ONLINE REMINDERS and ASSIGNMENTS FOR TUES. 4/21; **PLEASE READ CAREFULLY....

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**ATTENTION ALL, AP LANG/ENG 1102 FOR TUES. 4/21: 

1) FIRST, everyone READ THE FOLLOWING UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENTS as we approach the last 2.5wks for YHC ENG 1102 and the last *3wks (*plus the exam countdown) for APLang:

• HEY!!! I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS RE: confirmation from you 'YES' or 'NO' to taking the APLANG EXAM, so please let me know ASAP:
• Chloe Jump
• Mackenzie Smith
• Kody English 

• **AN IMPORTANT REMINDER AGAIN 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 :)

• HEY, EVERYONE, ALSO: I'm still putting in grades today/updating all, so thanks for your patience! :)

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2) NOW, ATTENTION ENG 1102 STUDENTS (**everyone but Josie will be completing this):

• to finish up in a meaningful way for ENG 1102, let's begin and read this week steadily through a good chunk of Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi's contemporary novel, AMERICANAH

***SO EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP READING!!! (FYI, I'm on CH. 3/starting CH. 4 today)***

Follow the *HIGHLY-suggested* FIRST-WEEK READING SCHEDULE below to keep yourself on track w/reading, as your ENG 1102 FINAL EXAM WRITTEN RESPONSE in 2.5 wks will be based upon your reading of this novel:

• BY WED. 4/22, read through pp. 106 (*end of CHAPTER 6)
• post-it notes **suggested for major characters/plot points as you begin and get a 'feel' for this story

• BY FRI. 4/24, read through pp. 175 (*end of CHAPTER 14)
• again, post-it notes **suggested for major characters/plot points/anything that may help you toward the ENG1102 FINAL EXAM WRITTEN RESPONSE

• BY MON. 4/27 [over the wkend], read through pp. 278 (*end of CHAPTER 22/END OF PART 2)
• AGAIN, post-it notes **suggested for major characters/plot points/anything that may help you toward the ENG1102 FINAL EXAM WRITTEN RESPONSE

• THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR THIS WEEK: to be through PARTS 1 and 2 of AMERICANAH by next week MON. 4/27
• THIS READING IS YOUR ONLY ASSIGNMENT THIS ENTIRE WEEK, and these reading 'chunks' are in manageable 6-7 chapters chunks; also, I will be reading as well

**AND ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING FOR THIS WEEK:

• expect a FIRST Rdg. Discussion HANGOUT ON THURS. 4/23 (time TBA ahead of time) at the latest for discussion/to see where you're at in your reading/ask qu's

• PLEASE STILL CHECK IN/THIS BLOG EACH DAY; I'll also post tidbits, resources, and/or helpful qu's on here this week as I find helpful info/misc.

• AND PLEASE: FEEL FREE TO READ AHEAD! 

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ALSO FYI/IMPORTANT:

• Now that we know our *official UCHS semester end date* of 5/6, I'll talk to you more at the end of this week/next week about requirements to tie all this up for both APLang AND ENG1102

• ALSO, APLang/EXAM-TAKER kids: 
• TOMORROW, WED. 4/22, I'LL HAVE AN IMPORTANT UCHS APEXAM GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE FOR YOU TO JOIN; we UCHS AP Teachers created this yesterday as a "HUB" of helpful exam info!

• and more important EXAM info/procedures and instructions coming the last two weeks/wks leading up to the online home exam on 5/20: practice, practice, practice! ...and feedback from me! :)

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

**ATTENTION ALL, HONORS AMLIT KIDS FOR TUES. 4/21: 

EVERYONE PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT FOR TUES. 4/21, COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED by 6pm: 

1) LOG IN TO USATESTPREP.com 

• Account ID: Union
• *Your Username/PW (*let me know if you've forgotten these)

2) Look for the following assignment on your dashboard:

SP20 4th HONORS AMLIT JOURNAL #12 PERSONAL/SELF EVAL RESPONSE

3) Read the instructions/prompt/info I've left for you there on the USATESTPREP assignment, then in the text box provided there, COMPLETE THE J#12 THOROUGHLY AND TO YOUR BEST ABILITY by 6pm TUES. 4/21! :)

• PLEASE NOTE: YES, this J#12 is a "personal response," BUT THIS WRITING ASSIGNMENT IS FOR A FORMAL GRADE IN THE GRADEBOOK for: 
• following instructions
• answering the qu's there to the best of your ability
• effort of completion of J#12

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**AND NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• TOMORROW WED. 4/22 we'll have HANGOUTS SESSIONS/MTGS (**TIME(s) TBA THIS EVENING/TOMORROW MORNING) to finish up discussion/assignments for The Road

• FYI, today 4/21, I'm still GRADING/ASSESSING your work turned in from last week (the Ely/The Road Qu's/Annotations mentioned above and the Vocab Sheet #3; THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I UPDATE THE GRADEBOOK! :)

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

**AS ALWAYS, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!!