AP+Language

5/21-5/25/2018
Monday, we will be finishing the questions on "The Bet" and then watching a video to compare/contrast to the short story. Tuesday, the comparison questions will be due along with the questions from the story. We will then move into a new story. Wednesday will be questions on the story. Thursday begins final exams for the semester.

5/14-5/18/2018
Monday and Tuesday, we will watch your videos and review for the exam. Wednesday is the exam. Thursday and Friday, we will be looking at a short story.

5/7-5/11/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be working with a piece by Sherman Alexie. Wednesday is prompt day. See me if you miss. Thursday is a piece by Annie Dillard. Friday is Bacon Friday 2.

4/30-5/4/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be working with a piece by MLK. Remember your college common app essay is due in Classroom by Tuesday night. Wednesday will be with the counselors in the labs downstairs. Thursday will be AP MC practice. You need to see me if you miss since I cannot post the MC. Friday will be the first Bacon Friday of the year (philosophy). ==    ==

4/23-4/27/2018
Monday will be the first day of comparing two speeches. We will look/listen to Peyton Manning's retirement speech. Tuesday will be Steve Jobs' Commencement speech at Stanford University. Wednesday will be pre-bubbling for the AP exam. Thursday and Friday will be composing an essay in response to one of the Common App prompts to be uploaded into Naviance next week.

4/16-4/20/2018
Monday will be two articles and some questions. Tuesday you are taking CMAS. Wednesday is prompt day. See me if you miss the prompt. Thursday and Friday will be looking at two different letters and compare/contrasting them.

4/9-4/13/2018
Monday will be pre-bubbling for the SAT. Tuesday is the SAT. Be here by 7:30. Wednesday, you do not have school. Thursday and Friday, we will be doing different reading in Actively Learn.

4/3-4/6/2018
Tuesday will be SAT practice from the reading test. Wednesday, you will be choosing your classes for next year with the counselors. Thursday will be SAT practice from the writing and language section. See me if you miss either Tuesday or Thursday to get the questions. Friday will be an excerpt from a closing argument by Clarence Darrow.

3/19-3/23/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be in the lab. Tuesday I need a hard copy of your cover page, prompt page,and all sources before the end of class. Wednesday will be writing to a prompt from class. Thursday will be writing to a prompt from another class. Friday will be grading the responses, and the rubric, anchor papers, and rationales are due. The whole project is due on Friday in your folders in the order stated. ALSO, YOUR QUOTES PROJECT IS DUE BY 11:59 PM ON FRIDAY. I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS LATE, SO MAKE SURE YOU UPLOAD IT BEFORE THE TIME EXPIRES.

3/12-3/16/2018
Monday will be the introduction to the Synthesis Project. Tuesday will be looking at anchor papers and getting the assignment. Wednesday will be the ACCESS test. Thursday and Friday will be in the lab working with your small groups.

3/5-9/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be finishing speeches and/or reading and analyzing an article. Wednesday will be prompt day. Thursday will be another article by Sedaris. Friday will be a TED talk with a written response.

2/26-3/2/2018
Monday is generating topics for and beginning to develop a speech to be delivered starting on Thursday. Your name will be drawn at random. Be in class to give your speech or receive a zero. Tuesday will be in the lab to do research, begin writing, or anything else to do with your speech. Wednesday is SAT practice. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to speeches in class with the possibility of Monday for 4th period as well.

2/21-2/23/2018
Wednesday is MC. Please see me if you were absent. Thursday will be an article by Steve Martin with questions. Friday will be looking at humor, specifically satire, with video and reading.

2/12-2/16/2018
Monday will be a reading by Gloria Anzaldua with some questions. Tuesday will be a reading by Leonard Pitts, Jr. and a WEWE. Wednesday-Friday we will be in the lab starting our essay for one of the four authors we have studied this semester so far. See Classroom for the assignment.

2/5-2/9/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be an essay by E. B. White and a poem. Wednesday is prompt day. Thursday is teh final reading by White. Friday will be a short piece by Gandhi.

1/29-2/2/2018
Monday and Tuesday will be in the lab composing your Satirical essays. It is due on Thursday uploaded into Google Classroom. Wednesday will be SAT and AP MC practice for a grade (If you miss, you need to see me since I cannot post MC online). Thursday will be a short reading with questions. No School for you on Friday.

1/22-1/26/2018
Monday through Wednesday, we will be reading an essay by Jonathan Swift and doing various activities with the text. Thursday and Friday will be an excerpt from Gulliver's Travels and various activities including a video. If you missed today, search on Youtube for Sneetches to watch the video. It is a little over 12 minutes long.

1/16-1/19/2018
No school Monday. Tuesday will be reading a new piece by Virginia Woolf. We will be working with it in chunks. Chunk 1 is Tuesday. Because of Challenge Day, we will work with the other two either Wednesday or Thursday. Friday will be working with MC questions for this and one other piece by Woolf. Please see me if you missed the MC on Friday.

1/8/-1/12/2018
Welcome back! Monday will be a reading by Thoreau. Have it finished by Tuesday in class. Tuesday will be individual and small group questions. Wednesday will be a writing prompt. Thursday will be an excerpt from //Walden// with some MC questions. Friday will be a prompt. You choose which one I grade as an AP response.

Logical Fallacies
Clicking on the link will take you to a digital book about how not to write. [|The Book of Bad Arguments]

**Rhetorical Analysis Handouts**



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