AP Language and Composition/Mr. Tyler 2004-2005
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Second Semester Calendar/January 11th - June 1st, 2004
Download your assignments here if you miss class! Also, get core handouts for your notebook from this page (most new handouts will be on the front page for at least one to two weeks)
Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1.10-1.14

 

1.17-1.21
Martin Luther King Holiday (no school)
Root Test #4
Root Test #4
1.24-1.28
Poetry Vocab Test #1
Fast Food Nation/The Jungle
MC Quiz #1
Fast Food Nation/The Jungle
MC Quiz #1
FFN Assessment #1
FFN Assessment #1
2.6-2.10

Poetry Notebook 1-3 due; FFN Assessment #2 due

MC Quiz #3 (Zero, 2nd)
NHS Clean-Up week, see Mr. Tyler!

Root Test #6 (Zero, 2nd); Jungle Question
2.7-2.11

Poetry Notebook 1-3 due; FFN Assessment #2 due

MC Quiz #3 (Zero, 2nd)
NHS Clean-Up week, see Mr. Tyler!

Poetry Notebook #4 and Notebook #5 assigned (due 2.11 6th period, 2.14 Zero and 2nd)
Root Test #6 (Zero, 2nd); Jungle Question (from Chapters 3, 9, 11, 12 or 13, 27, 29)
Root Test #6 (6th); Jungle question
(from Chapters 3, 9, 11, 12 or 13, 27 or 29)
2.14-2.18
Poetry Notebook 4-5 due; Jungle question due
FFN Major Essay due 2.22
"Love Song" due Thursday, 2.17
"Love Song" due Friday (0, 6th)
Root List #7 (test 2.22, 0 and 6th

"Love Song" due (2nd)
Root List #7
(test 2.23, 2nd)

Separate Peace begins 2.22
Next NHS Meeting 2.24.05
2.21-2.25
President's Day; No School
FFN Major Essay due (2nd)
AIMS Day (1/2 day for non-AIMS participants)
Separate Peace begins
FFN Major Essay due (0 and 6th)
AIMS Day (1/2 day for non-AIMS participants)
Separate Peace
begins
NHS Meeting during conf.
Root Test #7
In-class Poetry notebook (#6 and #7)
Root Test #7
Independent Reading due Monday, 2.28
In-class Poetry notebook (#6 and #7)
3.7-3.11
Separate Peace 9-11, w/discussion
Zero Hour does not meet, 2nd: Separate Peace test,
Zero and 6th: Separate Peace test; Essay Prompt canceled (details given on Wed.)

Zero; 2nd: Root Test: 2nd: AP MC Quiz; Twelth Night begins 3.29

Zero and 6th: AP Multiple Choice Quiz; Root Test (Zero and 6th)
Twelth Night begins 3.29

3.28-4.1
Twelfth Night Begins
Week Agenda (with Act I and II assignments)
Twelfth Night Begins
Week Agenda (with Act I and II assignments)
Root Test on 4.1 (Zero, 6th)

Act I Assignments due
Root Test #8

Act I Assignments due
Root Test #8
4.4-4.9
Weekly Planner
Root Test #8
Act II Assignments Due
Root List #9
Act III Assignments due
Act III Assignments due

Act IV Reading due (in-class assignment)

Act IV Assignments due (in-class assignment)
4.25-4.29
Timed Writing (2nd)
Chapter 6 Reading completed


Timed Writing (Zero and 6th)
Gatsby Reflection Essay

Chapter 6-7 Reading completed

Chapter 7-8 Great Gatsby (Zero and 2nd)
Gatsby Reflection Essay #2 (due 5.4 in Zero and 6th, 5.5 Zero)

"List of Doom" due
Chapter 7-8 Great Gatsby due
5.9-5.13

Bean Trees Begins
Chapters 1-2 due 5.10, 5.11
Parallelism Handout
Agenda 5.9-5.27

Gatsby editorial due (2nd)
Bean Trees Chapters 1-2 due; 3-6 due Thursday/Friday

Gatsby editorial due (Zero and 6th)
Bean Trees Chapters 1-2 due; 3-6 due Thursday/Friday

Bean Trees Chap. 3-6 due
Quiz possible Chap. 1-6/Socratic Seminar
College Essay Work Begins

Bean Trees Chap. 3-6 due
Quiz possible Chap. 1-6
/Socratic Seminar
College Essay Work Begins
5.16-5.20

Bean Trees novel completion 5.19/5.20
Agenda 5.9-5.27

AP Essay Final Exam CHANGED!!! Topic will be a timed writing in 2nd (5.19), and Zero and 6th: (5.20)
Bean Trees novel due Zero and 2nd period on 5.19, 5.20 6th period.

6th: AP Essay Timed Writing (40 minutes)
Final Draft College Essay Application will be turned in to Turnitin.com on 5.25. This replaces the AP Essay that was to go in that spot.

