AP Lang-In honor of Valentine’s Day today we analyzed some amazing love letters from Johnny Cash to June, From Abigail to John Adam, from Beethoven, and Ronald Reagan! Students looked at Tone, Structure, and Purpose on each letters, comapring and contrasting to see the commonalities in their writing.
FINAL RESEARCH PAPER REVIEW DAY!!! Today after school until 3:30 pm, students were given the Research Paper Rubric and we discussed in detail the expectations for the submission of their papers as well as looked at a student essay:
- 1-sample-student-rp-america-in-the-1950s-historical-perspective-topic
- 2-sample-student-rp-cochlear-implants-arg-topic
- 3-sample-student-rp-heart-screening-atheletes-arg-topic
Reminders!!!
- Final Copy to Turnitin.com BEFORE CLASS!
- PRINTED Copy to Class
- Rough Draft Return
- Annotated Source Packet
English 3 Honors-Today the students worked on their group Prezi adding in the Character Casting (how they see the characters of their novel) and a brief description of them. This should NOT be a summary from Sparknotes or any other type website nor should the characters be cast from the films of the novels. How does YOUR Group See this character? Reminder that Novel Quizzes for the 1/2 Way Point and Journals will be collected next week!
AICE GP-Today the students reviewed their 3 Argumentative Writings, the FSA Leadership Prompt, the Debate Pro/Con Essay, & the AP “Cost of College” Prompt. These 3 essays were reviewed using the AICE Argumentative Analysis Essay Chart so they can track the formation of their thesis statements, whether they are using the appropriate evidence, what are the common notes that are coming back on reviews (ex: needs seamless Transitions) so they can work to improve thier writing for the FINAL COPIES Due Sunday 2/19. They will pick ONE of the 3 essays to re-work and submit to Turnitin.com for a grade. This is the culmination of our preparation for the FSA Writes at the end of the month.