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Update week of 21 April 2008
AP Lang/Comp  2 take home timed essays due Tuesday 4/28.  We will grade
these in class using the AP Test rubric.

Update week of 14 April 2008
Tuesday 4/15 Vocab and timed test practice - in class essay
Thursday 4/17 Vocab and timed test practice - in class essay

Update week of 17 March 2008
Tuesday 3/18  
New Vocab/ Content, Style. and Tone Review/Timed Test Practice
Thursday 3/20
Vocab Quiz/Content, Style. and Tone Review/Timed Test Practice

Update week of 3 March 2008
AP Lang & Comp 
Sign up for the May 22 AP Exam by 3/13!

Tuesday 3/4 
Timed Sythesis Essay Practice 
               Vocabulary Quiz review

Thursday 3/6  
Vocabulary Quiz. Continue Timed Essay Writing Practice

Update week of 11 February 2008
Tue 2/12 Vocab Quiz.   Synthesis essay writing workshop.
Thurs. 2/14 Continue synthesis essay writing - timed in-class practice

Update week of 28 January 2008
AP Lang and Composition out this week as we had classes during dead week
and finals.  Resume classes Tuesday 2/ 5. Very important that all attend.

Week of 17 December 2007
Tuesday 12/18
Complete BCC Registration forms for Spring Semester
Vocab Quiz
 Beginings and Endings Lecture Notes 
Read and Analyize: Inteligence by Issac Asimov 

Week of 10 December 2007
AP Lang/Comp
Tuesday 12/11
Vocab Quiz. Primary source analysis

Thursday 12/13 
Vocab Builder. Continue primary source analysis.

Week of 3 December 2007
Tue 12/04 Analyzing Literature - Argument
                  New Vocab - quiz on Thursday 12/06
Thus 12/06  Analyzing Literature - Argument (Susan B Anthony)
                      Vocab Quiz

Week of 26 November 2007
Tuesday 11/27
Vocab Quiz
Read and analyze George Eliot Criticism 
Read and analyze excerpt from: The Souls of Black Folks, WEB DuBois

Thursday 11/29
Finish DuBois 
Review New Vocabulary List
Stephen Douglas Speech

week of 5 November 2007
Tuesday 11/6 Vocab Test
Wednesday 11/07 Take home practice test due for in class review

week of 28 October 2007
Tuesday 10/30:  Vocab Quiz and Essay response work
Thursday 11/01: Timed essay response practice

week of 22 October 2007
Tue 10/23  Vocabulary Quiz and Literary Analysis practice
Thurs 10/25 Literary Analysis and Take home practice test

week of 15 October 2007
Tuesday: Vocab Quiz, & Practice Multiple Choice Test.  Review Key Terms.

Thursday: Vocab Quiz.  Examples and Discussion of Key Terms


week of 8 October 2007
AP English:  Tuesday 10/9 Vocab Quiz and Intro to timed essay
                   Thursday 10/11  Practice timed essay

week of 1 October 2007
Tue 10/02  Vocabulary Quiz. Irony and Theme
Thurs 10/04 Vocabulary Quiz. Timed Essay Question Response

week of 24 September 2007

AP Language and Composition 
Tuesday: Exam - Terms/Vocab
Thursday: Identifying Theme

September 17 2007
Journal entry # 5

AP Language: Complete pre-test and Review. Timed essay writing practice.

Senior Language/Composition: persuasive essay - Editorial Project due
Friday 9/21
Continue work on 2nd draft of College essay due Monday 9/24

week of 10 September 2007

Review and Prep for Summer Work Test:
What do students need to know about Rhetoric
Review the Appeals  - Continue
2 Notebook entries on 28 strategies - ongoing
Close reading/identifying strategies for the short stories: Am i Blue
The Box Man - Meaning, Purpose, Audience, Method, Structure, Language

week of 3 September 2007

Review and Prep for Summer Work Test:
What do students need to know about Rhetoric
Review the Appeals
2 Notebook entries on 28 strategies - ongoing
Close reading/identifying strategies for the short stories: In Bed and High School Reunion