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AP Language: The Things They Carried and Vietnam War Rhetoric

AP Language

Speeches

Pericles’ Funeral Oration
MLK Speech Against the Vietnam War
Richard Nixon Address to the Nation
John Kerry Speech to Congress

Readings from The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried, Love
Spin, On the Rainy River
Enemies, Friends, How to Tell a True War Story
The Dentist, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, Stockings, Church
The Man I Killed, Ambush, Style, Speaking of Courage
Notes, In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip
The Ghost Soliders, Night Life
The Lives of the Dead

January 18, 2019/by dpogreba

Tentative AP Seminar Second Semester Schedule

AP Seminar, News

All of the work for the AP Seminar class needs to be submitted to the College Board by April 30, 2019. That means you can continue to work on your papers after the due dates listed below, but they will need to be submitted to me for grading by these dates.

Team Project and Presentation

Paper (March 11)
Presentations (March 6-8)

Individual Research Report and Presentation

Paper (April 29)
Presentations (April 23-26)

Please bring a 3-ring binder to class on Tuesday. We’re going to start building a packet of resources and materials starting next week.

January 17, 2019/by dpogreba

AP Language: Last Two Essays of the Semester and Final

AP Language

We’re down to the last two essays for Semester 1, a revision of the college essay and a new essay about reparations for slavery. Details are below.

College Essay

Your revision of this essay is due on Wednesday, January 9. Please give it to me in class, printed, with both the original draft and the checklist attached. If you did not submit the first draft, your one draft will be due in class on Friday, printed at the beginning of class. Given that you will have a full week to revise, unless you make major improvements, you will likely only have one chance to revise.

College Revision Essay
Synthesis Essay Notes
Checklist (coming soon)

Slave Reparations Essay

The last essay is about the validity of reparations for slavery and is due on the day of the final. You either need to share your essay with me at dpogreba@gmail.com before your final begins or hand me a printed copy at the start of the final. No late papers will be accepted and you will not have the chance to revise this essay as it is a final for the work we have done the first semester. Everyone must submit this essay.

The prompt
The revision guide from last year (to give you an idea of what to watch for)

January 1, 2019/by dpogreba

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