Due for Class on Wednesday Read the first 2 Chapters of Part 6
Due for Class on Friday Nothing! I will be chaperoning a Field Trip. BUT note that your homework due for Monday is a bit longer... Due for Class on Monday Read Part 7 (The NPC) in ONE SITTING if you can (we will finish reading Part 6 in class together on Wednesday). It's about 35 pages, so you might have to block out some time for it. Then, take a break, and then, instead of a reading log, write a 200-250 word response on one of the following themes, selecting a quotation from the text that helps formulate your thinking:
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No HW this week! Just take this time to practice questions on AP Classroom and do reps on considering how you would approach the free response questions.
You will also have an in-class essay on Thursday for one final practice :) Due for Tuesday Time yourself! Take fifteen minutes and pre-write for ALL THREE ESSAYS on this document. Come to class with your outlines. We'll look them over together!
Due for Thursday Come to class with a plan to use at least 2 of the following source in a 300-400 word response: Do you believe that the only meaningful factors in a piece of literature are the aesthetic qualities and mastery of language (regardless of who the author is and when he/she/they wrote) and that taking feministic / racial / queer lenses to consider texts is to sacrifice them at the altar of social justice? Sources: 1. The Atlantic - Ranting Against Cant (2003) 2. The Atlantic - Harold Bloom's Warning to the World (2019). 3. WaPo - How Harold Bloom Misunderstood the Fall of the Humanities (2019) 4. WaPo - In Defense of Harold Bloom (2019) . WaPo articles on a google doc. Due for Monday You'll receive a packet of reading passages and multiple choice answers to complete in class -- complete it for class on Monday! Due for Wednesday Submit your final draft of your essay on Waiting for Barbarians by class time onto Schoology (you can submit up until Wed, May 01, without any penalty)
Due for Friday Read Chapter 1 of Part 5 of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Due for Monday Read through Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 5 of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Submit reading notes on Part 5 onto Schoology before class starts on Monday. Essential Questions:
CP: Summarize what happened in Part 5 and how it does do work on exploring one of the essential questions. At least 5 sentences! ACP: Find two essential quotations in Part 5 and detail what work they do on exploring two of the essential questions. At least 2 sentences per quotations. Honors: Find 2 quotations in Part 5 and explain how put them in relation to each other in a well-written paragraph that addresses one of the essential questions. Do all your work on one Google Doc! Then, copy and paste your text to the submission box.
Due for Mon April 8 Come to class with your thesis and 4 pieces of evidence you think you will use in your essay Due by end of class on Mon Apr 8 Submit first body paragraph on Schoology (text, not a link) Due before class Wed Apr 10 Submit second body paragraph on Schoology (text, not a link) Due by end of class Wed Apr 10 Submit conclusion on Schoology (text, not a link) Due before class Fri Apr 12 Submit the rest of your body paragraphs (if you have any more!) on Schoology (text, not a link) Due by end of class Fri Apr 12 Submit your introduction on Schoology (text, not a link) Due by classtime Wed Apr 24 Submit final draft of your essay on Schoology (full text then the Google Doc link to your working document with Editing Permissions Enabled at the bottom) By class on Wednesday, 04/03 - Finish reading Waiting for the Barbarians. Complete three check-ins - two during your reading and one after you finish. Check the assignment on the resources page for more detail! Essay prompt will be revealed after every student completes at least one check-in!
Due for Thursday, 03/21 Prep 2 Documents!
Due for Monday, 03/25 Prep 4 more! Due for Fri, 03/29 Submit a rough outline onto Schoology! Due for Fri, 04/12 Submit your final draft of your culture paper onto Schoology! Due for Tuesday Pick one of the readings in the Gladwell Readings documents. Reverse engineer an outline - what is the sequence of information and sources? What is the logical link from one point to the next one? What tensions or contradictions are brought up and how are they addressed?
Due for Thursday Read Ch 4 of the book You May Also Like. How might you revise this piece of writing to fit more the "style" of what you are asked to do? Prepare three notes! Due for Monday, the 18th 1. Come to class prepared for our pitch meeting! 2. Read through this piece on BIG PANTS. Check Ms Gallagher's Schoology page and the prompt document with the deadlines!
Due for Wednesday Listen to three of the following podcasts (GOOGLE THEM)
Answer the following questions for each of the podcasts (100-150 words per podcast) : 1. What did you listen to? 2. How does this podcast start? How does it hook the audience and provide details and context to get them listening beyond the first 90 seconds? 3. How does it orient the audience and guide them through a multiple-minute, multiple-step dive into a particular topic or question? 4. How does this podcast use sonic elements like montages, multi-tracking, music, interviews, etc. to help make this work? 5. How did the podcast personalize or localize their topic? 6. What is your response to the final product? What is your reaction to what you heard! Submit these notes onto Schoology. Due for Wednesday, 03/13 by start of class 20 Point Assignment! Prompt: Who should have the power to say when an act of cross-cultural influence is appropriate or inappropriate? Examples: Is it appropriate for white people to wear dreadlocks? Who is to say? Is it appropriate for racists to make hiphop and wave the Confederate flag? Who is to say? Is it appropriate for the head chef of a Korean restaurant be French? Who is to say? Is it appropriate for Rosalia to win Latin Grammy's Album of the Year? Who is to say? Requirements CP: approximately 300 words; references one specific examples and cites one informed voice ACP: approximately 350 words; references one specific example and cites at least one informed voice Honors: approximately 400 words; references at least one specific example and at least one informed voice; have to reference at least 3 separate sources. Steps
Feedback will focused on: Is it clear: Do I understand what you are saying? Is it comprehensive: Did you do everything I asked you to do? Is it compelling: Do I buy your argument? If you want to do this in a different way, let me know! |
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