**REMINDERS FOR FRI. 1/31 and ****LOOKING AHEAD TO HW DUE 4th PRE-AP MON. 2/3 and 1st/2nd AP/1102 HW DUE TUES. 2/4

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION, EVERYONE; REMINDERS FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK/BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK (WK #5 UCHS; WK #4 YHC):

• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 1/31**
• **NO CLASS MEETING MON. 2/3**

**PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THESE MEETING DATES, AND PLEASE PLAN TO BE PRESENT NEXT WEEK FOR OUR MEETINGS!!!!

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**IMPORTANT** INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR NEXT 1102/AP CLASS MEETING TUES. 2/4...

• plan to take the next SIX DAYS leading up to class TUES. 2/4 and COMPLETELY FINISH READING your ENG 1102 INDEPENDENT READING, one of the four titles assigned to you:

• Just Mercy, Brian Stevenson (NF)
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexi (CREATIVE NF/MEMOIR)
• The Other Wes Moore, Wes Moore (MEMOIR)
• Educated, Tara Westover (MEMOIR)

• FOR CLASS TUES. 2/4, you can expect the following:
• 1) assemble into "pods"/groups with like-titles for OBSERVED/GRADED DISCUSSION TIME #5/**FINAL DISCUSSION** regarding your text

• 2)**you can also anticipate some sort of SPECIFIC WRITTEN RESPONSE/POSSIBLE JOURNAL DIRECTIVE FOR THE FINAL PORTION OF THIS 1102 DISCUSSION GRADE, so be prepared to write!!!

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR CLASS FRI. 1/31:

**On FRI. 1/31, we will be completing IN CLASS your American Lit./Comp. EOC EXAM PRACTICE CHECKPOINT #1

• IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR CHARGED CHROMEBOOK WITH YOU TO CLASS TO COMPLETE THIS REQUIRED EOC PRACTICE CHECKPOINT

--this practice exam will be given via USATestPrep (*your info/login will be available)

--TWO sections to complete (both MCHOICE and WRITING practice) for a DAILY GRADE

--more info/instructions TBA in class Friday

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**HW DUE MON. 2/3:

The FINAL, REVISED, MLA-style, TYPED copy (*either shared with me OR printed if you want) of your Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis Extended Paragraph Response

--changes/revisions TO BE MADE are based upon our **individual meetings** all this week in class/over the weekend with your *ROUGH DRAFT SHARED COPY 

**REMEMBER: +1pt. BONUS to FINAL DRAFT for bringing a PRINTED COPY to class Monday!
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• ALSO BELOW: CHECKLIST FOR WRITING COMPLETION (to COPY ON CHECKLIST TEMPLATE that WILL BE given to you MON. 2/3 IN CLASS and to TURN IN COMPLETED BY YOU with your FINAL COPY MON. 2/3)

**items on checklist below with **TWO STARS** are to be included on your WRITING CHECKLIST to turn in with FINAL DRAFT

CONTENT: 

**___DID YOU ANSWER THE PROMPT QUESTION??? (audience/purpose/context)

**___ANALYSIS of Montag's CONFLICT, NOT SUMMARY/EVALUATION

**___Use of/explanation of LITERARY DEVICE(s) in text (tone/symbol/imagery/etc.)

**___Writing about literature = PRESENT TENSE VERBS

**___Response AVOIDS METADISCOURSE (and first-/second-person POV)

**___AVOIDS "THE ABYSS OF INCOHERENCE" in the conclusion/ends with the ORIGINAL QUESTION in mind (Montag's internal struggle)
___ONE 8-12 sentence EXTENDED PARAGRAPH response  
___Includes solid TRANSITIONS for writing coherence (at least 2-3)  

MLA FORMAT:

**___Follows all MLA STYLE BASICS for formatting/general rules outlined in class
**___MLA PROPERLY "blended/CITED quotes" (1-2) to back up your assertions (#).

**___Follows 'THIS + NOUN' rule
**___***Within "quotations," the correct use of commas/quotes 
___'Cliche quotes' vs. "textual evidence" (proper format) 

MISC.:

**___AVOIDS USING PASSIVE VOICE (PV)/uses strong POWER VERBS instead

**___AVOID 'LETTER GRADE ERRORS' and PEDANTIC/'flowery' WORDING

**___Corrected ALL ISSUES pointed out by Mrs. Krieger

**___INCLUDES A CORRECT WORK CITED for the novella at the end of the response

___REVISED (ideas) and EDITED (typos) by self/friend before submitting/ALL ROUGH DRAFT(S) IN WRITING SECTION OF YOUR BINDER

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY!