JANUARY READING

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JANUARY READING

I have found an online version of the book that I would like you to read over the break. The book is On Writing by Stephen King. Go to this site: http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm and scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a pdf file. You must read and annotate. If you are using the pdf file you can keep an electronic file of notes. Now that you are more experienced writers, make notes on how his writing process differs from your own and what ideas from King that you can incorporate into your own writing process. C. If you would like to order your own copy, it is available on amazon in a print version and a kindle version. http://msgranado.com/summerreading.cfm

1- Study of the Day: Those Who Love One Another, Yawn Together

This article by Hans Villarica is divided in 4 categories: Problem, Methodology, Results, and Conclusion. The problem is the phenomenon of contagious yawning. Which is something widely known but little understood. Studies have suggested that there is a link between the yawn reciprocation and human empathy. But there is no human behavior that ever proved that. The methodology used was that they tasted the effect of several variables, such as, country of origin, sex, social bonding, and yawn characteristics, on the spread of yawning. The result obtained said that contagion was highest in response to family and the conclusion is that we are more likely to reciprocate yawns that came from people we are the closest with.

The author uses informal language and proves his point of the study, he perfectly succeeded in informing his audience, who are curious readers. The tone the author uses in this essay is informative.

HOMEWORK FOR DECEMBER 5-9

FOR MONDAY: In Class Read and Annotate and do Qs for Peter Singer, “The Singer Solution to World Poverty," Statistics about Worldwide Need and How to Help, Student: “Lowering the Cost,” Literature: “Dulce et Decorum Est," Critical: “Top Five Reasons,”
Visual: Uncle Sam
FOR TUESDAY: Group Work on World Poverty
FOR WEDNESDAY: Semester Vocabulary Test
FOR THURSDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY (RHETORICAL)
FOR FRIDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY (ARGUMENTATIVE)

OH DEAR! MRS. CARPENTER IS OLD AND/OR WAY TOO FOCUSED ON DRAMA AND FORGOT!!! TO POST YOUR HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY!!!

HOPE YOU ENHOYED YOUR THANKSGIVING BREAK AND BE THANKFUL THAT IT WAS HOMEWORK-FREE!!!

IN CLASS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 AND FOR HOMEWORK ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29: READ AND ANNOTATE THE CASEBOOK: College Education (“The Value of a College Degree,” “The Case Against College,” "The 30 Occupations with the Largest Employment Growth, 2006-2016” and
*Perspectives for Argument: “Who Should and Shouldn’t Go to College.”

IN CLASS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29: WE WILL BE WRITING AN ESSAY ON THE COLLEGE EDUCATION CASEBOOK.

IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30: WE WILL BE READING AND ANNOTATING THE CASEBOOK: Organ Donation and Transplant (“Buying and Selling Organs Is Unethical,” “Have a Heart — but Pay Me for It,” "Advertisements Promoting Organ Donation" AND Perspectives for Argument: short selections Michael Potts and Paul A. Byrne “Is It Morally Right for Physicians to Kill Their Patients That Good May Come?”’; Sally Satel, “The God Committee: Should Criminals Have Equal Access to Scarce Medical Treatments?” AND WRITING AN IN CLASS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY. PLEASE DO NOT READ THESE ESSAYS AHEAD OF TIME. TIME MATTERS!!!

IN CLASS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1: PEER EDIT ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS.

FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2: CLEAN COPY OF ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS.

IN CLASS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2: NO VOCABULARY QUIZ. WE WILL BE PLAYING VOCABULARY JEOPARDY

***NOTE: WE WILL BE HAVING A FULL VOCABULARY TEST ON DECEMBER 7TH, SO START STUDYING NOW. WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING TWO AP ESSAY TESTS ON DECEMBER 8TH AND 9TH THAT WILL BE A PART OF YOUR FINAL EXAM. ON YOUR FINAL EXAM DAY, YOU WILL BE TAKING THE MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION AND WRITING ANOTHER ESSAY.

HOMEWORK FOR NOVEMBER 7-NOVEMBER 11

FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Read and Annotate “I Want a Wife” and do the Qs AND Write an Essay Using #4 on page 443
FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8: Clean Copy of Essay and Read and Annotate “Are We Being Greenwashed?” and do Qs
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9: DOUBLE EVENS
FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10: Read and Annotate “My Two Lives” and “Mother Tongue” and do the Qs
FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11: Write an Essay on #4 on page 457
FOR BIG 8 WEEK: AP PRACTICE EXAM

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4

FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 31: Write a Cause and Effect Essay Using #4 on page 417
FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1: Clean Copy of Cause and Effect Essay
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2: HOLIDAY
FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Read and Annotate Chapter 8: Definition
FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4: Read and Annotate “Our Do It Yourself Economy” and do Qs, Study for Vocabulary Quiz
FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Read and Annotate “I Want a Wife” and do the Qs AND Write an Essay Using #4 on page 443

