Independent Work

Attendance Question: What is something that people who know you know about you?

Independent Work
CommonLit: Read and annotate MLK
Google Applied Digital Skills

Attendance Question: It is national hobby month. What is a hobby you have or would like to have?

Independent Work
NoRedInk Diagnostic
CommonLit MLK Annotations
Build a Portfolio in Google Sites


Attendance Question: It is international Brain Teaser Month.  Choose a brain teaser and write the answer.

Independent Work
NoRedInk Diagnostic
CommonLit MLK Annotations
Build a Portfolio in Google Sites
GADS: "Create a Schedule to Meet Your Goals"

Attendance Question: What is the first sound you heard today?

Course Expectations Letter Revision and Peer Review (graded)

Independent Work (Work in Progress)

Build a Portfolio in Google Sites (Google Applied Digital Skills Lesson)

NoRedInk Diagnostic

CommonLit: "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" Annotations (Anchor Text)

**Upload spreadsheet to Course Expectations Conference assignment in Canvas
Course Expectations Letter Peer Reviews,
ActivelyLearn “Letter to Martin Luther King from Eight Clergymen (1963)”

EngLangComp-SP-4th 0 2MX39J

Edpuzzle: pamedip

ActivelyLearn Class code: z0qis

NoRedInk:
1st period login swift tree 78
4th period login -violet game 15)

CommonLit: Enter through Clever

EngLangComp-SP-1st 0 6G62G6

EngLangComp-SP-4th 0 2MX39J

2. Pay your $25 course fees. Login to your K12 Payment Center account.

3. Look over the AP English Language and Composition Course at a Glance and choose skill to develop in this course.

4. Reply to the email outlining your expectations for the course (cc your parents). Have your parents fill out this Google form.

5. Bookmark this Padlet. We will use this each day to track attendance and the daily agenda.

Bazemore AP Lang Spring '23

6. Create a NoRedInk Account and login through Google (1st period login swift tree 78) (4th period login -violet game 15) to this course.  Take the diagnostic.

7. Sign in to Remind. Text @aplacspr2 to 81010. 

8. Choose a nonfiction text (hard copy) to read for independent reading.  I have a classroom library to choose from if you can't find anything.  However, I encourage you to check the media center, public library, or your home library. 

9. Read and annotate Martin Luther King's "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" in CommonLit. Enter through Clever.

10. Watch the first two videos for the assignment "Build a Portfolio with Google Sites." The Google Applied Digital Skills code is t85j6w.

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

What keywords should I use to search for information about this topic?

Demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.

Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.

Agenda

Attendance Question
What this chart say about early investments? What conclusion can you draw from this statement?

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Analyze and evaluate the rhetorical use of images, graphics, video, film, and design components of print- and web-based texts.

Attendance Question
Slavery in Brazil

Attendance Question: 

Essential Questions: 

What is the relationship of the individual to the community? How are young people affected by adult decisions?

Learning Objectives: 

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Independent Reading

Attendance Question
Harriet Film Text Prep

Philosophical Chairs (copy for next week)

Attendance Question: Respond to the cartoon.

Homework Review
Syntax and Structures/ Concise Diction
Rainbow Revisions
Goal Spreadsheet
Choice Board Reflections

Attendance Question
Write your reactions to the main idea of this article.

Attendance Question

Eight Principles
Vary Your Sentence Structure Video
Socractic Seminar Prep: Edpuzzle 
HW: Edpuzzle - "How to Argue Without Making Enemies"
HW: Read pages 25-31 in the textbook


Independent Work:
 MLK Annotations, Debate Reflection, Course Overview Choice Board, NoRedInk Practice 


Attendance Question:
Read the quote by Trevor Noah.  Write a one sentence response. 
“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. ‘What if . . .’ ‘If only . . .’ ‘I wonder what would have . . .’ You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”

Essential Questions:
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

What keywords should I use to search for information about this topic?

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.
Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.

