Mitchell - AP English Language & Composition (APEX Homeschool Program) //www.apexhomeschool.org/apps/classes/921985/assignments/ Class Name: Mitchell - AP English Language & Composition Instructor(s): Carrie Mitchell en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 03/12/2020]]> //www.apexhomeschool.org/homeworkItem5359817 //www.apexhomeschool.org/apps/classes/921985/assignments/
Please take your Midterm Essays and type them into separate Docs that you share with me. 
Feel free to polish them as you do this!  
Share them with me asap - by Tuesday a.m. would be great so that I can look them over and then we will have 20 minute individual meetings to score and discuss them in class on Thursday!
Here are the prompts: 
        2020 Tribe Arg Prompts  & 2019 Tribe Arg Prompts & 2019 R.A. Prompt
Here is the rubric:
        2020 AP Lang Rubrics

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1. Please read Chapter 4 of Tribe "Calling Home from Mars" and the Postscript. 

2. Take notes for yourself on the main argumentative points the author makes in this                         chapter. 

3. Then, formulate one or two argumentative prompts that stem from some aspect of this                 book.  Use this list (8 Real Argumentative Prompts) and your study book for examples to         help you in structuring your prompts.

4. Here is an example if you are interested: Tribe Sample Argumentative Prompt.

5. Finally, add your best original argumentative prompt here: 2020 Tribe Arg Prompt

 

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Please read Chapter 3 of Tribe "In Bitter Safety I Awake" and complete this: Tribe Reading Guide #3. It asks you to do a lot of reading, thinking and responding, so give yourself plenty of time.

 
Fallacy Quiz #2: Study Fallacies 1-16, but focus on the last 8. Here are the cartoons: AP Lang Fallacy Cartoon Collection!

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Please read Chapter 2 of Tribe "War Makes You an Animal" pages 35-70, and complete this: Tribe Reading Guide #2.

 

And, time yourself for 11 minutes as you do the passage on pages 216 in your practice book (questions 12-23). Just keep track of your answers in the book.


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Timed Writing (half hour - one paragraph - underline thesis): What should the U.S. do regarding the issue of teen vaping?

 

Please read Tribe, Author's Note, Introduction & Chapter 1, and complete and share this: Reading Guide #1.


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Study first 8 fallacies for quiz Thursday, 1/30/20.

 

Please read Chapter 1 in your AP Lang Test Book - Pages 51-73.  Take notes as you go and determine ways you can apply it to your upcoming test.  

 

And, using the answer pages, review your work from M/C Practice Test #1 and fill in this chart: Practice Test #1 M/C Analysis. Share this with me!

 

Work on Modest Ignite Presentation & These Two Docs.

        M.I. Planning Doc

        M.I. Script

        Other stuff as determined by your group


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Please read this essay: "Curbing Nature's Paparazzi" by Bill McKibben It's also in your 50 Essays book if you'd like a hard copy. Think carefully about his use of a Toulmin-type framework and try to identify the claim, warrant, backing, data, rebuttal, etc.

 

Complete the practice multiple choice test on pages 10-20. You can and should write in your book so annotate, annotate, annotate! Please enter your answers into this form: AP Lang TPR Practice #1 2020.

 
Take home 3 "upfront" magazines and scour them for potential argumentative topics. 
Write three should/should not statements from the magazines.

]]> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:10:28 PST <![CDATA[Due: 01/16/2020]]> //www.apexhomeschool.org/homeworkItem5314451 //www.apexhomeschool.org/apps/classes/921985/assignments/ Read and annotate Jonathan Swift's legendary essay "A Modest Proposal" (here is a copy "A Modest Proposal" and it's also in your 50 Essays) and after you do so, click here and complete this: AMP Activity as directed. There are several steps, so follow the directions and don't put this off until late Wednesday night, January 15. ;)
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Complete and share your Family Romanov Research Paper by 11:59 p.m.!
    Make sure it has: 

  • a strong, sustainable, supportable thesis

  • ample textual evidence incorporated thoughtfully and seamlessly from TFR and quality outside sources  (here is some help with that: Finding Quality Sources

  • an argument that links the topic to TFR

  • an intelligent, thoughtful conclusion

  • correct MLA manuscript format with parenthetical documentation and a works cited page (more info: https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/)

  • formal academic diction

  • no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar and spelling

 

Please finish Animal Farm and fill in this form: Animal Farm Historical Reference Doc as much as you can. You can even google things as long as you  finish the book and try on your own first.
 
After you finish the book, look through this: Animal Farm Post-Reading Activities and select a couple of items that interest you. This isn't due until JANUARY 16, 2020, but I want to hear what you are thinking of doing. :)

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1.  Continue to work on your research paper. If you get a draft done or make a good start on         it, and want me to look it over, please send it to me and I will do some editing and
     commenting for you. :)
 
2. Read Animal Farm, chapters 1-5 and work on filling in this as you go:
     Animal Farm Historical Reference Doc.   

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