Thursday, April 30, 2020

**ATTENTION EVERYONE/ALL CLASSES: READ CAREFULLY FOR ASSIGNMENTS/REMINDERS FOR THURS. 4/30**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION ALL, AP LANG/ENG 1102 

***THURS. 4/30 IMPORTANT REMINDERS/UPDATES through FRI. 5/1:*** 
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1) FIRST THING, EVERYONE IN APLANG (*basically, everyone except Alix/Savannah/Nathan):
I NEED YOU TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW:

  1. go to Google Classroom on your student email account and
  2. JOIN MY CLASSROOM
"MRS. KRIEGER'S SPRING 2020 COURSES"
    • the JOIN CODE IS: ledir7l (<< 'l' as in "line")
  • WHY ARE YOU JOINING THIS? Because in order to complete your REQUIRED FINAL PROJECT ASSESSMENT next MON. 5/4-WED. 5/6, you'll need GOOGLE CLASSROOM ACCESS b/c this is where you'll SUBMIT YOUR COMPLETED PROJECT
    • **Dario, you've already joined my Classroom, so you are the only one who doesn't need to complete this step!

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2) IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
Here ONCE AGAIN is your AP/ENG1102 *continuing* SCHEDULE for the last week of this semester
  • **WEEK OF MON. 4/27 (FINALS WK for YHC & last regular work week BEFORE FINAL EXAM PROJECT for UCHS)
    • MON. 4/27-FRI. 5/1ALL AP/ENG 1102 STUDENTS (*except Josie): Read, read, read ALL WEEK in Americanah to finish the novel for your YHC ENG1102 WRITTEN FINAL EXAM RESPONSE QUESTION THAT WILL BE DUE SUNDAY, 5/3 (*more FINAL EXAM info TOMORROW, FRI. 5/1--FOR NOW, JUST KEEP READING!!)
    • MON. 4/27-FRI. 5/1ALL AP/ENG1102 STUDENTS (*except Alix Sherry and Nathan; you completed this exact assmnt. in APLang last year): work on APLang/ENG 1102 GROUP ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY to submit FRI. 5/1
      • simple instructions; will be easy to complete if you follow instructions b/c you've already done most of this throughout the semester--you'll just organize/type up the info in a shared doc this week to submit; more info/groups TBA next week
  • Alix Sherry, Savannah D, Nathan: your LAST DAY/FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT FOR ENG1102 IS SUN. 5/3, so MAKE SURE you complete your final exam Americanah question response no later than 5/3!!!!

  • **WEEK OF MON. 5/4 (FINAL EXAM PROJECT WEEK for UCHS)
    • MON. 5/4-WED. 5/6: ALL APLang STUDENTS, REGARDLESS of whether or not you're taking the exam, you are REQUIRED to use these THREE DAYS to work on:
      • finish reading Americanah
      • getting your APLANG YEAR-LONG JOURNALS together; **SPECIFICALLY FROM S2, I need to PHYSICALLY SEE J#15 through #21, completed in class OR for HW HARD COPY prior to going online) for a VISUAL GRADE (*more info and a list of what each of these journals were TBA) 
      • COMPLETING BY YOUR *LAST DAY OF CLASS, WED. 5/6* the APLANG UCHS FINAL EXAM PROJECT via GOOGLE SLIDES (*more in-depth info TBA, but just know it'll be tied to RHETORICAL ANALYSIS PRACTICE of some sort)
      • THURS. 5/7 and FRI. 5/8: TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAYS where I'll be SCORING/GRADING your APLang FINAL EXAM PROJECT
        • by 3:30 pm FRI. 5/8, you'll all know your "grade" in the class and can individually determine whether or not you want to **continue working on the project OR work toward proficiency/improving your grade (**see Mr. Hussion's end of year memo)
        • ***for the seven of you NOT taking the APLang exam: if you "Meet Proficiency" and are happy with your grade, you will be "done" with APLang on FRI. 5/8***
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    • ***WEEK OF MON. 5/11: REVIEW WEEK FOR APLang EXAM TAKERS***
      • we'll meet 2-3 times this week to go over at-home online testing procedures one last time, review, and complete one last 45min. rhetorical analysis practice essay [scored by me w/feedback] tied to what you already completed on the APLang FINAL EXAM PROJECT
      • **REMEMBER: in order to receive the APLang course grade incentive I promised if you take the exam, you MUST complete this REVIEW WEEK prior to the APLang EXAM ON WED. 5/20 @2pm (*more info to come in the following weeks)

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    3) NOW, ATTENTION ENG 1102 STUDENTS (**everyone but Josie):

    ***EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP READING AMERICANAH!!! (UPDATE THURS. a.m. 4/30: Reading into CH. 39, and will hopefully finish before you all by Friday!!!)***
    • REMEMBER: PART OF YOUR ENG 1102 FINAL EXAM IS A WRITTEN RESPONSE OF SOME SORT RE: THE NOVEL/THEMES and ideas/character traits at play/being explored (**<

