How will the final be scored?

Scoring rubric for Speeches: http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=VXW3W7B&sp=yes

Friday, May 30

Last day to meet before presenting!

Here is the link to sign up for your time slot: http://goo.gl/plDx3i

Be sure you have taken care of these considerations today:

• who will be in charge of what part of the presentation?
• have you timed it?  I will have to cut you off at 15 minutes!  
• consider your audience: Will they be informed?  Any missing pieces they need to know, if they haven't seen the film?  Will they be engaged? 
• the tech side:  don't surprise me with any programs my computer can't handle :)

in the end, KNOW YOUR PURPOSE:  Why am I asking you to present this documentary?

---to show me that you can analyze an argument (on film, this time) and discuss specific elements that contribute to the overall effectiveness of the work.  The film clips should work like quotations in an essay--your commentary about them will make all the difference!

Reminder: Vocabulary Final

Lessons 8-14 will be tested on the day of the final.  Here is a link to flashcards for lesson 14: http://goo.gl/YLEU3w...I am still looking for a full set of cards for 8-14.

Review roots and suffixes:  http://goo.gl/WWpZuY


more roots cards here:
http://goo.gl/dSwJAA

http://goo.gl/kwb5o1

Friday, May 23

Modeling the Presentation

After finishing The Queen of Versailles, I would like you and your group members analyze the following elements:

• Purpose, Audience, Thesis, and Mode
• Appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos
• Kairos—new term that means timeliness.  Kairos (KY-ross) is knowing the right time or the most opportune moment to make an argument or present aspects of an argument.
• Counterargument—this is a specific part of ethos I want you to analyze in your documentary.  Counterargument is how the argument acknowledges, works around, or attacks those who would argue the opposite.
• Types of Evidence—facts, statistics, personal experience, expert testimony, humor, etc.
• Visual Style/Tools.  Link to quizlet reference: Documentary film making vocabulary
• Strengths, Weaknesses, and Fallacies (there will be all three)

If this was your film to present, what three clips from the film would you choose to demonstrate any of the above elements?

We will play with the Google presentation tool to see if you can do a quick dummy of what your presentation will look like for the final.

DOC sign ups!

http://goo.gl/plDx3i

Documentary Film Assignment

Assignment is here: AP DOC PROJECT

Check out this list of documentary film vocabulary: http://goo.gl/DoOlUL

POV Documentary Viewing Guide: http://goo.gl/nyBr5N

Media Literacy Questions: http://goo.gl/ywky7U

Be ready to sign up for your documentary film on THURSDAY in class!  No repeats allowed.  Sorry.

Monday: Final Draft formatting for Research Paper

AP Final Draft format--

See page 86-90 in Bedford Reader for another MLA sample paper with Works Cited. 

• Your title should read "Mark, Joanie, Sam. FINAL DRAFT. Research Paper"
• Please number the pages in a header like this:  Last Name, Last Name, Last Name  #) Make sure you hit Insert and page numbers otherwise it will number every page 1)
• Heading goes under the header.  Each name gets its own line.  See MLA/Purdue Owl for rest.
• Change text color (no lime or yellow, please) to mark your writing, then make a comment at the end of the paragraph with your name in it.
• Leave text black(like for intro and conclusion) if it was a joint effort.
• At the end of the paper, insert page break and then copy final draft from google docs of your Works Cited page there. (be sure you have UNCHECKED in noodle tools any sources you do not end up citing and then make sure you have MERGED your accounts so all your sources are on ONE BIBLIOGRAPHIC page to export to google docs.)

Friday: Pulling it all together

Grading rubric is HERE.


1. Check collaborizeclassroom comments.

2. Work together to create effective transitions between your body paragraphs.  Eliminate repetition and create connections between the claims.

3. EDIT.  Check in text citations on noodle tools.  SEE PURDUE OWL too: http://goo.gl/BpznD
(This site is my best friend right now, and should be yours too.)

Wednesday: Writing a body paragraph

Review Chapter 3 in the Bedford Reader before you begin writing your body paragraph today.  I will be coming around to check in with you about your claims, to be sure they logically correspond to your thesis, etc.

When you are done, please post your paragraph into the appropriate spot in collaborizeclassroom.com.

