Weekend Homework, April 1

-Seniors-
1. For students who did not finish the weekend homework, you can do so for up to 85%: Click Here
2. Make sure to also complete the claim about how the work challenges and/or a reinforces an assumption, stereotype or social norm: Click Here
3. Bring your story to class tomorrow.

AP Language 

1. Cut and paste grading checklist into your essay document: Click Here
2. Grade yourself in the left column. Make sure that your essay is shared with me at jessica.candlin@gmail.com 

AP Language Study Hall

AP Language Resources for Synthesis 

Use study hall to finish your synthesis essay. Please do not spend full paragraphs on counterclaims. These are short essays, and while it makes sense to include a counterclaim as a sentence or clause, it should not be an entire paragraph, especially at the beginning of your essay.

Structure:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KJV1zMOYQ6wKw0sQhzx_w43evoc8uagJECY7hU2jaLI/edit?usp=sharing

Body Paragraph Examples and Checklist: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZmgY9uCZvJJTxdIhZOVoKHTyxPAjYEZnhxUax3SvuI/edit?usp=sharing

Sentence Stems for Integrating Multiple Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWgFuNpt6LSanPrOCT5TyHlzgYb2x43taKSC9TEt9V4/edit?usp=sharing

Grading Criteria:

• Clear thesis that addresses the issue 
• Clear and logical topic sentences that support the thesis 
• Two pieces of evidence each body paragraph 
• Use of sentence stems to integrate discussion of multiple texts 

Homework, Wednesday, March 30

-Seniors -
Read to the agreed upon point by your group of the short story. Tomorrow, you will write an analytical paragraph in response to your discussion and reading thus far.

AP Language -
Finish your essays

Homework, Tuesday, March 29

-Seniors-

If you haven't posted your blog post about "Formation" yet, head on over to the class blog and do so. If you prefer, you can post on "Lose Yourself" instead, using the claim you developed in class today: http://sofseniorenglishlitandlife.blogspot.com

12A, B, CD: For extra credit, use the "assumptions/stereotypes/social norms" and "challenges" structure we used in class today and apply it to a song or video of your choosing. 

- AP Language - 

Tomorrow, you will be drafting your synthesis essays on the Room for Debate topic you chose on Monday. Make sure that your precis paragraphs are in your shared document. I will check them tonight. 

For homework tonight: 

1. ) Draft a thesis statement in response to the Room for Debate columns that you read for homework. You should agree with a difference, disagree for a reason, or a little bit of both.

2.) Complete an outline with at least two pieces of evidence for each argument (2-3 arguments). You may need to do a minimal amount of outside research.

Homework, Monday, March 28

-Seniors -
Choose one of the claims below or write your own based on the video "Formation,"

Post your response on the class blog by 10:00 pm. Guidelines posted http://sofseniorenglishlitandlife.blogspot.com

Option 1:

The lyrics and video for “Formation” suggest that an assertive female artist can disrupt and compete with more traditional sources of power.

Option 2: From Genius:

“Formation” is a Black-power anthem, a fitting contribution to Black History Month and an important conversation piece in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Option 3: Jenna Wortham, New York Times

“Formation” isn’t just about police brutality — it’s about the entirety of the black experience in America in 2016, which includes standards of beauty, (dis)empowerment, culture and the shared parts of our history.

AP Language 
1.) Read ALL of the articles in your "Room for Debate," conversation, taking notes as you go to capture what "they say"

2.) Divvy up the articles and write a precis paragraph for at least one of them in your google doc. 

Saturday Session, April 2
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Weekend Homework

No Homework

Work on exhibitions! Use close reading and writing resources on my blog.
Happy writing!


AP Language

We will read the article about google together in class tomorrow.

Seniors -

Come in tomorrow with any texts you are using for your English/History exhibition.

-AP Language -
Required:
Prepare for tomorrow's partner "on demand" in which you will draft an essay together. You may want to communicate via google doc to collect evidence and refine your thesis statements. You can use the materials I introduced today: Click Here

Preview of weekend homework: 
1.) You will read this article What google learned from its quest to build a perfect team and write a blog post on its relevance to our class and our recent discussions on gender.

2.)  You will come up with a list of issues you're interested in researching to develop your own synthesis question and text set.


Extra credit reading completion and comprehension:

Capture the conversation by playing the "believing game" that Graff describes in They Say, I Say" with the set of articles we discussed in class today. What do two of the writers claim are the issues facing girls and young women today? Choose two authors from the readings and precisely summarize and compare/contrast their arguments. Make sure to use precise rhetorical verbs and frame the quotations. Using the summary templates (both summary and quotations) from They Say, I Say will help you. 

