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As soon as our Easy Writers arrive in the next few days, we will review comma splices thoroughly. In the meantime, please look at this site and complete the exercises pertaining to comma splices and run-on sentences. You will need to register (free) in order to complete the exercises.
Please be prepared to introduce and present your Public Service Announcement (PSA) tomorrow. In order to ensure that we won't have technology problems, please email your PSA to me tonight at:
EdieParrottSchool@gmail.com
Do NOT send the file to my county email because it will clog my tiny email box, and I won't be happy!
When you start applying to college, don't overlook outstanding Georgia colleges and universities. This week U.S. News and World Report released its annual list of Best Colleges and Universities.
Georgia Tech is ranked 7th
The University of Georgia is ranked 21st for Top Public Schools.
Save your money (and your parents' money)!
Stay in Georgia and use the Hope Scholarship!
After two students made perfect scores on the Rhetorical Terms test in third period, we discovered a hidden method for achieving a high test score: wear a dress or wear really colorful boots. Congratulations, Laura and Megan!
Results from today's test:
A = 34 students B = 19 C = 5 D = 7 F = 17
Aren't we glad this is the end of tests that require so much memorization?!!
refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images ( ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places). The observable or âphysicalâ is usually described in concrete language.
via quizlet.com
Play several games here to learn your rhetorical terms for Friday's test.
Here is another website that includes scores of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). Please see the post below for the full assignment.
Tomorrow you will select a group (no more than 5 people in a group) and begin working on the creation of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for a topic of your choice (and my approval). You will have one week to create a 30 second television commercial, a 30-second PowerPoint presentation that runs automatically, OR a one-page print magazine advertisement. Your PSA will be judged on its effectiveness, originality, attractiveness, and its use of ethos, pathos, or logos (or perhaps all 3). Take a look at this website that includes hundreds of PSAs for television and print.
In the midst of a national debate over whether Advanced Placement courses place too much pressure on U.S. high school students, a team of Texas researchers has concluded that the difficult courses and three-hour exams are worth it.
If you wonder if all of the hard work required by AP courses is worth it, take a look at this article.