1. Hi, AP Lang! You need: Pencil Multiple choice No journal today. Let’s review what happened last year on #APLangadventure

10. Agenda: #APLangAdventure Review – Have fun. Make memories that are worth writing about when you return. Q3 Review Multiple Choice: – 4 teams – Small-group consensus; use evidence – Bigger-group consensus; use evidence – Whole-class consensus; use evidence – Review HOMEWORK: – ENJOY YOUR BREAK! – #APLangAdventure When you leave you will have: -reviewed rhetorical structures and strategies.

11. Groups 1 & 2: questions 14-22 Groups 3 & 4: questions 23-30

12. March 27 No journal today. Get your folder & a laptop. Agenda: -Review -POWER RANKINGS packet -Type formal/final Short Story Power Rankings

13. Power Rankings Finish your notes sheet (3 categories, rank 5 stories, jot down some notes). Have Mrs. Matheny check it off. Get a laptop. Go to google.com Log in to your account ______@wcps.k12.md.us ______@wcps.k12.md.us Go to GOOGLE DOCS Open a new document (it will look like a Word Doc)

14. Reflection:

15. 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

16. 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)

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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?