GREAT HELP FOR THE SYNTHESIS ESSAY

http://00.edu-cdn.com/study-help/article/strategies/

if you annotate this page and fill in the blanks, i will give you extra credit.

60 HOURS LEFT!!!!

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Don't worry about stressing...I am stressing for everyone!!! Let your teacher have a 27-student ulcer for the next 60 hours and you don't need to stress. You've got this! I know that each one of you can do it!!! APPLEBEES!!!!!!!!!!

BLOG GROUPS

Group 1: Jessica Banfield, Nick Carpenter, Grace Rast, Cristine Godoy, Angie Kim

Group 2: Melissa Davis, Danny Woods, Natalie Sileci, Avner Meister, Daniel Hwang

Group 3: Pedro Dias, Angela Park, Steph Shu, Sarah Cleto, DK, Anna Marlin

Group 4: Christian Long, Vanessa Lee, Addie Martin, Bruna Soldi, Christine Lamp

Group 5: Tim Zuercher, Hong Joo Yoon, Steph Oliveira, Yuri Scharan, Aline Cardoso, Raissa Souza

AP PRACTICE EXAM!!!!!

Please do not forget the AP PRACTICE EXAM on Monday morning at 9 am. It will last three hours and fifteen minutes plus a fifteen minute break. You should be done around 12:30. I guarantee that taking this exam will help you to improve your score on the actual exam.

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Schedule and Homework for February 14-18

Monday: Read, Annotate, and Questions for “Barriers to Seeing." For Homework: Do the Writing Assignment.
Tuesday: Peer Edit Essays. For Homework: Clean Copy of Essay.
Wednesday: AP EXAM PRACTICE
Thursday: Read, Annotate and Questions for “On Photography.” For Homework: Nothing!
Friday: CANDLELIGHT Work. For Homework: NOTHING!!!!!

EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK

In yesterday's Estadao, there is an article on Gilberto Gil (in the CULTURA section). The article describes synthesis. Read the article and then write a paragraph explaining what you learned about the process of synthesis by reading this article.

Schedule and Homework for February 7-11

Monday (7th) Peer Edit Rhetorical Analysis; Homework for Tuesday (8th)-Read and Annotate: Orwell on Politics and Language (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm)...Be prepared to discuss it in class on Tuesday. (you may annotate electronically and send it to my email OR print it and annotate)
Tuesday (8th): Discuss the Orwell Essay; For Thursday (10th)-Practice Multiple Choice Section.
Thursday (10th): Go over Multiple Choice Section; Homework for Friday (11th)-Become familiar with the fallacies listed on this site: (http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html)
Friday (11th): Classroom activity to review fallacies

ACCEPTABLE SITES FOR BLOG ENTRIES

Current Events
Please read at least one current event article from the following websites and write a two paragraph summary looking at the way the author used language to communicate his/her message. Was he/she effective? What devices did he/she use?

THESE SITES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACCEPTABLE:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/

YOU MAY ALSO FIND ARTICLES IN THE FOLLOWING SITES:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.slate.com/
http://www.theonion.com/

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Then comment on at least two posts from other people.

SUB PLANS FOR JANUARY 26-27

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Dear AP Language & Composition students:

Mr. Rugg just asked me on Wednesday if I would be able to go on the senior trip since Mrs. Kuhnast is unable to go. This means that I will not be in class on Wednesday or Thursday. I have been thinking of a creative and productive way to plan for our class on those two days. I participate in an AP teachers’ blog and one of the teachers gave a great idea for reviewing rhetorical terms. Since we have five new students joining us, I thought this would be a great beginning.

I will be dividing you into groups and each group will be responsible for five (5) rhetorical terms. You will need to discover a creative way to present each word to the class in order for everyone to understand the terms. You can use software like Powerpoint, MovieMaker, Photoshop, Garage Band, etc).
The focus of the activity is for each group to think about what works as a way for their peers to understand the terms, then show it in some way that your audience of peers will understand. Often silly or weird sticks in our heads. Two years ago, our class came up with a silly song. Pop culture connections, songs, rhymes, or other mnemonic devices help people to remember them. Be creative and have fun. Groups will present their words on Friday.

If you have any questions, please let me know by Sunday night since I will be traveling on Monday morning. I will try to reserve the computer lab or the library so that you will have computer access.

My substitute will hand out the list of students in each group and your list of words.

HAVE FUN!!!

C.

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