Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Wednesday

Welcome Back, Palmer Terrors!

Ms. DurlandEnglish 8 AP Literature

How does it feel to be a senior?

Please have out your summer reading assignment (short story analysis). Be prepared for attendance.

(at which time I will collect your assignment & speak with you briefly).

I will also have something for you to do while you wait…

Homework (What? Already?): Make sure you come prepared tomorrow with…1. class materials (so easy)2. read and annotated Class Policies & Expectations – side table3. read and annotated Year-at-a-Glance – side table4. read and signed Academic Honors Pledge (turn in tomorrow) – side table5. completed Student Information sheet (turn in tomorrow) – side table6. read and annotated “Ordeal by Cheque”

Past, Present, Future Wednesday

• Summer vacation!

• It’s my birthday! But, it’s also time to turn in your summer assignment and for your first close readings of the school year.• Class policies & expectations• Honors pledge & student information• Course & unit overview• “Ordeal by Cheque”

• “Ordeal by Cheque”: Close reading with group

Introduction to AP LiteratureWednesday

Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of

analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategiesObjective: you will be able to read closely to make critical responses to literatureRelevance: Understanding and knowing expectations, rules, and fellow colleagues up front enables you to be more successful, comfortable and/or engaged in you learning environment. Essential Questions: How do I function effectively in class in a literature course? How do I create meaning when confronted with ambiguous texts?

Activity: Develop You DO Wednesday

Purpose: to read closely, annotating for the “what” of the text (details & plot elements of “Ordeal by Cheque”)

Tasks: Follow the Part 1 Task directions 1. Read the story once, quietly to yourself. 2. Re-read. Annotate the Text for the “what”

• Note in the margins story elements• *characters, setting, conflict, rising/falling action, climax, and resolution

• Note ambiguous sections (What is left unsaid?)

Reflection: Did you find this “story” difficult to read/understand? If so, what made it hard? If not, why not?

Outcome: To be prepared to share plot structure & questions with a small group tomorrow

• I’ll be calling attendance and collecting the summer reading short story assignment. (Please have it out and ready to turn in.)

Homework Wednesday

Purpose: to familiarize yourself with the expectations and general aspects of the class in order to be a successful, contributing member

Make sure you come prepared tomorrow…1. class materials (so easy)2. read and annotated Class Policies & Expectations3. read and annotated Year-at-a-Glance4. read and signed Academic Honors Pledge (turn in tomorrow)5. completed Student Information sheet (turn in tomorrow)6. read and annotated “Ordeal by Cheque”

• Three-ring binder or folder for handouts & notes• Loose-leaf, lined paper (full sheets) or a spiral with the perforated line for

tearing pages out neatly• Pencils and pens• Sticky notes

Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday

• Turn in your white Honors Pledge and Student Information sheet on the front table.

• If you were not here yesterday, take one of each of the three handouts (1 blue, 2 white) off the front table. See me later about summer reading…

• While you wait for attendance, see next slide…

What do you see?

Past, Present, Future Thursday

• Summer Reading Turned In• Close Reading:• Class policies & expectations• Honors pledge & student information• Course & unit overview• “Ordeal by Cheque”

• “Ordeal by Cheque”: Close reading with group

• Meeting with Administration

Instruction: ObtainAmbiguity Thursdayhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambiguity

a : the quality or state of being ambiguous (doubtful or uncertain) especially in meaning b : a word or expression that can be understood in two or more possible ways : an ambiguous word or expression 2: uncertainty

Welcome to AP Literature & CompositionEmbrace

AP =

Ambiguity PossibleAddress the Prompt

Analysis, PleaseAlways Poetry

Also ProseApplied Practice

“Anything’s” Possible?Absolute Paradise

Introduction to AP LiteratureWednesday

Standard(s)2. Reading for All Purposes 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies

Objective: You will identify the story elements of “Ordeal by Cheque” and make inferential connections and note ambiguous sections.

Relevance: Understanding and knowing expectations, rules, and fellow colleagues up front enables you to be more successful, comfortable and/or engaged in you learning environment. Essential Questions: How do I function effectively in class in a literature course? How do I create meaning when confronted with ambiguous texts?

