Maurice Spelton-Poe finished among the top 10 writers for the competition.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
AP Academic Competition
On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the first ever Advanced Placement Academic Competition was held at Blount High School. Our senior AP students competed against Blount, Leflore, Vigor, and Williamson. OUR students placed 1st in the ciphering competition, and we placed 1st in the overall competition. This is a huge accomplishment for our school!
Maurice Spelton-Poe finished among the top 10 writers for the competition.
Maurice Spelton-Poe finished among the top 10 writers for the competition.
Friday, March 9, 2018
Invisibility
You will have a prewriting activity in which you examine the idea of invisibility in our society today: Who are the invisible groups in our society? How is this similar/different to the invisible groups during the Harlem Renaissance? What makes a group invisible? How do race, identity and ideology play a role in invisibility?
Afterwards, you will break into groups of 3-4 and choose a group of people that are “invisible” in our society/community. Each group will explore why this group is “invisible” to mainstream society? What are the ideologies around this group. How can this group become “visible” or can they? Possible group suggestions (immigrants, youth, the poor, women, the middle class, Muslims, African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, other ethnic or religious groups, etc…)
Each group will write their analysis on paper and then present them during the last 40 minutes of class.
Closing discussion: What are some common themes that you saw. What factors contribute to invisibility? Is it possible to become visible?
Homework is due on your blog by the end of Sunday night: Write a letter to Ralph Ellison explaining why his novel, Invisible Man, is relevant or not in today’s society? Use at least two references from the novel.
Afterwards, you will break into groups of 3-4 and choose a group of people that are “invisible” in our society/community. Each group will explore why this group is “invisible” to mainstream society? What are the ideologies around this group. How can this group become “visible” or can they? Possible group suggestions (immigrants, youth, the poor, women, the middle class, Muslims, African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, other ethnic or religious groups, etc…)
Each group will write their analysis on paper and then present them during the last 40 minutes of class.
Closing discussion: What are some common themes that you saw. What factors contribute to invisibility? Is it possible to become visible?
Homework is due on your blog by the end of Sunday night: Write a letter to Ralph Ellison explaining why his novel, Invisible Man, is relevant or not in today’s society? Use at least two references from the novel.
A Worn Path and The Rockpile
You read "A Worn Path"yesterday. If you did not read the story, read the story! Today, you will answer the discussion question. A hard-copy will be provided to you in class.
Homework: In two separate blog posts, write a reflection about "The Rockpile" and "A Worn Path". Your reflections should be at least 2 paragraphs each. They are due by the end of Sunday night.
Homework: In two separate blog posts, write a reflection about "The Rockpile" and "A Worn Path". Your reflections should be at least 2 paragraphs each. They are due by the end of Sunday night.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Making Connections: Invisible Man
Remember to complete all of the assignments! Many of you are falling behind and every assignment that you take a zero on, your overall grade suffers. The quarter ends next Friday! Lack of internet or claiming you did not receive the assignment is no excuse. Let’s finish the quarter strong!
I hope you are reading Invisible Man and keeping up with the class. I did not assign homework last night, so you should have took advantage of that opportunity to catch up if you are behind. As of today, you should be on Chapter 7.
In class today, March 7th, you will consider all of the chapters you have read up to this point.
1. What are three prevalent themes throughout the novel thus far? Give a thorough explanation of those themes and support your reasoning with evidence from the text.
2. Connect those three themes of Invisible Man to other literary works. You will connect the themes to the poems “I, Too” and “Refugee in America” by Langston Hughes. Both poems are located in the orange book under your desk. Read the poems and tell how your themes connect to each poem.
3. You will complete this work in class, and then post the assignment onto your blog to receive credit. In addition, you will post the study guide questions for Chapter 7 to your blog in a separate post. Both posts must be uploaded to the blog by the end of the day on Thursday, March 8th.
I hope you are reading Invisible Man and keeping up with the class. I did not assign homework last night, so you should have took advantage of that opportunity to catch up if you are behind. As of today, you should be on Chapter 7.
In class today, March 7th, you will consider all of the chapters you have read up to this point.
1. What are three prevalent themes throughout the novel thus far? Give a thorough explanation of those themes and support your reasoning with evidence from the text.
2. Connect those three themes of Invisible Man to other literary works. You will connect the themes to the poems “I, Too” and “Refugee in America” by Langston Hughes. Both poems are located in the orange book under your desk. Read the poems and tell how your themes connect to each poem.
3. You will complete this work in class, and then post the assignment onto your blog to receive credit. In addition, you will post the study guide questions for Chapter 7 to your blog in a separate post. Both posts must be uploaded to the blog by the end of the day on Thursday, March 8th.
Monday, March 5, 2018
AP Language Students: The Rockpile
Tell me about the synthesis essay. Write about your experience of writing the in-class essay. What do you think you need to work on? What questions do you have?
Lesson 2 Vocabulary words sentence completion sheet. You will answer the questions on the sentence completion worksheet ON YOUR OWN PAPER. You will receive a hard copy of the words for lesson 2 and the sentence completion sheet.
Read the short story “The Rockpile” by James Baldwin. Afterwards, you will answer the critical reading questions below. Turn in your work.
Complete ALL assignments!
Lesson 2 Vocabulary words sentence completion sheet. You will answer the questions on the sentence completion worksheet ON YOUR OWN PAPER. You will receive a hard copy of the words for lesson 2 and the sentence completion sheet.
Read the short story “The Rockpile” by James Baldwin. Afterwards, you will answer the critical reading questions below. Turn in your work.
Complete ALL assignments!
AP Lit: Invisible Man Chapters 4 - 6
Consider this question for today: Describe Mr. Norton and Mr. Trueblood from Invisible Man. How does the author characterize those character? Which do you like best?
You will start literature circles on Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Invisible Man. In order to complete this assignment, you will into groups of 4. Roles will be assigned roles to each student (55 minutes). Whatever you do not finish in class for your role must be completed by tomorrow. Do not do the bare minimal. Tomorrow you will discuss the roles.
Tonight's homework: Read Chapter 6 and answer the study questions. Study question answers for Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 must be posted onto your blog by the end of Tuesday night, March 6th, 2018. Consider this question:
Complete ALL assignments on time!
You will start literature circles on Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of Invisible Man. In order to complete this assignment, you will into groups of 4. Roles will be assigned roles to each student (55 minutes). Whatever you do not finish in class for your role must be completed by tomorrow. Do not do the bare minimal. Tomorrow you will discuss the roles.
Tonight's homework: Read Chapter 6 and answer the study questions. Study question answers for Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 must be posted onto your blog by the end of Tuesday night, March 6th, 2018. Consider this question:
Complete ALL assignments on time!
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