M: The students will complete the English Universal Screener; notes and discussion of Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle and rhetorical appeals.
T: Distribute SAT Vocabulary 2. Analysis of editorial cartoons and the rhetorical appeals used by the cartoonists.
W & Th: The students will research and choose editorial cartoons in the computer lab for analysis and presentation to the class.
F: Test over The Art of Rhetoric notes. SAT Vocabulary 2 due.
M: The students will complete the English III Universal Screener, the remaining class guidelines, and notes over the literature of America during 1492 – 1750.
T: The students will read the Columbus biography, page 12 and define journal, pg. 13. Read from Journal of the First Voyage to America, pgs. 15 – 17. Notes and discussion; complete reading comprehension exercise.
W: The students will read introductory material on the Onandaga tribe, pg. 20, and the literary focus on origin myths, pg. 21. Read The Earth on Turtle’s Back, pgs. 22 – 23. Notes and discussion. Essay: Write about a person from life or fiction who acted selflessly.
Th: The students will read the de Vaca biography and Expeditions in the Southwest, pg. 32, and define exploration journal. Read A Journey Through Texas, pgs. 34 – 37. Notes and discussion.
F: The students will write a one- to two page journal entry from the point of view of Diego, one of Columbus’ crew members, about the first voyage to America.
M: May 15 – Review for Nine Weeks Test
T: May 16 – Exemptions Announced / File graded papers
W: May 18 – Nine Weeks Test
Th: Scholastic Day
F: Gone with the Wind – Scarlett as a survivor
M & T: May 23 & 24 — Review for Semester Exam
W May 25 – F May 27 — Semester Exams
A.P. English III Summer Reading for 2016 – 2017 School Year
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Great Gatsby
M: The students will write a police report about the murder of Jay Gatsby.
T: The students will review for the Nine Weeks Test.
W: The students will complete the Nine Weeks Test.
Th & F: The students will view The Great Gatsby motion picture.
M: The students will review for The Crucible major test.
T: The students will complete The Crucible major test.
W – F: The students will review for and complete the Nine Weeks Test.
The Importance of Being Earnest
M & T: The students will review for The Importance of Being Earnest major test. Reading comprehension and identification of pun, satire, farce, epigram, and inverted expectation.
W: The students will complete The Importance of Being Earnest major test.
Th & F: The students will review for and complete the Nine Weeks test.
Victorian Poetry – Relationships / Discontent
M: The students will read the Alfred, L0rd Tennyson biographical sketch, pg. 959. Introduce selection vocabulary, pg. 958. Read In Memoriam, A.H.H., pgs. 960 – 962 and interpret (1) the view of grief, (2) the effect of loss, and (3) the paradox in line 57.
T: The students will read the Robert Browning biographical sketch, pg.977. Introduce dramatic monologue and selection vocabulary, pg. 976. Read My Last Duchess, pgs. 979 – 980. The students will infer the speaker’s response to the duchess’ behavior and support with text evidence.
W: The students will read the Elizabeth Barrett Browning biographical sketch, pg. 985 and read Sonnet 43, pg. 986. Complete Critical Reading pg. 986. Assignment: Cite a popular song that praises love and compare its language, attitude and images with those of Sonnet 43.
Th & F: Introduce mood, pg. 1040.The students will read Dover Beach pgs. 1042 – 1043 and The Widow at Windsor pgs. 1048 -1049 relating the mood to the intended effect on the reader. Discuss the relationship between literature and place.
TEKS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.08
The Crucible
M: School Holiday
T: The students will turn in their Crucible entries; read pages 112 – 128. Discuss rumors of rebellion and Hale’s striving with the condemned to confess.
W: The students will complete the Act III Quiz. Read and discuss pages. 128 – 135.
Th: The students will complete the Act IV study guide and begin viewing The Crucible motion picture.
F: Continue viewing The Crucible motion picture.
Victorian Literature
M: School Holiday
T: The students will complete the unit introduction – The relationship between literature and place. Due at end of class period..
W: The students will complete the Act III quiz over The Importance of Being Earnest.
Th & F: The students will view the motion picture of The Importance of Being Earnest.