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Happy Snow Day! I’m writing a two week post today since I have a feeling I’m just going to get busier and busier as we get closer to break.
Students lucked out with this snow day in a big way. It gave them an extra day to work on their Individual Written Argument essays! Drafts of those essays will be due tomorrow, and we will work on revision in class. Final drafts will be due on Wednesday. I’m seeing some excellent growth in students’ abilities to research and craft an argument. I encourage you to sneak a peek at your students’ essays. On Wednesday, we will officially begin our first Performance Task Assessment for the AP program. Students will form research teams and decide on individual research focuses. We will spend the final week before break working on students’ Individual Research Reports. About a week after break, they’ll reform their groups, share their individual research reports and then begin crafting a group argumentative presentation that synthesizes everyone’s research--the Team Multimedia Presentation. In the next two weeks, it is important that students engage in the group formation process. I’ve been asking them to share things they’d like to research in the hopes that we can match students up in groups with shared interests. Since the AP score is dependent on this group project, it’s important that they all commit to working hard as a group. This hasn’t been an issue thus far with this class, so I’m anticipating a fairly smooth group formation process! Enjoy the rest of your day!
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Happy Snow Day! I’m writing a two week post today since I have a feeling I’m just going to get busier and busier as we get closer to break.
Students will get their argumentative essays back tomorrow. I’m really excited about the progress I’m seeing in their writing. Scores were up from the first essay which is exactly what we want to see!! I haven’t scored the rewrites of the rhetorical analysis essays yet (and I’m kicking myself for leaving them at school this weekend!!), but those will be done by the end of the week. If students choose to rewrite their argumentative essays, those rewrites will be due on December 23rd. Students are strongly encouraged to conference with me about essays prior to revising so that I may guide them to an improved score. For the next two weeks in class we will be dedicating our time to drafting, conferencing, and revising students’ third formal essay. This essay is a synthesis essay and asks students to use research to make an argument responding to one of eight provided prompts. Students have already started researching and are working on a shared annotated bibliography with small teams in class. Those bibliographies will be due tomorrow. Please encourage your students to take full advantage of our writing time in the next two weeks. My goal is to make it possible for all students to turn in their synthesis essays prior to break. Students who stay on top of their drafts and take opportunities to conference with me in class will be ready to do that. The essays aren’t officially due until Jan. 9, though, so I think some students may be tempted leave the work for break. Please help encourage them to use their time wisely and plan well!! Enjoy the rest of your day! |
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