Welcome to our 11th week of the semester. We'll wind up our Science/Nature/Environment-themed unit, write a synthesis in-class essay, and begin Huckleberry Finn.
NOTE: There will be a full-length AP practice exam on three different dates: Saturday, March 28 and Friday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m, and Monday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Please sign up on the bulletin board in class. The multiple choice answers will count towards the "final" portion of the class grade, one of the three essays will be graded by the pool of AP teachers, one by me, and one by peers in class. We also need parent volunteers to help proctor the exam -- guaranteed "quiet time" for 4 hours and you will not be in the same room as your student. Please contact Ms. M. at amogilefsky@smmusd.org if interested.
MONDAY: Discuss Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" and multiple choice answers/rationale. Discuss Space Exploration synthesis prompt and brainstorm answers as a whole class. Read articles and annotate for Tuesday.
Because of the sad irony of studying the synthesis prompt, typically with pages and pages of printed sources on paper, while simultaneously reading about the environment, I've posted the link to the Space Exploration prompt below:
Click here to link to Space Exploration prompt and sources.
Please read through these and take notes on the side for Tuesday. There will be some paper copies available in class.
TUESDAY: Space Exploration prompt -- go through the process as a whole class.
WEDNESDAY: Definition and overview of satire and close reading of samples.
THURSDAY: In-class synthesis essay.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Pick up Huckleberry Finn -- read articles for and against inclusion in the high school curriculum. HW: Read H. Finn, chapters 1-4.
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