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*****SIGN UPS for GROUP SYNTHESIS   PROJECTS: On the SIGN UP PAGE. E-mail me for groups and current issue categories. You'll need to act quickly to get the topic you want.

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KUDOS!!!!

Sarah Kendall has mastered the SAS Curriculum Pathways revision site. As you start once again revising papers, please contact her for help (the site is a huge help is cleaning up elementary problems):

fangrl333@gmail.com

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START CREATING POETRY for the contest. You will have 2 poems due BEFORE Christmas. Each time you move up to the next level, you will get an extra 100 test-grade points. If you're selected as school finalist, you'll receive another 100. If the school selects you to represent us in the district contest, you will get yet another.

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Get in the mood by reading through poetry anthologies, either hard copies or online. Make some drafts, experimenting with style and form.

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**Be careful about plagiarism. Anything copied from another source not only will get zeroes. The plagiarist will receive district penalty for a major infraction.

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The 2 contest entries you create are required, not optional. Directions are on the contest page. I'll be adding some past student poems periodically so you can see the varying styles that have placed in the past.

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****ABSENTEES: Make up ASAP: Vocab review test-- Bethany G

==PRACTICE AP Reading Comp (10+ minutes): Summer K.

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SYNTHESIS  QUESTION and INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECTS-- I will post more soon, with a complete explanation of the Rogerian Argument you'll be using. In brief, you analyze a current issue, showing both sides equally, not taking a position. A Rogerian Argument is open-minded and shows no bias. It leads to a compromise or a solution, not a bashing of an opposite side. "Bashing" and "grand-standing" are not allowed.

You will select groups yourselves (about 4 people to a group in each class) to develop a SYNTHESIS QUESTION. A model is on the general page. Out of this larger category, you will take one smaller area to focus on in a research paper of 3-4 pages. That means you go to a library or trustworthy web sites and garner information within the last THREE years. Old information is not usually helpful in solving current and future problems. Of course, occasionally you might have an exception.

BRAINSTORMING (as you think of ideas, e-mail me. The ones below just came to me off the top of my head as I read the newspaper headlines):

--The food we eat--safe or dangerous

--The way we're educated--pros and cons of testing for teacher merit and student success

--The punishments we deliver--stringent punishment in jails or equal rights for all

--The way we heal--new methods in hospitals or the old standards (may need to get more specific here)

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***SYLLABUS for WEEK of NOV. 9th

All week we'll look at Power Points, take notes, and annotate. During the presentations, we'll stop and have discussions. You will be graded on your insightful comments as well as your Power Point. Obviously, you will be docked participation points if you don't have your books. You will not receive a grade for a Power Point that arrived in my mail box after 10 PM Sunday night. Anyone waiting until the NIGHT BEFORE a project, the last hour, does not deserve credit. THE WINDOW has closed -- One exception: if you bring the project on a flash drive before school Monday.

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***SYLLABUS for WEEK of NOV. 16th

Monday--Continue SL discussions. HW:   Review any vocabulary #7 words you don't know. Study lists 1-7 well.

Tuesday--***Vocabulary  #7 Review Test--It will contain sentences that pertain to TSL. (200 points). After this test, we'll start over with #8 being the first, #9, the second, and so forth.

Wednesday--**REC LETTERS due. (See below)! Continue SL discussions.

**REC LETTERS should be sent to me online as e-mail attachments. I'll store these for use in the future. A template is available on the download page, but you need to TWEAK it to fit you. You are recommending yourself through my eyes, an interesting vantage point. Keep the heading as I have it because it's the LHS address. You may make up a bogus university or scholarship for the inside address, if you wish. As you need a rec in the future, you will update the information, the date, and the inside address, then send it to me. I will tweak it myself and put it in my own words and send back to you for approval. You will print it out, bring it in for me to sign, and provide a stamped, addressed envelope (if needed). I showed and discussed the sample in class on Thurs. Nov. 5th. If you were not here and need help, ask a student tutor or social worker.

Thursday-- ***QUIZ over terms and plot (not the BIG test). If you will be out on a pre-excused absence Thursday, you must make up the test before you go. If you finish early (and some will), start brainstorming ideas for the poetry contest. You may look through old anthologies.

Friday--We will continue SL presentations as long as they last. Friday will be a review for classes who have finished their presentations Monday and Wednesday (4th and 6th). Fifth and seventh may still be plodding onward.

