Here is the new URL to upload assignments in Quarter 2, 2018-19:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/Hg4bruoSTQat2veeedCr Here it is as a link. Tuesday, November 13: Gatsby Test, Begin Part 2 of They Say/I Say AP Lab: Quiz on rhetorical devices group 1; Introduction of synthesis paper (5 Steps) HW: Device in group 2 for mini-presentation, complete American identity synthesis paper (timed 1 hour) by November 27: Here are additional copies of the prompt and the sources: Columbus, Bradstreet and Taylor, Crevecoeur, and Edwards. Wednesday, November 14: Part 2 of They Say/I Say due Friday, November 16: Paper sequence introduced; how to refine a prompt into a research question; "Prufrock" part 1 in class Tuesday, November 20: Three-Topic Memo Due; Credible vs. non-credible sources; Scholarly vs. general/popular sources; Bring laptops or tablets to class AP Lab: Canceled (St. Cecilia) Thanksgiving Break Tuesday, November 27: Group tentative bibliographies; MLA 8 update and review; prep for field trip AP Lab: American identity synthesis paper due; Devices due (group 2): distinctio, simile, metaphor, analogy, allusion, eponym, sententia, exemplum. HW: Device in group 3 for mini-presentation Wednesday, November 28: Field trip to UMD library; Individual tentative bibliography due by the end of the day; begin reading and annotating sources Friday, November 30: Stasis grid introduced; begin stasis grid using chart or Popplet; Stasis grid workday; continue reading sources Tuesday, December 4: Annotated bibliography introduced (and how copying the abstract is a bad idea); continue reading sources; sample annotated bibliography; sample Popplet stasis grid: example 1, example 2 Lab: Quiz on devices 1-15; Devices due (group 3): Popular Rhetorical Devices: Organization; HW: Devices in group 4 Wednesday, December 5: Vocabulary test; MLA-style simple bibliography due (at least 5 credible sources--AP: 5 scholarly plus any others; Eng 11: at least 2 scholarly); November Vocabulary Test Friday, December 7: Workday for annotated bibliography and stasis grid Here is the template for the Stasis Grid; please adapt box size to your needs. You may also use Popplet, as discussed, which is more adaptable. No handwritten grids will be accepted unless they are poster-sized. Tuesday, December 11 (Really Monday 2nd period and then Tuesday 1st period because of seniors' field trip on Monday): They Say/I Say Part 3 due; Rhetorical analysis introduced Lab: Quiz on devices 1-23; Devices due (group 4): Popular Rhetorical Devices: Style; HW: Devices in group 5 Wednesday, December 12: Annotated bibliography and stasis grid due (extended until Friday) Friday, December 14: (Annotated bib and stasis grid due, per extension) Workday for rhetorical analysis Tuesday, December 18: Informal fallacies; Workday; Checklist for rhetorical analysis Lab: Final quiz on Rhetorical Devices Wednesday, December 19: Workday and conferences, as desired, for rhetorical analysis; "Prufrock" part 1 due (can be extended) Friday, December 21: Rhetorical analysis due Christmas Break AP Lang Winter Reading: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek |