There were so many wonderful Their Eyes Were Watching God projects turned in last week, including a little forest of trees with quotes on them and delicious Southern snacks. This week, our last week before the three-day weekend, we will continue our focus on the synthesis essay, the last of the three styles you'll write during the AP exam in May. We'll write our first synthesis style essay in class on Tuesday, and it will be scored by other AP teachers on Thursday.
MONDAY: Share your thesis and body paragraphs in small groups in the class from the synthesis prompt you worked on over the weekend: is college worth the cost? Read samples and put them in order of their score. DUE: Synthesis assignment #3: rough draft of thesis, 3 pieces of evidence from sources and 1 body paragraph in response to the 2014 AP Exam question: is college worth it? HW: Look over synthesis notes and samples in your materials to prep for in-class essay. Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 10-12 for Wednesday.
TUESDAY: Synthesis in-class essay. HW: Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 10-12 for Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY: Check in with Their Eyes Were Watching God, "Create a Character" assignment introduced/work time. DUE: Their Eyes 10-12. HW: Read "Their Eyes" chapter 13 for Friday, work on Create a Character for Friday.
THURSDAY: (Mogilefsky out for AP teacher meeting/scoring of synthesis essay. Other AP teachers will be scoring your essays.) Creative vocabulary assignment - individual. Share vocabulary assignment and turn it in. HW: Read articles for take-home synthesis essay about advertising, due next Friday, Feb 20th on turnitin.com.
FRIDAY: Vocabulary quiz. Discuss advertising articles for your next synthesis essay (take-home). View satirical piece about "native" advertising. DUE: Create a character assignment. HW: Begin take-home synthesis essay, due next Friday to turnitin.com: on Tuesday, have the articles read and annotated, prepare an outline, and begin drafting the essay. Read Their Eyes Were Watching God, chapters 14-16.
Have a fabulous three-day weekend!
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