Monday, March 16 - Class Activities

Good morning!

As I mentioned in my long letter, I'll be posting assignments Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. If I MUST go virtual, at least I can construct a block schedule where I get to "see" you three times instead of only two. We must find the silver linings where we can!

If you have any trouble following along or understanding the assignments, please e-mail me at mogilefskya@pvpusd.net.

MONDAY, MARCH 16 CLASS ACTIVITIES:

1. Interactive Journal
 Please log in to Turnitin.com, and  click on this English class.  (If you are new this semester, see the right-hand sidebar of this website for directions for joining and adding this class.)

Find the "Discussion" tab. NOTE: This will NOT be easy! It is a small, weird tab near the top of the screen. Turnitin.com defaults to "Assignments," but you will need to click on "Discussion" to find this assignment.

Finding the Discussion tab after logging into Turnitin.com.

Look for the discussion post, marked "Journal - Monday, March 16." Do not begin another new post, click on this one and reply directly to the post. In there, you will see journal questions for today. Please note that there is no virtual bucket. Your answers can and will be seen by all of the other students in the class, and you may choose to reply/respond to others as you like.

Please respond with a minimum two paragraphs (5-7 sentences is generally a paragraph) to each question. Please try to use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation as you will for the AP exam. (Write out words like "because," don't type b/c.) 

2. Reading Response
In the same "Discussion" tab in Turnitin.com (see above), find the post "Reading Response - Monday, March 16." Please follow the directions and respond to this post.

3. Albert i.o. 
Please complete "Assignment #4" which includes two passages, "The 19th Amendment," and the somewhat-appropriately titled "Class Dismissed." 


Homework (or, more correctly these days -- work to be done before the next website entry):

Please read the following articles critically and carefully and be ready with your own opinions for Wednesday's discussion board:

He Has 17,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them

One of Two New Coronavirus Cases Refused to Self-isolate. He's Being Forced.  

Note: Because of differences in schedules and family responsibilities, I realize we may not all be online at the same time. All assignments this week will be due by Sunday night, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. To get the most out of the discussions, try to complete the assignments on or near the day they are assigned.

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COMING SOON:
This week, we'll be looking at samples for the Paine argument prompt, the one you already wrote in class. I have comments on your essays ready for when we are back in the classroom. Due to how labor-intensive it will be to scan and e-mail each of the 71 AP students' handwritten essays individually, I will likely not be doing that. You'll receive the hard copy with notes in April, and if you need it sooner than that or have questions, you can e-mail me and I'm happy to send it.

Due to the planned discussions and debates for the Gender Unit that I cannot (and will not) let go of, I plan to put that on hold and begin working on the third type of essay you'll need to know about for the AP exam, the Synthesis essay. Synthesis is simply argument with a few modifications, and by reading and responding to College Board samples and watching a couple of short "how-to" videos, we can work on the first take-home prompt next week that I am currently putting together. I'm pretty excited about it as I compile a variety of sources in real time: the theme will be the current Covid-19 situation.

Just in case we go longer than the planned two weeks, I've already researched some great options for continuing our progress. I'm with this guy:

It might be Hogwarts (the castle, library and/or Potions Classroom), it could be Cersei's view over King's Landing from Game of Thrones Season 7, a landscape from Blade Runner 2049, or just the simple bookstore from You, Season One.

Silver linings, silver linings...

Have a good Monday, and I'll see you on the discussion boards!