9/4: AP Lang

Students will get better at explaining the effect of literary devices that create the depressing mood in Ch. 2 of The Great Gatsby

Agenda:
- Warm-up: Last Argument
- Gatsby Anticipation Guide
- Gatsby Video Spark Notes

- Discuss 9/3 HW
- Ch. 2 Valley of the Ashes Analysis & Mult. Choice

HW:

- Read Gatsby Ch. 1-3

9/4: Honors English 10

Students will use specific literary devices to achieve a purpose in a memoir podcast about a moment in their childhood.

Agenda:
- Grammar Warm-up: Making Proper Nouns

- Memoir Planning & Plot Diagram

- Begin Preparing for Memoir Podcast

HW:

- Outline of memoir due Tuesday, 9/8
- You must bring in a hard copy to edit.  
- Email me at Kunal_Arora@mcpsmd.org on Monday, 9/7 if you do not have access to a printer

9/3: Lit as Film

Students will be able to design effective television / movie posters.

Agenda:
- Sign up for Google Classroom and Remind (if you haven't already)
- Finish the Webquest (if you haven't already)
- Share My Life as a Movie/TV Show Posters

HW:
- Work on the TV/movie poster (if you haven't finished).  The deadline is tomorrow.

- Parent signature on syllabus (if you haven't gotten it yet).  The deadline is tomorrow.

9/3: AP Lang

Students will be able to argue the validity of their opinion by using reasoning and evidence.

Agenda:

- Last Argument Warm-up

- Gatsby Anticipation Guide
- Gatsby Video Sparknotes

HW:

- Annotate the Gatsby House vs. Buchanan House passage
- Complete "The White Room" Worksheet

9/3: Honors English 10

Students will use specific literary devices to achieve a purpose in a memoir about a moment in their childhood.

Agenda:
- Grammar Warm-up: Common vs. Proper Nouns
- Memoir Packet:
- Listen to “Is Your Dad Single?” and answer questions 10-12

- Memoir Planning & Plot Diagram

- Begin Preparing for Memoir Podcast

HW:

- Outline of memoir due Tuesday, 9/8

9/2: Lit as Film

Students will be able to design effective television / movie posters.

Agenda:
- Sign up for Google Classroom and Remind (if you haven't already)
- Finish the Webquest (if you haven't already)
- Last day to work on the My Life as a Movie/TV Show in class
- Review Syllabus; turn in parent signature forms

HW:
- Work on the TV/movie poster.  It's due tomorrow.  The deadline is Friday, 9/4

- Parent signature on syllabus is due tomorrow.  The deadline is Friday, 9/4

9/2: AP Lang

Students will be able to identify the argument of a visual text and provide evidence for that claim.

Agenda:
- Notes on Rhetoric

HW:
- Finish Summer Reading, due/DL tonight at 11:59pm to Turnitin