Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Thu, Apr 23

Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s of your essay.
3. Due date
pd 2: Tues 4/28
pd 4: Wed 4/29

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 5 Pygmalion
3. Show me your thesis & outline for style essay
4. Discussion of essay writing
HW: Write a first draft for Friday to discuss with partner. 400 word minimum. You will comment using signs for GOOD, UNCLEAR, and ADD DETAILS
HW: Read Epilogue pp 1201-1207 for quiz.

Writing a Persuasive Essay Using Your Experience

Persuasive Essay in Seven Easy Steps

1. Think of topics of interest to you that you have some personal experience with.

For example, for me it would be books, my school, places I have lived, restaurants and stores, cafeteria food, my children, sailing, cars I have driven, etc.

2. Pick one and write an opinion about it that some people might disagree with.

For example, I picked BOOKS, and my opinion is that you should read Tuesdays with Morrie. In the past I chose If you want a good car, you should buy a Camry.

3. Make a chart listing reasons why your opinion is right (for it) and reasons why it is wrong (against it).

For example:
You should read Tuesdays with Morrie

FOR
1. Lessons about life
2. Two men struggle
with problems and
solve them

AGAINST
1. It’s about death

4. If you have 2 good reasons FOR and one good reason AGAINST, you can write a THESIS statement by filling in the blanks:
Even though ___[reason Against]____,
___[put your Opinion on this line]____
because ___[second-best reason For]_
and ____[best reason For]__________.

For example:
Even though it is about death,
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men in it solve terrible problems,
and it teaches amazing lessons about life.

5. Write an Outline of the body ¶ s based on your thesis. Begin with people’s objection to your opinion, because they will see you considering both sides to the argument and then they will listen to your side.

For example:
Write the OUTLINE of the BODY ¶ s from this THESIS:
Even though it is about death, I.
you should read Tuesdays with Morrie
because 2 men solve terrible problems, II.
and it teaches amazing lessons on life. III.

I. It is about death
A.
B.
II. Solving terrible problems
A.
B.
III. Lessons on life
A.
B.

Fill in the outline by writing 2 things about each subtopic. Now you have a plan!

6. Write your body ¶ s. I. II. III.

If you write the objection to your opinion first, don’t convince them NOT to agree with you! Play down the argument against you. Or if you can’t weaken it, admit it and say that your idea is so good, they will want to agree with you anyway!
And don’t make it your biggest, best paragraph!

To argue For your opinion, use all the specific details you know from your experience with the topic. Help the reader feel what you feel, know what you know.

7. Write your beginning and ending-- the introduction ¶ and the conclusion ¶. Both consist mostly of your THESIS.

Introduction ¶
1. Attention getter related to topic
2. THESIS

Conclusion ¶
1. THESIS restated in different words or a different way
2. A personal comment not said before, and related to your topic

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Wed, Apr 22

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write the last 2 ¶ s for persuasive essay.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 more points on the persuasive essay.

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Tue, Apr 21

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Write 2 more ¶ s for 10 pts.

Pd 5
1. Quiz Act 4 & TPCASTT
2. Discuss AP essays on poems
3. Look at work p 1229 with respect to significance of author’s style. Use work to help with your essay and hand in with essay.
HW: Read Act 5 Pygmalion
HW: Write a thesis and outline for the style essay p 1229.

Mon, Apr 20, 2009

Mon, Apr 20

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Write 1 ¶.

Pd 5
1. Hand in qstn 10 and discuss.
2. Quiz Act 3 & p1229 Style
3. Check passages and review p1229.
HW: Read Act 4
HW: Select 30-35 lines in one column from the textbook for a story you select from the 20th century authors. Select a passage that is significant to the story. Answer qstns 1-5 for words, 1-4 for sentences, & 1-2 for stylistic devices, p 1229 for tomorrow. We will be writing an essay following the suggestions on p1229.

Fri, Apr 17, 2009

Fri, Apr 17

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Work on outline of essay. Take body ¶ s from thesis.
Even though _____I_____,
______[my opinion]______
because _________II_____
and __________III________.
Write at least two details for each of the 3 body ¶ s and hand in. (9 points)


Pd5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Act 2 Pygmalion
3. Writing an AP essay
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle: Answer the question using literary strategies and several examples of evidence for each.
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
4. Review TPCASTT for quiz
T=Title
P=Paraphrase
C=Connotations
A=Attitude (like Tone but too many T's already)
S=Shifts
T=Title again
T=Theme
HW: Read Act 3, p 1174-1185, answer qstn #10 p 1185
HW: Read p 1229 for quiz.
Copy a passage of several representative sentences (100-200 words) from each author:
Conrad p 925- Secret Sharer
Munro p 951- Sredni Vashtar
Joyce p 959- or 966- Araby or Portrait of the Artist
Lawrence p 973- Rocking Horse. You may copy pages from the book on a copier.

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Thu, Apr 16

Pds 2, 4
1. AR rdg
2. Persuasive Essay:
Write 4 part thesis:
Even though_____[objection]_____,
[your opinion]____________
because _____[2nd best support]_________
and ____[best support]______________
3. Begin essay
4. Hand in or show me work

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Quiz on Lawrence, "Rocking Horse Winner", Pygmalion Preface, and Act 1.
3. Hand in critical response
4. Writing an AP essay on "Blackberry Picking"
• Read poem twice
• Set up triangle
• Use analysis technique such as TP-CASTT
HW: Read Act 2 Pygmalion pp 1159-1173

Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Wed, Apr 15

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Write 4 part thesis:
Even though__________,
[my opinion]____________,
because ______________,
and __________________.


Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion and one opposing your opinion.

Tue, Apr 14, 2009

Tue, Apr 14

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Ideas for essay – brainstorm
Don’t use issues of faith or anything you are highly emotional about. Use logic and reason. Use only topics you can support with your own personal experience.
3. Of the brainstormed ideas, choose one. Make a chart of at least one reason supporting your opinion (for) and one opposing your opinion (against).


Pd 5
1. Quiz Joyce, Araby, Portrait, Stream of Consciousness.
2. Hand in critical response
3. Write "Blackberry Picking" essay
HW: Read D.H.Lawrence p971-2, “The Rocking Horse Winner” p973-981, and write Critical Response p 982 #4
HW: Read Pygmalion:
• Preface- A Professor of Phonetics (only), p1148
• Two ¶s on p 1151, column 2, ¶s 2 & 3, beginning w/ “I wish…” and ending with “ ridiculous.”
• Act 1 p 1152-1158

Mon, Apr 13, 2009

Mon, Apr 13

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Return 6 Traits quiz & notes
3. Mastery 80+% required. For study help, use art to connect word to definition, i.e. Ideas = content. Make “content” concrete with art, as a coffee cup’s content being full of ideas.
4. Begin persuasive essay with topic ideas: a good place to live, a good place to shop, a good place to eat, or a bad place etc.

Per 5 For Reading Record Card Format see "Note to AP Students" posted Tuesday, March 24
1. Quiz Munro/ Saki and “Sredni Vashtar”
2. Hand in rdg record card for group novel.
3. Note from essay: Know when to use underline/italics and when to use quotation marks.
Use underline/italics for long works (or works containing shorter works). Use quote marks for short works (or works contained in longer works).Tip: UnderLine for Long (LL) and lines are long. “Quote marks are short” “” Example: Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" is found in his book Leaves of Grass.
HW: Read James Joyce p 956, “Araby” p 959, from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man p 966, & “The Stream of Consciousness” p 969
HW: Write a Critical Response for either p 964 Analyzing a Theme or p 969 Comparing and Contrasting Characters

Thu, Apr 9, 2009

Thu, Apr 9

Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Review 6 Traits for quiz
3. Quiz and check

