Sunday, November 27, 2011

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.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

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