Homework

Seniors -
Final final draft of Penguin Random House contest submission tomorrow along with your SIGNED application: 

Application 
Proofreading and Formatting Checklist . Bring one printed copy to class. 


AP Langugage
Complete your Literature Review Card for Frederick Douglass: Lit Review Card

Seniors -
Final draft of Penguin Random House contest submission due on Friday, Jan. 27. Bring one printed copy to class. Here is the checklist (scroll down to 11/12, or if you feel it is more fitting for where you are, use 9/10) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ZVlIqmNvawd0dPVVNTVlRYVWF3Sk1oc3pRUjh2LXdqQVdZ/view?usp=sharing

**All mentor texts and some prompts are under the "texts and links" page of my blog.
**Contest details: http://foundation.penguinrandomhouse.com/learn-more/creativewriting/

We will fill out applications and prepare our submissions on Friday!

* I will accept first semester assignments until Wednesday at 5:00 pm.

AP Language: 
Bring The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to class on Friday. 

-Seniors-
Come in tomorrow with four copies of your creative writing piece. Remember, it will be 20% off of your grade if you do not four copies printed by the beginning of class. Please note that my printer is not currently working, so you will need to print in the conference room in the morning (likely to be busy). You may also come to Ms. Murphy's office during advisory to print. As you work on it tonight, aim for cohesion and strengthening the narrative voice. Remember:

• Small, specific detail
• Authentic Dialogue
• Varied sentences
• Imagery
• Names of places, people etc.
• Repetition

TIP! Your mentor text is your best teacher. Use it to figure out the issues you are grappling with: how to transition to a new scene, how to include more specific details etc.

-AP Language -
1.) Finish Ch. 10 of F.D. and the bingo board I passed out in class today.
2.) By tonight at 10:00, respond to the prompt regarding Douglass's rebellion on the AP class blog: http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/
3.) Tomorrow during class, you will have a rhetorical analysis essay. If you receive a score of six or above, it will help your overall WRITING grade.

Some reminders:
High Level Essays
What is rhetorical analysis? 
Examples of High Scoring Rhetorical Analysis Essays 
Signal Verbs for discussing a writer's purpose
Marker Verbs for analysis 
How to write a thesis statement for a rhetorical analysis essay 
Topic Sentences with Transitional Language
4-3-2-1 Analysis 
Grading Criteria 
Essay Checklist 
America Needs Its Nerds - Octavia

January 18, 2017

Seniors -
Complete the assignment you assigned yourself in class today.

AP Language -

1.) Finish Ch. 10 and the bingo board I passed out in class today.
2.) By tomorrow night at 10:00, respond to the prompt regarding Douglass's rebellion on the AP class blog: http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/

Homework, Jan. 17

1. Tonight, write the concluding scene of your creative writing piece. Use the work you did today to make the ending satisfying for the reader. In order to use your mentor text, study the example you liked best by:
          -Identifying the transition from the climax to the conclusion
          -Try a similar transition in your own work before drafting the conclusion
          -Keep the following types of conclusions in mind: 

• There is explicit or implicit character change
• There is a shift in perspective
• There is a type of resolution
• The writer illuminates an issue
• There is a moral or lesson

2. Share your document with Ms. Murphy: lmurphy.sof@gmail.com and me: jessica.candlin@gmail.com 

AP Language and Composition 

1. Tonight, reflect on Frederick Douglass so far. Which three scenes from the narrative are most pivotal and memorable? Why did you choose them?

2. Read the first few pages of chapter 10. How does Douglass's tone shift? Who is introduced and how?

Homework, 1/13

Seniors -

Scene two or a total of 700 words due on Tuesday. Get it down!


AP Language

Complete ch. 7 and read Ch. 8 or FD. Make sure you know the following info for an open note quiz on Tuesday:

-Characters names and their traits
-Events of both chapters
-Settings
-Choose FIVE paragraphs (1-2 from the rest of Ch. 7 and 3-4 from Ch. 8) and craft a question for a read-aloud like I did on Friday. Here are my examples:

Paragraph 1: Characterization: what is the most important aspect of Mrs. Auld in this paragraph and what is Douglass's tone towards her?
Paragraph 2: Describe how Douglass characterizes the effect of Slave holding on Mrs. Auld. Choose three pieces of evidence and rank them.
Paragraph 3: how does Douglass's tone change in thus paragraph. What is responsible for this change?
Paragraph 4: What is the effect of juxtaposing Mrs. Auld's with the poor boys who helped Douglass learn to read? 

Announcement: Tomorrow is a great day to make up any missed work!

Tonight, write 350 words of your creative writing piece. If you are writing fiction or memoir, this should get you well into your first scene. If you are writing poetry, take a look at some of these examples below. Notice that although they are poems, they include a narrative arc: a beginning, middle and end, as well as character change.

Poems
Deer Hit 
Oranges

I finished my 350 words! You can read it here: Ms. C's Very Rough Draft, Scene 1

AP Language 

Head on over the class blog: http://aplanguagepower.blogspot.com/