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Qz Prt2 Secret Sharer p 936 & Marginal Hero p 947
3. Hand in Crit Response p 348 and Rdg Record card for Jane Eyre
HW: Read: Munro (Saki) p 950, “Sredni Vashtar” p 951 for quiz
HW: Reading Record card for Group Novel.
HW for TUES: You can make use of the weekend to get ahead.
Read James Joyce p 956, “Araby” p 959, “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” p 966, & “The Stream of Consciousness” p 969
Write one Critical Response for either p 964 Analyzing a Theme or p 969 Comparing and Contrasting Characters

Wed, Apr 8, 2009

Wed, Apr 8

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Review 6 Traits for quiz
3. Quiz and check

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Self Quiz on 6 Traits
3. Discuss definitions for quiz
4. Get grade updates

Tue, Apr 7, 2009

Tue, Apr 7

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. “Quiz” on 6 Traits +1 and vocab 10-16
3. Grade sheets
4. Pd 2 get essays

Pd 5
1. Quiz 20th Century, Conrad, & Secret Sharer Pt1
2. Grade sheets
HW: Read for quiz
Part 2 Secret Sharer p 936-946 & Marginal Hero p 947
HW: Write Critical Response p 348-9 # 3, 4, or 5

Mon, Apr 6, 2009

Mon, Apr 6

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Exams returned
3. Composition 3 returned
4. Pd 4 Grade sheet

Pd 5
1. Reading Record Cards: Jane Eyre due Thur, Group novel due Friday
2. Exams returned
3. Essays- Group novel & Jane Eyre Free Response- returned
HW: Two AR quizzes other than the Jane Eyre AR quiz are required for 3rd quarter. 4/7 deadline.
HW: Read for quiz:
20th Century p 914-920,
Joseph Conrad ¶s 1&2 p 921,
Secret Sharer p 925-935 Part I
(Anyone who needs to can make up this quiz on Wednesday after school )

Note to AP students

Several students in AP did not take both the AR quiz for a book of their choice and the AR quiz for Jane Eyre. I suspect that some students did not realize both were required. Although points will be deducted for lateness, students may take the quizzes when school resumes.

Fri, Mar 20, 2009

Fri, Mar 20

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Make up work

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Qz chs 37-38 and Lecture Notes pp 5-6
3. Check study qstns chs 37-38
HW: Write Reading Record Card for Jane Eyre due Thurs, April 9 (see below)
HW: Find your books and return them

Reading Record Cards

The purpose of this card is to keep fresh in your mind information about books you read recently so you can discuss them on the Open Question for the AP exam.

Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books.

FORMAT:

1. Title of book
2. Author, Dates of birth and death, Where lived
3. Publication year of the book originally
4. Setting: Place, Time, Current events of that time and place
5. Plot synopsis in 25 words or so
6. Characters, with brief descriptions. Identify protagonist and antagonist.
7. A major symbol or allusion
symbol (something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex)
allusion (an indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths,
8. Distinguishing characteristics of the work (what is different about this work?)
9. Your personal response to the content and style of the work

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Thu, Mar 19

Pd 5
1. Exam
HW: Check study qstns chs34-36.
Qz Friday chs 34-38 and Lecture Notes pp 5 & 6

Tue, Mar 17, 2009

Tue, Mar 17

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg
2. Exam
3. Any more essays?


Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Any more essays?
3. Review for exam

Mon, Mar 16, 2009

Mon, Mar 16

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. AR quizzes
3. Hand in essays
4. Exam study & notes returned
I. Six Traits + 1 of Writing
II. The Renaissance
III. Sonnets
IV. Macbeth
V. Vocabulary
VI. Creative writing

Pd 5
1. Quiz chs 29-33
2. Check study qstns, score, and record on Progress Sheet
HW: Read chs 34-36 and do study assignment

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Fri, Mar 13

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg Pd 1
2. Essay writing 10 pts for 100 more words. Show me 350 words total
3. Final draft, rough draft, outline due Monday


Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Qz Ch 28
3. Response writing
4. Write MC scores for 1-10 and 11-20 on JE ProgRpt
5. Hand in MCs with scores
HW: Rd chs 29-33 and do study assignment (qstns or 2 voc/jrnls)