Friday, December 20, 2013

AP English Language Winter Break Assignments--Due January 13, 2014

Complete the following assignments and submit on Monday, January 13, 2014


Outlining Language of Composition
Chapter One:  Pages 1-6; 10-11; 13-14; 17-25 (19 pages)
Chapter Two: Pages 35-38; 49-51 (7 pages)
Chapter Three: Pages 61-62 (2 pages)
(if there are discrepancies for these page numbers, that is, if the text in your book does not correspond to these page numbers, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net for clarification)

Competition Paper (handout states requirements)
(if you need the handout, I will e-mail it to you upon request)

Columnist Response (Will, Friedman, Daum, Page, Dowd)

Invisible Man
Prologue (1 dialectical journal)
Chapters One-Five (5 dialectical journals)
(this assignment was modified from fifteen chapters to five chapters)

The Water Case assigned in late December is due Tuesday, January 14, 2013.

Have a good winter break and return refreshed for the second semester of AP English Language.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

STUDYPATH* December 16-20, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday
Final examinations for Periods One and Three include full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing

Tuesday
Periods One, Three and Six do not meet today
Water cases are due for all periods

Wednesday
Final Examination for Period Six includes full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing

Thursday
Multiple choice final exam answers reviewed
Overview of winter break assigned work:
  • Outlining of Language of Composition
  • Invisible Man assigned reading
  • Columnist response
  • Competition assigned paper
Friday
Last day of semester
Winter break work review continues; all work due Monday, January 13

Sunday, December 08, 2013

STUDYPATH* December 9-13, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday
Conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening is scheduled for Periods One and Three
Multiple choice work for The Great Gatsby is scheduled for Period Six
Bedford Reader is required in class Monday and Tuesday for Wenke responses (meaning 1, writing strategey 1, 2 and language 1) and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled for Friday; sources are distributed in class for annotations
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) distributed to students; test is scheduled Wednesday

Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices 31-40
Sources for synthesis in-class timed writing are reviewed
Water cases are due today for all classes

Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled

Thursday-Minimum Day (Senior Projects)
Review of final exam assignment
Review of winter break work is scheduled

Friday
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments