Wednesday, May 29, 2013

ALL CLASSES: You must complete the reading of Chapters 15-18 of The Catcher in the Rye for Thursday's class. Furthermore, you should complete the reading of the entire text for Monday, 3 June. Expect a quiz! No Complaints, PLEASE! You are in a "college-level" class and sadly, some of you have not realized this yet...

NOTE: There will be no more "Root-word" Quizzes.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Please Be Advised:

Per Administrative Directive-ALL Teachers are mandated to administer an "End-of-Year" Assessment. English 5/6 students will be given an Ethan Frome essay examination during the week of 3 June. AP English students will be given a Catcher in the Rye essay examination during this same week as well.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Schedule for Week of 27 May:
For Tuesday, 28 May-you must read Chapters 9-14 of  The Catcher in the Rye. Be prepared for a TEN question quiz over these chapters. Your Root Word Quiz has been postponed until Friday, 31 May.

Please be advised that if you do not bring the text to class-you will NOT be permitted to join a Cooperative Learning Group! Furthermore, you will NOT receive the same grade on the written activities if you are NOT participating in the answering of the questions AND if you are DOMINATING-preventing others from participating! I find it puzzling how the same students all year long simply do NOT participate in whole-class and/or small group discussions. How are you going to "survive" in a college classroom?

For those students absent on Friday, 24 May: You will NOT join a group-you will form a "new" group with other students who were absent.

After the quiz, you will have approximately 12 minutes to complete the activity for Chapters 4-8 before beginning the Chapter 9-14 study guide.



The 2013 Free Response Questions are now available for you to download-if desired. Student sample essays and rubrics are not yet available. For a fee, you can request that your written responses be sent to you.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Sunday, May 12, 2013

I am looking forward to seeing everyone in class on Monday and Tuesday, sharing your reactions and offering me "feedback" on what I can do differently to prepare the "new" group of students for the exam beginning in September.

For those students taking the AP US History examination, remember to bring a watch with you, along with pens and pencils. I know everyone will do well!

Root Word Quiz: Friday, 17 May.

We will begin the reading of The Catcher in the Rye  the week of 20 May.

You will return your text book on Friday, 17 May.

Click on this link: The Catcher in the Rye

Kings in the Back Row: Meaning through Structure-A Reading of Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

"I wonder why Diedrich posted this link to some essay about the text we are reading? He will probably give us specific information about what he wants us to do with it-other than to just engage in a close reading-I bet we will have to submit a written response/reaction... For fun, I am going to read it now and annotate it as I read so I will be prepared for the assignment."

 



Sunday, May 5, 2013

Soon, you will have completed your AP Examinations for this year. Imagine, it actually comes down to that one exam...BUT you should not think of it like this since the knowledge you acquired in all of your classes will certainly be applied to your college classes-so all of your efforts will be rewarding.

This week the only review day will be on Tuesday, 7 May to discuss your MOCK exam essays. Review what I have posted on this blog and other resources you have-perhaps the handouts you have maintained in your notebook. I AM AWARE OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE not MAINTAINED THE REQUIRED LOOSE-LEAF BINDER.

Incidentally, several students actually plagiarized the "Considering the Lobster" assignment even after previously submitting the response paper on "PLAGIARIZING"! I will speak to them soon. TURNITIN.COM WILL CATCH YOU-CHEATERS DO GET CAUGHT-EVENTUALLY!