1. Hi, AP Lang! You need: Pencil/pen Journal Journal (3/24/15): The U.S. Supreme Court is tackling a question of great interest to America's auto-loving public: Whose speech is that on your specialty license plate? Specifically, when the government issues specialty tags at the behest of private groups or individuals, can it veto messages deemed offensive to others? D, C, Q: The government should be able to veto specialty license plates. (Use your readings, experiences, and/or observations to fully develop your position.)

2. Agenda: Journal: Specialty License Plates Synthesis Review: – Read the model – Analyze your own – Reflect Multiple Choice: – Meh. Prep: Argument Timed Writing – A timed journal explode. – Incorporate rhetorical devices; pump up your writing game. 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 synthesis timed writings.

3. March 24 Journal: What does it mean to be a good man? Agenda: -Journal -Review: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor -Reflection

4. What do people talk about when they talk about “A Good Man is Hard to Find?”

5. What do people talk about when they talk about “A Good Man is Hard to Find”? Religion – Fake it till ya make it! – John Wesley Literary Devices – Foreshadowing – Light/dark motif Three-Act Plot Structure – At the end of Act One, the main character is drawn in completely to a conflict. – Act Two, she is farthest away from her goals. – At the end of Act Three, the story is resolved.

6. In the world of Flannery O’Connor, the South is a region of ambiguous Christianity. Her stories bring to life a land overflowing with churches and self-proclaimed Christians, where religion is present everywhere, but rarely practiced in its true form. Because of the sheer ubiquity of Southern Christianity, anything that goes against common religious ideas must be brushed over or guarded in secrecy. This land of Christianity in turn becomes a land of hypocrisy, where people strive for respectability, ignore Biblical teachings, and only act as “Christ followers” when it benefits them. While people might appear to be “good,” at the core they reject their need for Christ’s redemption because to accept it would require admitting fault in themselves. Between the self-satisfied religious and the secular nonbelievers, the image and idea of God is present everywhere, but, according to O’Connor, the power of the gospel is absent. This idea is a theme on which Flannery O’Connor builds much of her writing. As an unapologetically Catholic writer, O’Connor aims to write on the need for redemption and God’s grace in an unconventional manner, through the personal flaws of her characters. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” O’Connor uses her characters to exemplify the weaknesses of people living in the Christ-haunted South. Through the characters of Grandma and The Misfit, O’Connor depicts the shortcomings of human beings and their dire need for redemption, whether they recognize it or not.

7. Reflection: 1.Why do you think O’Connor titled this story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”? 2. What did you learn today that you didn’t realize the first time you read the story?

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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?