Tuesday, April 18, 2017

HW DUE WED. 4/19

1st/3rd AP LANG 

HW DUE WED. 4/19:

In OGE, read the excerpt from Marx and Engel's The Communist Manifesto (*pp. 466-74)

--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 from today of Plato, Machiavelli, and Freud from the readings you completed over the break. I WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE!



2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**HW DUE WED. 4/19:

1) On MASTER SENTENCE LIST #2 in your WRITING SECTION:

THOUGHTFULLY AND CAREFULLY, follow the model(s) given to you and complete MASTER SENTENCE #4: "Complex/Elaborate"

**CHALLENGE: WHEN COMPLETING YOUR ORIGINAL SENTENCE, FOLLOW THE GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE SENTENCE (*that we roughly outlined in class today) AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

***AND, A WORD TO THE WISE: As you are reminded often TREAT THIS ASSIGNMENT AS AN EXERCISE IN CREATING A "MASTERFUL SENTENCE" (AS THE ASSIGNMENT NAME SUGGESTS)

**IN OTHER WORDS: NO SLACKING!!! MAKE THIS ONE SHINE, MAKE IT POWERFUL, MAKE IT WORTH SHARING WITH THE CLASS, BECAUSE YOU ALL WILL!!!
**AS A DAILY GRADE, YOU CAN EARN UP TO TEN POINTS FOR THIS SENTENCE, SO MAKE THIS COUNT!!! 
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2) In Jon Krakauer's travel essay/book INTO THE WILD, make sure you've read:
--"Author's Note" (**Jon Krakauer--appears before CHAPTER 1)
--CHAPTERS 1 and 2, pp. 3-14

**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!

**ALSO: ALWAYS BE READY FOR GRADED DISCUSSION AND SOME SORT OF POSSIBLE READING QUIZ/CHECK FOR THESE READING ASSIGNMENTS! 
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**3) 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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