Final Week of Class!!!!

Tuesday, June 7th... class time will be spent working on this final assignment: The paper MUST be typed... 12 pt. font, double spaced, Times New Roman.

Wednesday, June 8th... present film or turn in paper. ***LAST day to turn in community service.*

Friday, June 10th... Movie day or study hall.

NO AP English class the final week of school: June 13-17

The Shining... Film Study Assignment Options

Choose one: Due Wednesday, June 8th.

- In a group, create a movie trailer that includes symbolism, imagery, music, and captures the overall mood of The Shining. It needs to be between 1-3 minutes and should exhibit quality and precise editing.

- In a well-written AP-style essay, analyze the director's use of sound, color, camera angles, and symbolism to convey a message.

AP Tips and Strategies...

The links below contain great pieces of advice... READ them...  follow them... they will help!

https://www.learnerator.com/blog/ap-english-language-tips/#frq

http://www.rcsdk12.org/cms/lib04/NY01001156/Centricity/Domain/4932/multiple-choice%20strategies.pdf

Friday, April 22nd- May 6th Schedule

April 22nd: 

1) Groups will present community service speeches: 20 minutes

2) Groups will grade AP practice test and South African synthesis essays and discuss: 25 minutes

3) Socratic seminar about Part I of Brave New World (first 94 pages): 25-30 minutes

4) Over the break, read through the end of Chapter 8. (p.139)


Tuesday, May 3rd 

1) We WILL have a timed writing essay on Tuesday, May 3rd over Brave New World.

2) You will then present your community poster/propaganda flyer after the essay.

Wednesday, May 4th

1) Community service video presentations- 30-35 minutes

2) Practice AP persuasive timed writing- 40 minutes

Friday, May 6th

***Community Service Fair: 2:15-3:30

Community Service Timeline

- Outline- Wednesday, April 20th- Typed

- Speech- Friday, April 22nd- Performed in class and typed copy turned in

- Propaganda Poster/Flyers- Tuesday May 3rd- Presented in class

- Video- Wednesday, May 4th- Presented in class

- Fair- Friday, May 6th

- Completion of service by June 6th

Community Service Project 2016

Community Service Project

2015-2016 Persuasion and Propaganda

This is designed to function as an expansion project for a persuasion, argument, and propaganda unit. It touches on several objectives: rhetorical appeals, figurative language, types of propaganda, media and technology, and formal persuasive speaking. The Fair will take place Friday, May 6^th from 12:40-2:00. The full lesson is below. 

The Research and Academic Portion: Suggested start date- mid April

1)      Student groups will research an immediate need in the city of Fes or in neighboring communities.

a.       Trash pick-up or environmental issues

b.      Children and families without homes or basic necessities

c.       Special-needs children

d.      Terminally ill

e.      Jobless individuals

f.        Educational supplies for children in need

g.      Etc.

2)      They will present a formal written report detailing their cause and their plan of action. This can be done in outline or essay form, but it must include specifics: who, what, when, where, why, and how. It must also include a well-thought out plan that will address exactly what they plan to do, who can be involved, and how they plan to carry out their service.

3)      Students will create a propaganda poster that appeals to emotion, and logic, while establishing why it is a credible cause. It should also include an official call to action for the public.

4)      Students will create a propaganda video, incorporating music and quality editing promoting service to their cause.

5)      Finally, students will write a persuasive speech with a call to action. It needs to incorporate proper, appropriate, and powerful writing to encourage an audience to help your group with a worthy cause. They will present this in front of their class.

The Fair: May 6^th from 12:40-2:00

1)      Student groups will set up tables with their flyers and videos and speak to visitors about their cause and how they can help. They can use portions of their speeches to assist with what to say.

a.       Elementary will visit between 12:50-1:20

b.      MS/HS will visit between 1:20-1:50

c.       1:50-2:00 student groups will clean up their tables

Completion of Service

1)      Students have from May 6^th-June 6^th to complete their service activity.

a.       They can provide pictures, official letters, or certificates of completion

AP Reading List Link

There are several links to recommended books for AP. Below are a couple. The first link also tells you the years that book was referenced or used on an AP test:

http://www.eaprep.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_132773/File/APLitBookList.pdf

file:///C:/Users/Trisha/Downloads/AP%20Suggested%20Reading%20List%20(2).pdf

Since I've been teaching here, students in my various classes have read several of these books: Into the Wild, Jane Eyre, In Cold Blood, The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Angela's Ashes, The Odyssey, Of Mice and Men, The Crucible and more.

We will also read Brave New World this year, and you are encouraged to read Wide Sargasso Sea.

Reading is FUN!!!