Owl Purdue Writing Center

Mapping Your Research Ideas

Formulating a Research Question

Evaluating Sources to Find Quality Research

How to Evaluate Sources

Checking Your Sources (Carl Azuz)

Attendance Question: What is a news story that intrigues or infuriates you? Why is that?

Debate Continued
Douglass Ch. 10

Lit Circle Discussion
Panel Bio

What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

How do public figures craft stories to appeal to the American people?

What biases may the author have that influence his or her perspective?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

How does insight strengthen an argument?

Why is reflection significant to growth?

How does grammar usage and mechanics assist with clarity?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Attendance Question: Share a time when you reacted poorly. Which of these statements would have been helpful?

Why is reflection significant to growth?

Learning Objectives:
Explain how word choice, comparisons, and syntax contribute to the specific tone or style of a text.
Strategically use words, comparisons, and syntax to convey a specific tone or style in an argument.
Explain how writers create, combine, and place independent and dependent clauses to show relationships between and among ideas.
Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda:
Independent Reading
Makeup Quizzes

Attendance Question
Daily Grammar Practice
Vocabulary Assignment

Independent Work
Timed Writing Revisions
NoRedInk MLA PreTest/ Practice (Quiz Tuesday)

Attendance Question
Answer the essential question.

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions:
In what ways are images texts?
How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives:
Identify and describe the claims and evidence of an argument
Identify and describe the overarching thesis of
an argument, and any indication it provides of the argument’s structure
Explain how writer's choices reflect the components of the rhetorical situation
Explain how word choice, comparisons, and syntax contribute to the specific tone or style of a text
Qualify a claim using modifiers, counterarguments, or alternative perspectives.
Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda:

Attendance Question: Would you rather give a speech in front of the whole school or clean the bathrooms at school every day for a week?  Explain.

Etiquette
Use names encourage others to speak
Let others finish before speaking
Be respectful of differing opinions
Clarify conclusions
Summarize points before moving on
Transition when moving to next topic
Referring to the text
Mention authors, titles, and organizations when applicable
Only quote the section that supports what you are saying
Get everyone on the same page literally and figuratively

Attendance Question: Type your name below when you complete the Weekly Check In.

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Analyze and evaluate the rhetorical use of images, graphics, video, film, and design components of print- and web-based texts.

Attendance Question
Independent Reading
Practice Exam Recap
Native American Video
SQ3R
Article of the Week
Modern Slavery Video

Independent Work
Policy Letter
Webquest
NoRedInk Retakes
Vocabulary Assignment
Q2 Revision

Attendance Question: Interpret the Graph.

Essential Questions: 

What is the relationship of the individual to the community? 

How are young people affected by adult decisions?

Learning Objectives: 

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Identify and describe the overarching thesis of an argument, and any indication it provides of the argument’s structure.

Describe the line of reasoning and explain whether it supports an argument’s overarching thesis.

Explain ways claims are qualified through modifiers, counterarguments, and alternative perspectives.

Independent Reading 

Attendance Question

Makeup Day

Recommended Agenda
Revise Essays for line of reasoning
Finish Google Form
Individual tasks from goal spreadsheet
Unfinished independent work from Monday or Tuesday
Article of the Week: GADS “Annotate a Text in Google Docs” (use text in Canvas)

AP Classroom Progress Checks

Attendance Question: 

Look at the rhetorical strategies list. What is your takeaway from this chart?

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives
Identify and explain claims and evidence within an argument.
Qualify a claim using modifiers, counterarguments,
or alternative perspectives

Independent Reading

Attendance Question

Daily Grammar Practice: Paraphrasing
SAC Prep
Research

Careful Reading of the Text

Presentation of Positions

Reversal of Positions

Deliberation

Whole Class Debrief

Student Reflection

Independent Work (Homework)
SAC Reflection
Q3 Revisions
Q2 Revisions
NoRedInk MLA PreTest (Quiz on Tuesday)
NoRedInk MLA Practice (optional)
Vocabulary Assignment
Epiphanic Essay (first draft)
Q3 Peer Reviews
Controlling Your Argument Notes
Syllogism Notes
Debate Reflection



Attendance Question
Name one assignment, lesson, or activity that helped you build a skill this week in this course.

