AP English Lit

10/30 – Literary Term of the Week:  connotation; Non-Fiction Close Reading for Halloween:  “Horror Movies – Are they “horror”ible or hilarious?”  Students will read and annotate the article “Why we crave horror movies” by Stephen King and then analyze King’s technique and craft; Finally, students will be introduced to two-line horror stories and write their own.

10/31 – Students will take notes over the horror genre and then share/read their two-line horror stories.

11/1 – Half Day of School!  National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo):  Students will register for the class NaNoWriMo with their intent for their novella and begin considering good vs bad novels.

11/2 – NaNoWriMo:  Students will identify types of characters in a novel and create complex characters for their novel.

11/3 – NaNoWriMo:  Students will understand the importance of creating conflict; identify internal vs external conflicts and how conflict engages readers.

English IV

10/30 – Literary Term of the Week:  connotation; Non-Fiction Close Reading for Halloween:  “Horror Movies – Are they “horror”ible or hilarious?”  Students will read and annotate the article “Why we crave horror movies” by Stephen King and then analyze King’s technique and craft; Finally, students will be introduced to two-line horror stories and write their own.

10/31 – Students will take notes over the horror genre and then share/read their two-line horror stories.

11/1 – Half Day of School!  Students will work through revision/editing process on their personal essay.  Essay DUE Friday 11/3.

11/2 – Texas Writing Workshop:  Students will work through the steps of writing a short story.  pgs 214-216  Topic and setting will be chosen. Personal Essay DUE Tomorrow.

11/3 – Texas Writing Workshop:  Students will work through character mapping and a story chart for their short story.

AP English Lit

10/23:  Literary Term of the Week – catharsis; Vocabulary SAT List 3 Test on Friday;

10/24:  Band Competition at Pine Tree; students who are in class will work on their literary analysis research paper – Rough Drafts due tomorrow and Final Drafts DUE Friday 10/27

10/25:  Students will work through the revision and editing steps on their rough drafts of the literary analysis research papers which are DUE Friday 10/27

10/26:  Students will begin prep work for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) by reading the beginning of a YA novel, critiquing the writing style and character development, and outlining the rest of the story; Research Papers DUE Tomorrow

10/27:  Students will take the Vocabulary SAT List 3 TEST; Students will work through an outlining exercise for their novel which will be written during NaNoWriMo

English IV

10/23:Literary Term of the Week – catharsis; Vocabulary SAT List 3 Test on Friday; Students will begin the College Research Project DUE 10/25

10/24:  Band Competition at Pine Tree; students who are in class will use their time to continue work on their College Research Project DUE Tomorrow 10/25

10/25:  Students will work through the application for the Common App or Apply Texas; including the college application essay –

10/26:  Students will write a rough draft of their college essay from their outline; Vocabulary SAT List 3 TEST Tomorrow

10/27:  Students will take the Vocabulary SAT List 3 TEST; Students will work through the revision and editing process on their rough drafts of their college application essay DUE Monday

AP English Lit

10/16 – Literary Term of the Week:  archetype – students’ literary term of the week document is DUE 10/19; SAT Vocabulary List 3 will be posted in the Google Classroom – students are to write a sentence for each word where the reader will understand the definition of the word based on context DUE 10/20; “Oedipus Rex” Socratic Seminar debrief; Assign 3-5 page literary analysis research paper DUE 10/27

10/17 –  Comma Rules; Sentences vs Comma Splice/Run-On/Fragments

10/18 -Students will work on literary analysis research paper

10/19 – Students will continue working on literary analysis research paper

10/20 – NO SCHOOL/Teacher Work Day

English IV

10/16 – Literary Term of the Week:  archetype – students’ literary term of the week document is DUE 10/19;SAT Vocabulary List 3 will be posted in the Google Classroom – students are to write a sentence for each word where the reader will understand the definition of the word based on context DUE 10/20; Assign Career Research Project DUE 10/19

10/17 – Students will work on Career Research Project DUE 10/19

10/18 – Students will continue working on Career Research Project DUE Tomorrow

10/19 – Based upon their career research project, students will begin their College/Military Research Pennant Project DUE 10/24

10/20 – NO SCHOOL/Teacher Work Day

AP English Lit

10/9:  Literary Term of the Week:  apostrophe; Students will continue reading and discussing Oedipus Rex (lines 592-1033) and responding to online discussion questions.

10/10:  Students will continue reading and discussing Oedipus Rex (lines 1034-1258) and responding to online discussion questions.

10/11:  Students will continue reading and discussing Oedipus Rex (lines 1259-1729) and begin preparing for Socratic Seminar.

10/12:  Students will continue preparing for Socratic Seminar as they work through potential discussion topics and grading rubric.

10/13:  Students will participate in a Socratic Seminar over Oedipus Rex.

English IV

10/9:  Literary Term of the Week:  apostrophe; Students will take Vocabulary Test over the SAT words List Two.

10/10: 3rd & 4th Periods – DEAR Day; 7th Period – Review of “The Canterbury Tales” and their in-class presentations

10/11:  Sentence Structure Trashketball review

10/12: Nine week Grammar review over parts of speech, coordinating conjunctions, analogies, and sentence structure; TEST Friday

10/13: Nine Week Grammar TEST

AP English Lit

10/2 – 5th Period:  “The Canterbury Tales” Test; “Oedipus Rex” study begins – Students will begin reading the play (1st period: lines 1-231) and responding to online discussion questions.

10/3 – ACT Testing Day

10/4 – Half Day; Students will read “Oedipus Rex” (lines 1-231) and respond to online discussion questions.

10/5 – Students will continue reading “Oedipus Rex” (lines 232-592) and responding to  online discussion questions.

10/6 – SAT List 2 Vocabulary Test; Students will continue reading “Oedipus Rex”  (lines 593-1033) and responding to online discussion questions.

English IV

10/2 – Students will continue “Canterbury Tales” presentations.

10/3 – ACT Testing Day; 7th period continue presentations

10/4 – Half Day; Students will complete presentations and/or study for Test

10/5 – 3rd & 4th period:  Students will review for “The Canterbury Tales” and SAT Vocabulary List 2 Tests; 7th period:  continue presentations

10/6 – 3rd & 4th period:  “The Canterbury Tales” Test – Vocabulary Test Monday; 7th period:  finish presentations – Vocabulary Test Monday