Tip: Make sure to compare and contrast the arguments and do not repeat each other (this makes getting it done early a good idea). Each article makes a unique argument about the issues facing boys and young men today. Let's wait until Friday to agree, disagree, or qualify the author's argument.

Requirements: 

• Is fully developed; it’s the equivalent of one notebook page in length (200-300 words)
• Clearly states the writer's arguments
• Includes a minimum of two pieces of evidence from the text
• Is developed logically and coherently
• Uses varied sentence structure (questions/short sentences that pack a punch/effective and varied punctuation and word choice etc) and a conversational tone to engage the audience of your peers
• Contains few errors in spelling, grammar, and conventions

Homework, Tuesday, March 22

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Seniors - 12B and 12CD, Unit Scene is due tomorrow. You will have 10 minutes to prepare at the beginning of class. I have speakers that you can plug your phones into for your music. Attendance is required. Students who are absent without a doctor's note will be penalized. Your group is counting on you. Requirements: Click Here

Survey: Click Here

-AP Language -
Required: Draft a thesis statement and collect evidence for the biggest issues facing girls and young women.

Extra credit reading completion and comprehension:

Capture the conversation by playing the "believing game" that Graff describes in They Say, I Say" with the set of articles we discussed in class today. What do two of the writers claim are the issues facing girls and young women today? Choose two authors from the readings and precisely summarize and compare/contrast their arguments. Make sure to use precise rhetorical verbs and frame the quotations. Using the summary templates (both summary and quotations) from They Say, I Say will help you. 

Tip: Make sure to compare and contrast the arguments and do not repeat each other (this makes getting it done early a good idea). Each article makes a unique argument about the issues facing boys and young men today. Let's wait until Friday to agree, disagree, or qualify the author's argument.

Requirements: 

• Is fully developed; it’s the equivalent of one notebook page in length (200-300 words)
• Clearly states the writer's arguments
• Includes a minimum of two pieces of evidence from the text
• Is developed logically and coherently
• Uses varied sentence structure (questions/short sentences that pack a punch/effective and varied punctuation and word choice etc) and a conversational tone to engage the audience of your peers
• Contains few errors in spelling, grammar, and conventions

Rehearsal and Check In: Click Here

Homework, Monday, March 21

- Seniors -
Come in tomorrow with printed copies of your completed script. Each group member needs to have one ready when class starts.

- AP Language -

Graded discussion on issues facing girls and young women tomorrow. Entrance ticket = notes on the articles. Come prepared!

Homework, Friday March 18

- Seniors -

A draft of your script is due in your google doc by the end of class on Monday. On Tuesday, come to class with a printed copy for each member of your group.

-AP Language -

Read all of the articles distributed in class on Friday. Then, map the conversation in your notebook. How do the authors build on, add to, or differ in their arguments about the issues that currently face girls and young women? Your notes should represent the relationship between the ideas of the articles.

- Seniors - Day Two




Last night, you had a short review due on the class blog (150-250 words) by 10:00 pm. Each day late = 10% off Click Here for Prompt. You should post your commentary in the comments section of the prompt. Please be sure to draft your blog post ahead of time on a google doc to avoid losing your work. If you have any trouble posting, you can email your review to me at jessica.candlin@gmail.com.

Homework, Tuesday, March 16

- Seniors - 
Write a short review (150-250 words) of the play on our class blog by 10:00 pm tonight: Click Here for Prompt. You should post your commentary in the comments section of the prompt. Please be sure to draft your blog post ahead of time on a google doc to avoid losing your work. If you have any trouble posting, you can email your review to me at jessica.candlin@gmail.com.

-AP Language- 

No homework tonight. Please do not complete the practice exam at home. It's important for you to practice in the conditions in which you will have the actual test. Tomorrow, you will come to my room at 1:40 to complete the practice test. Make sure to get a good night's sleep tonight. You may also want to reviews high level essays:

Homework, Tuesday, March 15

You must bring in your permission slip tomorrow for the Othello performance. Attendance is required. If you do not have a printer, you can have your parents email me the necessary information.
Click Here

Seniors - Work on your exhibitions

AP Language - Blog post due tonight by 10:00 pm (200-250 words) 
*Announcement
Tomorrow, you will receive an entire practice test for the AP exam. You should choose the essay you feel most confident writing and begin with that one. Use the entire period to write tomorrow. On Thursday, you will be excused from study hall early to finish the practice test.

