Due Tuesday

Please read pages 85-95 (including page 95) in the white book that focuses on different types of claims.  Because this reading section is a little bit longer, you may want to get started on it this weekend instead of leaving it all for Monday night.  Please bring your white books to class on Tuesday, but you will not need to bring them to class on Monday.

Critical Reading Strategies

Here is the slideshow with advice on critical reading, if you'd like to review it before our first official critical reading quiz tomorrow.

"Issue" Article Assignment

You will need to find and read one article online about your "issue" of choice.  Prior to your first article, you will need to spend some time thinking about perceived biases in news outlets.  The chart and article here provide an interesting way to map these perceived biases.  Please refer to the chart labeled mediabiaschart.com. Note that this interpretation of biases may be challenged by some readers (in other words, some may see the chart of bias as biased). Also, this is my preferred version of the chart on this webpage, but I am not advocating for any new items or opinion pieces this site may contain.

Now that you have read and reflected on the chart, you are going to try to find an article on your issue that is contained in one of the news sources in the center top region.  That would include

Associated Press
American Foreign Press
NBC
ABC
CBS
NPR
BBC Wall Street Journal
Time
Christian Science Monitor
Bloomberg


Signs that you have accomplished this would include graphics on the screen that denote your news source, the new sources' name in the web address, or a byline indicated that the article was written by a member of that journalistic institute.

Read and think about your article.

If you are not liking your "issue" after reading your article, you may choose a different topic or discuss concerns with me.

Then you will write a "rhetorical precis (summary)" using the template that OSU uses for some of its courses.  It is available here.

You will need to turn in ONE rhetorical precis for Friday.  Submission technique will be explained at a later date.

Reading due Monday

Please read Part 1 of the packet:  Musings on a "5" Paragraph Essay.  (End when you see Part II on page 7).  This will be a pretty important packet in your life, so if you have a working printer, you might consider printing for ease of access and note-taking.

Reminders

Smith/Bradford Paragraph due tomorrow! 

Please remember to submit your purpose paragraph to Turnitin, and remember to bring a printed copy for your official turn in.

The white book reading on evidence and logical fallacies was from pages 101-104.  If you did not get your reading completed, please do so.

The slideshow on logical fallacies is available here.

You will have reading due from your red book for Friday.  Please read Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (70-73) and think about ways that this is effective for his Puritan audience.

Rough Draft Paragraph Due Monday

Your explanation of your rough draft paragraph for Monday is available here.

If you are feeling nervous about some of the writing skills mentioned in the conventions category, additional resources are available below.

Quotation Incorporation
Transitional Phrases

Due Friday, 9/13

Please read John Smith (42-46) and William Bradford (50-54).  Both men recount their experiences as Europeans coming to North America in the early 1600s.  In addition to thinking about each passage from a SOAPS perspective, consider ways in which the passages address similar experiences, and in which ways their experiences differ.  Pay careful attention to attitudes towards Native Americans, religion, and resources.

First Weekend Homework

Your SOAPS and SPACECAT slideshow is available here. GREAT job on discussion today.

Due Monday:

You will be watching part of a TED talk that is embedded in the slideshow that is available here. Assignment information is available in the actual slideshow. If you have a technology crisis and can't submit your assignment through Turnitin, be sure to email me a copy so I know it came in on time.

Due Thursday:

Please read White Book pages 8-14 and study the terms that it introduces to you. A kahoot to help you practice these terms is available here.


Due Friday:

We will be discussing the Smith and Bradford passages in your red book (which we will pick up on Tuesday). Page numbers will follow.

Welcome to AP Lang!

Welcome again to AP Language! This year is going to be amazing!

Below you will find your first few assignments.

1. Please have a parent/guardian review the course policies in the syllabus available here, and return a signed paper that acknowledges an understanding of the policies.

2. Please carefully read White Book pages 1-7. This reading is due Friday, 9/6.