Cough ... cough ... cough ... Congratulations Stanley!!!!!!!!

AP studs were very patient with your coughing, hacking teacher today.

We reviewed the AP test in general and rhetorical analysis specifically today.  You took notes and wrote a practice paragraph.  If you did not submit your paragraph today, you must do so Thursday.  Remember that your paragraph must have the following three pieces of information highlighted in the following colors:

Embedded quote - Blue or green
Description of the effect of the quote on the reader - Pink or orange
Author's purpose - Yellow

Between March 23 and tonight, please earn 30,000 new points on vocabulary.com.  I will check your points tomorrow morning.

Thursday, April 2, your Machiavelli annotations are due.  We will also have a timed writing so bring your blue or black ink pen. 

AND t-shirt designs?  Start working and designing - we'll have a contest soon!

No news is good news ...

AP Studs,

You were not seen by me today.

Tomorrow a rhetorical analysis will be reviewed by us.  A synthesis may also be reviewed by us.

Thirty thousand points should be earned by you by tomorrow (Tuesday evening).  The number of points will be checked by me on Wednesday morning.

Machiavelli will be read and annotated by you by Thursday.

A new rhetorical analysis will be written by you Thursday in class, so a blue or black ink pen should be brought to class on Thursday by you.

If seven points of extra credit would be liked by you, this entry should be re-written by you.  The revised entry should be posted on our classroom door by you before first period.

Of course, in the revised entry, passive voice should almost be eliminated by you.

TGIF - Time to Slam!

On this beautiful spring day, AP studs did the following:

Completed a synthesis essay and received an excerpt from Machiavelli's The Prince.

 

Please note the following dates:

 

Bring In Cold Blood on Monday;

 

Earn 30,000 points on vocabulary.com by Monday, March 30th; you will need to know the words on the new list (In Cold Blood M/C 45-90) to do well on the multiple chioce on Monday.

 

Read and annotate Machiavelli by Thursday, April 2, 2015.

 

Have a glorious weekend!

Thursday

AP studs did the following today:

 

Submitted your essay for the contest; please remember to submit your revised essay on turnitin.com tonight!

 

Presented your synthesis sources.  Ms.  Weng has got you in great shape for the timed writing tomorrow.  Bring an ink pen!

 

Penultimately, please note that your test corrections or lesson plans are due tomorrow.

 

Finally, please earn 30,000 on vocabulary.com this week!

Hump Day! Again!

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Received a cover sheet for the essay contest;

 

Began to focus on the synthesis essay with Ms. Weng; and

 

Some intrepid students attended study hall (10 points!).

 

Tomorrow, you must submit the following:

 

Your first draft of the Rice essay;

Your note card from Ratiocination Tuesday;

Your revised essay (double spaced, no name, word count, and page numbers); and

Your cover sheet.

 

You will also present your synthesis paragraphs in class tomorrow.

 

You will also need to submit your revised essay on turnitin.com on or before 11:59 p.m. Thursday evening.

 

Friday please recall that your test corrections or lesson plans are due.

 

By Monday, you must have 30,000 NEW points on vocabulary.com; your time frame to amass these points is March 23 - March 31st.

 

You will complete In Cold Blood multiple choice questions on Monday or Thuesday.

 

Bring your AP workbooks each day.  In fact, if you bring your book to class tomorrow AND post a comment on the door before first period, you will receive 5 points of extra credit.  Your comment must be a compliment to Ms. Weng in the form of a compound or conmplex sentence.

Tuesday is a really, really good day for Ratiocination.

Today, AP studs did the following:

 

Brought a hard copy of your essays to class for ratiocination with a partner; and

Ratiocinated your paper with a partner.

 

Please recall the following dates:

 

Tonight before midnight:  submit your first draft of your essay (the one you brought to class) to turnitin.com; you may submit your essay late on turnitin.com for a late grade.

 

Wednesday, March 25th:

Bring your AP workbook to class;

Receive a cover sheet for your essay; and

Attend the study hall from about 4:15 to 5:15 if you would like.

 

Thursday, March 26th:

Bring your AP workbook to class;

Receive a permission slip for Capote;

Bring your essay and the following documents:

• Your note card with reactions to your partner's reading of your paper;
• Your first draft (the ratiocinated one);
• Your revised draft in the following format:
• double spaced
• no name
• the word count; and
• a title
• Please review the requirements of the contest before your finalize your paper.  For example, you must include some explanation of some aspect of Houston or your community in your paper.  Re-read the contest handout before you submit.

Friday, March 27th:

Bring your AP workbook and write a synthesis essay!

Test corrections and lesson plans are due!

 

Monday, March 30th:

Bring your copy of In Cold Blood;

Amass 30,000 points (3-23 to 3-31) on vocabulary.com

 

Extra Credit????  Re-write the caption to this entry without a "to be" verb and without the word "really."  Your rewritten caption must convey the same meaning.  Tape your re-write to our classroom door before first period tomorrow morning.

Welcome back!!!! Happy Birthday, Dylan!

Studs, we did a lot today, as the following confirms:

 

We watched the Reagan News. (Fourth period- my apologies - I forgot!);

 

You received graded work and confirmed that you have the following sections in your binder (in addition to the other sections):  (i) multiple choice; (ii) synthesis; (iii) rhetorical analysis; and (iv) argument.

