AP In-Class Essay
Plan for the day students write a timed essay on "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
ENGLISH 11AP:
Daily Plan
UNIT: The Elements of Poetry
DAY: 11
Assignment to have been completed: Students had no specific homework for today.
Activities:
- A. Instruct students to write on their own non-spiral paper, skipping every other line. Remind them that they cannot use notes or reference books or ask questions during the writing.
- B. Distribute the copies of the prompt.
- C. Allow students as much time as they need to complete the essay.
- D. As the students complete their essays, they will bring them to the desk. Remind them to staple the prompt sheet to the top of the essay. Place the essays on the top of my office desk.
Assignment for next class meeting: Write out responses to the Exercise on p. 796. Read “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” pp. -729-730 of Perrine’s Literature and write out responses to the questions that follow on pp. 729-730.