SUMMER ASSIGNMENT:

• instructions for reading, current events, and vocabulary acquisition tasks

EXTENDED TEXTS:

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

• online text
• audiobook with full text
• LitCharts notes on background, plot, characters, themes, and analysis
• summary & analysis (Thug Notes video)
• Prometheus myth (online text, "Prometheus" by Lord Byron)
• Paradise Lost by John Milton (online text with illustrations, audiobook)
• "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (online text with illustrations, audiobook of Parts I-III, audiobook of Parts IV & V, audiobook of Parts VI & VII

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

• online text 
• LitCharts notes on background, plot, characters, themes, and analysis 
• Vietnam War terms and abbreviations 

WEEK of AUGUST 3

Monday 8/3/15

• OPENING ACTIVITY: weighing and evaluating the "things" students carry (graphic organizer)
• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION: analysis of "The Things They Carried" (graphic organizer) 
• INDEPENDENT WORK or HOMEWORK: Frankenstein Letter IV Applied Practice multiple-choice questions 

Wednesday 8/5/15

• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Frankenstein Letter IV Applied Practice multiple-choice questions (answers submitted via Socrative.com) 
• GUIDED DISCUSSION: Frankenstein Letter IV Applied Practice multiple-choice questions
• MINI-LESSONS: allusion (Campy Khan video, WarnerJordanEducation video) and frame narrative (Boyd's PPT, WarnerJordanEducation video) 
• VIEWING AND LISTENING: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" audio visual and text with illustrations

Friday 8/7/15

• ADMINISTRATOR VISIT to Senior English classes
• VIEWING AND LISTENING (completed): "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" audio visual and text with illustrations
• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION: analysis of Walton's letters, frame narrative of Frankenstein (instructions)  
• INTRODUCTION TO UNIT ASSESSMENTS: potential FRQ 3 prompts (questions) and Socratic seminar prompt (graphic organizer)   

WEEK of AUGUST 10

Tuesday 8/10/15

• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION (completed): analysis of Walton's letters, frame narrative of Frankenstein (instructions) 
• GUIDED CLASS DISCUSSION: significance of Walton's letters to frame narrative, allusion, themes  
• GUIDED PRACTICE: transforming AP Exam FRQ 3 prompts into questions (topics) 
• FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: thesis for AP Exam FRQ 3 practice prompts for Frankenstein (questions) submitted via Socrative.com
• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION: revision of thesis and outline for AP Exam FRQ 3 practice prompts for Frankenstein (questions)

Thursday 8/12/15

• Frankenstein summer reading analysis task DUE (instructions) 
• DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: Henry County Schools Student Learning Objective (SLO) pre-assessment 
• INDEPENDENT READING/HOMEWORK: reading and annotation of "Shooting an Elephant"  

WEEK of AUGUST 17

Monday 8/17/15

• GUIDED DISCUSSION: introduction to Orwell, Burma, and the British Empire (NPR article, New York Times article) 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: analysis of  "Shooting an Elephant" (close-reading questions)

Wednesday 8/19/15

• GUIDED DISCUSSION: analysis of  "Shooting an Elephant" (close-reading questions) 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: significance of shift in pathos to the meaning of Frankenstein
• SELF-REFLECTION: ranking of most effective stories in The Things They Carried (submitted via Socrative.com)   
• GUIDED CLOSE-READING: point of view and theme of "How Annandale Went Out"
• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION: theme statements for "How Annandale Went Out"
• HOMEWORK: imagery (Josh Rueff video, illustrations of irony from Rime of the Ancient Mariner) AND analysis of imagery and theme in "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
• HOMEWORK: reading and annotation of "The History Teacher"  

Friday 8/21/15

• MINI-LESSON: situational irony (TED-Ed video), dramatic irony (TED-Ed video)
• SMALL-GROUP WORK: analysis of "The History Teacher" (close-reading questions) 
• SMALL-GROUP WORK:  analysis of theme and characterization of The Things They Carried story [(1) "On the Rainy River," (2) "Enemies," "Friends," "The Ghost Soldiers" (3) "How to Tell a True War Story, (4) "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, (5) "The Man I Killed," "Ambush," "Good Form," (6) "Speaking of Courage," "Notes" ] (analysis questions)

WEEK of AUGUST 24

Tuesday 8/25/15

• GROUP PRESENTATIONS: analysis of theme and characterization of The Things They Carried stories
• SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION: theme statements for unit texts  
• INDEPENDENT WORK & TEACHER CONFERENCING: thesis statements and outlines for FRQ 3 assessment  (potential prompts, essay organizer)

Thursday 8/27/15

• INDEPENDENT WORK & TEACHER CONFERENCING: thesis statements and outlines for FRQ 3 assessment  (potential prompts, essay organizer)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: Socratic seminar preparation (graphic organizer)

WEEK of AUGUST 31

Monday 8/31/15

• ASSESSMENT: AP Exam FRQ 3 essay, topic selected at beginning of class (potential prompts, essay organizer)
• INDEPENDENT WORK: Socratic seminar preparation (graphic organizer)

Wednesday 9/2/15 

• ASSESSMENT:  Socratic seminar discussion (graphic organizer) [with online discussion on TodaysMeet.com]