HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 29-DEC. 3

For Monday, November 29: Read and Annotate
"I Want a Wife" and "The People in Me" and do the Qs
For Tuesday, November 30: Read and Annotate "The Mother In Me" and do the Qs
For Thursday, December 2: Read and Annotate "You Can't Say That" and do the Qs
For Friday, December 3: Read and Annotate "The Female Body" and do the Qs

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22-24

I WILL BE IN HAITI THIS WEEK. Please cooperate with your subs. Thank you.

Sub Lesson Plans for AP English Language & Compostion, Third Period

For Monday, November 22: IN CLASS: Students will peer edit their Rhetorical Analysis essays. Hand out the group packets and they may go to the cafeteria to work on these at tables. PLEASE DO A CLEAN COPY OF THE ESSAY FOR TUESDAY.
For Tuesday, November 23: IN CLASS: Students will peer edit their Synthesis essays. Hand out the group packets and they may go to the cafeteria to work on these at tables. PLEASE DO A CLEAN COPY OF THE ESSAY FOR WEDNESDAY. and read and annotate Chapter 8
For Wednesday, November 24: IN CLASS: Students can read and annotate “Our Do-It-Yourself Economy” (446) and do Qs
For Monday, November 29: Read and Annotate
"I Want a Wife" and "The People in Me" and do the Qs.

HOMEWORK FOR BIG 8 WEEK

TWO AP PRACTICE ESSAYS: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS ESSAYS

THESE ESSAYS MUST BE COMPLETED BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22.

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 8-12

FOR MONDAY (Nov 8): Read and Annotate Chapter 7: Cause and Effect (In class: Read and Annotate "My Wood" and do Qs)
FOR TUESDAY (Nov 9): Read and Annotate "The Origins of Anorexia Nervosa" and do Qs
FOR WEDNESDAY (Nov 10): Read and Annotate "On Teenagers and Tattoos" and do Qs
FOR THURSDAY (Nov 11): Read and Annotate "Black Men and Public Space" and do Qs
FOR FRIDAY (Nov 12): Vocabulary Quiz and Read and Annotate "Drugs, Sports, Body Image and G.I. Joe" and do Qs
FOR BIG EIGHT WEEK: AP Practice Exam

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF Nov. 3-5

FOR WEDNESDAY (Nov 3): Read and Annotate "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day" (351) and do Qs AND Writing Suggestions 1-3 (Write an essay) AND for those of you who have not already handed in your practice exam essay, it is also due on Wednesday.
FOR THURSDAY (Nov 4): Read and Annotate "The Culture of Martyrdom" and do the Qs.
FOR FRIDAY (Nov 5): Read and Annotate "Stripped for Parts" and do the Qs, BUT...NO VOCABULARY QUIZ since it is just a three day week...
FOR MONDAY (Nov 8): Read and Annotate Chapter 7: Cause and Effect

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 25-29

FOR MONDAY (25th): Read and Annotate "The Color of Love" and do Qs.
FOR TUESDAY (26th): Read and Annotate Chapter Six (322-339)
FOR WEDNESDAY (27th): NOTHING: We will be taking a practice exam.
FOR THURSDAY (28th): Read and Annotate "My Daily Dives in the Dumpster" (340) and do Qs
FOR FRIDAY (29th): Read and Annotate "Revision and Life: Take It from the Top-Again" (346) and do Qs and Vocabulary Quiz
FOR WEDNESDAY (Nov 3): Read and Annotate "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day" (351) and do Qs AND Writing Suggestions 1-3 (Write an essay)

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 18-22

FOR MONDAY (18th): NO HOMEWORK (I know you guys had PSAT (good practice for having to take timed tests like your AP exam) and that some of you have soccer games and church!!!
In Class we will be reading and annotating "The Transaction: Two Writing Processes" and doing Qs.
FOR TUESDAY (19th): Write a similar essay about the revision process. In a manner and tone similar to Zinnser's, compare the revision process of two "imaginary" peer editors. (You have experienced many peer edits this year, including your own peer edits.) Form opinions on the nature and value of revision. We will be peer editing these essays in class on Tuesday...lol!
FOR THURSDAY (21st): Read and Annotate "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" and do Qs and clean copy of Revision Essay.
FOR FRIDAY (22nd): Read and Annotate "Neat and Sloppy People" and do the Qs and Vocabulary Quiz.
FOR MONDAY (25th): Read and Annotate "The Color of Love" and do Qs.

