Welcome, AP! This week there are a couple of changes to our regular routine due to junior scheduling and a district meeting I have to attend on Wednesday:
1. NO QUIZ this week.
2. You'll write the second in-class argument essay prompt on Wednesday. You'll have the entire class period to do it. I think the classes are in really good shape and are ready!
MONDAY: Junior scheduling. Receive paper copy of Gatsby extension packet. Read articles about homelessness for Friday.
Due: Please read and annotate "Excerpts from On the Clock" page 1 - 9 in the Gatsby Extension Pack, as well as "The Gig Economy is Coming For Your Job" plus comments, pages 41 - 47.
If you know which field or profession you're interested in, how has technology changed it over the last ten years? How do you imagine or how is technology projected to change this profession or field in the next ten years? Be ready to discuss.
Homework: Please look up the argument essay comments on Turnitin.com and review them. If your score is below a 90, you may want to rewrite so the scores can be averaged.
For Friday, Read pages 10-17 in the Gatsby Extension Pack about homelessness.
WEDNESDAY: In-class argument essay.
Due: Please look up the argument essay comments on Turnitin.com and review them. If your score is below a 90, you may want to rewrite so the scores can be averaged.
Homework: For Friday, Read pages 10-17 in the Gatsby Extension Pack about homelessness.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up about reading from earlier in the week and articles about the homeless. Receive vocabulary list for next week. Homelessness articles and video clips. Homeless roundtable "city council"-style discussion.
Due: Read pages 10-17 in the Gatsby Extension Pack about homelessness.
Homework: Please read pages 31-40 in the Gatsby Extension Pack about Universal Basic Income. Feel free to explore other credible sources for information about it. We will discuss/debate next class.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
February 17 - 21
I hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend!
NOTE: There will be no current events quiz this week, since we are finishing Gatsby and quizzing on that instead on a Scantron-less paper. We will prep for a roundtable current event discussion about homelessness for next week in lieu of the quiz this week.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Gatsby practice argument prompt contest in groups. "Gatsby for your generation" group activity. Share results.
Due: Read Chapter 8, The Great Gatsby.
Please upload the typed draft of the Adversity argument prompt to Turnitin.com by Monday night, February 17, 11:59 p.m.
Homework: Please read Chapter 9, (finish The Great Gatsby). Be ready to discuss.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Gatsby quiz (write-in, no Scantron). Discuss Gatsby questions, including the places in the book where it was clear Gatsby could not ever truly break into the upper echelon. Go through a sample argument prompt and actual student responses as a class.
Due: Please read Chapter 9, (finish The Great Gatsby).
Homework: Please read and annotate "Excerpts from On the Clock" page 1 - 9 in the Gatsby Extension Pack, as well as "The Gig Economy is Coming For Your Job" plus comments, pages 41 - 47.
If you know which field or profession you're interested in, how has technology changed it over the last ten years? How do you imagine or how is technology projected to change this profession or field in the next ten years? Be ready to discuss.
NOTE: There will be no current events quiz this week, since we are finishing Gatsby and quizzing on that instead on a Scantron-less paper. We will prep for a roundtable current event discussion about homelessness for next week in lieu of the quiz this week.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Gatsby practice argument prompt contest in groups. "Gatsby for your generation" group activity. Share results.
Due: Read Chapter 8, The Great Gatsby.
Please upload the typed draft of the Adversity argument prompt to Turnitin.com by Monday night, February 17, 11:59 p.m.
Homework: Please read Chapter 9, (finish The Great Gatsby). Be ready to discuss.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Gatsby quiz (write-in, no Scantron). Discuss Gatsby questions, including the places in the book where it was clear Gatsby could not ever truly break into the upper echelon. Go through a sample argument prompt and actual student responses as a class.
Due: Please read Chapter 9, (finish The Great Gatsby).
Homework: Please read and annotate "Excerpts from On the Clock" page 1 - 9 in the Gatsby Extension Pack, as well as "The Gig Economy is Coming For Your Job" plus comments, pages 41 - 47.
If you know which field or profession you're interested in, how has technology changed it over the last ten years? How do you imagine or how is technology projected to change this profession or field in the next ten years? Be ready to discuss.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
February 10 - 14
We`re continuing with Gatsby, argument writing, and a four-corner debate during this short week. Here`s the agenda:
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Review materials, watch video clips. Four corner debate in response to the question: Should four-year public colleges be free? As a whole class, outline an argument-style response.
Due: Read/annotate several perspectives about the following question: should four-year, public colleges be free? We`ll review them, with a couple of video clips, on Tuesday and then enjoy a four-corner debate on the topic.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Study for Vocab/Grammar/Reading quiz.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocab and reading quiz. Valentine`s Day celebration. Hand back essay with comments. Type and revise argument essay in computer lab and upload to Turnitin.com.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Homework: Finish typing the argument essay and upload to Turnitin.com by Monday night, February 17 at 11:59 p.m.
Please read Chapter 8 of Gatsby.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Review materials, watch video clips. Four corner debate in response to the question: Should four-year public colleges be free? As a whole class, outline an argument-style response.
Due: Read/annotate several perspectives about the following question: should four-year, public colleges be free? We`ll review them, with a couple of video clips, on Tuesday and then enjoy a four-corner debate on the topic.
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Study for Vocab/Grammar/Reading quiz.
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Vocab and reading quiz. Valentine`s Day celebration. Hand back essay with comments. Type and revise argument essay in computer lab and upload to Turnitin.com.
Due: Finish reading Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby.
Homework: Finish typing the argument essay and upload to Turnitin.com by Monday night, February 17 at 11:59 p.m.
Please read Chapter 8 of Gatsby.
Enjoy the Presidents` Day Monday holiday! I look forward to seeing you next week.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
February 3 - 7
It's February, and we'll continue this week with Gatsby, writing an argument prompt in steps, and a four-corner debate. I've had a chance to begin reading the brainstorm step of the argument prompt we started, and I'm impressed by the variety and quality of answers so far.
MONDAY: IAB practice section for CAASPP. Collect Character nomination forms and vote for Gatsby cast for your period. Notes: establishing criteria in argument. Inductive and deductive arguments.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up/review of argument process. Time in class to write a draft of the AP argument prompt you read and brainstormed last week.
Homework: Study for Current Events Quiz. The compilation of all of the e-mails from TheWeek.com from Sunday, February 2 - Wednesday, February 5 is here and under class handout.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current Events Quiz. Receive vocab list for next week. Survey. Last fallacy for notes. Begin reading and acting out Chapter 7 of Gatsby.
MONDAY: IAB practice section for CAASPP. Collect Character nomination forms and vote for Gatsby cast for your period. Notes: establishing criteria in argument. Inductive and deductive arguments.
Due: Please read the rest of Chapter 5 and 6 of Gatsby, and fill out the Gatsby Nomination Form for one character. Bring the form with you on Monday.
Homework: Keep up with current events e-mails for the current event quiz this Friday.
Please go over all of the argument notes we've taken so far, and read the actual student example answers to the prompt. On Wednesday, we`ll warm up, and then you`ll add to the argument prompt-in-progress.
Due:
Keep up with current events e-mails for the current event quiz this Friday.
Keep up with current events e-mails for the current event quiz this Friday.
Please go over all of the argument notes we've taken so far, and read the actual student example answers to the prompt. On Wednesday, we`ll warm up, and then you`ll add to the argument prompt-in-progress.
FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Current Events Quiz. Receive vocab list for next week. Survey. Last fallacy for notes. Begin reading and acting out Chapter 7 of Gatsby.
Due: Study for the Current Events Quiz.
Homework: For Tuesday, read/annotate several perspectives about the following question: should four-year, public colleges be free?
We`ll review them, with a couple of video clips, on Tuesday and then
enjoy a four-corner debate on the topic.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
January 27 - 31
We're starting out second semester with the Argument Unit and The Great Gatsby - two of my favorite topics. We brainstormed examples and evidence for a sample argument prompt, and will soon be writing in this new essay style (next week).
