Wednesday, April 19, 2017

HW DUE THURS. 4/20

1st/3rd AP LANG 

HW DUE THURS. 4/20

In OGE, read Langston Hughes' personal essay "Salvation" (*pp. 348-51) and BE PREPARED FOR AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION!
**HINT: let the questions at the end of the text guide you for discussion purposes! 

--**ALSO make sure you've read MARX/ENGELS excerpt from THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (pp. 466-74) for DISCUSSION
**HERE AGAIN IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE TEXT FROM PHILOSOPHY BRO SITE
from The Communist Manifesto -Marx/Engels via PHILOSOPHY BRO 

**AGAIN, REMEMBER: there is NO required written response right now for this reading, BUT we will be using the questions at the end of the text to GUIDE our IN-CLASS GRADED discussion, ***and we will continue discussion over the next few days of Freud, Plato, Machiavelli, and Marx from the readings you completed over the break. I WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE!



2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**HW DUE THURS. 4/20:

1) In the same style/understanding as your MASTER SENTENCES, complete the CREATIVE WRITING assignment given to you (WRITING section):
**“MASTER PARAGRAPH #1” (**ONLY! NOT #2!)
**use the sheet with the To Kill a Mockingbird 'model paragraph' and my own model to create your own (Lee 6).  
**USE VISUAL IMAGERY, SIMILES, METAPHORS, ETC, for DESCRIPTION!!
**choose A PLACE/SETTING for the subject of your master paragraph

**some place familiar/inviting? Memorable? Unforgettable? YOU CHOOSE, and use Lee's paragraph (and MINE!) as YOUR GUIDE!
**use the FIVE SENSES. BE BOLD, NOT BORING!!
**BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR "SETTING MASTER PARAGRAPH CREATIONS" IN CLASS TOMORROW!
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2) BY FRI. 4/21, in Jon Krakauer's travel essay/book INTO THE WILD, make sure you've read:
--BOTH CHAPTERS 3 and 4

**NOTE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT 'SHORTAGE' OF COPIES OF INTO THE WILD, I will keep you updated on any changes to the reading schedule on here and in class!

**ALWAYS BE READY FOR GRADED DISCUSSION AND SOME SORT OF POSSIBLE READING QUIZ/CHECK FOR THESE READING ASSIGNMENTS! 
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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

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