A - Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B - Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C - Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D - Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E - Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.

Monday 05/05/14
1.  Do Now: write a + if you know it, a - if you don't and turn it in - no names necessary
2. Weekly
3. Introduction of the Short Story/Narrative Unit

Tuesday 05/06/14 and Wednesday 05/07/14
1. Do Now: Get out your Pink handout (Short Story Unit), a writing utensil, and your purple textbook
2. Finish the questions about the Short Story/Narrative Unit
3. Conflict and Symbolism mini-lessons
4. Begin reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" p. 372
5. Target Practice: Conflict and Symbolism in the reading

Thursday 05/08/14 and Friday 05/09/14
1. Do Now: To be provided re: dialogue
2. Finish reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" p. 372
3. Target Practice: Tba


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