2/28

Warm-up: Answer discussion questions 2 & 4 on LOC pg 354.

Classwork:  Reflect on SAT, Review "Women's Brains", turn rhetoric and style questions into AP style multiple choice (with correct answer)

Homework:  read independent book

2/27

SAT testing for juniors!  I hope you all made me proud.

2/26

Warm-up:  SWrite the sentence and choices and select the best one.

Bolstered by his unflagging determination and ------- physical preparation, Tom Whittaker became the first amputee to successfully climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

A.  fortuitous  B.  assiduous  C.  heedless  D.  expeditious       E.     pedantic

Classwork:  Read Women's Brains and complete a SOAPSToneR

Homework:  Read independent book

2/25

Warm-up:  Take a handout from the stool.  DO NOT write on it.  In your notebook, answer the questions and make notes about which words you know or don’t know.  Jot down definitions as we go over the warm-up.

Classwork:  share satires, turn in satire homework, go over independent reading checkpoints (posted in classroom docs) and the assignments, get together with reading groups to discuss and begin reading.

Homework:  1.  Actively read your book.  While your annotations will not be checked, you should always annotate and take notes to aid your comprehension and preparation for testing.  Be prepared for a quiz or assessment at each checkpoint.

2.  For each checkpoint, you will be creating your own synthesis question.   You will write the introduction and assignment and gather 2-3 documents related to the topic.  The topic must be an idea central to the part of your independent book that you just read, and the related documents can be visuals (pictures, cartoons, ads) or written texts (articles, blogs entries, editorials, passages from books, websites, magazines or journals).   Remember that the ideas in the supporting documents do not all have to have the same viewpoint and they can be loosely related to your topic (the way the rating charts for debates are only loosely related to whether television is good or bad.) 

Here is one sample of a synthesis question introduction and assignment.  Of course there are MANY more examples on apcentral.collegeboard.com.  

Introduction

Mass public schooling has traditionally proclaimed among its goals the following:  (1) to help each student gain personal fulfillment and (2) to help create good citizens. These two goals—one aimed at the betterment of individuals and the other aimed at the betterment of society—might seem at odds with one another. At the very least, these two goals are a cause of much tension within schools at every level:  schools want students to be allowed or encouraged to think for themselves and pursue their own interests, but schools also believe that it is right in some circumstances to encourage conformity in order to socialize students.

Assignment

Read the sources that follow (including the introductory information) carefully. Then choose an issue related to the tension in schools between individuality and conformity. You might choose an issue such as dress codes, mandatory classes, or the structure of the school day. You do not have to choose an issue that you have experienced personally. Then, write an essay in which you use this issue to argue the extent to which schools should support individuality or conformity. Synthesize at least three of the sources for support.   

2/22

Warm-up:  Read assigned Onion article, and explain how the satire works.  Where does it rely on exaggeration and mockery?  What social flaw is it ridiculing?  What solutions to the problem do you think that the author would support?  Why?

Classwork:  parallelism quiz, AP style multiple choice on Modest Proposal, time to work on independent satires

Homework:  by 2/25 get independent book and write your original satire of at least 300 words about a current issue.

2/21

Warm-up:  Select two claims that Swift makes in “A Modest Proposal” and explain what evidence he uses to support his claim.

Classwork:  Modest Proposal Quiz, completing Modest Proposal discussion and Rhetoric and Style questions

Homework:  due 2/25 - write your own satire (at least 300 words) that addresses a contemporary issue and exaggerates some idea to indicate your ridicule.  You could propose a solution as Swift does or subvert traditional thought as the Onion does.  Feel free to use Swift, the Onion, or other satire as models, but your satire must be your original work.

Get independent books by 2/25

2/20

Warm-up:  Read “Weary Americans Land Ship On Bright, Promising Shores Of China” (on stool)  and take notes on how the author reveals tone .  Explain what you think the tone is and how you know.

Classwork:  go over parallelism work, read "A Modest Proposal" LOC pg 914-920

Homework:  Study parallelism and for SAT/AP, get independent book

2/19

Warm-up: Write a reflection on your synthesis essay.  What did you do well?  What are you still struggling with?  What score do you honestly expect to earn?  Why?