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 24-31

FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 24: Read and Annotate “Caffeine Crazies” and “On Teenagers and Tattoos” and do the Qs
FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25: Read and Annotate “My Wood” and do the Qs
WEDNESDAY: Practice AP Essay (In Class)
FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27: Read and Annotate “Driving Us to Distraction” and “Black Men and Public Space” and do the Qs
FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28: Read and Annotate “Living the Dreams” and do the Qs, Study for Vocabulary Quiz
FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 31: Write a Cause and Effect Essay Using #4 on page 417

"to go cold turkey"

"to go cold turkey"

definition: to quit something abruptly. (usually some type of drug)

example: You will not lose weight until you give up chocolate - I suggest you go cold turkey.

origin: The expression originates from the goose bumps and palor which accompany withdrawal from narcotics or tobacco. One's skin resembles that of a plucked, cold turkey.

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 17-24

FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 17: Read and Annotate “The Culture of Martyrdom” and “The Internet: The 10% Solution” and do the Qs
FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18: Read and Annotate “Stripped for Parts” and do the Qs
FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20: Write an essay using the Writing suggestion #4 for “Stripped for Parts”
FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21: Clean Copy of Essay, Study for Vocabulary Quiz (In Class: Read and Annotate Chapter 7: Cause and Effect)
FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 24: Read and Annotate “Caffeine Crazies” and “On Teenagers and Tattoos” and do the Qs

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 10-17

FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 10: Clean Copy of the Comparative Essay. Read and Annotate “My Daily Dives in the Dumpster” and do Qs
FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13: Read and Annotate “Revision and Life” and “Almost Time to Write.” and do Qs
FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 17: Read and Annotate “The Culture of Martyrdom” and “The Internet: The 10% Solution” and do the Qs

HOMEWORK FOR OCTOBER 3-7

FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 3: Read and Annotate “Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa” and do Qs
FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4: Read and Annotate “Neat People vs. Sloppy People” and do Qs; For Thursday do Writing Suggestion #4
FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5: We will be doing a practice AP Rhetorical Analysis Essay.
FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6: Writing Suggestion #4 for “Neat People vs. Sloppy People”
FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7: Read and Annotate Chapter 6 (Process) and study for vocabulary quiz
FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 10: Clean Copy of the Comparative Essay. Read and Annotate “My Daily Dives in the Dumpster” and do Qs

HOW TO ANNOTATE AND WHY

I came across this article and I think it is worth a read:

http://slowreads.com/how-to-mark-a-book/

C.

HOMEWORK FOR SEPTEMBER 26-30

FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: Write a Division/Classification essay. (See writing suggestion #4 for "But What Do You Mean?")
FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27: Read and Annotate Chapter 5
FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: Clean Copy of Division/Classification Essay and Read and Annotate “The Facebook Generation” and do all Qs
FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30: Read and Annotate “The Transaction” and do Qs for and study for vocabulary quiz
FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 3: Read and Annotate “Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa” and do Qs

NEW BLOG POST GROUPS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 23

BLOG GROUPS
GROUP 1: ARIEL,CRYSTAL,LILLIAN
GROUP 2: JENNY,FIONA,ALYSSA
GROUP 3: ALEXANDRA,YUMMY,SALLY
GROUP 4: JUDY,RODOLPHO,HALLIE,THIERRY
GROUP 5: DEBORA,JILL,JULIO
GROUP 6: MICHELLE,STEPHANIE B.,YENA
GROUP 7: STEPHANIE F.,MIN CHAI,NATHAN

MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK THE RIGHT WEEK FOR HOMEWORK

I have posted both weeks for Thierry.

HOMEWORK FOR SEPTEMBER 19-26

FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: Write a descriptive essay. (See writing suggestion #4 for the essay for “The Inheritance of Tools”)
FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: Clean Copy of Descriptive Essay; Read and Annotate Chapter 4 Intro: Division and Classification in Class
FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: Read and Annotate "What's in Your Toothpaste?" and do all Qs; PRACTICE EXAM IN CLASS
FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: Read and Annotate "This is Who I Am When No One Is Looking" and do all Qs
FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: Read and Annotate "But What Do You Mean?" and do Qs for and study for vocabulary quiz
FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: Write a Division/Classification essay. (See writing suggestion #4 for "But What Do You Mean?")

