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Weeks 10 & 11 (May 26-June 5)
First of all, let me express my admiration for your courage and perseverance during this pandemic. You have faced and endured upheavals not only in your education, but also in our society, your personal lives, and in our very world. And though your disappointing sacrifices have been great, your courage and adaptability have been even greater. I am proud to have had a part in your education.
Please fill out this Experience Log whether you took the AP yesterday or not.
Here's your final project: Due no later than June 1, at 11:45 pm, but I would like at least 50 of you to finish it before and present it so we can have shorter Zoom sessions during your final week.
If not enough people finish early, then we will need to have long sessions in your final week.
Part 1 - (60%)
Create a 1-minute Farewell video which will be shared with the world. Think of this video as your personal valedictorian speech. Please be positive. Think of all the fun and the growth experiences you have had. Say goodbye. Your speech MUST be school appropriate. Please refrain for negativity regarding others.Your speech will be published. Every ESHS Senior taking English will be doing this project and all your speeches will be in a shared folder. Refrain from obscenities, vulgarities, and off color remarks, as any valedictorian speech would do. Any video NOT meeting these criteria will NOT be shared. I reserve the right to decide if a video is not fitting these parameters and therefore, not school appropriate.
Part 2 - Required Zoom (20%) Zoom: https://lmusoe.zoom.us/j/7972079735
In addition to your video being shared with the world, you will also share your video with classmates in a Zoom session. Please sign here up to present your speech. I have chosen times which are designated for specific periods as well as open times. You are free to attend sessions to which you are not presenting. I will NOT excuse you from other class Zoom sessions to attend ours, just pick a different time to present. Please identify yourself with your First and Last Name in Zoom. I will not admit anyone whom I do not recognize. If you invite another student not in AP Lang, you need to send me an email with that person's Full Name and I will admit them based on your recommendation. I am asking some of you who finish early to present first, before the actual due date. (It's only a 1-minute speech, please consider presenting early). There are no presentations on June 5 because that is the AP Lang exam make up day.
Part 3 - Script of Speech (20%)
I require a script of your speech. Hence, I want your speech to be carefully thought out. I don't want you to wing it. Valedictorians do not wing their speeches.
Turn in your Video and Script at this Google Form: 1-minute farewell speech video
You are nearly done.
-=Ray
Week 9 (May 18-22)
AP Exam (May 20, 11 AM)
Before the AP Exam -
Assignment - Rhetorical Analysis Essay is attached. On Friday, I will send the AP graded examples. Your Rhetorical Analysis Essay is due May 19 by 11:45 PM. I will leave it up to you whether you wish to do a single draft - or if you choose to send me a second draft. I leave it up to you. If you find it helpful, I ENCOURAGE you to do the second. I will create a Learning Log on Friday for your submission.
VOLUNTARY Additional Practice -
For you who wish to have additional Rhetorical Analysis practice, send me an email with your completed essay (you don't have to wait until Friday's learning log) and I will send you another prompt for additional practice. We can do this cycle as many times as you want. I leave it up to you. (The May 19 essay is REQUIRED for a grade.) Subsequent practice is voluntary between now and May 20.
Week 8 (May 11-15)
Part 2
Assignment - Rhetorical Analysis Essay is attached. On Friday, I will send the AP graded examples. Your Rhetorical Analysis Essay is due May 19 by 11:45 PM. I will leave it up to you whether you wish to do a single draft - or if you choose to send me a second draft. I leave it up to you. If you find it helpful, I ENCOURAGE you to do the second. I will create a Learning Log on Friday for your submission.
VOLUNTARY Additional Practice -
For you who wish to have additional Rhetorical Analysis practice, send me an email with your completed essay (you don't have to wait until Friday's learning log) and I will send you another prompt for additional practice. We can do this cycle as many times as you want. I leave it up to you. (The May 19 essay is REQUIRED for a grade.) Subsequent practice is voluntary between now and May 20.
Part 1
By now you should have done the AP Exam Demo to see if the device you will use on May 20 at 11 AM will work for you. If you have not done so already, please check your device.
