Regents scores are in

It was a difficult test with difficult exemplars.  You did a fine job.

Congratulations on a successful year in AP English 11 Honors!

I'll have final grades verified by Tuesday...

Summer reading...

Here are some links:  

The AP English Literature and Composition Course Description has a recommended list

NPR's recommendations regarding the Best Books of 2017

The What Should I Read Next? search engine can be helpful...

Regents exam information

Here is the link to the NYSED's ELA Regents page.

We will use this the same way we used the College Board site to study for the AP exam.

The Regents exam is Tuesday, June 12th.   Here is the entire schedule.

You need to be at the HS by 7:25 AT THE LATEST-- please read the information provided by the school as to what you can bring, which entrances to use, etc.  The exam will start at 8AM.

TENTATIVE planner for May and June

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1 Introduction to AGENCY Discuss agency and“The Yellow Wallpaper” Select Woolf or Fitzgerald HW:  begin reading-- THE READING AND ANALYSIS IS DUE ON 5/14	2 Introduction to AGENCY Discuss agency and “The Yellow Wallpaper” Review real world writing assignment (due 5/23) HW:  begin reading-- THE READING AND ANALYSIS IS DUE ON 5/14	3 Reading day:  journal assignment Reminder:  real world writing assignment-- due 5/22	4 Reading day:  journal assignment AP REVIEW class: D107 from 6-8PM
7 NOTE:  the first half of your text should be completed today Read mod 1 Discuss agency mod 2 Exit ticket	8 NOTE: the first half of your text should be completed today Read mod 1 Discuss agency mod 2 Exit ticket	9 Workshop/ Reading day AFTER SCHOOL:  GROUP MEETINGS and POSTERS and AP review	10 Workshop/ Reading day	11 APUSH Rehearsal
14:  Bio AP Hand out black folders Seminar discussion on agency in chosen text Collect journal AFTER SCHOOL:  GROUP MEETINGS and POSTERS and AP review	15 Hand out black folders Seminar discussion on agency in chosen text Collect journal I have a faculty meeting after school, but you can stay after if you make arrangements with me--- and I'll be able to work with you after 4:10 or so if you're still here...	16:  our AP REHEARSAL AFTER SCHOOL: GROUP MEETINGS and POSTERS	17 REHEARSAL I can't stay after school, BUT YOU CAN stay in the Media Center and work on your project	18 REHERSAL AFTER SCHOOL: Groups and posters We will meet in the Media Center
21 Education  Symposium:   Attendance is required for blocks 1 AND 2 NOTE:  I will collect all of your materials at the end of Block 2.	22 Discuss symposium Peer review of writing piece	23 Discuss symposium Peer review of writing piece	24 Peer review / editing Note:  paper due by 7PM FRIDAY if using Google docs	25 Extended HR Peer review/ editing Note:  paper due by 7PM ON TUESDAY
28 NO SCHOOL	29 WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE BY 7PM Regents review:  multiple choice	30 Regents review:  multiple choice	31 Regents review: argument essay	1 Regents review:  argument essay

June

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
4 Regents review:  literary response essay	5 NO SCHOOL	6 Regents review:  literary response essay

Reminder / MISSING WORK

Any writing assignment that comes in after 7PM tonight will be considered late.  The assignment was given out weeks ago and extended through the long weekend.

If you have any questions, please email me.  Thanks.


UPDATE:  As of 5/30, I seem to be missing a considerable number of writing assignments.  The assignment needed to be clearly submitted to me via Google docs, in person, or in my mailbox.

If your piece is missing, please turn it in ASAP.  It will be downgraded 1/2 letter grade EACH DAY it is late.

Thanks...

Education Symposium Post-Writing Assignment: NOW DUE ON TUESDAY, MAY 29TH

IT'S TRUE. But PLEASE remember that this is you final piece for AP English 11 Honors.  This piece should be constructed carefully.  Diction, syntax, tone, line of reasoning, use of logos, ethos, pathos... everything will be assessed according to AP standards.


Now it’s time to take what you have learned through your research and apply it to rhetorical situations you may come across in college and/or real life.

First, read about the modes below and choose the one you believe will have the most impact:

An opinion editorial (Op-ed):  THERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE IN THE WARRIOR on voting

A letter to an appointed or elected official

A proposal to NHS to advocate for a particular program

A grant to fund a particular program at NHS

A “marketing”plan, such as a school campaign

A section of a handbook or manual (there are others out there...)

A proposed scope of work for a Professional Development Plan (PDP) or a curriculum template (see me for the template)

A college essay  (if you chose this, please see the links below)

A script for a PSA (we can probably make the PSA happen…)

Then, locate and read at least 3 examples of the mode you chose.  A Google search should suffice. What seems most powerful in those pieces?  What would you like to replicate in your piece?

For the college essay:
From Tufts
Advice from Yale
From US News and World Report
From Wellesley
From Johns Hopkins


After that, develop a SOAPS chart; if you have chosen a persuasive piece—your purpose, audience, and strategies will be he heart of your writing.

Finally, craft a clear piece for peer review.  You will have one block to revise your piece to hand in.

SOAPS chart     
                                      

Speaker/ writer	This would be YOU
Occasion
Audience
Purpose:
Strategies (logos, ethos, pathos, etc.)

HERE IS A LINK FOR THE PARAMEDIC METHOD: 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/635/01/