4/29

Warm-up: Review the tips for taking the multiple choice test in 5 Steps (pg 47-9 in the red book, pg 51-53 in the orange book). Write the 2 tips you most want to remember.


Classwork: Practice AP test

Homework: Study for AP exams

4/28

Warm-up: Read about Cause and Effect in 5 steps (pg 147-8) and answer the 7 questions about the passage.

Classwork: Joan of Arc essays

Homework: Study for AP tests

4/27

Warm-up: Which 3 questions on the practice test were hardest? What kind of questions were they (tone, inference, strategy, purpose, etc)?

Classwork: Bloodthirsty the spring break practice test

Homework: Study for AP tests

4/26

Warm-up: Which of your essay outlines is the strongest? Why?

Classwork: Pds 2&4 - finish speeches; Pd 3 work on Spring Break essays

Homework: SOAPSToneR the 2 passages from the practice AP test you took over break

4/15

Warm-up: Choose the best word(s). Write the sentence and choices.

Scientists have discovered that our sense of smell is surprisingly ------- , capable of distinguishing thousands of chemical odors.
A. rigid B. inert C. erratic D. keen E. innate

Designed to resist storms by virtue of their ------- weight, the oil platforms towed into the North Sea were the heaviest objects ever moved by human technology.
A. inconsistent B. purported C. unstable D. random
E.     immense


Classwork: Persuasive Speech Presentations

Homework: Spring Break Packet (2 essay outlines & half AP test) due 4/26

4/14

Warm-up: Choose the word(s). Write the sentence and choices.

Her vague sense of ------- grew into anxiety and then alarm when she discovered that her initial doubts about the success of the undertaking were well founded.
A.  Foreboding B. remorse C. anticipation D. intrigue E. complacency

Even those who do not ------- Robinson’s views ------- him as a candidate who has courageously refused to compromise his convictions.
A. shrink from . . Condemn B. concur with . . recognize
C. profit from . . Dismiss D.     disagree with . . envision
E. dissent from . . remember


Classwork: Persuasive Speech Presentations

Homework: Spring Break Packet (2 essay outlines & half AP test) due 4/26

4/13

Warm-up: What did you learn through the process of writing this synthesis essay? Do you feel prepared to write research papers in college? Is there something you think you still need to learn about research?

Classwork: Turn in synthesis essays; start persuasive presentations

Homework: Spring Break packet

4/12

Warm-up- What do you still have to do to finish your essay? Do you have at least 3 clear reasons for supporting the stance that you take? Have you addressed the counterargument? For your speech, what will you be convincing your classmates to believe?


Classwork: Speech directions; peer editing; work on speeches

Homework: Final synthesis essay and speech due tomorrow

4/11

Warm-up: Take a packet of "They Say, I Say" writing templates. Look over the packet and copy down 5 of the most helpful starters into your notebook.

Classwork: work on synthesis essay

Homework: synthesis essay and speech

Helpful MLA citation examples

Work in an Anthology
Author of work. “Title of work.” Title of anthology. Ed. Name of editor(s). # ed. City of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Page #s.


Hayakawa, S.I.. “Bilingualism in America: English Should
Be the Official Language.” The Language of
Composition. Ed. Renee Shea, Lawrence Scanlon and
Robin Dissin Aufses 1st ed. New York: Beford/St.
Martin’s, 2008. 562-567.


Film

Name of film. Dir. Name. Perf. Or Narr. Distributor, year.

Food, Inc. Dir. Robert Kenner. Narr.
Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser.
Magnolia, 2008.

4/7

Warm-up: Reflect on your prompt. Answer these questions honestly.

Does your introduction present the problem and mention the various views about the opinion? Identify these parts.
Does your prompt/assignment require you to take a clear stance on a debatable issue? What is this issue and what stance do you plan to take?

