Ms. Bridges' AP English

Monday, May 29th:  No school!  Tuesday, May 30 th :   Return text books Senior Project Presentations: Dylan – Money in Politics: Citizens United vs. the F.E.C. Salma – Adoption Samantha – What is Cultural Appropriation? Jayla – Japanese Etiquette vs American Etiquette Brice – Sugar Abigail – Autism   Wednesday, May 31st:   Senior Project Presentations:  Lirio - Adopt/Don't Shop! - Adopt Pets from Shelters Alexandria - The History of the Period Laszlo - Online Education  Christopher - Separation of Church and State   Thursday, June 1st:    Senior Project Presentations:  Itzeel - Habitat Destruction Joanna Palacios - Racial Bias in Media Lester Ramirez - Performance Enhancing Drugs Valorie Rodriguez - History of the Menstrual Cycle  Julia Rios - Animal Testing in Cosmetics Jessica Reynoso - Autism Friday, June 2nd:  Senior Project Presentations: Elgin Tacata - An...

Monday, May 22nd: Friendly reminder: Your research paper, work cited page, and your twenty note cards are due today! Please note that the time for the presentation has been cut down from ten minutes to seven minutes.   Order of Senior Project Presentations Wednesday, May 24th Friday, May 26th 10:40 – 10:47         Kaitlyn Sanchez      Courtney Kilpatrick 10:52 – 10:59         Aisha Salazar                         Emie Tremblay 11:04 – 11:11         Adamaris Gonzales                          Karla Alegria 11:16 – 11:23      ...

Tuesday, May 16th: Special Two Week Schedule Two Hour Block Classes Work on your research paper! If you have not submitted your letter of Intent - do it NOW! And submit it to turnitin.com Then: Do your work cited page and submit it to turnitin.com! Do your twenty note cards and submit it to turnitin.com! Do your seven page research paper and submit it to turnitin.com! Thursday, May 18th:  Special Two Week Schedule Two Hour Block Classes Work on your research paper! If you have not submitted your letter of Intent - do it NOW! And submit it to turnitin.com Then: Do your work cited page and submit it to turnitin.com! Do your twenty note cards and submit it to turnitin.com! Do your seven page research paper and submit it to turnitin.com!

Monday, May 8th:  Monday – Friday, May 8 th  – 12 th , we will be in the library. Monday and Tuesday, May 8 th  and May 9th, Ms. Whitham will review MLA format, research, note taking and work citation Wednesday – Friday, May 10 – May 12 th , you will be doing research Thursday, May 11 th  your letter of intent is due. May 19 th    the following will be due: Twenty note cards Work cited page  Your seven page research paper with work cited page Your powerpoint, slide show, or prezzi  Everything must be turned into turnitin.com May 22 nd  – May 26 th : presentation of your senior project with either slide show, power point, or prezzi. For information regarding the senior project, please go to the senior project page on hollywoodhighschool.net for additional information, including information on the letter of intent. Tuesday, May 9th:  The Stranger  reading log is due. You must turn it into turnitin.c...

Monday, May 1st: Pass out   the Jupiter passwords Go over the last four pre-A.P. test assignments: "Existentialism" by Jean Paul Sartre "Man Against the Darkness" by W.T. Stace  "The Christian Commitment" by Reinhold Niebuhr A Streetcar Named Desire Essay A Streetcar Named Desire Reading Logs  Go over the senior project   assignments Tuesday, May 2nd:     Reviewed important points regarding the A.P. exam: Answer all the multiple choice questions! Look for the one answer that is different from the other four in those questions dealing with “Except” Choose your favorite letter of the day if you run out of time – “C” is a good option statistically! For the essay: Answer the entire prompt! Write – a lot! Use snippets of quotations to support your points! Always reference the excerpt Use strong verbs, adverbs, and adjectives in your writing. Try to imitate the tone of the excerpt you are analyzing Embed the...

Monday, April 24th: "Advice to a Prophet" multiple choice questions Read Reinhold Niebuhr's "The Christian Commitment" Answer the questions one through five in complete sentences incorporating the questions in the answers. Tuesday, April 25th:   Multiple Choice questions “Maud Martha” Went over yesterday’s multiple choice questions on “Advice to a Prophet” Answers to “Advice to a Prophet” 12. D 13. E 14. C 15. E 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. A 20. B 21. E 22. D 23. E Went over the answers, figurative language, vocabulary, syntax, and test-taking strategies. Read “A.P. Thesis Paragraph” Wednesday, April 26th: In-class writing assignment - "It's a Woman's World" Assign: Perrine's: pages 976 - 977; Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" Questions 1 - 4; due Monday, May 1st Perrine's: pages 967 - 969; Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" Que...

Monday, April 17th:  All late work and revisions are due tonight at midnight! No exceptions! There are no revisions on late work. Tomorrow, the following are due: A Streetcar Named Desire multiple choice questions and essay are due. Please turn A Streetcar Named Desire essay into turnitin.com. Please submit the analysis of A Streetcar Named Desire into turnitin.com Tomorrow, please bring your book A Streetcar Named Desire. We will start reading Albert Camus’ The Stranger this week, along with essays on existentialism.  How to embed quotations in essays. George Eliot’s Middlemarch excerpt Do not quote too much nor too little! Use the most important part of the quotation in the essay. Then paraphrase the rest or write in your own words the rest of the quotation. Please take a look at line 49, “Lydgate was bowing his neck….” Trying to be reasonable, Lydgate feels as if he is “bowing his neck under the yoke l...