April 22 - 26

We have three full weeks until the AP exam! This week, we'll work on the Sustainable Foods synthesis essay and read excerpts from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Next week, you'll complete a full practice exam, and the following week we'll go over it in detail. (One essay will be graded by me, one will be graded by peers, and one will be self-graded.)

There will be quite a bit of writing and discussion, but not as much homework the last couple of week, so you can be rested and ready for the exam.

No quiz this week!

Here's the agenda:


MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over articles that go with Sustainable Foods prompt. Write a rough thesis; whiparound. Intro: Walden. Listen to Walden excerpts while working on optional extra credit coloring. (Yes, coloring.)

Due: Please read and annotate Source D (challenging) and H for Monday. Make sure you're thinking about the prompt itself and gathering possible quotes and opinions from each source to use either as support for your position, or in your counterargument. 

Homework: Write or type a rough outline response to the Sustainable Foods prompt, adding in which sources you'll refer to in your response. (Must have at least 3.) Be able to access it on Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Walden reading. View sample outline. Embedding quotes mini-lesson. Time to type out rough drafts on Chromebooks.

Due: Complete a rough outline response to the Sustainable Foods prompt, including the placement of at least 3 sources. 

Turn in any Walden extra credit coloring.

Homework:

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up - correct a sample quote in a paragraph.  Time on laptops to begin revising process on Food essays. Final essay due Monday night, April 29 by 11:59 p.m. PST to Turnitin.com. More Walden listening and optional extra credit coloring page at the end of the class period.

Due: Aim to have a rough draft of the Food Essay typed for class.

Homework: Final essay due Monday night, April 29 by 11:59 p.m. PST to Turnitin.com. 

Finish the Walden excerpt in the Science and Nature Packet. 

Read over "AP Language & Composition: Overview/Tips for Each Section" before Tuesday's class.