Activity: Develop Thursday

Talk about reading between the lines….Purpose: to read closely, annotating for the “what,” the “how,” and the “So What?” of the text

Tasks: • With a small group, gather your forces and expand your

understanding: What? How? So what? • Use the questions for Part 2 (Analyzing Plot Elements, Style &

Stylistic Devices) to guide your conversations and further annotate your text.

Outcome: turn in groups responses to the Outcome section

dramatic situation• A situation, in a narrative or dramatic work, in which people

(or "people") are involved in conflicts that solicit the audience's empathetic involvement in their predicament. • Baker, Lyman A. Critical Concepts: Dramatic Situation | Conflict. K-State. 2000. 19 Aug 2015.

Homework

Friday

• Who does still not have a student ID?• If you have work to turn in still, please bring it to me directly.

Partner sign-up • Find someone with whom you’d like to work with next week• In the 15 minutes before the Meeting with Administration, one of

you write down your name and the name of the partner you’d like to work with in groups next week.

• This is how I’ll take attendance. If your partner is absent, but you are signing him/her up, please note that in (parentheses).

• If you don’t have a preference on a partner, then just write your own name.

• Sharepoint

Colorado Academic StandardsOral Expression and Listening 1.Effective speaking in formal and informal settings requires appropriate use of methods and audience awareness2.Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals

Reading for All Purposes1.Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies2.Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills

Writing and Composition1.Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose2.Ideas, evidence, structure, and style create persuasive, academic, and technical texts for particular audiences and specific purposes3.Standard English conventions effectively communicate to targeted audiences and purposes

Research and Reasoning1.Independent research designs articulate and defend information, conclusions, and solutions that address specific contexts and purposes2.Logical arguments distinguish facts from opinions; and evidence defines reasoned judgment

Coming Soon…

Monday• College Board/Advanced Placement Research Due• Review Ordeal by Cheque: annotations and responses• Quiz over summer reading stories (return summer reading

short stories?)• Summer Reading Short Story Group AssignmentsTuesday• Writing Center Information, Mrs. Donovan, Tutors Needed• Summer Reading Short Story Group Work• Summer Reading Short Story Group Presentation

I DOWhat is the tone at the beginning of the story? Identify: joyful, hopeful

Exemplify/Explain• Text-to-text: A check is written to a toy company, a bicycle

company, & a Cadillac company. These are “luxury items” and show a progression from childhood to adult.

• Text-to-self: The first check is written to a baby shoppe. People are usually excited about pregnancies and go shopping for the baby’s room, clothing, etc. and throw baby showers.

• Text-to-world: The first page of checks are from 1903-23 from Hollywood State Bank. The U.S. was growing/prospering in the early 1900s & the entertainment industry was blossoming in Hollywood

Hook & Housekeeping & Heads-up• How was your weekend?• Place your weekend work in the In/Out basket• Tonight’s homework:• College Application Essay Questions

• Respond to at least five questions using at least 10 words/ ½ sheet of paper per response

• Write neatly! Someone else has to read it!Mitchell students, pick up homework before you leave!

Academic Standards

1. Oral Expression & Listening 1. Effective speaking in formal and informal settings requires appropriate use of methods and audience awareness a. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning… appropriate to purpose, audience, and… informal tasks.2. Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals b. propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence.

Academic Standards

2. Reading for All Purposes 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills e. obtain and use information from text and text features to answer questions, perform specific tasks, and identify/solve problems.

Objectives• You will be able to pose questions to obtain additional

information about text.• You will be able to obtain and evaluate responses to

questions. • You will be able to critique evidence based on purpose and

audience.

Obtain- I DO• I see a few checks written to places such as a gown shop, a

sport shop, and a bootery. Do you like to go shopping? Are you into fashion? Where these things for yourself or someone else? What types of items did you buy?

• This is Lawrence Exeter Jr. He is a generous person who likes the ladies. He spent much of a year or so buying gifts, such as lingerie and flowers, for lady friends.

Reflection• What was difficult about this task? What was easy?• Did we meet all aspects of the purpose?• 30 second presentation/introduction of your peer • share one interesting aspect of his/her summer • reveals something about his/her personality/interests.

Homework• College Application Essay Questions• respond to at least five questions in a minimum of 100

words/using at least a ½ sheet of paper per response• Write neatly! Someone else has to read it!

