Ergo

As Abby Wright and a legion of other AP Lang students could tell you, "ergo" is the go-to transition for upper level vernacular and coolness factor. I can't tell you how many essays will now feature that adverbial conjunction and how therefore, hence, and a plethora of other trite transitions will lose favor. Beyond ergo, the hours are doing a mixing and matching of activities involving the retainment of vocab and tone words (which helps your writing and your MC comprehension), creative writing and timed writing (those tone paragraphs may be filed under the goofy category, but you are forced to work under a time limit and write something), and, of course, more multiple choice passages. While first and third hour are in the same position, fourth and seventh are doing their own agenda.

1 & 3: Tone round two included sharing your paragraphs and speed learning the 20-22 (depending on your class) tone words. We have some repeated ones, but for the most part, you are learning a whole new set of vernacular vocabulary! Afterwards, we did not have time for a full MC passage, but that did not stop me from giving it to you for homework. Do make sure to 1. close read the passage thoroughly with circling, underlining, noting, or whatever you have to do to clarify the passage's meaning, purpose, shifts, and the like and then 2. adopt process of elimination to answer the questions with most accuracy. While this may seem a piddling assignment, you should take part in every multiple choice experience - big or small, timed or not - as it broadens your understanding of comprehension and style of questions that AP requires you to answer. Well, that was my little speech about the importance of doing work.

4: We - finally - completed the vocab 16/tone quiz 1, which is graded and in line for the book. As that is completed, you also copied down the next unit for future experts, starting tomorrow, and wrote the next round of tone paragraphs for the topic of "chaos," an abstract notion that would force many of you to flaunt your creative muscles. Tomorrow will be the teaching of those new tone words plus a return to multiple choice with questions first strategy.

7: Since I'm so verbose with the other hours, I don't want to shortchange you and just write an enumeration. So, you are in the throes of multiple choice. We have completed 3 traditional, comprehension-heavy passages to practice strategies and understanding. As noted, several times, close read the passage if you want to have that accuracy when the questions need to answered. Today, we completed a diagnostic regarding the other style of multiple choice: the rhetoric ones. Loosely timed, this assessment was to give you a peek at this part of the exam and, hopefully, show off what you can do. We'll be back to more traditional multiple choice shortly, but first comes "A Modest Proposal," the most memorable form of satire that I could possibly assign for us to read. I hope you enjoy because I always do, especially your facial expressions upon reading it! Too much foreshadowing - must stop. This is what happens when I type this up while you are taking your diagnostic in class.