**IMPORTANT UPDATES AND SNOW DAY ASSIGNMENTS/HW DUE MON. 3/2**

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THE NEXT WEEK (**WK #9 MIDTERM UCHS**; WK #8 YHC):

• MON. 3/2: AP/ENG 1102
• TUES. 3/3: AP ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING WED. 3/4: 1st-3rd block SCHOOL-WIDE SAT/TESTING DAY**
• THURS. 3/5: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 3/6**

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**PLEASE READ EVERY PART OF THIS POST BELOW CAREFULLY, 1st/2nd ENG 1102 and AP LANG**

1) FIRST, IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR EVERYONE IN ENG 1102: 

• your ENG 1102 in-class WRITTEN RESPONSE MIDTERM will now take place next MON. 3/2

• PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY! The assignment is ready to go, and all I need is for you all to be present and ready to complete it!

**ALSO: Savannah/Alix (1st) and Nathan (2nd) ENG 1102 ONLY: it is absolutely important that you be in class TUES. 3/3 because YOU THREE will be taking your 1102 MIDTERM that day! 
**HOWEVER, you each are also 100% welcome IF POSSIBLE (I know some of you have other course conflicts) to come to class MON. 3/2 and take this midterm; if not, TUES. 3/3 is the final day to complete it

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2) AND FINALLY, FOR BOTH AP LANG/1102 HW DUE MON. 3/2 (*and TUES. 3/3 for those in 1102 only--NO LATE WORK AND PLEASE DO YOUR BEST ON THIS AS IT IS FOR A SNOW DAY #5-6 AP/1102 GRADE!*):

• over the weekend, use the *CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT PHOTO BELOW taken in ALABAMA 1963 and COMPLETE AN OPTIC VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTO (*I have a nice copy of the photo I was going to give you Thursday in class, but alas, another SUNSHINE--I mean SNOW--day ruined my plans...yes, I just threw that shade...)

--Via Google Images, 27 Feb. 2020. Associated Press photographer Bill Hudson captured this image of Parker High School student Walter Gadsden in Birmingham, AL, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement; the photo was published in The New York Times on May 4, 1963.

• ANNOTATE/MAKE NOTES on a sheet of paper for the image(s) [or print your own; otherwise Monday one provided to you] and APPLY the O.P.T.I.C. ANALYSIS STRATEGY for VISUAL RHETORIC LINKED HERE AS WELL as a reminder/notes for VISUAL RHETORIC analysis

• Once again, note what stands out rhetorically? What's missing? What's present? What do you *assume* based upon this photo? What appeals are present? Body language? Overall themes presented? Connotations based upon the context/time period?

• ALSO, TWO PRO-TIPS BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE HONORS/COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ALL, AND YOU *SHOULD* ALREADY BE DOING THIS STUFF: 

• 1)**IMPORTANT HISTORICAL CONTEXT/TIE-IN: Google Images of “The Foot Soldier of Birmingham” statue in Birmingham created to capture this moment in history; **we’ll be tying this all together Monday in class!

• 2) Some of you have barely 'skimmed' the surface of effort on these OPTIC VISUAL RHETORIC ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENTS, so since this is the THIRD ONE we've completed, I'M TAKING THIS ONE to assess; I'LL APPLY my own assessment of how you do, so BEST EFFORT PLEASE! :-)

**AND FINALLY, TO RECAP THIS OPTIC VISUAL ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT:

• IS DUE MON. 3/2 COMPLETED
• IS FOR BOTH AN AP and ENG 1102 SNOW DAY #5-6 ASSIGNMENT(s) GRADE
• IS FOR A VALUABLE VISUAL/OPTIC DISCUSSION GRADE MON. 3/2 **following your MIDTERM, time permitting (and primarily TUES. 3/3)

• BE READY TO CONTRIBUTE WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND YOUR BEST EFFORTS!

• **NOTE: this piece of visual rhetoric will be accompanied by an important PODCAST following discussion and our analysis/discussion will become the basis for a JOURNAL RESPONSE (**more info TBA) next week

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT UPDATES: PLEASE READ ALL BELOW CAREFULLY SO THAT YOU ARE COMPLETELY PREPARED FOR CLASS MON. 3/2**

1) AS A SNOW DAY #5 ASSIGNMENT GRADE, EVERYONE PLEASE BE READY TO COMPLETE "[not-so] POP" QUIZ #4 first thing Mon. 3/2!

• This 'REVIEW/POP QUIZ #4 is over misc. and tidbits from our readings, writing notes, grammar/mechanics practice sheets, discussions, etc. from the last three weeks or so of class, and will include, but is not limited to:

• using semicolons correctly; using ,FANBOYS correctly
• eliminating passive voice in sentences
• making ANNOTATIONS on texts; how they help with understanding a what we read and then write about
• commonly confused words
• making sentences/ideas parallel (parallel structure)
• evidence of dystopian characteristics in "China's Cram Schools" and "Harrison Bergeron"
• examples of antithesis in "The Pedestrian" 
• KNOW: collectivism, egalitarianism, equality vs. equity

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2) FOR SNOW DAY #6 ASSIGNMENT/GRADE (that you were going to complete this wkend anyway) HW DUE MON. 3/2:

POSTED BELOW, please REVISE AND REWRITE THE PARAGRAPH REVISION/PROOFING PRACTICE SHEET PROVIDED:

"The Old Man and the Drummers" 

(GRAMMAR section of binder) 

• **AS DIRECTED ABOVE AT THE TOP OF THE PRACTICE SHEET ITSELF, EITHER TYPE/PRINT YOUR OWN REVISED COPY OR USE YOUR OWN PAPER TO COMPLETE THE REWRITE**
• **please understand that in order to get credit for this, you NEED TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS and REVISE this by REWRITING/RETYPING THE PASSAGE
• Also, as per usual, I was going to provide you with a PAPER COPY of this assignment in class Friday; because I cannot, it's posted here
• HOWEVER, if you'd like for me to EMAIL you a .pdf copy of this sheet, please message/email/text me; I do not mind at all! 

*Note that this excellent revision exercise involves practice with:  

--SPELLING/USAGE ERRORS

--GRAMMATICAL CONVENTIONS/ERRORS 

--SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS

--SHIFTS IN TENSE ERRORS

**Do your best on this, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS, DO YOUR HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND, and be ready to volunteer your revision suggestions MON. 3/2 IN CLASS FOR PARTICIPATION POINTS!!!

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3) AND FINALLY, don't forget to be prepared AHEAD OF TIME/BEFORE CLASS MON. 3/2 for:

BINDER WRITING SECTION CHECK #1

• this 'IN-CLASS PROGRESS CHECK' is for a MAJOR, FORMAL (and EASY!) grade

• required 'items/sheets' for 1/8 thru 2/26 were displayed on the BIG LIST at front of the room (*16-17 TOTAL ITEMS*)
• **you all were welcomed Wednesday to take a picture of the list if you thought it would help you make sure you have everything you should for this assessment

• NOTE: the grade you earn for this check takes into account organization, completion (*having everything and COMPLETED), and making sure NO OTHER ITEMS are in this WRITING section of your binder

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**ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UPCOMING WEEK IS THE 'HALFWAY MARK' FOR THE UCHS SEMESTER--WEEK 9!!! 

• MORE INFO COMING EARLY NEXT WEEK REGARDING YOUR UPCOMING MAJOR MIDTERM QUIZ--stay tuned!

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AND AS I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR WEEKS NOW, PLEASE BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY! 

• FYI we have one more section of the book to focus on as we finish up discussing the characteristics of DYSTOPIAN SOCIETIES (TBA), then I'll be getting these back from you