AP Language & Composition (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructors
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- Spring 2015
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- English
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Please check the posts for each day's agenda, assignments, and HW. Subscribe to your period's class in order to receive reminders of when certain assignments are due. The course orientation for this class is located on the right hand side.
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Past Assignments
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**Change in date: Please bring to class all of your English textbooks on JUNE 1ST(NOT 5/20- the library changed the dates for us to come in). We will return them as a class at the start of the period.
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Mandatory AP Literature meeting in room 814 during Thursday lunch if you are taking AP Lit next year. The Summer Assignment will be given to you then.
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Bring a novel/book of your choice to read. Have this book on you at all times until the end of the semester.
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AP Lang Exam
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All of your prompts and m/c tests need to be graded and turned in by Monday. If you will be absent due to AP testing, then give your folder to someone who will be present.
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In-class practice M/C AP Lang test
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Read and annotate all of argument packet. Have with you at all times- I will give you the last part of class Tuesday to read and annotate. Verbal quiz on Wednesday. See attachment if you did not get one.
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Meet in the classroom tomorrow, not the library.
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Meet in library Tuesday. Bring all PPP materials.
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FYI, meeting locations for this week:
Tuesday=library
Wednesday=classroom
Thursday=classroom
Friday=library
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Please meet in the library on Monday. Bring all materials for your PPP.
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Report directly to the library Wednesday. Bring all materials for the Pulitzer Prize Project with you. PPP books should be all read by tomorrow.
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From Monday, 3/30- Tuesday, 3/31, we will be taking the Interim Assessment (fancy word for practice test for the new STAR test you will take in May). Report directly to the library. It will be all online. Be prompt- the test will take the entire period for each day. You will fall behind the rest of the class if you arrive late.
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Cold read multiple choice test during class
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You should be done or close to being done reading your Pulitzer Prize Projectread in by this week. Next week, we will officially begin working solely on the PPP in groups, and you will not be able to do this if your book isn't completed.
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Bring your Pulitzer Prize Project books to class on Tuesday, March 24th. You will get into your groups and begin working on your PPP. You should also bring with you handouts I gave to you on this assignment. See attached file if you lost them.
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Kennedy speech partner essays are due Monday via shared Google doc per pair (we will be going to the library to type essays on computers Friday, 3/20-but come to class FIRST; do NOT directly to the library).
Cold read rhetorical analysis essay 3/23.
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Read, annotate, and do a SOAPSTone on the Kennedy speech I passed out to you during class. Bring the speech w/ your notes and the partner essay worksheet back to class on Thursday. You will NOT be able to complete the writing assignment in class tomorrow if you do not read and annotate the speech.
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For students who have signed up for the AP Lang practice test, periods 4 & 5 meet in the library from 8 am- 9 am. You will NOT receive your extra credit points if you arrive late for this test. You will NOT be given extra time on this test if you arrive late.
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Only for students taking the optional practice AP Lang multiple choice exam during CAHSEE: Your extra credit points will depend on how high your score is on the optional practice multiple choice exam. You will get extra credit points for simply taking the practice test. However, if your score is 50% or higher, you will receive more extra credit.
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Please check the spreadsheet on my website to see if your name is on the list for the review session (same list from before). If you click on the tabs at the very bottom of the spreadsheet, you can click on whatever period you are in.
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Spring semester Slam Poems will be due on March 16th, Monday. Your poems MUST BE:
1) printed
2) annotated
3) have a SOAPSTone
4) MEMORIZED COMPLETELY!! You will be performing these in front of the class with NO notes. If I have to feed you more than two lines, then you will get points taken off.
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Here are the same instructions and rubric from last semester for the Slam Poems. If you want to see the videos I posted as examples, just click on "Videos" on the right hand side from my website BEFORE you click on your period.
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Please note that the rubric/conversion chart for second semester is slightly modified from first semester (for instance, a score of a 5 is now an 80% and not 84%). You can find this under "Links" on the right-hand side on my website BEFORE you click on your period.
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Students who were absent on Monday: You must turn in your peer evaluations by Thursday, 3/12/15 (this is an extension from the original deadline- please complete and return by this new deadline if you want full credit for this assignment).
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If you have an excused absence for the Socratic Seminar held on Tuesday 3/10/15, then you must turn in the questions you answered on "Mother Tongue" and "Ain't I a Woman?" when you return to class.
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If you were absent this Monday, your peer editing is due Wednesday, 3/11.
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Socratic Seminar on "Mother Tongue" and "Ain't I a Woman?"
Have all questions after each reading answered in your notebook. Students who do not speak at all and students who dominate the discussion too much will be docked points.
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Reminder that Thursday is a regular minimum day.
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Cold read synthesis prompt on Wed. 3/4 during class.
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Finish the rest of the synthesis essay you started in class Monday 3/2/15. Due Tuesday, 3/3/15.
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Revisions for the American Dream PT due by Friday. We will have our second peer evaluation during class.
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We will take a cold practice AP test Wednesday, 2/25, in class.
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Meet in library again Tuesday.
