AP Language and Composition: A Block 12/16/13 Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Pauline R. Kezer

AP Language and Composition: A Block12/16/13Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Pauline R. KezerMeet Ms. PlackowskiNamesWhere are we going and where have we been?RoutinesPoliciesCurriculum

1AP Language and Composition: A Block12/17/13Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

DOL #3Changes and additionsLanguage momentsVocab Day 5 (not 6)Todays topicsVoicePersonaStyleDictionThe rhetorical triangleAnd how they all work together!

Homework for over break: Read Room

Make a list of 3-5 things you did today.Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) about your day so far. Add a few sensory details.Rewrite the paragraph as if you are a little kid telling your parents about your day. Rewrite the paragraph as if you are a college professor talking to other college professors.Rewrite the paragraph as if you are trying to impress a date.What changed each time? What challenges did you encounter? How did the audience change your writing?

2DOL #3having won the game a visit to rays pizza palace was offered to the team by the principlethat husky which is champion is a consistent winner at dog shows but i dont believe it will win tonight

3AP Language and Composition: A Block12/19/13Gathering: what are you doing over break?Language momentsContinue voice activityCreate a mind map or visual representation of how voice, persona, style, diction, the rhetor, the audience, the subject, the intention, and the context work together to influence an authors choices. DOL #4Homework for over break: Read RoomLife is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. Charles Swindoll4DOL #4youre version of ralph waldo emersons essay self reliance is different than mine I wonder why

neither of the events were exciting so we left early then we went to sharons house to play a video game

5AP Language and Composition: A Block12/20/13One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese proverbNo DOLIntroduce book clubBook clubs will be every DAY 3 (this is a change)Do a quick book pitchBooks must be non-fiction for this cycle15 minutes to research booksPresent a non-fiction book you might be interested in reading

By Monday, January 6th: choose a book and a groupBy Thursday, January 9th: have that book in your possession and begin readingBe prepared with reading and your role by Thursday, January 16th.

Book Club Dates:January 16thFebruary 4thFebruary 13thMarch 3rd 6AP Language and Composition Block A1/7/14The greatest barrier to success is fear of failure. Sven Goran ErikksonDOL #5Language momentsVocab: First vocab quiz is Thursday, January 9thTaking Cornell notesHow to write a precisComponents of a precisLook at a sampleRead a review of RoomDetermine main idea, supporting ideasPractice writing your own precis7DOL #5my Uncle and Aunt will unknown to him be surprised next week at an anniversary celebration at the sheldon community centerplease bring this book the scarlet letter to the deans room omar since he needs it

8AP Language and Composition Block A1/9/14Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but the seeds you sow. --Robert FrostDOL #6Language momentsVocab QuizHow to write a precisComponents of a precisLook at a samplePractice writing your own precis in groupsCritique precis

9DOL #6last Summer brian attended a six week course at georgetown university he had morning classes and worked at the chinese embassy every afternoonmy Sister she hasnt never missed mystery a series on Public Television every thursday at 900 PM

10AP Language and Composition Block A1/10/14It is what you read when you dont have to that determines what you will be when you cant help it.Oscar WildeDOL #7Language momentsFinish precis and critiqueMeet with book clubs if needed11DOL #7soccer is different than American football in several ways the shape of the ball the parts of the body used in play and the position of the goals on the fieldthe prices of european imports will raise in the united states prof rossicone states because the value of the dollar has decreased

12AP Language and Composition Block A1/14/14Think before you speak. Read before you think. Fran Leibowitz

DOL #8Language momentsExam prompts and index cards. WebsiteCritical lenses: [Room] can be read through myriad lensespsychological, sociological, political (Bender). What would we talk about if we examined Room through these lenses?PsychologicalSociologicalPoliticalRhetoricalUpcoming due datesBook club: Thursday, 1/16Mid-term: Monday, 1/21Vocab quiz: Monday, 1/2713DOL #8rear window is the more suspenseful movie i have ever saw esther remarks at seans partyAyeesha did you know that the st lawrence seaway connects montreal canada to lake ontario

14AP Language and Composition Block A1/15/14Your heart is a weapon the size of your fist. --graffiti on a wall in Palestine

DOL #10Language momentsHand out index cards / quick questions about midterms?Complete, review, and discuss worksheet from yesterday

Important datesBook club: Thursday, 1/16Exam reviews: today and Friday after school Mid-term: Monday, 1/21Vocab quiz: Monday, 1/2715DOL #10the painting two angels appeared on the Christmas card this greeting was inside holiday joy to you and yours

after rowing to the apostle islands us boys lay in the sun on a beach beside lake superior

16AP Language and Composition Block A1/16/14Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. --Nelson Mandela

DOL #11Language MomentsBook Club

17DOL #11our class will be involved i think in doing a project on the civil war however it is to late to begin this semesterfor you to finish on time your going to have to work hard and meet the scheduled deadline father gascoigne stated

18AP Language and Composition Block A1/27/14Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the promise of progress, in every society, in every family.Kofi AnnanDOL #12Language momentsVocab quiz 8Website, Remind 101, Turnitin.comEnglish class options for next yearReview midterms

19AP Language and Composition Block A1/28/14DOL #12Language momentsNew grading systemRemember to sign up for Remind 101 and Turnitin. Test reminders will be going out this week. You must use your real name.Common problems with midtermsBegin mind mapping: What is Room about?20DOL #12my friends who are Members of the club wants to participate in the Italian festival for additional creditdawn dont have no workbook yet but she can use mine if you dont mind

21New Grading SystemTerm 3Participation: 15%Quizzes: 15%Book Clubs: 20%Papers, tests, homework, miscellaneous: 50%Note: Grade weights for term 4 may change due to the intensive nature of the final project. Students and parents will be notified of this change at the beginning of term 4.

Grades will be based on points, not percentages. For example, a minor homework assignment with ten questions might only be worth ten points, while a major paper might be worth 50 points.

Full Year GradesTerm 1: 22.5%Term 2: 22.5%Term 3: 22.5% Term 4: 22.5%Midterm: 10%22Sample Mind Map

23AP Language and Composition Block A1/31/14If there is a book you want to read, but it hasnt been written yet, you must write it. --Toni Morrison

DOL #13Language momentsCreate large mind maps for Room.

24DOL #13although at least one fourth of our members voted against this here amendment it passed now we have to vote on the amended versionI like these kind of pottery by native americans rita remarked so lets visit more galleries that sell such navajo pottery25