Wednesday, May 31

Distributed Podcast rubrics.

Working in Google Docs, students continued work writing the script for their own This I Believe essays.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, JUNE 2: Essays should be DONE.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Final projects (essay and recording) are DUE. 

Tuesday, May 30

Students explored This I Believe podcasts, resources; began work on their own essays.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Final projects.

Friday, May 26

This lesson taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Introduced This I Believe final projects, resources.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Final projects.

Thursday, May 25

Groups presented their projects; students submitted their accompanying essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Wednesday, May 24

Groups completed their projects; individual students completed their accompanying essays.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Tuesday, May 23

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Monday, May 22

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Friday, May 19

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Thursday, May 18

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Wednesday, May 17

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Tuesday, May 16

Make up essays.
Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Monday, May 15

Groups continued researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Friday, May 12

Groups began researching and working on their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Thursday, May 11

Introduced "Fake News" and source reliability/bias project with short video by Dan and Dan on The Daily Mail.
Reviewed project and essay requirements and descriptions.
Reviewed resources available online and at the library to assist groups.
Announced extra credit option for timely return of textbooks (by end of next week!).

Groups began planning their projects.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9: Junior class "This I Believe" projects.  

Wednesday, May 10

No class today; students taking the AP English Language and Composition exam.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.
THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Tuesday, May 9

This lesson taught by Mrs. Bidwell in Ms. Bishop's absence.
In the absence of the AP Calculus students, class continued watching Season 1 of Downton Abbey.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.
THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Monday, May 8

Returned scored elements of timed AP test.
Students used online calculators to estimate possible AP scores on Wednesday's test.
Groups checked in around their use of Friday's rubric to evaluate website reliability.
Groups discussed, charted news sources for quality and bias using library evaluation tool.
Distributed project descriptions for final project on "fake news" and/or media bias and reliability.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.
THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Friday, May 5

Visit to LRC for introduction to "Fake News" project work: students used rubric to evaluate website reliability.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.

THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Thursday, May 4

15 minute make-up period for missing test components.
Visit to LRC for introduction to "Fake News" project work.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.
THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Wednesday, May 3

Brief intro to Edwardian English inheritance laws among the aristocracy.
Began watching Downton Abbey.
(Tomorrow will begin with some time for making up missing test components, followed by a library visit to begin our orientation to the Final Project.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.
THURSDAY, May 25: Final projects due. 

Tuesday, May 2

Checked in around missing pieces of the AP practice test, allowing 15 minutes to finish the Argument prompt and other timed intervals for students needing to make up parts of the test.

Independent reading or study followed completing all missing work.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.

Monday, May 1

COLLECTED the rhetorical analysis essay of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal."

Continued full AP practice test, finishing up the Argument prompt.

• Students absent today will have at least 15 minutes of time to complete this section of the test.
• Students absent Friday took this time to read and annotate the prompt for the Synthesis essay, and still have 25 minutes to complete the Argument prompt (TBA).
• Students absent Friday will also have an additional 17 minutes to work on their Multiple Choice section.

Students began work on AP Synthesis prompt; 15 minutes remain for this essay.
COLLECTED completed and incomplete tests; students will be given 15 minutes to work complete the Synthesis prompt tomorrow.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 10: 2017 AP English Language and Composition exam.