M & T: The students will view the motion picture To Kill a Mockingbird, and note particular statements for later critique of diction and syntax. M: Lesson Learned in TKAM Chart due.
W: Early Release
Th: The students will view Atticus’s closing argument in the motion picture and complete an exercise evaluating the clarity and coherence of its message on the audience.
F: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary Lesson 16.
M: School Holiday
T: The students will complete the TKAM pgs. 272 – 281 quiz and the 11th grade ELA Benchmark Exam.
W: TKAM Student-Led Learning Project: Discussion of TKAM pages 272 – 281 will include the following points:
TKAM Learning Chart Due Friday
Th & F: The students will view the motion picture, To Kill a Mockingbird, evaluating how messages presented reflect social and cultural views.
To Kill a Mockingbird / SAT-based Vocabulary
M: The students will discuss and complete Vocabulary Lesson 15 Appearances and Attitudes II.
T: During the study of To Kill a Mockingbird, each student has been assigned a set of pages which he/she will be responsible for presenting to the class.Project requirements are: a list of five to ten defined vocabulary words from the selection, a ten-question quiz with answer key, and a five-point outline with which they will lead the class discussion. Discussion points must include characterization of Scout, Jem, Atticus or Boo Radley, theme of the mockingbird image, maturation, prejudice or courage, and setting.
T: pages 212 – 226
W: pages 227 – 241
Th: 242 – 256
F: 257 – 271
To Kill a Mockingbird Student-Led Learning Project
During the study of the novel, each student has been assigned a set of pages which he/she will be responsible for presenting to the class. Project requirements are a list of five to ten defined vocabulary words from the selection, a ten-question quiz with answer key, and a five-point outline with which they will lead the class discussion. Discussion points must include characterization of Scout, Jem, Atticus or Boo Radley, theme of the mockingbird image, maturation, prejudice or courage, and setting.
M: Pages 152 – 166
T: 167 – 181
W: 182 – 196
Th: 197 – 211
F: 212 – 226
M: The student groups for To Kill a Mockingbird Powerpoint presentations will review review their research plan, identify any unresolved questions, plan final proofread, review citation format, and establish presentation order. Distribute SAT-based vocabulary lesson 9, All About Time, due Thursday.
T: The student groups will meet in Plato Lab to complete Powerpoint presentations.
W – F: The student groups will present their To Kill a Mockingbird Powerpoint introductions.
All Classes: For the first week of school, classroom procedures will be discussed and noted briefly each day at the beginning of class. The remainder of the class period will focus on academics.
AP English III Topics: AP Literary Terms, SAT-Based Vocabulary, Summer Reading, The Art of Rhetoric
M: The students will be introduced to the reading survey (due Weds.), SAT-based vocabulary (due Thurs.), and the study of analytical literary terms.
T: The students will complete the first portion of the summer reading test.
W: Reading Survey due at the beginning of class. The students will complete the second portion of the summer reading test and be given the grading rubric and requirements for the Summer Reading Postcard Project.
Th: SAT-based vocabulary lesson due at the beginning of class. The students will be introduced to the study of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals.
F: The students will be introduced to the three elements of Aristotle’s Triangle and discuss their application to reading, speaking and effective argument.