Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful break. I'm excited to see everyone and looking forward to our time in class together. In the coming weeks, we'll gear up for the AP exam, and also enjoy many interesting speeches, passages, Huckleberry Finn, and a brief Sports unit featuring essays by some of America's finest writers.
MONDAY: Overview of what we'll cover during the last weeks of school. Get reacquainted with Huck Finn through chapter seven. Review rhetorical analysis basics and watch/read transcripts of the 2016 candidates who have announced their presidential bids. Perform rhetorical analysis of these speeches. HW: Read Huck Finn chapter 8-10.
TUESDAY: Rhetorical analysis of a presidential speech from the past. HW: Read Huck Finn chapters 12-13 for Thursday.
WEDNESDAY: Practice and overview of SBA standardized testing that will take place beginning the week of April 27. If time, close reading Huckleberry Finn chapter 11 - what is Twain saying (if
anything) about gender in this chapter? How is it related to other
themes of the book? HW: Read chapters 14-15 for Thursday. Note the big shift at the end of chapter 15.
THURSDAY: (Mogilefsky out with AP teachers scoring one of the practice exam essays.) Read articles critiquing Huckleberry Finn. Note how each author makes their argument, and underline claim statements. Write a short paragraph describing who you most agree with and why. HW: Study for current events quiz, read Huck Finn chapters 16-17.
FRIDAY: Current events quiz. Go over Huck Finn articles and responses. Review argument essay from practice exam. DUE: Paragraph about Huckleberry Finn. HW: Read Huckleberry Finn, chapters 16-20. Rewrite/revise argument essay for Wednesday.
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