Week of 1/4-1/7

Welcome back!  Get ready for the stretch run before mid-terms!

Tuesday:  Discussion of Catcher in the Rye.  Selection of passage for rhetorical analysis for Wed.

Wednesday:  Share and analyze passages.  Connect to overall meaning of the work.

Thursday:  Introduction to analysis of visual text:  OPTIC or SCANS

Friday:  The rhetoric of Bumper Stickers.  HW:  Bring in a political cartoon for Monday.

Week of 12/20-12/23

Monday:  Review use of footnotes.  MC passage on Locomotives/Machinery.  Intro to Catcher in the Rye.  Finish for January 5.

Tuesday:  Two MC passages:  scores count!

Wednesday:  'Twas the Night Before an AP Student's Christmas

Thursday:  Period 3 to auditorium for Alumni Panel

Have a great break and a wonderful holiday!

Week of 12/13-12/17

Monday:  Discussion of multiple choice section of AP exam; review of question stems.  Practice passage.

Tuesday:  Practice multiple choice passages.

Wednesday:  MEMOIRS DUE!  Group discussions.

Thursday:  In-class writing on memoir.

Friday:  Rhetorical mode essay DUE.  More multiple choice practice.

Week of 12/6-12/10

Monday:  "Girl" essays DUE!  Discussion of "Death in the Top of the Ninth." 

Tuesday:  "Discussion of "Death of the Moth."

Wednesday:  Discussion of "Once More to the Lake"

Thursday:  Sung J. Woo!!

Friday:  In-class AP Prompt:  Blending the modes.

Due Monday, December 13:  Rhetorical mode essay.  Details on Monday, 12/6!