March 8

Want to have additional ethos for class this week and show off your knowledge in front of your classmates? Our first synthesis assignment will involve English kings and queens. First up will be Henry VIII and Elizabeth I!

1: We started class with your vocab "quiz," or an opportunity to add to your tally sheets. There will be no make-up quizzes as this was not for a grade. Next are the certainty/doubt prompts, which your class average a 7.2! As a result of such strong argumentation essays, we will be moving directly into synthesis writing in the next classes. To finish the class, we completed 8 minute and 7 minute timed introductions of girls' fear and Peter the Great's infamous beard tax. As noted in class, an introduction with strong diction, original analogies, and clear claims creates a trust with the reader that you will lead him or her to a mature, engaging, thorough essay.

2: After copying down Unit 20 vocabulary, we determined our class t-shirt! Thanks Emma and Gia for your designs! The remainder of the hour focused on timed introductions of the 8 and 7 minute variety. Using girls' fear and Peter the Great's infamous beard tax, you were able to compose introductions that engaged the reader and provided a strong focus to the argumentation topics. 

4: As per usual, the events of fourth hour differed from the other AP Lang classes. To start, we began our new unit of vocabulary. To continue forward, we celebrated an average 7.6 on the certainty/doubt prompts. To wind down, we looked at synthesis writing by breaking down a prompt and reading the attached examples. We will read the rangefinders on Thursday for exemplification of this writing style.

7: After writing down Unit 20 vocabulary -- absentees will find their assigned word on the board -- we practiced timed introduction writing, utilizing girls' fear and Peter the Great's beard tax in 8 and 7 minutes sessions. We then spent the rest of the hour talking about the class t-shirt.