5/30

Warm-up:  On a sheet of loose-leaf paper (NOT in your notebook) write a letter to the incoming AP Lang classes about what they should expect and what you gained from taking this course. Be honest, but don’t terrify the babies.

Classwork: novel quiz 3, wrap up novels, prepare for final projects

Homework: work on final projects

5/29

Warm-up:  Choose the best words.

The scientist ascribed the ------- of the park’s remaining trees to the ------- of the same termite species that had damaged homes throughout the city.

A.  decimation . . prevalence  B. survival . . presence

C. growth . . mutation  D. reduction . . disappearance

E.     study . . hatching

Classwork:  write AP Lit essay, discuss resume & college application process

Homework:  finish novel, work on final project

5/28

Warm-up:  Identify 2 important passages(quotes) from this checkpoint of your book and explain their significance. 

Classwork:  quiz on 2nd third of book, discussing essay prompts

Homework:  read book and work on final project

5/24

Warm-up:  List at least 10 positive adjectives that describe you and your abilities/talents.

Classwork:  Discuss resumes and college application essays

Resume Notes

›Categories to include:

›Education – GPA, courses, etc.

›Work Experience

›Awards/Achievements

›Volunteer Experience

›Activities

›Skills

›Objective?

Formatting

›Contact Info at top

›Education toward top

›Choose an order that showcases your best attributes early

›Be cautious about fonts and sizes

›Make it neat and easy to read/ pleasing to the eye

College Essays

Common App Questions

›Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

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›• Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?

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›• Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?

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›• Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?

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›• Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.

Homework:  Finish 2nd checkpoint of novel, work on resume and final project

5/23

Warm-up:  N/A

Classwork:  finish group literary element analysis and presentations, read novels and work on projects

Homework:  read novels and work on final projects

5/22

Warm-up:  Review for quiz

Classwork:  Novel Quiz 1, group analysis of literary elements in novel

Homework:  read novel and work on project

5/21

No warm-up

Classwork:  Finish style analysis of novel and prepare for tomorrow's first checkpoint quiz

Homework:  read novels and work on final projects

Checkpoints

May 22 –

The Things They Carried –  pages 1-85 ("The Things They Carried"-"How to Tell a True War Story")

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 1-6

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 1-3

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 1

May 28 –

The Things They Carried – pages 86-161 ("Dentist"-"Notes")

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 7-14

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 4-6

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 2

May 30 –

The Things They Carried –  pages 162-246 ("In the Field"-end)

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 15- 20

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 7-9

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 3

5/17

NO Warm-up

Classwork:  Finish Food, Inc.  documentary, read independent novels & work on final projects

Homework:  Read Independent Novels

5/16

Warm-up:  N/A due to AP testing

Classwork:  watch Food Inc., independent reading time

Homework:  read independent books

5/15

Warm-up:  Look at the following AP Lit prompt and write about what book you would choose to talk about and why.

In some works of literature, childhood and adolescence are portrayed as times graced by innocence and a sense of wonder; in other works, they are depicted as times of tribulation and terror.  Focusing on a single novel or play, explain how its representation of childhood or adolescence shapes the meaning of the work as a whole. 

Classwork:  senior project presentations, distribute novels, discuss projects

Homework:  study for AP tests

Ind book:  Checkpoints

May 22 –

The Things They Carried –  pages 1-85 ("The Things They Carried"-"How to Tell a True War Story")

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 1-6

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 1-3

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 1

May 28 –

The Things They Carried – pages 86-161 ("Dentist"-"Notes")

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 7-14

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 4-6

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 2

May 30 –

The Things They Carried –  pages 162-246 ("In the Field"-end)

Their Eyes Were Watching God – Chapters 15- 20

The Great Gatsby –  Chapters 7-9

Go Tell It on the Mountain – Part 3

5/14

Warm-up: Write a reflection about taking the AP test?  What section did you do the best on?  Why?  What skills do you still need to improve to win college?  How can you continue to build stamina for the big tests you have to come? 

Classwork:  discuss AP test, talk about final project and independent novel study, seniors present finals

Homework:  seniors - final project due by tomorrow
juniors - keep studying for AP tests

5/13

Fetterolf at AP testing.

Watch documentary and answer questions about the argument and strategies employed in the documentary.

5/10

AP test!  Good Luck!

5/9

Warm-up:  STake a passage from the stool.  Answer the questions in your notebook.  Please don’t write on the paper. 

Classwork:  Hockey passage for warm-up, Argumentative/Synthesis Essay planning blitz

Homework:  study for AP test.  SLEEP. Eat breakfast.  Make me proud.

5/8

Warm-up:  Synonym or Antonym?  Explain.

•ferment … peace

•decry … condemn … disparage

•engenders … prompts

•petulant … genial

•consummate … supreme … ideal

•meritocracy … system based on ability

•pecuniary … commercial … financial

•bourgeoisie … proletariat

•self-effacing … brash

•diatribe … attack

Classwork:  bloodthirsty and discuss AP multiple choice passages, compare scores

Homework:  study for AP test

5/7

Warm-up:  Copy these notes.

Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.

The placement of question marks with quotes follows logic. If a question is in quotation marks, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.

Examples::   She asked, "Will you still be my friend?”    Do you agree with the saying, "All's fair in love and war”?

NOTE: Only one ending punctuation mark is used with quotation marks. Also, the stronger punctuation mark wins. Therefore, no period after war is used.

When you have a question outside quoted material AND inside quoted material, use only one question mark and place it inside the quotation mark.

Classwork:  Discuss test prep strategies and prepare for test

Homework:  study for AP test

5/6

Warm-up:  Directions: Rewrite the underlined verb using the correct tense.

1. Often I am wondering if I would have the courage to survive in the wilderness.

2. You never knew what you can do until you are put to the test.

3. Yossi Ghinsberg’s story was so engrossing that I feel that I was with him in the jungle.

Classwork: practice AP passage, test prep

Homework: study for AP test

5/3

Warm-up:  Fix these incorrect sentences by adding a coordinating conjunction and a comma.

There are approximately 6.95 billion people on the planet over 1 billion of them are going hungry.

 In 1950 Americans consumed roughly 144 pounds of beef per person per year in 2007 they consumed nearly 225 pounds each.

 The average American purchases 53 times as much product as a person in China one American consumes the equivalent of 35 Indians.

Classwork:  Discuss the 2011 prompts outlined on Wednesday, go over grammar exercises

Homework:  study for AP test

5/2

Warm-up:  List 5 tips you have for yourself about taking the multiple choice section of the AP Lang test.

Classwork:  practice AP test

Homework:  study for AP test

5/1

Fetterolf out of building

Outline all three essays from the 2011 AP exam