Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Seniors
Tonight, find a mentor text in the genre you chose. A mentor text is an example of a literary work that you can use as inspiration. You can find the stories and poems we read in this unit so far in the "texts and links" tab of this blog as well as those from other units. Remember too that you have access to the award winners in the stations link from yesterday's homework. You may also find an example of a literary work in your chosen genre on your own.
AP Language
Finish reading and viewing, if possible, Obama's farewell speech: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-obama-farewell-speech-transcript-20170110-story.html. As you read, track strategies: narratives, examples (what types), definitions, cause and effect, arguments etc. AND techniques: figurative language, juxtaposition, characterization (of Americans, America, his wife etc.), diction, tone...
Then, evaluate: how do his techniques and strategies help him achieve the purposes we discussed at the beginning of class? Which does he achieve? Which are more elusive? Ultimately, is this an effective speech for the occasion? Why and/or why not? We will discuss it at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Homework, Tuesday, January 10
Seniors:
Tonight, complete the station work you started in class, being sure to have notes in your notebook to demonstrate your thinking. Here is the link (remember that some of the links take a few minutes to load): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pJ6bSolDURNbb6ZxueXhXZvnnOGr045tODSjQUCHDAo/edit?usp=sharing
Juniors: Tonight, use the following resource (Analyzing Characterization) to write the best darn paragraph of analysis that you can and POST it on the class blog by 10:00 pm at http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/. Please also remember to bring the paragraph from yesterday to class tomorrow.
Tonight, complete the station work you started in class, being sure to have notes in your notebook to demonstrate your thinking. Here is the link (remember that some of the links take a few minutes to load): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pJ6bSolDURNbb6ZxueXhXZvnnOGr045tODSjQUCHDAo/edit?usp=sharing
Juniors: Tonight, use the following resource (Analyzing Characterization) to write the best darn paragraph of analysis that you can and POST it on the class blog by 10:00 pm at http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/. Please also remember to bring the paragraph from yesterday to class tomorrow.
Monday, January 9, 2017
Homework, Monday, Jan. 9
-Seniors -
Tonight, CHOOSE the topic and plot of the creative writing piece you're going to spend the next two weeks on. You need to know the following information by the time you come to class tomorrow.
-Who is the narrator of your creative writing piece? Age/gender/appearance etc.
-What is the external conflict?
-Who are the other characters in the piece? Age/gender/ethnicity/appearance etc.
-What is the setting of your piece? (Time period, location, social atmosphere etc)
AP Language
Tonight, choose a show that you watch regularly and analyze one of the characters, using your notes and all the resources I provided today. Track STEAL. Then, based on the evidence in your STEAL chart, determine the characters most dominant traits. Finally, consider the function or purpose of the character on the show. Again, use your notes from class today, including the specific literary/rhetorical vocabulary I shared.
Tonight, CHOOSE the topic and plot of the creative writing piece you're going to spend the next two weeks on. You need to know the following information by the time you come to class tomorrow.
-Who is the narrator of your creative writing piece? Age/gender/appearance etc.
-What is the external conflict?
-Who are the other characters in the piece? Age/gender/ethnicity/appearance etc.
-What is the setting of your piece? (Time period, location, social atmosphere etc)
AP Language
Tonight, choose a show that you watch regularly and analyze one of the characters, using your notes and all the resources I provided today. Track STEAL. Then, based on the evidence in your STEAL chart, determine the characters most dominant traits. Finally, consider the function or purpose of the character on the show. Again, use your notes from class today, including the specific literary/rhetorical vocabulary I shared.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Homework, Thursday, Jan. 4
Seniors
Tonight, choose from the following options:
-Adapt your poem into a short story
-Write 1-2 more transformation/clothing poems
-Outline a transformation short story
-Start drafting short story about a transformation-Write/draw a comic strip version of your story
Whatever you do, fill about two pages.
You can find the texts from today on the "Texts and Links" tab of this blog: "The Red Fox-Fur Coat" and "Rental Text"
Additionally, you can find the guiding questions and our brainstorm from class here: Click
AP Language: No homework. Below are some resources that will help you with your English exhibitions, and possibly your history exhibition too.
Essay Checklist
Sample Intros, Intro Checklist, and Hooks
Some Sample Claims from our unit, including "Before" and "After:" Click Here
Topic Sentences with Commentary from Ms. McGinnis: Click Here
Topic Sentence Starters with Transitions: Click Here
Character Analysis Questions: Click
A Sample Body Paragraph: Click Here
Sentence Stems for Analysis
How to embed quotations: Click Here
Step-by-Step Guide to Analysis: Click Here
Connections lesson #1
Conclusion Example
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Homework, Jan. 4
-Seniors-
Today in class, you wrote in the second person and developed a kind of portrait of a person or role. Tonight, make that portrayal more specific by adding more detail and CONFLICT. What does the narrator want that he/she doesn't have? Make it as specific as possible and aim to write two pages in your notebook.
