In-Class:  

• Questions over last page of MWDS
  
• Short MLA discussion (websites)
• Discuss Response Papers

                   - Hand out Example of Response Papers
                   -Remember to put in MLA format & third person

• Thematic Discussion & Quick Write:  what does it mean to grow up?  What does it mean to be an adult?  What does it mean to be a child?  How do people approach the journey of growing up?  Is it a quest?  
• Discuss examples from literature that could be considered “coming of age stories”
  
• Are coming of age stories ALWAYS about children growing up…could it be adults as well?  Examples?
  

Homework:  

• Due Tomorrow:  MWDS on One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Due Tomorrow: 200 response on Website over how The Kite Runner answers thematic questions (if something happens (you can’t log on)  just print it out in MLA for class on Thursday)
  
• Friday:  WWW Quiz (35 Points)

IN-CLASS:

• Finished Goal Setting 

• Went over AP Exam.  We viewed a AP Exam PowerPoint which gives a quick overview of the basics of the  exam.  I also handed out Test Samples.  Check the missed work file in Mrs. Hirzel's classroom for the samples if you are absent.
  

• Wicked Word Wall Vocabulary:  Poetry, Prose, Literal, Figurative, Tone, Diction, Symbol, Metaphor, Simile, Form, Structure, Style

• Discuss Homework Briefly:  MLA Formating Basics
  

                     -1 in. margins
                     -12 pt. times new roman font
                     -double spaced
                     -in-text citations (author page #) after quotation or paraphrase 
                         Example:  Throughout the text of How to Read Literature like a Professor, it states that "there is only one story" (Foster 39).
                     -MLA Header: Last Name and Page # in top right hand corner  
                          Example:  Jones 3
                     -MLA Heading: Your name, Teacher's name, Class, Date (day month year) double spaced.
                          Example:
                             Jane Doe

                             Mrs. Hirzel

                             AP Literature and Composition

                             30 August 2012

*Note:  Check out St. Paul Writing Handbook or OWL @ Purdue for more MLA information

• If time:  Theme QuickWrite: Coming of Age: Answer question: What does it mean to grow up?
  

HOMEWORK:

• Due Thursday (tomorrow):  Writing Sample:  Write a 2-3 typed page paper focusing on one aspect of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and how it connects with a chapter/concept from How to Read Literature like a Professor.   You should try your best to stay focused and organized.  Please use examples from the text to support your thesis (your main point).  For help, look over the ap resources section.
• Next Friday(9/7/12):  Quiz over Wicked Word Wall Vocabulary