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A.P. English

Introduction

• Introductory Letter

• Syllabus/Course Description

• Weekly Calendar

• Daily Lesson Plans (subject to modification)

• Pre-Course Reading Letter

• Post-It Note Intro Exercise

Assignments/Projects

For all major text discussions, come prepared with your notes, journal entries, loud lines w/ deep dive.

Getting Our Bearings & The Deep Dive

• Journal Journey
• Adler's How to Mark a Book
• Literary Elements PowerPoint
• Literary Lenses
• The Power Page
• Reading Radar
• Bible Stuff
• The Next Text
• West Wing Analysis 1
• West Wing Analysis 2
• English Teacher Pet Peeves
• "Baba O'Riley" lyrics for A&P
• "My Generation" lyrics for A&P

Writing Stuff

• Lit Analysis Rubric (6 Traits)
• AP Rubric (9 pt. scale)
• Writing Conference Follow-Up
• Character Analysis Essay

Poetry

• Interpretation Exhibition
• Exhibition Rubric
• Poet's Palette (rudimentary!)

The Things They Carried & Slaughterhouse 5

• "Loud Lines" for Tim O'Brien
• Dear America Journal
• The Tunes They Carried
• Deep Dive- Close Reading Model
• Dulce et Decorum Est
• Do Not Weep, War is Kind
• Won't Get Fooled Again lyrics

Streetcar

• Tracking a Streetcar Group Evaluation

Anthem

• Song of Myself
• Ego Project
• Ego Project Evaluation

Hamlet

• Bard's Hokey-Pokey
• Hamlet Stuff to Keep in Mind

Cuckoo's Nest

Death of a Salesman

• Salesman Talking Points

1984

• Big Brother & Students
• Free Will

Fences

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time