Notes: Eight Principles of Sentence Architecture - Principle 5
Textbook - Visual Rhetoric pg. 9-10
Modes of Discourse

Independent Work
Optional NoRedInk practice, Course Overview Choice Board, Choice Board Reflection, MLK Annotations, Portfolio, Course Expectations Letter Revisions, Google Applied Digital Skills “Create a Spreadsheet…”

Optional: Read pages 11-22 on ethos, logos, and pathos.


Attendance Question: Use the OPTIC Strategy (pictured on tomorrow’s agenda) to analyze the photo.

Attendance Question
To what extend do you think our school rules are fair?

What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

How do public figures craft stories to appeal to the American people?

How does insight strengthen an argument?

Why is reflection significant to growth?

How does grammar usage and mechanics assist with clarity?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Agenda

Independent Work
Slavery Webquest
Vocabulary Assignment

Attendance Question
Peruse the Free the Slaves Website.  Then skim and scan the article from the photo. Write a one sentence reaction.

Agenda

Douglass Ch. 10

Douglass Presentations 

Announcements 

Independent Work

Panel Bio

NoRedInk Diagnostic

 SAC Discussion Prep

Essential Questions

What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

How do public figures craft stories to appeal to the American people?

What biases may the author have that influence his or her perspective?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

How does insight strengthen an argument?

Why is reflection significant to growth?

How does grammar usage and mechanics assist with clarity?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Attendance question: Answer one of the essential questions.

LOR: logical sequence of claims that work together to defend the overarching thesis statement (interplay of how thesis statement guides the topic sentences and transitions interrelate paragraphs)
Is communicated through commentary that explains the logical relationship between the overarching thesis statement and the claims/evidence within the body of the essay (all paragraphs relate to the unifying claim)

Attendance Question
Who is your favorite teacher of all time? Why?

Essential Questions: 

In what ways are images texts?

Who gets to tell who’s story?

Learning Objectives: 

Analyze and evaluate the rhetorical use of images, graphics, video, film, and design components of print- and web-based texts.

Acknowledge words, ideas, images, texts, and

other intellectual property of others through attribution,

citation, or reference.

Agenda:

Independent Reading

Attendance Question

Daily Grammar Practice: Paraphrasing

Conferences

Independent Work: Q3 Peer Reviews, Epiphanic Essay, MLK Annotations, Debate Reflection, Course Overview Choice Board, NoRedInk Practice 

Attendance Question:

Read the article in the comment section.  What is your opinion in regards to the central argument about intellectual property?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

I will be able to:

Write a defensible thesis
Acknowledge the work of others

Weekly Check In
Daily Grammar Practice
Independent Reading
Power Verbs Review - Story cards
Defensible Thesis Practice
Lying Debate
Debate Prep

HW:
Style Exercises (Read pg 1178-1186) - Inverted, Loose, Periodic, Balanced Sentences
Debate Reflection
***If absent, respond in a hypothetical sense.  Complete all of prep sheet except jury page.

Attendance Question
Choose one of the story cards as inspiration, use the power verbs to craft a statement.

Independent Work
Weekly Check In
Frederick Douglass Crash Course
Signed Student Release Form
NoRedInk MLA PreTest & Practice
Vocabulary Assignment

Attendance Question
Complete the weekly check in.

FAQs

Unfortunately, no.  Formative assignments lock five days after the due date.

This assignment is open. There are three assignments here: annotations, peer reviews, and revisions.  Scroll down and hit submit the blank annotations.  Then, you will be able to submit your revisions.

Yes, my apologies.

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

Agenda
ABCs of Illiteracy
DGP: Style
**Discuss Independent Work
Douglass vs Preface
Douglass Ch. 2
Lit Circle Presentations (Best of four)


Independent Work
Panel Bio (complete before panel presentations after AP exam)
Reverse Synthesis (Sources) Due next Wednesday
Vocabulary Assignment (Due Friday)
Slavery Webquest (Due Monday)
NoRedInk Components of a Sentence II Practice (quiz Tuesday)

Attendance Question
Take this Slavery footprint quiz. How do your result impact the way you think about modern slavery.

