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Deep Run High School	English 12 AP Teacher, Humanities Teacher, Department Leader of English
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3RD NINE WEEKS

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR EXAM???

1/29
Poetry Response --Google Classroom
We will do poetry quick responses instead of the SAT ? of the day for second semester. Poetry responses are on googleclassroom.

CHECK YOUR GRADES. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR EXAM?

DISCUSSION OF THE KITE RUNNER--COLLECT KITE RUNNER BOOKS

2/1
POETRY RESPONSES BEGIN #1 "STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING"
FINISH DISCUSSION OF THE KITE RUNNER
REVIEW FOR TEST

HOMEWORK
STUDY FOR TEST
READ AND TAKE NOTES ON CHAPTER ONE IN PERRINE-->WHAT IS POETRY? PP.717-736
READ "THE EAGLE" "THE BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM" --DUE ON MONDAY 2/8

2/3
POETRY RESPONSE#2 "INTRODUCTION TO POETRY" BY BILLY COLLINS
TEST ON POETRY PASSAGES AND PROSE PASSAGES, VOCABULARY, AND LITERARY TERMS
READING TIME

2/5
POETRY RESPONSE#3 "SONG TO CELIA" BY BEN JONSON
STUDENTS LISTENED TO THE SONG VERSION OF "SONG TO CELIA" ON YOUTUBE BY JOHNNY CASH
RETURN TEST AND GO OVER
READING TIME

2/8
CHAPTER ONE DUE--CHECK NOTES FOR A GRADE --GO OVER CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS POETRY?
"THE EAGLE" AND "THE BALLAD OF BIRMINGHAM"

HOMEWORK:
CONTINUE READING BELOVED OR A LESSON BEFORE DYING

2/10
POETRY RESPONSE #4 TO A DAUGHTER LEAVING HOME
POETRY TIMED WRITING ON "a STORY" INTRO AND OUTLINE AND ANNOTATION
READING TIME--BELOVED OR A LESSON BEFORE DYING

2/12
POETRY MULTIPLE CHOICE

HOMEWORK
READ CHAPTER TWO IN PERRINE CALLED READING A POEM PP. 737-756. TAKE NOTES ON THIS. READ THE FOLLOWING POEMS: "THE MAN HE KILLED" "A STUDY OF READING HABITS" AND "MIRROR" AND TAKE NOTES--THIS IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH.

2/15
NO SCHOOL

2/17
READING TIME FOR BELOVED OR A LESSON BEFORE DYING

2/19
RCQ #1 ON BELOVED OR A LESSON BEFORE DYING
CHECK NOTES ON CHAPTER 2 READING A POEM
GO OVER THE MAN HE KILLED, A STUDY OF READING HABITS, AND MIRROR
RETURN INTROS AND OUTLINES

HOMEWORK: READ AND TAKE NOTES ON CHAPTER 3 ON POETRY DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION. READ AND TAKE NOTES ON PATHEDY OF MANNERS-->DUE ON 3/24

2/22
Poetry Response #6--FOURTEEN BY MARILYN HACKER
WORK ON NOTES FOR PERRINE OR READING FOR SECOND RCQ

2/24
CHECK NOTES ON CHAPTER 3 AND ON POEM
TIMED WRITING
ASSIGN--CHAPTER 4 ON IMAGERY TAKE NOTES
"THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS"
"LIFE WITH FATHER"
ANSWER WHO IS THE SPEAKER? WHAT IS THE OCCASION? DENNOTATION AND CONNOTATION AND IMAGERY---DUE 3/2

2/26
PART TWO QUIZ ON BELOVED
QUIZ ON 96-167 ON A LESSON BEFORE DYING
BOOK CHATS ON NOVELS
ASSIGN FUNDAMENTALS OF POETRY --TEST ON TERMS ON 3/11
NOTES ON METAPHYSICAL POETRY
READING TIME

HOMEWORK
CHAPTER 4 ON IMAGERY TAKE NOTES
"THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS"
"LIFE WITH FATHER" P.862
ANSWER WHO IS THE SPEAKER? WHAT IS THE OCCASION? DENNOTATION AND CONNOTATION AND IMAGERY---DUE 3/2

FINISH READING A LESSON BEFORE DYING OR BELOVED BY 3/4 --RCQ#3 WILL BE ON 3/4

2/29--ODD DAY
NO CLASS

3/2
CHECK NOTES ON CHAPTER 4 AND TWO POEMS
JOHN DONNE AND METAPHYSICAL POETRY
A VALEDICTION FORBIDDING MOURNING
THE FLEA

3/4
POETRY RESPONSE #7--DEATH BE NOT PROUD
RCQ#3 ON BELOVED OR A LESSON BEFORE DYING
PROSE PASSAGE #4 MULTIPLE CHOICE ON DONNE