Homework:
Yesterday we discussed how various productions of Othello emphasize different themes through costumes, editing, and other stylistic choices. Tonight, write a brief review of the play that asserts which theme was emphasized in this particular production. Use at least three details from the performance to support your interpretation. Position your interpretation in relation to one of the themes below. This does not mean you need to agree with one of them, but you should position your interpretation as an agree/disagree/little bit of both.

They Say...

-Some productions of Othello emphasize the relationship between Iago and Othello as the central concern of the play. They argue that Othello is ultimately about masculine aggression and competition.

-Other productions emphasizes the racial dynamics of  Othello. Some scholars believe that Iago would not have been able to manipulate Othello so effectively if it were not for the racism in the larger culture. Some critics argue that the play in itself a racist  because it characterizes the one character who is not white as vulnerable to manipulation and ultimately, violent.

-Still others emphasize the romantic notions of the play. They focus on the love story between Desdemona and Othello and see this as the heart and soul of the play. In these productions, the most tragic element is the corruption of the love between Desdemona and Othello.

Homework, Monday, March 14

All Students!

You must bring in your permission slip tomorrow for the Othello performance. Attendance is required. If you do not have a printer, you can have your parents email me the necessary information.
Click Here

Seniors - Work on your exhibitions

AP Language - Make up any missing work and bring your permission slip to me tomorrow during advisory.

Homework, Friday March 11

Seniors -
Work on your exhibitions. I will give you extra credit if you can show evidence of progress next week.

AP Language

Finish your synthesis essay on the biggest issue facing boys and young men in today's society. In order to receive credit, it must roughly follow the outline, make logical sense, and address the prompt.

Here is the outline: Click Here
Sample Synthesis Essay: Click Here

Seniors 
Work on your exhibitions.

AP Language 
Tonight, take the opportunity to look at your grade and make up any missing assignments, including the blog post from last night if you did not post yet. If you are posting tonight, please post on articles 4-6 of the packet. Tomorrow we will have an on-demand for 40 minutes after a brief lesson.

HOMEWORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9

Seniors - Read Act. 2.3. 40-284. Do your best to get the gist of what is happening in this scene.

AP Language - Blog post
Head on over the the blog for the prompt. Please post by 10:00 pm. This blogpost will count reading comprehension and completion since a deep understanding of the sources wasn't apparent during discussion. For those of you who took detailed notes last night, this assignment will not take you very long.

*Announcement! Tomorrow you will have a practice multiple choice test that will last one hour. Those of you who are in Copeland's study hall will be excused at 2:00. For those of you who are in classes then, you have also been excused. Please be in my room at 2:00 in order to start promptly at 2:10. You are required to stay until 3:10. Students will be rewarded for receiving a higher grade than their multiple choice section on the midterm.

Homework, Tuesday, March 8

Seniors - Read and paraphrase Iago's speech in 2.1. 308-334 (Folger)/2.1.280-306 (No Fear)

AP Language (This should take about an hour) - Finish "Bros Before Hos": The Guy Code by Michael Kimmel and read three of the articles from the packet distributed in class today. Choose a method to take notes and make sure to capture each author's argument clearly and at least TWO quotations from EACH article in your notes. Your ticket to tomorrow's discussion is your notes and your annotated articles. Students with inadequate notes will receive a zero for discussion. Tomorrow's discussion will begin like last week's with an opportunity to discuss the following questions with a partner: Discussion Prep Click Here

Homework, Due Tuesday, March 8

Seniors - Rehearse your lines for tomorrow. Your scene will be graded on vocal clarity and how your gestures, movements, and facial expressions convey the scene. Remember that it is your job to help the audience understand the language through your performance. In order to receive an A, make sure you have one costume or prop element that helps you convey the character.

AP Language - Read Chapter 5 of They Say, I Say and complete exercise 1. You may have a quiz on the chapter tomorrow.

Weekend Homework, Due Monday

- Seniors -

Please bring PROPS AND/OR COSTUME elements to class tomorrow!!!

12B - Finish your analysis of Iago's speech at the end of Act I. Which words stand out and what patterns do you notice? Add two lines to Iago circle chart.

