**REMINDERS/HW DUE MON. 3/16

1st/3rd AP LANG 

HW DUE MON. 3/16:

In OGE, read Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" (pp. 444-445 OR pp. 488-89)

**THEN, FOR JOURNAL #8 (JOURNAL/WRITING section) EVERYONE COMPLETELY ANSWER QUESTION #2  at the end of the text; HAVE THIS COMPLETED, AS WE WILL DISCUSS YOUR RESPONSES IN CLASS!

**FYI: I WILL BE [literally] CALLING ON 'RANDOMLY CHOSEN' STUDENTS MONDAY TO GIVE THEIR RESPONSES TO THIS JOURNAL #8!

***ALSO, REMINDER FOR MON. 3/16:

In-class--and for an AP exam practice grade--you will be completing HALF of a full-length AP LANG. MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM; 25 qu's (30 minutes)



4th 9th Lit./Comp.

**FOR CLASS MON. 3/16, STUDY FOR BIG QUIZ #3!! 

**STUDY GUIDE: 
--using HYPHENS/DASHES/BRACKETS/PARENTHESIS correctly in sentences (GRAMMAR sheet/binder) 

--SENTENCE TYPES/ERRORS (PRE/POST tests and practice sheet in GRAMMAR section of binder) 

--misc. GRAMMAR TIPS/notes ('GRAMMAR TIPS' sheet/binder) 
--**review of PASSIVE VOICE/'be' VERBS/how to eliminate them (MLA style sheet notes/WRITING section of binder)  

--'PURPOSE' IN WRITING ("Purpose in Writing" practice sheet/WRITING section) 
--SHIFTS IN PERSON/TENSE IN WRITING--how to AVOID/ELIMINATE them ("Shifts in Person" practice sheet in GRAMMAR section) 
--MLA WRITING TIPS: proofreading vs. revision chart, AVOIDING metadiscourse and 'the abyss of incoherence' in writing (MLA style sheet notes/WRITING section of binder) 
--PARALLEL STRUCTURE: how to use it AND how to identify it in writing (practice sheet/GRAMMAR section)
--using COLONS : and SEMICOLONS ; correctly (notes/tips/GRAMMAR section) 
--the FOUR ways to "blend quotes" properly in an essay (MLA style sheet notes/WRITING section of binder) 

--SHORT STORY CHARACTERISTICS (RC "The Cask..."/notes in the story margin) 

--Poe's “The Cask of Amontillado” plot (RC) 

--Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" speech CLOSE READING sheet with notes (NOTES section of binder)