Monday, December 22, 2014

Language of Composition Assignment Responses

Winter Recess Language of Composition Assignment:

Answer the following by 8:30 A.M. January 12, 2014 on turnitin.com web site; questions or concerns, send a message to the instructor.

"Superman and Me" Page 110
Sherman Alexie
Responses due: 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6

"Letter From Birmingham Jail" Page 260
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Responses: Discussion 1, 3; Rhetoric and Style 1, 5, and 7

"A Modest Proposal" Page 914
Jonathan Swift
Responses:  Discussion 4, 6; Rhetoric and Style 5, 7 and 11

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

SYNTHESIS PAPER-Winter Recess Assignment for AP English Language

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrsjewell.com%2FSynthesisExample_Internet.pdf&ei=j7uRVJCTH47toASKzILYCQ&usg=AFQjCNEt-q_qQSkfZJDs_TsHOxG2H36Q6w&sig2=AgiZvpJLJkNrl5-ncHY5mA&bvm=bv.82001339,d.cGU

Access this source for the prompt.


Sunday, December 14, 2014

STUDYPATH* December 15-19, 2014

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups and Starts
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Smart Start, Super Start, Clean Start, Good Start

Monday
Invisible Man novels assigned to students for winter break reading and writing assignment
Their Eyes Were Watching God screening concludes (Period One)
Semester reflection assignment is scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 71-80 returned to students; test is scheduled Tuesday for Period One and Wednesday for Period Three

Tuesday
Finals Periods One and Two
Semester reflection is scheduled
Multiple choice practice is scheduled

Wednesday
Finals Periods Three and Four
Semester reflection is scheduled
Multiple choice practice is scheduled

Thursday
Finals Periods Five and Six
Semester reflections completed in class
Winter break work review is scheduled

Friday
Last day of classes for semester
Winter break work review is scheduled

AGENDA BIN FOR JANUARY 2015:

1.  Outlining resumes (BR, LOC and 5 Steps)
2.  Review semester reflections
3.  71-80 test; WHSSSK 81-90 assigned
4.  Literary terms/rhetorical devices
5.  Prose passage multiple choice
6.  Vocabulary Workshop units
7.  Logic of an Article resumes
8.  Invisible Man 1-5 and Prologue DJs/class discussions
9.  College Board Account sign up verifications
Access the College Board site and print evidence of account sign up; submit for credit
10.College library water case assigned work
Access the library and provide copy of library card assigned by respective library; submit for credit
11.Grammar assignments continue
12.Climate change paper competition deadlines/submissions
13.Water cases 7, 8, 9 and 10
14.Water case debates/presentations
15.Interim assessments
16.Logical fallacies unit
Access the Bedford Reader and Everything's An Argument textbooks and GLAASPI file folders

Sunday, December 07, 2014

STUDYPATH* December 8-12, 2014

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups and Starts
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Smart Start, Super Start, Clean Start, Good Start

Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class; review rhetorical devices and literary terms 21-30 for test scheduled Tuesday
Outlining continues from 5 Steps to a 5 textbooks
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God papers due tomorrow morning
Words High School Students Should Know 61-70 are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Tuesday
Outlining continues in class
The Great Gatsby paper due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Their Eyes Were Watching God paper due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Rhetorical devices and literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know Words 61-70 test is scheduled

Wednesday
Film Screening Day One The Great Gatsby
Film Screening Day One Their Eyes Were Watching God

Thursday
Film Screening Day Two The Great Gatsby
Film Screening Day Two Their Eyes Were Watching God

Friday
Words High School Students Should Know Words 71-80 assignment is due
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

UPDATED:  Winter Break Work Agenda Bin
Synthesis Paper: Internet Communities
College Board Account Signup
Bedford Reader Outline
Research Paper Outline/Member Agency Summar
Language of Composition Reading/Writing Selections and Outlining