Hook, Housekeeping & HomeworkDiscuss with a shoulder partner:• What type of post high school education are you planning? • How far are you in the college/university application process? • What institutions are you looking into attending?

Homework: • Write a maximum 2 page personal statement • typed (Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced) • proper MLA heading (upper left-hand corner of the first page,

list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date)

• Due Thursday

Academic Standards

1. Oral Expression & Listening 2. Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals b. propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence.2. Reading for All Purposes 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills e. obtain and use information from text and text features to answer questions, perform specific tasks, and identify/solve problems.3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose e. Critique own writing and the writing of others from the perspective of the intended audience to guide revisions, improve voice and style (word choice, sentence variety, figurative language) and achieve intended purpose and effect

Objectives• You will be able to obtain and evaluate responses to questions

after reading a peer’s responses to college application-type essay questions.

• You will be able to critique evidence and offer suggestions to a peer based on purpose and audience.

Purpose & AudiencePURPOSE OF COLLEGE APP ESSAY:• an "anchor" for the whole application, to expound on your achievements

opportunity to demonstrate your ability to write well. • showcase your personality innermost thoughts, aspirations, dreams, and

personal realities, the intangible characteristics: honesty, integrity, commitment, ethical choices, perseverance, empathy, and leadership

• Old adage “show, don’t tell” - show them who you are• Tell: “I was really inspired by my second grade teacher who made sure I

learned how to read.”• Show: “My second grade teacher, Mrs. Hurley, mesmerized me with her

home spun stories of adventure and magic that she read out loud during story time. I’ve been an avid reader of fiction ever since.”

• on the line between acceptance and rejection, the essay can be the deciding factor.

AUDIENCE:College admissions office

Obtain – I DO• AP Summer Institute• Woman wrote divorce• Questioning, revealed left an abusive relationship• Powerful way to talk about learning from mistakes• Topic would show personal background, reflective process,

central theme• Concern = emotional topic, stay focused

Develop – WE DO• Tasks: Swap College app responses, read silently, pose 1-3

questions about an area you would like to know more about (5 min)

• Talk to partner , questioning, and draw conclusions about interests/personality (5 min each)

• About what should your peer write? Why? Strengths? Needs?• Outcome: Select one topic/prompt that you believe could best

reflect your partner as an individual (2 min)

Reflection• How was today’s session helpful?• What gives the written word its power? • How can you make your essay stand out as a unique

representation of you as an individual?

YOU DO/Apply - Homework • Write a maximum 2 page personal statement • Typed = Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced• Proper MLA heading = upper left-hand corner of the first page,

list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date• Due Thursday

Hook, Housekeeping, Homework • Can you answer these questions?• What is the purpose of a college application essay? • Who is your intended audience?• What are the basic components of any essay?

• Homework: Write a maximum 2 page personal statement • Typed = Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced• Proper MLA heading = upper left-hand corner of the first page,

list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date• Due tomorrow

Standards & Objectives• 2. Reading for All Purposes 2. Interpreting and evaluating complex

informational texts require the understanding of rhetoric, critical reading, and analysis skills e. obtain and use information from text and text features to answer questions, perform specific tasks, and identify/solve problems.

• You will obtain and use information from a web-based source in order to guide revisions, improving voice and style and achieving intendedpurpose and effect.

Obtain – Develop• Read through questions on ½ sheet• Go to Lab B• Complete questions

Reflect - Apply• What is the most important piece of information you learned

to day? • What will you do tonight? • What is theme? • What was the central point of the sample essay? • What will your central point be?

• Write a maximum 2 page personal statement • Typed = Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced• Proper MLA heading = upper left-hand corner of the first page,

list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date• Due tomorrow

Hook, Housekeeping, Homework • Turn your homework into the basket

• Consider the following questions:• What are the basic components of any essay?• How can you make your essay stand out as a unique representation of

you as an individual? • What is useful feedback?

