American Studies Monday, 26 January Time will pass; will you? 73 days remain in the spring...

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American Studies Monday, 26 January Time will pass; will you? 73 days remain in the spring semester Can you name this artist? Today’s Goals: To understand westward expansion and the agricultural revolution in the United States.

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Page 1: American Studies  Monday, 26 January  Time will pass; will you? 73 days remain in the spring semester  Can you name this artist?  Today’s Goals:

American Studies Monday, 26 January

Time will pass; will you? 73 days remain in the spring semester

Can you name this artist?

Today’s Goals:

To understand westward expansion and the agricultural revolution in the United States.

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Housekeeping Collect vocab logs and sentences

February 13 is the deadline to register for AP exams. The link is on the class website, right below the course calendar.

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Homework Reminders Tomorrow:

Synthesis essay #2 scoring and reflection

M/C test, Periods 5 and 6, Chapters 23-26

Wednesday: DBQ Writing—C-lunch

Thursday: Introducing F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

Friday: Synthesis Writing—C-lunch

Research paper outline

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Today’s Class Questions on guiding questions or terms?

Video, Ken Burn’s The West, Episode 8, “The Ghost Dance” 5 Key Concepts

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Reading Quiz

1. Briefly explain 4 key goals of the Populist Party.

2. Briefly explain Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis. (7 minutes for the quiz.)

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William Jennings Bryan’sThe “Cross of Gold” Speech (1896)

Start reading on Page 89

Questions at bottom of speech

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The Wizard of Oz a Populist Allegory?

Brief background of thesis

Work in your groups for 8 minutes to complete worksheet on thesis characterization.

Wrapping the story

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Deconstructing the prompt and reading the source material Essay #2: Technology

Deconstructing the prompt Underline ALL verbs

Try to understand the nuance of the task—this will help you determine how to read the source material

The Sources: What to note

READ, ANALYZE, GENERALIZE, CONVERSE, FINESSE, and ARGUE

Note the date of publication

Pro? Con? Both?

Opinion or SAFE? Anecdote?

How might this information be used?

Be prepared to write immediately tomorrow

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Writing=60 minutes FIRST—read your reflection and take you r own

advice!

Allow 30 minutes to write the essay

No less than 15 minutes with the sources—you need some annotations

Study the intro page—read everything—underline the verbs—look for useful information

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Synthesis Workshop #2 Workshop

Highlight all parenthetical sources.

Evaluating your essay

Read the anchors and score them in your groups, and discuss what is inadequate, what is adequate and what is excellent in these three essays. Note this on your cover sheet, and score them as a group.

Reading student essays

Take workshop notes on the cover sheet

Writing a reflection

Everyone—use the checklist on the cover page.

What did you do different from the last essay?

How was your use of source material?

Discuss the reasoning for your score.

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Recognition

Congratulations to ALL our AP Scholars!

It’s Sophie’s birthday!

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This is why you need to use the Oxford comma…

I love my parents, Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty.

Without the Oxford comma, the sentence above could be interpreted as stating that you love your parents, and your parents are Lady Gaga and Humpty Dumpty. Here’s the same sentence with the Oxford comma:I love my parents, Lady Gaga, and Humpty Dumpty.