Wednesday, April 1, 2020

**ATTENTION ALL: REMINDERS FOR TODAY WED. 4/1 and THURS. 4/2; **4th PRE-AP RDG. HW DUE FRI. 4/3**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION EVERYONE IN AP LANG/ENG 1102: A FEW IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS for today, WED. 4/1:
  • First, Happy April Fool's Day--what does that even mean now? Well, let's explore the past three months of 2020 through a few visuals that just...say it all here on this April FOOLS DAY...a day that's perhaps *not* so unreal???? You decide....
How about celebrating this year with a suitable 2020 commemorative candle?
...or a fashion statement that symbolizes the year? Thanks for this report, MLA peeps...

Or, perhaps you just need a good show to binge-watch (Y'ALL, this one :-O)...




Finally, perhaps you just need to get out for some FRESH AIR.

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IN OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS....
  • unless you OWE ME/NEED TO TURN IN/SUBMIT your LOGICAL FALLACIES ID/EXPLANATION PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT via USATESTPREP (*you few know who you are)....
  • I GOT NOTHING FOR Y'ALL TODAY, 4/1! REST UP FOR ME/MY CLASS
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  • **LOOKING AHEAD FOR TOMORROW THURS. 4/2:
    • we'll be having **TWO IMPORTANT HANGOUTS SESSIONS that I NEED YOU TO COMMIT TO ATTENDING ONE, **PREFERABLY AT THE TIME(-ish) OF YOUR CLASS**
      • 1st HANGOUT SESSION: 9:45am
      • 2nd HANGOUT SESSION: 10:45am
    • **those who *ABSOLUTELY* cannot make it to your session for legit reasons, PLZ CONTACT ME PERSONALLY
    • HOWEVER, LAZY KIDS--YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE--PLZ DON'T FIGHT ME ON THIS: GET. UP. AND. BE. THERE. I WILL NOT SEE YOU ALL AGAIN TIL AFTER BREAK--AND THE REST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN PERSON, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, so... :,-(
    • DURING THIS HANGOUT, YOU'LL BE:
      •  getting some misc. spring break announcements/reminders 
      • AP EXAMS update(s) upcoming FRI. 4/3 
      • quick discussion of yesterday's LOGICAL FALLACIES ID/PRACTICE assignment
      • ...AND, most importantly, you'll receive info/an overview for your LAST AP/1102 ASSIGNMENT BEFORE THE BREAK DUE FRI. 4/3!!!!
  • PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL/TEXTS/MESSAGES/THIS BLOG DAILY!!! CLEAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Y'ALL AND ME--and vice versa--IS KEY IN THIS ALL WORKING WELL! :) 
  • ALSO REMEMBER PATIENCE WITH ME AND TECHNOLOGY! 
    • AND DO. NOT. HESITATE. to get in touch with me if you have questions, concerns, needs, etc.; I cannot help you if I do not know what's going on/how to help! 
    ***AGAIN: CLEAR, CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION IS KEY!***

    LET'S FINISH STRONG BEFORE SPRING BREAK! :)




4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

ATTENTION 4th block; PLEASE READ ALL THIS BELOW CAREFULLY RE: A FEW REMINDERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS & YOUR RDG. HW TO COMPLETE BY FRI. 4/3:

FIRST....
  • A FEW OF YOU still need to complete the GOOGLE HANGOUT CLASS SESSION with me THIS MORNING AT 10:45 (you know who you are/IF I didn't see you yesterday), and you'll get an email invite to that session shortly before 10:45am
  • HAVE YOUR COPY OF THE ROAD WITH YOU AS WE MEET!
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NEXT....
  • **EVERYONE: LOOKING AHEAD FOR TOMORROW THURS. 4/2:
    • FYI: you'll have ONE LAST WEEKLY **WRITTEN/ASSIGNMENT TO SUBMIT that will be posted here and submitted VIA USATESTPREP
      • **more details/info tomorrow posted here 
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AND FINALLY, ALL....

READING ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED FRI. 4/3: 

FOR YOUR 30-45min OF CLASSTIME/LESSON FOR TODAY and through FRI. 4/3, read McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel The Road through pp. 204 [**bottom of the page, ending with "...Okay" (204).] 
  • **Also PLEASE KEEP USING POST-IT NOTES to mark significant plot points, qu's you have, themes, "ah-ha moments," etc. 
--AND NOTE THERE ARE MANY PLOT/SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS "CHUNK" OF ASSIGNED READING; TAKE YOUR TIME, READ CAREFULLY, and CONTINUE TO MAKE POST-IT NOTES ON WHAT YOU READ!


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AS USUAL, GENERAL REMINDERS....
  • PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR EMAIL/TEXTS/MESSAGES/THIS BLOG DAILY!!! CLEAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Y'ALL AND ME--and vice versa--IS KEY IN THIS ALL WORKING WELL! :) 
  • AND REMEMBER PATIENCE WITH ME AND TECHNOLOGY! 
    • AND DO. NOT. HESITATE. to get in touch with me if you have questions, concerns, needs, etc.; I cannot help you if I do not know what's going on/how to help! 
    ***AGAIN: CLEAR, CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION IS KEY!***

    LET'S FINISH STRONG BEFORE SPRING BREAK! :)

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