FRIDAY

• REMINDER: WINTER BREAK READING 
• (Listen to me go over this here.)
• You should have your book this week.

• SEMESTER EXAM
• Tues. 12/17/19
• 20% of semester average
• 50% multiple choice / 50% essay
• Study Guide
• Today's Review Activity: JENGA
• Round One- Fiction
• Round Two- Poetry
• If you were absent, you can use the activity to review by trying to answer the questions yourself.

WEDNESDAY

• POETRY STUDY
• "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney 
• Discussion of thesis statements for the 1999 AP prompt
• Read some AP exam essays that respond to the topic

• SEMESTER EXAM
• Tues. 12/17/19
• 20% of semester average
• 50% multiple choice / 50% essay
• Study Guide

MONDAY

• "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney 

• Class discussion/idea share 

• How can this poem be connected to "We Show What We Have Learned"?

• Small group essay outline using the AP prompt when this poem appeared on the exam (finish for homework)

• SEMESTER EXAM
• Tues. 12/17/19

THURSDAY

• Library copies of WINTER BREAK READING are ready at the circulation desk.
• (Listen to me go over the assignment here.)

• SEMESTER EXAM 
• Exam Date: Tues. 12/17/19

• SHORT FICTION STUDY: "We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams

1. Turn in a written paragraph that solidly supports your response to the topic: To what extent can Ms. Swenson be considered a "good teacher"?
2. We used our interpretive questions from homework to have a loop discussion about the story. If you were absent, turn in your questions with your own 1/2 page answers for each.           

• HW due Mon. 12/9/19: 
• Read and complete a 1-2-3 analysis for the poem "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney
• Listen to Heaney read the poem here.

TUESDAY

• REMINDER: AP Classroom Progress Check #2 Expires tomorrow, 12/4/19. This should have been completed in class on 11/22/19 or over the break.

• SEMESTER EXAM
• Schedule is not out yet
• Week of Dec. 16
• Will include poetry and short fiction terminology & skills
• New passages
• 20% of semester 1 grade

• WINTER BREAK READING (Listen to me go over this here.)

• FICTION PRACTICE 
• Class reading of "We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams
• HW due Thurs. 12/5/19: Write two interpretive questions for "We Show What We Have Learned"