Parrott's AP English Language & Composition

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Now that we have had a long Thanksgiving break, it's time to get back to work. Here is a snapshot of our remaining work for the semester.

This week

Monday – We will read during class (no homework, remember?) "Tongue Tied" and then discuss it. Please remember to bring your book.

Tuesday – Timed Writing / Time to work with your debate partner

Wednesday – Friday – Norton Reader discussions – see Syllabus

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Next Week

Monday – Friday – Debates and group discussions of books

Debate paper due Monday!

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Final Week

Monday – Debate and distribution of student comments (maybe with food!)

Character Sketch Due

Tuesday – Friday – Full AP exam for final exam

Because some of you are trying to figure out when to use your remaining
precis passes, I have entered all of our remaining assignments in
Turnitin.com. You can check it to determine when you want to use your
passes. We have three assignments left where I will ask you to write a
precis.

Don't forget to submit your student comments to
Turnitin by FRIDAY! The file is on the website in an earlier post, and I have
now entered the assignment in Turnitin.com so you can upload your
comments when you are finished.

Have a great weekend! It's beautiful out there!

As you finish your research paper, you might want to use this checklist to make final revisions to your paper.

Download Problem Solution Proofreading

Good-luck!  I'll see you tomorrow!

During the last week of class, I plan to give each of you a small
gift that consists of nice comments that your classmates and I have
written about you. Obviously, I need your help!

Download the file
for your class period. Write at least one kind remark about each
person in your class. What will you
remember about each person? What is the
best thing you can say? Be serious and
not sarcastic. I hope this doesn't happen, but if you select not to
write comments about other students, I will not distribute their
comments to you. Don't be a party-pooper!

Please submit your comments to Turnitin.com by Friday, Nov. 20th

Download Period 1

Download Period 2 corrected

Download Period 3

Update

Brian G. sent the following message:

Just a tip for those who aren't MS Word experts.

You can press  Ctrl + H 
to use the "find and replace" tool. In the top box, type in "Your Name" and in
the replacement box type "Brian" or whatever your name is. This will change all
the Your Name's into your name.

Please type your first and last name.

Thanks, Brian!

Here's a great writing contest that many of you may want to enter. Please note the due date in November.

Download WD 2009 Essay Question Flyer

Download WD 2009 essay reg form

Work Log (Download and keep track of group members)

Download Panel_presentation log

Website for Editorial Cartoons

Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoons

Website for Creating Free Surveys
Don't forget that I must approve the survey before you distribute it. Please send me an email with the link to the survey or you can print out the survey on Survey Monkey and let me see it. Since I am checking for content, grammar, mechanics, and format, I will not approve a hand-written survey or a typed survey that has not been set up in Survey Monkey.

SurveyMonkey

Website for Detecting Bias

How to Detect Bias in the News 

KMHS Resources (Page down and click on Opposing Viewpoints)

KMHS Resources

I am what I learn.

The U.S. Department of
Education is hosting a video contest for students. The contest is open
to students 13 and over who make a short video (no more than 2 minutes)
about the importance of education. It looks like an interesting
assignment for kids.

I Am What I Learn

Clarkdale Elementary School was submerged in the recent flooding. Clarkdale students and their teachers will be sent to two different schools where they will remain until Cobb County decides what to do about the damaged building. If you would like to help these students, their families, and the teachers of Clarkdale, please see the attached file. Sadly, many Clarkdale students must endure the pain of losing their house and their school. They need our help. Thanks!

Download Clarkdale Contributions

Make sure you finish In Cold Blood by Thursday. I still have a story to tell you!

The speeches that were scheduled for Tuesday (11 & 12) and the speeches
that were scheduled for Wednesday (13 & 14) will now move to Thursday. We
will complete speeches 15 and 16 on Monday.

The In Cold Blood test will still take place on Friday, and
I’ll tell you more about it on Thursday.You will need to know all character names as well as why the characters are important. I have sent a message on Facebook (may take hours for Facebook to send it) suggesting that students get together to share names to help review for the test. Feel free to start a Facebook group so you can work together. You may even post the Facebook group URL on the AP English Language group gall if you so desire.

Enjoy your day off and take care!

via www.flu.gov

The Health and Human Services Department recently held a contest to select the best Public Service Announcement to educate the public about good hygiene and flu prevention. Take a look at the nominated videos and the winner. If I had known about this contest when we worked on PSAs a few weeks ago, we could really have had fun with this topic!