is week we discussed the major philosophical approaches to arguments as laid out in the book Justice.
Friday we will complete our Touchstone assignments for American Lit and discussing writing the AP Argument Essay. Students will get their first essay assignment for argument. We will begin the Justice Argument Project Monday. And wrap up the final chapters next week. Students have also been givem USATESTPrep assignments to help prepare and review for the EOC. We will be continuing these until the EOC Exam. Important Dates: May 1-3 EOC. Please make sure your child is present. May 15. AP LANG EXAM!!!! More info to follow....
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This week we took out Things They Carried Analysis exam.
We began the book Justice. The Justice project folder is on the handouts page along with the groups. Topics will be given out next week. Friday we took our Touchstones Reading Schedule for next week (Chapter should be read before Date): 3/18 Chapter 3 3/19 Chapter 5 3/20 Chapter 6 3/21 Chapter 8 3/26 Chapter 4 and 9 This week students received their graded essays and were given instructions for revision. Once essays are revised the new grade will replace the old grade in Synergy.
We will also finish up The Things They Carried. We will have a Socratic seminar on Thursday or Friday and the test over the book will be Monday the 11th. This week we began our book study for The Things They Carried.
The chapter reading schedule is posted on the handouts page. After each chapter we will have a reading check or an assignment to gauge understanding of the chapter. We will also discuss the chapters and practice close reading skills. This week we peer edited our essays and focused more on literary analysis.
Students were assigned their other voices assignment. Students also prepared for their tone quiz and cold read. |