9/27-10/1

Monday:  "On the Rainy River"

Tuesday:  Writing activity

Wednesday: "How to Tell a True War Story"

Thursday:  "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."  "Things I Carry" piece due.

Friday:  ""The Man I Killed" and "Ambush"

For Monday:  "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"

9/20-9/24

Monday:  Presentation of terms

Tuesday:  Story Truth vs. Happening Truth:  Intro to The Things They Carried.  Personal "Things I Carry" piece due Monday, 9/27.

Wednesday:  Finish terms.

Thursday:  Discussion of chapter 1, "The Things They Carry." 

Friday:  Group/Pair work.  Discussions of  chapters begin Monday.

9/13-9/17

Monday:  Discuss the Rhetorical Triangle.  Read and discuss "How to write with style" and "The Ten Commandments of Writing."  Apply info to letters.  HW:  Read "Doing a Rhetorical Analysis of a Text."

Tuesday:  Terms, terms, and more terms.  Posters due Monday, 9/20.

Wednesday:  Close analysis of passage from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Thursday:  In-class writing:  AP prompt

Friday:  Review of writing.

9/7-9/10

Welcome to AP Language!

Engage in active discussions about Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  Read and discuss "Living with the Dead" and "Revealed: The Falling Man."  Here is an excellent article from Esquire on The Falling Man.

For Monday, 9/13, write two letters about your first week as a high school senior.  One letter should be to a friend; one letter should be to an elder.