Well, Finals in the Path of Mother Nature

I think we all had a few "choice" examples of diction when a second snow day - and the non-adjustment to finals - was announced a few hours ago. While I feel this may cause concern (that shows you care about the class and your evaluation), since the final is a prompt and a toolbox quiz, there is not a brand new review that will directly impact your studying ability. While we may have had time in class to do one more practice prompt and one more toolbox practice, all of the content within those practices have already been taught, practiced, and reviewed throughout the entire semester, especially with the most recent Lucy Logs assignment that caused you to look at purpose (every rhetorical analysis prompt), tone (isn't "shift" the AP buzzword of the year?), and other strategies (hello, a hybrid of syntax and "big kid" terminology).

To update and remind of the plans for the week -

• The Lucy Logs have been completed and many of you went beyond the call of duty on all three rounds of this assignment. Kudos to you for not only prepping for the final but also making your Lucy essays that much easier. Ergo, I have decided to adjust the overall value of the Lucy Logs. Checkpoints 1 & 2 will soon be worth 47 points each, and Checkpoint 3 will be worth 94 points, allowing those of you who scored a 6 on each checkpoint to have a little extra credit. 
• Speaking of Lucy, the Lucy argumentative essay is still due by 11:30 a.m. on Friday. You know the "fine print" deal regarding this essay, so TURN SOMETHING IN! Hopefully, something 6-worthy as well. You may print out the essay after school on Thursday or Friday. And if you need to finish up the writing of the essay, you may do so after school on Friday too. 
• For the final class period, the class agenda will be as follows: class review of rhetorical terms for 10 minutes maximum (well worth your while to be on time), toolbox portion of the final for 15 minutes (there will be a perk involved that will hopefully help all of you), rhetorical analysis essay prompt for remainder of final time, which will allow extended time for any of you who will need it. 
• While we don't need that review rhetorical analysis passage, I really like it! So, I will have it for pick-up after the final for an extra credit close reading, thesis statement with all strategies, and 1 body paragraph over the holiday break. If you choose to do so, you will share your thesis statement and 1 body paragraph by Sunday, January 5, at 11:00 p.m. Please indicate whether you would like your extra credit to be given to the Classwork, the Performance, or the Final category. If you don't tell me, you won't be given any of the extra credit. 
• I will also have the fallacy packet for you, which you need to read and have an understanding of the fallacies by our second day back to school (currently January 8). 
• If anything else comes up, I will update the blog or e-mail you directly.