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Meet Ms. Plackowski Names Where are we going and where have we been? Routines Policies Curriculum

AP Language and Composition: D Block 12/17/13 “Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.” – Pauline R. Kezer. Meet Ms. Plackowski Names Where are we going and where have we been? Routines Policies Curriculum

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Meet Ms. Plackowski Names Where are we going and where have we been? Routines Policies Curriculum

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  1. AP Language and Composition: D Block12/17/13“Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.” – Pauline R. Kezer • Meet Ms. Plackowski • Names • Where are we going and where have we been? • Routines • Policies • Curriculum • Homework: Read Room over break

  2. AP Language and Composition: D Block12/18/13Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt • DOL #3 • Language moments • Today’s topics • Voice • Persona • Style • Diction • The rhetorical triangle • And how they all work together! • Homework for over break: Read Room • Make a list of 3-5 things you did today. • Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) about your day so far. Add a few sensory details. • Rewrite the paragraph as if you are a little kid telling your parents about your day. (Don’t change any details!) • Rewrite the paragraph as if you are a college professor talking to other college professors. • Rewrite the paragraph as if you are trying to impress a date. • What changed each time? What challenges did you encounter? How did the audience change your writing?

  3. DOL #3 having won the game a visit to ray’s pizza palace was offered to the team by the principle that husky which is champion is a consistent winner at dog shows but I dont believe it will win tonight

  4. AP Language and Composition: D Block12/19/13 “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” –Charles Swindoll • Gathering: What are you doing over break? • Language moments • Continue voice activity • Create a “mind map” or visual representation of how voice, persona, syntax, diction, the rhetor, the audience, the subject, the intention, and the context work together to influence an author’s choices. DOL #4 Homework: Read Room over break

  5. DOL #4 youre version of ralphwaldoemersons essay self reliance is different than mine I wonder why neither of the events were exciting so we left early then we went to sharons house to play a video game

  6. AP Language and Composition: D Block1/7/14 “The greatest barrier to success is fear of failure.” – Sven GoranErikkson • DOL #5 • Language moments • Gathering: a highlight of your break • How to take Cornell notes • How to write a precis (“pray – see”) • What is a precis / Components of a precis • Look at a sample • Read a review of Room • Determine main idea, supporting ideas • Practice writing your own precis

  7. DOL #5 my Uncle and Aunt will unknown to him be surprised next week at an anniversary celebration at the sheldon community center please bring this book the scarlet letter to the deans room omar since he needs it

  8. AP Language and Composition: D Block1/7/14 Book Club Dates: January 16th February 4th February 13th March 3rd • No DOL • Language Moments • Read precis • Introduce book club • Book clubs will be every DAY 3 (this is a change) • Do a quick book pitch • Books must be non-fiction for this cycle • 15 minutes to research books • Present a non-fiction book you might be interested in reading • By Today: choose a book and a group • By Monday, January 13th: have that book in your possession and begin reading • Be prepared with reading and your role by Thursday, January 16th

  9. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/8/14 “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you sow.” – Robert Frost • DOL #6 • Language Moment • Finish precis and critique on document camera • Critical lenses: “[Room] can be read through myriad lenses—psychological, sociological, political” (Bender). What would we talk about if we examined Room through these lenses? • Psychological • Sociological • Political • Rhetorical

  10. DOL #6 Last summer, Brian attended a six-week course at Georgetown University; he had morning classes and worked at the Chinese embassy every afternoon. My sister has never missed Mystery, a series on public television every Thursday at 9:00 P.M.

  11. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/13/14 • DOL #8 • Midterm Exam • Website • Continue critical lenses activity • What would you say about the rhetorical topics you generated? • What would we talk about if we studied the book through a psychological lense?

  12. DOL #8 rear window is the more suspenseful movie i have every saw esther remarks at seans party Ayeesha did you know that the stlawrence seaway connects montrealcanada to lake ontario

  13. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/14/14 “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” --Milton Berle • DOL #9 • Language moments • Fix up rhetorical thesis statements • Generate psychological topics • What would you say about the psychological topics you wrote down? Upcoming due dates Book club: Thursday, 1/16 Mid-term: Monday, 1/21 Vocab quiz: Monday, 1/27

  14. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/16/14 “Your heart is a weapon the size of your fist.” --graffiti on a wall in Palestine • DOL #10 • Language Moments • Book clubs

  15. DOL #10 the painting two angels appeared on the Christmas card this greeting was inside holiday joy to you and yours after rowing to the apostle islands us boys lay in the sun on a beach beside lake superior

  16. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/17/14 • DOL #11 • Language Moments • Time to work on mid-terms • Work individually • Work with a neighbor • Ask questions of Ms. Plackowski individually

  17. DOL #11 our class will be involved i think in doing a project on the civil war however it is to late to begin this semester for you to finish on time your going to have to work hard and meet the scheduled deadline father gascoigne stated

  18. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/27/14 “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the promise of progress, in every society, in every family.”—Kofi Annan • DOL #12 • Language moments • Vocab quiz 8 • Website, Remind 101, turnitin.com • English class options for next year • Review midterms

  19. AP Language and Composition: D Block 1/31/14 • DOL #12 • Language moments • New grading system • Common problems with midterms • Begin mind mapping: What is Room about?

  20. DOL #12 my friends who are Members of the club wants to participate in the Italian festival for additional credit dawn dont have no workbook yet but she can use mine if you dont mind

  21. Grading System Term 3 • Participation: 15% • Quizzes: 15% • Book Clubs: 20% • Papers, tests, homework, miscellaneous: 50% Note: Grade weights for term 4 may change due to the intensive nature of the final project. Students and parents will be notified of this change at the beginning of term 4. • Grades will be based on points, not percentages. For example, a minor homework assignment with ten questions might only be worth ten points, while a major paper might be worth 50 points. Full Year Grades Term 1: 22.5% Term 2: 22.5% Term 3: 22.5% Term 4: 22.5% Midterm: 10%

  22. Sample Mind Map

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