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@@@@@ OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK:

--Study and re-READ The Scarlet Letter for the TUESDAY CONTEXT test (some style questions too). If you have a pre-excused absence, take the test Monday afternoon.

*TEST on The Scarlet Letter (terms and plot) will be the Tuesday after Thanksgiving break.

--POETRY   CONTEST: At home play your favorite music (and then something else). Get creative ideas, and read the section on the contest page about writing poetry. It should be UNIQUELY yours, no ideas copied from anywhere else, no didactic or sappy "stuff," punctuated generally like prose, precise effective words (not SAT babble). Start sending them to me online over the break if you want feedback. Hard copies will be due the end of the first week back at school. We'll spend a little class time composing and evaluating.

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--Be deciding ideas for the @@@@SYNTHESIS project. E-mail me when you have a group together (I may have to add people to a group if we have the usual laggards). I would rather everyone select their own.

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SYNTHESIS group work:. I have posted a sample (non-College Board) synthesis question for you to use as a copy to create your own. General page).

SYNTHESIS individual work: Out of this group work (the umbrella topic) will come your research paper topics. Each group will have no more than 4 people in it. You may pick your own groups, but be careful about proximity of domiciles. (If someone lives in Lake Wales and you live in north Lakeland, you might have a logistics problem) Ideally, you all should be able to work in groups on the computer, sending materials back and forth. We need to find a site that will work for that sort of thing. Any suggestions?

Be looking over news site and reading newspapers to get ideas for CURRENT ISSUES.

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See AP Language General Page for the SYNTHESIS   TEMPLATE

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**WHENEVER YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, TRY A STUDENT FIRST. THEY NEED THEIR JOB POINTS!

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SAS PATHWAYS REVISION INFORMATION & EDITING  OFFER by Michael Towles (3rd period) -- See the Announcement page. I can't format his message for this page. Mastering this page and sharing with others would be a mega-JOB!

Alexa U and Mark B, senior tutors, have used it for their papers and now are hooked. Contact them for tutoring help and advice on how to make the most of this valuable site. See their distributed tutor contact information! DO NOT ask me to help on this. **Now Sarah K. (AP Lang) has mastered the site and also is willing to help you. See above!

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****GREAT SITE FOR REVIEWING/ LEARNING HOW TO SET UP QUOTATIONS:

http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/lirvin/WGuides/quotes.htm

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** SENIOR  TUTORS  are available to help you almost every day--before and after school--but you must schedule with them. I have sent out e-mails with their full names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. Some will work with you online. Please take advantage of these scholars' time! AP   Language TUTORS also are available. (Megan E. has made and mailed out a master list of all tutors for your convenience. It also is tacked up on my wall near the hall door. If you've misplaced the list, ask one of the diligent scholars to print you out another or e-mail it to you again.)

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JOB POINTS:

The method for receiving job points is as follows:

1) You will send me a JOB UPDATE message ON an e-mail, not as an attachment.

2) In this message, you will describe to me all that you have done during this grading period to help out APE, Inc., being very specific so I know exactly what you did, whom you helped, when and where, etc.

3) Request the job points you think you deserve for your time and effort (from 1-20, as a rule).

4) I will respond to you before entering your points on Pinnacle.

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==SCARLET  LETTER   CATEGORIES  HAVE BEEN   READY   FOR   EACH   PERIOD-- on the SIGN-UP PAGE--for 3 weeks! Directions are on this page. You will trace your topic throughout the book, showing quotations on a Word document or Power Point. Clip art will enhance your presentation. You should have a minimum of 6 quotes (and commentary) for each category, but having more is a plus. Students will take notes as you present, and we will ask questions. Each presentation should add to our knowledge of the novel and its rhetorical functions. Remember a few pointers: the font should be about 24 to be seen from the back of the room; avoid "cluttery" background, and be able to explain all that you quote. As discussed in class, use chapter numbers so we can go in order through the book.

Read, annotate, and know the book. Use the threads as keys for ALL your annotation topics... regardless of your own.

THE TEXT can be found online for copying and pasting quotes: Go to a search engine and type in the novel name + TEXT.

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**ADVICE: As you find words that have been in our vocabulary study, lists #1-7, highlight them in your book so you can find them easily. This is an excellent way to review. So far, in the presentations, I have seen--on the first day--the following shown in the projected quotations: ascetic, contumely, ignominy, ignominious, appellation, to name a few.

