Unit 1 Assessment 1: synthesis explanatory essay

• DUE DATE: Monday 8/19/13 or Tuesday 8/20/13
• rubric, prompt, graphic organizer
  texts: summer reading packet, "Is War Inevitable?" by E. O. Wilson (Discover June 2012), "No, War is Not Inevitable" by John Horgan (Discover June 2012), "Violence Vanquished" by Steven Pinker (The Wall Street Journal 24 Sept. 2011), "The Moral Equivalent of War" excpert by William James
• REVISION: self-reflection, thesis and topic sentence templates
  sample essays with commentary: 1 grade 90, 2 grade 90, 3 grade 83, 4 grade 83, 5 grade 80 

Unit 1 Assessment 2: war poetry comparison essay

• DUE DATE: Wednesday 9/11/13
• rubric, thesis template, essay guide, poetry packet, tone chart, theme
• REVISION:  self-reflection, revision guide with student sample sentences
  sample essay with commentary: 1 grade 92, Godat's essay about irony and absurdity

Unit 1 Assessment 3: pre-AP multiple-choice analysis

• DUE DATE: Monday 9/30/13 or Tuesday 10/1/13 
• instructions and rubric, glossary of literary terminology, sample AP student drafts, sample Honors 10th draft. BOYD's sample paragraph, Things Fall Apart Q33 topic sentences

Unit 1 Assessment 4: tragic figure character development explanatory essay

• IN-CLASS WRITING: Thursday 10/3/13 or Friday 10/4/13
• instructions and rubric, thesis template and essay organizer, character development graphic organizer, What's so tragic about tragedy? notes

BONUS Extension Assessments:
Macbeth and Things Fall Apart vocabulary acquisition AND PSAT question analysis

• DUE DATE: Monday 10/14/13 and Tuesday 10/15/13
• instructions and word lists, PSAT analysis instructions

Unit 1 Assessment 5: Socratic seminar

• DUE DATE: Thursday 10/17/13 or Friday 10/18/13
• rubric, graphic organizer