Hi My Fun AP Class!
I'm sorry. I have not done a good job at posting on your blog. Grades just took so much time! But we're back on track:
Thursday: Class was shortened due to the Activity Period and so we briefly talked about MLA and Editorials. Here is a link to the MLA Handout Review Guide and this is a great website for MLA. Hopefully we will have time in class to review MLA this Thursday.
Monday: We introduced Peer Review and why it's important. We did a game where we guessed how many pieces of candy were in a big jug. Some students proclaimed them selves as experts. Then we averaged everyone's guesses together. The result was that the class average came much closer to the actual number than either of the "experts." Thus we see, that when we work together our work improves! I have tried to design an effective peer review process--and I hope you will take it seriously. You will receive points for peer reviewing a classmate's drafts and also for having your drafts peer reviewed.
Tuesday: Today, we did peer review! Many of you did not come prepared with your draft completed. It is now your responsibility to switch with someone in the class who needs to peer review also, so you can get those points, and more importantly receive feedback on your writing so that you can improve it!
We also began talking about the next component of the portfolio assignment: The Personal Essay. For Thursday, you were given a packet of model personal essays to read like a writer. Please come see me to get that packet and assignment. I don't have electronic copies of the essays, so I can't post them online, sorry.
As always, please email or call if you have questions!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
1 April 2008: Welcome AP Class
Hello AP Class! I am excited to work with you for my last 2 weeks. We have a lot to do, but you will manage. And you will do it brilliantly of course.
This is what we did in class today:
First we talked about the topics you have been following in the paper and online. We talked about how to turn your topic into an issue (with at least two sides) by turning your topic into a yes/no question. That will ensure your topic is an issue. To do this see the practice worksheet and be sure to turn this into me on Thursday.
We talked through the first portion of your portfolio assignment: Two Editorials. See the assignment sheet for more details. Come and see me to get the assignment sheet.
Then we read pages 61-67 in the AP textbook to look at why you will be doing the Editorial assignment, and how you will begin thinking about the Editorial assignment. You will want to read through these pages to make sure you understand why it is important to synthesize sources and research in editorial writing.
Finally, we talked about a reading strategy you will use while you do your reading homework for the next two weeks: Reading Like A Writer.
Reading like a writer makes you a better reader and also a better writer. What you will do is examine how effective writers use rhetorical devices to make their writing effective. This enables you to analyze how you can use these same devices in your writing.
So, your homework for Thursday is to (1) read the following packet on editorials and complete the reading like a writer strategy for each of the model Op-Eds and (2) bring all of your articles on your topic to class on Thursday!
If you have questions, please come and see me!
This is what we did in class today:
First we talked about the topics you have been following in the paper and online. We talked about how to turn your topic into an issue (with at least two sides) by turning your topic into a yes/no question. That will ensure your topic is an issue. To do this see the practice worksheet and be sure to turn this into me on Thursday.
We talked through the first portion of your portfolio assignment: Two Editorials. See the assignment sheet for more details. Come and see me to get the assignment sheet.
Then we read pages 61-67 in the AP textbook to look at why you will be doing the Editorial assignment, and how you will begin thinking about the Editorial assignment. You will want to read through these pages to make sure you understand why it is important to synthesize sources and research in editorial writing.
Finally, we talked about a reading strategy you will use while you do your reading homework for the next two weeks: Reading Like A Writer.
Reading like a writer makes you a better reader and also a better writer. What you will do is examine how effective writers use rhetorical devices to make their writing effective. This enables you to analyze how you can use these same devices in your writing.
So, your homework for Thursday is to (1) read the following packet on editorials and complete the reading like a writer strategy for each of the model Op-Eds and (2) bring all of your articles on your topic to class on Thursday!
If you have questions, please come and see me!
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