THURSDAY

• POETRY STUDY
• "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop. Brief discussion of:
• repetition
• form: sestina
• characterization
• pronoun/antecedent
• shift
• contrast

• AP Classroom: Progress Check #2 
• Complete both the MCQ (multiple choice) and FRQ (free response)

• If you were absent today, please complete this before we return from Thanksgiving Break so your progress can be tracked.

• NO HOMEWORK! Enjoy your break with your family and friends. See you in December! 😊🦃

TUESDAY

• POETRY STUDY
• "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet

• Discussion: 
• Most significant literary devices and their effects
• Characterization of the speaker
• Tone
• Symbol
• Controlling metaphor

• Assignment: Think about how you would answer this essay prompt and write a thesis statement on your copy of the poem that responds to it 
• PROMPT: Read carefully the following poem by the colonial American poet, Anne Bradstreet. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss how the poem’s controlling metaphor expresses the complex attitude of the speaker.
• Review and annotate these two sample essays that respond to the prompt and identify strengths and weaknesses in each.
• Turn in your annotated poem and your notes on the sample essays.


• HW due Thurs. 11/21/19: Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis of "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop. After 1-2-3, focus also on how the poem uses:
• repetition
• pronoun/antecedent
• shift
• contrast

FRIDAY

• AP CLASSROOM DEBRIEFING: Progress Check #1
• Identifying Strengths & Challenges
• Multiple Choice Skills
• Free-Response Skills
• Free-Response Scoring Rubric

• POETRY STUDY
• AP Classroom Progress Check for poetry is next week
• Poetry Multiple Choice Skills
• Poetry FRQ Skills

• "Ironing Their Clothes" by Julia Alvarez
• Multiple choice practice & discussion

• Written assignment: On your copy of the poem, write a thesis statement that responds to the following topic:
• Write a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim about how the poet uses techniques to convey the speaker's complex relationship with her family. 

• HW due Tues. 11/19/19: Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis for "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet

• WRITING PORTFOLIO
• The school district/campus wants every student to keep a portfolio of their writing. We will be doing this online. Please follow these steps to set yours up:
1. In Google Drive, go to New+ and select "Google Sites".
2. Title your site with your name and Writing Portfolio.
3. At the top of the page, find the Share icon and share your portfolio with me (wramos@wisd.us).
4. Organize your site based on your high school years (9th, 10th, etc.).
5. Create links on the site to your significant writing assignments.
6. For this year, add the Beowulf compare/contrast essay.
7. Go through your work from other classes/years and add essays to your portfolio.
8. Customize your site to reflect your preferences.

WEDNESDAY

POETRY STUDY

• Assignment (complete these steps in order): 

      1. You should have already completed a 1-2-3 analysis for "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. Now make additional notes on the following:

• the purpose of metaphors
• characterization/ pov of the speaker
• structure of the poem
• contrasts
• key words / diction and why they are significant
• how shift affects the poem

      2. Work out a clear thesis statement for this AP essay prompt and write it on the blank side of a notecard:

       Write an essay that supports a defensible claim about how the poet uses techniques to develop the speaker's attitude toward loss in "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop.

      3. Trade cards with someone and write one piece of evidence that could support the claim on the back. Add a sentence that explains the support. Put your name next to your contribution.

      4. Trade cards another time and read the thesis carefully. Add a new piece of evidence on the back of the new card along with your explanation of how it connects to the thesis. Add your name.

      5. Return the card to the person who wrote the thesis.

      6. Read through the ideas on your card. Make sure your name is on the front and there is a name for each piece of support on the back. Turn in the card.


**If you were absent, complete #1 and 2 above then write the support ideas on the back of your own notecard.

• HW due Fri. 11/15/19: Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis for "Ironing Their Clothes" by Julia Alvarez

MONDAY

• NEW UNIT: POETRY

• General Notes on Poetry

• 1-2-3 Poetry Analysis

• 1: Basics (first reading: note definitions, look up unfamiliar references, mark shifts)

• 2: Figurative elements (2nd reading: determine what is literal and what is figurative, work out meaning and annotate for all figurative elements)
• simile, metaphor, personification       
• imagery
• symbol
• allusion
• paradox 
• irony
• apostrophe (not the punctuation mark)

• 3: Meaning (3rd reading: use notes and ideas from steps 1 & 2 to come up with a topic and poetic idea/theme for the poem)
• topic: 1 word or brief phrase that covers the subject of the poem (love, fear, obligation)
• poetic idea: a sentence explaining what we are supposed to learn about the topic from the poem

• Practice Annotation for "Reply to the Question: 'How Can You Become a Poet?'" by Eve Merriam

• Assignment: Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis for "Crossing the Swamp" by Mary Oliver (turn in)

• HW due Wed. 11/13/19: Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis for "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

THURSDAY

• SHORT FICTION STUDY Wrap-up

• Assignment collected: Thesis practice homework

• Notes on writing analytical paragraphs

• AP Classroom: Free Response Progress Check Short Fiction #1

TUESDAY

• AP Classroom: Progress Check #1 (If you were absent, see me ASAP for a time to make this up.)

• SHORT FICTION STUDY
• "Born Bad" by Sandra Cisneros
• In-Class Assignment: Writing Interpretive Questions

• HW due Wed. 11/6/19 by 11:59 pm: Post one interpretive question for "Born Bad" on Google Classroom and respond with a paragraph to two of your classmates' questions.

• HW due Thurs. 11/7/19: Thesis practice for "Born Bad"

FRIDAY

• SHORT FICTION STUDY
• "Araby" by James Joyce

• Short writing: Turn in a paragraph with a thesis that responds to the topic: 

                                     How does James Joyce create the protagonist as a dynamic character?

• Analysis of "Araby" by James Joyce 

• Notes: Point of View (Listen to this audio of the notes and the homework assignment)

• HW due Tues. 11/5/19: Read and annotate "Born Bad" by Sandra Cisneros for the following:
• 1st read: basics & vocab
• 2nd read: make notes on ? and important elements
• 3rd read: make notes on characterization, setting, point of view
• epiphany? bildungsroman?