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AP Language Week of March 06: So Many Due Dates

Since we have so many assignments dates this week, a brief list of what you’ve got due: Wednesday: Read Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain Thursday: Read The Chronicle of the Space Traders Friday: Vocab Quiz 18 and 2 Rhetorical Devices (printed, brought to class) Sunday: Grammar on Contractions and Passive Voice Monday: Abbey 2.0 Essay Due (Revision Guide […]

The Comma Splice: No More!

We are done with comma splices in papers. You will get one freebie in each paper, but after the second, your paper will receive whatever grade you have earned up to that point.  That means bad, bad things if it happens in the introduction paragraph. Other comma errors are more complex, but the comma splice […]

Extra Credit Opportunity: Testify at the Legislature

Since you are all now experts on Columbus Day, you can receive extra credit if you testify or e-mail the House Education Committee about Columbus Day. Bridget Smith (D – Wolf Point) is proposing a bill to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day in the school system. The bill is coming up for a hearing […]

Carson Analysis Essay Revisions

The revisions for the Carson Analysis essay will be due on Monday or Tuesday, depending on when you get the essay back. Those of you who receive it on Thursday should expect to turn yours in on Monday and those who receive it on Friday will be expected to turn it in on Tuesday. As always, your revision should be printed […]

New Feature: Monday Morning Mental Mix

Feel like your brain needs a jolt of energy to start the week? Want to learn about culture, news, science, history, and more? Every Monday, I’ll post a collection of interesting links to get your week started off with some undiscovered knowledge that might just inspire or infuriate. Come across an interesting piece in your […]