**NO SCHOOL MON. 2/17** ***IMPORTANT REMINDERS/HW DUE TUES. 2/18***

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK (**WK #7 UCHS**; WK #6 YHC):

• **NO SCHOOL MON. 2/17; PRESIDENT'S DAY**
• TUES. 2/18: AP/ENG 1102
• WED. 2/19: AP/ENG 1102
• THURS. 2/20: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 2/21**

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**AP LANGUAGE STUDENTS--STILL GETTING THERE ASAP!!!: 

• If not done already, I'LL HAND BACK/GO OVER YOUR GRADED/SCORED AP LANG EXAM RHET. ANALYSIS TIMED PRACTICE RESPONSES
• **I'll also be giving back your graded JOURNAL #17 *PART I (*2nd block only) OPTIC of Vietnam Vet photo and *PART II (*both) RE: NORMAN MORRISON evaluation PROSE v. POETRY rhetorical appeal response

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FINALLY, EVERYONE 1102/AP FOR CLASS TUES. 2/18: 

**THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT PRESENT THURS. 2/13 WILL BE PRESENTING YOUR ENG 1102 INDEPENDENT READING GROUP "MINI LESSON"

• BE PREPARED, and make sure everyone has their binder, presentation notes, etc., as well as your PRESENTATION EVALUATION NOTES for each group you began in class THURS. 2/13; THESE WILL BE TURNED IN AS A PART OF YOUR GRADE!!!

• 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)

****ENGLISH 1102 GRADED GROUP "INDEPENDENT READING MINI LESSON" INSTRUCTIONS REQUIREMENTS**** 

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE OVER-ARCHING QUESTIONS/'BIG IDEAS' TO GUIDE THIS MINI PROJECT:

• ASK YOURSELVES AS YOU CREATE THIS LESSON: 
• What do we want others to know about this book? (**consider the AUDIENCE/PURPOSE/CONTEXT of this lesson presentation!)

• What important points, themes, lessons, character traits, observations, etc. come forth from our reading? 

• How best can we produce and present a 10-12 minute presentation that shows our audience the points we want others to entertain/be aware of within this book?

• groups of NO MORE THAN FOUR (4); EVERYONE must have some sort of speaking part for this lesson

• DO NOT MERELY SUMMARIZE THE PLOT OF YOUR BOOK IN THIS PRESENTATION!! (*you can, however, have ONE SLIDE/'AREA' of your presentation that gives some *BASIC* summary for introduction of your lesson points)

• this "MINI LESSON" should be delivered to your audience (me/the rest of our ENG 1102 class) via some sort of VISUAL PRESENTATION; choose either: 
• a SLIDE/PPT/PREZI presentation shared with me to project on the overhead (*depending on group size, 4-8 slides--just make sure you cover everything in your lesson)
• a "THUMBNAIL" HARD COPY to present to each person in the class (i.e., MAKE COPIES) as well as share with me to project on the overhead
• a POSTERBOARD presentation that is readable and neatly put together

• MUST INCLUDE "TEXT EVIDENCE" from your book to back up your assertions/themes/ideas you are conveying to your audience (#).

• plan on 10-12 minutes for your group lesson/presentation, and I'll be asking questions as you present
• **NOTE: embedded videos/interviews/etc. should exceed no more than 2-3 minutes of the presentation

• AT THE END/BOTTOM OF YOUR GROUP PRESENTATION, INCLUDE A CORRECT/ACCURATE 8th ed. MLA WORKS CITED LIST OF the following TWO (2) sources:
•  your BOOK TITLE (citation for "Book with One Author")
• **[at LEAST] ONE OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCE TO ADD TO YOUR RESEARCH TO ADD TO THE TOPIC YOU FOCUSED ON IN YOUR BOOK (**see me for approval as well!)
• *USE THE PURDUE OWL (*linked listed on the right side of this blog) for correct MLA citation information

• IMPORTANT MINI LESSON GRADING NOTES: 
• as each group presents, the rest of the class will be evaluating their presentation and ask questions they may have; **THESE WRITTEN EVALUATIONS MADE BY EACH STUDENT FOR EACH PRESENTATION WILL BE TURNED IN TO ME AFTER EVERY PRESENTATION HAS BEEN MADE, AND THEY COUNT TOWARD YOUR GRADE!
• Additionally, at the close of the presentations, each of you will complete a *WRITTEN EVALUATION OF EACH OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS MINI LESSON (*only seen by me/private); THESE GROUP MEMBER EVALUATIONS WILL ALSO COUNT TOWARD YOUR GRADE FOR THIS PRESENTATION

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE TUES. 2/18:

Given to you in class either THURS. 2/13 OR FRI. 2/14 (multi-paged packet/NOTES section of binder),

1) CAREFULLY read Vonnegut's dystopian short story "Harrison Bergeron" (**take note of author info/background/our brief pre-reading discussion from class when you received the story) 

2) After closely reading the text, use the story to 

• answer thoroughly (at least two sentences each!) the SEVEN (7) QUESTIONS at the end 
• you MAY WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE PAPER PROVIDED!

**...and just in case, here is a LINK to the short story online:
"Harrison Bergeron" -Vonnegut

**PLEASE REMEMBER: you are part of a PRE-AP/HONORS course. You have A LOOONG WEEKEND to complete this reading/assignment. Be prepared to FULLY DISCUSS the details/plot/themes/insights of this story Tuesday in class AS WELL AS share your answers to the seven reading check questions at the end!

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PLEASE BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY! 

• *if I have not already, next week I will take note of any POST-IT NOTES you may have for the text for BONUS PTS. toward your WKLY CCR GRADE 
• also, 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