Saturday, December 19, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 11-15, 201

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 January 11
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day One of Ten)
"What AP Readers Long To See"; "The Ten Rules of AP Language"; "A Methodology for Analyzing Prose Passages on the AP Language Exam" handouts distributed and reviewed in class
Winter break work (hard copies) due today in class; LATE WORK will receive late fail points; no letter grade will be earned unless all assignments are submitted by end of day on January 11)

Bedford Reader Outlining Chapter Two
(complete sentences with punctuation; no fragments or phrases)(see box at right of blog for example)
  • The Writing Process
  • Analyzing the Writing Situation
  • Discovering Ideas
  • Focusing on the Thesis and the Thesis Statement
  • Drafting
  • Revising and Editing
  • Collaborating
Bedford Reader Outlining Chapter Three
(complete sentences with punctuation; no fragments or phrases)(see box at right of blog for example)
  • Responding to a Text
  • Integrating Source Materials
  • Writing from Research
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Source Citations using MLA Style (this section must be included in detail in outline)
  • MLA List of Words Cited (this section must be included in detail in outline
Period Two:  The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
(dialectical journals MUST be typed in correct format; see box at right of blog for example)
  • Chapters One-Nine (5 dialectical journals per chapter must be typed in correct format)
Period Five:  Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
(dialectical journals MUST be typed in correct format; see box at right of blog for example)
  • Chapters One-Twenty (3 dialectical journals per chapters must be typed in correct format)

Tuesday January 12
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Two of Ten)
Homework assignments due Monday, January 18:

  1. Logic of a Columnist
  2. Bedford Reader Outline-Argument
  3. Vocabulary Workshop
  4. Language of Composition Grammar
  5. Water Cases Two and Three
Wednesday January 13
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Three of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #1-15 minutes)
Homework assigned and due Monday, January 18
"Babylon Revisited" F. Scott Fitzgerald (Period Two)
"The Gilded Six Bits" Zora Neale Hurston (Period Five)

Thursday January 14
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Four of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #2-15 minutes)

Friday January 15
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Five of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #3-15 minutes)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison (dialectical journals and class discussions)
Spring AP Workshops (to be scheduled)
Five Steps to a Five outlining
Multiple choice practice  for the AP English Language examination