Thursday!

AP Studs did the following today:

Finished or continued to draft your "Pink Flamingo" rhetorical analyses; 

Began to review the mechanics of the synthesis essay.

Your "Pink Flamingo" analysis is due tonight on turnitin.com; if you worked with a partner, please put both of your names at the top of your document; if you have been absent or if you did the Hazlett piece on "Want of Money," please take an extra day.

Tomorrow you will finish the "museum" synthesis and receive a new synthesis to be submitted on May 7th to turnitin.com. 

You also must earn 40,000 points on vocabulary.com by May 8th.  The new list is entitled "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."

Finally, you must complete practice test one (page 154 through page 176) of your workbook; that test is due May 11th.

Study Hall is today! 4-6!

Rice Essay Workshop is May 9th!

Have a great Thursday!

David Brooks Redux

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/opinion/david-brooks-goodness-and-power.html?_r=0

Wednesday!

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Submitted (and all but sixth period discussed briefly) "Letter from a Birmingham Jail";

 

Voted on t-shirts (second, third, and fourth periods will vote again tomorrow - improved format);

 

Read my example of "Pink Flamingo"; and

 

Wrote your rhetorical analysis of "Pink Flamingo."

 

Tomorrow you will have ten minutes to finalize your analyses and submit them to turnitin.com.  We will also review the approach to the synthesis essay.

 

Bring your AP workbooks tomorrow!!!!

 

Please remember to earn 40,000 points between yesterday and May 8th on vocabulary.com. The title of the new list is "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."

 

Have a great night!

Tuesday!

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Review the age old conundrum of "who/whom";

Discussed current events (briefly) and analyzed a photo from the New York Times;

Read and analyzed as a class Jennifer Price's "Plastic Pink Flamingo:  a Natural History."

 

Tomorrow, we will do the following:

 

Navigate the new vocabulary list (40,00 new points between today and May 8th);

Vote on t-shirts;

Finalize plans for the essay workshop at Rice; 

Submit and discuss "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"; and

Finish writing your rhetorical analysis on the "Pink Flamingo." 

New vocabulary list

Please earn 40,000 points while practicing words on the following list by Friday, May 1st:

http://vocab.com/lists/654570

Thank you

Monday, Monday

Today you completed the pre-administration for your AP tests.  If you missed class today, you must complete this paperwork soon.

 

Please remember that "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is due, read and annotated, on Wednesday.  Stick with it - it's worth it!

 

Now for a great announcement:  the results of the Rice Essay Contest are in, and Reagan had the most winning submissions.  Please take a moment tomorrow to congratulate the following winners:

 

Third Place:  Rhett Taylor

 

Honorable Mention:  Robert Guerrero

                                    Elliot Ross

                                    Trey Kenney

                                    Sabry Patel

 

 

These students will be honored during the school's award ceremony later in this year.

 

Also, Rice is sponsoring a free essay writing workshop on Saturday, May 9th for anyone who entered the contest. This would be a great opportunity to learn more about writing from people who have mad skills, both writing and teaching wise.  If you would like to attend, please let me know tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest.

 

Have a great night with MLK!

Friday!

Today AP studs wrote either a rhetorical analysis or an argument essay.

 

This weekend please read "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."  I will put up a new vocabulary list by Monday that will accompany this article.  The points from that list will be due on Friday, May 1st.

 

Extra credit?  Monday at 6:30, Heights Library, Shakespearean Monologues!

 

Have a glorious weekend!

Thursday - Thanks for the Xcellent information, Tamiera!

Today AP Studs did the following:

Finalized writing your cards (three paragraph essay on Malcolm X); and

Completed and reviewed multiple choice questions on Malcolm X.

Please remember that "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is due Wednesday, April 29th.

Please bring a pen tomorrow.

Also, if you would like extra credit, please read the article from today's New York Times regarding Ted Cruz and his debating days at Princeton.  You may find the article at the following link:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/us/politics/ted-cruz-honed-political-skills-in-princeton-debate-club.html?_r=0

 

After you read this article, write a paragraph in response and tape it to my door before school tomorrow.