3/7
"To the Virgins to Make Much of Time" by Herrick
Romantic Poetry -- Power Point
"The World is Too Much with Us"
"She Walks in Beauty"

3/9
POETRY
Romantic Poetry -- Power Point
"The World is Too Much with Us"
"To A Mouse" --listen to audio reading
GIVE OUT HEART OF DARKNESS AND READING SCHEDULE
BACKGROUND ABOUT THE BOOK AND POINT OF VIEW
AUDIO AND TAKING NOTES

3/11
ESSAY TEST ON A LESSON BEFORE DYING OR BELOVED
READING HEART OF DARKNESS

3/14
POETRY
"SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY"
READING HEART OF DARKNESS

3/16
TEST ON FUNDAMENTALS OF POETRY
PRACTICE WITH A DOUBLE PASSAGE

3/18
COLLECT MONEY FOR MARATHON DANCE
RCQ#1 ON PART ONE OF HEART OF DARKNESS
FIND 5 KEY MOMENTS FROM PART ONE. FILL IN SPREADSHEET AND SUBMIT ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

3/20
RETURN TIMED WRITING--OPEN QUESTION 2011
REVIEW SAMPLE SCORED ESSAYS--2011

3/23
MULITPLE CHOICE--POETRY #4
READING TIME HEART OF DARKNESS

3/25
RCQ#2 ON PART TWO OF HEART OF DARKNESS
PROSE PRACTICE--KISS AND TELL

HOMEWORK
HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK.

4/4
INTRODUCE POETRY PROJECT

4/6
WORK ON POETRY PROJECT--TEAM MEETING

4/8
RCQ#3 ON HEART OF DARKNESS
REVIEW SHEET FOR HEART OF DARKNESS
WORK ON POETRY PROJECT--TEAM MEETING

4/11
SENIOR SKIP DAY
WORK ON REP #2-READING OR REVIEW SHEET

4/13
POETRY PRESENTATIONS
BEGIN MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE FOR AP EXAM --RELEASED TEST
REVIEW SHEETS
HOMEWORK
READ AND TAKE NOTES ON A WORN PATH BY EUDORA WELTY--DUE ON 4/22

4/15 END OF 9 WEEKS
CONTINUE POETRY PRESENTATIONS
CONTINUE MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE FOR AP EXAM --RELEASED TEST

4/18
PRACTICE WITH A DOUBLE PROMPT

4/20
TEST ON POEMS FROM PRESENTATIONS

HOMEWORK

4/22
"A WORN PATH"
MC PRACTICE --PATTY/A TALE OF TWO CITIES

4/25
MC PRACTICE--ICEBERG

4/27
RETURN POETRY DOUBLE-PROMPT ESSAYS
PRACTICE PROSE ESSAYS 2005-15 FIND THE BIG QUESTION AND LITTLE QUESTIONS
THE BEET QUEEN--INTRO

4/29
REP REVIEW SHEET DUE
FINAL TIPS AND THOUGHTS
AP MC PRACTICE

4/30 AP PREP SESSION HERMITAGE HIGH SCHOOL

5/2
ALL REVIEW SHEETS DUE

HOMEWORK
REVIEW FOR THE OPEN QUESTION
GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
EAT BREAKFAST
HAVE A WATCH
2 BLACK PENS
2#2 PENCILS
BE AT ROOM 211 BETWEEN 7 AND 7:15 TO DROP PHONES AND OTHER STUFF
BRING A JACKET OR SWEATER. IT IS COLD IN THE GYM

5/4
AP TEST

5/6
COLLECT REVIEW SHEETS FOR AP EXAM
GO OVER SCHEDULE FOR REST OF YEAR
INTRODUCE GRADUATION SPEECH
COMPLETE AP SELF-REFLECTION

HOMEWORK
BRING IN PERRINE BOOKS

5/9

5/11

5/13
BOOK CHAT/LIFE CHAT SOCIAL

5/16
7 PERIOD DAY
GIVE GRADUATION SPEECH

5/17
7 PERIOD DAY
GIVE GRADUATION SPEECH

5/18 SOL SCHEDULE BEGINS

5/27
7 PERIOD DAY
TURN IN YOUR COMPUTERS

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