Wednesday, April 26, 2017

HW DUE THURS. 4/27

1st/3rd AP LANG 

HW DUE THURS. 4/27:

EVERYONE, click the links below, and DO. NOT. FORGET TO READ:

1) Please CAREFULLY read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" using this LINK: 

"The Yellow Wallpaper"

2) THEN, after reading her text, read her afterward titled "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'"/LINK: 

"Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" 

***THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL REPRESENT NOT ONLY A DISCUSSION GRADE THURS. 4/27, but also for ANOTHER "ASSIGNMENT" TBA IN THE GRADEBOOK, SO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE!!!!
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IMPORTANT!!! DUE THURS. 4/27:

YOUR SEMESTER JOURNALS #1-14, ARE DUE TO ME IN THE ORDER BELOW, NUMBERED, COMPLETE, FOR A TEST GRADE (!!!) by 1:15 p.m. THURSDAY AFTERNOON: NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!

JOURNAL #1: Susan Sontag QUOTE RESPONSE
JOURNAL #2: IN-CLASS Herman "Prologue RESPONSE/graded
JOURNAL #3: Eisenhower Quotes x2 COMPARATIVE RESPONSE
JOURNAL #4: IN-CLASS Woolf and Queen Elizabeth I TEXT ANALYSIS COMPARATIVE RESPONSE 
JOURNAL #5: OGE Orwell "Politics..." Qu RESPONSE
JOURNAL #6: OGE Lincoln "Gettysburg..." Qu RESPONSE
**JOURNAL #7: **MIDTERM IN-CLASS Morrison texts x2 CHOICE RHETORICAL/PERSONAL RESPONSE/graded
JOURNAL #8: NYT Upfront "Fake News" article Qu RESPONSE
JOURNAL #9: OGE Orwell "Shooting an Elephant" OGE QU-CHOICE RESPONSE
JOURNAL #10: IN-CLASS Clinton speeches x2 ARG. RESPONSE/graded
JOURNAL #11: Hurston "How It Feels..." METAPHORICAL EVALUATION RESPONSE
JOURNAL #12: IN-CLASS AP LANG. EXAM 'short' 'advertisements' ARGUMENTATIVE PROMPT RESPONSE/graded
JOURNAL #13: IN-CLASS OGE Freud/Machiavelli/Plato Qu RESPONSE/graded
JOURNAL #14: OGE Swift or Brady CREATIVE CHOICE Qu SATIRICAL RESPONSE


2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE THURS. 4/27:

1) Tonight, COMPLETE JOURNAL #9: LIST OF THREE FAVORITE APHORISMS (WRITING section)
--Review the definition of APHORISM from your LIT. TERMS GLOSSARY list (NOTES section)

--CHOOSE THREE you particularly like and EITHER TYPE and PRINT or WRITE THEM DOWN to share in class THURS. 4/27!

**Here is a link for a site with APHORISMS...but there are many more!
APHORISMS GALORE
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**HW DUE FRI. 4/28:

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

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