HW DUE FRI. 4/28

1st/3rd AP LANG 

**NO HW DUE FRI. 4/28!!

**FRI. 4/28 is "Senior Skip Day"** 

**ATTENTION: PLEASE, PLEASE BE IN CLASS NEXT WEEK, Mon. 5/8 through Fri. 5/12, for the beginning of "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN:" 
--JOURNALS #1-14 graded/back to you
--"The Yellow Wallpaper" MChoice EXTRA CREDIT Qu's
--**AP LANG EXAM "SYNTHESIS ESSAY" PRACTICE for a grade
--**AP LANG EXAM 'FULL'/60min. MCHOICE PRACTICE for a grade
--**[info/explanation/due date for] AP LANG FINAL EXAM PROJECT: GROUP ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 
--**final prep/overview for AP LANGUAGE EXAM on WED. 5/10**
NOTE: THE ASSIGNMENTS YOU MISS ABOVE MARKED WITH **TWO ASTERISKS** ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE UP! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!**

**SENIORS: READ/KEEP UP WITH YOUR SENIOR CALENDAR DATES and EOC/AP EXAM DATES!

**AND, FINALLY; ANYONE/EVERYONE, DO NOT FORGET TO GET BACK TO ME ASAP:
--One Hundred Great Essays (OGE) anthology
--my checked-out books from the back of my room
--AP Exam Princeton Review books
--anything else/misc. you may have borrowed from me during this semester
--**ALSO: PAY ALL YOUR FINES. LUNCH $$. TURN IN UNIFORMS. etc. etc.
...OR NO CAP AND GOWN/NO ULYMPICS 5/19!!! 

2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE FRI. 4/28:

--FIRST: from the choice of four Upfront Magazine issues you were given Thurs. 4/27, CHOOSE ONE of the last page "Debate" section topics to complete your OWN FOUR or FIVE- (4-5) paragraph  INFORMATIONAL/EXPLANATORY ESSAY RESPONSE in which you EXPLAIN THE VIEWS of BOTH SIDES of the issue/topic presented 
--The FOUR Upfront edition issue choices you were given to choose your response to:
--"Should Young People Be Allowed To Do Extreme Sports?" (2/8/16)
--"Should There Be a Fee on Plastic Bags?" (9/19/16)
--"Should College Athletes Be Paid?" (3/13/17)
--"Are We Too Wired?" (4/24/17)

--SECOND: to compose your essay response, log on to USATESTPREP, and complete/SUBMIT this response in the posted assignment titled: "American Lit. EOC/Milestones INFORMATIONAL ESSAY RESPONSE PRACTICE"

**here is a link to a sample/model student response informational essay with TWO sources to incorporate into the essay; **SCROLL TO pp. 38-39 FOR THE SAMPLE ESSAY!! (**TOP score: 7/7 on the rubric): 
EOC/MILESTONES SAMPLE STUDENT INFORMATIONAL WRITING RESPONSE  
 
**PLEASE NOTE!!! Since you will be asked to complete either an INFORMATIONAL or ARGUMENTATIVE prompt CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE on the EOC WRITING PORTION TUES. 5/2, this assignment will count FOR A GRADE, and you will be turning this response into an ARGUMENTATIVE one over the weekend (*more info in class Friday!)

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2) In Jon Krakauer's travel essay/book INTO THE WILD, make sure you have read:
--CHAPTERS 8, 9, and 10 

**And everyone be ready for DISCUSSION of what you read RE: the THREE OTHER ADVENTURERS Krakauer compares McCandless to/against in these chapters!

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**ALSO, don't forget the following opportunity for EXTRA CREDIT to complete by TUES. 5/2 (*your American Lit./Comp. EOC DAY 1)  
--USATESTPREP American Lit./Comp. EOC practices
***ONE (1) EXTRA CREDIT POINT EARNED FOR EACH AND EVERY 'PRACTICE' YOU COMPLETE THOROUGHLY ON USATESTPREP!!!
--DIRECTIONS were shown/given in class on how/where to complete these--SEE ME if you have qu's