Due Wednesday, June 8, 2021
1. Read Chapter 10, 11, 12 and Epilogue
2. 5 HL Questions
Due Friday, May 14, 2021
1. Read Chapters 8-9
2. 5 HL Questions
Due Wednesday, May 5, 2021
1. Read Chapter 7
2. 5 HL Questions
Due Friday, April 30, 2021
Wilde Rewrite
Due Wednesday, April 28, 2021
1. Read Chapter 6
2. 5 HL Questions and focus on a passage for close reading analysis
Due Friday, April 23, 2021
Louv Rewrite
Due Wednesday, April 21, 2021
1. Read Chapters 4-5
2. 5 HL Questions
Due Wednesday, April 14, 2021
1. Read Chapters 1-3
2. 5 HL Questions
Link to novel: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qipfV52-xDluQqDYaVBHeIhzSK447PW9/view?usp=sharing
Due Monday, April 5, 2021
1. View 6 of the presentations. Synthesis Essay--40 mins. Write an essay in which you take a position about the impact of westernization on global aesthetics. Use evidence from the texts to support your argument.
Due Thursday, March 25, 2021
Aesthetics Presentation
Due Tuesday, March 23, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 187-end of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Wednesday, March 17, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 156-186 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Friday, March 12, 2021
1. Rewrite Hedges Essay
Due Wednesday, March 10, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 125-155 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Monday, March 8, 2021
1. Rewrite Lewes Essay
Due Wednesday, March 3, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 96-124 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Friday, February 26, 2021
1. Rewrite Morrison Essay
Due Wednesday, February 24, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 65-95 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Wednesday, February 17, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 39-65 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions.
Due Wednesday, February 10, 2021
1. Read The Bluest Eye pages 18-38 of the PDF in the Drive.
2. Type 5 HL Questions. Relate these questions to the two videos we watched in class on Friday.
Due Friday, February 5, 2021
1. Take the Star 17 Reading Test.
Instructions: Go to schoology and click on our course. Then open Renaissance Learning on the left hand side. Select Star Reading test. Make sure to identify our class period. If password is required, it is admin
Due Wednesday, February 3, 2021
1. Rewrite Honor Code Essay
Thesis must make a clear argument and take a clear position on whether or not the honor code should be implemented
You need to use and cite at least 3 different sources
Create an argument and use the sources to prove in each paragraph
You need to SYNTHESIZE the sources to get a 4.
No school name, no 1st person, no anecdotes, and no questions.
Due Monday, February 1, 2021
1. Finish reading your group's article (Samantha, join group 5)
2. Finish listening to the NPR podcast from class--submit notes on schoology
Due Friday, January 29, 2021
1. Douglass makes the comment that slavery was as bad for the slave owner as it was for the slave.
Write a body paragraph that defends or challenges this claim. Make sure to make an argument, cite evidence, and analyze this evidence.
Due Wednesday, January 27, 2021
1. Read Chapters 8-end of Douglass
2. Write 5 HL Questions for Seminar
Due Wednesday, January 20, 2021
1. Read Chapter 5-7 of Douglass
2. Write 5 HL Questions for Seminar
Due Wednesday, January 13, 2021 (submit on schoology)
1. Read and take notes on the following three texts about the Slave Narrative genre:
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/intro.html
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/slavenarrative.htm
https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/files/content/docs/rcc/RCC-Structural-Racism-Glossary.pdf
2. Read and take notes on Preface to end of Chapter 4 of Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p36FJ5Cbt4ACgg5zZ6dmpXdDiw825F7e
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Due Wednesday, December 16, 2020
1. College Synthesis Essay Rewrite
Due Friday, December 11, 2020 (submit on schoology)
1. Read the articles for Groups
2. Prep HL Questions for each group
Due Wednesday, December 9, 2020 (submit on schoology)
1. Read the articles for Groups
2. Prep HL Questions for each group
Due Friday, December 4, 2020
1. Annotate Adams Essay
Due Wednesday, December 2, 2020
1. Read to the end of the novel
2. Prepare 5 HL Questions
3. Rewrite Thoreau essay
Due Friday, November 20, 2020 (submit on schoology)
1. Read the articles for Groups 4, 11, 8
2. Prep HL Questions for each group
Due Wednesday, November 18, 2020 (submit on schoology)
1. Read the articles for Groups 9, 6, 3
2. Prep HL Questions for each group
Due Friday, November 13, 2020
1. Read Chapter 26 (stop on page 279)
2. Prepare 5 HL Questions
3. Finish scoring peer essay with comments
Due Tuesday, November 10, 2020
1. Rewrite parts of the Accawi essay. I want ONLY the thesis statement and ONE body paragraph. Make sure that you focus on a connection between the quote and the device--how is the device seen in the evidence?--and how does the USE of the DEVICE show the ATTITUDE toward time?