HOMEWORK FOR SEPTEMBER 12-16

FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12: Read and Annotate “Po-Po” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary
FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: Read and Annotate “Nameless Tennessee” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary
FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14: DOUBLE EVENS
FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: Read and Annotate “The Village Watchman” and do all Qs
FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16: Read and Annotate “The Inheritance of Tools” and do Qs for and study for vocabulary quiz
FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19: Write a descriptive essay. (See writing suggestion for the essay for “The Inheritance of Tools”)

HOMEWORK FOR AUGUST 22-AUGUST 29

FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 22: Read and Annotate “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary
FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 23: Read and Annotate Chapter 2 Introduction on “Narration”
FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24: DOUBLE EVENS
FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 25: Read and Annotate and do all Qs for “Salvation” and “Lockdown”
FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 26: Read and Annotate and do Qs for “Facing Famine” and study for vocabulary quiz
FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 29: Write a narrative essay. (See writing suggestion #3 for “Facing Famine”)

PROBLEMS POSTING COMMENTS

If you continue to have problems posting your comments, send them to me (laurieannecarpenter@hotmail.com) and I will post them for you. Sorry for the inconvenience, but this is the only solution that I can think of until I figure out what is happening.

C.

HOW TO WRITE BLOG POST NUMBER 4

For this week's blog post, I would like for you to use the following format:

Name of author [optional: a phrase describing author], genre and title of work
[date and additional publishing information in parenthesis]; a rhetorically
accurate verb (such as "assert," "argue," “suggest," "imply," "claim," etc.); and a
THAT clause containing the major assertion (thesis statement) of the work.
An explanation of how the author develops and/or supports the thesis, usually in
chronological order – always identifying the rhetorical mode(s) employed.
A statement of the author's apparent purpose followed (introduce with the
infinitive “to”). A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.

Student example:
Bell hooks, in her essay “Women Who Write too Much” from Remembered Rapture (1999),
suggests that all dissident writers, particularly black female writers, face enormous time pressures, for if they are not prodigious, they are never noticed by mainstream publishers. She supports her position first by describing her early writing experiences that taught her to “not be afraid of the writing process”; second, by explaining her motives for writing, including “political activism”; and lastly, by affirming her argument, stressing that people must strategically schedule their writing and “make much of that time.” Her two-pronged purpose is to respond to critics and to encourage minority writers to develop their own voice. Although at times her writing seems almost didactic, hooks ultimately establishes a companionable relationship with her audience of both critics and women who seek to improve the effectiveness of their own writing.

(www.macomb.k12.mi.us/utica/ford/website/.../AP_eng_language_11th.pdf)

BLOG POST REMINDER

Please remember to post the site where you got your article.

Thanks.

HOMEWORK FOR AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22

FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 16: Read and Annotate “The Name is Mine” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary
FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17: Read and Annotate “Cut” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary
FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 18: Clean Copy of Argumentative Essay (Essay will be written and peer edited in class on Wednesday)
FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 19: Read and Annotate “Ready for Some Futbol?” Do all the Questions on Subject & Strategy and study for the vocabulary quiz.
FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 22: Read and Annotate “Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?” Do all the Questions on Subject, Strategy & Vocabulary

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 15

-BLOG POST AND TWO COMMENTS
-READ AND ANNOTATE PAGES 64-81(TOP)

BLOG GROUPS

GROUP 1: ARIEL, HALLIE, SALLY
GROUP 2: JENNY, CRYSTAL, THIERRY
GROUP 3: ALEXANDRA, LILLIAN, JULIO
GROUP 4: JUDY, FIONA, MIN CHAI
GROUP 5: DEBORA, YE NA, RODOLPHO
GROUP 6: MICHELLE, ALYSSA, NATHAN
GROUP 7: STEPHANIE F., YUMMY, STEPHANIE B., JILL

MORE options for those who have been unable to find other titles:

unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation by Brooks Jackson & Kathleen Hall Jamieson

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World after September 11 by Thomas Friedman

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen
J. Dubner’s Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything,

Another Book Choice

If you are unable to find The Things They Carried and do not want to go to PACA and get a copy, you may read What Color Is Your Parachute.

SUMMER READING

You need to read The Things They Carried and one of the books on the other list. Read and Annotate.

Break Reading Options

In addition to what Mrs. Carpenter has given you, you will need to choose one of the following books. We'll talk more about what you need to do with it later. They are all nonfiction, but very different in content and style. Do a little research before you decide which one is for you.

Pilgrim at Tinker
Creek Annie Dillard

This House of Sky:
Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig

Seabiscuit: An
American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

Endurance:
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Under the Banner of
Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

BLOG ASSIGNMENT

Current Events-Summer Assignment
Please read two current event articles from the following websites and for each write a two paragraph rhetorical analysis evaluating the way the author uses language to communicate his/her message. Was he/she effective? What devices did he/she use? (Think SOAPS and DIDLS)

THESE SITES WILL BE ACCEPTABLE:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/
http://www.newyorker.com/
http://www.slate.com/

How to Annotate

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/197454.html