AP English Language and Composition Thursday, January 7 th, 2015

Turn In Frontier Research Essay Top to bottom: ◦Assignment sheet ◦Final essay + works cited ◦Edited rough draft ◦Any additional process work Note: submit your complete essay + works cited to by 11:59 PM tonight!

Journal: Free-Write Write about anything, in any format, for about 7 minutes

Synthesis TW (2012 USPS) Read through the “student performance Q&A” ◦Practice metacognition as you read. What did you think you knew, what new learning do you have, and how and when will you apply it? ◦Based on this prompt and scoring commentary, what can you expect from the synthesis tw portion of your AP Exam? Read through the scoring rubric ◦Notice trends in the language. Specifically, look for quality and quantity words and descriptions ◦Mark the minimum passing score for an essay. Then mark the high range and the low range scores.

Synthesis TW (2012 USPS) Read and score each others’ timed writes ◦Read and score at least three, one of which should be your own ◦Use the language of the rubric when having conversations and writing comments ◦Assign a score to the TW and support your score with a short explanation (3 or so sentences) using evidence from the TW and language from the rubric Reflect ◦Write a paragraph or so reflection. Explain your understanding of synthesis writing, a success or strength you have, a struggle or weakness you have, and a specific actionable plan for improving your synthesis writing.

Friday Due Dates Into the Wild reading + journal prompt responses Unit 3 synthesis essay revisions Unit 4 précis revisions Holiday enrichment synthesis essay