"If you prick us, do we not bleed?"

-->From Shylock to Jay-Z humans have persistently pondered the essential question of existence:  What does it mean to be human?  Now you can join the conversation.  For your final AP Xtreme Adventure, you will be adding your viewpoint, considering what makes us human.  Drawing from our readings and discussions, your own experiences and ideas, and whatever else you think is relevant, you will work with a partner to weigh in on this age-old question with a well-designed pecha-kucha. 

PECHA-KUCHA REQUIREMENTS

            • Four-minute speech, identifying a thesis, scripted and presented  

               to your AP Xtreme class

            • Sixteen slides, each lasting 15 seconds, to accompany your speech, plus a works cited slide

            • Information derived from previous readings or new research, with
               proper citation, addressing three human qualities:

                        psychological

                        biological

                        social/cultural

            • At least one direct quotation taken from this year’s readings

You may work with any student from AP Xtreme 2012-13 on this assignment.  The completed project will be presented to the combined classes, and your grade will count for both.  Each partner will give part of the speech and will be scored individually, based on the Oregon Common Core Standards for Speaking.  Both partners will be scored equally on the content of the speech, the slide selection, and presentation.

TIMELINE     

May 20 - 31     Preparation:  Library/labs available; bring laptops if you can

May 24            Documentation Sheet:  Thesis, supporting ideas, and sources

May 31            Speech Script with MLA citations

June 3 - 7         Presentations

DOCUMENTATION SHEET INFORMATION (what you wrote) is HERE.

Time Melts

Oh, man.  Remember September when May and the AP test and the end of the year seemed impossibly far away?  Yeah.  Here we are.  Before you know it, you'll be floating down the river, basking in the summer sun and the glory of your AP test scores, and thinking ahead to an impossibly far away next school year.  Time = weird; am I right?  Anywho, this week we'll tick off the days with exercises and readings and discussions--all of which should put the final touches on your test readiness.  Who needs The Hammer when you have this kind of thrill ride?

MONDAY, 5/6
AP Test #Last
• finish
• review
Style Matters
• information
• exercise

TUESDAY, 5/7
Humor in Writing
• selected readings
• discussion

WEDNESDAY, 5/8
Cultural Literacy!

THURSDAY, 5/9
AP Test Eve
• final tips
• practice

FRIDAY, 5/10
AP Test!!
Gatsby!!!
Bears!!!!
(minus the bears)