Week of September 7, 2009

English 12 Essential Curriculum Objectives:

1. The student will demonstrate the ability to respond to a text by employing critical analysis.
2. The student will compose an authentic response to a personal college essay question.
   

English 12 AP/GT~Periods 2, 3, 4A~Literary Analysis of British and World Literature, Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, Preparation for the AP English Literature and Composition Exam, Independent Literary Criticism and MLA Research

• HW--Introductory Essay Assignment (100) due Tuesday 9/8
• HW--Independent Reading of Part First of Jude the Obscure due Thursday 9/10 for Test (100) and Discussion
  
• In-Class AP Multiple Choice; Follow-up Analysis and Discussion
• Introduction to Victorian Literature and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Analysis of "Ulysses" by Tennyson
• In-Class College Essay Overview, Packet, and Prompts/Topics

English 12 Honors~Period 4B~Literary Analysis of British and American Literature, Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model, Collegiate Writing with 6+1 Writing Traits, Creative Writing, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the SAT and the AP Language and Composition Exam, and MLA Research

• HW--Independent Reading of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (pgs. 3-24) due Wednesday 9/9 for Discussion
  
• HW--Reading Survey (50) due Friday 9/11
• HW--Introductory Essay (100) due Monday 9/21
  
• Introduction and Rationale for the Reading Apprenticeship Model
• In-Class SAT Multiple Choice; Follow-up Analysis and Discussion
• In-Class College Essay Overview, Packet, and Prompts/Topics