Contact Information
- https://quixoticpedagogue.org
- (406) 461- 8651 (home)
- (406) 324-2262 (school, worst option)
- dpogreba@gmail.com (best option)
- @mrpogreba (Twitter)
- Parents are welcome to visit at any time. Just check in to make sure we are doing something interesting and check in at the office.
- Remind Text Messages
AP Language
- Books: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (maybe), The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
- Other Units of Study: Classical Persuasion, Logical Fallacies Propaganda Education Reform, Satire, Race in America, Wilderness, Politics and Protest, AP Test Prep/Weeks of Doom, Death of a Salesman
- General Expectations
- One paper (either new or revision) each week, with new essays typically due Sunday at 12 p.m. via Google Drive.
- A vocabulary quiz each Friday
- Research Paper on Education Reform (November-December)
- Three Weeks of Doom
- Typically, intense, close readings of 8-12 pages a night. Longer assignments of 20-30 pages/night when we read fiction.
- No Red Ink grammar instruction
- AP Exam: $94, May 15
AP Seminar
- Units of Study: Conspiracy and the American Mind, Student-Selected Unit 2, Student-Selected Unit 3
- Major Assignments: Individual Research Report, Team Multimedia Presentation, Individual Written Argument, Individual Multimedia Presentation, End of Course Exam
- Limited Direct Instruction Second Semester
- AP Exam: The process begins in February, with students completing work through the end of April. There is also a test date on May 7. The test costs $142.
Speech/Debate
- Philosophy and Current Events: Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Economic Philosophy, Gender, Justice, Existentialism
- Speech and Debate: Issue Debates, Mock Congress, Model United Nations, Elevator Pitches, Impromptu Speeches, Interpretation of Literature, Team Debates
Honors English II
- Major Works: Homegoing, Fools Crow, Anthony & Cleopatra, To Kill a Mockingbird, Outliers, 12 Angry Men, The Underground Railroad, Things Fall Apart, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Other Units of Study: Latin Roots and No Red Ink
- General Expectations
- 4-5 pieces of writing each quarter, revisable until the student is satisfied with his/her grade
- A vocabulary quiz (Latin Roots first three quarters) each Friday
- Typically 20-30 pages of reading over 2 nights, depending on the complexity of the text.
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AP Language
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AP Seminar
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Debate/Speech
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Honors English 2
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If you have not taken the Unit 1: Rhetoric Test, please remember that you need to complete it by this Thursday (one week from the original date).
If you would like to take the test a second time to improve your grade, you can schedule a time as early as Tuesday of this week but must complete the retake by Tuesday, September 25.
A few notes about the retake:
- You are not guaranteed to increase your score. Your grade for the test will be score you receive on the second try.
- The notes for the unit are still available in the downloads section of the website.
- You should consider reading the sample paragraph responses. Those will give you a sense of why your original answers did not receive as many points as they could have.
Your second essay of the year will be due on Sunday, September 23 at noon. You can download the prompt here.
Keep these requirements in mind as you write the essay:
- Proofread your response before you submit it.
- You can use either a concession or boomer structure, but be sure you follow the format (thesis and topic sentence) for whichever you choose.
- You should include at least two naysayers.
- Use the sub-topic strategy we discussed for Essay 1 to make your essay less repetive and more interesting.
- Don’t use outside research! We’ll do some discussion in class, but you really need to work on not using outside sources to answer these arguments.
Please share your essay with me using Google Drive at dpogreba@gmail.com by the deadline.
Your first annotated bibliography entry is due Tuesday. I’d like it to include the full source citation and 150 words of useful information about the article you’ve chosen.
Useful links
