space.template.Advanced+Placement+Literature+and+Composition+2015-16+(Period+Two)

**enrollment password: skoricbhs**
=__ WEEK ONE __=

__**Friday, August 21**__

 * Welcome to class.** **Learn the working of the class**
 * All assignments and due dates that appear in green are worth points in the grade book. **


 * This Class VS The Rest of the World :)**

Brainstorm a list of things you have learned in other English classes on the board...


 * Kindergarten Through Tenth Grade = The WHO, WHEN, WHERE Questions...**
 * Eleventh Grade (AP Lang) = HOW**

**Why take this class and what is it all about?**

 * [|Jeopardy Labs AP Literature and Composition]**




 * SUMMER ASSIGNMENT**


 * Homework: Bring chosen summer novel and annotations to class next time. **
 * (Persepolis must be read by September 2 - Annotate using the same four questions from the summer novel assignment)) **

=__ WEEK TWO __=

__Monday, August 24__

 * DUE SIGNED SYLLABUS, COVER SHEET, ALLUSIONS AND SUMMER NOVEL WORK **

Begin Timed Writing Tuesdays...
>  > > == Return summer work so students may use annotations for reference in timed writing ==
 * In forty minutes, using the novel you chose for summer reading and you annotations complete the following writing task:
 * A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age novel, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity, when this character recognizes his or her place in the world.
 * Select a single pivotal moment in the psychological or moral development of the protagonist of a bildungsroman. Then write a well-organized essay that analyzes how that single moment shapes the meaning of the work as a whole.
 * Homework: Read the Barry Gilmore Article and decide whether or not your chosen novel would be included in those that constitute novels of "literary merit." **

__**Wednesday August 26**__

 * Journal Opener: What decides the literary merit of a novel? Do you agree with the list proposed by Barry Gilmore?**

Then score their own first draft. Using highlighters mark pink: main ideas blue: evidence yellow: analysis
 * Discuss the rubric... What is a 9?**

** When finished create a novel card for their summer novel using the examples below. **
 * Blank Novel Card
 * Novel Card Example (Frankenstein)


 * Learn about Allusion Presentations(See example and sign up for one) **



> > >
 * In three to five minutes per presentation students will use their summer work as a guide to 'teach' their chosen allusion to the class. The format may vary. It may include a powerpoint, a video clip, a novel example, or the traditional lecture format. (Presentations are worth twenty points each.)
 * [|Allusion Presentation Example 1]
 * [|Allusion Presentation Example 2]

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 * Homework: Consider graphic novels...Would they be considered 'of literary merit'? Why or why not? Provide two quotes/examples for each element of the article. Be sure to include page numbers in your 'annotation.' Due 8/28 **=====

__**Friday August 28**__

 * One Allusion Presentation**


 * Journal: What is the age at which you will consider yourself to be an adult? Why? What does it mean to be an adult or to come-of-age?**
 * Discuss new experiences? What challenges and limitations do "newness" provide?
 * Look at and Discuss the graphic novel __The Arrival__ by Shaun Tan
 * Would you consider __ The Arrival __ an example of a bildungsroman?
 * Watch the Youtube Clip on [|The Arrival] (Discuss and Connect Immigration and New Experiences)


 * Background information on **__//Persepolis//__**
 * **__//[|Persepolis Powerpoint: Feminine Lens]//__**
 * **__//[|Persepolis Background Prezi]//__**
 * **__//[|Persepolis Background (part one)]//__**
 * **__//[|Persepolis Background (Part Two)]//__**
 * **__//[|BBC Iranian Revolution Timeline]//__**
 * [|Argo Movie Trailer]

Discuss the literary merit of the novel using their examples. ** Collect ** = =