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Please review these very important links for AP Testing:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-testing-guide-2020.pdf
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-student-exam-day-checklist.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGgviqq4844oyQviUHOOddAaMOdDAqpk
Hello!! I know this is a busy week for many of you, but I want to be sure you are equipped with everything you need to be successful on exam day (May 20th
- 2:00 PM). Is is essential that you run through the exam demo on the AP college website to be sure you are familiar with the process : https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students/taking-ap-exams/exam-day-experience
In addition, you can use the above attached list of rhetorical terms on exam day! The rhetorical vocab list of terms to know and use is from the very beginning of the year. The goal after reading the passage you are given the day of the exam is to focus on key strategies the writer is using to accomplish a specific purpose. Be familiar with these terms to help identify and explain how these strategies effect meaning/purpose. This should be clear in your thesis!
The second helpful document are questions to think about while reading and a "formula" for a crafted RA thesis. This will help you write a clear, concise thesis that will guide the ideas in your paper.
The third helpful link/ hand out are words to describe diction and tone (because we always use adj. to describe the writer's word choice and attitude): http://paas.psd202.org/documents/tnewberr/1504706191.pdf
If you read the passage "The Great Influenza" for practice, I created a lesson that may help with analyzing the passage. The hand outs are also in this lesson: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhlFFgMrj
I would like to meet with you the day of your exam to be sure you have run through the demo and deliver some last minute strategies and suggestions:
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: AP Lang Exam Day Pep Talk
Time: May 20, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 865 9726 4816
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I hope you all had a great weekend (the weather was perfect!)
Please be sure to read through the important links and attached documents regarding your AP exam coming up on May 20th!
It is our last full week, so thank you to everyone for participating in the rhetorical analysis practice for the AP exam. I will post a new passage for practice on Tuesday of this week (tomorrow). I will also post more helpful notes on writing a rhetorical analysis essay.
Gatsby readers: our last book talk over chapters 7-9 will be tomorrow at 12:30. Please come to the meeting with a high level ?, an important passage, and a vocabulary word you plan to teach to the group. See you tom. at 12:30!
Here is this week's instructional video with a special focus on writing conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcOwl6rdZYY
Be sure to click on the provided link in the commentary for the important hand
outs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
Happy May Everyone!
I hope that you have all been reading through the important information regarding our AP Language exam on May 20th. If not, please take time today or tomorrow to click on the links above as well as the important documents attached.
If you have not watched this excellent instructional video from last week over Albright's speech with tips on writing an intro. & thesis, nice work! I highly suggest forwarding to 24: 44 to view this instructor's helpful tips on reading the prompt along with suggested timing for attacking the passage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35NsF5YgZcg
The suggested timing for reading the rhetorical analysis speech (the first time) is 7 minutes. Naturally, you will revisit the text while writing for deeper meaning and commentary. There is a presented guide in this video of how to work through the passage and even a suggested annotation guide. Be sure to review this and apply the practice to the new passage we are reading this week for practice: scroll down to pg. 11, question 2 from the 2008 AP exam, a passage from The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry. Read the passage (time yourself for 7 min.) and follow the annotation guidelines from the video:
1. write main ideas in the margins
2. underline key lines
3. study key lines
4. look for the rhetorical situation
5. chunk passage/identify shifts/ topics
*shift in subject
*shift in tone (or attitude)
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap08_eng_lang_frq.pdf
Once you have read and attacked the passage, for practice, write the introduction with a thesis and a full essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies Barry utilizes. Email me your essay. I will read through and give helpful feedback- if you need a grade boost, I will enter the essay as a major grade out of 50 points.
Gatsy Book Talk (take 2): Chapters 4-6
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Gatsby Book Talk
Time: May 5, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Thanks to those who participated in the Gatsby book on Friday, thank you and nice work! Each book talk will earn a major grade out of 50 points.
Thanks to those who completed the commentary work over Adams' letter. This is also a major grade out of 50 points.
Gatsby readers: read ch. 4-6 by Friday! Please come to our book club meeting with at least 2 high level questions, an important passage, and be ready to identify one to two vocabulary words from ch. 4-6. Be ready to read the word in context (you'll read the sent. aloud) & define the word for our book group. Our meeting will be Friday at 2. See you there!
I attached a vocabulary list of words per chapter for The Great Gatsby to help with vocabulary!
I hope you all had a nice weekend! Please continue to check the AP Central for important info. on exams: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students
& look to the above exam update info. (student responsibilities and updates)
This week's rhetorical analysis practice is Albright's commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke. I posted this Friday, so please use tomorrow and Wed. if need to read through the speech and view this instructional video on writing introductions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2iJf1upxvQ- (start 14 min. into the video)
The speech can be found in this google drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
If you would like to practice for the exam, read the speech (time yourself- remember, you only have 45 min. to read the essay & write your analysis) and practice writing an intro. paragraph with a thesis. If you feel ready to write the entire essay, please do! Submit to turnitin, I'll look it over, and enter a grade for the essay! If you don't feel like writing essays (although what better way to practice??), keep reading through the assigned works and practice close reading and prepping to write the essay.
