1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102
**ATTENTION ALL, AP LANG/ENG 1102 FOR THURS. 4/23 and FRI. 4/24:
Thank you for your patience today! I just sent you all via email a RECORDED HANGOUT w/just me (how sad). It covers CRITICAL INFO listed here for plans to end this semester!
PLEASE WATCH IT AND EMAIL OR TEXT ME TO CONFIRM YOU'VE WATCHED SO THAT I CAN "CHECK YOU OFF" FOR YOUR WKLY PARTICIPATION GRADE!
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1) ANNOUNCEMENTS/FYI for ENG1102 STUDENTS:
- if you would, please, don't forget to log on to your YHC Moodle email and complete the ENG1102 course/instructor evaluation (open through next Tuesday); thank you from me!
- ALSO PLEASE NOTE: if you notice an email from YHC (either in your YHC Moodle email or your personal email) stating that you have books due to turn in at the end of the semester, PLEASE IGNORE THIS NOTICE. It's an automated email, and YHC has yet to set any sort of procedures for book return; it'll be a while, and I'll keep you posted on what I find out!
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2) ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE PLANNING ON TAKING THE APLang (or any other) AP EXAM:
- THANK YOU to all of exam takers for joining the UCHS ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) EXAMS INFO GOOGLE CLASSROOM
- you are now ALL signed up for Lots of important EXAM, TIMELINE, COMMUNICATIONS, LINKS, etc. info posted there; PLEASE CHECK THIS OFTEN!!
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3) IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT!
Here is your AP/ENG1102 *official first tentative* SCHEDULE for the last two weeks of this semester
(*I'll go over this more in depth in the HANGOUT recording I'm sending
ASAP Thurs. or Fri.)
- **CURRENT WEEK OF MON. 4/20**
- ALL AP STUDENTS TAKING LANG EXAM/any other AP EXAM: join UCHS AP Google Classroom
- ALL AP/ENG1102 STUDENTS (*except Josie): Read, read, read in Americanah; plan to be around halfway through (*see rdg. schedule below) by Mon. 4/27
- **WEEK OF MON. 4/27 (FINALS WK for YHC & last regular work week BEFORE FINAL EXAM PROJECT for UCHS)
- MON. 4/27: ALL AP/ENG 1102 STUDENTS PLAN FOR A GOOGLE HANGOUT (*times TBA)
- you'll be receiving info/instructions on your final work week APLang/ENG 1102 assignment: GROUP ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (*more info next week)
- AP EXAM TAKERS, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE AP EXAM COMMUNICATIONS TIMELINE ON THE CLASSROOM; this week "A Guide To Test Day" will be available online to walk you through how you'll test at home
- *Josie also plan to attend for wkly/AP Exam info & info on last APLANG ASSIGNMENT (GROUP ANN. BIB.) before AP FINAL PROJECT
- MON. 4/27-FRI. 5/1: ALL 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 info TBA toward end of week)
- MON. 4/27-FRI. 5/1: ALL 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 by 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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4) NOW, ATTENTION ENG 1102 STUDENTS (**everyone but Josie):
***EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP READING AMERICANAH!!! (FYI, I'm on CH. 9/will be through CH. 11 by THURS. pm)***
- REMEMBER: this READING is the ONLY ASSIGNMENT you've had this week for ENG 1102!!!
I really hope you've tried to 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 1.5 wks will be based upon your reading of this novel:
- 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
- We'll get caught up in our discussion of PARTS 1 and 2 of the novel during a HANGOUT at the very beginning of next week MON. 4/27; more info/invite TBA
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**AND ALSO NOTE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKS:
- EACH DAY THIS BLOG WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST RECENT INFO and/or KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON YOUR SCHEDULE, SO PLEASE STILL CHECK IN/THIS BLOG EACH DAY!
4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.
ATTENTION ALL, HONORS AMLIT KIDS: SOME REMINDERS AND YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR **THURS. 4/23, DUE BY 11pm:**
1) FIRST, A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AGAIN; PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, AS THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU I NEED TO HEAR FROM!!!:
- I'm still grading your JOURNAL #12 Personal Response/Self-Eval. completed on USATESTPREP!
- *I'll be scoring those and getting that in the grade book ASAP...
- THANK YOU for attending the HANGOUT SESSIONS yesterday RE: initial info for the AP Classroom (if applicable to you), the required end-of-year projects coming up in two wks (will post more later), and the end/final reading in THE ROAD
- ATTENTION, THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS; I NEED CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WATCHED THE HANGOUT RECORDING I SENT YOU VIA EMAIL; YOU GET ZERO (0) PTS. FOR YOUR DAILY GRADE IF I DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU VIA EMAIL, TEXT, etc. THAT YOU WATCHED THE RECORDING:
- Tanner Doyle
- Brayden Snow
- Seth Tanner
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- AND IMPORTANT, ALL!!! EVERYONE PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT from the scholarly paper I've been using to guide you through the complexities of The Road; it SUMS UP EVERYTHING we talked about yesterday RE: the man dying at the end of the novel:
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^^^EXCELLENT OVERVIEW of EVERYTHING we talked about yesterday RE: the man's death any why it HAD to happen for the blot yo live; READ THIS!!!! |
**AS ALWAYS, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE--ANYTHING AT ALL!!
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2) PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BELOW THROUGH THIS THREE-STEP ASSIGNMENT RE: author Cormac McCarthy and The Road
- this three-step assignment can be completed on paper OR via document sent to me via email, shared, text, photo, etc. JUST MAKE YOUR ANSWERS CLEAR and BE SURE YOU ANSWER EVERYTHING!