From what I can tell in class, many of you are reading the Gatsby chapters as they are assigned, which is great. I cannot stress how important it is to set aside the time to do the reading. The College Board's guidelines ask that students in an AP class spend an average of eight hours on that class per week, including time spent in and out of the classroom. The AP Lang exam in May, less than four months from now, is truly a reading test above all else, even for the essay portion. In addition to the upcoming exam, there are many reasons why doing the assigned reading is important: you are reading and evaluating a famous and frequently-referenced book and forming an opinion for yourself, not just reciting what Sparknotes has told you to think about the book. You're also gaining vocabulary and sentence structure information as you read. If all of that is not enough, reading will be tested on the quizzes, and I have read Sparknotes as well as seen all of the Gatsby movies. Please give yourself the time to relax and read.
One other beginning-of-the-semester refresher: I will absolutely accept assignments by e-mail if you have an unforeseen problem with a printer. In this case, I need to receive the e-mail before the assignment is due in class. If you know you don't have a printer, then please neatly handwrite the assignment and have it ready when it's collected in class.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Argument practice with samples and a prompt. Gatsby party description compare and contrast activity. Reading from Gatsby.
Due: Read the rest of Chapter 2 and 3 of Gatsby before class. Know all of the details before we meet as a class.
Albert i.o. practice - Assignment #3, "The Slum Crisis."
Homework: Please read Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby for Thursday. Have an opinion about the controversial Meyer Wolfshiem character. Was Fitzgerald's portrayal of this character a commentary about how difficult it was for a Jewish person to be fully accepted into the upper echelon, or was he himself reflecting the anti-Semitic attitudes of the time?
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering AP vocabulary sheet, grammar, and Gatsby reading. Read a new argument prompt and, individually in class, write a thesis and brainstorm evidence and examples on the prompt. Fallacies in argument: learn 2 more. Begin reading and acting out Chapter 5 of Gatsby.
Due: Read Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. Be ready to share your opinion about the Meyer Wolfshiem character.
Homework: Study the current events e-mails for next week, Sunday through Wednesday, for the quiz next Friday.
Finish reading Chapter 5 and 6 of The Great Gatsby.
Finish the AP Character Nomination Form for Gatsby and have it ready at the beginning of next class.
From what I can tell in class, many of you are reading the Gatsby chapters as they are assigned, which is great. I cannot stress how important it is to set aside the time to do the reading. The College Board's guidelines ask that students in an AP class spend an average of eight hours on that class per week, including time spent in and out of the classroom. The AP Lang exam in May, less than four months from now, is truly a reading test above all else, even for the essay portion. In addition to the upcoming exam, there are many reasons why doing the assigned reading is important: you are reading and evaluating a famous and frequently-referenced book and forming an opinion for yourself, not just reciting what Sparknotes has told you to think about the book. You're also gaining vocabulary and sentence structure information as you read. If all of that is not enough, reading will be tested on the quizzes, and I have read Sparknotes as well as seen all of the Gatsby movies. Please give yourself the time to relax and read.
One other beginning-of-the-semester refresher: I will absolutely accept assignments by e-mail if you have an unforeseen problem with a printer. In this case, I need to receive the e-mail before the assignment is due in class. If you know you don't have a printer, then please neatly handwrite the assignment and have it ready when it's collected in class.
TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Argument practice with samples and a prompt. Gatsby party description compare and contrast activity. Reading from Gatsby.
Due: Read the rest of Chapter 2 and 3 of Gatsby before class. Know all of the details before we meet as a class.
Albert i.o. practice - Assignment #3, "The Slum Crisis."
Homework: Please read Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby for Thursday. Have an opinion about the controversial Meyer Wolfshiem character. Was Fitzgerald's portrayal of this character a commentary about how difficult it was for a Jewish person to be fully accepted into the upper echelon, or was he himself reflecting the anti-Semitic attitudes of the time?
THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering AP vocabulary sheet, grammar, and Gatsby reading. Read a new argument prompt and, individually in class, write a thesis and brainstorm evidence and examples on the prompt. Fallacies in argument: learn 2 more. Begin reading and acting out Chapter 5 of Gatsby.
Due: Read Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. Be ready to share your opinion about the Meyer Wolfshiem character.
Homework: Study the current events e-mails for next week, Sunday through Wednesday, for the quiz next Friday.
Finish reading Chapter 5 and 6 of The Great Gatsby.
Finish the AP Character Nomination Form for Gatsby and have it ready at the beginning of next class.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Spring Semester!
Welcome to Second Semester! I'm excited to delve further into the Argument Unit with you, and to begin reading The Great Gatsby.
There is no quiz this week. Next week, we'll begin with a vocabulary/grammar/reading quiz on Thursday, January 30.
MONDAY: NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Argument notes: evidence and examples. Introduction to The Great Gatsby. Pick up Gatsby after warm-up and begin reading.
Due: Assignment #2 in Albert i.o. One short set provides practice with writing/editing questions, and the other reading comprehension. You'll see both types on the AP Lang exam in May.
Homework: Please finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 1, and the AP Gatsby Song Assignment.
FRIDAY: Collect Gatsby song assignment. Receive vocabulary sheet for the quiz next week. Beginning of period - IAB practice in Computer Lab. Sample argument prompt practice. Review Chapter 1 and begin reading Chapter 2 of Gatsby.
Due: Please finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 1, and the Gatsby Song Assignment.
Homework: Read the rest of Chapter 2 and 3 of Gatsby.
Albert i.o. practice - Assignment #3, The Slum Crisis
There is no quiz this week. Next week, we'll begin with a vocabulary/grammar/reading quiz on Thursday, January 30.
MONDAY: NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Argument notes: evidence and examples. Introduction to The Great Gatsby. Pick up Gatsby after warm-up and begin reading.
Due: Assignment #2 in Albert i.o. One short set provides practice with writing/editing questions, and the other reading comprehension. You'll see both types on the AP Lang exam in May.
Homework: Please finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 1, and the AP Gatsby Song Assignment.
FRIDAY: Collect Gatsby song assignment. Receive vocabulary sheet for the quiz next week. Beginning of period - IAB practice in Computer Lab. Sample argument prompt practice. Review Chapter 1 and begin reading Chapter 2 of Gatsby.
Due: Please finish reading Gatsby, Chapter 1, and the Gatsby Song Assignment.
Homework: Read the rest of Chapter 2 and 3 of Gatsby.
Albert i.o. practice - Assignment #3, The Slum Crisis
Saturday, January 11, 2020
January 13 - 17 Finals Week
It's finals week! As I mentioned in class, I consider the Rhetorical Historical paper to be the true final for the semester, but we will have a multiple choice test this week, worth approximately 5% of the grade.
If you turned in late work, please be patient. Although it's just for partial credit, I tend to receive quite a bit of grading from all of my classes around the final due date. Late work will generally be in the Gradebook before your final, in the order received.
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Go over JFK speech from the Rhetorical Analysis Packet. Behind the scenes of "I have a dream." Watch and analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech.
Due: Read through the inaugural speech by President John F. Kennedy on pages 40-41 of the Rhetorical Analysis Packet, annotating for rhetorical devices/appeals. Then, read page 42. Please bring the annotated pages on Monday, January 13.
Homework: Study the Study Guide.
TUESDAY: Zero period final, all-class review day. Journal warm-up. Baseball-style review session.
Due: n/a
Homework: Study the Study Guide.
THURSDAY: Fourth period final at 8:00 a.m.
FRIDAY: Fifth period final at 8:00 a.m.
Due: n/a
Homework: Assignment #2 in Albert i.o. One short set provides practice with writing/editing questions, and the other reading comprehension. You'll see both types on the AP Lang exam in May.
Enjoy the three-day MLK holiday!
I look forward to second semester with you.
I look forward to second semester with you.
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