Tuesday: Opening Paragraphs

1. page 479 in The Bedford Reader    "The New Witch Doctors: How Belief Can Kill"

TARGET:  ENGAGING OPENINGS

2. Go to cause and effect essay google doc and work together on an opening


3. Go to collaborizeclassroom.com  and post your opening there.

4. Give feedback on two others.

Monday: Getting back to Cause and Effect

Planning your research paper...

Today I am asking you to return to your notecards and your groups in order to touch base and plan your essay.

 Once again, here is the link to the thesis and outline doc for ONE of you to copy and then share with your team and with me.

http://goo.gl/Qy3DtH

review my tips here: http://goo.gl/eCbNk9

Here is the game plan for the week:

Monday: Write thesis/plan essay structure and responsibilities

Tuesday: Review one more sample, write intro paragraph together and share on collaborize classroom

Wednesday: Everyone works separately on their portion of the paper and posts on collaborize for feedback.

Thursday:  I model feedback, if necessary.  Everyone reviews and then revises.

Friday:  Write conclusion paragraph AND Editing workshop for correct citations and/or grammatical problems.  Try out a few different sentence lengths and structures if possible:  periodic, cumulative, balanced, inverted.

PAPERS ARE DUE by Tuesday of next week!

Thursday--day before the test!

Options for classtime today:

• Do the last section of multiple choice: http://goo.gl/2LYDx0  Answers are at the end--don't cheat!
• study past prompts--play the Toulmin game with the Argument question: http://goo.gl/4d66Vc
• study quizlet cards: http://goo.gl/8sgBvP  (There are more on the site--do a search)
• Study your personalized AP test notes.
• Work on your thesis and outline for your research paper--due Monday.

Argument: Review

Here is link to the sample papers for the Argument question for the practice test: http://goo.gl/kmH4fn

What qualities make the top paper effective?  TAKE NOTES on your AP personalized google doc.  Here is mine: http://goo.gl/rktUkU

My feedback:

• use CONCRETE evidence/examples to make your point evident
• use They Say I Say to show that you understand the counterarguments and can refute them
• Concede when you need to.
• do a brief outline of  your essay before you begin

Remember you have three options according to Gerald Graff,

1. Agree, but with a difference
2. Disagree with reasons
3. Agree and Disagree (this can look like a concession and rebuttal  or a qualified answer)

Also, rememeber the Toulmin frame for argument:

Because (evidence), therefore (your position) since (backing) unless (qualifiers).  

Because it is raining out, I should bring my umbrella since it wiill help keep me dry unless it has holes in it.

Let's try that with the 2012 argument!  see here: http://goo.gl/TYP7Xe

Tuesday's class: One more go at rhetorical analysis

Rhetorical Analysis: William Hazlitt "On the Want of Money" 

and Ellen Goodman "The Company Man"

Today we will attempt to carefully analyze two passages for rhetorical effectiveness.  Both are in your study packet.

Instructions:  Read/annotate the essay.  Then write your thesis and record your organizing strategy.

Here is a link to the shared document for Hazlitt:     2nd period  6th period           

 and Goodman: 2nd period   6th period

Here is a link to the Hazlitt 8/9 paper: http://goo.gl/yv4PGi

Monday's class: More multiple choice practice!

Students took 30 minutes to practice doing multiple choice questions from the packet I gave you weeks ago (with rhetorical prompts, too).  Passages are numbered, so you are doing passages #3 and #4 (questions 17-39).  If you improve your score, this grade will replace the one from two Friday's ago.

Also, if you were absent and are interested in being a judge for the Senior Boards, see me for a flier.

Friday: RA practice and Thesis work

Here is a link to another posting by the College Board about how to access your scores this summer: http://goo.gl/J6idQh

25 minute RA practice

2004 http://goo.gl/IeZ0A0
15 minutes to read, annotate and write a thesis and outline for this prompt. Write your thesis here: http://goo.gl/jhWz8y  6th period: http://goo.gl/Y7CLwe
10 minutes to share and dicuss
sample essays: http://goo.gl/pHTdMp

30 minutes to work with partners on Research Paper thesis and outline

See links from yesterday's post!