12A and 12CD: Read 2.1.1-233. In your notebook, write down each character’s objective in this scene. What do the following characters hope for or hope to accomplish?:

• Cassio
• Desdemona
• Iago
• Emilia
• Othello

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Closely read ch. 3-4 of They Say, I Say, completing the exercises 1-2 on page 50. Use one of the articles from our privacy modules to answer exercise 1 and use a blog post for exercise 2.  Read Chapter 4 of They Say, I Say. According to Gerald Graff, what are the three ways to respond? Be ready to explain each tomorrow in class. You do not need to complete the exercises at the end of chapter 4, but need to have an understanding of the reading. If you already did them, you are ahead of the game!

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Thursday, March 3

-Seniors -

Shortly after Othello's speeches we analyzed in class today, Desdemona enters the scene to explain her marriage to her father. Tonight, analyze her first lines.

1.  Read Desdemona's first lines to her father and paraphrase them in your notebook (Act I, Scene 3, lines 209-218, pg. 41).

My noble father,

I do perceive here a divided duty.

To you I am bound for life and education.

My life and education both do learn me

How to respect you. You are the lord of duty.

I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband.

And so much duty as my mother showed

To you, preferring you before her father,

So much I challenge that I may profess

Due to the Moor my lord.

2. Analyze them. What kind of person is Desdemona based on these lines? Use two pieces of evidence to support your answer.


AP Language

Thanks again for your great contributions to discussion today!

• Read Chapter Two of They Say, I Say, completing the following questions as you read: Click Here
• Tomorrow you will have an "on-demand," with some guidance on outlining and drafting your arguments. Please make sure to have your readings from this week in class. And bring They Say, I Say 

Homework, Wednesday, March 2

-Seniors -

12CD: Today we discussed Barbantio's racist rejection of Othello as a son-in-law. Tonight, consider Othello's response by addressing one of the following questions in an analytical paragraph.
What does Othello's language reveal about his personality?
How does his tone differ from Barbantio's?
What does the language suggest about his status and position within the society?

Make sure your response includes an TOPIC SENTENCE, CONTEXT, EVIDENCE, and ANALYSIS. Use the Mastery/Proficient/Needs Improvement examples distributed in class to check your work. .

OTHELLO

Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,

My very noble and approved good masters,

That I have ta'en away this old man’s daughter,

It is most true. True, I have married her.

The very head and front of my offending

Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech,

And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace,

For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith

Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used

Their dearest action in the tented field,

And little of this great world can I speak,

More than pertains to feats of broils and battle,

And therefore little shall I grace my cause

In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience,

I will a round unvarnished tale deliver

Of my whole course of love. What drugs, what charms,

What conjuration and what mighty magic—

For such proceeding I am charged withal—

I won his daughter.

12A/12B:

1. If you are writing an English exhibition, continue rereading your book. Make sure you are collecting evidence as you go that helps you answer your essential question. Please come to me during SGI on Tuesday afternoons if you would like help.

2. Extra Credit:
Today we discussed Barbantio's racist rejection of Othello as a son-in-law. Tonight, consider Othello's response by addressing one of the following questions in an analytical paragraph.

What does Othello's language reveal about his personality?
How does his tone differ from Barbantio's?
What does the language suggest about his status and position within the society?

OTHELLO

Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors,

My very noble and approved good masters,

That I have ta'en away this old man’s daughter,

It is most true. True, I have married her.

The very head and front of my offending

Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech,

And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace,

For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith

Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used

Their dearest action in the tented field,

And little of this great world can I speak,

More than pertains to feats of broils and battle,

And therefore little shall I grace my cause

In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience,

I will a round unvarnished tale deliver

Of my whole course of love. What drugs, what charms,

What conjuration and what mighty magic—

For such proceeding I am charged withal—

I won his daughter.

Make sure your response includes an TOPIC SENTENCE, CONTEXT, EVIDENCE, and ANALYSIS. Use the Mastery/Proficient/Needs Improvement examples distributed in class to check your work.

AP Language
Complete all of the readings in the packet about collective security and individual privacy. Then, write precis paragraphs for TWO of the articles. Tomorrow we will have a graded discussion on the readings (really!).

Homework, Tuesday, March 1

Seniors  (All of you should be making progress on re-reading your exhibition book.)

12CD - Complete research from today. Find at least one photo and print it out or save it on your phone that you can share with your group tomorrow.

12B/12A - Bring in the image of Othello that you sketched/printed from Tuesday night's homework.


-AP Language -

Post a response on the blog based on the packet you completed in class today. Make sure that your commentary is cohesive: it should focus on one central idea with supporting evidence. Strong commentaries will discuss significance and engage the class. Give us insight into your thinking about the exhibit and the role of government surveillance in our lives and the world.