Here is a walk through/analysi of an exemplar essay from Albright's speech with scoring notes:
http://somup.com/cYfvb2idXO
Here is our agenda this week:
For those reading The Great Gatsby, you should read chapters 1-3 by Friday. On Friday, we will have a book talk- come to our meeting with at least two high level discussion questions. Pay close attentions to symbols, colors, and the setting: East and West Egg- think of what the East vs. West represented in America in the 1920s- this may give you an insightful look at what Fitzgerald was implying here.
Wednesday, 4/22: Work day!
Thursday, 4/23:
Here are additional resources for the Adams letter: The first (3-26) and the second (3-27) through this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
Some of you may want to complete the commentary work with the letter in hand out 3-27. Please do this and since it is in google drive, download it and email it to me. This will be entered as an optional grade. Since there is writing and analysis, it will be a major grade out of 50 points, so if you're looking for a boost in your grade, or an opportunity to practice for the exam, here it is!
Friday, 4/24: The Great Gatsby book talk over chapters 1-3- come to the book talk with 1 to 2 high level questions.
AP Exam practice: read the Albright eulogy labeled (4-8) in the google drive folder, then watch the next AP Language instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2iJf1upxvQ- excellent info. on writing an introduction for rhetorical analysis!
Once you view this video and write your own introduction, here is the next segment (you can view this on Mon.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJGDf0LmOA
Welcome Back from Spring Break! I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather & some family time; I also hope you all are staying safe & healthy! I enjoyed seeing many of you in our zoom meeting- I hoe to have another one soon. I am using screencast O matic this week, a site that allows me to show/ pull up documents and talk through them.
So, this week (and the weeks leading up to our exam) our focus will be on preparing to write the rhetorical analysis essay. As an opportunity to prepare for AP Literature (and an opportunity for a nice grade boost), please have your own copy of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, by April 15th. While reading, we will have weekly book talks through zoom. There is an e-link for reading the book below:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bWVubG9hdGhlcnRvbmhzLmNvbXxtcnMtYmVyZ2hvdXNlLWVuZ2xpc2gtMjAxM3xneDo0MjM5ZDNlNjFlNjExM2Ey
If you're reading The Great Gatsby, please view this short bio on Fitzgerald: https://www.biography.com/writer/f-scott-fitzgerald
Please listen to/ look to the following link for strategies on how to craft a rhetorical analysis thesis: C:\Users\mkl15483\Documents\Screencast-O-Matic\Recording #3.mp4
See the above attached document with sample thesis statements you all wrote earlier in the year over the Malcolm X's "Learning to Read." Nice work on these!!
Remember, the thesis is the road map for your paper. Be sure to focus on key strategies the writer is using and how these strategies are functioning (what effect do they have on the ready or audience, what purpose do they serve?) - surround the identified strategy and evidence with thorough commentary explaining the function and purpose of the piece. The commentary should be most of your body paragraph. What you do NOT want to do is a listing or surface "scattering" of various strategies the writer is using- Focus on one strategy per body paragraph followed by relevant evidence & insightful commentary.
Monday, 4/13: First, read the prompt directions. Then, read & annotate the following letter from Abigal Adams to her son, John Quincy Adams: https://jerrywbrown.com/teacherfiles/Question%202%20Lang%202014.pdf
Read and annotate the essay. As an option (& a grade if completed), submit your thesis to turnitin.com by Tues., 4/14- I will look over and give feedback.
Tuesday, 4/14: Work on your thesis and submit to turnitin (20 point grade) On Thursday, you will watch an instructional video that walks your through a high scoring essay.
Wednesday, 4/15: Wednesdays will now be days for teacher collaboration & a work/catch up day for all of you:)
Thursday, 4/16: Please view this video of a sample high scoring essay over the Adams letter: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfoDuzIg7
Friday, 4/17: Please view this instructional video over the Adams letter. Since you have already read the letter, start about 21 min. into the video. I do like the attention to SPACECAT as a means of preparing to write the analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_B5RdauS0w&t=237s
Optional activity: Now that you have a crafted thesis, feel free to expand your thesis into a full intro. followed by one or two body par. I will review these responses and give feedback!