• Homework: Based on peer editing & feedback, as well as self editing and reflection, revise your personal statement maximum 2 page personal statement • Typed = Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced• Proper MLA heading = upper left-hand corner of the first page, list

your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date• Due Monday

Standards & Objectives

3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose e. Critique own writing and the writing of others from the perspective of the intended audience to guide revisions, improve voice and style (word choice, sentence variety, figurative language) and achieve intended purpose and effect

• You will be able to provide written (and oral) feedback to a peer in order to guide essay revisions focused on a well-organized statement that achieves an intended purpose and effect

Break it down• written feedback = complete peer editing sheet + write on

drafts• well-organized statement = intro/thesis, body,

conclusion/theme• purpose – to expound on achievements, to showcase unique

interests/personality/traits• effect – emotional and/or intellectual response

Feedback: What would be most helpful?1. Good job!2. I like the way you used the same metaphor throughout your essay. The flower comparison

pulled me in and allowed me something to visualize - you as a growing, evolving student.3. Good effort.4. I’m wondering if “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is too cliché? What item or idea might

represent you more?5. It’s kinda confusing; you might want to re-organize it. 6. I think if you switch these paragraphs, it will make more sense because then I’ll have some

background information.7. I don’t really see anything wrong.8. Could you tell me a bit more about this situation or what you were trying to say here?

….Maybe you could add in what you just told me because it is hard to understand without that information.

9. You should check your spelling.10. I marked some commas in the text, but you may want to double check with Ms. Durland.11. Wow, mine sucks. Yours is much better.12. I understood where paragraph 2 was headed because of your topic sentence, but paragraph 3

seems less organized.

Feedback: What would be most helpful?

1. You used the words get/got often, so I highlighted them all, and I tried to suggest a few more powerful verbs or the correct linking verb where appropriate.

2. Do you have a theme? I couldn’t figure it out.3. I think you were trying to say that you are a person that is always up for a challenge, but I don’t

see that stated. Is there a way you can make that more explicit?4. Great story!5. I like the story you shared about your car accident; it was very descriptive. I’m trying to

understand, though, what it shows the reader about who you are as a person; in other words, what is the point of telling that story?

6. I don’t have much to tell you… looks good.7. You started 5 out of 8 sentences in paragraph 2 almost exactly the same way. I noted how you

might re-word one sentence to add variety and make connections.8. Wow! You write really well!9. I like the imagery and bit of dialogue you used; it makes the essay come alive.10. I like it. 11. Have you considered adding an anecdote or example here to show a time when your

grandmother modeled love for you? How does she show you love?12. I felt happy when I finished reading your essay. I underlined specific lines that really evoked that

mood, that showed your joy for life.

This is what I want to “hear”• I like the story you shared about your car accident; it was very descriptive. I’m trying to understand, though, what it

shows the reader about who you are as a person; in other words, what is the point of telling that story?• I think if you switch these paragraphs, it will make more sense because then I’ll have some background information.• Have you considered adding an anecdote or example here to show a time when your grandmother modeled love for

you? How does she show you love?• I understood where paragraph 2 was headed because of your topic sentence, but paragraph 3 seems less organized. • I think you were trying to say that you are a person that is always up for a challenge, but I don’t see that stated. Is

there a way you can make that more explicit?• I like the way you used the same metaphor throughout your essay. The flower comparison pulled me in and allowed

me something to visualize - you as a growing, evolving student.• I’m wondering if “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is too cliché? What item or idea might represent you more?• Could you tell me a bit more about this situation or what you were trying to say here? ….Maybe you could add in

what you just told me because it is hard to understand without that information. • I marked some commas in the text, but you may want to double check with Ms. Durland.• You used the words get/got often, so I highlighted them all, and I tried to suggest a few more powerful verbs or the

correct linking verb where appropriate.• You started 5 out of 8 sentences in paragraph 2 almost exactly the same way. I noted how you might re-word one

sentence to add variety and make connections.• I felt happy when I finished reading your essay. I underlined specific lines that really evoked that mood, that showed

your joy for life.

You Do – 20 minutes• Read essay aloud to yourself for first impression• Re-read silently• Respond to the questions on the peer editing sheet• Use the peer editing sheet as a guide to make notations on the

draft• Be prepared to briefly conference with the author• 1 major strength• 1 major need

We Do – 10 minutes• Conference with the author• Return draft and give peer editing notes to the author

Reflection• What was the best advice you gave your peer or that you

received? Why was it good advice?

Homework Application • Revise & Edit a maximum 2 page personal statement• typed (Times New Roman, 12 point, double spaced)• MLA heading (upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your

name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date)• Due Tuesday