Attendance Question: Would you rather go to school for six days a week for six months or go to school four days a week for the whole year?

Independent Work
NoRedInk Practice
Reverse Synthesis

Attendance Question
Which of these is your biggest strength when it comes to your speaking voice? How do you know?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

Agenda

Attendance Question
Click on this link
Links to an external site. to read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  After reading over the rights listed, please complete the questions below. 

Essential Questions
What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?
What strategies will help me comprehend a text?
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?
How does insight strengthen an argument?
Why is reflection significant to growth?
What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?
What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument?
To what extent is my reasoning logical?
How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?
How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?
What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Agenda
Douglass Appendix
DBQ Jigsaw
Conferences

Independent Work
Student Led Parent Conferences
Google Applied Digital Skills: "Annotate a Text in Google Docs" using this document: Article of the Week.

Group: Graph of the Week

Attendance question: 

Look at the American slavery artifacts (click on photo).  Which of these provide context for what we have read in the text, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

Agenda:

Independent Work (Homework)
NoRedInk Essay Parts Practice
Article of the Week (Modern Slavery) 
Textbook Exercises (Appendix A 4: Direct, Precise, and Active Verbs)

Attendance Question: Which of the your QFT questions from yesterday get answered in this article, "When Douglass Met Lincoln"?

CommonLit Douglass Questions Ch. 1, Ch 1/7

Group: Graph of the Week

Essential Questions
What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?
What strategies will help me comprehend a text?
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?
How does insight strengthen an argument?
Why is reflection significant to growth?
What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?
What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument?
To what extent is my reasoning logical?
How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?
How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?
What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Attendance question: 

Read Douglass' letter to his former enslaver.  Write a reaction.

March 4 is National Grammar Day

You will need: DGP, writing utensil, notebook


Agenda
Attendance Question/ DGP/ NoRedInk Quiz Makeup
Douglass Ch. 9 (12:41)
Lit Circle Discussion
DBQ Background Essay
14-Word Synthesis

Independent Work
NoRedInk Practice

Essential Questions
What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?
How do public figures craft stories to appeal to the American people?
What biases may the author have that influence his or her perspective?
What strategies will help me comprehend a text?
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?
How does insight strengthen an argument?
Why is reflection significant to growth?
How does grammar usage and mechanics assist with clarity?
What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?
What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?
What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 
To what extent is my reasoning logical?
How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?
How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?
What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?


Attendance question: Read and respond to one of the annotations to the Declaration of Independence. 

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

Agenda:

Attendance Question: Which immigration myth from the article of the week is most enlightening?

Agenda 

Optional:

Essential Questions

What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

Attendance Question: What are you particularly grateful for today?

What are you thankful for today? Think small.

Essential Questions
What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

How do public figures craft stories to appeal to the American people?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

How does insight strengthen an argument?

What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Analyze and evaluate the rhetorical use of images, graphics, video, film, and design components of print- and web-based texts.

Photo of the Week
Graph of the Week: Interpret one graph from the "Key Findings about U.S. immigrants." Copy the graph into the Graph of the Week handout.
To guide you with your response, start with some observations.

➢ Is there an upward or downward trend? ➢ Are there any sudden spikes in the graph? ➢ What is being compared in the graph? ➢ What prediction can I make for the future? ➢ What inferences can I make about the graph?

Distracted Driving Awareness Month 

Financial Literacy Month 

Foot Health Awareness Month

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 

Lawn and Garden Month 

Mathematics Awareness Month 

National Arab American Heritage Month

National Autism Awareness Month

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Independent Reading/Ch. 12 TYFA

Attendance Question

Q1 Timed Writing (Immigration DBQ)
Daily Grammar Practice
Panel Groups
Conferences

Attendance Question: What is the argument conveyed in the attached cartoon?

