English 11-AP

Develop your vocabulary. It’s tough to analyze a writing that contains unfamiliar words.  Here’s an interactive, multi-level, multi-skill set of quizzes.  Try it here.

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Quick Links to Tools - Check here for an authoritative answer to many 11-AP questions:
Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
Not sure you’re using a word correctly?  Check the
Lynch Guide to Style and Grammar
Ninety rhetorical terms with examples - see the
UK Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
An excellent guide to college writing:
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

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Practice Vocabulary Units One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six,
 
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, ElevenTwelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen online.

Download a copy of the Reading Guide for Lord of the Flies.  Click the PDF icon at right.

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Week’s Assignments
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January 30 - February 3, 2012

Monday – Deadline reminders: Due tomorrow – Cause-effect essay rough draft. (+) (1x100)   Due Wednesday – Ch. 9 – 12 in Lord of the Flies.  (+ +)

Tuesday – Finish the novel and complete the handout questions for Ch. 9 – 12.  (+ +)

Wednesday – Due tomorrow is your revised cause-effect analysis essay for a triple-weight grade. (+)  The Vocabulary Seven quiz will be Friday.   Also due Friday: Regarding the Free-Response prompt on p. 14 in your AP Exam workbook, create three columns for planning (use the space on p. 14 if you wish), showing relevant ideas you could use in your discussion from: literature you’ve read, other classes you’ve taken, and experiences/observations. Have at least two ideas in each column, examples that you could use to discuss the Thoreau quotation. (+ +)

Thursday – Tomorrow is the Vocabulary Seven quiz.  Also due tomorrow – Plan the evidence you could cite to explain the validity of the Thoreau quotation on p. 14 in your AP Exam workbook. Plan examples from literature, other courses, and life experiences.   Have at least two ideas in each column. (+ +)

Friday - Assess the student sample responses on pp. 55, 58, and 60.  (+ + +)   Also bring your AP Exam workbook to class.   Due next Wednesday - Read the handout explaining the definition essay, pp. 425 – 434.  After reading the definition poem, “The Foot,” answer the five questions on p. 435.  (+)
 

Revised 01/28/2012

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