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Instructors name: Devin Ayers Week of: 10/21/13 10/25/13 Course/Grade: Grade 12 Literature and Composition Unit Name: Grammatical License in The Road

Common Core/ NM Content Standards: SL11-12.1; SL11-12.3; SL11-12.4; SL11-12.6 ; W11-12.1; W11-12.2 Essential Question(s): How does McCarthys manipulation English grammar style and structure affect the readers encounter with the story in The Road? Other considerations (modifications, accommodations, acceleration, etc.): Students who require it will receive extended deadlines for writing assignments and/or shortened reading. Connections (prior learning/prior knowledge): Students will make connections with prior authors they have read who may have manipulated style, structure and grammar to achieve a desired effect. Resources/Materials Teacher: Students: The Road FRQ handouts Vocabulary quiz words

Assessment (How will you monitor progress and know students have successfully met outcomes?) Daily: direct observation/FRQ writing assignment This Week: direct observation/FRQ writing assignment/Socratic dialogue Unit: direct observation/FRQ writing assignment/Socratic dialogue Time allotted MONDAY Learning TargetSchools out! TUESDAY Learning TargetStudents will learn about standard English grammar and its effect on writing style, organization and the readers experience in literature. They will show their learning by completing a forty minute in-class essay (FRQ) based on the prompt below. Lesson activities for instructor and students Assignment(s) Due-

Assignment(s) DueThe Road FRQ

AP Literature and Composition Tuesday, 10/22/13 The Road: FRQ

Please answer the following prompt in essay format, utilizing MLA formatted in-text citations: What are some instances of McCarthy breaking the standard rules of English grammar? What effect does this have on your experience of reading The Road? What is added and/or detracted from theses deviations from Standard English?

WEDNESDAY As the instructor will be absent, after the vocabulary quiz, students will be afforded the rare opportunity to read silently in class and prepare for Fridays Socratic dialogue. THURSDAY Learning TargetStudents will learn about construction, style, organization and literary analysis. They will show their learning through peer editing of FRQ essay assignments.

Assignment(s) DueVocabulary quiz

Assignment(s) DueReading: pages 200-250 If not turned in, group projects due (assigned last week) Peer editing work sheets

FRIDAY Learning TargetStudents will learn about the effect of structure, grammar, syntax and diction on the readers experience in literature. They will show their learning through Socratic dialogue.

Assignment(s) DueReading: Complete novel Socratic dialogue