For those reading The Great Gatsby, yeah! I'm excited to continue the learning process with you all. I think reading this novel will serve many purposes: it will prepare you to closely examine a work of fiction, the main focus in AP Literature, and it will give you an opportunity to have read one of the most famous works of American Literature. In addition, The Great Gatsby is often listed as one of the choices in the prose essay on the AP Literature exam. In other words, you may have an advantage with this novel under your belt:)
After viewing the short bio clip on Fitzgerald (posted above), review the following notes as a refresher of the 1920's: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/jazz-and-the-lost-generation
Look to the above seminar guide to complete while reading the novel. This has always worked well for my students: https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/2589/5-GatsbyFinalSem.pdf
As an option, you may answer these questions and submit them to turitin.com after finishing the novel. I will also offer the opportunity to do something creative- I'm working on ideas:)
*Read the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby by next Friday, 4/24. While reading, annotating is not required but always an option. Use the seminar guide as a means of annotating and the "how to annotate fiction" guide: https://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/6270/Annotating%20Instructions.pdf
If you want to truly challenge yourself, you may look through a certain critical lens and allow this to guide your questions and insight: http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf
Here is a review of the different options: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfbDPzyfs
Next Friday, we will have our first "book talk" over chapters 1-3!! Please prepare a couple of high level questions- your questions will lead the discussion and I will have some of my own:)
I will most likely do a zoom meeting OR I may experiment with you tube live. My sense is some of you may enjoy seeing each other, so if you would like to text me what you would prefer, please do!
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: AP Language & Composition- exam updates and class visit
Time: Apr 3, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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First, I want to emphasize that at this point, the opportunities for learning and the preparation for the AP exam are the focus from now until the end of the semester. All AP Lang students (who registered) are still taking the AP exam. The exam is now simplified to writing one rhetorical analysis essay within a 45 min. time frame. With this in mind, all assignments moving forward will be directly connected to effectively writing a rhetorical analysis. We will heavily rely on AP central for lessons and activities.
I know many of your are wondering about your grade at this point and how to move forward with the rest of the semester. Here is what has been decided:
*All assignments completed before March 13th will factor into your grade.
*If you are pleased with your grade as of March 13th and would like to keep that grade, you have that option and will therefore not need to complete upcoming assignments for the purpose of changing your grade. You do not have to communicate that to me; if you are not completing assignments from now until the end of the semester, then I will know that is what you have decided. If that is the case, you will see blank grades in the grade book.
*If you would like to improve your grade (your grade will only go up at this point with the work you are completing), continue to complete assignments until your grade is where you would like it to be. At that point, you may choose to stop working on assignments.
*If you would like to take a final exam to further help your grade, you will have that option.
We will be doing an optional novel study of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel study will warm you up to fiction, the main focus in AP Literature & Composition, the course a majority of you registered for next year. Each week, we will have "books talks" over assigned chapters (through zoom), so I hope many of you will join me! I will also assign one to two assignments/ projects (other opportunities to increase your grade).
Again, my hope is that you will all continue the learning process to prepare for the exam in May. I will provide many opportunities to help you all succeed. Have a wonderful spring break! Get outside and enjoy the weather and enjoy a break from school work- you deserve it! I hope you & your families are staying healthy & safe!
Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend:)
Nice job on the unit 4 MC (multiple choice ) and FR (free response) progress checks! I will be reading through your free responses to Kennedy's speech and score them. You should be able to see the scores for your thesis, your evidence & commentary, and your sophistication point. If needed, there will also be feedback.
*Be sure when you write your thesis statement, you are clear on the specific rhetorical strategy the writer is using; in your commentary, fully explain the effect or purpose of that strategy. Think back to the helpful video we watched- your commentary is the most important part of the paragraph- how is the strategy appropriate for the time/occasion? Why was Kennedy's use of metaphor of the sea appropriate for the push for space exploration? Be sure to make this connection. Remember, most of the writing should be commentary on the evidence and purpose/effect of the rhetorical strategy. My sense is for the AP Lang exam, the free response questions may be similar to the FRQ's we have been working with.
This week, please complete the unit 5 MC and FR progress checks by Friday, 4/3. Remember, next week is spring break which means a break from work- enjoy, you deserve it!
I was hoping to do a zoom meeting this week, but from what I have experienced, it seems like zoom would work best for a discussion over works we're reading. It also allows us to see each other again which will be nice for everyone:) After spring break, I will start assigning short works and eventually, something that will prep you for AP Literature (I'll announce that soon). Once we are reading works, we can start having discussions. As always, please email me with questions or concerns.
Hello everyone! I hope your first week of digital learning went well! Thank you again for supporting my decision to take time home to be with Anni & Sawyer. I appreciate you being cooperative (Mrs. Gasaway said you were all wonderful) and patient during the last six weeks. You guys really are the best- I am lucky to have you as students!!
This week, our focus will be completing the fourth progress check in AP Central. I hope you have all read about the AP exam changes I sent out last week through remind. There are a few important changes to the test:
Let’s start with the positives
I hope you are resting, staying healthy and safe. A quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson came to mind: “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”:)
As always, email or text with any questions or concerns!
Stay healthy & safe!
