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Back to School

Back to School. Tracey Calhoun English 4 AP English Literature & Composition. Who is Ms. C.?. 4 th year at LCHS, 10 th year as a teacher UCLA Teacher Education Program, M.Ed. Ithaca College, BA in English and Anthropology Traveler, surfer, gardener, avid book reader, wilderness lover

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Back to School

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  1. Back to School Tracey Calhoun English 4 AP English Literature & Composition

  2. Who is Ms. C.? • 4th year at LCHS, 10th year as a teacher • UCLA Teacher Education Program, M.Ed. • Ithaca College, BA in English and Anthropology • Traveler, surfer, gardener, avid book reader, wilderness lover • Oh, and I’m expecting my first child in November! • But, I’ll get your kids through the college application process before I go!

  3. The Common Core and Curriculum • Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity • Google drive, cooperative group work, negotiated class rules • Socratic seminars, debates and TEDx Talks • Focus on HOW and WHY vs. emphasis on WHAT • Opportunities for performance and creative writing

  4. What’s Going On? English 4: http://www.lcusd.net/Page/2955 AP Literature: http://www.lcusd.net/Page/2957 Also: Class Rules, Extended Learning Opportunities, Turnitin.com, Yosemite Trip

  5. Year-At-A-Glance: English 4 Unit 1: Why and How We Read (August-September) • Reference Text: Jago, Shea, Scanlon, and DissinAufses, eds. Literature & Composition: Reading-Writing-Thinking(excerpts provided)   Major Assessments: Comparison/Contrast Essay, Interpretive Essay

  6. Year-At-A-Glance: English 4 • Unit 2: Home, Family, Identity, and Culture (September-October)     • The Harvard Independent 100 Successful College Application Essays (excerpts provided)  • Hosseini, Khaled.  The Kite Runner • Major Assessments: Narrative Essay, Literary Analysis Essay  Unit 3: Conformity and Rebellion (October-December) • Shakespeare, William.  Macbeth (Folger) • *Student Choice: Independent Reading Selection Major Assessments: Promptbook and Performance, Comprehensive M/C Exam 

  7. Year-At-A-Glance: English 4 • Unit 4: War and Peace (January-February) • Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five • Morris, Errol. The Fog of War(film)  • Major Assessments: Persuasive Speaking/Debate, Synthesis Essay • Unit 5: Love and Relationships (February-April) • Hurston, Zora Neale.Their Eyes Were Watching God • Wilde, Oscar.The Importance of Being Earnest  • Major Assessments: Creative Writing, M/C Exam, Literary Analysis Essay

  8. Year-At-A-Glance: English 4 • Unit 6: Art and the Artist (April-May) • Donovan, Jeremy.How to Deliver a TED Talk(provided) • TED.com.Selected TED Talks(video) • *Student Choice: Independent Reading Selection(s) • Major Assessment: TEDx Presentation

  9. Year-At-A-Glance: AP Literature Unit 1: Foundations of Literature (August-September) • Reference Text: Jago, Shea, Scanlon, and DissinAufses, eds. Literature & Composition: Reading-Writing-Thinking(excerpts provided)   Major Assessments: M/C Exam, Open Response, Poetry, and Passage Analysis Essays • Unit 2: Home, Family, Identity, and Culture (September-October)     • The Harvard Independent 100 Successful College Application Essays (excerpts provided)  • Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness • Major Assessments: Narrative Essay, Passage Analysis, Open Response Essay 

  10. Year-At-A-Glance: AP Literature Unit 3: Comedy, Satire, and Social Commentary (October-December) • Bronte, Charlotte.Jane Eyre • Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest • *Student Choice: Independent Reading Selection Major Assessments: Passage Analysis, Open Response Essay, M/C Exam 

  11. Year-At-A-Glance: AP Literature • Unit 4: Finding Self (January-March) • Shakespeare, William.  Hamlet (Folger) • Dickens, Charles.A Tale of Two Cities • Camus, Albert.The Stranger, Matthew Ward, trans* • Major Assessments: Monologue Performance, Open Response and Poetry Essays

  12. Year-At-A-Glance: AP Literature • Unit 5: The Modern Age (April-May) • Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude* • Morrison, Toni. Beloved* • Allende, Isabel. The House of the Spirits* • Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead • Major Assessments: Literature Circles Project, AP Exam, Absurdist Skit 

  13. Shakespearience Tuesday, January 20, 2015 $5 Transportation Donation Requested Parent Chaperones Needed!

  14. Apples for Teachers • Thank you for supporting LCHS teachers!. • Please stop by to make a donation tonight. • I’m in need of: technology resources, dictionaries, annotation and project supplies, field trip donations*

  15. Keep in Touch! REMIND: (424) 488-0141 English 4 @be212 AP Literature @a46ced

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