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For your panel presentation, you must create a synthesis assignment in the same format as College Board synthesis assignments. The assignment must include an introduction, the assignment, and six sources (or parts of sources). ONE SOURCE MUST BE A VISUAL!
Due Date: Wednesday, March 10th
Here is a template you can use to create your synthesis assignment.
Although I would love to be in school today, the snow is falling, and I’m not about to drive through the mountains in this snow.
If you finish your survey and need me to approve it, please email it to me. If you finish your annotated bibliography early (due Thursday), please email it to me also so I can start grading.
I hope you get to see snow in your neighborhood soon!
See you in the spring!
For more information about panel presentations, click on the Panel Presentation link to the right.
Here’s the log you can download for your group.
Panel Presentation Log
Here is a great site for finding Editorial Cartoons
Cagle\’s Cartoons
Here’s a FREE site you can use to create an online survey. The free site will only allow you to obtain 100 responses, but you can create duplicate surveys for free in order to obtain more than 100 responses.
SurveyMonkey
Because you will be reading articles about controversial issues, you may find some sources that contain bias. Here’s a website that will help you learn to detect bias in the news.
How to detect bias in the news
Remember: You need to find scholarly sources. Stay away from encyclopedia, including Wikipedia, and blogs (unless they are hosted by experts in the field). Use the school databases to find sources. You might also like to look for sources on Google Scholar
Several students have mentioned that they are nervous about giving a speech in front of the class. Believe it or not, speaking in front of an audience is one of the most common fears we all have. In fact, one of the reasons I make students deliver a short speech early in the semester is so they will be more relaxed when they have to participate in more challenging assignments in front of the class later in the semester. One of the most important things you should remember is that you will be giving your speech in front of your classmates, and WE ALL WANT YOU TO DO WELL! No one is going to make fun of you or hope that you make mistakes. We all support each other!
If you want specific strategies to help you deal with your stress, please read the following suggestions.
Tips for people who hate to make speeches in front of groups
On Friday we will vote for the best Public Service Announcement in each area. Since the videos are on Facebook and YouTube, you will need to view them at home before Friday. If I have omitted a video that you submitted, please email me ASAP.
Most Creative
B 1 < stat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2QWOjM_bM
Wild Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn-LaB7ZGXE
Express Yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpn0YgTP9sE
Funniest
B 1 < stat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2QWOjM_bM
Wild Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn-LaB7ZGXE
Don’t Go Into that Room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RseDGmM-gg
Most Interesting
Wild Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn-LaB7ZGXE
Express Yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpn0YgTP9sE
Help Haiti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-ZEJCnCTw
Most Poignant
Domestic Violence http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=275913113104&ref=nf
Childhood Cancer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwd3TDZ9-0
Express Yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpn0YgTP9sE
Help Haiti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-ZEJCnCTw
Since we had so many good PSAs today, I think we should have a contest. If you would like to enter the contest, please follow these rules:
1) Make necessary changes or edits to your video.
2) Upload your video to YouTube
3) Send me an email or Facebook message and let me know the URL for your video, the title of the video, the names of the members in your group, and the categories (see below) that you wish to enter.
Categories
Most Persuasive
Most Poignant / touching / emotional
Funniest
Most Creative
Most Interesting
4) You must submit this information by 6:00 PM Monday night (Feb. 1st)
I will send out the links to everyone and give them several days to view the PSAs. We will vote in class.
What do you win?
A winner will be selected for each category. The group members who win in each category will receive one free Timed Writing pass (limited to one pass per person).
If you love of poetry and/or drama, you might like to participate in Poetry Out Loud. There will be an informational meeting in the media center on Wed., Jan. 20th at 3:45 for all interested students. KMHS placed second in state last year, our first year of competition, so we’ve got the talent out there.
For more information about Poetry Out Loud, please click on the microphone.
Welcome to AP English Language and Composition!
I am looking forward to teaching you!
Please click on the file below to complete the first night’s homework. Because you will use this website to obtain all of your major assignments for the semester, it is important for you to complete the assignment below during the opening days of the semester. Because I have moved my website from Typepad and into WordPress, you may find a few errors. If you find an error, please contact me so I can correct it. Thanks!
I hope all of you are enjoying your holidays and looking forward to beginning your FINAL semester of high school!
On the first day of class, I will give you all of the handouts and information you will need for the semester. In the meantime, if you want to get acclimated to the course, here are a few things you might like to know.
I maintain a Facebook group for AP students and periodically send out information. If you would like to join this group, please click on the Facebook link on the right hand column, toward the bottom of the page.
I hope you have already completed your summer reading and the related assignment. If not, click on “Summer Reading” under pages on the right-hand column. The summer reading assignment for the second book will be due on the FRIDAY of the first week of the semester. The test over Black Boy or Angela’s Ashes will be on the MONDAY of the second week of the semester.
In the next couple of days, I will update the syllabus and post due dates on the pages for all major assignments. Check the website in a couple of days for these updates, or sign-up above to be notified through email when I update the website.
If you need to contact me, you can email me at school (Edie.Parrott@cobbk12.org) or send me a Facebook message. I will always respond within 24 hours. If you do not receive a response, try again because my spam filter may have captured your email.
I am looking forward to teaching you!