Scarlet Letter

Homework Assignments: Week 8
AP English

Monday
10/12 Finish preparing for the Scarlet Letter exam—make sure you have written down a short outline and quotations for each of the potential essay topics. Review your notes so you are prepared for the quotation reflection section of the exam.

Tuesday
10/13 Finish writing the first draft of your Scarlet Letter essay. Due Wednesday.

Wednesday
10/14 Juniors, Based on peer editing comments, grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your essay. Due Thursday. Seniors: IR.

Thursday
10/15 Seniors, Based on peer editing comments, grading criteria, and your own ideas, write a second draft of your essay. Due Thursday. Juniors: IR.

Friday
10/16 Read in your IR book if you haven’t finished for this quarter yet. All tests must be taken by Thursday, October 22 for juniors and Monday, October 26 for seniors.

Old Assignments: Week 5 - 6

Week 7

Monday
10/5 Work on the study questions for the Scarlet Letter exam, due next Tuesday 10/13. And work on the prewriting for your Scarlet Letter essay, due this Friday 10/9.

Tuesday
10/6 Pack trip

Wednesday
10/7 Pack trip

Thursday
10/8 Pack trip

Friday
10/9 Work on the first draft of your Scarlet Letter essay, due Wednesday, and on the study questions for the exam. The exam will be on Tuesday 10/13. Read in your IR book if you haven’t finished for this quarter yet.

Week 6

Monday
9/28 Finish revising your timed writing on the Douglass passage. Spend a lot of time revising so that you can raise your AP score 1 – 2 levels. Use the writing notes, exercises, and model paragraphs, as well as my comments to help you to revise. Read to page 136 in The Scarlet Letter if you have time. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Tuesday
9/29 Read to the bottom of page 150 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Wednesday
9/30 Read to page 165 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Thursday.

Thursday
10/1 Finish reading The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Friday.

Friday
10/2 Read in your IR book. Try to finish reading this weekend and take a test on the pack trip because we will be really busy when we return. Finish your quotation gathering assignment and post to the GoogleDoc--due Monday.

Week 5

Monday
9/21 Read to page 68 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Tuesday.

Tuesday
9/22 Read to the bottom of page 83 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Wednesday.

Wednesday
9/23 Read to page 100 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Thursday.

Thursday
9/24 Read to page 115 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Friday.

Friday
9/25 Read in your IR book. Read about 70 pages this weekend. Read to page 129 in The Scarlet Letter. Read and annotate, paying careful attention so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Monday.