- ASSIGNMENT IS DUE AT 11pm on THURS. 4/23
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McCarthy & The Road
THREE-STEP ASSIGNMENT
- view the SLIDE SHARE presentation RE: author Cormac McCarthy
- watch the selected/linked below Oprah/McCarthy interview portions (also linked on *SLIDE #10 of the Slide Share*)
- answer the six (6) qu's below on paper RE: what you just watched/read
- **put the presentation on "view full screen" to see the slides full-size
- watch the following four *interview sections on Oprah.com "Cormac McCarthy Videos About The Road" linked here (*also linked in SLIDE #10)
- SIX QUESTIONS TO ANSWER RE: THE McCARTHY SLIDE SHARE/INTERVIEW PORTIONS:
- LIST TWO interesting facts your learned/things you were surprised to find out/read about McCarthy in this author bio SLIDE SHARE (personal, author-wise, as a husband, writer, etc.)
- How many times has McCarthy been married?
- How old would McCarthy be today?
- How old was McCarthy when he had his son, John Francis, whom The Road is dedicated to?
- In his INTERVIEW, what does McCarthy say about punctuation overall? What does he say about the SEMICOLON in particular?
- Finally, from his INTERVIEW, what's one thing he said about writing The Road that caught your attention or surprised you?
STEP 2:
- read the following poem titled "Quarantine" by Eavan Boland, then answer the questions
- Y'all. I found this poem yesterday; IT STRUCK ME VERY MUCH.
- Read it carefully a COUPLE OF TIMES. I did. It's about a the historic mid-19th century Irish famine, ...BUT it relates to our present situation somewhat as well as the circumstances in The Road
- then answer the three (3) questions below the poem
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| **Written in the early 2000s by Irish poet Eavan Boland about the Irish famine of the mid-19th century; she (Boland) is still alive today |
- THREE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER RE: BOLAND'S POEM "QUARANTINE":
- Overall, how does this poem/the author's TONE make you feel? What line(s) 'stuck out' to you to create this feeling? How did the poem's TITLE contribute to your feelings/the poem's TONE?
- Even though it's not entirely the same, what connections can you make to The Road in Boland's poem?
- How does the line "...toxins of a whole history" (stanza 3) relate to our contemporary society...and our present circumstances, perhaps???
STEP 3:
- finally, let's CREATE SOME HAIKU (yes, that's PLURAL for haiku--haiku!)
- first thing, read the following info and instructions RE: creating haiku
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| ^^READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS and SAMPLE HAIKU!!! |
**A few more sample haiku from former UCHS students:
son, you must carry the fire
papa, I'm so scared
good guys rule the world
Rising from the ash,
A group crosses the river.
Rebuild. Renew. Read. (F451)
That woman is psycho.
I should NOT have married her.
Oh well, death's her love.
Bad guys, no swiping!
Those are MY dead bodies, bro!
Keep your hands OFF them!
- after reading the instructions and samples above, I'd like for you to create TWO (2) **ORIGINAL [YOUR OWN] HAIKU for either:
- The Road
- Fahrenheit 451
- Yes, you can add humor, but try to have one *more serious* one, please
- Follow the haiku syllables guidelines to make it a "TRUE" HAIKU
- **ORIGINAL means: do NOT scour the internet for HAIKU someone else wrote and swipe them as your own; I'll find out, trust me!
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- START by RE-READING the ANNOUNCEMENTS at the top of today's 4th AMLIT BLOG ENTRY
- MAKE SURE if you owe me something you take care of that!
- RE-READ the scholarly essay excerpt that explains the SIGNIFICANCE of THE MAN'S DEATH for the boy's survival in The Road
- "McCarthy and The Road" ASSIGNMENT STEP 1: SKIM READ the LINKED McCarthy SLIDE SHARE PRESENTATION and WATCH the FOUR linked portions of the Oprah INTERVIEW w/McCarthy
- then answer the SIX (6) questions I've given you
- "McCarthy and The Road" ASSIGNMENT STEP 2: READ CAREFULLY a couple times Boland's poem "Quarantine"
- then answer the THREE (3) questions I've given you
- "McCarthy and The Road" ASSIGNMENT STEP 3: read the overview and instructions reminder for creating HAIKU as well as the samples included
- then CREATE TWO (2) original haiku for either The Road or F451, funny AND serious
- SUBMIT THIS COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT TO ME by 11pm THURS. 4/23, VIA EMAIL/shared DOCUMENT, PAPER YOU HAND-WROTE (PLEASE write neatly!)/email or text, screenshot, etc.--JUST DO YOUR BEST WORK!
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