Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To prepare expectations for the AP test & course
To write an essay from a 2013 AP test prompt

BELLRINGER:
Write in your journals:
May 6, 2015
What is significant about this date?

AGENDA:
Students will understand May 6, 2015 is the day of the AP Literature and Composition test.
We will begin the school year by taking a sample test.
Discuss: 3 essay questions, 2 hours, 40 minutes each, 55% of score.

AGENDA:
Sample essay question: 40 minute timing

HOMEWORK:
Summer Reading: due Friday 8/29
Syllabus Signed: due Wednesday 8/27

OBJECTIVES:
To create grammar placemats

BELLRINGER:
What is “victory”?
Journal prompt: “Victory is not when your circumstances change; victory is when you purpose in your heart to never give up.”

AGENDA:
Work on grammar placemats

HOMEWORK:
Syllabus Signed
UGO form signed
Finish cutting out grammar sheets

OBJECTIVES
Identify quarter goal: narratives
Writing in proper essay format
Establish first assignment requirements

BELLRINGER:
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AGENDA
Discuss British Literature and narratives
Discuss Twain’s quote and his life
Explain essay requirements and provide example

HOMEWORK
Media Form & signed syllabus due 8/27
5 paragraphs on “Hero” due 8/27/14
Mark Twain claimed, “We find not much in ourselves to admire; we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes.”
Respond with a narrative: Do you agree? Whom do you consider a hero? Why? Provide examples.