GT/AP Monday 9.21.15  Journal #10 The Puritans  Make a list of everything you know about the Puritans (aka the Pilgrims)  Read the article “The Puritans.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Week 10 OA Power Point.

Advertisements

Prose Analysis Essay for the AP Language and Composition Exam

The Witch Interrogations Give Up Your Life or Your Soul.

AP English Language and Composition An Overview of the Course.

PofE II Into Class: Monday, January 26 th 1.Come in and get out your yellow registration form, a piece of loose leaf, and a writing utensil. Out of Class.

MONDAY AP/GT ENG LANG SUMMER READING EXAM WORK ON BOOK SECTION OF COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK—DUE FRIDAY.

PofE II Into Class: Monday, January 12 th 1.Come in and sit by your presentation partner 2.Get out your Portfolio Activity homework. Make sure your name.

PofE II Into Class: Monday, February 9 th 1.Please come in and sit in your new seats with your dialogue groups you had last week. 2.Get out your Q3 EA#1.

PofE II Into Class: Monday, September 22 nd 1.Please come in and get out your Commercial Assignment that was homework and turn it in to your hour’s bin.

English 11B WELCOME! Friday March 11 Attendance Syllabus Fact or Fiction Journal #1 Writing Prompt.

TUESDAY Quickly go over Policies and Procedures for this class (10-15 minutes) Set up Composition Notebook (10 mins) Journal #1—Junior Year Reflection.

AP Prompt #2: Prose Prompt. The FREE RESPONSE prompt (almost) ALWAYS asks… …what it contributes the meaning of the work as a whole …how it illuminates.

3 English AP Agenda 4/11-4/15 Please start be reading the handout Chapter 5 of They Say, I Say annotating it for tricks to use in your own essay.

MONDAY GET STARTED ON YOUR TEST RIGHT AWAY! YOU ONLY HAVE 50 MINUTES NO BOOK ON PART I TURN IN PART I, THEN YOU MAY USE A BOOK ON PART II PG. 347.

English 12 9/22. Notebook prompt Reflect on your favorite childhood memory. Why is it important to you? Describe what happened (work on using descriptive.

Monday Journal #11—2014 Year in Review (this will take most of the period!) 1. Your Highs and Lows of 2014 O Starting with January 2014, go back.

Analysis Essay for the AP Language and Composition Exam Introduction Information Advice.

TODAY’S GOALS Think about writing as a problem solving exercise Introduce the prose continuum Learn about the scale of abstraction and its uses in open.

“A City on a Hill” Always read the fine print! **Please take out GPS, MC, and Bradford prompt**

Monday, November 5, /5/12 EQ: What are my 2 nd quarter goals? Warm Up: Notebook maintenance… take out all Unit 1 notebook pages, AND summer reading.

SEPTEMBER 9-13 Week Two English 9 A. Monday Sept 9 Attendance & Thought of the Day Absent students take vocabulary 1 quiz Return vocabulary 1 if all have.

How do we disturb the universe?. Pick up a handout from the front table Answer the questions you can about the types of chocolate there are.

AP Language and Composition – 3/10/14 Bell ringer: Please read and comprehend Devil in the White City independently for the next 10 minutes. Discuss today’s.

Monday, April 1 st, 2013 Objectives: W – different kinds of sentences; W – effective use of the parts of speech Essential Question: Can I apply.

Day of Cumulative Test – Multiple Choice When you get your test. Mark what form you are taking. Read directions carefully and questions carefully. You.

English 11A – Week 4 Opening – Correct the punctuation in the sentence that follows: The curtains in Ms. Bradshaws room help to block the sun so that the.

September 8, 2014 EQ: How to write a literary analysis paper. Begin with a clear thesis: A thesis is like a road map – It tells the reader where you are.

Agenda Review the text from Monday pages Preview the reading for today on pages Read pages and take “directed” notes.

Final Preparation & Major Concepts to Remember AP English Language & Composition Exam.

5/18/15 READ: Finish up through chapter 14 for tomorrow (and the guide questions) HW: 1.Complete the class work (chapters guide questions) – for.

