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East of Eden 2011-2012

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  • Welcome to our first Unit in AP literature: Eden - good vs evil. This unit will cover the first 6 weeks of the school year. We will be reading John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden.

Scroll down the page to find the assignment calendar.

 

Objectives:

  • Exposure to the open essay - practice, models, tips
  • Learn how to closely access passages using DIDLS=Tone
  • Explore tone and voice in Steinbeck's nove, your summer reading, and in your own college essay writing 
  • Learn about Biblical stories and find allusions in your summer reading and East of Eden - exploring the effect of these allusions

 

Assessments:

  • Two complete open essays and several practiced parts/brainstorms on various open essay prompts
  • One College essay and all brainstorming and subsequent drafts
  • 5 seminars - two are graded with 4pt rubric
  • reading quizzes 
  • grammar quizzes

 

Essential Questions:

  • Are humans innately sinful/evil?
  • To what extent do we control our moral development and moral choices?
  • What makes a complex character?
  • How do we identify meaning of a work as a whole? 

 

Homework Calendar (skim down to the date you need)

Date  What we did in class this day  Homework due this day  Homework Assigned on this day 

8/24 Wed

8/25 Thurs 

  • Introductions
  • Note to Mrs. Bell
  • Why read Lit - journal and articles
    • literary merit
  • Set up of exam
  • syllabus and cu succeed 

Due today:

Summer reading 

Assigned:

  1.  “How to mark a book” - click on link and read. Note 4-6 important quotes from this reading (print or copy th em). Bring to our next class.
  2. Buy East of Eden by John Steinbeck (we begin reading on 9/1 & 9/2)
  3. Next class - Tab 3-6 one-line quotes from your summer reading book that addresses the larger themes or meaning as a whole or significant aspects of a character.
  4. Talk with your parents and decide on CU Succeed - you must APPLY by 9/28 @ 6pm 

 

 

8/26 Fri

11:05-

12:20

 

8/29 Mon 

  • How to mark a book discussion
  • Grading and AP rubric
  • Open Essay prompts and suggestions for writing
  • 40 Min timed  essay using summer reading

Due Today:

 

Be ready for "How to Mark a book" discussion

 

 

Assigned today:

  1. Bring summer reading book and HW to next class for seminar 
  2. Buy East of Eden (can go to amazon.com)

8/30

Tues

 

8/31

Wed 

  • Hand back open essay on summer reading and discuss - tips
  • Summer reading seminar

Homework Due:

Bring summer reading book and HW 

 

Buy East of Eden

Assigned to be due next class:

Read background on Steinbeck and read the Genesis story Ch 1-4 answering my questions. 

9/1 Thurs

 

9/2

Fri 

  • Genesis discussion and HW due
    • Go over biblical allusions HW 
  • East of Eden intro HW and read first page 
  • DIDLS=Tone intro activity and spectrum of tone - practice analyzing diction 
 

Due

 

Read Genesis 1-4 and answer questions

 

Assigned for next class:

Buy East of Eden and read part one (125 pgs) have evidence of connecting with the text.

 

Complete allusions HW and be ready to share next class. 

9/6

Tues

 

9/7

Wed 

Due today:

East of Eden part one due

 

Biblical allusions 

Assigned today:

Read East of Eden Ch 12-21 - find a passage that uses unique diction/imagery to illuminate tone

due Mon/Tues of next week 

9/8

Thurs

 

9/9

Fri 

  • Finish sharing biblical allusions (get notes from a friend if you missed this) 
  • DIDLS practice (imagery)
  • Open Essay 2006 prompt 
    • practice brainstorming 
    • write the introduction par to the country setting prompt 
 

Assigned:

for next class, brainstorm of option # 1 for the common application college essay Common Application prompts and info

9/12

Mon

 

9/13

Tues 

  • East of Eden Seminar on Ch 12-21 (show me your annotations or notes if you missed this)
  • College essay brainstorming on common app prompts Common Application prompts and info 

Due:

brainstorming on option 1 

Assigned: bring the prompt and brainstorming you want to work on for the actual college essay to next class 

9/14

Wed

 

9/15

Thurs

  • Show a few more student samples of college essay
  • Writing time for college essay rough draft
    • Conference with Mrs. Bell about your ideas for colleges and college essays
  • Wrap up conversation on East of Eden
  • DIDLS - practice on analyzing details in a passage 

Due:

brainstorm on your college essay prompt

Assigned:

Read Ch 22-29 East of Eden and be ready for a graded seminar on Open essay prompts from 2008A & 2005B for next class

 

For Tues/Wed bring your college essay rough draft to class for a peer review

Common Application prompts and info 

9/16

Fri

 

9/19

Mon

  • Graded Seminar on East of Eden
  • DIDLS - Syntax group practice
    • Conferencing over college essay ideas 
Due: E of E ch 22-29

Assigned:

For Tues/Wed bring your college essay rough draft to class for a peer review

Common Application prompts and info  

 

For Thurs/Fri East of Eden CH 30-42 

9/20

Tues

 

9/21

wed

   

9/22

Thurs

 

9/23

Fri

  • East of Eden homework seminar
  • continue working on identifying language and syntax in excerpts
  • How punctuation creates certain effects 

Due:

East of Eden CH 30-42 

Assigned:

Finish East of Eden for Wed/Thurs graded seminar and complete seminar planning.

9/26

Mon

 

9/27

Tues

  • syntax overhead practice (voice lessons)
  • College essays handed back with more sample essays 
  • Reviewing the 2010 open essay prompt (brainstorming, write introductory paragraph for an essay) -  read the packet of sample essays 
 

Assigned:

Finish East of Eden for Wed/Thurs graded seminar and complete seminar planning.

 

Finish reading even # essays for next class

 

Revise college essay for Fri/Mon 

9/28

Wed

 

9/29

Thurs

  • Discuss even # samples
  • East of Eden graded seminar
    • finalize memory sheet 
  • Syntax practice if time 

Due:

East of Eden sem prep

 

read even # of open essay packet

Assigned:

Finalize memory sheet for next class

 

Bring next  revision of college essay to next class

9/30

Fri

 

10/3

Mon

  • East of Eden open essay writing (I will tell you which prompt you are writing on in class)
  • College Essay syntax review 

 

 

Assigned:

Revise college essay for Tues/Wed and bring all previous drafts to class. 

 

 

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