1. AP Language and Composition 1/13/13 Agenda Bell ringer: Grassroots – Ch. 27; Pr. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives: TODAY: Grammar, discuss week’s agenda and final, and answer final questions on The Handmaid’s Tale TU: (SUB PRESENT) Read “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” from 50 Essays and Reader Response Journal Questions:3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WED: Multiple choice practice questions, debrief last week’s AP, and discuss “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” TH: Journal, finish yesterday’s discussion, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on gender FRI: Grammar or ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

2. The Handmaid’s Tale - Final questions to ponder… What do you think happened to Offred? How were you able to make this inference? This novel was written in 1986, in what ways was the author correct in her predictions of the future? Could what happened in the novel ever happen in real life?

3. AP Language and Composition 1/15/13 Agenda Bell ringer: 2001 Multiple Choice Passage: “English language” Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives: Today: Multiple choice practice questions, wrap up HT, and discuss “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” TH: Journal, pass back AP tests, finish yesterday’s discussion, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on gender FRI: ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

4. AP Language and Composition 1/16/13 Agenda Bell ringer: Just write! Focus word: SARCASTIC (tone used to show sarcasm – the opposite of what was intended or expected) Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives: Today: Journal, pass back AP tests (maybe), finish yesterday’s discussion about HT and discuss article from TU, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on gender FRI: ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

5. The Handmaid’s Tale Knowing that the novel is a dystopia, what do we think the author is trying to say about gender?

6. AP Language and Composition 1/17/13 Agenda Bell ringer: ACT Practice Passage Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives: Today: Finish discussion about HT, discuss article from TU, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on gender Current event: Seancorey and Jabriel will present next Thursday, so Tamiya and Kyla can you plan for the following week?