Class #64: Friday, 3/13—All Day

1. Coronavirus update:
   • No school for 2 weeks
   • Work on finishing your OR book
   • Work on finishing your note cards
   • Extra m-c practice? Visit here: myap.collegeboard.org 
2. Grade and discuss AP m-c quiz
3. Return & discuss doubleheaders (w/samples)

Homework:

• 15 note cards due when you return to SPHS
• OR book due 4/7 

1. Administer AP m-c quiz
2. Review sample brief write (security camera) w/class
3. Practice CAASPP Brief Writes #5 and #6
4. Reading and research time

Homework:

• 15 notecards due Tues., 3/17 
• OR book due 4/7 

Class #62: Monday, 3/9

1. Peer edit masculinity/femininity timed write (w/2 stars & 1 wish)
2. Evaluate sample paragraph on document camera
3. Introduce SIRS database
4. Collect 6 notecards
5. Research (or reading) time—remainder of the period

Homework:

• AP m-c quiz on Wed., 3/11
• 15 notecards due Tues., 3/17 
• OR book due 4/7 

1. Announcement: CAASPP test starts on Tuesday, 3/17
   • Be proud of your work
   • Show what you know
   • Good practice for AP/SAT
   • Ask for notepaper during the listening section
2. “Yellow Wallpaper” fishbowl questions—first in 4s, then send a representative
3. Journal entry: How do “Lost,” “Polly Baker,” “I Want a Wife” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” define masculinity and/or femininity? Write one paragraph in 10 minutes.
4. Introduce research paper prompt and note-taking organizer

Homework:

• Bring OR book to class on Mon.
• Complete six note cards to class on Mon.
• AP m-c quiz on Wed.

Class #60: Tuesday, 3/3 

1. PPT warm-up: “Polly Baker” (organize independently and then have debate)
2. Correct AP m-c quiz (Trinidad)
3. Debrief “Lost in the Kitchen”—discuss questions at the end of article w/clock partner
4. Discussion:
   • What does “gaslighting” mean?
   • What’s the best way to manipulate someone?
   • Which types of individuals are easiest to manipulate?
   • Given a gender binary, who’s easier to manipulate: men or women?
5. Start reading and annotating “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Homework:

• Finish “Yellow Wallpaper” for Thurs.
• Return Gatsby to the SPHS library, if needed
• OR book due 4/7 

1. Oath of integrity: “I promise to uphold my personal integrity and not give details to students in other classes.
2. Administer double-header (90 minutes)
   • Synthesis
   • Argument

Homework:

• OR book due 4/7 

1. Administer AP m-c quiz 
2. Debrief synthesis paragraph w/clock partner (2 stars & 1 wish) and project 1 on the doc camera
3. Gather OR book titles—write on 3 x 5 card; EC if book is on the desk
4. Return Crèvecoeur essays (w/sample)
   • What did the writer do well?
   • How could the writer improve?
   • How does this compare to yours?

Homework:

• 200-point doubleheader (synthesis and argument) on Thursday
• Start on OR book—due 4/7 

Class #57: Friday, 2/21 

1. PPT warm-up: satirize a contemporary event
2. Share CAASPP listening results
3. Correct AP m-c quiz
4. Finish “Polly Baker” discussion (w/sticks)
   • What are Polly Baker’s primary arguments?
   • How does Baker address her critics? What points does she make?
   • What rhetorical strategies does she use? What are the effects of these strategies?
   • Do you think her speech is effective? Why or why not?
5. “I Want a Wife” discussion questions (in 4s)
6. Journal entry: According to “Polly Baker” and “I Want a Wife,” what are the roles of women? Synthesize and provide thoughtful analysis. (10 minutes)

Homework:

• AP m-c quiz on Tues.
• OR title share on Tues.; EC if you have the book in class
• Start OR book; it’s due 4/7 

1. Administer AP m-c quiz
2. Give OR reading list—select book by Tues.; read by 4/7 
3. Ch. 9 Gatsby warm-up
4. Share 3 “Polly Baker” annotations w/partner
5. Start discussion (w/sticks):
   • What are Polly Baker’s primary arguments?
   • How does Baker address her critics? What points does she make?
   • What rhetorical strategies does she use? What are the effects of these strategies?
   • Do you think her speech is effective? Why or why not?
6. SBAC practice: Listen & Interpret

Homework:

• Read and annotate “I Want a Wife” and “Lost in the Kitchen” for Fri.
• Bring OR book to class on Tues.
• Read OR book by 4/7