AP and ACT Review Session Schedule

The following is the review session schedule:

  • Sunday, April 9: 3:00 p.m.  (ACT)
  • Tuesday, April 11: 7:00 p.m. (ACT)
  • Thursday, April 13: 7:00 p.m. (ACT)
  • Saturday, April 15: 3:00 p.m. (ACT)
  • Monday, April 17, 1:00 p.m. (ACT)
  • Monday, April 17: 7:00 p.m. (ACT)
  • Tuesday, April 18 7:00 p.m. ACT Grammarpalooza
  • Thursday, April 20: 3:30 p.m. (AP)
  • Saturday, April 29: 1:30 p.m. (AP)
  • Sunday, April 30: 1:30 p.m. (AP)
  • Wednesday, May 3 3:30 p.m. (AP)
  • Saturday, May 6 9:00 a.m. (Full AP test practice)
  • Sunday, May 7 1:30 p.m. (AP)
  • Tuesday, May 9 7:00 p.m. (AP)

For the evening sessions, enter through the History Hall door. Please arrive on time (a few minutes early) for all sessions so we can make the most of our time. Each session should last between 60 and 90 minutes.

You can also still sign up for reminders here.

 

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Weeks of Moderate Discomfort

The complete schedule for the Weeks of Moderate Discomfort is posted, including review sessions for ACT English, review sessions for AP Multiple Choice, and due dates for essays. Only three of them will be written in class.

The full, three-essay practice test will take place on May 6 at 9:00 a.m.

 

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Satire Test: AP Language

The Satire test will cover the following readings and notes:

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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 Available Here)
  • Wednesday: Optional Satire Essay

In addition, some of you have Carson revisions you can turn in:

  • Periods 0/4: Wednesday
  • Periods 1/2: Thursday

 

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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 is easy to avoid.

Please use this link if you need help.

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