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Hi, AP Lang! You need: Pencil/pen Warm Up(3/23/15): Multiple Choice today..whomp whomp.. Today’s focus: time management! 30 days of school until the AP Lang exam! Good news: 4 days until Spring Break!

Agenda: Warm Up: Time management review Multiple Choice: – 13ish minutes per section. When you’re finished… – Keep the questions, turn in your scantrons & post-its. HOMEWORK: – TW Re-dos must be complete by Thursday after school! – Put the AP Lang calendar somewhere you can reference it! When you leave you will have: -reviewed rhetorical strategies and structures.

March 23 Pop Quiz! Good news: you can use your notebook AND the story!! Agenda: -Quiz -“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor -Reflection

When you’re finished… Turn in your quiz up front. Get an index card. Write your 3-5 questions on your index card (plus your name). Wait patiently.

Reflection: 1. What is complex, thought provoking, ambiguous, and/or provocative about “A Good Man is Hard to Find”? 2. Why do you think O’Connor titled this story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”?

Story Review TitleWhat it’s about:ThemeWould you recommend it? What kind of person would enjoy it? “Why Don’t You Dance” A boy and a girl meet a man and want to buy the furniture he has placed in the front yard. The girl and man dance. --Fate --People Hide their True Identity --Live in the moment -be kind to others “Cathedral” Blind man visiting his friend and her husband. The narrator develops respect towards the blind man. -lost dreams -importance of establishing identity -society’s treatment of the powerless

Journal Explodes REQUIREMENTS 5 paragraphs – Introduction – Conclusion 3 middle supporting paragraphs – Evidence – Examples – Personal stories/anecdotes Thesis statement RUBRIC Each paragraph = 5 points Thesis statement = 5 points Details/evidence to support/explain thesis statements = 5 points GREAT vocab = 5 bonus points 40 points total

Flat or Round? Static or Dynamic? Flat & Static Characters = minor characters who does not change or grow in a story Round & Dynamic Characters = Major character who encounters conflict and is changed by it.

Thesis Statements Includes topic & claim: – Maryland should not change its law because children must learn responsibility and independence when left home alone. Does NOT include phrases like: – I think – You should – (really, anything with personal pronouns)

Story Review TitleWhat it’s about:ThemeWould you recommend it? What kind of person would enjoy it? “The Utterly Perfect Murder” Seeking revenge 36 years after being bullied as a child. What goes around comes around. Someone who was bullied (similar experiences). “Salvation”A young boy wanting to find Jesus, but doesn’t find him and then lies about his experience. Salvation can come from within rather than a higher power. People who are conflicted between religion and atheism. An atheist.

We have ____ days of school left… Do you read and write at an 11 th grade level? Are you ready for 12 th grade? Can you prove that you read and write well enough for a high school diploma? Do you have the necessary skills to be a successful adult?