AP English Language and Composition Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Class Items Holiday Shoeboxes?! Peer tutoring applications What would Carnegie and Hardin say? Peer tutoring applications Resubmitting work Q&A

Due Check progress on Unit 3 Rubric! Read & annot. Standing Bear “What the Indian Means to America” (CA) + Alvord “Walking the Path between Worlds” (LC) Partner-score & record on text AND rubric Rodriguez or D’Souza précis actually due  Top: actual final Previous final Hand-written rough draft Bullet point pre-write

Small Group Discussions Have a conversation with the people around you  Talking points: Which essay did you like better? Why? Discuss the subject of both essays, and then discuss the different thesis statement made by each author. How do the authors construct their arguments? What did you find effective, and what do you not understand? **What is the relationship of the individual to the community? Ms. Bochenek’s notes… Bullet point précis pre-write for each text

Plan for Unit 3 Fri. 11/13 Thurs. 11/19 Fri. 11/20 Mon. 11/16 A or SB précis due “Synthesis essay” day 2 Class convo – guiding Q Fri. 11/20 Tone lesson Assign Unit 3 Synthesis essay Mon. 11/16 Due Mon. 11/30 or Tues. 12/1 King, Jr. annot. Due Gather sources, pre-write, etc. Reading Q’s - jigsaw Mon. 11/21 Tues. 11/17 Lesson on embedding quotes and MLA citation Unit 3 Socratic Seminar Essay work time/editing Weds. 11/18 Tues. 11/22 Intro “synthesis essay” Lesson on TS & CS Exemplars & rubric

Homework Due Friday 11/13/15 Due Monday 11/16/15 Due Tuesday 11/17/15 Alvord or Standing Bear précis (3 parts) Due Monday 11/16/15 King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” annotations Due Tuesday 11/17/15 Prep work for Socratic seminar At least 6 open ended questions prepared for group consideration Related to the texts from this unit, and/or to life in general