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      4) !!!!IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT FOR EVERYONE DUE COMPLETED FRI. 5/1 (**except for Alix S. and Nathan)!!!! 
      • AS INTRODUCED TO YOU MON. 4/27 DURING THE WKLY HANGOUT SESSIONS, FOR THIS WEEK YOU ALL WILL BE COMPLETING YOUR LAST "REGULAR-WEEK" ASSIGNMENT FOR APLang/ENG1102
      DUE COMPLETED/ONE GROUP DOCUMENT SHARED WITH ME FRIDAY 5/1 BY 6pm:

      YOUR FINAL *GROUP* PROJECT 
      "AP LANG/ENG1101-02 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
      (*8th edition, MLA style; see more details below)
        • ***AGAIN, THIS COMPLETED DOCUMENT IS DUE FRIDAY, MAY 1st @6pm shared with me*** 
          • ONE COMPLETED/REVISED GROUP DOCUMENT shared with me via email!
        YOU ALL WERE INFORMED ABOUT THIS FINAL ASSIGNMENT (*overview, definitions, its purpose, the END GOAL, MODELS from past years' groups, etc.) IN the HANGOUT SESSION MON. 4/26**
        • you'll have THE REST OF THIS WEEK to work on this through 5/1 @6pm
        • DO NOT SHARE WITH ME TO REVISE AHEAD OF TIME; I will look at VERY SPECIFIC Qu's you may have 
        • I suggest you go ahead and as soon as you see who's in your group, you all email, text, etc. to start working on this important **MAJOR LAST ASSIGNMENT FOR BOTH APLang and ENG 1102**
        • ASK QUESTIONS!! Email/text/message me with ANY CONCERNS OR QU's you may have
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        **Here also is a link to the PURDUE OWL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY INFO/EXAMPLES 
        • THIS FINAL, SHARED GROUP-EFFORT DOCUMENT is 10% of your FINAL COURSE GRADE and will be graded VERY STRICTLY for grammar, MLA style, revision accuracy, typos, etc.!!!
        • IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK SOONER THAN LATER!!!
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        1st APLang/ENG1101-02 ANNBIB GROUPS
        • **Mollie Jean, Xander, Savannah, Macy (**GROUP: let Savannah contribute one of the *last two* 2nd semester ANNBIB sources/writings/journals**) 
        • **Hannah Todd, Summer, Christian, Edie
        • Chloe, Jordan, Ashley, Jenna, Dario 
        • **Allison, ThomasJaden, Hannah Patterson
          • **groups with FOUR people: you still will need FIVE entries in your ANN. BIB.; just have someone submit TWO pieces for the document; you all decide!

        2nd APLang/ENG1101-02 ANNBIB GROUPS
        • Aliceyn, Payton, Orlando, Allie, Lindsay
        • Hannah Patton, Mackenzie, Kody, Jade, Jordan
        • **Josie, Daniel, Morgan, Alyssa
          • **group with FOUR people: you still will need FIVE entries in your ANN. BIB.; just have someone submit TWO pieces for the document; you all decide!

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        **ATTENTION BOTH 1st and 2nd blocks: THE FIVE (5) REQUIRED "ENTRIES" on your GROUP ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ***FROM YOUR PREVIOUSLY-WRITTEN/TYPED VERSIONS OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS*** to *assign*/divide up among group members:

        **in 8th ed. MLA style, ABC order, 12pt TNR/Calibri font are:
        • **READ THE TUES. 4/28 GROUP TEXT I SENT YOU ALL RE: the correct TITLE for your GROUP ANNBIB
        • *from The Things They Carried (*1st semester AP/ENG1101): ONE rhetorical analysis extended paragraph response [*REVISED/**ADD "CHAPTER NAME"; see sample last year's ANNBIB posted here]

        • *from one of the following annotated texts [MLK, Jr.; Herman; Wiesel; or Jones] (*READ 1st semester AP/ENG1101 THEN WROTE/ANALYZED JAN. 2nd semester*): ONE rhetorical analysis extended paragraph responses to the text [*REVISED] 

        • from JOURNAL #13 (*1st semester AP/ENG1101): ONE OGE rhetorical analysis response to Q#2 in the text RE: Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" [*REVISED IF NEEDED] 

        • from BEFORE ONLINE LEARNING/JANUARY: IN-CLASS JOURNAL #17 PART II (**2nd semester AP/ENG1102): ONE RHETORICAL response to either the "Norman Morrison" poem or "The Pacifists" NF Time article [*REVISED/ELIMINATE 'I'/1st person!]

