**FOR FRI. 4/17, PLEASE READ:

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION ALL, AP LANG/ENG 1102: 

1) FIRST, everyone check out this post/comments thread--it's brilliant!

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2) NOW, everyone remember you have an important TWO-PART assignment due today, FRI. 4/17 at 9am (**thanks if already submitted! (: )

• "Clinton II--August 17 Apologia" speech NOTES/annotations/qu's answered assignment from TUES. 4/14 to submit

• JOURNAL #23: Clinton Speeches Argumentative/Effectiveness Response Ext. Para. from yesterday THURS. 4/16 to submit

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3) Finally, everyone have a wonderful NO HW weekend! 

**AND NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• next week we'll begin reading in Americanah (Mon. 4/20 I'll post a first reading/date for the week on here, and then we'll have Hangouts to discuss)

• Now that we know our *official UCHS semester end date* of 5/6, I'll talk to you more next week about requirements to tie all this up for both APLang AND ENG1102
• **AND AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO MY SENIORS (everyone, really, but ESPECIALLY SENIORS right now): seniors, PLEASE don't 'lose steam' at this point in the semester; I know this is frustrating and tedious, but we're almost there; STAY. THE. COURSE, be consistent, and don't 'tank your grade' by slacking off. We're almost there :)

• APLang/EXAM-TAKER kids: more coming next week/last two weeks/wks leading up to online home exam on 5/20: practice, practice, practice! ...and feedback from me! :)

• ALSO, FYI: I'll be spending this weekend grading/assessing your assignments/updating grades for APLang and ENG1102

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**ATTENTION ALL, HONORS AMLIT KIDS: 

1) FIRST, everyone check out a few memes related to our McCarthy reading the last few weeks, esp. now that we're finishing up...and a few helpful notes pages I've gathered RE: Ely/his complicated significance in The Road....

One of my former students sent this to me--McCarthy breaks LOTS of rules in this book--grammatical, conventions, punctuation, etc., so why CAN'T I??? lol...

OOF...

Ely's role explained/some context in these last three screenshots; read them to review our Hangout discussion! :)

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2) NOW, everyone remember you have TWO important TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS I'd like for you to see to/submit before the end of the day today, FRI. 4/17 (**thanks if already submitted/completed! (: )

• COMPLETELY finish reading The Road if you have not already; more wrap-up discussion/last assignments TBA the week of MON. 4/20

• your Ely/The Road Rdg. pp. 160-184-ish Qu's responses/notes/post-its/annotations from earlier this week must be submitted to me by the end of today, FRI. 4/17

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3) Finally, everyone have a wonderful NO HW weekend! 

**AND NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• next week we'll finish up discussion/assignments for The Road, and we'll have Hangouts to discuss

• Now that we know our *official UCHS semester end date* of 5/6, I'll talk to you more next week about requirements to tie all this up for HONORS AMLIT/COMP

• ALSO, FYI: I'll be spending this weekend grading/assessing your assignments/updating grades for everyone