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-Report directly to the library on Monday, Feb. 23rd
-American Dream Performance Task: In-class essay
-Make sure you have all the sources and notes from the American Dream Performance Task packet analyzed and ready to integrate into your essay (work on this over the weekend if you did not finish in the time given to you during class)
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Bring your Gatsby books to return to the library if you have not done so already.
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-Report directly to the library Friday, Feb. 20th.
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Absolute LAST DAY to register for your AP Exam is Wednesday, February 18th. NO EXCEPTIONS!
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The Great Gatsby AP style m/c test. Open book. You may also use the review sheet I give you in class. It is also attached here.
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Respond to the Great Gatsby discussion in Canvas by Friday, 3 pm.
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Great Gatsby in class essay: review notes. Go to my Links from my webpage and look over all the essay feedback notes.
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Reminder that you should be consistently reading each night or your Reading Ladder Collage and/or your Pulitzer Prize Project.
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GG Writing Activity due Wed.
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Finish reading to the end of the book and complete note taking and summarizing.
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Complete reading chapters 6-7 of The Great Gatsby. Answer questions in your packet for both chapters as well. Quiz Monday when you come to class.
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Finish reading the rest of chapter 5 by Friday and complete the note-taking and summarizing for chapter 5.
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Complete the chapter 4 note-taking and summarizing pages in the GG packet.
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Finish reading GG chapter 3 and the note-taking and summarizing in the packet for this chapter. Quiz on chapter 3 when you return to class.
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For those of you who have an Instagram acccount, please follow my school account, mrs.hong_gvhs, for another source to get class announcements, reminders, updates. Don't worry- I will not be following anyone or request to follow anyone. It is simply one more way to inform you.
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We will have begun The Great Gatsby chapter 1 in class Friday, 1/29. Whatever is not finished PLUS all of chapter 2 must be read by Monday. You must also complete chapter 1-2 Note-Taking and Summarizing pages in the Gatsby packet handed out on Friday (1/29). If you missed this packet for whatever reason, please see the attached PDF here. Possible pop quiz on Monday on chapter 1-2. I might let you use your Note-Taking and Summarizing guide.
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AOW 2B due on Canvas by Friday at 9:30 am. Don't forget to respond to another post by using the They Say/I Say template. It is attached here if you for whatever reason cannot get on to Canvas.
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**REVISED DUE DATE:
The Great Gatsby Pre-Reading Project due THURSDAY, Jan. 29th.
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Please bring your Gatsby books to class tomorrow. If there is time at the end of the period, I plan on starting chapter 1.
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Read "Stop Coddling the Rich" Warren Buffet article AND Obama's speech (excerpt-or you can just watch the video up to the first 15 min) by Wednesday. Do a SOAPSTone on both and annotate while you read. What is the purpose and point of each speaker and how effective are they reaching their audience? What rhetorical strategies do you see each author using? Think about how it relates to the documentary Inequality for All we watch in class.
There will be a Socratic Seminar this Wednesday on these articles. Everybody has to speak. See attached PDF file for instructions and questions to be answered/discussed during the Socratic Seminar.
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Prepare for the Socratic Seminar. Look over your notes and readings. Answer all questions EXCEPT #7 on the Socratic Seminar worksheet.
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For those of you who were switched to a different period this semester, please accept the invitation from Canvas to be placed into the proper class. Everyone else will log in the same way they did last semester.
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You need to have your ID with you Wednesday, Jan. 21st to check out The Great Gatsby. If you have your own copy or want to get your own copy by Jan. 21st, that is fine.
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If you did not complete your final draft of the "I am From" poems, it is hw and due Wednesday first thing when you come to class.
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Don't forget to bring your notes/rough draft of the "I am From" poems to class on Tuesday. We will complete the final draft in class on Tuesday.
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Guest Speaker HW
We will be having a guest speaker who is an actress, author, playwright, and director come to our class next week on Wednesday, January 14. Her name is Lee Kessler. Your HW will be to browse through her website and write down a few questions to ask her when she visits our class. Think about questions you have on the writing process (editing, revising, etc) and the importance and power of literacy in today’s world. For those of you who are interested in theater or screenwriting may ask about Kessler’s theater adaptations.
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Go to www.leekessler.net to read over the bio.
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Write down notes and questions in your notebook to ask Lee Kessler.
- Questions due: Wednesday, Jan. 14.
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There will be a Socratic Seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 13 on the book you read over winter break.
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Carefully read over the Socratic Seminar handout I give to you in class today. It has instructions on what you need to do before coming to class tomorrow. You may use your Winter Assignment journals tomorrow during the discussion. If you are holding on to your Winter Assignment journals to look over for tomorrow's Socratic Seminar, you MUST turn them in tomorrow after the Socratic Seminar is over. Do not forget; if you turn them in Wednesday, they will be considered late. See attached document if you lost your copy.
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Winter Reading Assignment due Monday. Please go to "Links" from my homepage (before you click on your period, look to the right-hand side) to find this assignment. You will have a writing assignment and a Socratic Seminar on your winter reading the Monday and Tuesday you return. Also, have a new SSR book to read for the new semester by Monday Jan. 12.
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You may type your journaling assignment. You do not have to though.