Just a Few More Hoops

Hey!  More words!  This week's adventure in AP Xtreme brings the LAST AP Prompt response--lucky #13!  We'll take some more time sharpening those skills for next week's official exam, writing a final personal essay (about words, of course), and discussing some language-specific ideas and issues.  Keep track of your grades in Student Assistant; everything should be in now.

MONDAY, 4/30
AP Prompt #12
• returned
• reviewed
Mother Tongue
• reading check
• response
READ How Much Wallop Can a Simple Word Pack? for TUESDAY

TUESDAY, 4/31
How Much Wallop?
• discussion
• response
Words on Words
• directions and expectations

WEDNESDAY, 5/1
Cultural Literacy!
TED

THURSDAY, 5/2
In Plain English:  Let's Make It Official
• read
• analyze
• respond:  discussion

FRIDAY, 5/3
AP Prompt #LAST! (Synthesis)

Thunderation!

Well, this should be fun.  We're brewing up a STORM of a week with ACT and the Mr.Thunder pageant, but we still need to keep plowing toward that AP Test (and glory, duh).  So, you'll want to eat your Wheaties, get a good night's sleep, and be all that you can be.  Later you can sit on the couch, eat Cheetos, and wait for the lightning.  We have just one reading this week, but lots of writing and, of course, fun.  Ready?

MONDAY, 4/22
AP Prompt #11
• general discussion
• writing groups:  revise
Read Mother Tongue

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, 4/23-24
**NB:  Because of Tuesday's ACT, periods 1&2 will meet Tuesday
and periods 3-7 will meet Wednesday.  This schedule is for both days.
Politics and the English Language
• identifying Orwell's ideas
• applying Orwell's ideas

THURSDAY, 4/25
AP Prompt #12

FRIDAY, 4/26
Mother Tongue
• reading check
• response

Use Your Words

Now that we've figured out all we need to know about biology, let's focus on what really matters:  WORDS.  E.M. Forster famously asked, "How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"  Good question, E.M.  Words are what allow us to think, or at least to express our thinking, and to reveal our understanding.  This week, we'll begin focusing on our amazing language--reading, writing, and talking about it in all sorts of ways.  ALSO, we'll start some serious boot camp shape-up for the AP exam:  Be all that you can be!

MONDAY, 4/15
AP Prompt #10
• review
• return
• revise
Read Dumpster Diving for TUESDAY
Read "Arguing About Language" for WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY, 4/16
AP Boot Camp:  sentence combining
Dumpster Diving
• reading check
• response/discussion

WEDNESDAY, 4/17
"Arguing About Language"
• discussion
• response

THURSDAY, 4/18
AP Prompt #11

FRIDAY, 4/19
"Mother Tongue"
• read
• respond

Dive in!

We're just one quarter away from the end of the year, sports fans, so time to go for the gold!  This week, we'll focus on writing strategies and skills to take us to the AP test in great shape.  We'll cycle back to the Orwell reading we skipped last week, finish the Scientific Paper, practice some prompt response introductions, and write a 10th prompt.  We have just one new reading for the week, so be sure to get it done.  Here we go!

MONDAY, 4/8
Scientific Paper:  The Abstract
• instruction
• computer lab
Read Dumpster Diving for Friday

TUESDAY, 4/9
Shooting an Elephant
• reading check/discussion
• close reading analysis

WEDNESDAY, 4/10
TED Talk:  Ken Jennings

THURSDAY, 4/11
AP Prompt #10

FRIDAY, 4/12
Dumpster Diving
• discussion
• writing response