1. Kick-off: Monday, March 21st 2016:Sit with AP Groups, do not need to turn desks (5)
Welcome to Week 28! – AP MULTIPLE CHOICE REVIEW
There are 6 weeks until the AP English Lit & Comp Exam
*May 4th, 2016*
Pass in your AP Practice Exam Permission Slips
There will be 3 rooms -Period 1(711) Period 2 (708) Period 3 (713)
Mr. Lawler & Ms. Pietrus are helping with proctoring
Arrive between 8:30-8:45
100 POINTS

2. TIME TO ORGANIZE (20) Class materials: RED FOLDER Notebook *SSR book
In preparation for our AP Prep Unit: The Final Countdown, we are getting our AP Lit lives together.
Class materials:
RED FOLDER
Notebook
*SSR book
Agenda
You can return Invisible Man anytime this week
Recycle materials you no longer need/want

3. SSR Book (5) Have an SSR book ready by Monday of next week
Instead of short stories, we are going to balance AP Prep with an SSR “Unit”
This means you’re going to get SSR time in class. Wow.
SO PICK SOMETHING YOU LIKE.
Office Hours today will be a trip to the book closet…
Catch The Catcher in the Rye The Color Purple Death of a Salesman One Flew Over The Bean Trees A Clockwork Orange Their Eyes Were Watching God The Hours To Kill a Mockingbird The Bluest Eye The Namesake Passing The Martian Middlesex Fences Things Fall Apart Ten Little Indians Jurassic Park The Book Thief A Farewell to Arms Frankenstein I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

4. AP GROUPS- Identity Needed (10)
EXTRA CREDIT: Your AP Group Quilt Pieces will be on display in the classroom
Due on Thursday- you may have one artistic group member willing to take this on 
All groups will be posted on the AP Prep scoreboard (Average scores for timed-writing, multiple choice passages and AP exercises)
Keep in mind- your AP Group could be your Study Group for Q3/Q4 extra credit…

5. SRP ASSIGNMENT #2: Interview (25)
Read through the assignment sheet
All of the materials you need to be successful on this assignment are in this packet
This is not due until April 15th, but I will be checking in
For SRP, I will be serving more as a project advisor until after the AP Exam
This means you can reach out for individual questions or appointments, but we won’t be spending much class time on SRP assignments
QUESTIONS?

6. SRP ASSIGNMENT #2: Interview
On Google Classroom, respond:
What is your SRP Question? (one sentence)
Post the link to your website/blog

7. Homework
Stop by Office Hours if you’d like to preview tomorrow’s multiple choice with me, choose an SSR book or ask questions about SRP Assignment #2!
Small deadlines:
EXTRA CREDIT: AP Group Quilt piece due Thursday
SRP Question on Google Classroom by Friday
SSR book by Monday

8. Kick-off: Tuesday, March 22nd 2016 (6)
Welcome to Prose Passage Practice Day!
On today’s handout, jot down the definitions for these literary terms (they’re relevant to today’s passage)
GENERAL VOCAB
LITERARY TERMS
Rollicking (adj.) – carefree, lively, spirited
Characterization – the process by which an author reveals the personality of a character
Lonesomeness (noun) – a state of depression or sadness due to being alone
Figurative – a figure of speech; words, phrases, sentences not meant to be taken literally
Literal – taking words, phrases, sentences in their most basic sense
Sarcasm – the use of irony to mock

9. AP Lit Multiple Choice Overview
Format, Timing, Scoring
• Time: 60 minutes
• Passages: Five
• Questions: Approximately 55
• Value and Scoring: The multiple-choice section is worth 45% of the student’s score. The percentage bands below are an approximation.
50-65%=3
66-79%=4
80-100%=5

10. Multiple Choice Overview
Total scores on the multiple-choice section are now based on the number of questions answered correctly.
Points are no longer deducted for incorrect answers
No points will be awarded for unanswered questions.
Should you guess?

11. Multiple Choice Overview
Total scores on the multiple-choice section are now based on the number of questions answered correctly.
Points are no longer deducted for incorrect answers
No points will be awarded for unanswered questions.
Should you guess?

12. Multiple Choice Overview
Passages—The passages that are used on the AP Literature multiple-choice section are drawn from a range of texts.
A variety of poems from the 17th century through modern day appear on released exams.
Excerpts from longer poems, dramas, and novels have also been used on the multiple-choice exam.
Five texts, two-three poems and two-three prose passages, has been the most recent format of the multiple choice section.

13. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Take 7 minutes to read the passage independently and annotate.
Suggestions for annotation:
This is a characterization passage: what are Janie’s thoughts, actions, feelings?
What is the theme of this passage or general idea?
What shifts do you see in the passage?

14. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
With your AP Group, take 12 minutes to answer as many of the Guiding Questions as you can.
*Prose passages are like fancy reading comprehension passages – the guiding questions will draw your attention to what to notice in the passage

15. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
MULTIPLE CHOICE TIME (15 minutes) Independently, answer the 15 AP-style multiple choice questions

16. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
With your AP Group, take 13 minutes to complete the Group Consensus Multiple Choice handout
Prepare your textual evidence/explanation! Points will be awarded!

17. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Checking:
You are grading your GROUP answers, but you’ll want to check how you did individually as well
The Group with the highest number correct on passages this week will earn an Assignment Extension Pass
You can earn points during checking by volunteering to explain the answer in a complete sentence and using textual evidence
In the event of a tie, the group with the most points will earn the Assignment Extension Pass

18. Answers
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. E 5. D 6. D 7. E
8. B 9. E 10. C 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. A

19. Homework Small deadlines:
EXTRA CREDIT: AP Group Quilt piece due Thursday
SRP Question on Google Classroom by Friday
SSR book by Monday

20. Kick-off: Wednesday, March 23rd 2016
Welcome to Poetry Passage Practice Day!
On today’s handout, jot down the definitions for these literary terms (they’re relevant to today’s passage)
GENERAL VOCAB
LITERARY TERMS
Contentment (noun) – a state of happiness and satisfaction
Stoical (adj.)- enduring hardship without complaining
Theme – the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly
Solemn (adj.) – serious
Euphoric (adj.) – a feeling of intense happiness
Subject – a topic which acts as a foundation for the literary work.
A theme says something about the subject
Sanguine (adj.) – optimistic in an esp. bad situation
*Crucifixion – In Christianity, when Jesus was hung on a wooden cross
Resigned (adj.)- having accepted something unpleasant

21. “After Great Pain” by Emily Dickinson
Take 10 minutes to read the poem independently and annotate.
Suggestions for annotation:
Title/Subject
Paraphrase
Figurative language (language that is not literal!)
Speaker/Tone
Shifts
Theme

22. “After Great Pain” by Emily Dickinson
With your AP Group, take 12 minutes to paraphrase and discuss your annotations.
*Poetry is almost all figurative language creating or concealing a literal message. Ask yourself, what is the poem saying on a literal level before jumping to the figurative…

23. “After Great Pain” by Emily Dickinson
MULTIPLE CHOICE TIME (12 minutes) Independently, answer the 14 AP-style multiple choice questions

24. “After Great Pain” by Emily Dickinson
With your AP Group, take 12 minutes to complete the Group Consensus Multiple Choice handout
Prepare your textual evidence/explanation! Points will be awarded!

25. “After Great Pain” by Emily Dickinson
Checking:
You are grading your GROUP answers, but you’ll want to check how you did individually as well
The Group with the highest number correct on passages this week will earn an Assignment Extension Pass
You can earn points during checking by volunteering to explain the answer in a complete sentence and using textual evidence
In the event of a tie, the group with the most points will earn the Assignment Extension Pass

26. Answers
1. E 2. A 3. E 4. A 5. B 6. E 7. C
8. B 9. E 10. D 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. D

27. Homework Small deadlines:
EXTRA CREDIT: AP Group Quilt piece due Thursday
SRP Question on Google Classroom by Friday
SSR book by Monday

28. Kick-off: Thursday, March 24th 2016
REMINDERS for tomorrow’s Practice Exam: *Quilt Pieces
Arrive between 8:30-8:45 – Exam STARTS at 9:00
Period , Period , Period
Bring a blue or black pen/pencils
Exam ends at 12:00 (you’ll be dismissed right after)
No Show = 0/100
No uniform- dress to not impress. Or sweatpants.

29. Poetry & Prose Practice
“A Whippoorwill in the Woods” (15 minutes)
Excerpt from Vanity Fair (15 minutes)
*This passage has an ironic tone

30. Poetry & Prose Practice Scoring
Your group will take your Super Score for these two practices (the highest score for each passage combined)
For individual purposes
50-65%=3
66-79%=4
80-100%=5

31. Vanity Fair Prose Passage
Question
Answer
National % Correct 1 A
87% 2. E
42% 3. C
54% 4. B
61% 5.
44% 6. D 7.
88% 8.
51% 9.
76%
10.
79%
11.
60%
12.

32. “A Whippoorwill in the Woods” Poetry Multiple Choice
Question
Answer
National % Correct 1. D
97% 2. B
73% 3. 4. E
64% 5.
57% 6.
26% 7. A
33% 8. C
68% 9.
70%
10.
69%
11.
48%
12.
29%

33. SRP ASSIGNMENT #2: Interview
On Google Classroom, respond:
What is your SRP Question? (one sentence)
Post the link to your website/blog