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This photo collection is a pretty astonishing look at the implications of poverty and environmental degradation all over the world. It’s certainly not cheerful weekend viewing, but something worth taking a look at.
I decided to go with a quest rather than a tiz, so I could use the attached graphic. If you are preparing for tomorrow’s festival of learning and wisdom, the materials can be downloaded here.
I also have a question about makeup work. When you miss a quiz, would you rather take a makeup quiz over write a blog entry? Answer the poll on the right side of the page if you have a strong opinion.
AP Language
- Sample essay for the last prompt. You might give this a look for some ideas about organization and use of detail.
- The Writing Guide will have ongoing notes about writing from the class. The notes from the other day will be posted here Saturday evening.
AP Literature
- Remember, your notes from the past few days of class are available in the Classical Foundations folder under downloads.
- We will begin commenting on the Poem of the week beginning this week. Please comment twice on the poems written below.
- Sample introduction and thesis from last year:
Plunging into the flow of a white dominated social and hierarchical culture, the nameless protagonist of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man struggles to find a purpose for his life. The desire to be as prominent and powerful as affluent white men drives him to endure hate crimes and the belittlement of his race, all in a desperate search for identity. This struggle, the Invisible Man’s wrenching internal conflict between conforming to society that hates him or choosing to develop his own identity as a human being, aptly illustrates Ralph Ellison’s argument that the ultimate human struggle is to find the self.
