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
