AP 2017-18 Blog & Assignments

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...