AP Comp. Homework Friday, September 5

1.  Write a complete SOAPS analysis of the movie "The Breakfast Club"

2.  Stop by the main office  and pick up a copy of the Susan Sontag essay that's in the tray.    Your assignment will be written on the packet.

FYI:

For question #4 of the Sontag reading, the full question should read: 

"4.  Analyze the quote in para. 25 that begins "It is hard to imagine..."

What does Sontag mean by this?"

12/18/13~"Why study Shakespeare?"

Your homework tonight is:

1.  Read and annotate "What students need to know about rhetoric?" packet.  Write down 5 questions you have after reading the packet.
2.  Watch the TED talk "Why study Shakespeare?"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY&noredirect=1
3.  After watching the video, please comment on the following... (in the comments section below. write your name)
   
           - what do you know about Shakespeare?
           -what do you want to know about Shakespeare or his works?
           - what are the strongest claims made by the speaker?  why?
           -  what does the speaker DO to make his speech effective?  in other words, what rhetorical devices                    make his speech work?
            -did he challenge any previous ideas you had about Shakespeare?  if so, which ones?
           -  what is your opinion of his central claim?  do you agree or not?

10.23.13 AP Comp. Horace Mann analysis qs

1.What does Mann mean when he states that "education...is the great equalizer of the conditions of men..the balance-wheel..."?
2.  In what ways is Mann's position on the role of education similar to James Baldwin?  Frederick Douglass?  Support your answer  with quotes from both readings.
3.  What effect does Mann's opening paragraph have on the essay?  What comparison and contrasts is he making?
4. In what ways is Mann's essay in support of Mori's position on American schooling?
4. Using your inference skills, how would Mann respond to the major arguments in the documentary "The Lottery" (we watched this in class)?

Labor Day weekend AP homework Part II

1. Do a SOAPStone analysis of your photos. 1 paragraph/lletter

2. Answer the following question for each visual: What is the main argument being made? What types of appeals are being used? How does this visual support the claim that Labor Day is an important American holiday. Please print your visuals and bring them to class. 

Ms. Mack

Labor Day weekend homework AP

sorry this is late. 

Part I. 

Please take three pictures this weekend that support the claim that Labor Day is an important American holiday. 

Part I I. 

check back tomorrow at noon. 

12th AP Homework 4.18.13

Hello AP'ers. 

Your homework over these next few days is to write a PRACTICE synthesis essay.   Please stop by the office in the  morning (Thursday 4.19)  and pick up the prompt and the sources.  We still have ALOT of work to do with regard to understanding how to respond to a synthesis prompt. With that said, this will not count as an essay grade, rather it will be out of 50pts. for completion. The goal of this essay is for you to receive feedback from me and from your writing group.

 I strongly encourage you all to take some risks in your writing with this essay. To clarify,  try some new strategies or ways to adress the prompt than you have all year long. This is the most important thing to keep in mind when you want to get a different score than what you've been getting all along.

This prompt will seem a little different than the others we've practiced...but don't be fooled. USE THE STEPS WE COVERED IN CLASS.

PLEASE USE THE SYNTHESIS BIBLE, YOUR COMP. NOTES FROM CLASS, AND THE RUBRIC THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE PROMPT.

PLEASE BRING ALL OF YOUR FOOD SOURCES TO CLASS ON TUESDAY.

word.
Ms. Mack

12th AP Interim & Spring Break Homework

1) Finish reading FFN (Only 5, CRW's for each of the remaining chapters)

2) Read packet and answer all STARRED q's.  (word to the wise...you could use this as an additional source for your first synthesis essay. read it with the claim we discussed in class in mind)

3) Practice multiple choice questions (choose 5 to review)

4) Read & annotate all sources AND answer short argumentation questions for each

Enjoy your Interim & Spring Break !