1. Welcome! to AP/GT English Language 8.24.15 O Welcome Back! O Introductions (10 minutes) O Introduce yourself and tell us one interesting thing about you or one memorable moment from your summer O Course Syllabus and Supply List and AP Agreement O Assignment: Stylistic Devices in Huck—due Friday (5 minutes) O Summer Reading Reminders (5 minutes) O Assessment on Wednesday O If you don’t have a book, see me ASAP!

2. AP Eng Lang Tuesday 8.25.15 O Entrance Slip (10 minutes) O Write your name on the top O share one experience from this summer that you could relate to your Summer Reading and explain the connection O Share with a friend O Tissues, highlighters markers? Please put on the front table. O Course Description, AP Syllabus, Website, etc. O General Homework Rubric O If time, work on Stylistic Devices in Huck or study for quiz O Summer Reading Quiz—tomorrow! O 30—40 questions about plot, characters, and style of both books

3. Wednesday 8.26.15 O Community Tissues or Markers? Put on the table at front. O Turn in AP Course Agreements to the tray O Clear your desk of everything except a pen; write short responses on back of scantron O Quiz!!! O You may work on Stylistic Devices or use your phone to read the online article “How to Talk About Race” for tomorrow O HW: Tomorrow you will need your summer reading books and be sure you have read the article “How to Talk About Race” on my webpage

4. Thursday 8.27.15 O AP Agreements to the tray O Tissues or Markers to the front table O Work on Stylistic Devices in Huck for 10 minutes. Questions? Due tomorrow. O Summer Synthesis Activity: How to Write About Race O Have your composition notebook/spiral for class tomorrow

5. Friday 8.28.15 O Due: Stylistic Devices—turn in to tray O Journal #1—1 st week Reflection (10) O Complete Summer Synthesis Activity (20)—transfer group’s answer to a poster O Assignment: Synthesis Assertion Short Write(10)— due 9/8 O Superlatives(5)—return to journalism by next Tuesday

6. Journal O Make sure your name is on the front cover. O Leave the first page of your journal blank. O On the first line of the 2 nd page write: “Journal #11 st Week Reflection 8/27 O Write for 5 minutes about your feelings of your first week of school. O Suggestions: Did it meet your expectations? Were there any triumphs? Were there any challenges? What were/are you grateful for? Etc.