Here is my example: Click Here
And the mentor texts:
How to Date the Only White Boy in the Room: Contest Winner, 2015
"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)
AP Language
http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/
Blog post due tonight by 10:00 pm.
Today in class, you wrote in the second person and developed a kind of portrait of a person or role. Tonight, make that portrayal more specific by adding more detail and CONFLICT. What does the narrator want that he/she doesn't have? Make it as specific as possible and aim to write two pages in your notebook.
Here is my example: Click Here
And the mentor texts:
How to Date the Only White Boy in the Room: Contest Winner, 2015
"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)
AP Language
http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/
Blog post due tonight by 10:00 pm.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Homework, Monday, January 3
Seniors
Read the 2015 Randomhouse Contest Winner Here: Click Here
AND
Choose one or two more winners to read -- poetry, memoir, fiction:Click Here (It takes a while to load. Then, scroll down). OR read two of the graphic novel submissions: Click Here (It takes even longer to load).
Then, reflect in your notebook:
1. How is this creative writing different from the narrative writing we did in the college essay unit?
2. What kinds of topics are addressed in the reading you did tonight and the excerpts we read today in class?
3.What moments and experiences from your own life do these stories make you think about?
4. What is your goal for this unit?
AP Language
Read Hammond's Speech to Congress. Then, answer the following questions.
1.) What is his argument? Make sure to use a rhetorically precise verb.
2.) How does he respond to the New York Senator's claim that the "whole world has abolished slavery?"
3.
If your last name starts A-H: What allusions does Hammond include in his argument? What is their purpose? Make sure to include at least two.
If your last name starts I-M: Compare and contrast the descriptive diction that Hammond uses to compare various groups of people in the excerpt.
If your last name starts N-Z: How does Hammond justify slavery? What consequences does he fear if slavery is abolished?
4. Everyone: Paraphrase the few sentences below. Consider: What does Hammond mean by a "mud sill?" What is the purpose of the analogy of "building a house in the air?" If this is an example of figurative language, what does figurative language help speakers do?
Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement. It constitutes the very mud-sill of society and of political government; and you might as well attempt to build a house in the air, as to build either the one or the other, except on this mud-sill."
Read the 2015 Randomhouse Contest Winner Here: Click Here
AND
Choose one or two more winners to read -- poetry, memoir, fiction:Click Here (It takes a while to load. Then, scroll down). OR read two of the graphic novel submissions: Click Here (It takes even longer to load).
Then, reflect in your notebook:
1. How is this creative writing different from the narrative writing we did in the college essay unit?
2. What kinds of topics are addressed in the reading you did tonight and the excerpts we read today in class?
3.What moments and experiences from your own life do these stories make you think about?
4. What is your goal for this unit?
AP Language
Read Hammond's Speech to Congress. Then, answer the following questions.
1.) What is his argument? Make sure to use a rhetorically precise verb.
2.) How does he respond to the New York Senator's claim that the "whole world has abolished slavery?"
3.
If your last name starts A-H: What allusions does Hammond include in his argument? What is their purpose? Make sure to include at least two.
If your last name starts I-M: Compare and contrast the descriptive diction that Hammond uses to compare various groups of people in the excerpt.
If your last name starts N-Z: How does Hammond justify slavery? What consequences does he fear if slavery is abolished?
4. Everyone: Paraphrase the few sentences below. Consider: What does Hammond mean by a "mud sill?" What is the purpose of the analogy of "building a house in the air?" If this is an example of figurative language, what does figurative language help speakers do?
Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement. It constitutes the very mud-sill of society and of political government; and you might as well attempt to build a house in the air, as to build either the one or the other, except on this mud-sill."
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Winter Break - Homework/Extra Credit
Seniors - If you read a book or watched a film/documentary/mini-series over break, complete one of the assignments in the AP Language homework below for Reading extra-credit.
AP Language -
After you read the book you selected, choose one of the following options as a response. This assignment will count as a Reading Comprehension and Completion grade:
1.) Write a review that is no more than 450 words. Use the following resource as a guide: A Guide to Writing Reviews from The New York Times.
2.) Complete a literature review card on the book you read. Make sure that it is thorough: Literature Review Card
****BONUS! Anyone who POSTS their review on the class blog will receive extra credit towards their lowest reading grade on skedula.
AP Language -
After you read the book you selected, choose one of the following options as a response. This assignment will count as a Reading Comprehension and Completion grade:
1.) Write a review that is no more than 450 words. Use the following resource as a guide: A Guide to Writing Reviews from The New York Times.
2.) Complete a literature review card on the book you read. Make sure that it is thorough: Literature Review Card
****BONUS! Anyone who POSTS their review on the class blog will receive extra credit towards their lowest reading grade on skedula.
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