Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,
This
is Ms. Mogilefsky, the AP English Language and Composition teacher.
Thank you for all of your support during this strange time. Sadly, the
class was right in the middle of a unit filled with reading, writing,
and interesting debates and discussions. I want to continue making
progress, with an understanding that students are adjusting to the
change and many have family responsibilities as well. Thankfully, the
class has already written many essays and has a good understanding of
the argument prompt, the second of the three types of prompts that will
be included on the AP Exam.
AP English Class – Online for the Next Two Weeks
During the two week period leading up to Spring Break, please check the assignments posted on the existing class website at:
During the two week period leading up to Spring Break, please check the assignments posted on the existing class website at:
I
will post there Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings with reading and
writing assignments. The class will also be using Turnitin.com (the
discussion tab and assignments tab), and Albert i.o., and students
already have logins and have utilized both of these sites. While it will
never replace the face-to-face discussions that are so valuable in a
classroom, the Turnitin.com discussion tab will allow students to
respond to posted discussion questions and view and respond to each
other’s posts. Students will have a full week to respond, but I
encourage students to keep up as much as possible.
There
are many other excellent online learning tools available, but I am
reluctant to ask students to learn new software while working from home
for a (hopefully) temporary situation. (Yes, I have already had students
requesting to debate each other over Zoom or Discord!)
Timing of the AP Exam
I’ve received many questions about whether or not the College Board will reschedule the AP exam, currently slated for Wednesday, May 13. I am keeping close tabs on College Board announcements, and have already been in communication with Ms. Hafer, our school’s AP Coordinator, about a possible extension for that date. Everything is very fluid, but as of now the date is unchanged. I will post updates to the class website and if there is a major change, I will also follow up through an e-mail to students, parents, and guardians.
I’ve received many questions about whether or not the College Board will reschedule the AP exam, currently slated for Wednesday, May 13. I am keeping close tabs on College Board announcements, and have already been in communication with Ms. Hafer, our school’s AP Coordinator, about a possible extension for that date. Everything is very fluid, but as of now the date is unchanged. I will post updates to the class website and if there is a major change, I will also follow up through an e-mail to students, parents, and guardians.
College Prep – Optional
If you (or your student) is planning on applying to colleges later in the year, the PVHS College and Career Center has some optional recommendations for this time period:
If you (or your student) is planning on applying to colleges later in the year, the PVHS College and Career Center has some optional recommendations for this time period:
1.
Check and make sure that your Naviance login and password are working.
Naviance has new parameters for passwords, so you may be prompted to
update your password when you try to log in. If you have any trouble,
please e-mail a request to Ms. Lewis at lewisja@pvpusd.net for a login/password reset.
2. Students
can research colleges online via Naviance, BigFuture, Niche or Unigo.
There are also some good virtual campus tour websites such as: youvisit
and campustours that, while not perfect, are a very decent alternative
to in-person tours for learning more about various colleges:
https://www.youvisit.com/collegesearch/
https://campustours.com/
https://www.niche.com/
https://www.unigo.com/colleges
Note:
per Ms. Lewis, some colleges track logins, virtual tours, and time on
university websites as “demonstrated interest” which can be a factor in
admissions, and others do not. If a student is at all interested in a
college, whether or not you get to visit that college in person, it's
good to spend some time doing the virtual tours as you’ll learn more
about what you might like to do and experience on that campus. This
includes what you’d like to take advantage of and what will help you
grow and discover the person you are meant to be – whether or not it
"counts" as demonstrating interest.
Independent Reading
As I have said a (nauseating?) number of times, free reading about anything you’re interested in is helpful and gratifying in many ways. If that’s not enough incentive, Ms. Lewis of the College and Career Center shared with me that a complaint many college admissions officers have is that when asked what book they are currently reading outside of school, many students say, “None.” It’s good to have a genuine opinion about a book or three.
As I have said a (nauseating?) number of times, free reading about anything you’re interested in is helpful and gratifying in many ways. If that’s not enough incentive, Ms. Lewis of the College and Career Center shared with me that a complaint many college admissions officers have is that when asked what book they are currently reading outside of school, many students say, “None.” It’s good to have a genuine opinion about a book or three.
If
you find yourself in the predicament of being stuck home without any
new books (!) the L.A. County library has a wonderful online service for
checking out e-books that can be read online.
Also,
if anyone would like to search for me on Goodreads, we can also connect
there. You can comment on anything I’ve read or want to read, my
reviews, and even find some of your friends’ reviews.
Send me a selfie as you are reading a book and I may post it on the class website during these two weeks!
Volunteers
If you’re interested in volunteering to do a taped reading that I could post on the class website, or any other such volunteer work over the break, please e-mail me and let me know.
If you’re interested in volunteering to do a taped reading that I could post on the class website, or any other such volunteer work over the break, please e-mail me and let me know.
Contact
I will continue to be in contact with you during this distance learning setup. I will be available and answering e-mails up until Spring Break. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns.
I will continue to be in contact with you during this distance learning setup. I will be available and answering e-mails up until Spring Break. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns.
All the best,
Ms. Mogilefsky
mogilefskya@pvpusd.net
mogilefskya@pvpusd.net
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