Enjoy your summer!
The Week of May 22 ~ Finals Week
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Monday - Take the STAR
Monday - Take the STAR
- Go to http://hosted90.renlearn.com/283483
- Enter your MV user name, usually 1st letter of 1st name + 4 letters of last.
- ex/ "abrid" for Allison Bridgette
- Resident students use birth name.
- If there are fewer than four letters in last name, then you will use the first letter(s) of your first.
- Some student names match, so have your teacher check the list if you cannot remember your user name.
- Enter the password as "password".
- Select "Star Reading"
- Tap next and start.
Week of May 15 ~ Let Debate Week Begin!
Let's try this again.
Holtzclaw and Gunn are coming for you!
AP English III - Language and Composition - Summer Reading Assignment
English III - American Literature - Summer Reading Assignment
Today tie up your loose ends. This is your last time to meet with your groups.
Holtzclaw and Gunn are coming for you!
AP English III - Language and Composition - Summer Reading Assignment
English III - American Literature - Summer Reading Assignment
Today tie up your loose ends. This is your last time to meet with your groups.
Rehearse your opening/closing statements.
Good luck...God bless!
Block Day, May 11 & 12 ~ What's on the final?
PERIOD 5 - GMO's (Eric Z., Victoria, Kevin T., Alex R.) be dressed and ready to debate on Monday.
BREAKING DOWN THE FINAL
1. Roots
a. Know the whole list - Matching
2. Grammar
a. Semicolon - How to use - MC
b. Compound Sentences - How to join - MC
c. Confused Words - MC
d. Dangling Modifiers - How to recognize - MC
3. Across a Hundred Mountains
a. Reading Questions - MC
b. Who said it? - MC
c. Who did it? - MC
4. Debate
a. Ethos, pathos, logos - MC
b. Logical Fallacies - Matching
DEBATE
BREAKING DOWN THE FINAL
1. Roots
a. Know the whole list - Matching
2. Grammar
a. Semicolon - How to use - MC
b. Compound Sentences - How to join - MC
c. Confused Words - MC
d. Dangling Modifiers - How to recognize - MC
3. Across a Hundred Mountains
a. Reading Questions - MC
b. Who said it? - MC
c. Who did it? - MC
4. Debate
a. Ethos, pathos, logos - MC
b. Logical Fallacies - Matching
DEBATE
- Work on any last minute details.
Wednesday, May 10 ~ Debate
DEBATE
- Opening/Closing Statements are due today!
- Are you and your partner on the same page as far as THEMES and evidence?
- Do you have a strong argument with concrete evidence to back you up?
- Do you meet the time requirement for opening and closing speeches?
Tuesday, May 9 ~ Debate
DEBATES
REMINDER
REMINDER
- Opening/Closing Speeches due tomorrow, Wed.
·
Check Points with
partner:
o
1-Make sure you have a
balance of evidence in your speeches (for example, a debate that is based
completely on pathos won't win. Make sure your evidence is PLENTIFUL and
includes ethos, logos and pathos).
o
2-What questions do you
think the opponents will ask you about....get your rebuttals ready!
o
3-Make sure your
evidence is organized so that both partners can read and find it. Maybe color
coordinating notecards by THEMESS would help?
·
Peer-Editing
of Opening/Closing Statements ~ TWO Peer-edits please!
o
Rate
each of the 3 areas of evidence from 1-5 (5=strong)
o
Circle
anything that needs clarification.
o
Write
down any arguments not mentioned.
o
Put a
box around anything that has a logical fallacy.
o
Does
the writer use Ethos, Logos and Pathos? Make a note of how the
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