Calendar

The following calendar shows the main focus of each day’s lesson for the first semester. This is for archival and preparatory purposes only; complete lessons and relevant documents are available through posts.

2012-2013 BCSD Calendars

MON4/29FR#3: exemplars and self-assessment

MON	9/10	Narrative competition: “Ordeal”
TUE	9/11	Opinions and facts: comparative argument
WED	9/12	Comparative arguments continued
THU	9/13	Online smorgasbord (or maybe mélange)
FRI	9/14	Memory EQ essays due; metacognitive work
MON	9/17	Rosh Hashana (No School)
TUE	9/18	Rosh Hashana (No School)
WED	9/19	Political policing: formation of groups
THU	9/20	Political policing: foundational work begins
FRI	9/21	Group work with Kahane’s text continues
MON	9/24	Guidance visit: PSATs, transcripts
TUE	9/25	Quiz on induction, deduction; group work continues
WED	9/26	Yom Kippur (No School)
THU	9/27	Material distribution, collation, and cataloging
FRI	9/28	Cataloging continued; quizzes returned, reviewed
MON	10/1	Political artifact analysis begins
TUE	10/2	Political artifact analysis continued
WED	10/3	Political artifact analysis completed
THU	10/4	Deconstructing the debate; artifact scoring
FRI	10/5	DAMAGES+ rubric reading
MON	10/8	Columbus Day (No School)
TUE	10/9	DAMAGES+ lecture; EQ essays post-mortem
WED	10/10	Post-mortem work; political analysis rebooted
THU	10/11	Adversarial scoring revisited; political analysis continued
FRI	10/12	Making ourselves heard: political deconstruction
MON	10/15	Livingroomcandidate.org: visual political rhetoric
TUE	10/16	DAMAGES+ quiz #1: self-scored and peer-evaluated
WED	10/17	DAMAGES+ quiz #2: redone as open-note collaboration
THU	10/18	Prepping for next week: livingroomcandidate.org
FRI	10/19	Prepping for next week: livingroomcandidate.org
MON	10/22	72-hour letter-writing work begins
TUE	10/23	Second day of in-class work on letters
WED	10/24	SLO Pre-Test: Timed Writing
THU	10/25	SLO Pre-Test: Timed Multiple-Choice
FRI	10/26	SLO Pre-Test: Timed Multiple-Choice
MON	10/29	School Canceled (Weather)
TUE	10/30	School Canceled (Weather)
WED	10/31	School Canceled (Weather)
THU	11/1	School Canceled (Weather)
FRI	11/2	School Canceled (Weather)
MON	11/5	Collaborative letter-writing: preparations
TUE	11/6	Collaborative letter-writing: execution
WED	11/7	Reading King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies”
THU	11/8	Analyzing King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies”
FRI	11/9	Unit overview and EQ writing: Rhetorical Alligators
MON	11/12	No School (Veterans Day)
TUE	11/13	Timed rhetorical analysis essay: King’s “Horror”
WED	11/14	Feedback and commentary deluge; Edelstein reading
THU	11/15	Edelstein’s “Now Playing” + QORAS
FRI	11/16	Edelstein QORAS continued
MON	11/19	Typing up general argument essays
TUE	11/20	Formative writing/metacog. process w/GA essays
WED	11/21	Catching up and preparing for Dustin Rowles’ essays
THU	11/22	No School (Thanksgiving)
FRI	11/23	No School (Thanksgiving)
MON	11/26	Reading Rowles (x2); select QORAS from 11/21
TUE	11/27	No Class (Early Dismissal)
WED	11/28	Miller test for obscenity and censorship in school
THU	11/29	“Captivity” review: annotation w/direct questions
FRI	11/30	“Captivity” continued: writing Rowles; “Chaos” as HW
MON	12/3	“Chaos” QORAS: Day 1
TUE	12/4	“Chaos” QORAS: Day 2
WED	12/5	“Chaos” QORAS: Day 3
THU	12/6	No Class (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
FRI	12/7	No Class (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
MON	12/10	Michael Levin’s “Case for Torture”
TUE	12/11	Adversarial discussion: Levin QORAS
WED	12/12	Online adversarial discussion
THU	12/13	Fishbowl extension of online discussion: Group #1
FRI	12/14	Fishbowl extension of online discussion: Group #2
MON	12/17	Staggered discussion and introduction to Tuesday’s text
TUE	12/18	Francis Church’s “Yes, Virginia”
WED	12/19	Adversarial discussion: Church QORAS
THU	12/20	Adversarial discussion: Church QORAS
FRI	12/21	Santa Claus synthesis discussion
MON	12/31	No School (Holiday)
TUE	1/1	No School (Holiday)
WED	1/2	QORAS feedback; Santa synthesis due
THU	1/3	Source efficacy and interaction: Santa synthesis
FRI	1/4	Source efficacy and interaction: Santa synthesis
MON	1/7	Introduction to Bronson’s “Learning to Lie”
TUE	1/8	Annotating Bronson
WED	1/9	DAMAGE w/o S: annotating, forests, and trees
THU	1/10	Rhetoric and style in Bronson’s “Learning to Lie”
FRI	1/11	Brainstorming: midterm mock synthesis subjects
MON	1/14	Midterm overview; text distributed
TUE	1/15	Student-driven work: QORAS and/or synthesis
WED	1/16	Student-driven work: QORAS and/or synthesis
THU	1/17	Student-driven work: QORAS and/or synthesis
FRI	1/18	Student-driven work: QORAS and/or synthesis
MON	1/28	No Class (Early Dismissal)
TUE	1/29	Midterm reflection and metacognition
WED	1/30	Kohn, “The Case Against Grades”