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 13-14

FOR WEDNESDAY (October 13): Read and annotate and do the Qs for "But What do You Mean" and write an essay in which you take a stand on the major areas of miscommunication that arise when dating. Use examples from this essay, personal experience or examples from your reading (i.e. novels, etc.)
FOR THURSDAY (October 14): Read and annotate Chapter 5 (Comparison and Contrast)

CLEAN CLASSIFICATION ESSAY FOR FRIDAY

If you did not have enough time to finish your group peer edit, I will give you a few minutes in class tomorrow (THURSDAY, Oct. 7th).

Adding ACCEPTABLE sources for blog posts!

In addition to the sites already listed:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/

I am adding the following sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.reuters.com/
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
http://mondediplo.com/
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/world/index.html

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 4-8

FOR TUESDAY:Read and annotate and do the Qs for "In Defense of Talk Shows"
FOR WEDNESDAY:Read and annotate and do the Qs for "This Is Who I am When No One Is Looking"
FOR THURSDAY: Read and annotate and do the Qs for "The Myth of the Latin Woman"
FOR FRIDAY:Vocabulary Quiz and hand in "Factoring" list and synthesis
FOR WEDNESDAY (October 13): Read and annotate and do the Qs for "But What do You Mean" and write an essay in which you take a stand on the major areas of miscommunication that arise when dating. Use examples from this essay, personal experience or examples from your reading (i.e. novels, etc.)

EXTRA CREDIT: ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC

THIS IS THE WEBSITE:

http://www2.iastate.edu/~honeyl/Rhetoric/

YOU MUST WRITE A SENTENCE IN WHICH YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE INDEED READ THE SELECTION AND YOU MUST THEN LIST TEN DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND TO BE THE ESSENTIAL POINTS OF THE READING.

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This may be done at any point in the semester and each "book" counts as one extra credit activity.

EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK

Some recent studies have pointed to a decline in reading as an American leisure activity. Research that problem. Are Americans reading less? Have reading habits simply changed? Why? Or is that perception simply wrong? Write a thesis-driven essay in which you take a stand on the issue and support your position with evidence from your own observation and/or experience and your research.

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 27-OCT. 1

FOR TUESDAY: Read and annotate and do the Qs for “The Way to Rainy Mountain”
FOR THURSDAY: Read and annotate and do the Qs for “The Village Watchman"
FOR FRIDAY: Vocabulary Quiz, Read and annotate and do the Qs for “The Inheritance of Tools”
FOR MONDAY: Read and annotate Chapter Four

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 20-24

For Tuesday, September, 21: Read and Annotate Chapter 3
For Wednesday, September 22: Write an essay on one of the following prompts: 1. #4 on page 151. Form a thesis on the topic and write an essay. 2. Given what has been written about the differences between how men and women communicate, the reader might assume that the unwillingness of Perkin's husband to share his daily experiences is simply a male trait. Is that difference really born out? Are men less likely to share verbally their feelings and fears? Research the topic--maybe go to some military blogs. Form a thesis on the topic and write an essay.
For Thursday, September 23: Type your essay and do a self edit--using the self edit sheet that I will give you on Wednesday--on the essay (from practice exam that will be peer edited on Thursday in class)
For Friday, September 24: Study for Vocabulary quiz, Clean copy of essay (from practice exam that will be peer edited on Thursday in class)
For Monday, September 27: Read and annotate and do the Qs for "A Pen by the Phone."

Homework for Monday

Read and annotate and do the Qs for “Mission Iraq" (Allison Perkins)

How to Annotate

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