Reading and Annotating of Theme Explanation from Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner due today - assigned Fri., Feb. 19th.
Will be used for today's class discussion/lesson.
Tonight's Homework, due tomorrow, Tues., March 02nd: Please read only the first fourteen paragraphs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail (distributed in class) and be prepared to discuss the applicable accompanying questions (also distributed in class) and the appeals we begin discussing tomorrow, as they pertain to what you have already read in the Letter.
Assign optional extra-credit personal Quack! Video - due Thurs., April 01st
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TODAY IS A GREEN TUESDAY!
Reading of only the first fourteen paragraphs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail (distributed in class) preparedness to discuss the applicable accompanying questions (also distributed in class yesterday) and the appeals we begin discussing today, as they pertain to what you have already read in the Letter, DUE TODAY - assigned yesterday, Mon., March 05th.
Will discuss this in class in relation to Aristotilean Appeals, which are introduced today.
Assignment of Long Grammatically correct sentence - due Fri., March 12th (please be prepared to present in class).
Find assigned appeal use in the entire letter - due next Mon., March 08th
Distribution of printed copy of six ideas about public education. Please read and note ideas in relation to all six by next Mon., March 08th
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In Class Essay Exam over Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner - possible topics and scoring guide distributed in class Fri., Feb. 05th. You may use your novel or copies of the novel ONLY as a reference on the exam.
Link to possible final essay exam prompts and scoring rubric
Distribute test packets, with questions, for Optional test corrections over last Practice Multiple Choice Exam - DUE next Mon., March 08th (must explain type of question AND reason correct answer is correct). May earn back 1/2 point per every wrong answer. Assigned Tues., Feb. 23rd
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View past student-created Quack! Videos
Ninth Student-led Socratic Seminar
Who is leading today and what is the assigned reading?
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Third QUACK! ACTIVITY
Introduction to Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried
Assign school-loaned copy of novel.
First reading assignment due Fri., March 19th - Reading remainder of Introductory Handout and pages one through eighty-eight of the novel.
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Optional test corrections over last Practice Multiple Choice Exam - DUE today (must explain type of question AND reason correct answer is correct). May earn back 1/2 point per every wrong answer. Assigned Tues., Feb. 23rd
Finding of assigned appeal use in the entire Letter from Birmingham Jail (by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) DUE today - assigned and begun in class last Tues., March 02nd
DISCUSSED IN GROUPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO THE SAME APPEAL - Must be prepared to share and justify this with class this Wed., March 10th
Reading and noting of ideas about six ideas about public education due today - assigned last Tues., March 02nd
DISCUSSED WITH CLASSMATES TODAY.
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NO SCHOOL FOR 9th, 10th, and 12th graders
MME/ACT TESTING FOR ALL 11TH GRADERS
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HOURS 1, 2, and 3
1st hour - 11.11 -12:08
2nd hour – 12:14 - 1:11
3rd hour – 1:17 – 2:14
Further discussion about six ideas about public education - assigned last Tues., March 02nd and discussed with classmates last Mon., March 08th
To be used toward Generation of own set of appeals assignment - due this Fri., March 12th
Reading and annotating assigned for homework today (excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed) - due next Tues., March 16th
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HOURS 4, 5, and 6
4th hour - 11.11 -12:08
5th hour – 12:14 - 1:11
6th hour – 1:17 – 2:14
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Fourth QUACK! ACTIVITY
Long Sentence (due today) - assigned Tues., March 02nd
Generation of own set of appeals assignment due today -assigned last Mon., March 08th
Will check for credit and discuss in class
Distributed list of Outside-of-School events for the Big Read and the Written Assignment (due Fri., May 21st).
Written assignment must be completed unless three outside-of-school events are attended (with pre-registration requirement) (extra-credit possible for attendance at more than three events).
May begin registering for events next Mon., March 12th.
Sign-up deadline: Mon., March 29th.
Must have signed up, in class, no later than today if completing first after-school full A.P. Language and Composition Exam (next Thurs., March 18th)
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Discussion of assigned appeal use in the entire Letter from Birmingham Jail (by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) today - assigned and begun in class Tues., March 02nd and discussed with classmates last Mon., March 08th
Please be prepared to share and justify this with class today.
Present Long Sentence - due last Fri., March 12th
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TODAY IS A GREEN TUESDAY!
