1. AP Language and Composition
1/08/14 Agenda
Bell ringer: Just write!
Focus word: JOVIAL (merry)
Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:
Today: Journal, discuss AP Practice Test – tomorrow, discuss The Handmaid’s Tale
TH: AP Practice Essay Test – Q2
FRI: Wrap up HT or current event?

2. Wrapping up The Handmaid’s Tale
Summarize the end of The Handmaid’s Tale in your groups, and then
list any remaining questions you have [one list per group].

3. 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?

4. AP Language and Composition
1/09/14 Agenda
Bell ringer: Take out notebook paper for the essay test. Read the prompt. Questions?
Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:
FRI: Wrap up HT or current event?

5. Sample intro – please recopy if you are using it
In this passage, Debra Marquart conveys her profound love for the upper Midwest region, even as it was dubbed an “uninhabitable” and “plain” location for many who first approached it. Through her use of _______, _______, and ______, she is able to convince her readers of the unique qualities of the region that could not be found anywhere else.

6. AP Language and Composition
1/10/14 Agenda
Bell ringer: Finish AP Q2 from yesterday.
Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:
Today:
Distribute AP test booklet; briefly discuss, and wrap up discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale.