Welcome to Your Week: April 6, 2020

Focus: How do set ourselves up for a focused and enjoyable week of remote A.P. Lit?

1. Warming up with Welcome to Your Week

2. Offering you a Screencast on Culminating Post #2: Brainstorming and Thesis

3. Completing the 2018 prose timed writing assigned to you in our A.P. Classroom (on A.P. Central: myap.collegeboard.org, I think)

• PLEASE LISTEN TO/WATCH THE SCREENCAST OF FEEDBACK I LINKED TO YOUR TIMED WRITING FROM LAST WEEK. :)

• Skip past the first prompt on poetry; make sure you are writing only on the second prompt, located on the second page; it should be a prose excerpt from All the Living.

• Set your timer for 45 minutes and stick to it.

• Decide the screen and type of composing (handwriting or typing).

• Share your timed writing with me before class on Thursday.

Weekly Tasks:

1. For Tuesday: 

• Post your culminating essay brainstorming on your blog before you go to bed on Tuesday, April 7 (see my screencast linked above).

2. For Thursday: 

• Complete your timed writing on  Preferably, please type it and share it with me. If that's not possible, you can send me a photo, but my feedback might not be as detailed.

• Join our live workshop on Thursday from 1:30-2:00 on the excerpt from All the Living. If you can't make the live session, please set up a one-on-one conference with me.

3. For Friday: 

• Keep reading your book club book! Complete your assigned reading and syllabus for Book Club Meeting #4. Find a 20-30 minute time (and online platform) to meet; make sure your syllabus is in your shared folder, and keep notes on it during your meeting.

Optional Vocabulary:

• Review Lists 1-7 and take the cumulative test linked HERE.

• Check Quizlet for brand-new List #8 and start getting to know those words. An optional quiz will be available next week.