Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) MC practice
3) Small group seminars: Dilsey's section
4) Apples to Apples (continued)

Coming up:
1) Your benchmark is on Monday! Make sure you prepare--review practice material!

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) Close reading practice--write a thesis statement
3) Jason's section group work--Edtisement passages
4) Work on your papers

Coming up:
Prepare for your benchmark on Monday!

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) MC Practice
3) Class discussion: Jason's section
4) Group discussion: Jason's section, symbolism, structure, narration, etc

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) Discuss Quentin's section--questions and close reading
3) Writing practice--analyze a poem, write a thesis statement
4) Writing practice--review example essays. Look for the major three questions:
* what is the poem about?
* what is the point?
* How does the poem make that point?
* Examine structure, style.
5) How would you revise a lower level essay to make it better?

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) Practice MC passage and check Essential Lit
3) Close reading of pages 150-164 (Group annotations/small group discussion)
4) Class seminar (ungraded) of Quentin

Coming up:
1) Finish the group annotations for Quentin's section
2) Read Jason's section for Wednesday, be prepared for discussion
3) Prepare for your benchmark next week

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) Discuss GCRPs
3) Review MC passage from yesterday
4) Discuss Q's section--questions and themes of S&F so far
5) Annotate Century Quilt

Coming up:
1) You have an essential lit assignment due on Monday
2) Your S&F paper is due after break
3) You have an S&F MWDS due after break
4) Your benchmark is coming up in 2 weeks (the week before break)

Today, I woke up feeling exceedingly ill and so I did not make it in today.

While I'm not there, you should do the following:
1) Complete the MC practice on your own or in groups.
2) Finish reading Quentin's section
3) Discuss the questions for Quentin's section on the paper that was given out in class. I have also attached it here.

Tomorrow, we will review the MC practice and talk about Quentin's section (and play Apples to Apples: AP Lit style)

I'm sorry I wasn't there today, but I'm looking forward to seeing all of your lovely faces tomorrow!

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading: using participles to combine sentences
2) AP Lit Check in--use the google form to let me know how you are feeling about the course, S&F, and what I can do to help you
3) Student choice for discussing S&F

Coming up:
1) You have an essential Lit assignment due on Monday
2) Make sure you have completely read Quentin's section by Thursday
3) Make sure you are working on your S&F paper
4) Your benchmark is coming up in 2 weeksT

Today's agenda:
1) Spotlight reading
2) Introduce (fill in the blank) notes
3) Group annotations for Quentin's section

Coming up:
1) You have an essential Lit assignment due on Monday
2) Make sure you have completely read Quentin's section by Thursday
3) Make sure you are working on your S&F paper
4) Your benchmark is coming up in 2 weeks

Today's Agenda:
1) Spotlight Reading
2) Make up assignments from Friday (block 1: GCRP, block 3: Creative Writing exercise)
3) Discuss Quentin's section--initial reactions, comparisons to Benjy's section
4) Group annotations of the first few pages of Quentin's section
5) Review first passage from the previous benchmark

Coming up:
Keep up with your reading for S&F
Your essay and MWDS is due in the next few weeks. Pay attention to due dates on the calendar.
Your next benchmark is