TERMS discussed so far in the classes: parenthetical expressions, similes, pathetic fallacies, rhetorical questions, ambiguity, limited omniscient narrator, oxymoron, hyperbole, irony, parallel structure (I will add to these as we go along. Stay tuned!) If you don't know the terms on your sheet, get with a tutor ASAP!

On the download page are 3 handouts that explain how to ANNOTATE if any of you still don't get it.

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. CLASS JOBS--AP LANGUAGE *NOTE: Some of these still are tentative, and you can cross over in performance of your duties. Let me know if you can add on any of the places with a "N/A."

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4th PERIOD:

POLITICO--N/A

SOCIAL WORKERS--Hailey D. and Emalee W.

FOLDER PERSONS--Oliver O. and Angel L.

LIBRARY/SIGN-OUT--Amanda C. and Brittany K.

COPIERS--Bethany G, Brittany K, and Brooke N.

PRINTERS for student needs--Same as above

HYGIENISTS/ORGANIZERS--Kat V, Marissa W, Sarah K.

INTERNET RESEARCH--N/A

WEB PAGE ASSISTANTS--Olivia G. and Marissa W.

BULLETIN BD.--N/A SCRAPBOOK--Megan E.

TECHNICIANS/COMPUTER GURU--Clint D.

PHOTOGRAPHER—Megan E.

TUTOR--Oliva G.

ERRANDS--Matt N. (Jahlinda J. as back up)

MAINTENANCE PERSONS--Clint and Raymond C.

JACKS OF ALL TRADE--Jahlinda J and Amanda C.

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5th PERIOD:

POLITICO--Jennifer B.

SOCIAL WORKER--Megan D. **Liaison for all 4 classes

FOLDER PERSONS--Katie W. and Emily Wh.

LIBRARY/SIGN-OUT--Emily Bow. and Liz T.

COPIER--Lauren A. PRINTERS for student needs--Same as above

HYGIENISTS/ORGANIZER--Morgan C.

INTERNET RESEARCH--N/A

WEB PAGE ASSISTANTS—Baron S

DOOR GREETER/EVENT PLANNER--Valerie J-B

BULLETIN BD.—Shay T

SCRAPBOOK—Morgan C

TECHNICIANS/COMPUTER GURU—Baron S

PHOTOGRAPHER—Morgan C

TUTOR--N/A

ERRANDS--Shakira S.

MAINTENANCE PERSON--Parker O.

JACKS OF ALL TRADE--Leah G, John S, Kevin L, and Bethany Sch, Oliver O

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6th PERIOD:

POLITICO--N/A

SOCIAL WORKER--Caroline P

FOLDER PERSONS—Audra J.

LIBRARY/SIGN-OUT--Brooke G.

COPIERS--Emily A

PRINTERS for student needs—Emily A

HYGIENISTS/ORGANIZERS--Emily A.

INTERNET RESEARCH--Erika W.

WEB PAGE ASSISTANTS--N/A

BULLETIN BD.--Julia D.

SCRAPBOOK—N/A

TECHNICIANS/COMPUTER GURU--Jeremy S.

PHOTOGRAPHER--Julia D.

TUTOR--Kenneth P.

ERRANDS--Caroline P.

MAINTENANCE PERSONS--Sam S.

JACKS OF ALL TRADE (will help folder person and librarian)--Summer K, Kiki B, Rhia A, Corinne T

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7th PERIOD:

POLITICOS--Maria C. and Alexia R.

SOCIAL WORKERS--Amalia F. and Colleen A.

FOLDER PERSONS--Keidra L. and Roman R.

LIBRARY/SIGN-OUT--Sophia H. and Janean B.

COPIERS--Kanika M, Olivia C, and Mary H.

PRINTERS for student needs--Same as above

HYGIENISTS/ORGANIZERS--Courtney M, Lindsey S, Trey I, and Brooke D.

INTERNET RESEARCH--N/A WEB PAGE ASSISTANT--Russell M.

BULLETIN BD.--N/A

SCRAPBOOK--Emily Bour.

TECHNICIANS/COMPUTER GURU--Russell M.

PHOTOGRAPHER—Laura H, Courtney M.

TUTOR--Laura H.

ERRANDS--Alyssa W (Trey I. as back up)

MAINTENANCE PERSONS--Tommy D. and Ajay M.

JACKS OF ALL TRADE--Nathan C, Mary H, and Kaitlyn Mc.

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