REGARDING APs

From Guidance:
Students need to arrive at 7AM for all morning exams; for the 12PM exams, students should arrive at 11:15AM; for the 2PM exam, students should arrive at 1:15.

Our exam is the morning of May 16th.  Please arrive at the New Gym by 7AM.

Interesting information on those looking at school structure

(from Ms. McAndrews)

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/606077648/navigating-campus-for-the-not-rich-students-launch-a-crowdsourced-guide

Tentative planner for APRIL

APRIL

Monday	Tuesday		Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
SPRING BREAK:  take a break from your work
9 Work on Step 2:   defining the problem and discussing solutions		10 Work on Step 2: defining the problem and discussing solutions	11 Solution portion of your project	12 Solution portion of your project	13 Student/teacher conferences
16 Workshop/ student conferences		17 Introduce presentation requirements, including research poster AND infographics Student/teacher conferences	18 Introduce presentation requirements, including research poster AND infographics Student/teacher conferences AP essay review from 3:00 - 4:00 in C251	19 Workshop	20 Workshop AP Essay Review class tonight:  6:30 - 8:00
23 Option: AP MC section or Workshop		24 Option: AP MC section or Workshop	25 Solidifying your presentation materials Make a list of terms from Monday's AP	26 Solidifying your presentation materials Make a list of terms from Tuesday's AP	27 Zero draft of presentation Edit / revise
30 AP weeks begin... Zero draft of presentation Edit / revise		NOTE:  we will be working on the Agency Unit in addition to the Research Unit-- make sure to plan your time wisely...

Writing the Zero Draft

Let’s face, too often our first draft, with some cosmetic changes, is our last.  There can be many reasons for this, but typically time in short supply is cited.  Unfortunately, our first thoughts about complex matters tend to be less rich, informed, or supportable than those we come to over time and inquiry.  Writing more than one draft of a paper with time in between to re-visit and re-see our object of inquiry allows us to gain the rewards of true revision.  In this process, we want not only to improve the quality of the writing in our final product, but also the depth and quality of our thinking. 

One way to make writing the first draft less painful is to think of it as not even a draft yet.  Call it a “zero draft,” the one before you write the real first draft.  Given that, keep the following in mind:

• Writing down your thoughts in prose makes you try to order your thoughts.  Ideas, connections, and patterns emerge in the act of trying to write about them.

 • It does not matter what you say or how you say it at this point.  You are just trying to get thoughts out in the open where you can work with them. 

 • This draft may bear no resemblance to the final version, but it is the first step in what the final draft can become.

 • Sometimes it is easier to give shape and order to random writing than it is to force ideas into orderly prose. 

 • Don’t worry about putting in your sources; just write what you remember from them.

 • If you get stuck, write “I’m stuck here” and go on.  If you know what you need to do but can’t, describe it.  Remember, this is not a “real” draft, so it doesn’t have to be complete or even linear.

 •  Don’t get married to this, or any draft.  Don’t even get a crush on it.  Be prepared to be very critical of it and to change it (or even throw it out and start over if need be).

 • Turn off the little voice in your head that wants to correct grammar, question and doubt, or judge your writing in any way.  Just write.

  • To ensure that you get the most out of the zero draft experience, write for at least an hour, steadily.

Presentation formats

The Panel Presentation

from Purdue OWL:

Panel presentations are the most common form of presentation you will encounter in your graduate career. You will be one of three to four participants in a panel or session (the terminology varies depending on the organizers) and be given (5 to 10) minutes to present your (portion). This is often followed by a ten-minute question-and-answer session either immediately after your presentation or after all of the speakers are finished. It is up to the panel organizer to decide upon this framework. In the course of the question-and-answer session, you may also address and query the other panelists if you have questions yourself.


The Roundtable Discussion

Guidelines:  http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=171

Example:  Meet the Press (NBC)

The Poster Presentation

https://library.ithaca.edu/sp/subjects/PosterSession



Sentence starters for panels and discussions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuBAXrPGiXg


Creating an INFOGRAPHIC as a quick take-away or for part of your poster:

https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/

https://venngage.com/templates/