Due Wed. May 13 by 11:45 PM - Banneker Essay - Draft 2
Attached you will find a sample AP High Scoring Essay. Compare your first draft to the sample. Note what the high schore did well. Note what you did well. Write a second draft making improvments. You must submit your essay in two places:
2. TurnItIn.com
Week 7 (May 4-8)
Part 2
Your new Rhetorical Analysis essay assignment and prompt is attached. Please use only 45 minutes and see how you will do. This 45 minutes will be a good indication of how you will do on May 20. This essay is due this Friday, May 8 by 11:45 PM. Upload it Using this Learning Log - Bannaker - Draft 1
Part 1
Now that you have done the analysis of the high scoring AP rhetorical analysis of the same essay (Cesar Chavez), you will write Draft 2 due Wed, May 6 at 11:45 PM. Please turn it in using the Learning Log 2 on Cesar Chavez . In the Learning Log, you will answer a few questions, upload the second draft of your essay and your graphic organizer. Then upload your second draft to
Week 6 (Apr 27-May 1)
Rhetorical Analysis Essay - Cesar Chavez
For those of you who are completing the first draft assignment due tonight, please see a video which may be of help to you:
ZoomClassroom Video (Access Password: 7h^&S+T9 )
After writing your first draft in 45 minutes, please complete the attached graphic organizer which analyzes your first draft alongside a high scoring AP Essay on the same Cesar Chavez topic. (I will release the AP high scoring essay on Thursday morning, after you hand in your first draft.) Graphic Organizer is to be completed by Friday Night, at 11:45 PM. (I will collect the Graphic Organizer next week along with your second draft in a Learning Log.)
Email me any questions. Let me know if you wish to meet in Zoom.
The new Essay Rhetorical Essay Prompt is found in PowerSchool Unified Classroom. It is under AP Test 4 (15).
Before you write, please review what you should include in Rhetorical Analysis. See Close Reading and what you should include in your essay (see Infograph).
This is how it will be evaluated by the College Board:
1. In your introduction, state in 1-2 sentences your understanding of the author's message. Clarify the context, rhetorical situation (why the author is writing). In your thesis, preview your approach. (AP Rubric Score: Row A - 1 point)
2. When you Close Read the passage, note what pops out at you. Discuss these 3, 4 or 5 items and tell HOW and WHY the author used these items in the piece. The author is making a single point with all the rhetorical choices. Be sure to say how the items you chose to expound upon contribute to the author's point. (AP Rubric Score: Row B - 1-4 points) - You must realize that the standard is NOT 45 minutes of high school writing, but 45 minutes of college level writing. (You must be able to produce enough analysis to satisfy a college professor.)
3. Put it all together in a cohesive and well-written essay. This is the sophistication criterion. (AP Rubric Score: Row C - 1 point)
On May 20, 11 AM you will be taking the AP exam. You will have 45 minutes to write a Rhetorical Analysis essay. I recommend that you start practicing writing for 45 minutes. You will have an opportunity later to improve the essay for this project. Try limiting your FIRST writing to 45 minutes so you can get a realistic idea of what you can accomplish at this point. Most of you will need to improve on this, of course.
Due Wed night, April 28, by 11:45 PM. Turn in your 45 minute Rhetorical Analysis Essay by Filling out the Learning Log 1 - Chavez. Be honest in the Learning Log. This has nothing to do with points. This is to help you understand how you are performing at this point for the AP exam.
Week 5 (April 20-24)
Your Graphic Organizer that compares your essay with the AP High Scoring sample is due Wednesday night; however, you will hand it in on Friday along with the second draft of your essay. To turn in both, fill out this week's Learning Log. Learning Log due Friday, April 24 no later than 11:45 pm.
The basic components of you Rhetorical Analysis essay should be:
Row A - (1 point) Summarize Adam's letter in one or two sentences and write a defensible thesis of what you think Adams was trying to accomplish in her letter and how she accomplished her task. Forecast your approach to Adams' letter.