Frederick Douglass “Learning to Read and Write”

 Analyze a poem for the author’s use of literary devices to explain how specific stylistic choices support the development of tone and theme.  Develop.

Performance Task. Thursday What is it? A test Gauges your reading, discussion and writing skills Divided into 3 parts 1. Reading, understanding and annotating.

Tuesday 10/13/15 Journal #14--PSAT Practice Books Section for The Crucible—due Monday HW: 1. please put either links, URLs, or title and author of your.

English Language. Summer Entry AQA GCSE English or English Language Section ASection B Exam 60% of GCSE 2 hrs 15 mins Tuesday 7 th June 2016 READING (

TUESDAY AP/GT ENGLISH LANGUAGE DUE: TASK MASTER—TURN IN TO THE TRAY JOURNAL #15—”AND THERE’S AN END” (STEINBECK 326). 1. WRITE A PARAGRAPH DISCUSSING.

Week 10. MUG Monday 1. Paragraphs in a story or an essay has the same purpose. 2. The main purpose of paragraphs are to form units of thought. 3. Vivid.

Monday  Due: “They Say”—turn in to the tray  Journal #12—Characters in Review (10 mins)  Act I and II Reading Check (20 mins)—you may use your.

WORLD LIT AGENDA WEEK 14. Monday 11/4  Vocab Unit #5: and exercises  Go over Canto 33/34 reading quiz results  Finish film as needed/discuss.

AP Language and Composition – 3/31/14 Bell ringer: Please read and comprehend Devil in the White City independently for the next 15 minutes. Discuss today’s.

Monday Content Objective: Today we will analyze the author’s purpose by reading a Puritan sermon “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God” and analyzing.

MONDAY Loc ch. 1-2 Quiz Visual Argument –locate a Satirical Cartoon Summer Reading Exam Review.

MONDAY November 16, JOURNAL SET UP FOR 3 RD SIX WEEKS Re-Number the pages starting with 1, 2, 3… front and back Pages 1-4 are your new table of.

AP Language and Composition Mrs. Heidi Hayes. Course Information Core Focus: Developing informed, thoughtful, engaged citizens. Increasing students’ capacity.

Monday Due: Composition Notebooks Arthur Miller’s Exigence and “Why I Wrote The Crucible”

TODAY’S GOALS Introduce literacy narratives as a genre Analyze sample student literacy narratives Discuss uses of concrete words and the scale of abstractions.

Welcome! to AP/GT English Language O Welcome Back! O Introductions (10 minutes) O Introduce yourself and tell us one interesting thing about you.

Writing Exercise Try to write a short humor piece. It can be fictional or non-fictional. Essay by David Sedaris.

MONDAY AP/GT ENG LANGUAGE Metacognition—Peer/Self Evaluation of Synthesis Essay Find your essay Read over the rubric and samples—see AP Central’s.

Monday November 9, 2015 AP English Language

2/13. Introductory Paragraphs An introductory paragraph is somewhat different from a body paragraph. An introductory paragraph has two main purposes:

August 27, 2012 Title: What can I expect in 8 th grade language arts this year? Warm Up: Read syllabus, underlining anything that is confusing to you,

Bell Work: Reminder – your FSA Writing will be this Wednesday, March 2 nd. Verify (again) your computer lab. assignment posted on the bulletin board. You.

Writing a Literary Analysis Personal Response: You explore your thoughts and feelings about a piece of literature. Literary Review: You discuss the merits.

Welcome Back to STAAR bootcamp! 12 Days! 1. Pick up the worksheet 2. Find your CA Essay. 3. Write your hw 4. Start your Do Now  Do Now: What is the difference.

JUNIORS ESSAY PLANNING. SWBAT analyze a prompt and writing sample from the AP exam DO NOW: Read over the prompt choices and circle the ones that seem.

Jan. 6 th - AP Lit Bellwork: List 5 strategies you need to employ when peer reviewing and peer editing an essay? What is the difference between peer reviewing.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Part I : Multiple Choice - 60 min. = 45% Part II : Essays – 120 min (+15) = 55% Synthesis Rhetorical Analysis Argumentative.

