Monday, October 31, 2005

Week In Preview October 31-November 4

Upcoming Assignments for AP English Language:

1. Spirit of Independence packet due Friday, November 4 (all parts complete; deadline is firm)
2. Begin Unit Four Vocabulary; correct in class Unit 1-3 reveiw for BWR, EYV, and WPS
3. The Great Gatsby issued to students; read foreword and write ten full-sentence talking points by Wednesday
4. Literary Terms 16-30 reviewed in class this week; exam set by end of week
5. Miers scuttled nomination impact on presidency extra credit due Monday, October 31
6. New Op/Ed article and analysis due on Friday, November 4
7. Begin Poetry unit; "Romanticism" packet (twelve pages) issued

Monday, October 24, 2005

Week In Preview October 24-28

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Reflective Letter: Save ALL work for reflective letter to be written at end of semester
2. TEWWG ABC broadcast shown in class Monday and Tuesday, October 24-25
3. Bring anthologies on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, October 26-28: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop, Pages 25-30 and Unit Review Test scheduled for Wednesday, October 26
5. Lincoln AP Prompt Essay on Second Inaugural written in class on Friday, October 21 will permit rewrites on Monday, October 24; essay due no later than Tuesday, October 25
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor; exam on next fifteen scheduled for Friday, October 28
7. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
8. Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come)

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Week in Preview October 17-21

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Frederick Douglass AP Essay typed in Vantage Lab last Monday and Tuesday was due Friday, October 14 and if submitted late will be penalized by the dropping of one letter grade per each day late
2. Op/Ed piece Consultative Writing due Monday, October 17: Attach column/article; note name of writer, name of paper/magazine/website and date of piece; no contractions; writers chosen so far include Boot, Scheer, Carlson, Morrison, Dowd, Brooks, Kristoff, and Friedman
3. Bring anthologies on Monday and Tuesday, October 17, 18: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop, Pages 25-30 and Unit Review Test upcoming before week's end
5. Rhetorical Square presentations on Frederick Douglass prose resume on Wednesday
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor; exam on next fifteen scheduled for Friday, October 21
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston: Exam final on vocabulary scheduled after words are defined; essay topics final (ten discussion topics of at least one paragraph each) is due Monday, October 17; AP Long form due October 21 (new deadline)
8. Churchill "Detail" analysis to be assigned as in-class writing
9. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
10.Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come); Abraham Lincoln AP Essay prompt assigned as next essay

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Week in Preview October 10-14

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Vantage Lab-Room 502: Monday and Tuesday orientation and Frederick Douglass AP Essay Prompt; use resource AP Cliffs for syntax and figurative language definitions; four-page narrative on Douglass autobiography; Rhetorical Square notes and Guide to Rhetorical Analysis handout; essay due at end of session on Tuesday
2. Op/Ed piece Consultative Writing due Monday, October 17: Attach column/article; note name of writer, name of paper/magazine/website and date of piece; no contractions; writers chosen so far include Boot, Scheer, Carlson, Morrison, Dowd, Brooks, Kristoff, and Friedman
3. Bring anthologies on Wednesday and Thursday: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Unit Three Vocabulary Test on Thursday; begin Unit Five Vocabulary on Friday
5. PSAT Test on Wednesday
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston: Three exams including final vocabulary, forty-question multiple choice, and essay topics (ten discussion topics of at least one paragraph each); AP Long form due October 17
8. Churchill "Detail" analysis to be assigned as in-class writing
9. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
10.Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come)

Monday, October 03, 2005

Week in Preview October 3-7

Here are upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Benjamin Franklin "New Republic Spirit of Independence and a New Nation" study packet issued October 3
2. Frederick Douglass narrative distributed in preparation for Vantage Lab AP Prompt Four and Rhetorical Analysis charts
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Pages 19-24 due Thursday, October 6
4. Types of Sentences: Periodic, Loose, etc. lecture continues using Cornell Notes
5. Literary Terms (didactic-metaphor) in Cliffs Advanced Placement Preparation Guide
6. Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters 16-20 and AP Long Form due at end of novel
7. Churchill "detail" analysis-to be assigned in class

Returned Documents:

AP Quiz Number Two
Colonial Era Packets (Plymouth-Offer-Sinners)
Op/Ed Consultative/Formal Writing Responses to national op/ed columnists

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