Visit by Mr. Pumford to Register for the A.P. Exams.
A.P. Bulletin
Queen Elizabeth's Argument Analysis Essay (in the form of a detailed precis - showing understanding of argument) Due Today - assigned Tues., Feb. 23rd
Identification of Aristotelian Appeals Activity
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What clubs are meeting today?
Reading and annotating assigned last Wed., March 10th DUE TODAY (excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed)
Discussed in class - specifically the criteria impacting reliability/credibility
Assigned for homework, due this Fri., March 19th: (1) Four general topic, political/social cartoons;
(2) The following, supporting the same position used about education for your three Aristotelian Appeals (one of each): bar graph, pie chart, line graph, venn diagram, pictorial (such as a map), and a related commentative cartoon, with explanation about how and why these all support your position, and
(3) One news piece, each, about six of the thirteen current events listed on the first page of the packet distributed in class today.
Homework due next Mon., March 22nd: Specific reading, annotating, and answering of short questions from packet distributed in class today (Phillip Knightley's "The First Televised War" reading and questions, "The Courage of Intimacy" reading and assignment, and assigned reading from "Synthesizing Sources").
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Tenth Student-led Socratic Seminar
Who is leading today and what is the assigned reading?
Quick "review" of Synthesis Essay writing for practice AP Comp exam this afternoon
Verbally reviewed required homework assignments for tomorrow, Fri., March 19th and next Mon., March 22nd for students absent yesterday, who also needed to acquire packet distributed in class yesterday.
First After-School Full A.P. Language and Composition Testing Opportunity (only required to complete one, but able to complete both).
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Fifth and Final QUACK! ACTIVITY
First reading assignment of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried due today - assigned Fri., March 05th: Remainder of Introductory Handout and pages one through eighty-eight of the novel.
Content Quiz completed over assigned reading due today.
Next set of reading assigned from novel assigned - due next Thurs., March 25th - pages 89 - 130
DUE today (assigned last Wed., March 17th): (1) Four general topic, political/social cartoons;
(2) The following, supporting the same position used about education for your three Aristotelian Appeals (one of each): bar graph, pie chart, line graph, venn diagram, pictorial (such as a map), and a related commentative cartoon, with explanation about how and why these all support your position, and
(3) One news piece, each, about six of the thirteen current events listed on the first page of the packet distributed in classlast Wed., March 17th.
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DUE today (assigned last Wed., March 17th): Specific reading, annotating, and answering of short questions from packet distributed in class today (Phillip Knightley's "The First Televised War" reading and questions, "The Courage of Intimacy" reading and assignment, and assigned reading from "Synthesizing Sources").
Will use for today's class discussion about Synthesis Essay Writing.
Homework, due tomorrow, Tues., March 23rd: Read and briefly note in writing reliability of each news article in packet recived in class today.
May begin turning in Rhetorical Precis #6. Due no later than this Thurs., March 25th
Must have signed up, in class, no later than today if completing tghis Friday morning's full A.P. Language and Composition Exam
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TODAY IS A GREEN TUESDAY!
Discussed reliability (noted, briefly, in writing) of yesterday's assigned reading of various news articles.
Continued discussing Synthesis Writing - using packet received in class today.
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Completed political and social cartoons (distributed in class) or discuss (in writing) visual works criteria present in already complete cartoons.
Read two education editorials & letters to the editor and compose very brief summaries of each (from packet distributed in class yesterday, Tues., March 24th).
Both assignments are homework, due tomorrow, Thurs., March 25th, if not completed in class today. Please be prepared to discuss both in class tomorrow. |
*MONEY is due today for A.P. Exam Registration. $86 per exam.*
Rhetorical Precis #6 Due today.
Discussed political and social cartoons considered in class yesterday and education editorials and letter to editors read and summarized in class yesterday - checked for credit.
Homework, due next Mon., March 29th: Please read and score ALL student sample Synthesis Essay responses in packet received in class last Tues., March 23rd (there are several responses for two different prompts). Each scoring must also be accompanied by a brief explanation for score in order to receive credit for assignment.
Second reading assignment of Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried due today - assigned Fri., March 19th: pages 89 - 130
VERY LAST Day for CRAYON COLLECTION!
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NO SCHOOL
Parent/Teacher Conferences
12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
Full A.P. Language and Composition Testing Opportunity at 7:00 a.m. (only required to complete one, but able to complete two)
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