Essential Questions: 

What is the relationship of the individual to the community? 
How are young people affected by adult decisions?

Agenda:

Independent Reading

Attendance Question

Independent Reading
Oscar Speech Brackets
Goal Spreadsheet
Portfolio
Panel Research
Conferences

Attendance Question: Where is the humor in the cartoon? (This question is not asking if you think the cartoon is funny)

Attendance Question
Type your name, first and last, in the comment section when you read this.

Essential Questions:
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?

What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

What keywords should I use to search for information about this topic?

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.
Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.

Attendance Question
Which of the four styles of humor do you find most humorous? How would you classify your sense of humor? What evidence do you base this answer?

Reverse Synthesis (Sources) 

Graph of the Week
Article of the Week: GADS “Annotate a Text in Google Docs”
Lit Circle Presentations
Student Led Parent Conferences
AP Classroom Progress Checks
Textbook Exercises

Agenda
Independent Reading
DGP Week 19
Panel Presentation Overview 
Research Question
Panel Slide Design Theme
AP Classroom Practice
Individual Goals

Attendance question: Which of these logical fallacies show up in your arguments? 

Skill Category 4: Analyze and select evidence to develop and refine a claim.

Skill 4.A: Develop paragraphs comprised of a claim and evidence that supports the claim.

Big Idea And Essential Knowledge

Claims and Evidence

CLE-1: Writers make claims about subjects, rely on evidence that supports the reasoning that justifies the claim, and often acknowledge or respond to other, possibly opposing, arguments.

CLE-1.A: Writers convey their positions through one or more claims which require a defense.

CLE-1.B: Writers defend their claims with evidence and/or reasoning.

Agenda
Pygmalion Notes

TYFA Quick Write
CommonLit "Pygmalion" (Read and answer questions)
AP Classroom FRQ

Conference 

Attendance Question
Watch the attached video, "The Pygmalion Effect." How have you been impacted by the Pygmalion Effect?

National Craft Month

National Optimism Month

National Foreign Language Month

Irish American Heritage Month

National Ethics Awareness Month

Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science  

National Kidney Month

National Nutrition Month

You will need: writing utensil, text prep, text, notebook

How does grammar usage and mechanics assist with clarity?

What are some effective ways to connect claims and evidence?

What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument? 

To what extent is my reasoning logical?

How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?

How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?

Agenda
Attendance Question/ DGP

Douglass Ch. 7 
Lit Circle Groups

Presentations Cont.

Document Based Question: QFT

****Homework: Textbook Exercises (Appendix A 4: Direct, Precise, and Active Verbs)

Attendance Question: Read the letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman.  What is one level two or three question you have after reading the letter?

Factual questions (level one) can be answered explicitly by facts contained in the text.

Inferential questions (level two) can be answered through analysis and interpretation of specific parts of the text.

Universal questions (level three) are open-ended questions that are raised by ideas in the text. They are intended to provoke a discussion of an abstract idea or issue.

Daily Grammar Practice 

Douglass Ch. 8 (12:16)

Lit Circle Comp Check - Groups

Douglass Group Quiz

Independent Work 
Hook Exercise & DBQ Background Essay Reverse Outline

Attendance Question: Look at the AntiSlavery International website.  Investigate the source and explain whether or not this is a credible source for obtaining information about how to fight slavery today.

Essential Questions
What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?
What strategies will help me comprehend a text?
How does the context of a problem or issue affect how it is interpreted or presented?
How does insight strengthen an argument?
Why is reflection significant to growth?
What is the argument’s main idea and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?
What line of reasoning and evidence would best support my argument?
To what extent is my reasoning logical?
How can I explain contradictions within or between arguments?
How do I connect and analyze the evidence in order to develop an argument and support a conclusion?
What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?

Agenda
Douglass Ch. 11
Lit Circle Discussions (Presentations 4th)
Q2 Rubric Analysis and Revision Discussion

No Attendance Question

Attendance Question
What is the overall message of the attached photo?