January 27-31: King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and Spike Lee's Documentary: 4 Little Girls
Mon., 1/27- Read and annotate King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Tues., 1/28- Discussion and/or quiz over King's letter
Wed., 1/29- Fri., 1/31- Watch Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls and complete video guide. Be ready for a Socratic seminar over King's letter and Lee's documentary next week! Be ready to synthesize the two under common themes. Be sure to prepare to discuss King's writing choices and the effect
I have converted the 6 point rubric for your essays below:
6=100
5.5=95
5.0=90
4.5=88
4=85
3.5=80
3.0= 75
January 21-24: AA Test/ Seminar/ Dialectical Journal/ King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Mon., 1/21- AA Test
Tues., 1/22- AA Seminar- submit 4 to 5 discussion questions (with a focus on writing style/purpose) to turnitin.com by the end of today!
*You should be working on your last four dialectical journal entries (#5-8- one entry per 45 pgs.) These should be submitted to turnitin.com by the end of the day on Sun., 1/28- a hard copy of your journals will be turned in on Mon., 1/29!
Wed., 1/23- Fri.,1/24- King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" - read the letter to King from the clergy (it is important to know King's audience)/ read and annotate King's Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Tues., 1/29- answer guiding questions
January 13-17: Angela's Ashes, SAT/ ACT reading practice/ PSAT review
Mon., 1/13- Present 6 word memoirs! SAT/ ACT reading passages- read closely & annotate passages/ answer questions/ defend the correct answer
Tues., 1/14- Finish reading passages & questions/ review answers to questions/ turn in work- if we finish this early, you may read AA
*Keep in mind you should be making efforts to finish the memoir by Tues., 1/21
Wed., 1/15- RA writing day! Bring the intro. & first body par. of the analysis (rewrite if revisions are needed) you have chosen to extend into a full essay- finish the full analysis essay in class- this will be graded with the college board rhetorical analysis rubric.
Thurs., 1/16- Vocabulary quiz #1 (AA vocab)/ turn in note cards with original sent. for each word/ Review PSAT frequently missed questions
Fri.., 1/17- AA reading day! You will finish the memoir and take the test on Tues., 1/21/ Socratic seminar will be Wed., 1/22 bring a copy of your dialectical journals (you will turn these in today also- they should also be submitted to turnitin.com) and typed seminar questions- these should be high level, thought provoking questions about the memoir, questions that promote discussion. Your questions should also be submitted to turnitin.com
Welcome Back and Happy New Year!
New students: look below to the course syllabus and the info. on how to get signed up with text reminders.
Due Wed.: Complete the college board unit 3 assessment (MC only)
*You should be making efforts to read the rest of Angela's Ashes by Tues., 1/21. The test over the memoir will be that day/ Socratic seminar will be Wed.- Thurs. (1/22-1/23)/ The last 4 entries of your dialectical journal will be due Fri., 1/24
Mon., 1/6- Syllabus updates, 6 Word Memoir Assignment- read examples and NYT article/ Your own 6 word memoir is due Monday, 1/13- write your memoir on an 8 x 10 note card- it should be aesthetically pleasing (visuals & color)- you will present this to the class.
H.W.- Read & annotate "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"- focus on Hemingway's unique writing style- think of your dialectical journal assignments this year- look to the type of diction, imagery, details, unique syntax, etc. & their effect on meaning.
Tues., 1/7 - write a rhetorical analysis paragraph over an assigned section of "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" - look closely to the rubric.
Wed., 1/8- Discuss "ACWLP" /Edit a peer's paragraph using the rhetorical analysis rubric-use specific phrases, words from the rubric to give feedback.
Thurs., 1/9- Fri., 1/10- Look over the final exam responses, the feedback markings, and your three scores at the top (from the rubric). At this point, you have written an intro. & a body paragraph RA over various works- "Benny Paret," the Banneker piece, the final exam analysis ("The Knife" or "Animal House"), and Hemingway's "ACWLP." Look these over and decide: which one you want to expand into a complete rhetorical analysis? You will be writing you full RA in class next Wed., 1/14. Be sure to make revisions and write a full essay in class next week. AA Vocabulary list- note cards and quiz #1 this semester will be next Thurs., 1/15!
Next week: SAT/ACT Reading passage for MC Monday practice/ Look to sample essays over the unknown writing prompt (scored by readers with the new rubric) & we will start reading "The Secret Goldfish"
AP Language Essay Rubrics- print and keep in your binder! https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-english-language-and-composition-one-page-scoring-rubrics-2019-2020.pdf
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-testing-guide-2020.pdf
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-student-exam-day-checklist.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGgviqq4844oyQviUHOOddAaMOdDAqpk
Hello!! I know this is a busy week for many of you, but I want to be sure you are equipped with everything you need to be successful on exam day (May 20th
- 2:00 PM). Is is essential that you run through the exam demo on the AP college website to be sure you are familiar with the process : https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students/taking-ap-exams/exam-day-experience
In addition, you can use the above attached list of rhetorical terms on exam day! The rhetorical vocab list of terms to know and use is from the very beginning of the year. The goal after reading the passage you are given the day of the exam is to focus on key strategies the writer is using to accomplish a specific purpose. Be familiar with these terms to help identify and explain how these strategies effect meaning/purpose. This should be clear in your thesis!
