Sophomore English Pre-AP: 2012 First Quarter Schedule
Ms. Lawrynovicz
Note: This is a tentative schedule. It is subject to change as needed.
Warning: Unannounced reading check quizzes over assigned material may be given at any time,
so keep up with your reading!
AUGUST
27
Course Intro: Why this
class is so awesome, and
how to get the most out of
it
HW: Read handouts for
block day & review terms
SEPTEMBER
3
LABOR
DAY
HOLIDAY
10
How is a raven like a
writing desk?: Connecting
other works to LOTF;
Plus: Have you been
thinking about your
paper?
28
Diagnostic Essay: Show
me that you can think and
write coherently. Make
Feudo and Alston proud!
29/30
LOTF discussion & passage analysis.
(Can all of this psychobabble tell us
anything useful about Golding’s
purpose?)
HW: Read handouts
HW: Read critical theory handout
4
LOTF: passage analysis &
AP quiz (Remember these?
Aren’t they fun?)
5/6
Test Practice: timed writing with
post-mortem. (How was yours? Good,
bad, or ugly? Ok, well, how do we fix
ugly?)
HW: Stop procrastinating!
Review your terms!
HW: Review your terms! It’s now or
never!
11
LOTF TEST W/SHORT
TIMED WRITING:
Symbolism, psychological
theories, language use,
purpose—know it all!
12/13
Recommendation Paper Prep: Let’s
unpack those thesis statements! What
works, what doesn’t, and how to
actually convince your audience
instead of just going through the
motions.
HW: Typed thesis
statement!
HW: Study for test!
17
Recommendation paper
rough draft due!
Rough draft workshop:
Remember the golden
rules of workshop!
HW: Study for Vocab Quiz!
18
RECOMMENDATION
PAPER DUE!
Intro to Old English Poetry:
The Riddles (wait, you’re
telling me this in written in
English?!)
HW: Read “The Wanderer”
HW: Revise your draft!
24
OE poetry continued
“The Battle of Maldon”
(Finally, some fighting!)
Intro to Beowulf
(are you ready to scieppan?)
HW:Read Chickering
p. ix-xii and 4-13
HW: Read Beowulf lines
1-661 (plus the endnotes!)
OCTOBER
1
Discussion of Beowulf to
line 1887
HW: Type up poem imitation
& read lines 1888-2390
25
OE Poetry quiz
2
OE Poem imitation due
Discussion of Beowulf to
line 2390
HW: Read up to line 2755
8
NO SCHOOL!
HW: Read Chickering
p.245-259
15
Graded unit discussion
HW: Study for Test!
HW: Read “The Seafarer” & Study
for Vocab Quiz!
26/27
Discussion of Beowulf to line 661
(Hotels you don’t want to stay in
when visiting Denmark!)
HW: Read lines 662-1062 (plus the
endnotes!)
3/4
Discussion of Beowulf to line 2755
(Elderly Beowulf vs. the Dragon!
Will our hero end up as BBQ?)
HW: Finish Beowulf!
Beowulf: Critical
Perspectives Discussion
16
OE & BEOWULF TEST:
Multiple choice over all
OE poetry and criticism
7
Pre-AP Terms Quiz
LOTF & Audience: What? We get to
look at movie posters?
HW: Create your 2 LOTF movie
posters, one for each target audience!
14
Vocab Quiz Unit 1
Recommendation paper sample day!
You be the teacher! How would you
grade this essay?
HW: Type up your rough draft!
19/20
OE poetry continued
“The Wanderer”
(Gold star to the person who can
figure out how this poem resembles a
speech in The Two Towers!)
9
31
LOTF: passage analysis & testing
critical theories (Is Simon really
Jesus? Is the island the garden of
Eden? Let’s find out!) Plus: the first
paper assignment!
21
Vocab Quiz Unit 2
OE poetry continued
“The Seafarer”
(Do Old English authors do anything
but wander around and complain?)
HW: Read “The Battle of Maldon”
28
Vocab Quiz Unit 3
scussion of Beowulf to line 1062
(Grendel vs. Beowulf!)
HW: Read lines 1062-1887 (plus the
endnotes!)
5
Discussion of the end of Beowulf
(Omigosh, the whole thing comes
full circle!)
HW: Read Chickering p.13-28
10/11
12
Beowulf: Critical Perspectives
Discussion
Beowulf: Critical Perspectives
(Who or what is Sutton Hoo? It
sounds like a Dr. Seuss book!)
HW: Read Chickering p. 265-277
HW: Prepare your questions for
the graded discussion!
17/18
OE & BEOWULF TEST:
Essay (separate test grade)
HW: Read The Iliad books I-II
19
Discussion of The Iliad Books I-II
(Achilles is really, really angry)