S. Anderson's Portal to AP English

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`OCT - A-Day - B-Day

  5          6          7          8          9

12        13        14        15         X - MSTA convention
19        20        21        22        23

26        27        28        29         X - grading 
Oct 29 = end of first quarter
Remember the independent reading - Oct. 15

Last minute info -
Lang first followed by Lit

1 - AP Lang - Classwork for 10/23 – Read 599-601 (background), Perkins: 601-603 + strategies 1-5, Lynch: 604-607 + strategies 1-5.  On Wednesday you will write the essay choosing a side and explaining/proving. 

In Class on Monday, you will write the following essay (which I have to take with me to my meeting on Tuesday.)  You may start it over the weekend.

2007 – A weekly feature of the New York Times Magazine is a column by Randy Cohen called “The Ethicist,” in which people raise ethical questions to which Cohen provides answers.  The question below is from the column that appeared on April 4, 2003.

               At my high school, various clubs and organizations

               sponsor charity drives, asking students to bring in

               money, food, and clothing.  Some teachers offer

               bonus points on tests and final averages as

               incentives to participate.  Some parents believe

               that this sends a morally wrong message,

               undermining the value of charity as a selfless act. 

               Is the exchange of donations for grades OK?

The practice of offering incentives for charitable acts is widespread, from school projects to fund drives by organizations such as public television stations, to federal income tax deductions for contributions to charities.  In a well-written essay, develop a position on the ethics of offering incentives for charitable acts.  Support your position with evidence from your reading, observation and/or experience.
2 - AP Lang - Tone presentations - B days
3 - AP Lang - Notes - R for W Counsel & Advice -  
                     Chap. 5 & 6 due 11/13
4 - AP Lang - E/L/P presentations begin 10/26
5 - AP Lang EC available - click on EC
                       Do quizzes in "Structural Flaws"

                       Omit 67, 73,74
                       copy and paste to a document 
                       be sure the score shows
                       turn in Monday or Wednesday 

 


1 -  AP Lit - Focus on Wuthering Heights
2 -  AP Lit - In-class rdg - Beowulf
                  
Part 1 text attached here
                   Part 2 text attached here
                   questions attached here
                   family relationships here
3 -  AP Lit - on 10/23 - read "A Rose for Emily"
                  Answer the questions

 
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

The quotation at the top of the page is by Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of The Children’s Defense Fund.