1. Frontier Research Essay
AP English Language And Composition

2. Turn in your Frontier work
Top: précis – typed final, hand-written RD, bullet point pre-write
Bottom: Stegner, Turner, & Limerick annotations + corresponding work

3. Review: Frontier A line or border separating two countries
The district near a border separating two countries
The extreme limit of settled land, beyond which lies wilderness
*In its basic form, a frontier is a boundary, between land or idea or reality
It is either external or internal (or both simultaneously)
It is appealing yet terrifying in its unpredictability and chaos
The “un-”

4. Timeline Mon. 12/12 – Fri. 12/16 During break – research, write a RD
AP English Language and Composition:
Frontier Research Essay
Timeline
Mon. 12/12 – Fri. 12/16
Brainstorm
Pre-write & outline
Research
Draft
During break – research, write a RD
Tues. 1/3 – RD due for peer-edits
Fri. 1/6 – Final start of class!
Identify a frontier
Identify major pioneers
Assert relevance/importance
Verb + Noun

5. “The struggle alone pleases us; not the victory”
- Blaise Pascal
(mathematician and philosopher)