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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Outliers CH 1 & 2
• After having read the 1st chapter, what are the structural elements that made you academically successful?
• In what ways have you been tracked?
• How much of an advantage do you think you have received from being in AP English?
In what ways have you benefited from accumulative advantage?
1 page at least
• In what ways have you been tracked?
• How much of an advantage do you think you have received from being in AP English?
In what ways have you benefited from accumulative advantage?
1 page at least
Monday, May 17, 2010
City of Angels Prompt
Use a character to reveal the writer's feelings about a place or a group of people. The goal of the writing assignment is humorous writing. Think "City of Angels."
The idea is the character is like a fish out of water, and through them being out of place, you reveal what it would be like to be in place.
3-5 pages, due Wednesday.
The idea is the character is like a fish out of water, and through them being out of place, you reveal what it would be like to be in place.
3-5 pages, due Wednesday.
Friday, April 30, 2010
40 Minute Timed Practice Test
Prompt: How does the author establish tone in this piece, specifically focusing on the use of rhetorical devices including syntax and diction.
Text:
“The agent came for me during a geography lesson. She entered the room and nodded at my fifth-grade teacher, who stood frowning at a map of Europe. What would needle me later was the realization that this had all been prearranged. My capture had been scheduled to go down at exactly 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon. The agent would be wearing a dung-colored blazer over a red knit turtleneck, her heels sensibly low in case the suspect should attempt a quick getaway.
‘David,’ the teacher said, ‘this is Miss Samson, and she’d like you to go with her now.’
No one else had been called, so why me? I ran down a list of recent crimes, looking for a conviction that might stick. Setting fire to a reportedly flameproof Halloween costume, stealing a set of barbecue tongs from an unguarded patio, altering the word hit on a list of rules posted on the gymnasium door; never did it occur to me that I might be innocent.
Though she seemed old at the time, the agent was most likely fresh out of college. She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: ‘So, which do you like better, State or Carolina?’” (Sedaris 4-5).
Text:
“The agent came for me during a geography lesson. She entered the room and nodded at my fifth-grade teacher, who stood frowning at a map of Europe. What would needle me later was the realization that this had all been prearranged. My capture had been scheduled to go down at exactly 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon. The agent would be wearing a dung-colored blazer over a red knit turtleneck, her heels sensibly low in case the suspect should attempt a quick getaway.
‘David,’ the teacher said, ‘this is Miss Samson, and she’d like you to go with her now.’
No one else had been called, so why me? I ran down a list of recent crimes, looking for a conviction that might stick. Setting fire to a reportedly flameproof Halloween costume, stealing a set of barbecue tongs from an unguarded patio, altering the word hit on a list of rules posted on the gymnasium door; never did it occur to me that I might be innocent.
Though she seemed old at the time, the agent was most likely fresh out of college. She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: ‘So, which do you like better, State or Carolina?’” (Sedaris 4-5).
Thursday, April 29, 2010
China US Prompt
What is the author's message, and how does he use diction and syntax to achieve that goal?
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