The second helpful document are questions to think about while reading and a "formula" for a crafted RA thesis. This will help you write a clear, concise thesis that will guide the ideas in your paper.
The third helpful link/ hand out are words to describe diction and tone (because we always use adj. to describe the writer's word choice and attitude): http://paas.psd202.org/documents/tnewberr/1504706191.pdf
If you read the passage "The Great Influenza" for practice, I created a lesson that may help with analyzing the passage. The hand outs are also in this lesson: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhlFFgMrj
I would like to meet with you the day of your exam to be sure you have run through the demo and deliver some last minute strategies and suggestions:
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: AP Lang Exam Day Pep Talk
Time: May 20, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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I hope you all had a great weekend (the weather was perfect!)
Please be sure to read through the important links and attached documents regarding your AP exam coming up on May 20th!
It is our last full week, so thank you to everyone for participating in the rhetorical analysis practice for the AP exam. I will post a new passage for practice on Tuesday of this week (tomorrow). I will also post more helpful notes on writing a rhetorical analysis essay.
Gatsby readers: our last book talk over chapters 7-9 will be tomorrow at 12:30. Please come to the meeting with a high level ?, an important passage, and a vocabulary word you plan to teach to the group. See you tom. at 12:30!
Here is this week's instructional video with a special focus on writing conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcOwl6rdZYY
Be sure to click on the provided link in the commentary for the important hand
outs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
Happy May Everyone!
I hope that you have all been reading through the important information regarding our AP Language exam on May 20th. If not, please take time today or tomorrow to click on the links above as well as the important documents attached.
If you have not watched this excellent instructional video from last week over Albright's speech with tips on writing an intro. & thesis, nice work! I highly suggest forwarding to 24: 44 to view this instructor's helpful tips on reading the prompt along with suggested timing for attacking the passage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35NsF5YgZcg
The suggested timing for reading the rhetorical analysis speech (the first time) is 7 minutes. Naturally, you will revisit the text while writing for deeper meaning and commentary. There is a presented guide in this video of how to work through the passage and even a suggested annotation guide. Be sure to review this and apply the practice to the new passage we are reading this week for practice: scroll down to pg. 11, question 2 from the 2008 AP exam, a passage from The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry. Read the passage (time yourself for 7 min.) and follow the annotation guidelines from the video:
1. write main ideas in the margins
2. underline key lines
3. study key lines
4. look for the rhetorical situation
5. chunk passage/identify shifts/ topics
*shift in subject
*shift in tone (or attitude)
https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap08_eng_lang_frq.pdf
Once you have read and attacked the passage, for practice, write the introduction with a thesis and a full essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies Barry utilizes. Email me your essay. I will read through and give helpful feedback- if you need a grade boost, I will enter the essay as a major grade out of 50 points.
Gatsy Book Talk (take 2): Chapters 4-6
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Gatsby Book Talk
Time: May 5, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Thanks to those who participated in the Gatsby book on Friday, thank you and nice work! Each book talk will earn a major grade out of 50 points.
Thanks to those who completed the commentary work over Adams' letter. This is also a major grade out of 50 points.
Gatsby readers: read ch. 4-6 by Friday! Please come to our book club meeting with at least 2 high level questions, an important passage, and be ready to identify one to two vocabulary words from ch. 4-6. Be ready to read the word in context (you'll read the sent. aloud) & define the word for our book group. Our meeting will be Friday at 2. See you there!
I attached a vocabulary list of words per chapter for The Great Gatsby to help with vocabulary!
I hope you all had a nice weekend! Please continue to check the AP Central for important info. on exams: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students
& look to the above exam update info. (student responsibilities and updates)
This week's rhetorical analysis practice is Albright's commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke. I posted this Friday, so please use tomorrow and Wed. if need to read through the speech and view this instructional video on writing introductions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2iJf1upxvQ- (start 14 min. into the video)
The speech can be found in this google drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
If you would like to practice for the exam, read the speech (time yourself- remember, you only have 45 min. to read the essay & write your analysis) and practice writing an intro. paragraph with a thesis. If you feel ready to write the entire essay, please do! Submit to turnitin, I'll look it over, and enter a grade for the essay! If you don't feel like writing essays (although what better way to practice??), keep reading through the assigned works and practice close reading and prepping to write the essay.