 

Cheers on this beautiful spring day!

Ted Cruz - Debate article for all interested debaters and readers

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/us/politics/ted-cruz-honed-political-skills-in-princeton-debate-club.html?_r=0

Hump Day!

Today we began to unravel the chameleon, the late, great Malcolm X.  We watched two clips of Malcolm X interviews and wrote about them.  If you did not finish writing your short-short essay on your card in class, write for no more than ten minutes tonight and finish it up.  If you missed class, you can access the two clips by clicking on the links below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHP89mLWOY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7IJ7npTYrU

 

After you watch these clips, please write a SHORT essay in the following format:

 

First paragraph - on sentence thesis stating one of your opinions about the interviews (or you may chose to write about just one interview);

 

Second paragraph - concrete details to support your thesis (remember that concrete details consists of observable evidence - no conclusion or opinions);

 

Third paragraph - your conclusion - two rules: (i) do not simply repeat your thesis in your conclusion; and (ii) do not begin your conclusion with the words "in conclusion."  

 

Challenge yourself to expand your conclusion to include, inter alia, your feelings, your creativity, or a thematic observation. 

 

You also received "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" today.  Please read and annotate this marvelous piece of rhetoric by Wednesday, April 29th.  Read and annotate a portion each night.  Bask in the genius and eloquence of Dr. King.

 

Please bring Malcolm X tomorrow.

 

Have a wonderful evening!  I'm off to the opera!

Magnasoles!

Studs, I hope that you loved the timed writing today!

Bring Malcolm X tomorrow, please.

Have a  good night!

Monday,

AP Studs did the following today:

Submitted your sources assignment; remember that you must turnitin to turnitin.com tonight before the stroke of midnight.

Tomorrow you will write a rhetorical analysis.  Bring your pens!

Now is the time to dig deep!  You can do it!

Seventh's Period article

http://www.wsj.com/articles/author-jan-ellison-on-how-travels-payoffs-beat-a-paycheck-1429208617

Today's article

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/david-brooks-when-cultures-shift.html?_r=0

Thursday - does humanity truly suck? Is Machiavelli correct?

AP Studs did the following today?

 

Warm-up - Agree, disagree, or qualify:  Are men "ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers ...?"  Answer this question and provide an example to support your answer.

 

You then discussed and answered multiple choice questions on Machiavelli.

 

Please earn 30,000 points between April 9th and tonight on vocabulary.com.

 

Your sources assignment is due (hard copy) in class and turnitin.com Monday night (by 11:59 p.m.)

 

You will write a paragraph for each source you choose, therefore you will write 15 paragraphs for this assignment.

 

Have a GREAT day!

 

P.S.  There is a syntactical error in this entry. Please re-write the sentence correctly and put it on the door before first period tomorrow am.

SAT this!

AP Studs,

Good job with SAT today!

Bring Machiavelli tomorrow!

By tomorrow night, please earn 30,000 points on vocabulary.com.

Start drafting your sources (H-E-L-P-S) that is due Monday.

Cheers!

Tooooosday - Rest tonight!

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Learned more about how to use sources for the AP exam; and

 

Read and scrutinized student examples from the College Board.

 

Please do the following on the dates indicated below:

 

Rest tonight!

 

Bring your ID and your brain tomorrow!

 

Earn 30,000 points on vocabulary.com from April 9th through April 16th.

 

Vote on t-shirt design on Thursday.

 

Bring your H-E-L-P-S assignment on Monday.  You must write three (3) detailed examples for each letter.  Therefore, you will have three historical examples, three examples of current events, three examples from literature and cinema, three detailed personal examples, and three examples from sports or science.

 

Be ready to add to your "mistakes" essay on Monday with two examples:  the first example will be the Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis, and the second will be a non-personal example of your choice. 

 

See you Thursday!

 

It's Monday, we must be writing an essay!

Studs, today we you wrote an argument essay.  We will discuss this essay tomorrow as well as sources that perhaps you could use to support this essay and your essays in the future.

