Tuesday, January 14, 2020

**1st/2nd AP/1102 REMINDERS and HW DUE THURS. 1/16; **4th PRE-AP HW DUE WED. 1/15

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**REMINDERS FOR OUR MEETINGS THE REST OF THE WEEK (WEEK #2 UCHS and WEEK #1 YHC)
  • THURS. 1/16: YHC ENG 1102
  • back to REGULAR UCHS SCHEDULE with EARLY RELEASE/FLEX
    • 1st BLOCK begins 7:50am 
    • 2nd BLOCK begins 9:28 am
  • NO CLASS MEETINGS THIS WK. ON WED. 1/15 OR FRI. 1/17!! (*but if you need me/assistance with your extended paragraph rough draft, anything else, etc., I'll be in my room 1st/2nd blocks!)
    • Bring your ENG 1101/AP BINDER from 1st semester daily to class for ENG 1102/AP
    • Have your CHROMEBOOK/LAPTOP with you through our class meetings this week as we work on revising/editing your RHET. ANALYSIS EXT. PARA. #2; *FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE THURS. 1/16*
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      HW DUE THURS. 1/16:

      1) In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, AS YOUR FIRST GRADED ASSIGNMENT/JOURNAL FOR ENG 1102complete **JOURNAL #16: "NEW YEAR, ONE WORD" (*for BOTH 2019 and 2020) (sheet given to you/gone over in class Tuesday/ENG 1102 DAY 1)
      • use my SAMPLE response as a 'guide;' remember the instructions we went over together, tips, how to make the most of this assignment, etc.
      • reminders about sharing typed documents with me to print, PRINTING IN THE LIBRARY BEFORE CLASS!!, HW COMPLETION, COLLEGE COURSE EXPECTATIONS, etc.

      **JOURNAL REMINDERS:
      --**you MUST have a HARD COPY of this for your AP/1101/1102 BINDER and YEAR-LONG JOURNALS due at the end of this semester for a MAJOR GRADE!!
      --typed or written; either is fine!
      --150-200 words MINIMUM for the response
      --answer the qu's with the prompt and/or text in mind
      --BE READY TO SHARE THESE RESPONSES IN CLASS THURSDAY FOR **VALUABLE COURSE DISCUSSION POINTS
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      2) **THE ****FINAL/REVISED**** VERSION of YOUR **SECOND** RHETORICAL ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH IS DUE THURS. 1/16 (**SHARED DOC w/me; NO printed version needed)

      --using all the work we've done in class/discussions from the first TWO WEEKS as well as the INSANELY-DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS, INFORMATION, AND OVER THE PAST WEEK ON THIS BLOG, make sure you've REVISED/EDITED your rhetorical analysis extended paragraph for ONE of the four ANNOTATED RDGs we completed from 1st semester (*AP supplemental section of binder):

      --Jones: "The First Day"
      --Wiesel: Nobel Acceptance Speech  
      --King, Jr. from "I Have A Dream" 
      --Herman: "Prologue" from Coming Out of the Ice




      4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

      READING HW DUE WED. 1/15
      In the dystopian/science fiction novel/la Fahrenheit 451, make sure you've COMPLETELY finished reading PART II ("The Sieve and the Sand") THROUGH pp. 106 [*last page of PART II*] 
      • again, be ready for discussion of what you've thus far read Wednesday, and bring questions you may have about the plot, MAJOR TURNING POINTS in the text, characters, fire/animal imagery, themes, etc.
      • if you'd like, use the 'POST-IT NOTE READING STRATEGY' shown in class to help you with comprehension, organizing your reading/understanding; whatever works best for you!! 
      • **LOOKING AHEAD: BE READY FOR A POTENTIAL READING CHECK/QUIZ over what you've read thus far since you'll be finishing up this book (*PART III*) within the week! 
      • SUGGESTION AS YOU READ: use your F451 Overview/Background CLASS NOTES started/from Tuesday 1/14 to look for specific instances/plot points/themes in the novel that help you understand the text (*as well as our previous notes regarding dystopian literature characteristics)
      • PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 TO CLASS EVERY DAY!

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