AP Language and Composition 11/13/13 Agenda Bell ringer: Grassroots – Ch. 9 Skim Pr. 1-4; Complete Pr. 5-6 Weekly Overview and Today’s Objectives: WED-After grammar: AP Q3 – write thesis statements, discuss “A Talk to Teachers,” start draft for HW TH-JUST WRITE!, wrap up discuss of Baldwin essay, and verbal critique of HW writing FRI-Grammar, Chris and Jabriel’s current event, bring all narrative first drafts

AP Question 3 – NEXT TUESDAY YOU WILL WRITE A FULL LENGTH ESSAY TEST Prompt #1: Sample thesis: Making voting compulsory is worth considering because it forces all citizens of a country to take an active role in politics. Now read Prompt #2 and #3 and write thesis statements of your own. See me after school today if you want more feedback on writing good thesis statements.

“A Talk to Teachers” Let’s discuss our annotations…finally! Then: James Baldwin ends his famous 1963 speech, “A Talk to Teachers” with the following lines: “America is not the world and if America is going to become a nation, she must find a way – and this child must help her to find a way to use the tremendous potential and tremendous energy which this child represents. If this country does not find a way to use that energy, it will be destroyed by that energy. It has been fifty years since that speech. Do you think America’s educational system has properly allowed children to channel this nation’s negative historical energy into creating a more just country?

“A Talk to Teachers” – Narrative modeling assignment If it’s 2013 and you were asked to address a room of white teachers of minority students, what would your talk to teachers be? What experiences of your own would you include in your advice? Write a narrative essay that is also persuasive in which you detail one or more of your own experiences with the educational system. Try to focus on specific instances and give descriptive details or add dialogue and action to tell the story. Don’t just give your opinion as this is a narrative essay versus a persuasive one.