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Friday, February 13, 2009

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Fri, Feb 13

Pds 1, 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Sonnets
3. Discuss Reading Assessment
Pd 2: 1-7; Pds 1,4: 1-3

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Show me your 1] thesis & the 3 steps, and 2] your outline of at least 2 subtopics and at least 2 pieces of evidence to support each.
3. Discuss 3 step thesis & get handout if you don’t have it.
HW: Essay writing: Due Tues: 300 words of rough draft
Due Thurs: at least 600 (total).
Due Fri, 2/20: Final draft, rough draft, rough outline, final outline.
HW: AP essay on bird poem by Emily Dickinson.
(1) Read the beginning discussion in handout “Question 2: Emily Dickinson” p138, underlining things to look for in an essay.
(2) Read the 2 essays and underline things that were specifically mentioned in the beginning discussion. Try to find one in each paragraph of the 2 essays.
(3) In YOUR essay (returned,) try to find as many as you can and underline.
(4) Read “Response to Student Essays 1 & 2” on p141. Write what score you would give your essay and why.