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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

AP Language Review

Review Packet can be found on edmodo and to the right!

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Monday, November 22, 2010

AP Week 14

Monday:
Turn in your "Modest Proposal", Toulmin Quiz, and Jigsaw of "Self-Reliance".
HW: Self-Reliance Powerpoint

Tuesday:
Discuss Self-Reliance Images
Starting on Monday, you will be reading Invisible Man, working on the video project, selecting a Civil War era piece or relevant selection to teach to the class (list and assignement), and completing a project for AP Lang.

Have a SUPER Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

AP Week 13

Monday:
Present Figurative Lanuage
HW: Three options for your modest proposal.

Tuesday:
Satire, Pop Culture, and "A Modest Proposal".
HW: "On Dumpster Diving" for Wednesday and "My Modest Proposal" due Thursday

Wednesday:
Toulmin Circles and Seminar in the Multi Purpose Room
HW: "My Modest Proposal"

Thursday:
Peer Edit proposals and NIE Character Hunt
HW: Peer Editing

Friday:
APUSH!
HW: rewrite "Proposal"

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

AP Week 12

Monday:
B-Day Test: The Awakening and Benchmark.
HW: Multiples

Tuesday:
Library Orientation and Toulmin
HW: SAT Practice Questions

Wednesday:
Multiple Choice Analysis
HW: Swift's "A Modest Proposal" on page 638 with the first two sections of questions.

Friday:
Figurative Language in Advertising

Monday, November 1, 2010

AP Week 11

Congrats;)
All Juniors who passed the NC Writing Test are welcome to join us in the Multipurpose room on Wednesday to celebrate with a pizza party! If you passed the test, you are welcome DURING YOUR LUNCH to dine with us!

Monday:
The Awakening review, submission of Gatsby essay.
HW: Emerson (see the link under Friday of last week)

Wednesday:
Presentations on TA, the most rediculously detailed questions to review for the test, and Journal submission of Emerson.
HW: 3 Arguments Toulmin-style

Thursday:
TA Rediculous Review and submission of the Emerson journal.

Friday:
TA test and becnchmark.

Friday, October 22, 2010

AP Week 10

Parents: Due to the county server, I wasn't able to send home progress reports on Friday. I sent them home on Wednesday. Also, just like ENG II, AP students will recieve 4 grades throughout the semester; however, the only grade that will appear on their transcript is the final grade assigned in June. This is a crucial year and comes with many growing pains and learning curves;however, desire and dication are powerful forces!

Monday: Peer Edit of Reverse Mapping - Groups for Toulmin (Prezi) - SAT Practice Test 2
HW: Finish Preze, SAT Practice, and Peer Editing


Tuesday:
Finish Prezi and assignment for the class.
HW: Finish Prezi and SAT packet - Finish The Awakening for Monday


Wednesday:
Present Toulmin lessons
HW: Annotate M.E. Lewes


Thursday:
Learning about the Free Response Questions - Read commentary, extract main ideas, apply to a sample student essay, and evaluate a student essay.
HW: Write the draft of M.E. Lewes


Friday:
APUSH All Day - Regardless, Mrs. Hunter will collect your essays.
HW: Check this link!

English I Weekly Assignments

October 18 - 22

October 11 - 15

October 4 - October 8

September 27 - October 1

September 20 - 24

September 13 - 17

September 6 - 10

August 30 - September 3

August 25 - 27

Monday, October 18, 2010

AP Week 9

Monday:
"I Am A Woman" Multiples
HW: page 638 in the SAT book #1-24

Tuesday:
Meet in the Library - bring "The Awakening"
HW: Read TA to chapter 20 by Monday.


Wednesday
SAT Check, Thesis Writing, and Kate Chopin
HW: Notes on Chopin, The Awakening, and Realism


Thursday:
Literary Movements in American Lit.
HW: Notes on Toulmin's Theory (and here's a consice look at it:)


Friday:
Delving into Toulmin's world!
HW: Reverse Mapping of Gatsby