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Instructors name: Devin Ayers Week of: 01/06/14 01/10/14 Course/Grade: Grade 12 AP Literature and Composition Unit Name: AP Vocabulary Acquisition

Common Core/ NM Content Standards:

Essential Question(s): What are some good ways to acquire and retain vocabulary terminology relevant to success on the AP exam? In what ways can we make this acquisition interesting and fun? What are your personal methods for internalizing new and unfamiliar terminology? 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 be reviewing the extensive vocabulary list covered in the first semester of the course. They will re-familiarize themselves with these terms and show lasting acquisition and understanding. Resources/Materials Teacher: Students: AP vocabulary list AP Game Building Rubric Art supplies The Picture of Dorian Gray

Assessment (How will you monitor progress and know students have successfully met outcomes?) Daily: direct observation This Week: direct observation/small group presentations Unit: direct observation/small group presentations/integration of student-generated products (vocabulary-building board games)

Time allotted MONDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their vocabulary with terminology that will be relevant to the AP exam. They will show their learning by developing a board game that teaches these same vocabulary terms to their fellow students. In this week-long unit, students will develop a

Lesson activities for instructor and students Assignment(s) DueReading: for Friday, students should read chapters I-V in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

board game that can be used in class in the future to teach their peers relevant vocabulary terms. Students will work in groups of 3-4, and each will receive a rubric describing the five areas of focus their grades will be based on (rules, accuracy of content, creativity, knowledge gained and cooperative work). We will discuss the creation of the games in class, and an example of a set of game rules (developed by the instructor in a summer AP training) will be provided as well. Students will test and rate the effectiveness of one anothers games the following Monday (01/13). Students will also be responsible for a reading assignment in a new novel, which will lead us into our next literary adventure!

TUESDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their vocabulary with terminology that will be relevant to the AP exam. They will show their learning by developing a board game that teaches these same vocabulary terms to their fellow students.

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WEDNESDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their vocabulary with terminology that will be relevant to the AP exam. They will show their learning by developing a board game that teaches these same vocabulary terms to their fellow students.

Assignment(s) DueWork Check: Students should have a coherent vocabulary-building game with clear rules and all the elements needed for functional play. Each student should document his/her contribution to the group effort. Finishing touches may be added tomorrow, but your game should be complete in concept by the end of the period. Assignment(s) Due-

THURSDAY Learning TargetStudents will increase their vocabulary with terminology that will be relevant to the AP exam. They will show their learning by developing a board game that teaches these same vocabulary terms to their fellow students.

FRIDAY Learning TargetStudents will develop their understanding of writing style, hidden meaning, allusion understatement and symbolism in literature. They

Assignment(s) DueReading: Chapters I-V in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

will show their learning by reading The Picture of Dorian Gray and engaging in Socratic dialogue.

For next week: You will test your games on Monday 01/13. Reading for Wednesday 01/15: Chapters VI-XI.