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!!!

Synthesis Essay Due Tuesday...

Using the two articles I gave you in class, construct a well-written essay defending, challenging or qualifying the following prompt: The insanity plea is a necessary and valid component of the justice system.

Your essay must have a thesis statement, clear arguments and analysis, and you must cite your sources.

Literary Devices Link

http://literarydevices.net/

This is a great source for studying literary devices and their meaning.

Writing for Jane Eyre: Money Matters and Flirtation

Example:

      Her nails dug into the flesh of her palms as her hands lay clenched at her waist. Jane, braided chestnut hair wrapped tightly around her head, stood proudly at her master’s feet.  Rochester’s eyes flitted to the one slight strand of hair that tickled her cheek, clenched his jaw and inhaled, then returned Jane’s stoic gaze. The breeze that once carelessly fluttered through the room, ceased to flow, leaving the air heavy; hovering at the very surface of the words they spoke.

      Though larger in both stature and height, Rochester and Jane appeared equals in this moment, and as Jane raised her chin, it became difficult to distinguish who employed whom.

     “What do you mean you’ll be leaving? Why? What do you owe these people who cast you out and left you to rot?”

     Jane’s brow furrowed, and her chin raised higher. “Her son is dead, sir, he ruined himself, and his mother is drowning in sorrow. She is my aunt, and I must tend to her.”

     Rochester’s shoulders abruptly turned away in aggravation, but his head and stormy eyes remained fixed on Jane; their darkness looming into the pearlescent light of hers. “How long will you be gone?”

    “Two weeks, sir.”

     The words had barely escaped her lips, before lines of outrage and something else… desperation, perhaps… creased Rochester’s reddened face as he growled, “Unacceptable! No! I forbid it. You mustn’t stay gone so long.”

      It was the last sentence that betrayed his anger. You mustn’t stay gone so long. It was not a demand, no, it was a plea, and its intensity struck Jane to her very core. Her hands wrung around themselves as she struggled to maintain her composure; sure the manic beating of her heart could be felt pulsating throughout the stagnant air.

    

Part III: Video... NEW DUE DATE: March 9th

Step 3: Due Wednesday, March 9th

-      Create a music video or short film that incorporates a song and symbolic images to highlight and represent your mental health issue. 

      - You will be graded on quality, interpretation, content, and use of imagery.

      - Download your video ahead of time, so Internet won't be an issue.

Jane Eyre Reading Schedule

By each date, you need to have read up to the indicated chapter. Though the mid-term and final are in bold, there may be pop quizzes and/or other assignments based on the book throughout the unit, so please maintain a regular reading schedule.

March 1st: Chapter 8

March 8th: Chapter 19

March 15th: Chapter 28

March 18th: Friday, Mid-term on Jane Eyre

March 22nd: Chapter 34

March 24th: Finish the book

March 29th: Final Exam on Jane Eyre

Part II

Step 2: Due Feb. 17th

-Write a 2 page dialogue/cartoon that incorporates conflict and drawings or images

-One version will be written between two “sane” people.

-The second version will be written with one of the characters being afflicted with your researched mental issue

-You will annotate your dialogue and images to indicate how the changes represent that issue

Part I: Mental Health and Psychosis Research Paper

Step 1: Due Feb. 12th

-Write a 3-5 page research paper about a specific type of mental health/ psychosis issue.

-Symptoms, causes, treatments, interesting cases, examples, etc.

-Formal MLA citations and bibliography

-Purdue Owl MLA Resource:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Thesis statement and body paragraph practice

  EXAMPLE thesis statement and first body paragraph for the prompt: "Appearance is truth."

In many cases, appearance is a critical determining factor of what is true, especially regarding employment, educational, and relational outreach, and though many may say the “real” truth lies beneath the surface, it is often appearance, alone, that is ever witnessed, and therefore, is the only “truth” a person will ever know.

               When applying for university admission, the opportunities for face to face, in-depth interaction are rare and often limited in scope. Online applications, email correspondence, and resumes are judged and critiqued with nothing else to go on but what appears before them on their computer screen or desk, and those judgments lead to decisions that could ultimately have a massive impact on a student’s life. For example, one of the most gifted students in the 2015 graduating class submitted an online application, and after it was submitted, this student realized there were several errors in both grammar and structure. Ultimately, the university was forced to base their decision on the “truth” presented to them, and the student was not accepted. It could be argued that the application wasn’t an accurate representation of that student, but the truth of the matter is, it was the only representation the student chose to give, and therefore, from the university’s standpoint, a “true” reflection.

*** This is not an example of a complete essay... just the first two paragraphs.***

Jane Eyre Mental Heath/ Psychosis Expansion Project

Purdue Owl MLA Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Persuasion PPT and CSI Project Reminders

file:///C:/Users/Trisha/Desktop/Persuasion%20Invasion.pdf

You will have a timed writing Wednesday and a test over part II of ICB on Friday.

CSI: ALL groups must be ready to present on Tuesday morning. However, one member from each group will come to my office Monday after school to draw a presentation day.

Read the instructions carefully, and make sure your group focuses on QUALITY! Regarding the persuasive speech... if it helps, think of it like a lawyer's closing argument. If your group feels it is obvious the suspect did it... persuade the class that he/she is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is a question as to who did it, or if there are multiple suspects, your speech should address that aspect as well.