Entries by dpogreba

How to Share in Google Docs/Calendar

This is a handy guide to sharing with Google Docs. http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=86152 Remember to share your document with dpogreba@gmail.com I will post a more detailed guide later. To add the AP Language class calendar, click on this link and then click on the + Google Calendar icon at the bottom right.

The Interrobang

Is a discarded punctation mark dreamed up by an ad executive the symbol of our times? Meet the interrobang: On Monday I discovered the interrobang, and I have been thinking about it all week. And no, not because I am a grammar nerd, but because I think ? may just sum up something about our […]

The Most Isolated Man in the World

Slate Magazine reports about what they call the “most isolated man in the world,” a single member of a tribe in Brazil:   The most isolated man on the planet will spend tonight inside a leafy palm-thatch hut in the Brazilian Amazon. As always, insects will darn the air. Spider monkeys will patrol the treetops. […]

The End of Summer Approaches

The end of summer is approaching.  Let’s imagine that you are enrolled in AP Language at Helena High next year or know someone who is. You might want to visithttp://classroom.quixoticpedagogue.org/ap-language/summer-reading or suggest that they do. 🙂 There are some great, fascinating books there, and I’d be happy to answer questions you might have.