2. Put the articles in the drive folders for the Asylum Project.
Due Friday, November 6, 2020
1. Read Chapter 21-25 (stop on page 238)
2. 5 HL Questions (have questions ready in class)
Due Friday, October 30, 2020
1. Read mid Chapters 18-Chapter 20 (stop on page 192)
2. 5 HL Questions (have questions ready in class)
3. Make sure you complete the STAR reading test by today!
Due Friday, October 23, 2020
1. Read mid Chapter 13-mid Chapter 18 (stop on page 141)
2. 5 HL Questions (have questions ready in class)
Due Wednesday, October 21, 2020
1. Rewrite NEA Synthesis Essay
Now you have the chance to revise it to both improve your skills and raise your score. This is what I will be looking for in order for you to gain full credit for the rewrite.
- In this essay you must take a position and say why. 2 questions: What is your position? What are the reasons why?
- Topic sentences--arguments, not summary
- 3 part thesis
- 3 sources
- No use of "I" or "you"
- If you used 3 sources, make sure you really explore multiple reasons why NEA should or shouldn't be funded. Put sources into conversation with each other and explain your reasoning.
- Finish the essay
Due Friday, October 16, 2020
1. Read Chapters 8-mid Chapter 13 (stop on page 97)
2. 5 HL Questions (have questions ready in class)
Due Wednesday, October 14, 2020
1. Review Rubric and Blue Essay Sheet in preparation for in-class essay!
Due Monday, October 12, 2020 (submit on schoology before class)
1. Rewrite your Updike Essay. Make sure, make sure, make sure you follow my instructions:
AP Essay: Updike Rewrite Notes
Good job writing your first AP essay! Now you have the chance to revise it to both improve your skills and raise your score. This is what I will be looking for in order for you to gain full credit for the rewrite.
1. Make sure you are answering the two questions:
- What devices does Updike use?
- What is the audience’s attitude towards the sporting event?
3. Topic sentences and structure of body paragraphs. See Blue Essay Sheet. The topic sentences all need to answer both of the two questions.
4. Finish the essay--get to the end if you didn't get to it on the first try.
Due Friday, October 9, 2020
1. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jmIsip4ovCux14lsGx8xdxcRNXyg4Pfx
Read Chapters 1-7 (stop on page 44)
2. 5 HL Questions (have questions ready in class)
Due Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1. News Assignment Presentation
2. Read and take notes on the following: focus on rhetorical strategies and agendas
https://www.people-press.org/2019/08/12/publics-priorities-for-u-s-asylum-policy-more-judges-for-cases-safe-conditions-for-migrants/
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/refugees-and-asylees-united-states#Refugee_Arrivals_and_Countries_of_Origin
Due Friday, October 2, 2020 (submit on schoology before class)
This entire assignment should be timed for 40 minutes!
1. View the Updike Essay Prompt: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15zQu5fCL8HaarfH8kcxnJu8VVYDQJyJ7
Open the prompt and begin timing yourself for 40 minutes.
Find the Updike Essay Prompt assignment on schoology. In this assignment, turn in the 2 questions on the prompt. You may also submit any notes you want to take to prep your essay. I will check these.
2. Write your essay and submit in the assignment Updike Essay.
Due Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Consider the following in your response to the guest lecture. Make sure that you directly refer to your notes from class in your response.
1. Does data collection and sharing matter to you? What might be some positive and negative implications of data collection and sharing?
2. How might the knowledge about audience targeting impact your thinking and/or behavior?
3. How did this presentation impact the way you think about the information that you see in the world?
4. What are some implications of data collection and use for influencing ideology, values, and beliefs?
2. Essay
Homework for now until October 7, 2020
Work on Group News Assignment
Due Monday, September 21, 2020
1. Join our AP class section--THIS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL AP STUDENTS! Go to this website: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/access-your-ap-resources/join-your-class-online
Our class code is AJMR6A
Due Friday, September 18, 2020
1. Sign up for news alerts to be sent to your phone or device. These should be from all sides of the political spectrum.
Due Friday, September 11, 2020 (submit on schoology before class)
1. Read and annotate the Zinn excerpt (located as an assignment on schoology)
2. Write 5 high level (HL) questions about the video and the excerpt
Due Wednesday, September 9, 2020 (submit on schoology before class)
Write a reflection about the discussion we had on the bible passages. What do you feel like you most want to work on? What did you learn? How do you feel? 1/2-1 page please.
Due Thursday, September 3, 2020 (submit on schoology before class)
1. Review page 7 of the Student Distance Learning Toolkit (found in the Google Drive)
2. Compose an email to me about anything you would like, following the guidelines on page 7. Be sure to submit this "email" on schoology--don't actually email it to me!
3. Prepare your assigned bible passages so that you are ready to present on their agendas!
Due Friday, August 28, 2020 (submit before class on schoology)
1. Finish your notes on Adichie's text about the elements of Agenda.
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en#t-1110039
Due Wednesday, August 26, 2020 (submit before class on schoology)
1. After our discussion about agenda, revise your central arguments for your summer hw.
2. In addition to the central argument, add a sentence stating each text's purpose.
Due Friday, August 21, 2020
1. Summer HW--I will explain how to submit this on the first day