English I GT & PreAP First Six Weeks
August 24th – October 2nd, 2009 Candace Brawner, Cynthia Cox & Linda Hill
(Subject to Change – This calendar is our goal, but it is subject to change.
Always check the MAIN website, www.quia.com/pages/cincopreapenglish.html.)
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Friday |
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August 24
Assign Get to Know You Letters – due Wed.
Syllabus
Vocabulary Handout: Test Friday |
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Reader Response Cards |
26
Analyze Jefferson’s diaries - ALBD
Reader Response Cards
Student Letters Due |
27
Close Reading Practice with TKAM |
28
Vocabulary Test
(+5 for flash cards) |
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31
Grammar Review: Capitalization and Punctuation
GUM pages due 9/9
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September 1
Close Reading Practice with TKAM
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2
Go over Study Questions
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3
Test Review
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4
Final Test over Summer Reading
Start Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions: Complete Part One by 9/15
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7
Labor Day
Holiday
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8
Background on TKAM – coding: art, music, historical background
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions
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9
Grammar Quiz
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions
GUM pages due |
10
Read Kauffman
Discuss deconstructing the AP prompt
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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Thesis Sentences with Kauffman article
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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14
Debrief Thesis Sentences with Student Examples
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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TKAM Reading Quiz
Timed Write Prep: Pre-Writing, Snippets, etc.
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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Timed Write #1- TKAM Part One
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions: Complete Part 2 by 9/24 |
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Study Questions Review
Rhetorical Devices in TKAM
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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Rhetorical Devices in TKAM
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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Debrief Timed Write #1
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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Timed Write #2
Continue Reading TKAM and Answer Study Questions |
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TKAM Test Review |
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TKAM Test |
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Discuss Multi-Genre Research in class |
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28
Debrief Timed Write #2
Begin reading Book I of TOAFK – quiz on 10/9 |
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Multi-Genre
Research
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30
Multi-Genre
Research
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October 1
Multi-Genre
Research
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2
Early Dismissal
Multi-Genre
Research
Outline for essay section due (daily grade)
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