NY Times Replica Edition Login Info

Please check your PupilPath mail for very important login information. We have a classroom edition of the NY Times available to us - latest issue plus 30 days of back issues. We will be starting an Opinion Project soon. This will be an invaluable resource to help you find and read editorials.
We will review this project in class next week. You will receive a handout that explains the task, including resources to help you find editorials and opinion pieces, and the project rubric. We will review an editorial together first, then you will select your own, read it, and analyze it, and submit the work approximately every 2 weeks. Details to come!

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HW Due Thurs. 10/28; Wed. 11/4

Due tomorrow: Dialectical Journals (at start of period)

Due Wed. 11/4: Revised The Professor and the Madman well-developed paragraphs. These will be assessed as a separate grade. You must revise, no matter your original score.
Please submit your revised work via Google Drive (shared with me, allow me to "edit"), print your revised copy, and turn in with the original handwritten outline, drafts, and first final.

HW Due Wed. 9/27

Write a minimum of 2 pages in your journal:
"When I Fail..."
*please note that journals will be collected on Thursday. Make sure all journals are done and done according to directions, even if you were absent the day the assignment was given*

HW Due Tues. 9/26

Write minimum of 2 pages in your response journal:
Respond to Joan Didion (from "Why I Write"):
"...the fact that setting words on paper is the tactic of a secret bully, an invasion, an imposition of the writer's sensibility on the reader's most private space."
Be prepared to share what you wrote.
***Please note: Journals will be collected and graded on Thursday, 9/28. No late journals accepted. All entries must be done, minimum 2 pages each, even if you were absent or otherwise not in class.***

Due Mon. 9/25

Please bring in your annotated copy of "Why I Write" by Joan Didion (handout distributed on Wednesday in my absence).
If you were absent on Wednesday, you can print, and annotate the essay here:
"Why I Write"

HW Due Wed. 9/20

Write at least 2 pages in dialetical journal: "What I Am Not".

HW Due Tues. 9/19

Write at least 2 pages in dialectical journal (not "notes" notebook, the other one!).
"Why I Write" - be prepared to share.

Performance Series Testing - Reading - Wed/Thurs

Wed/Thurs.: Please bring in an independent reading book in case you finish the reading test early.

Due Friday: Bring in your annotated copy of The Professor and the Madman. You will be working on an in-class writing using the text. Even if you joined the class and did not read the entire book yet, you must bring in your copy and read as much as you can before Friday.

Please continue to bring in classroom supplies: Tissues, hand sanitizer, markers, post-its, loose leaf. They are appreciated! Thank you!

Welcome to AP Lang!

I am very excited to welcome you to a challenging year of AP English Language and Composition.

• This is a college-level course. You are expected to be prepared each day and keep pace. Read your e-mail everyday and check the blog everyday. Ask questions when you need clarification. 
• Please purchase your supplies immediately (see list below) and have them in class on Monday Sept. 11. The first book we will read is Night. Please order that now. You will need it in a few weeks (date will be posted on blog and in classroom).
• Please donate at least one box of tissues and at least one bottle of hand sanitizer to the class. 
• I also keep loose leaf paper on hand in class. If everyone brings in one pack for classroom use, we shouldn't run out for a while (yes, we do a LOT of writing). Please also donate as many packs of large, lined index cards as you can. We do a LOT of entrance/exit slips and short reflections using index cards.

Personal Supplies:

1. Composition Notebooks - 2 (Notes/Vocab; Dialectical Journals/HW). Please DO NOT buy spiral notebooks or binders for class use. 
2. Loose Leaf Paper 
3. Blue and Black Pens (no pencils or other colored pens for your work, please)
4. Fine point markers - for annotation
5. Highlighters - color variety pack
6. Post-it-notes - 6 lined or unlined, large or regular size
7. Post-it-tabs - for annotation
8. Index Cards (large, lined) 

Required Readings:

Please purchase your own copy of each text for readings in class and at home. You must be able to write in these books. If you have any trouble purchasing any of these books, please see me well in advance of the due date. When the time comes for our readings, I will inform you on the class assignment board, by announcement, and on this blog.

• Night by Elie Wiesel
• The Awakening and Other Stories by Kate Chopin (Enriched Classics Edition)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel

See you Thursday, Sept. 7!

Mrs. Marks