AP Language Optional Essay for Sunday
Download the prompt for the optional Kennedy essay here. Make sure to go to page 10 and do both pages.
This is my eighteenth year at Helena High School, where I teach English III AP Language, AP Seminar, Honors English 2, Debate, and Speech. In my spare time, I enjoy grading essays, watching the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers, and buying more books than I could ever hope to read.
Download the prompt for the optional Kennedy essay here. Make sure to go to page 10 and do both pages.
Given the somewhat strange snow day, a few revisions to our schedule for AP: Monday: Sanders revisions still due (in class, attached to old copy and checklist); Vocab #19, reading assignment for Friday Wednesday: Rhetorical device 2/3 due in class, printed.
Don’t forget the Sanders essay is due Sunday at noon. Analysis Essay Notes Sanders Prompt Do an excellent job. Don’t forget to master the topic sentence structure, offer a STAMPy intro, and provide insightful analysis.
For the next few weeks, we’ll be working on two major projects: reading and discussing Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and learning how to write effective synthesis essays. All the material you’ll need for both can be found on these two web pages: Antony and Cleopatra Synthesis Essays
The New York Times has a story today about the motorist guides for African-Americans that we discussed in class last week. Really interesting look at that time. You can also check out the New York Public Library, which has a digital collection of the guidebooks which include Montana in their later editions.