 

You received your graded vocabulary/syntax test and started test corrections.

 

Now please note the following dates:

 

Tomorrow hard copy in class of essay (if you were the president's advisor, what would you claim to be the most important issue facing our country?) is due; you also must submit an electronic copy of this essay into turnitin.com on Tuesday night.  If you must submit it late, turnitin.com will accept it and mark it "late."

 

Wednesday after school until 5:50 - study hall - one time offer - ten points for one hour of quiet, sustained study.

 

Thursday - revised essay (hard copy) due in class.

 

Friday - test corrections or lesson plans are due.  Capote will be shown after school; permission slips to be issued Wednesday.

 

Monday, March 30th - test corrections are due; also an additional 30,000 points on vocabulary.com are due. The relevant time span is 3/23 to 3/31. 

 

Please note that you have a new list that is entitled as follows:  In Cold Blood M/C 45-90. 

 

We will have a BIG multiple choice test on Monday.  You will need to know the words on the new list in order to do well on the multiple choice test.

 

Have a great night!

We're sprung!

Today AP studs did the following:

 

Multiple choice questions on "The Ways We Lie";

 

Reviewed your answers to the multiple choice questions; and

 

Wrote a rhetorical analysis on "The Ways We Lie."

 

Key dates and things to remember:

 

Bring your Princeton Review book every day;

 

Bring your copy of "The Ways We Lie" all next week;

 

Today, March 13, 2015 - 10,000 points on vocabulary.com;

 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - hard copy of Rice contest essay in class; turnitin.com later that day; and

 

Saturday, April 11, 2015 - Mock AP.

 

I may be on campus next week during the week, probably Wednesday.  I will post the day and time on this blog if I am able to come to campus.

The penultimate day of the week! Bravo Elliot!!!

Today we heard a rap by Elliot Ross based on In Cold Blood from Perry's POV entitled "Swimming in Cold Blood." 

 

We then discussed "The Ways We Lie."  Second Period completed M/C.  Tomorrow we will do the following:

 

All classes but second will complete the M/C questions on "The Ways We Lie"; 

We will confirm the answers the the questions; and

You will write a rhetorical analysis.

 

Bring a blue or black ink pen;

Reach 10,000 points on vocabulary.com by tomorrow;

Essay is due Tuesday, March 24; and

Mock AP exam is April 11th!!!!!!

 

One more day!  Un dia mas!

Were you lying then or are you lying now?

AP Studs did the following today:

Learned about summer classes at Rice and U of H; 

Learned the correct way to request a recommendation letter; 

Reviewed the correct answers to the In Cold Blood multiple choice packet - the top grade was 16 out of 29; 

Learned about the essay assignment that is due March 24, 2015 (hard copy in class and later that day on turnitin.com; 

Learned about the new list on vocabulary.com, which is entitled "The Ways We Lie Multiple Choice" and learned that this week (by Friday, March 13, you must have an additional 10,000 points); 

Wrote a paragraph on "The Ways We Lie," which served as your quote quiz; and

Discussed "The Ways We Lie."

Tomorrow we will discuss this article further and take a multiple choice quiz on the article.  Friday we will write a rhetorical analysis on a portion of this article.

A? B? All of the above? The *(&*(%^$& with it!

Today, most of the AP studs did the following:

 

Reviewed multiple choice answers!!

 

Tomorrow you will bring to class an annotated copy of "The Ways We Lie."  Be ready for a quote quiz.

 

Spring Break is almost ready to be sprung!!!!!!

Monday M/C!!!

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Every class but third period did AP M/C from ICB.  We will review the answers tomorrow.

 

Third period attended a lecture from a Rice professor - I was soooo proud of our class.

 

Please remember that "The Ways We Lie" is due Wednesday, read and annotated.

 

Mock AP exam?  Saturday, March 28th (I think).

 

Have a great night!

 

Hump Day!

AP Studs did the following today:

Wrote the beginning of a rhetorical analysis of a New Yorker cover; and
Ratiocinated an essay on lying.

You also received an article, "The Ways We Lie" to read and annotate for Wednesday.

Tomorrow you will have a vocabulary and syntax test.
Friday you will write a rhetorical analysis.

Life is good! 

Practice, practice, practice

Today AP studs did the following:

Warm-up?  Worked on the two vocabulary puzzles - if you did not finish these puzzles in class, you may turn them in Friday at the latest for full credit.

Tomorrow, you must bring a hard copy of your "Liar, Liar" paper to class.  If this sentence mystifies you, please read the blog entry entitled "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire" ... and do it.  

Thursday you will have a vocabulary and syntax test.

Friday you will have a timed writing.

Have a great night!

Monday, first school day of March!

We reviewed vocabulary and syntax today.  We will review more tomorrow.  The rest of your week looks like this:

 

Wednesday:  Hard copy of "Liar, Liar" essay due in class;

Thursday:  Vocabulary and Syntax test; and

Friday:  timed writing

 

Study your vocabulary!  Do your best!!!!!  Learn your words; do not memorize!  If you have ANY questions about syntax, please ask!