I am dubbing this week go-over week because we have oodles of information to go over. Thus, we will begin tomorrow by reviewing your homework, which was to read and give a grade to the student sample AP essays that correspond to the question you wrote about on Friday. I will then give you the marking criteria to make sure your grades fit, and then we will have the big reveal to see what the actual AP marks were. I also have a paper written by Renee Shea, who is one of the authors of your textbook, and we will look at what her suggestions are for writing the persuasive essay.
Then, I would like to touch upon the grammar work you did last week, the outline for Eric Liu's essay with particular attention to structure, and then we also need to go over the logical fallacies we began last week! Wow - there is a lot to keep track of and a lot going on in this class right now. One could almost forget there was an essay due next week, but luckily, I am helpfully reminding you - again.
See you tomorrow - can't wait!
PS: Any nice comments would be welcome to convince me that someone is actually reading this blog. Nice comments - you got that right?
PS: Any nice comments would be welcome to convince me that someone is actually reading this blog. Nice comments - you got that right?
I am leaving a nice comment! I was wondering if there was anything specific due for homework for tomorrow from last class, because everything you've stated here has been assigned in the past.
ReplyDeleteThank you,
Polina.
Hi Polina,
DeleteYes, you were to look up some sites that talk about how to write great introductions to essays - we are going to talk about that in relation to the AP samples and the persuasive essay.
Hello, I will leave a few words from Trevor Hall,
ReplyDelete"If there’s a hole in your soul, you better fill it
If your cup is over flowing, don’t spill it
You better hold it, while the whole world is spinning around
And when your eyes look down at another
Just remember that he’s your own brother
This kind of love ain’t gonna go under, I’ve found
Because when you love one another only good rain comes down"
:) John Neves
Poetry (or lyrics) written on an English teacher's blog - doesn't get much better than that! And a very nice message too.
DeleteThanks!