Here is a walk through/analysi of an exemplar essay from Albright's speech with scoring notes:
http://somup.com/cYfvb2idXO
Here is our agenda this week:
For those reading The Great Gatsby, you should read chapters 1-3 by Friday. On Friday, we will have a book talk- come to our meeting with at least two high level discussion questions. Pay close attentions to symbols, colors, and the setting: East and West Egg- think of what the East vs. West represented in America in the 1920s- this may give you an insightful look at what Fitzgerald was implying here.
Wednesday, 4/22: Work day!
Thursday, 4/23:
Here are additional resources for the Adams letter: The first (3-26) and the second (3-27) through this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ujYX8Uxcjb7UunGUFtrHS2NJ9Pdwlr_l
Some of you may want to complete the commentary work with the letter in hand out 3-27. Please do this and since it is in google drive, download it and email it to me. This will be entered as an optional grade. Since there is writing and analysis, it will be a major grade out of 50 points, so if you're looking for a boost in your grade, or an opportunity to practice for the exam, here it is!
Friday, 4/24: The Great Gatsby book talk over chapters 1-3- come to the book talk with 1 to 2 high level questions.
AP Exam practice: read the Albright eulogy labeled (4-8) in the google drive folder, then watch the next AP Language instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2iJf1upxvQ- excellent info. on writing an introduction for rhetorical analysis!
Once you view this video and write your own introduction, here is the next segment (you can view this on Mon.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJGDf0LmOA
Welcome Back from Spring Break! I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather & some family time; I also hope you all are staying safe & healthy! I enjoyed seeing many of you in our zoom meeting- I hoe to have another one soon. I am using screencast O matic this week, a site that allows me to show/ pull up documents and talk through them.
So, this week (and the weeks leading up to our exam) our focus will be on preparing to write the rhetorical analysis essay. As an opportunity to prepare for AP Literature (and an opportunity for a nice grade boost), please have your own copy of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, by April 15th. While reading, we will have weekly book talks through zoom. There is an e-link for reading the book below:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bWVubG9hdGhlcnRvbmhzLmNvbXxtcnMtYmVyZ2hvdXNlLWVuZ2xpc2gtMjAxM3xneDo0MjM5ZDNlNjFlNjExM2Ey
If you're reading The Great Gatsby, please view this short bio on Fitzgerald: https://www.biography.com/writer/f-scott-fitzgerald
Please listen to/ look to the following link for strategies on how to craft a rhetorical analysis thesis: C:\Users\mkl15483\Documents\Screencast-O-Matic\Recording #3.mp4
See the above attached document with sample thesis statements you all wrote earlier in the year over the Malcolm X's "Learning to Read." Nice work on these!!
Remember, the thesis is the road map for your paper. Be sure to focus on key strategies the writer is using and how these strategies are functioning (what effect do they have on the ready or audience, what purpose do they serve?) - surround the identified strategy and evidence with thorough commentary explaining the function and purpose of the piece. The commentary should be most of your body paragraph. What you do NOT want to do is a listing or surface "scattering" of various strategies the writer is using- Focus on one strategy per body paragraph followed by relevant evidence & insightful commentary.
Monday, 4/13: First, read the prompt directions. Then, read & annotate the following letter from Abigal Adams to her son, John Quincy Adams: https://jerrywbrown.com/teacherfiles/Question%202%20Lang%202014.pdf
Read and annotate the essay. As an option (& a grade if completed), submit your thesis to turnitin.com by Tues., 4/14- I will look over and give feedback.
Tuesday, 4/14: Work on your thesis and submit to turnitin (20 point grade) On Thursday, you will watch an instructional video that walks your through a high scoring essay.
Wednesday, 4/15: Wednesdays will now be days for teacher collaboration & a work/catch up day for all of you:)
Thursday, 4/16: Please view this video of a sample high scoring essay over the Adams letter: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfoDuzIg7
Friday, 4/17: Please view this instructional video over the Adams letter. Since you have already read the letter, start about 21 min. into the video. I do like the attention to SPACECAT as a means of preparing to write the analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_B5RdauS0w&t=237s
Optional activity: Now that you have a crafted thesis, feel free to expand your thesis into a full intro. followed by one or two body par. I will review these responses and give feedback!
