Your third writing task this quarter is a slight change of pace. Instead of a formal persuasive essay, you’ll be writing a creative response that captures the style and mood of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
It will be due at noon on Sunday, October 9. Read the specific details of the assignment here.
Our second debate topic will be on the subject of surveillance by the federal government. Our three topics:
- Do government surveillance programs work? Are they effective at preventing terrorism?
- Do government surveillance programs violate civil liberties and/or the Constitution?
- Should the government have backdoor access to encrypted servers, sites, and devices?
Please be prepared to debate all three topics. You should have evidence and analysis supporting your side on all three topics.
Your 1.1 revision of the Columbus Day is due on Wednesday, September 28 in class. While this is only a two-paragraph revision, it’s important that this revision reflect careful editing and attention to detail. There should be no errors in this revision!
- The editing assignment
- Paragraph organization strategy guide
- Paragraph organization strategy guide two
- STAMPY introductions
- An example of an effective intro with the three parts:
These links will be live by 7th period today.
We’ll have a quest over ancient Greek philosophy on Wednesday. It will cover the material from these notes:
You may use a note card for the quest, but the highest grade you can receive if you use one is an 84.
The second AP Language essay will be due on Sunday, September 25 at 12:00 p.m. The prompt is located here.
Please submit your document to dpogreba@gmail.com and read the prompt before you write. It has specific quotes you can use to make your essay stronger.
For this draft, make sure that your paragraphs have logical organization, specific details, and a dash of metaphorical language. Don’t forget your naysayers, STAMPY intros, and short conclusions.
You will all receive your high school sports first drafts back by Wednesday in class. If you are satisfied with your grade on the paper, please place it in your folder in the back of the classroom.
If you would like to revise, the revision is due in class on Monday, September 19. All revisions this year need to be printed, with the newest draft stapled in front of all previous drafts. Please do not e-mail or resubmit revisions via Google Docs. I will not accept revisions missing the first draft with my comments.
While you will receive individualized comments on your papers, I have produced a revision guide you can begin to use now. Please see the attached file for hints and suggestions about how you can begin the work of improving your paper before you read my comments. The best way to learn to become an effective writing is to combine the suggestions of an instructor with your own insight into how you can make your work better. Consider having a peer or another person review your paper using this revision guide as a checklist.
And don’t forget the original post, which has notes on introductions, naysayers, topic sentences, and more.
