1. AP English Language and Composition
Thursday, December 4th, 2014

2. Due Synthesis essay Raban “The Next Last Frontier” annot. Top: Rubric
Assignment sheet
Final draft of essay + works cited page
Edited rough draft
All process work
Raban “The Next Last Frontier” annot.
Peer-grade and score
Record on text and on rubric

3. In-Class Have a conversation with the people around you 
Talking points:
Discuss the subject of the essay, and then discuss the thesis statement made by the author.
How does the author construct his argument? What did you find effective, and what do you not understand?
What role does the frontier play in defining the American?***
Collaboratively – make a bullet-point précis pre-write for the essay. Discuss your ideas as you work! **Also make a bullet-point précis pre-write for Turner’s “The Significance of the Frontier in American History”

4. Homework Limerick “The Headline Frontier” annot. due Mon. 12/8/14
Stegner “Coda: Wilderness Letter” annot. due Mon. 12/8/14