Classwork:  Take notes on parallel structure from LOC pg 339-342

Complete Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, and Exercise 5 on LoC pg 343-345

Homework:  Study parallelism, prepare for SAT/AP test, get independent book by 2/25

2/14

Warm-up:  Write the sentence and select the underlined part containing an error. 
When  people gave up the hunter-gatherer way of life and began to cultivate the soil and grow their food, they often became less mobile , built more substantial residences, and they developed  more effective means  of storage.       
Classwork:  Revising and editing synthesis essays.  Including language from They Say, I Say.  Choose at least 5 of the templates or transitions to use in the essay and add them.  Add an example of parallel structure and an example of a periodic sentence to the essay.  Peer editing.

Homework:  Finish final draft of your synthesis essay.  The final draft must include 5 highlighted (or labeled) inclusions of language from the They Say, I Say templates or transitions.  It must also include a highlighted or underlined example of parallel structure and a periodic sentence.

2/13

Warm-up:  Write the sentence and choices, and select the best set.

Until Florence Nightingale made nursing ------- , it was considered a ------- profession.

A. scientific . . painstaking  B. essential . . dangerous

C.noble . . lofty  D.  patriotic . . worthy

E. respectable . . degrading

Classwork:  Choose which essay you will revise, revise thesis statement and intro paragraph, work on body paragraphs after completing the organization station

Homework:  revise draft of essay, get independent book

2/12

Warm-up:  Write the sentence and choices, and choose the best set.

The “double feature,” which featured two films for the price of one, became popular in the 1930s as a scheme to ------- former moviegoers who had begun to stay home since the ------- of the Depression at the beginning of the decade.

A.  lure . . advent  B.  discourage . . end

C.  dissuade . . dawn  D.     perplex . . onset

E. instigate . . devastation

Classwork:  Writing synthesis essay on the role of television in presidential elections

Homework:  Study for AP/SAT test - get independent books by 2/25

2/11

Warm-up:  Write the sentence and choices and choose the best set.

Gwendolyn Brooks’ character Maud Martha appears ------- but feels great rage: she ------- her emotions with a mask of compliance.

A.  responsive . . echoes  B.  nonchalant . . exposes

C.  docile . . camouflages  D.     uncontrolled . . belies

E.     invincible . . catapults

Classwork:  Read, discuss, and plan a response to the advertising synthesis prompt, review sample response to see how to include sources

Homework:  Study for SAT/AP test; get independent reading book

2/8

Warm-up:  Look back at the draft of your essay about U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.  What do you think is strongest about your draft?  What is weakest?  What questions do you still have about synthesis?  What do you need to do in order to make your essay better?

Classwork:  Synthesis workshop, using "They Say, I Say" templates, give back argumentative essays, introduce independent reading choices

Homework:  Study for the SAT/AP test

2/7

Warm-up:  Review terms to prepare for your test.

Classwork:  Test on A-S terms (with essay)

Homework:  Study for SAT

2/6

Warm-up:  Recently Beyonce was criticized for lip syncing at the inauguration.  Pretend that you are her press agent and write a few statements about the event with a favorable slant.  Then pretend that you are the press agent of one of Beyonce’s competitors and write a few statements about the event with an unfavorable slant.

Classwork:  guidance visit, A-S review

Homework:  Study for tomorrow's A-S test

2/5

Warm-up:  Take a style worksheet from the stool.  DO not write on it.  Answer the questions in your notebooks and take any notes about style that you want to.

Classwork:  style discussion, working on synthesis essays about intervening in foreign conflicts

Homework:  Study A-S terms

2/4

Warm-up:  Select 2 quotes/ideas from Hardin’s “Life Boat Ethics” and explain why you think that they are important. 

Classwork:  Look over tips for synthesis essays in 5 Steps.  Write a synthesis essay.  Should the United States intervene in a conflict in another region?  Use at least 3 sources, but remember that your argument should be central. 

Homework:  Study A-S terms

2/1

Warm-up:  What is your opinion about the Singer Solution to world poverty?  What do you think that Bertrand Russell would say about Singer’s ideas?  Why?

Classwork:  discuss homework, read "Life Boat Ethics"

Homework:  Finish reading "Life Boat Ethics" and answer 1-6 on pg 333