You will need:

Step 2  Identifying Challenges

Here is what I was l trying to get out of the assignment Here is what I learned

Here is what I thought was successful

Here is what was less successful

Here is why 

 Here is what I might do differently

Here is what I would like help with

I didn’t give myself enough time, so here is what I plan to do

 I started too late, but now I will

 I didn’t understand this because 

 I couldn’t really get into this subject because

I need some advice regarding motivation. What do I do when

Step 3  Talk through your best work

What assignment are you most proud of

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Independent Reading/TYFA

Attendance Question

Rhetorical Device Bingo Sheet

Attendance Question
Fill in your bingo sheet with rhetorical choices. Write the one you feel good about appearing in the movie.

Essential Questions

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Independent Reading/TYFA

Attendance Question

Panel Discussion Topic Browser (Google Form)
1st Block Jamboard

Philosophical Chairs - American Dirt  Commentary

Independent Work
Rhetoric in writing and speaking handout
Education Web Quest
Textbook: Read pages 77-86 (quiz to come)
AP Classroom Review

Attendance Question
What is your favorite fragrance?

Attendance Question

Independent Reading
Oscar Speech Brackets: Matthew McConaughey vs. Brendan Fraser
A Class Divided
Goal Spreadsheet
Portfolio: Add panel bio to slides
Panel Research
Personal Statement

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Independent Reading/Ch. 14 TYFA

Attendance Question
Rhetorical Device Bingo Sheet - Rhetorical Choices

Attendance Question
Which  of the April monthly observances mean the most to you?

Distracted Driving Awareness Month 

Financial Literacy Month 

Foot Health Awareness Month

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 

Lawn and Garden Month 

Mathematics Awareness Month 

National Arab American Heritage Month

National Autism Awareness Month

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Independent Reading/Ch. 13 TYFA

Attendance Question

Q1 Timed Writing Revision 

Daily Grammar Practice

Panel Groups
Pygmalion Anticipation Guide
Conferences 

Attendance Question: Which terms from the comedy glossary are new for you?

Attendance Question
Watch the video and write a one sentence response. This video pairs with chapter one in Thank You For Arguing.

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

How do adult decisions affect children?

Learning Objectives

Describe the line of reasoning and explain whether it supports an argument’s overarching thesis.

 Develop a line of reasoning and commentary that explains it throughout

an argument.

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Attendance Question

Q2/Q3 Timed Writing
Q3 Database

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

In what ways are images texts?

How do graphics and text features add to or detract from informational text?

Learning Objectives

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

My Fair Lady Film Text Prep

No Attendance Question

You will need: Chromebook, notebook, writing utensil

Essential Questions

How do adult decisions affect children?

Learning Objectives

Describe the line of reasoning and explain whether it supports an argument’s overarching thesis.

 Develop a line of reasoning and commentary that explains it throughout

an argument.

Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.

Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.

Explain how grammar and mechanics contribute to the clarity and effectiveness of an argument.

Agenda

Attendance Question
MCQ Practice Exam

Q1 Outline

AP Classroom

CRAAP Notes

Attendance Question
Which of the 5 Best Practices to Live Your Life do you use?

Oscar Speech Brackets: Julia Roberts vs. Frances McDormand
Rhetorical Precis on "A Class Divided" (See handout from practice exam in folder)
Personal Statement (due Friday)

Independent Reading
Goal Spreadsheet
Portfolio
Panel Research
Personal Statement

Attendance Question
If you could do a job a week for 52 weeks, what would be your top ten jobs to try?

The attached document will provide more information on the expectations and details of the forum including deadlines, what to submit, etc.

The presentations require research and attention to detail, and students must submit a manuscript of what they will say in their presentation. 

Essential Questions: 

What is the relationship of the individual to the community? 
How are young people affected by adult decisions?

Agenda:

Independent Reading

Attendance Question

Independent Reading
Oscar Speech Brackets
Lateral Reading Notes
Goal Spreadsheet
Portfolio
Panel Research
Conferences

Attendance Question: Who do you think looks up to you?