Classwork: get prompt approval; locate LOC source to include in essay; start drafting essay

Homework: Work on synthesis essay

4/6 class discussion notes on synthesis prompts

Stereotypes

Introduction: In today’s society, gender stereotypes influence the roles that men and women play. Critics of gender stereotypes complain that they limit career choices, personality traits, and opportunities, but proponents say that they allow people to fit in and fulfill important duties.

Prompt: Carefully read the sources, and then in a well developed essay support, challenge or qualify the claim that gender stereotypes limit opportunities for women.

Race
Religion
Education
Discrimination
Family
Single parent homes
PTSD


Introduction
Frame the problem: what is wrong? How do people feel about it?

Assignment
Prompt: debatable issue – what you agree with, challenge, or qualify


Gender Stereotypes in the Media
In today’s society there are stereotypical views about the role men and women play. The media often presents images of men and women fulfilling these roles (and sometimes subverting them). Critics of the media say these depictions strengthen stereotypes and lead to conformity to typical roles. Proponents of media argue that it is only a reflection of society or that educating people about gender roles makes them more successful in fulfilling societal expectations.

Assignment
Read all sources. Develop an essay that supports, challenges, or qualifies the claim that media unfairly strengthens stereotypes.



Introduction:
What is the problem/issue? What are the opposing sides’ arguments? Is there any necessary background?

Assignment:
Debatable issue – require taking position
Support, challenge, qualify

Introduction: Historically women have been viewed as intellectually and physically inferior to men. In today’s society, perceptions are slowly changing, but people debate whether the gender divide can disappear. Some think that it is a biological certainty that men and women behave differently while others believe that without societal influence the gender differences between men and women would cease to exist.

Assignment: Read all sources carefully. Synthesize at least 3 and develop an argument that supports, challenges or qualifies the claim that gender is a social construct not rooted in biology.




Obesity
Health effects from processed food
Company influence on production techniques
Control over consumers
Diabetes/ health problems
Environmental
Animal cruelty
Food production/economy
Costs of good food
Government regulations/grading
Organic
Government corruption
Discrimination
Race
Identity
Education
Insecurity
Family
Single parent homes
Music videos – degradation of women
Censorship
Effects of music on community
Music creates controversy
Society disapproves of rebellious music
Crime fighting
Illuminati
Technology changing quality of music
Genre stereotypes
Promotes unrealistic dreams
Effects on children
Draft/acquire soldiers/recruitment
Effects on soldiers
Psychological effects
Physical effects
Warfare
Cruelty
War crimes
Civil/foreign wars
Invasion vs. invitation
Rehabilitation
Structural design
Government response/responsibility to citizens
Impact on victims
Public awareness
Grief
Effects of mourning
Grief – physical or psychological
Support systems
Regulation vs. deregulation
Growth of corporations
Revolving door
Bank bonuses

4/6

Warm-up: Write a reflection on your independent reading source(s). What did you learn? What was most interesting about it? Do you think this book/doc is important and should be included in our curriculum? Why or why not? Do you know what topic within the source you want to research?


Classwork: Work on creating synthesis prompts for independent reading projects.

Homework: Finalize synthesis prompt to be approved on Thursday

4/5

Warm-up: Choose the best word/s. Write the sent. & choices.
Because he was ------- in the face of danger, the explorer won the government’s highest award for conspicuous bravery.
A.    virile B.   heedless C.  dauntless D.     callow E.     timorous
The success of the Norman Invasion depended on ------- logistical operation: in planning it, William the Conqueror wisely left no detail -------.
A.     a puzzling . . untarnished
B.     a realistic . . unsupervised
C.     an intricate. . overlooked
D.     an erroneous . . ignored
E.     a flawed . . unattended


Classwork: Read "AIDS has a Woman's Face" and write 3 AP questions

Homework: Independent Reading/ SOAPSToneRs due tomorrow

4/4

Warm-up: What does it mean to "be a man" in today's society?

Classwork: Read "Being a Man" on LOC pg 378 and answer 1-8, SOAPSToneR the essay

Homework: Finish Theroux and keep reading.