Please earn 30,000 points on vocabulary.com between April 9th and April 16th.

Study for your SAT.

Do good work, and enjoy this spring day!

And now for something completely different ... a timed writing!

Today Studs wrote a timed essay (rhetorical analysis) today and learned a bit about QE1.

 

Dates to know:

 

Tomorrow, April 11, Mock AP Exam - 8:00 - 12:15

Items to bring:  Pen, pencil, paper, your brain.

After the Mock AP Exam, go to the art car parade!

 

Monday, April 13th, you will write an argument essay; bring a blue or black ink pen. 

Also, your t-shirt designs are due on Monday the 13th.

 

Bring your Machiavelli and Malcolm X articles to class starting Tuesday, April 14th.

 

Study every night a bit for your SAT, which is Wednesday, April 15th.

 

Earn 30,000 points on vocabulary.com between April 8th and April 16th!  The title of the new list is "Mock AP Exam List."

 

 

 

 

 

Fifth Period - Best Bilingual Hosts at Reagan High School!

Today was a bit of a review day!

We discussed both sections of the AP exam and discussed strategies.  You submitted those notes for a participation grade.  If you missed class today, you missed this grade.

First, we have a new list "Mock AP Exam List."  Please earn 30,000 by Thursday, April 16th.  If you are taking the Mock AP on Saturday, please peruse this list before then.

Mock AP?  Arrive at 7:55 or 8:00 - stay until noon - lunch will probably be provided at noon.

Tomorrow you will write a rhetorical analysis - bring a blue or black ink pen and your outstanding attitudes.

Synthesize this!

Today you all wrote a synthesis essay .... all class period.  Focus and behavior?  Exemplary!

 

A new list has appeared on vocabulary.com, entitled "Mock AP Exam List."  Please earn an additional 30,000 points by Thursday, April 16th.  If you are taking the Mock AP Exam this Saturday, you may want to earn some of those points before Saturday because knowing the words on that list will help you with your Mock AP.

 

Speaking of the Mock AP, please arrive at or before 8:00 am.  We will hold this exam in the teaching theatre.  If all goes according to plan, you should be ready to go at or before 12:30.

 

Also, please peruse information relating to your SAT about 30 minutes each night.

 

Finally, if you have a design for a t-shirt (AP English, that is), please submit that design by Monday, April 13th.

 

Learn words, think deep thoughts, dream big ...

 

For FIVE extra points tomorrow, tell me the name of the device in the preceding sentence as you walk in the door.

We heart Hitler

AP Studs did the following today:

 

Submitted Malcolm X's "Learning to Read";

 

Reviewed Passage 7 from yesterday's multiple choice packet; and

 

Reviewed salient aspects of the synthesis essay.

 

Please bring a blue or black ink pen tomorrow.  It's synthesis time!

 

Also every night, please begin to learn your sources so that you can excel on the SAT, on the AP, in life, college, romance, and your career.

 

Have a beautiful spring night!

 

P.S. - If you did not write the synthesis essay on leadership, you must do so this week!!!

Monday!

Today we did multiple choice!!

 

Tomorrow your Malcolm X packet is due, read and annotated.  We will also discuss briefly the multiple choice and the syntheses that you wrote recently.

 

Maybe Machiavelli, too!

 

Finally, the mock AP exam is Saturday-  set your alarms and get here at 7:45 for twenty points and an awesome intellectual experience.

 

See you tomorrow!

TGIT

Today, AP Studs did the following:

 

Submitted their annotations of the excerpt of Machiavelli's The Morals of the Prince;

Wrote a rhetorical analysis; and

Received an essay written by Malcolm X, "How I Learned to Read."

 

Please note following dates:

 

Monday, April 6th - bring your copy of In Cold Blood to school and know all of the words from the most recent vocabulary.com list (In Cold Blood, M/C 45-90);

 

Tuesday, April 7th - submit Malcolm X, read and annotated; bring your annotated copy of Machiavelli;

 

Saturday, April 11th, Mock AP exam.

 

Have a great three-day weekend!