AP Language with American Literature - Week of April 22-26, 2019 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Collaborate with classmates. Review student writing. Present
work to the class. Write an argument essay. Analyze fiction and
nonfiction. Analyze political ads.
ELAGSE11-12RI6: ​Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how
style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text. ​CollegeBoard: ​C1—The course teaches and requires
students to write in several forms (e.g., narrative, expository, analytical, and argumentative essays) about a variety of subjects (e.g., public
policies, popular culture, personal experiences). C4—The course requires expository, analytical, and argumentative writing assignments
that are based on readings representing a wide variety of prose styles and genres. C7—The course teaches research skills, and in
particular, the ability to evaluate, use, and cite primary and secondary sources. The course assigns projects such as the researched
argument paper, which goes beyond the parameters of a traditional research paper by asking students to present an argument of their
own that includes the analysis and synthesis of ideas from an array of sources. LO1—analyze and interpret samples of good writing,
identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques; LO2—apply effective strategies and techniques in their
own writing; LO3—create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and/or personal experience; LO4— write for a variety of
purposes

Upcoming Due Dates 

Monday, April 22 Bring a copy of T​ he Great Gatsby t​ o class. This copy must be CLEAN - no markings AT ALL - and it must be a personal copy so you can
highlight and write in the book.

Tuesday, April 23 at 11:59 p.m. NoRedInk activities due. Take diagnostic first. If you score 100% on the diagnostic, you do not have to complete the activities or quiz. If
you do not score 100%, complete both the practice activities and the quiz by the deadline.

Friday, April 26 Final Learning Contracts due.

Complete final USA Test Prep EOC practice test by​ 11:59 p.m.

Monday-Wednesday, April 29-May 1 American Literature EOC

Friday, May 3 Into the Wild/The Wild Truth​ Socratic Seminar

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

Monday,  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Work on NoRedInk exercises due
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html Tuesday, 4/23 at 11:59 p.m.
April 22, 2019 
Work Session​:
1. The Great Gatsby​ ​introduction​ and book check
2. Introduce ​The Great Gatsby​ annotation project​.
3. Begin reading ​The Great Gatsby​ chapter 1.

Closing​: Complete annotations for today’s reading.

 AP Language with American Literature - Week of April 22-26, 2019 
 
Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Work on NoRedInk exercises due
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html tonight at 11:59 p.m.
Tuesday, 
April 23, 2019  Work Session​:
1. Test Prep Tuesday: Review literary terms from the ​American Literature EOC Student Study Guide.
2. Read excerpt from ​The Eyes Have It​, answer selected response questions and constructed response prompt.
3. Work on​ Romanticism/Realism learning contract​.

Closing​: Read ​The Great Gatsby.

  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Complete final USA Test Prep EOC
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.htm​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html​ ​l practice test by​ 11:59 p.m.
Wednesday, 
April 24, 2019  Work Session​:
1. Writing Wednesday: Read “On Susan B. Anthony on Women’s Right to Vote” and answer selected response questions and
constructed response prompt.
2. Work on ​Romanticism/Realism learning contract​.

Closing​: Read T​ he Great Gatsby.

  Opening​:5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Peruse the posted Friday Forum
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html articles. Be ready to discuss in class.
Thursday, 
April 25, 2019  Work Session​:
1. Read and annotate chapter 2 of ​The Great Gatsby​.
2. Answer the EOC-inspired constructed response: Read the passage in Chapter 2 of ​The Great Gatsby​ which begins “So Tom
Buchanan and his girl and I…” and ends “Meanwhile Tom brought out a bottle of whiskey from a locked bureau door”
(31-33). Construct an analysis in which you discuss how the author’s use of language, particularly diction and selection of
detail, serves to develop the character of Tom Buchanan.
3. Work on ​Romanticism/Realism learning contract​.

Closing​: Read T​ he Great Gatsby.

  All learning contract tasks Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Complete final USA Test Prep EOC
due by the the end of class https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html practice test by​ 11:59 p.m.
Friday, April 
today.
26, 2019  Work Session​:
1. Friday Forum Presentations
2. Introduce ​Into the Wild/The Wild Truth​ Socratic seminar assignment (May 3).
3. Work on ​Romanticism/Realism learning contract​.
4. Submit all remaining learning contract items by the end of class today.

Closing​: Learning contract check-in