AP ENGLISH Lang & Comp TENTATIVE SYLLABUS 2ND SIX WEEKS

WEEK 7

MON: 10-05-09: Diagnostic AP Reading Comp.: Letter from Birmingham Jail@

TUE: 10-06-09: In class: “In class: The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)

WED10-07-09: Graded AP Reading Comp: “Dracula”

“In class: The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)

THU: 10-08-09: “Graded AP Writing Prompt

FRI: 10-09-09: Vocabulary quiz: "arable"

“In class: The Canterbury Tales (Prologue)

WEEK 8

MON: 10‑12-09: Waiver Day

TUE: 10‑13-09: Diagnostic AP Reading Comp.: “Shooting an Elephant@

WED: 10-14-09: Graded AP Reading Comp.: “Sparrow Hawk” or PSAT(per 1-4?)

In class: The Canterbury Tales (The Pardoner’s Tale)

THU: 10‑15-09: In class: The Canterbury Tales (The Pardoner’s Tale)

HW: Read : Wife of Bath's Tale

FRI: 10-16-09: Lit Test: The Canterbury Tales

Vocabulary quiz: "archaic"

WEEK 9

MON: 10‑19-09: Diagnostic AP Reading Comp: ADeath and Dying@

TUE: 10‑20-09: Intro: Macbeth

WED: 10‑21-09: Graded AP Reading Comp: AFalstaff@

In class: Macbeth

THU: 10‑22-09: In class: Macbeth

FRI: 10‑23-09: Vocabulary quiz: "assiduous"

In class: Macbeth

WEEK 10

MON: 10‑26-09: Diagnostic AP Reading Comp: ADeath and Dying@

TUE: 10-27-09: Lit Quiz: Macbeth (Acts I + II)

WED: 10‑28-09: Graded AP Reading Comp: ABrotherhood Funeral@

In class: Macbeth

THU: 10‑29-09: In class: Macbeth

FRI: 10‑30-09: Vocabulary quiz: ascendancy"

WEEK 11

MON: 11‑02-09: Diagnostic AP Reading Comp: ARabbit, Run@

TUE: 11‑03-09: Lit Quiz: Macbeth (Acts III – V)

In class: “Macbeth - What Really Happened"

WED: 11-04-09: Graded AP Reading Comp: AOn the Road

Lady Mary Wortley Montague: A Letter to Her Daughter

THU: 11-05-09: Swift: "A Modest Proposal"

FRI: 11-06-09: Vocabulary quiz: "aviary"

WEEK 12

MON: 11-09-09: Waiver Day

TUE: 11-10-09 : Lit Quiz: Swift: "A Modest Proposal"

and Lady Mary Wortley Montague: A Letter to Her Daughter(counts to next six weeks)

In class: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis

WED: 11‑113-09: @Graded AP Reading Comp: AWar Prayer@ (counts to next six weeks)

Rhetorical Analysis

THU: 11‑12-09: Graded AP Writing Prompt : Rhetorical Analysis (counts to next six weeks)

FRI: 11‑13-09: In class: Letter from Lord Chesterfield to his Son