Monday 10/7/2013 - Friday 10/11/2013: Seniors

AP Lang Seniors (period 3-4):

Monday Warm-Up: Please answer the following in your notebook:  When you do something wrong, what is the typical excuse that you give to explain your mistake?  Think of a recent situation where you had to explain why you did something wrong.  Did the person accept your excuse?   5 lines, please! 

This Week's Independent Reading from Reflections: The Dog Ate My Disk pages 467-469.  Please read then answer questions in your notebook:  Analyzing the Reading 2 & 3, Discussing the Reading 1, 2, 3  (the more you write, the better!)

For All Seniors: 

1. Weekly Paper Topic: Friends & Enemies 

2. Complete your senior project cover letter rough draft.  You can find the handout HERE.

3. Our day for the computer lab will be on Thursday.  Be prepared to do some senior project work on that day!

4. Research Proposals are due this week.  200 points.  You cannot begin your research without an approved proposal.   

Monday 9/30/2013 - Friday 10/4/2013: Juniors

Please count up your stamps for the month of September.  If you have a number, add the number in too. Write your name and # on the slip of paper you received. 

Students will complete their lying projects this week.  See Friday, September 27, 2013, for instructions.  This assignment cannot be made up if you have not completed it by the assigned deadline.

This week's weekly paper topic is TRUTH IS.... Due Friday 10/4/2013.  Length: One page filled front and back.

This Week's Independent Reading: Page 441-445 in Reflections: Online Dating:  Please read this article. Then, write a reflection on which online dater is the WORST and why.  Which one is not a big deal and why?  8 lines total. 

Follow-Up Writing: TO BE TURNED IN (100 PTS): Write an essay, like the ones we’ve read, about the 5 types of teachers you meet in high school (the talker, the eater, the one that wants to be your friend, etc.). 5 sentences each.

Friday, September 27, 2013

For Juniors: Periods 1 & 10:

Warm-Up: Please go to the essay THE WAYS WE LIE (p. 120), and write down, in your own words, the definitions for each of the lie terms.  These can be short (1-2 lines).

Our Lying Project:  Now we will apply the terms that we learned this week.  You will take 3-5 magazines and search for FIVE images or headlines that seem like they could be lies.  You will rip those pages out of the magazine and provide the following explanation:

This image/headline is an example of the lying term:   _____________.  Let me explain how:   __________   (2-3 sentences).  You can write your explanations on a sheet of notebook paper and attach your magazine pages behind it, or you can make a cool collage with the explanations and pictures (I will provide you with paper, scissors, tape, markers, etc.).  YOU DECIDE.  DUE MONDAY!

Also, don’t forget my weekly paper for today.

Seniors in all classes will work on Senior Projects items (career goals essays and recommendation request letters) as well as finish their weekly papers.

Thursday - Friday, September 26 & 27, 2013: 11th Grade AP Lang Classes

Warm-Up: Please go to the essay THE WAYS WE LIE (p. 120), and write down, in your own words, the definitions for each of the lie terms.  These can be short (1-2 lines).

Our Lying Project:  Now we will apply the terms that we learned this week.  You will take 3-5 magazines and search for FIVE images or headlines that seem like they could be lies.  You will rip those pages out of the magazine and provide the following explanation:

This image/headline is an example of the lying term:  ________________.  
Let me explain how: _______________  (2-3 sentences).

You can write your explanations on a sheet of notebook paper and attach your magazine pages behind it, or you can make a cool collage with the explanations and pictures (I will provide you with paper, scissors, tape, markers, etc.).  YOU DECIDE.  DUE MONDAY!

Also, don’t forget my weekly paper for today.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Seniors in periods 3-4, 6-7, and 8-9 will be in the Student Success Center to register for the SATs.  Students will receive 25 points toward their class participation grade for their attendance at this session.

Juniors will complete the following Friday Checklist:

1.  Make sure your weekly paper is complete: What it means to be a kid and/or What it means to be a grown-up (one on one side of the paper, one on the other) – 100 points

2.  If you were absent on Wednesday, you can make up that assignment.  Go around to the posters on the boards and answer those questions in your notebook.

3.  BONUS: Answer the following in your notebook:  What are two great features (things!) about living in Philadelphia? What are two of the worst things about living in the city?  If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?  Write at least 8 sentences.

Monday, September 16, 2013: ALL CLASSES: Invasion of Privacy!

Students will work from the following PowerPoint to cover a few grammar basics and continue their brief study of invasion of privacy by the government and bad laws that result from such:



Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to apply grammar rules to a variety of writing and identify evidence from nonfiction text to support an opinion.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013: ALL CLASSES: Establishing Routines

Here is today's PowerPoint for learning the routines of AP English and English 4 with Ms Kingsbury:

OBJECTIVES:  By the end of class, students will be able to analyze issues related to community-building and personal introductions, understand the expectations of AP English, and practice their annotation skills.

HERE is the English 4 syllabus.

HERE is the AP English Lit syllabus.

HERE is the AP English Language syllabus.

Send Ms Kingsbury an EMAIL if you have questions.