AP Literature & CompositionWEEK 3: SEPTEMBER 14 T H- SEPTEMBER 18TH

Kick-off: Monday, September 14th 2015 In your AP Playbook –

fortitude (noun) – courage in pain or adversity; resilience

Write a compound-complex sentence using fortitude. Share with your partner when you are both ready.

Tea Party Round 1• How do you feel about the American presence (both religious and political) in the Congo?

Tea Party Round 2• Confront those you have strong relationships with (could be amicable or adversarial)

Tea Party Round 3• What do you “carry” with you that you feel defines who you are?

Tea Party Round 4• Why do you think Kingsolver wrote this book? What message do you take from her novel?

After-Party Gossip • Who said something really interesting?• Is anyone confused? Any clarification needed? • Who was the best drama king or queen?

Adah Analysis – Emily DickinsonPartner Work

1. Read and annotate the Intro 2. Paraphrase “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” LINE by LINE with your partner

3. Identify as many literary techniques that Dickinson is using as you can. 4. Write a theme statement – what is the central message of Dickinson’s poem.

5. Explain how this relates to Kingsolver’s use of the poem on page 185 in PWB.

Adah Analysis – Emily Dickinson Partner Work

1. Write a claim that responds to the following for “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”

How does Dickinson use language – literary techniques – to convey meaning?

Sentence starter: Dickinson uses __________________ to convey ________________.

2. Next, write a claim that responds to the following:

How does Kingsolver employ Dickinson to convey meaning in Adah’s passage?

Sentence starter: Kingsolver employs Dickinson’s poetry to _____________________.

Final Word Write your final Dickinson claim and Kingsolver claim.

Book Club Survey *complete by Thursday at 8:05 am

The Road – Cormac McCarthy, 670L

Lord of the Flies – William Golding, 770L

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee, 870L

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien, 880L

Farenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury, 890L

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain, 900L

In the Time of Butterflies – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 910L

Siddartha – Herman Hesse 1010L

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston 1080L

1984 – George Orwell, 1090L

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce 1120L

Catch-22 – Joseph Heller, 1140L

The Namesake – Jumpa Lahiri , 1210

Heart of Darkness – Joseph Konrad 1320 L

Homework Read and annotate “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “Presentiement is That Long Shadow on the Lawn” for graded small group discussions tomorrow

Re-read Adah p. 295 & p. 364

Book Club Survey

Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay

Kick-off: Tuesday, September 15th 2015 In your AP Playbook –

Astute (adjective) – having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn to one’s advantage; clever

Write a complex sentence with a non-essential clause using astute . Share with your partner when you are both ready.

Small Group DiscussionsIn your discussions, everyone is expected to speak at least four times with strong contributions (for 100%) You are expected to still be a part of an natural-flowing conversation, too (all comments may not be strong and that’s fine)

What does a strong contribution look like?

• An insightful question

• A response with evidence

• A response that deepens another response

• A comment that relevantly connects to another text to deepen understanding

What does a regular contribution look like?

• A text-to self connection

• A response with no evidence – rather it talks AROUND the evidence

• A “yes” or “no” connection or a simple comprehension question

Period 1 Groups

Period 2 Groups

Period 3 Groups

Goals for the ConversationOne presenter from each group will share on the Elmo!• Answer the commentary guiding questions for each poem.• Create a theme statement • Create a claim: How does Dickinson use language – literary techniques – to convey meaning?

Sentence starters: Dickinson uses __________________ to convey ____________________.

• Then, give one example: For example, is imagery conveying meaning, explain how one instance of imagery is conveying meaning.

Goals for the ConversationOne presenter from each group will share on the Elmo!• Then, connect the meaning of the poem to its use in Adah’s sections of The Poisonwood Bible. • Kingsolver employs Dickinson’s poem _________________ to _________________________. • Give an example of using evidence from Adah’s passage.

Claim Presentations – One Person Per Group

Final Word

Look at your Adah & Dickinson claims again. Rewrite (feel free to revise…) your BEST claim from yesterday and today.

Homework•Book Club Survey

•Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay

Kick-off: Wednesday, September 16th 2015

In your AP Playbook –Impassive (adjective) – Not feeling or showing emotion; expressionless

Write a simple sentence with at least two prepositional phrases using impassive. Share with your partner when you are both ready.

The Prompt. –Thursday’s Exam “You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” - Sonsyrea Tate

Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual.

Choose a central character from The Poisonwood Bible who leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the work.

Larger meaning of the work? /Themes Look at the Abstract Words list for Thematic Ideas• With your shoulder partner, prepare at least 7 thematic ideas present in The Poisonwood Bible.•Should be able to connect to the idea of ‘home’ from the prompt

How to Approach Open-Ended Prompts TOPIC 1. Determine the TOPIC of the prompt

NOVEL 2. Choose a novel that addresses that TOPIC

CONCRETE 3. Choose a concrete example (s) (specific events or characters) from the novel that illustrate (s) that TOPIC

ABSTRACT 4. Determine what abstract idea (universal idea) is reflected through the concrete examples.

CONFLICT 5. Determine who or what is in Conflict in that concrete example. (Note: All lessons, character growth, themes, come from conflict and how it is resolved)

MEANING 6. Write a statement of how the concrete examples reflect the abstract to create meaning.

PWB Novel Test & AP-Style Essay Study Time• Use the rest of class time today to:•Review PWB plot/characters/meaning with the Novel Review Sheet•Organize/outline your AP-style essay• Remember, tomorrow’s test will be open-note and open-book.

Homework•Book Club Survey

•Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay

Kick-off: Thursday, September 17th 2015

• You may use ANYTHING on the test (you NEED to have your book out).

• You may NOT write on the test. • You will have the ENTIRE period to work on

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Homework None

Kick-off: Friday, September 18th 2015Goals for Today’s Book Club Meeting:Assign one person from your group to pick up the books.Plan a reading schedule for your group (based on pages/chapters).Assign a leader (or two), a grader, and a scribe per “During Reading Meeting”. Start reading if there’s time!

Homework Book Club readings