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AP LIT

Mon, Sept 16, 2019

Materials

  1. Pen/pencil
  2. Gatsby books

Turn in

None

Do-Now (5 minutes)

Explain in your notebooks:

  • As readers, what can or should we expect from a first-person narrator?
  • What kinds of clues are we looking for in a text that helps us understand a first-person narrator’s perspective?

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AGENDA 09.16.19

  • Do Now (5 minutes)
  • Birthday Party Review (10-15)
  • Test and Post-It Review (20)
  • Gatsby #5 (20)
  • Secret Open Response Prompt Overview (remaining)

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Y-Z Paragraphs

A closer look at the author’s use of first person point of view reveals that relationships have a complexity to them that those inside and outside of the relationships are blind to. What seems like a third person objective point of view is then improved by the first person point of view introduction. At the beginning of the prompt, the couple is described as “unmistakably married,” hinting that they must be either in love or miserable because of the narrator’s point of view. The description of the wife’s planning of “a little surprise”....

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Y-Z Paragraphs

...The first person point of view brings the perspective of the outsider looking in on the marriage in an attempt to uncover the holes, hiding spots, and the obvious in this relationship. It lets the reader know that relationships are complex on the inside as well as the outside.

When the narrator first sees the couple, he notes that they looked “unmistakably married,” (1), using first person to demonstrate that even an outsider can get a feeling of their relationship without even knowing them….

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Y-Z Paragraphs

Aiming for 4 out of 6

1 point for thesis

4 points for evidence

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Gatsby Review

tinyurl.com/2019GatsbyQs

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Gatsby Secret Essay

Examine the prompt

  • What is the topic?
  • What do we need to be able to demonstrate?

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Gatsby Secret Essay

Examine the prompt

Brainstorm what selection would give you the greatest yield and the greatest complexity.

What drives the plot?

  • For example, Tom keeping Myrtle a secret from Daisy is ok, but it doesn’t control the plot.

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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AP LIT

Wed, Sept 18, 2019

Materials

  • Pen/pencil
  • Gatsby books

Turn in

None

Do-Now (5 minutes)

  1. Take out your tripartite thesis for the Gatsby secret prompt
  2. Revise your thesis
  3. Be prepared to examine your thesis as a class

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AGENDA 09.16.19

  • Do Now (5 minutes)
  • Secret Open Response Prompt Thesis and Evidence (20)
  • Gatsby #5 (20)

Books: Fences $4 used, $7 new

HW: 4/6 score on your “Birthday Party” paragraphs by Thursday’s class

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Gatsby Secret Essay

XYZ

X—Although …….

Y—a closer look at the secret kept (or revealed) by (this character)

Z—reveals ……...

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Thesis

Gatsby’s ambitions for wealth is clearly a way to restore his romantic relationship with Daisy Buchanan; however, a closer look at the way he keeps his real past a secret from her reveals Gatsby’s deeper interest in himself and his image rather than in his romance. This hidden truth exposes their relationship and ultimately all of Gatsby’s ill-gotten gains as illusions.

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Evidence

Gatsby’s ambitions for wealth is clearly a way to restore his romantic relationship with Daisy Buchanan; however, a closer look at the way he keeps his real past a secret from her reveals Gatsby’s deeper interest in himself and his image rather than in his romance. This hidden truth exposes their relationship and ultimately all of Gatsby’s ill-gotten gains as illusions.

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

  1. Evidence 1
  2. Evidence 2
  3. Evidence 3
  4. Evidence 4
  5. Evidence 5
  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Evidence 3
  • Evidence 4
  • Evidence 5
  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Evidence 3
  • Evidence 4
  • Evidence 5

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AP LIT

Thu, Sept 19, 2019

Materials

  • Pen/pencil
  • Gatsby books
  • 2002 Secret Prompt
  • Tripartite Thesis Evidence Collector

Turn in

Birthday Party Y-Z Paragraphs

Do-Now (5 minutes)

  • Take a moment to read over your Y-Z Birthday Party paragraphs.
  • At the bottom of your writing, write down 1 thing you think you did well and 1 area in which you felt you struggled.

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AGENDA 09.16.19

  • Do Now (5 minutes)
  • Gatsby #5-6 (25)
  • Secret Open Response Prompt Thesis and Evidence (remaining time)

Books: Fences $4 used, $7 new

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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MC

When you’re done with #5, come pick up #6!

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

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Evidence

Gatsby’s ambitions for wealth is clearly a way to restore his romantic relationship with Daisy Buchanan; however, a closer look at the way he keeps his real past a secret from her reveals Gatsby’s deeper interest in himself and his image rather than in his romance. This hidden truth exposes their relationship and ultimately all of Gatsby’s ill-gotten gains as illusions.

What should I know by the end?

I will be able to

  • Write clear claims that help structure writing
  • Analyze character, structure, and narrative POV

STANDARD Nar-1.a-d

  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Evidence 3
  • Evidence 4
  • Evidence 5
  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Evidence 3
  • Evidence 4
  • Evidence 5
  • Evidence 1
  • Evidence 2
  • Evidence 3
  • Evidence 4
  • Evidence 5