Row B - (up to 4 points) How did Adams accomplish her task? What was the purpose of the rhetorical choices she employed?
Row C - (1 point) Sophistication. How well you put together and argued your essay.
Week 4 (April 13-17)
Phase 2
Don't forget the other factors we have already studied. Here's the Rhetorical Analysis infograph I had shown you before (it's at the top of the page where your name is posted on the class webpage). Please also see the Close Reading advice.
New Assignment. Write a 45-minute Rhetorical Analysis essay on the prompt found in PowerSchool's Unified classroom called AP Test 7 (14). It is also available as Lesson 7 in the apcentral.collegeboard.org. Feel free to access it from either place, it is the same assignment.
The Essay and Learning Log is due Friday night, April 17 by 11:45. Keep a copy because we will do MORE with what you have written. Please fill out the Rhetorical Analysis Learning Log 1
Phase 1
1. Watch my video on Language Registers
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9AMiKmzV0M )
2. Read about Language Registers on Genconnection
( http://genconnection.com/English/ap/LanguageReg.htm )
3. Then watch my screencast for additional comments I have on Language Registers. This screencast was built in Zoom which now has additional security measures stemming from recent security concerns. Copy and paste the Password to access: s2%2*7.6
Here's the link again in case the above link doesn't work for you...
https://lmula.zoom.us/rec/share/5eNqJpKh2UJJTtKK1B70XLUlHpvZaaa8hCVL-6dcmErnIhtELuCWMQpC5Wb0GM7q (Access Password: s2%2*7.6)
4. Take this quiz The quiz is just for fun (no points). See how many you get right.
https://forms.gle/3LArcEfUQJk8ZvhTA
Due Wed, 11:45 pm, Ap 15
Week 3 (March 30- April 3)
REWRITE your essay making sure your have
(1) a defensible thesis (Row A of Rubric)
(2) a cohesive argument with AMPLE examples and foil(s) which bring greater depth to your argument with each example/foil (Row B of Rubric)
(3) sophistication - your essay is tied together into a single, articulate argument (not a mere answer to a question on a test) (Row C of Rubric)
In short, the essay should be fun to read and write.
After completion, please fill out the Learning Log which will include uploading your revised essay.
Learning Log and Essay due Friday, April 3
Voluntary ZOOM Wednesday, April 1 @ 11 am - wear a FUN hat because it's April Fools Day!
Week 2 (March 23-27)
Please fill out the form for your learning log and upload your 2 graphic organizers. Your graphic organizers should be identified as
LAST Name, First graphic1 (which identifies your two-column chart) AND
LAST Name, First graphic2 (which identifies your Venn diagram)
Argument Essay - due March 25, 11:45 in apcentral.collegeboard.org - no worries if the apcentral website melts down again. Keep a copy of your essay for future use. You will be accessing your essay for the next step in this process.
Voluntary Zoom Meeting March 24, 9pm for questions and a brief explanation
Thursday and Friday - analysis of your essay and compare with an high scoring AP essay. Use this link for access to materials: Writing a 6 on the Argument Essay
Download two graphic tools found at the bottom of the above link. You can use these tools with Adobe Acrobat or with Notability.
Week 1 (March 16-20)
Learning Log for March 16-20 -due Friday, March 20 by 11:45 pm
Lesson 05 - Due Monday, March 23 by 11:45 pm
Argument essay - Write a 6 (rubric score) - take more than 40 minutes if you need.
Lesson 04 which is due Friday, March 20 by 11:45 pm (Multiple Choice practice)
Lesson 03 which is due Thursday, March 19 by 11:45 pm. (Multiple Choice practice)
Lesson 02 which is due Wednesday, March 18 by 11:45 pm. (Multiple Choice practice)
a. Watch all 10 videos at
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/news-changes/ap-2019/support-students-new-online-tools
b. Lesson 01 (Multiple Choice 1) for a warm up
This assignment is due Tuesday, March 17 by 11:45 pm.