Monday, March 31, 2008

Invisible Man Long Form

Next components of Long Form are due on Friday, April 4 for Period Four, and Friday, April 11 for Period One

POINT OF VIEW (NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE): Is the novel written from the first person (“I”), second person (“you,” very rare), or third person (he/she)? Is it a reminiscence or recent perspective, written in the present tense or the past tense? If in the first person, is he/she the protagonist or an observer? If in the third, is he/she omniscient (knowing everything), limited omniscient (knowing one character most often) or objective (no subjective commentary by the narrator, but limited omniscient)?

CHARACTER: General comments: Flat/round? Static/dynamic? Believable? How are they revealed? How complex? How many? Protagonist/antagonist? Role of minor characters? Then describe four-six central characters: name, age, three descriptive adjectives, appearance, personality, function in novel, significance of name, a quote that reveals character with an explanation of what the quote reveals.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

STUDYPATH March 31-April 4, 2008

CHECK BLOG SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR ANY UPDATES

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. APEX diagnostic tests due today
2. Research paper strategies; grammar Unit Thirteen test
3. Bedford Reader textbook days revised to Monday-Wednesday; Bedford literary terms continued
4. Multiple-choice practice
5. Invisible Man class discussion continues from Friday (bring novel to class)
6. Answers Unit 7-9 and Cumulative II due in class today

Tuesday
2. Invisible Man Period One: Chapters 1-5 talking points due Friday; Period Four: Chapters 11-15 talking points due Friday
2. Bedford terms continued
3. "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen due in class today
4. Synthesis essay scheduled for Thursday
5. Los Angeles Times Op-Ed assignment

Wednesday

1. Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop answers due Monday in class
2. Research paper strategies
3. Bedford terms test in class today
4. Multiple-choice practice

Thursday

1. In-class synthesis essay
2. Invisible Man class discussion tomorrow

Friday

1. Invisible Man class discussion (see Tuesday for chapter assignments)
2. Vocabulary Workshop due in class today for Unit Ten assignment

Saturday, March 22, 2008

STUDYPATH March 24-28, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Writer's Choice is due in class M-W
2. Bedford Reader is due in class Thursday; complete two assignments before this Thursday "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson (122) and questions on meaning, writing strategy, and language and "Silent Dancing" by Judith Ortiz Cofer (162) and questions on meaning, writing strategy and language
3. Multiple-Choice practice
4. Unit Nine vocabulary answers due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday

1. Unit Nine vocabulary test today
2. Writer's Choice grammar
3. Research paper strategies
4. APEX diagnostic tests due by Friday

Wednesday
1. Writer's Choice grammar
2. Invisible Man Chapters Six-Ten due Friday for class discussion (five talking points per chapter)

Thursday
1. Multiple-choice practice in class
2. Hazlitt multiple-choice review
3. Vocabulary book due in class tomorrow
4. Cofer and Jackson pieces from Bedford Reader due today

Friday

1. Unit Seven-Nine and Cumulative Review II vocabulary answers due on Monday
2. Class discussion of Invisible Man Chapters Six-Ten; five talking points per chapter due
3. Weekend homework to be announced

Friday, March 14, 2008

Practicing Consulative Language

Several AP students have decided to address the op-ed columnists by using a questioning strategy instead of crafting a letter response. Here is the format for the questioning strategy as requested by AP students:

Practicing Consultative/Formal Registers Outside the School Day:

Look through several newspapers and magazines to find an editorial writer you would be willing to read regularly. Choose someone who makes you think—either in agreement or in disagreement.

For each editorial, do the following:

1. What is the writer’s argument? Summarize the editorial’s argument in a sentence of no more than eighteen words.

2. How does the writer prove it? What evidence does the writer give?

3. How does the writer explain the evidence? What does the writer explain about the evidence that shows how or why it proves the argument?

4. Do you agree with the argument? Why or why not?

5. Write down three things you would like to say to this writer.

6. Find three ways this editorial relates to something you have studied or learned about in school. Write an explanation of how the editorial relates to your class work.

c.Marcy Bowman, 2005 California State University AP Seminar and writingback.org

STUDYPATH March 17-21, 2007

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday, March 17
1. Writer's Choice due in class; research paper strategies from textbook begin today
2. Op-Ed due today; see "Practicing Consultative Language" if you wish to use the questioning method rather than the letter response method for the op-ed response
3. Synthesis essays graded and returned to students during this week (revisions and rewrites due Friday)
4. Unit Eight Vocabulary due today in class; test to be scheduled
5. Research Paper Topic due today (in writing-format distributed in class last week)
6. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" talking points due today for Period One class only

Tuesday
1. Timed write essay in class today
2. Writer's Choice not due in class today; bring Writer's Choice Wednesday and Thursday this week
3. Bedford Reader texts distributed and assignment made

Wednesday
1. Writer's Choice due in class today and tomorrow for research paper and grammar assignments
2. Vocabulary Workshop texts due in class Friday
3. Multiple-Choice strategies continue with review of Hazlitt piece, Housman poem, and student-created multiple-choice questions
4. Bedford Reader assignments made

Thursday

1. Invisible Man Chapters One-Five talking points due Friday for class discussion (five talking points per chapter)
2. Since Period One received Invisible Man later than Period Four, the introduction, prologue and Chapters One-Five talking points are due Friday for class discussion (five talking points for prologue, introduction and five talking points per chapter)
3. Synthesis essay rewrites are due tomorrow
4. Vocabulary Workshop textbooks are due in class on Fridays
6. Writer's Choice textbook due as research paper and grammar assignments continue
2. Op-Ed assignment

Friday
1. Invisible Man class discussion; books and talking points required
2. Unit Nine vocabulary assigned; books required in class

Saturday, March 08, 2008

STUDYPATH March 10-14, 2007

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. DCQ Synthesis essay due today for Period One; due Tuesday for Period Four
2. Cornell Notes for Bloom's Taxonomy
3. Writer's Choice anthologies due in class today
4. Los Angeles Times editorial responses due today

Tuesday

1. Writer's Choice anthologies due in class today
2. Invisible Man books assigned; talking points due Friday for class discussion
3. Junior Defense of Thesis topic due today

Wednesday
1. Writer's Choice anthologies due in class today
2. Bedford Reader books assigned; Bedford Terms and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
3. Research Paper strategies

Thursday

1. Los Angeles Times editorial assignment
2. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson (continued)
3. Bedford Terms test today (postponed)
4. Five talking points for both the introduction and the prologue for Invisible Man due by Friday


Friday

1. Invisible Man talking points for Chapters One-Five due today for class discussion (modified: see Thursday for assignment)
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eight due Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced, including revisions and rewrites for DCQ Synthesis essays
4. Research Paper topics are due today! Choose a natural disaster that is connected to water conservation.