1. OBJ I can read and comprehend literature the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. A.2.c. I can demonstrate comprehension of increasingly challenging texts (both print and non-print sources) by asking and answering literal (DOK1), interpretive (DOK 2), and evaluative (DOK 3) questions. DWU20 sentences for voc lesson 5 GRA 8 th assignment due Wednesday VOCLesson 5 Quiz Tuesday HWKStudy for Vocbulary, Grammar, Kincaid Transcription due Thursday LITLord Brudenell MC practice/ review/ discussion -- Scarlet Letter WRTMC Questions for Scarlet Letter September 30, 2013 AP Lang Agenda

2. OBJ I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. I can analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices (or images) on meaning and tone. DWUVocabulary Lesson 6 GRAWordiness and Sub/Verb Agreement VOCLesson 5 LITYour Poems and Songs HWKPoetry Analysis WRTPeer review charts: Name of song or Poem, Figurative language, theme, working or got it Poetry Assessment: Analyze the figurative language in your own poem, short story, or one that has been written. Explain how the FL reveals the theme. Due Monday September 27, 2013 Pre AP Agenda

6. Peer Assessment NamePoem/songFigure of speech ThemeWorking or Got it?

7. The following are the spirit days for next week: Monday- Black and Whiteout Day Tuesday- Decades Day Wednesday- College Attire Day Thursday- Tie- Dye Day Friday- Blue and White

8. OBJ I can read and comprehend literature the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. I can analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices (or images) on meaning and tone. DWUVocabulary Lesson 5 quiz Journal 100 -200 words: What are gender roles? Are they acceptable? Are they necessary? GRA 8 th assignment due Wednesday VOCLesson 5 Quiz HWKGrammar #8, Kincaid Transcription (Beginning to the “red ants”) due Thursday LITKipling “If:” Kincaid “Girl” WRTJournals October 1st, 2013 AP Lang Agenda

9. Errors on quiz Synonyms Concurrent Definitions 1 accompanying; accompaniment Sentences 8 Even though you are in an subordinate position you have the right to ___________ when ordered to do something improper. Journal 100 -200 words: What are gender roles? Are they acceptable? Are they necessary?

10. OBJ I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. I can analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices (or images) on meaning and tone. DWUVocabulary Lesson 6 – Sentences (5 minutes) GRAWordiness and Sub/Verb Agreement VOCLesson 6 LITYour Poems and Songs HWK5 vocabulary sentences (boys odd, girls even) – due tomorrow bonus for previous vocabulary or “stories.” WRTPeer review charts: Name of song or Poem, Figurative language, theme, working or got it -- Turn in today!! Poetry Assessment: Analyze the figurative language in your own poem, short story, or one that has been written. Explain how the FL reveals the theme. 2 paragraph minimum -- Due Today October 1st, 2013 Pre AP Agenda

12. OBJ I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. I can analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices (or images) on meaning and tone. DWUSubject Verb agreement GRAWordiness and Sub/Verb Agreement VOCLesson 6 Quiz Friday LITMaggots Your Poems and Songs HWK5 vocabulary sentences (boys odd, girls even) – due NOW bonus for previous vocabulary or “stories.” WRTThree word Thesis, definitions, 5 paragraph essays: Exit Slip Poetry Assessment: Analyze the figurative language in your own poem, short story, or one that has been written. Explain how the FL reveals the theme. 5 paragraph minimum -- Due Friday October 2st, 2013 Pre AP Agenda

13. WORKING ON IT Got It!

14. Dr. Robert Kirsner / AP In January 2012, maggots became the first live animals to win Food and Drug Administration approval. Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal. Wound-care clinics around the country are giving maggots a try on some of their sickest patients after high-tech treatments fail. It's a therapy quietly championed since the early 1990s by a California physician who's earned the nickname Dr. Maggot. But Dr. Ronald Sherman's maggots are getting more attention since, in January, they became the first live animals to win Food and Drug Administration approval, as a medical device to clean out wounds.

15. Exit Slip½ sheet of paper The maggot is a modern healing device being used to remove the dead tissue that impedes healing. Research shows that in the mere two to three days they live in a wound, maggots also produce substances that kill bacteria and stimulate growth of healthy tissue. Maggots can assist in the healing of patients when conventional therapy alone isn't enough. Write the synonym beside the word below: 1.tool: 2.slows: 3.create: 4.encourage: 5.normal:

16. OBJ I can analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices (or images) on meaning and tone. DWUGrammar Lesson 8—ON YOUR DESK GRA 8 th assignment due Wednesday VOCLesson 4 Due October 15 HWKGrammar #8, Kincaid Transcription (Beginning to the “red ants”) due Thursday LITKipling “If:” Kincaid “Girl” WRT Thesis and One topic sentence for a body paragraph Lens -- What are gender roles? Are they acceptable? Are they necessary? October 2nd, 2013 AP Lang Agenda

17. Choose one Rhetorical Device a)subordinating syntax b)overall structure c)justaposition d)tone e)__________details f)__________imagery (not contrasting) Assignment: choose one strategy and complete the following with your group members. Write on paper with markers to be visible from afar:) 1. Topic sentence a. states the strategy as the subject b. makes the strategy have an action verb 2. Commentary sentence a. links to rhetorical triangle b. includes a quote bit example of the strategy form the topic sentence. It should illustrate what you say in the topic sentence.