2nd: AP Essay Timed Writing (40 minutes)
Bean Trees Test CANCELLED
Bean Trees Group Q & A discussion (Zero and 2nd period)

Zero: AP Essay Timed Writing (40 minutes)
Bean Trees Test CANCELLED
Bean Trees Group Q & A discussion (6th period)
           

First Semester Calendar/July 27th-December 23rd, 2004
Download your assignments here if you miss class! Also, get core handouts for your notebook from this page (most new handouts will be on the front page for at least one to two weeks)

Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
7.27-7.30

First Day of School
Syllabus

8.2-8.6
Due: Prairie Town Boy (2nd)
Due: Prairie Town Boy (0, 6th)
8.9-8.13
Due: "Young Goodman Brown" Analysis (Zero, 2nd)
Due: "Young Goodman Brown" Analysis (6th)
Due: The Crucible Act I (Zero, 2nd)
Vocabulary Prefix-Suffix Quiz #1

Due: The Crucible Act I (6th)
Vocabulary Prefix-Suffix Quiz #1

8.16-8.20
Due: The Crucible Act II (Zero, 2nd, 6th)
Due: The Crucible Act III (Zero, 2nd)
Due: The Crucible Act III (6th)
8.23-8.27
AP Week 5 Lesson Guide (Word):
Prefix-Suffix-Root Quiz #3
Due: The Crucible Act IV (all classes)
Media Literacy Power Point lecture
Crucible Essay Paragraphs due
Due: Antony/Brutus Persuasive Dialogue due (Zero, 2nd)
Due: Antony/Brutus Persuasive Dialogue due (6th)
8.30-9.03
Style Analysis Vocabulary Quiz
Style Analysis Vocabulary Quiz
Don't forget your Media Literacy Project due 9.9, 9.10
9.06-9.10
Literary Terms Vocabulary Quiz #1
Literary Terms Vocabulary Quiz #1
Into the Wild begins Monday, 9.13
9.13-9.17
Into the Wild Study Question deadlines are variable this week...
...see Lesson Guide for exact deadlines for assignments
Literary Terms Vocabulary Quiz #2 (moved to 9.20)
Literary Terms Vocabulary Quiz #2 (moved to 9.20)
9.20-9.24
AP Week 9 Lesson Guide (Word):
Literary Terms Vocabulary Quiz #2
"Walden Weekend" due
Chapter 10-13 (Into the Wild) due 0, 2nd
Chapter 10-13 (Into the Wild) due 6th
Chapter 14-15 (Into the Wild) due 2nd
Chapter 14-15 (Into the Wild) due 6th
10.18-10.22
No School
No School
"The Lottery" Reading Log due 2nd
"The Lottery" Reading Log due Zero, 6th
10.25-10.29
Research Topic Idea due ALL CLASSES!
"Fall of the House of Usher" Reading log due Zero, 2nd
"Fall of the House of Usher" Reading log due 6th
Controlling Purpose due Zero, 2nd
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Reading log due Zero, 2nd
Controlling Purpose due 6th
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Reading log due 6th
11.01-11.05
Discussion of Research Paper Source and Note Cards
Discussion of Research Paper Source and Note Cards
Source Cards (5 Sources) due Zero, 2nd
Huckleberry Finn: Reading Log #10 and Analysis Questions due
Source Cards (5 Sources) due 6th
Huckleberry Finn: Reading Log #10 and Analysis Questions due
11.08-11.12
Chapters 16-20 Finn Study Questions Due
Chapters 16-20 Finn Study Questions Due
Veteran's Day (No Classes)
Huckleberry Finn: Reading Log #6 due (Passage Analysis)
11.15-11.19
50 Notecards due
Chapters 21-30 Finn Study Questions Due Zero, 2nd
Chapters 21-30 Finn Study Questions Due 6th
11.22-11.24
Root Test #1 (2nd)
Chapters 34-43 Study Questions due

Root Test #1 (Zero, 6th)
Chapters 34-43 Study Questions due

Thanksgiving Day (No Classes)
National Holiday Shopping Day
(No Classes)
11.29-12.03
AP Multiple Choice Prompt
AP Multiple Choice Prompt
Research Paper Rough Draft due
Root Test #2
12.6-12.10
Allusion and Archetype Assignment due
Research Paper FINAL DRAFT DUE
Root Test #3

 

Major Handouts for AP English 11
AP Independent Reading Handout (Students, this is the form you need to complete the independent reading assignments for this class this semester. Be prepared to discuss your books in monthly forums during block schedule days)

AP Independent Reading Handout (PDF) (Here is a PDF version of the AP Independent Reading Form. Use this if your Word does not work, or you do not possess Microsoft Word!
A Research Guide for Students Research paper coming for one of your classes? This cite will take you from start to finish...except provide you with the research and the paper.

 

Researchpaper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com
This is a large collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. Some of the items on this list do cost a little money.

Guide for Writing Research Papers
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
Read the Modern Language Association's guide to doing research, taking notes, quoting, plagiarism and formatting for research papers.

 

Useful links to sites on writing:

Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
This part of the Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides extensive information on and assistance with grammar, mechanics, and usage as it relates to writing.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
This part of the OWL site offers handouts and exercises on different aspects of research and the writing of research papers. It includes an extensive tutorial on research papers, called "Research Paper Workshop." There are also PowerPoint presentations related to research and citing sources.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html
This part of the OWL site deals with "General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres)." This portion of the site is useful for all genres (types) of writing assignments.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
This part of the OWL page supplements the information on "when to document a source."

Grammar Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm
This Handbook explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage.

Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
For help with using transitions more effectively

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
For help with using keywords as transitions

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
For help with avoiding wordiness especially "it is," "there is," and "there are" at the beginning of sentences and the vague use of "this," "which," and "that."

Dartmouth College Composition Center
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
For more on using insert notes, documenting sources, and plagiarism

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/what.html
This part of Dartmouth College Composition Center provides extensive assistance in "Writing the Academic Paper." Some of the topics covered are what is an academic paper, coming up with your topic, developing ideas and finding your thesis, revising: cultivating a critical eye, attending to grammar, and attending to style.

English Language Reference Page
http://www.jindagi.com/ref
Search for the meaning of a word in multiple dictionaries. Finds idioms, phrases, rhymes, and thesaurus results for that word.

 

Media Literacy Sources
ACME
Action Coalition for Media Education has plenty of information to get you rolling.
Media Literacy Resources
Get even more help from this site, including our look into advertising later this semester.

Prose Analysis Mnemonics  

Diction:
The connotation of the word choice
Images :
Vivid appeals to understanding through the senses
Details:
Facts that are included or those omitted
Language:
The overall use of language, such as formal, clinical, jargon
Syntax:
(Sentence Structure) how structure affects the reader’s attitude
Subject: The general topic, content, and ideas
Occasion:
The time and place of the piece
Audience:
Group of readers to whom this piece is directed
Purpose:
Reason Behind the text
Speaker:
The voice that tells the story

 


Advanced Placement Sources
College Board (AP Language and Composition Course Perspective)
Find out what this course is all about from the National Level

Rhetorical Writing
Handbook of Rhetorical Terms
Expand your knowledge of rhetorical terms and strengthen your academic prowness.
Rhetorical Fallacies
Get even more information on Rhetorical devices

Writing Sources Online
Problems with Literary Citations
Don't go any further with your thesis statement until you check out this site on writing an excellent thesis.
Thesis Writing
Need help with your thesis statements? Check out this handy guide to writing a strong thesis, which leads to a great paper.
Thesis Writing Part II
Don't go any further with your thesis statement until you check out this site on writing an excellent thesis.
Literary Essay
Get some basics on the literary essay and some helpful tools.
Quote Use in Essays! (IMPORTANT LINK)
Using quotes in essays is an essential element for success in Mr. Tyler's class. Find out how to use these now!
Examples of Literary Analysis Paragraphs
Need more help? Check out this web site!

Mr. Tyler's Editorials NEW!: Here are some requested examples of Mr. Tyler's editorial work. They are in Microsoft Word files for easy viewing

High School Education Not Worth As Much
The Quiet Problem

Reflections


Useful links to sites on writing research papers:

Researchpaper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com
This is a large collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. Some of the items on this list do cost a little money.

Guide for Writing Research Papers
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
Read the Modern Language Association's guide to doing research, taking notes, quoting, plagiarism and formatting for research papers.

Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
This part of the Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides extensive information on and assistance with grammar, mechanics, and usage as it relates to writing.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
This part of the OWL site offers handouts and exercises on different aspects of research and the writing of research papers. It includes an extensive tutorial on research papers, called "Research Paper Workshop." There are also PowerPoint presentations related to research and citing sources.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html
This part of the OWL site deals with "General Writing Concerns (Planning/Writing/Revising/Genres)." This portion of the site is useful for all genres (types) of writing assignments.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
This part of the OWL page supplements the information on "when to document a source."

Grammar Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm
This Handbook explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage.

Literacy Education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/transitioncues.html
For help with using transitions more effectively

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/cohesion.html
For help with using keywords as transitions

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
For help with avoiding wordiness especially "it is," "there is," and "there are" at the beginning of sentences and the vague use of "this," "which," and "that."

Dartmouth College Composition Center
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
For more on using insert notes, documenting sources, and plagiarism

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~compose/student/ac_paper/what.html
This part of Dartmouth College Composition Center provides extensive assistance in "Writing the Academic Paper." Some of the topics covered are what is an academic paper, coming up with your topic, developing ideas and finding your thesis, revising: cultivating a critical eye, attending to grammar, and attending to style.

English Language Reference Page
http://www.jindagi.com/ref
Search for the meaning of a word in multiple dictionaries. Finds idioms, phrases, rhymes, and thesaurus results for that word.