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Sunday, October 14, 2012

So we beat on . . .

Well.  Looks like we've made it to the end of our Gatsby gig.  This week we'll finish our symposia (including, in most classes, a discussion on Waiting for the Barbarians), write a final analysis, and move on.  Your Someplace essays are eligible for rewrites now.  Please follow submission instructions given in the previous post.  And we'll look at the results of our first AP Prompt.  It's Weird Wednesday Week here at Summit, so dress accordingly.

MONDAY, 10/15:  Focus: Reading Literary Text (11-12.RL.1-7)
The Great Gatsby and Waiting for the Barbarians
• symposia

TUESDAY, 10/16:  Focus: Reading Literary Text (11-12.RL.1-7)
Novel:  Literary Analysis
• final on Gatsby or Barbarians

WEDNESDAY, 10/17:  Weird
• a.m.--college fair in Redmond
• p.m.--online survey: technology
Letter from Birmingham Jail
print and read and mark for FRIDAY

THURSDAY10/18: Focus: Evaluating Writing
AP Prompt #1
• God scores
• Group scoring
• McCormick scores/essays returned

FRIDAY10/19: Focus: Rhetorical Analysis (11-12.RI.1,2,3; W.1,4)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
• Reading response
• Discussion:  WHAT --> HOW

2 comments:

Mrs. McCormick said...

1st period:
The Great Gatsby essay is due on Sunday night at midnight. Remember it is a hour paper. Please submit to McCormick through google docs.

Mrs. McCormick said...

1st Period Continued:

We discussed the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." We picked two passages in the essay we liked and discussed as a class about a few of them. One of the sections we discussed was the 4th paragraph on page 3. Be ready to continue discussions.