May 6 - 10

It's May and the week before the AP exam. This week, we'll go over the different sections of the practice exam you took last week. One of the essays will be self-graded, one peer-graded, and one will be graded by me.


MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over the multiple choice section in detail and discuss strategies. After a break, we'll go through the rhetorical analysis prompt in general, and then take a look at actual student samples of the Carson prompt you read.

Due: n/a - get plenty of rest, read over the AP Exam Tips link.

Homework:N/A

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over the "Ownership" argument prompt together as a class. Go through the steps of writing an argument prompt, view samples.

Due: N/A

Homework: N/A

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Read the "Monuments" synthesis prompt and go through actual student samples and College Board scores.

Due: N/A

Homework: N/A