Welcome back! I hope everyone had an enjoyable and rejuvenating break. (I can definitely say I'm feeling much better than I was the week before break!)
As you know, the AP exam is on May 11 and it is now just one month away. We're in a really good place as far as our timeline for the year. There is a slightly more complex version of the synthesis essay that we'll cover this week, and then you'll have practiced all of the variations of essay prompts and multiple choice questions that you could receive on the exam itself.
NOTE: All of the take-home college synthesis essays are in Aeries and also there are many notes for each essay on Turnitin.com. (Comments within the essay and also detailed comments under the "Comments" tab on the right next to the essay.)
This week also is the official beginning of a brief unit with shorter readings and prompts with the theme of "Man's Relationship with Nature" including Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Charles Darwin, and others.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up/review. Cover schedule for next month. Go over Walden reading, "discussion web" style activity about the reading. Go over results of first take-home synthesis essay, review steps. Discuss slightly more complex variation on the synthesis essay and how to approach it. (Instead of "take a position" the prompt asks "discuss the most important factors.") Analyzing visual texts: Robert Crumb's A Short History of America (cartoon) as a class.
Due: Read Walden excerpt posted here on the website and bring answers to the questions to class.
Homework: Read and annotate the environmentally-themed synthesis prompt and be ready to write the essay out synthesis-style on Thursday.
THURSDAY: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Special preview: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Brief review of the process of tackling a synthesis prompt and things to remember. Take out prompt and notes from Tuesday's handout and spend the rest of the period writing out the essay.
Due: Synthesis prompt read and annotated.
Homework: Read and annotate this packet of articles about sustainable eating. (Don't answer the questions after each article, just be ready to discuss.) Be prepared for class on Monday with your annotated packet and some opinions and ideas about how to answer the following prompt:
Imagine that there is a grassroots campaign developing that wants Congress to legislate against in-vitro meat production. Write an editorial for your school newspaper that supports or challenges this proposed ban. Refer to three of the sources in the packet as you support your argument.
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