For those reading The Great Gatsby, yeah! I'm excited to continue the learning process with you all. I think reading this novel will serve many purposes: it will prepare you to closely examine a work of fiction, the main focus in AP Literature, and it will give you an opportunity to have read one of the most famous works of American Literature. In addition, The Great Gatsby is often listed as one of the choices in the prose essay on the AP Literature exam. In other words, you may have an advantage with this novel under your belt:)
After viewing the short bio clip on Fitzgerald (posted above), review the following notes as a refresher of the 1920's: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/jazz-and-the-lost-generation
Look to the above seminar guide to complete while reading the novel. This has always worked well for my students: https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib4/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/2589/5-GatsbyFinalSem.pdf
As an option, you may answer these questions and submit them to turitin.com after finishing the novel. I will also offer the opportunity to do something creative- I'm working on ideas:)
*Read the first three chapters of The Great Gatsby by next Friday, 4/24. While reading, annotating is not required but always an option. Use the seminar guide as a means of annotating and the "how to annotate fiction" guide: https://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/6270/Annotating%20Instructions.pdf
If you want to truly challenge yourself, you may look through a certain critical lens and allow this to guide your questions and insight: http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/rkcupryk/aa_jr/files/microsoft_word_-_literary_theories.pdf
Here is a review of the different options: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYfbDPzyfs
Next Friday, we will have our first "book talk" over chapters 1-3!! Please prepare a couple of high level questions- your questions will lead the discussion and I will have some of my own:)
I will most likely do a zoom meeting OR I may experiment with you tube live. My sense is some of you may enjoy seeing each other, so if you would like to text me what you would prefer, please do!
Kirstene Lohlein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: AP Language & Composition- exam updates and class visit
Time: Apr 3, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/824357362?pwd=V2daOTZaMGVSRDQva1B4NU9WcVhhZz09
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AP Exam Dates/ Times: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/educators/taking-the-exams/ap-exam-schedule?SFMC_cid=EM294654-&rid=165682876
First, I want to emphasize that at this point, the opportunities for learning and the preparation for the AP exam are the focus from now until the end of the semester. All AP Lang students (who registered) are still taking the AP exam. The exam is now simplified to writing one rhetorical analysis essay within a 45 min. time frame. With this in mind, all assignments moving forward will be directly connected to effectively writing a rhetorical analysis. We will heavily rely on AP central for lessons and activities.
I know many of your are wondering about your grade at this point and how to move forward with the rest of the semester. Here is what has been decided:
*All assignments completed before March 13th will factor into your grade.
*If you are pleased with your grade as of March 13th and would like to keep that grade, you have that option and will therefore not need to complete upcoming assignments for the purpose of changing your grade. You do not have to communicate that to me; if you are not completing assignments from now until the end of the semester, then I will know that is what you have decided. If that is the case, you will see blank grades in the grade book.
*If you would like to improve your grade (your grade will only go up at this point with the work you are completing), continue to complete assignments until your grade is where you would like it to be. At that point, you may choose to stop working on assignments.
*If you would like to take a final exam to further help your grade, you will have that option.
We will be doing an optional novel study of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel study will warm you up to fiction, the main focus in AP Literature & Composition, the course a majority of you registered for next year. Each week, we will have "books talks" over assigned chapters (through zoom), so I hope many of you will join me! I will also assign one to two assignments/ projects (other opportunities to increase your grade).
Again, my hope is that you will all continue the learning process to prepare for the exam in May. I will provide many opportunities to help you all succeed. Have a wonderful spring break! Get outside and enjoy the weather and enjoy a break from school work- you deserve it! I hope you & your families are staying healthy & safe!
Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend:)
Nice job on the unit 4 MC (multiple choice ) and FR (free response) progress checks! I will be reading through your free responses to Kennedy's speech and score them. You should be able to see the scores for your thesis, your evidence & commentary, and your sophistication point. If needed, there will also be feedback.
*Be sure when you write your thesis statement, you are clear on the specific rhetorical strategy the writer is using; in your commentary, fully explain the effect or purpose of that strategy. Think back to the helpful video we watched- your commentary is the most important part of the paragraph- how is the strategy appropriate for the time/occasion? Why was Kennedy's use of metaphor of the sea appropriate for the push for space exploration? Be sure to make this connection. Remember, most of the writing should be commentary on the evidence and purpose/effect of the rhetorical strategy. My sense is for the AP Lang exam, the free response questions may be similar to the FRQ's we have been working with.
This week, please complete the unit 5 MC and FR progress checks by Friday, 4/3. Remember, next week is spring break which means a break from work- enjoy, you deserve it!
I was hoping to do a zoom meeting this week, but from what I have experienced, it seems like zoom would work best for a discussion over works we're reading. It also allows us to see each other again which will be nice for everyone:) After spring break, I will start assigning short works and eventually, something that will prep you for AP Literature (I'll announce that soon). Once we are reading works, we can start having discussions. As always, please email me with questions or concerns.
Hello everyone! I hope your first week of digital learning went well! Thank you again for supporting my decision to take time home to be with Anni & Sawyer. I appreciate you being cooperative (Mrs. Gasaway said you were all wonderful) and patient during the last six weeks. You guys really are the best- I am lucky to have you as students!!
This week, our focus will be completing the fourth progress check in AP Central. I hope you have all read about the AP exam changes I sent out last week through remind. There are a few important changes to the test:
Let’s start with the positives
- There WILL be AP exams this year…your hard work will not be lost…nor will the opportunity be lost to earn college credit.
