AP 2017-18 Blog & Assignments

Annotated Bibliography Proposal Section DuE https://mrswalkersaplitandcomp.blogspot.com/ OBJECTIVE:   TUSD Curriculum Objective: W.7 – Conduct short as well as more sustained  research projects to answer a question (including a self-generating question). AP College Board Objective: The course requires writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work’s social, historical, and/or cultural values. Bellwork:   Write down the objective. Summarize your research from last week in 2 sentences. What did you learn about your I believe statement?  Activity  Visit the following website to learn about annotative bibliographies. Complete any further research you wish to do. Write your page long proposal for your research. This should be posted on your blog by the end of the day. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/ Review the Annotated Biblio...

Begin the Annotated Bibliography--  https://mrswalkersaplitandcomp.blogspot.com/ OBJECTIVE:   TUSD Curriculum Objective: W.7 – Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generating question). AP College Board Objective: The course requires writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work’s social, historical, and/or cultural values. BELL WORK:   Write down the objective. Describe in your bellwork what an I believe statement is.   ASSIGNMENT  1 .     Visit thisIbelieve.org. Choose a topic from the website that is most similar or closely relates to your I believe statement.  2.  On your blog (in your post for today) write 5-10 questions using the stems from the pink 4-levels of questioning paper.  3.  Review the requirements for the research Annotated Bibliog...

OBJECTIVE:   Using 2 I believe statements, write a narrative in order to develop real experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.   Bellwork:  Write down the objective. Describe an experience you have had with peer editing. Was it a positive or negative experience? What did you learn from the experience.  Assignments:  1. Make sure your rough draft of your narrative is as complete as you wish it to be.  2. Review the rubric below.  3. Find a partner to score your narrative rough draft using the rubric below. 4. Make any changes and post your FINAL draft to a page on your blog. (Please let me know if you need help making your PAGE visible. ) 5. Complete the closure below so that I am able to grade your narrative. Writing Rubric – Personal Narrative Excellent Good Fair Unsatisfactory 4 Ideas & Content creates a focused, ve...

the blog: https://mrswalkersaplitandcomp.blogspot.com  OBJECTIVE:   Using 2 I believe statements, write a narrative in order to develop real experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.   Bellwork :  Write down the objective. In what ways is a narrative format different or similar to an essay format?  Assignment:  1. Review your lesson plan from last week. In your blog reflection for this week, comment on how effective your lesson would be if someone else gave it, and/or how effective it would be for other students. You might try out the lesson on a neighbor?  2. Complete  using the information you gathered last week from the OWL, create a rough draft of your I Believe narrative. Write a narrative about an event or thing, person, or ? that created and/or your belief.  3.  Your rough draft must be ready peer edit next week, and turn into a final draft. If you n...

January 29th!  OBJECTIVE:  Using 2 I believe statements, write a narrative in order to develop real experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. BELL WORK: Write down the objective. What event did you choose to express your belief?  Why did you choose the event in your narrative? Assignment/Activity: Visit the following website to learn about narrative structure THIS LINK HERE will take you to the OWL . In your blog post today, create a lesson for the class to explain the format of a narrative (You will need an objective, Bellwork, and information with an activity).  Make sure you have your brainstorm from last week that chose an event that made you believe what "I believe" statement you chose for your narrative.  Begin writing your narrative on one of your I believe statements. Your narrative should focus on imagery and emotion, and express your belief either overtly or covertly. Leave tim...

The "I Believe" Saga!!  @  https://mrswalkersaplitandcomp.blogspot.com/   OBJECTIVE:   Using 2 I believe statements, write a narrative in order to develop real experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.   BELL WORK:  Write down the objective. Pretend you are talking to a freshman in high school, write down how you would describe to them what a narrative is.  Assignment for 1/22 Read “A Hanging” by George Orwell (Purple textbook pg. 1167-1174 or LINK TO ESSAY HERE ) & “The Battle of Blenheim” by Robert Southey (L& C book pg. 1417 in  or LINK HERE) .  Using the plot map, outline the parts of the story (with one piece of evidence per part) in either the poem or the essay.  Look at your I Believe statements from last Tuesday, choose 2 to begin brainstorming about. You should have 1 page of brainstorm for each.  If you have ...