        • from ONLINE LEARNING WEEKS; JOURNAL #23 (**2nd semster AP/ENG1102): ONE argument/analysis response to the CLINTON SPEECHES x2 EFFECTIVENESS and FALLACY ID/EXPLANATION [*REVISED/ELIMINATE 'I'/1st person!]
          • **^^READ THE TUES. 4/28 GROUP TEXT I SENT YOU ALL RE: the correct way/instructions on how to complete this ANNBIB ENTRY 

        **AND HERE BELOW ARE SCREENSHOTS OF ALL FIVE PAGES OF A STUDENT GROUP SAMPLE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY FROM LAST YEAR--NOT "PERFECT," BUT A LOW/MID 'A' with some mistakes (not all of them) noted/highlighted (**plus a few things I've highlighted for you as a REMINDER):

        **CORRECT TITLE ABOVE w/HIGHLIGHT**




        WHY DO THESE ^^TWO SENTENCES ABOVE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS?
        B/C these were both COMMA SPLICE SENTENCES THAT COUNTED OFF.
        Yes. I look for GROSS MAJOR SENTENCE STRUCTURE ERRORS in your ANNBIB. Gasp!


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        IMPORTANT NOTE RE: this ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY GROUP ASSIGNMENT: 
        • I realize we're all burnt out, stir crazy, and ready for the semester to end; HOWEVER, DO. NOT. take this assignment for GRANTED!!! I grade these very strenuously; PROOFREAD! ASK QUESTIONS! FOLLOW guidelines and the model I've posted above




        4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

        ATTENTION ALL, HONORS AMLIT KIDS FOR THURS 4/30:

        IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!

        READ CAREFULLY BELOW FOR: 

        1) YOUR **LAST REGULAR** CLASS ASSIGNMENT FOR THURS. 4/30 due @6pm, and

        2) CRUCIAL INSTRUCTIONS/FYI for our **LAST REGULAR** CLASS HANGOUT for FINAL PROJECT PREP/instructions on FRI. 5/1
        and...

        3) ONCE MORE PLEASE READ THE REMINDERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST TO SEE IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME FOR VARIOUS REASONS AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE SEMESTER  
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        1) THURS. 4/30 LAST REGULAR CLASS ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED BY 6pm:

        **FIRST, LOG IN TO USATESTPREP.COM 
        • (Account ID: union w/username and PW--email me if needed) AND FIND ON YOUR DASHBOARD this assignment: 
        • SP20 4TH HONORS AMLIT DEMONSTRATING KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAN LITERARY ERA TEXTS PRACTICE QUS
        • here you'll find an IMPORTANT PRACTICE I CREATED with Qu's/Performance Tasks/TWO-PART ITEMS related to American Literary era/periods
        • READ EACH SELECTION/TEXT THERE FROM AMERICAN LITERARY ERAS YOU WATCHED VIDEOS ABOUT YESTERDAY; **pay particular attention to the following AMERICAN REALISM texts that we'll be DISCUSSING TOMORROW IN OUT HANGOUT!!!:
          • "Richard Cory" -poem by Edward Arlington Robinson
          • "Story of an Hour" -short story by Kate Chopin
          • **PLEASE NOTE: I've set this practice to let you ATTEMPT THE ONES YOU MISSED ONCE MORE AFTER YOU FINISH; **if you're interested in increasing your score on this practice, then RETRY YOUR MISSED QU's!
          • AGAIN, DO YOUR BEST ON THIS, COMPLETE BY THURS. 4/30 @6pm; THIS ASSIGNMENT IS YOUR LAST REGULAR ASSIGNMENT/HONORS AMLIT GRADE!
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            2) ATTENTION ALL NOW RE: OUR IMPORTANT LAST CLASS GOOGLE HANGOUT SESSION:

            **FRI. 5/1 we'll have ONE LAST HANGOUT MEETING, WHOLE-GROUP, AT 12:30pm
            • invite to come via email tomorrow
            • PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE plan to attend, as this mtg. will provide you with a guide, the reading/text, and important info for your REQUIRED FINAL PROJECT for this course taking place NEXT MON. 5/4 through WED. 5/6

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            3) FINALLY, a few reminders as we approach our **LAST REGULAR CLASS DAYS** of the semester:
              • YET AGAIN, THERE ARE STILL A FEW OF YOU I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH ME FOR VARIOUS REASONS
                • so if you see your name here, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH ME, as there is VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT IN THE SEMESTER!!!
                • ALSO, THIS IS CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTAND: a few of you MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE SEMESTER ON FRI. 5/8 b/c I'll need you to complete MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENTS!!! 
              • Tanner Doyle (*you know what to fix/just a reminder)
              • Bella Rosales (*ONE assignment outstanding; REQUIRED for finishing course/**GRADUATION**)
              • Brayden Snow (*a couple assignments to complete/REQUIRED for finishing course on 5/8)
              • AGAIN, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEEING TO THE ^^INFO ABOVE!!! CHECK IN WITH ME WITH QU's/CONCERNS


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