Last (or perhaps penultimate) entry

Fourth and Fifth Periods:

Yesterday we read two speeches:  the iconic "This is Water" by the late, great David Foster Wallace, and a speech that I delivered at U of H a few years ago.  If you would like to view a video based on this speech, click on the link below:

http://www.upworthy.com/the-earth-shatteringly-amazing-speech-that-ll-change-the-way-you-think-about-adulthood-4?g=2&c=o98

Your final exam is to compose a speech on a topic that interests you.  You may speak as your self today or how you imagine yourself to be in the future.  Please peruse the following guidelines:

750 words - maximum grade is 90
750 words and read to class - maximum grade is 100
1,000 words - final exam grade and one make-up grade
1, 250 words - final exam grade and two make-up grades
1,500 words (could be two 750 word speeches) - final exam grade and three make-up grades

Please see me with any questions.

TGIF - Game on!

Fourth and Fifth Periods:

We are taking our AP English Language Exam on Wednesday, May 22, at 12:00.  This is great news, and I am happy that you will receive a chance to show what you know.  You deserve it.

Today in class we wrote questions 2 and 3 from the 2013 exam (that you would have taken last Friday).  If you had time to write only one question, you may write the second question and bring it to me on Tuesday.  We will work on the synthesis question on Tuesday.

If you missed class today, you may click on the link below to access the question from the 2013 exam:

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_frq_english_language.pdf

I will be at school tomorrow from 9:00 to about 11:30 if you would like to make up work or if you would like to practice for the exam and receive extra credit.

Have a great weekend!

whatever doesn't kill you ...

Well, now, today was completely different than anticipated, wasn't it?

The good news is that we will live to take this test another day, and we will be even stronger than we were today.

Please take the weekend off, and come to school on Tuesday ready to sharpen your skills. 

TGIF!

Today you submitted your annotations through 302.

I will be here at 9:00 tomorrow to review for the AP test.  Please make every effort to be here!

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings, you will report to the library, and I will feed you doughnuts, and we will review for the AP exam.  I will take roll; in other words, these review sessions are not optional.

Have a great weekend!  See you tomorrow!!!