On block day we will go over the poetry and write in class a 40 minute poetry essay. On Thursday we will look at models of student essays and score each other. On Friday, you will take a 55 question AP exam. Their are 55 questions and the exam will go into the grade book as out of 50. It takes a full hour to complete the exam so come to class on time. Also, come to class. It is really hard to do make ups for this kind of test.
On Monday we will finish up the practice AP exam. I have copies of the 1994 exam Multiple Choice section if anyone wants to borrow one. You can also find this exam on line. Just google 1994 AP literature exam.
On block day we will go over the poetry and write in class a 40 minute poetry essay. On Thursday we will look at models of student essays and score each other. On Friday, you will take a 55 question AP exam. Their are 55 questions and the exam will go into the grade book as out of 50. It takes a full hour to complete the exam so come to class on time. Also, come to class. It is really hard to do make ups for this kind of test.
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Monday: Literary terms test. Next Wednesday before school and Thursday after school will be the only two makeup or retake for the literary terms test. If you miss it or botch it, you can make it up then.
Block days: Trial of Sethe. Discuss article on race. Thursday: Practice AP poetry Friday: AP Poetry. You will get satire readings. UPCOMING: Your novel project is due the Monday before the AP exam, May 2. I am amending the project, Due all the steps for three books. For two books: Do the steps for characters, setting and plot. Also if you have an AP exam that day and want an extra day to finish, that's OK. If you want an extra day because it's senior year and you just couldn't get it together, then no. On Friday April 29, you will take a practice multiple choice AP exam. This is scored and included in your grade. I want you to be able to go over the exam in class on Monday, May 2, so it would be really great if you could come to school and take the test on April 29. Your Cultural Events write ups are due May 16 to turnitin.com We will start graduation speeches on Monday, May 13. These are 6 minute speeches. They will be graded on content and delivery. Additionally, part of your grade is for being a good audience member for ALL others (automatic zero for any phone use) and for inviting at least two people to attend your speech. Extra credit if an invitee is an adult (parent, teacher, older sibling, etc). You can do your speech before May 13 on a voluntary basis. AP EXAM is May 4. If you are not taking the AP exam you will take a version of the exam with me. On May 4 you will take the m/c part. Then you will write the three essays on later days. First of, congratulations to all of you on your college acceptances. I know this has been a joyful time for some of you and has brought disappointment to others. I know it is hard to not get into your dream school. I know it is easy to see this whole college admissions process as a judgment on your life and hard work for the past 13 years. But you are all so much more than the numbers and lists of extra-curriculars reduced to some paper that passed for brief minutes across the desk of some over-worked admissions officer. Elite colleges get so many highly qualified applicants that acceptance is in some part a craps shoot. The good news is that there are many, many fine universities that offer great educations. Some of these school that are off the beat and track and off the U.S. News top 20 list, have produced graduates who now lead our country. Some colleges you have never heard of equal the Ivies in sending students to top law schools and med schools, in producing Rhodes scholars and eventual CEOs. I have been saying for years, that what matters is what you bring to college not the college you go to. But my argument got a boost over spring break. While touring colleges with my own family I read Frank Bruni's Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be. Bruni makes a strong case for finding the college that is right for you and making the most of your experience there. Where ever you go there will be professors who can teach you more than you can learn. So learn all you can and enjoy yourself, whether you are at Stanford or ARC. All of you have the potential for greatness. Remember, where you go is not who you'll be.
Now another note. I have said since day one that I am available nearly every day after school and most days at lunch. I wish more of you would take advantage of that. You know I hate grading, but I enjoy talking to you one on one. With over 150 students and almost 100 AP students (one class with 38), there is just no other way to respond to your writing or questions. And now that I have restated that, I have to qualify. This is my yearbook final deadline week, so I am going to be distracted. I am still available but there is another serious pull on my time and attention. Anyway: For Monday: Finish part 2 of Beloved. For Thursday finish the book. This week we will watch a movie while I sneak out the back to help yearbook editors. The movie will most likely be 12 years a slave. You will write a poetry essay (40 minutes AP, that will be available for parents to look at on back to school night.) Reading for this week went out in an email before spring break.
For Monday you were to have read through page 130, there was no reading Monday night to let some of you catch up. For Thursday you needed to have Finished Part 1. We wrote an in class essay on Thursday analyzing the passage in which the baby Beloved is killed. For next Monday you need to have read all of part 2. |
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