MONDAY FEB. 1, 2016 AP/ GT FINISH READING “FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER” (30 MINUTES) COMPLETE PARAGRAPH ON UNIT OF EFFECT HW: 1. SUBMIT MEMOIR TO TURNITIN.COM.

AP Language Exam. (Q.1) The Analysis Essay 40 minutes In an Analysis Essay you will be analyzing Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Elements of a particular.

Kick-off: Monday, April 4 th 2016:. “We Were the Mulvaney’s” Prose Analysis  Complete all questions by Wednesday  We will be reviewing this passage.

Introduction to the AP Style Essay: English 10Honors What will be covered in this Presentation: 1.How to dissect the AP essay question being asked of.

AP English Language Monday Content Objective: Students will plan synthesis essay. ◦ Synthesis Essay Planning ◦ Complete Planning Packet.

Summary of Writing Essay. Purpose: To summarize a piece of writing. To summarize a piece of writing. To share the main idea and underlying details of.

Close Reading of a Non-fiction Text

1st Quarter, wk #4 Sept. 4-8, 2017.

Am Lit DO NOW Gather week two Do Nows, staple name date on each piece of paper and turn them in to the US Mail BOX Then sit quietly with a CLEARED.

Intro to The Crucible AP Language Skinner.

AP Language and Composition Exam

Understand Paper 7 assignment Discuss possible topics for Paper 7

Presentation transcript:

GT/AP Monday  Journal #10 The Puritans  Make a list of everything you know about the Puritans (aka the Pilgrims)  Read the article “The Puritans Weren’t so Puritanical”  Make a list new facts you learned  William Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation”  Pg. 102  Begin Rhetorical Analysis  HW: Opportunity for Revisions— due tomorrow

Tuesday  Due: Revisions  Be sure you highlight the sentence you change in your essay  Staple the revisions on top  Turn in to tray  If you did not do revisions, turn your original essay into the tray  “Of Plymouth Plantation” Rhetorical Analysis Essay—how to get there— due Thursday  Summer Reading Exams will be returned tomorrow—today is your last chance to make it up.  RTI screening make-ups tomorrow if you were absent  HW: Read a LOC essay of your choice. Bring to class a piece of paper that identifies the author, title, purpose, audience, exigence, at least THREE(3) rhetorical strategies employed and the critical issue explored-- due Friday

Wednesday  Work on “Plymouth Plantation” rhetorical analysis essay packet—due tomorrow  Return and discuss Summer Reading exams

The Rhetorical Analysis Essay  2nd prompt on the AP Exam  You will be asked how the author achieves his purpose through rhetorical devices and strategies  Nonfiction passage (hence “rhetorical devices and strategies) often pre 20 th century  Rhetorical Analysis Essay Prompt: How does William Bradford’s style of writing convey the Pilgrims’ attitude toward God and nature?  Now I am going to walk you through how to get there.  See the packet and begin working on it.  We will finish tomorrow in class.

Summer Reading Exams  61 students total took the exam  There was a 4 question curve plus one mistake on my answer key=5 questions were thrown out  84 Overall class average; morning classes were lower than afternoon classes  5 students made 100  2 made a 97  3 made a 91  Many made an 89  7 students made below a 70  LOOK over your answer key closely!

Thursday  Due: “Of Plymouth Plantation  Share your intro paragraph with a partner  Try to make one specific suggestions for improvement  Turn in to tray  Puritan Literature Notes—read these on your own; you are responsible for the information and will see it on an exam in the future  The Salem Witch Trials Video  Monday we will begin reading The Crucible, a fictional play based on the real- life events of the Salem Witch Trials. This video provides lots of interesting background details  HW: Read a LOC essay of your choice. Bring to class a piece of paper that identifies the author, title, purpose, audience, exigence, at least THREE(3) rhetorical strategies employed and the critical issue explored--due Friday

Friday AP/GT Eng Language  Post your LOC Essay Description on turnitin.com discussion board  Assignment: Critical Issues Outside Reading Project—select topic by Friday