AP Language and Composition

1/13/13 AgendaBell ringer: Grassroots – Ch. 27; Pr. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:TODAY: Grammar, discuss week’s agenda and final, and answer final questions on The Handmaid’s TaleTU: (SUB PRESENT) Read “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” from 50 Essays and Reader Response Journal Questions:3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 WED: Multiple choice practice questions, debrief last week’s AP, and discuss “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”TH: Journal, finish yesterday’s discussion, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on genderFRI: Grammar or ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

The Handmaid’s Tale - 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?

AP Language and Composition

1/15/13 AgendaBell ringer: 2001 Multiple Choice Passage: “English language”

Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:Today: Multiple choice practice questions, wrap up HT, and discuss “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”TH: Journal, pass back AP tests, finish yesterday’s discussion, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on genderFRI: ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

AP Language and Composition

1/16/13 Agenda

Bell ringer: Just write! Focus word: SARCASTIC (tone used to show sarcasm – the opposite of what was intended or expected)

Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:Today: Journal, pass back AP tests (maybe), finish yesterday’s discussion about HT and discuss article from TU, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on genderFRI: ACT passage, current event: Seancorey and Jabriel

The Handmaid’s Tale

Knowing that the novel is a dystopia, what do we think the author is trying to say about gender?

AP Language and Composition

1/17/13 Agenda

Bell ringer: ACT Practice Passage

Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives:

Today: Finish discussion about HT, discuss article from TU, and explain Wollstonecraft jigsaw and final writing assignment on gender

Current event: Seancorey and Jabriel will present next Thursday, so Tamiya and Kyla can you plan for the following week?