- The exams will be shorter (only free response questions…no multiple choice).
- They will take into account that the curriculum has not been finished.
- They will be taken from home, online.
- There will be two dates available for each content exam
I hope you are resting, staying healthy and safe. A quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson came to mind: “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”:)
As always, email or text with any questions or concerns!
Stay healthy & safe!
January 27-31: King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and Spike Lee's Documentary: 4 Little Girls
Mon., 1/27- Read and annotate King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Tues., 1/28- Discussion and/or quiz over King's letter
Wed., 1/29- Fri., 1/31- Watch Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls and complete video guide. Be ready for a Socratic seminar over King's letter and Lee's documentary next week! Be ready to synthesize the two under common themes. Be sure to prepare to discuss King's writing choices and the effect
I have converted the 6 point rubric for your essays below:
6=100
5.5=95
5.0=90
4.5=88
4=85
3.5=80
3.0= 75
January 21-24: AA Test/ Seminar/ Dialectical Journal/ King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Mon., 1/21- AA Test
Tues., 1/22- AA Seminar- submit 4 to 5 discussion questions (with a focus on writing style/purpose) to turnitin.com by the end of today!
*You should be working on your last four dialectical journal entries (#5-8- one entry per 45 pgs.) These should be submitted to turnitin.com by the end of the day on Sun., 1/28- a hard copy of your journals will be turned in on Mon., 1/29!
Wed., 1/23- Fri.,1/24- King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" - read the letter to King from the clergy (it is important to know King's audience)/ read and annotate King's Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Tues., 1/29- answer guiding questions
January 13-17: Angela's Ashes, SAT/ ACT reading practice/ PSAT review
Mon., 1/13- Present 6 word memoirs! SAT/ ACT reading passages- read closely & annotate passages/ answer questions/ defend the correct answer
Tues., 1/14- Finish reading passages & questions/ review answers to questions/ turn in work- if we finish this early, you may read AA
*Keep in mind you should be making efforts to finish the memoir by Tues., 1/21
Wed., 1/15- RA writing day! Bring the intro. & first body par. of the analysis (rewrite if revisions are needed) you have chosen to extend into a full essay- finish the full analysis essay in class- this will be graded with the college board rhetorical analysis rubric.
Thurs., 1/16- Vocabulary quiz #1 (AA vocab)/ turn in note cards with original sent. for each word/ Review PSAT frequently missed questions
Fri.., 1/17- AA reading day! You will finish the memoir and take the test on Tues., 1/21/ Socratic seminar will be Wed., 1/22 bring a copy of your dialectical journals (you will turn these in today also- they should also be submitted to turnitin.com) and typed seminar questions- these should be high level, thought provoking questions about the memoir, questions that promote discussion. Your questions should also be submitted to turnitin.com
Welcome Back and Happy New Year!
New students: look below to the course syllabus and the info. on how to get signed up with text reminders.
Due Wed.: Complete the college board unit 3 assessment (MC only)
*You should be making efforts to read the rest of Angela's Ashes by Tues., 1/21. The test over the memoir will be that day/ Socratic seminar will be Wed.- Thurs. (1/22-1/23)/ The last 4 entries of your dialectical journal will be due Fri., 1/24
Mon., 1/6- Syllabus updates, 6 Word Memoir Assignment- read examples and NYT article/ Your own 6 word memoir is due Monday, 1/13- write your memoir on an 8 x 10 note card- it should be aesthetically pleasing (visuals & color)- you will present this to the class.
H.W.- Read & annotate "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"- focus on Hemingway's unique writing style- think of your dialectical journal assignments this year- look to the type of diction, imagery, details, unique syntax, etc. & their effect on meaning.
Tues., 1/7 - write a rhetorical analysis paragraph over an assigned section of "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" - look closely to the rubric.
Wed., 1/8- Discuss "ACWLP" /Edit a peer's paragraph using the rhetorical analysis rubric-use specific phrases, words from the rubric to give feedback.
Thurs., 1/9- Fri., 1/10- Look over the final exam responses, the feedback markings, and your three scores at the top (from the rubric). At this point, you have written an intro. & a body paragraph RA over various works- "Benny Paret," the Banneker piece, the final exam analysis ("The Knife" or "Animal House"), and Hemingway's "ACWLP." Look these over and decide: which one you want to expand into a complete rhetorical analysis? You will be writing you full RA in class next Wed., 1/14. Be sure to make revisions and write a full essay in class next week. AA Vocabulary list- note cards and quiz #1 this semester will be next Thurs., 1/15!
Next week: SAT/ACT Reading passage for MC Monday practice/ Look to sample essays over the unknown writing prompt (scored by readers with the new rubric) & we will start reading "The Secret Goldfish"
AP Language Essay Rubrics- print and keep in your binder! https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-english-language-and-composition-one-page-scoring-rubrics-2019-2020.pdf
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