THU	1/31	Preliminary discussion: degrading Q3
FRI	2/1	Kohnian shift into lying unit: narrative writing
MON	2/4	Kohnian shift: “degrading” overview and guidelines
TUE	2/5	Data-driven criteria- and goal-setting
WED	2/6	Data-driven criteria- and goal-setting
THU	2/7	Sharing criteria/goals; answering EQs for unit
FRI	2/8	School Canceled (Weather)
MON	2/11	2013-2014 schedules (Guidance Dept.)
TUE	2/12	ETA/bishop reading: “The Ways We Lie”
WED	2/13	ETA/bishop reading: “The Ways We Lie”
THU	2/14	ETA/bishop reading: “The Ways We Lie”
FRI	2/15	Classification and division (C&D) as ETA response
MON	2/18	No School (President’s Day)
TUE	2/19	No School (February Break)
WED	2/20	Kohnian shift: journaling, self-monitoring
THU	2/21	Timed multiple-choice practice and discussion
FRI	2/22	Oppenheimer emulation: parallelism with purpose
MON	2/25	Commenting on ETA post; Kohnian journals
TUE	2/26	C&D exemplars; journals, commenting, and drafts
WED	2/27	Reading Tannen’s “Unmarked Woman”
THU	2/28	MCQ: Tannen; discussion and ETA notes
FRI	3/1	Progress reports: canned comments and reflection
MON	3/4	Self-diagnostic narratives; Tannen MCQ review
TUE	3/5	Tannen argument; self-diagnostics; C&D conferences
WED	3/6	Reading Schneller’s “Culture Saturated in Sexism”
THU	3/7	ETA/DAMAGES work: Schneller
FRI	3/8	School Canceled (Weather)
MON	3/11	C&D symposium: organization and rosters
TUE	3/12	C&D symposium setup; self-monitoring case studies
WED	3/13	C&D symposium: annotations as collaboration
THU	3/14	Course registration (20 min.); Schneller MCQ
FRI	3/15	C&D symposium: revising for publication
MON	3/18	MCQ collaboration and testing (Schneller et al)
TUE	3/19	MCQ collaboration and testing (Schneller et al)
WED	3/20	C&D symposium and essay revision/submission
THU	3/21	C&D symposium and essay revision/submission
FRI	3/22	C&D symposium and essay revision/submission
MON	4/1	Ursus Ephemeris: setting up real-world writing
TUE	4/2	Francine Prose, Jerry Jesness, and education
WED	4/3	Harper’s reading continued; “reading life” writing
THU	4/4	Synthesis connectivity with Harper’s reading
FRI	4/5	Individual reading: Jesness and Q3 grading guide
MON	4/8	Discussion of grade inflation and abatement
TUE	4/9	Timed writing: Q3 scores and justifications
WED	4/10	AP exam overview and free-response guide
THU	4/11	Synthesis argument: choosing a prompt, reading
FRI	4/12	Synthesis argument: timed writing
MON	4/15	Timed writing (continued as necessary)
TUE	4/16	FR#1 (synthesis): exemplars and self-assessment
WED	4/17	FR#1 continued; FR#2 overview and prep
THU	4/18	FR#2 (rhetorical analysis): choosing a prompt
FRI	4/19	FR#2 (rhetorical analysis): timed writing
MON	4/22	FR#2: exemplars and self-assessment
TUE	4/23	FR#2: exemplars and self-assessment
WED	4/24	“Who warrants survival?” exercise
THU	4/25	“Who warrants survival?” fishbowl discussion
FRI	4/26	FR#3 (general argument): timed writing
MON	4/29	FR#3: exemplars and self-assessment
TUE	4/30	FR#3: exemplars and self-assessment
WED	5/1	Semi-symposium for best of FR#3; MCQ overview
THU	5/2	Section I (Multiple-Choice): exam practice
FRI	5/3	Section I (Multiple-Choice): exam practice
MON	5/6	Pick your poison; MC cleanup and preparation
TUE	5/7	MC scores and review; conferencing as exam prep
WED	5/8	MC scores and review; conferencing as exam prep
THU	5/9	Conferencing as exam prep
FRI	5/10	No Class | AP Exam @8AM
MON	5/13	Post-exam reflection; logomisia and linguaphilia
TUE	5/14	Logomisia and linguaphilia unit continued online
WED	5/15	Logomisia and linguaphilia unit continued online
THU	5/16	Final unit overview and brainstorming
FRI	5/17	Final unit overview and brainstorming
MON	5/20	Final exam and final unit: all handouts, details, etc.
TUE	5/21	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
WED	5/22	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
THU	5/23	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
FRI	5/24	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
MON	5/27	No School (Memorial Day)
TUE	5/28	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
WED	5/29	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
THU	5/30	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
FRI	5/31	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
MON	5/27	No School (Memorial Day)
TUE	5/28	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
WED	5/29	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
THU	5/30	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
FRI	5/31	Student-driven learning (see Final Salvo posts)
MON	6/3	Final Exam, Part I: Argument Basics
TUE	6/4	Collaborative revising, editing, and publishing
WED	6/5	Collaborative revising, editing, and publishing
THU	6/6	Collaborative publishing and publicizing
FRI	6/7	Collaborative publishing and publicizing
MON	6/10	Grade abatement work due; more U/E work