river oaks [english]

The exam is 60 multiple choice/matching questions plus your essay. Of the 60 questions, 20 are vocabulary, and 40 are from AP and ACT. As noted in class, the essay is a rhetorical analysis of a piece of writing. Make sure you spend some time tomorrow preparing before writing. I will use AP's nine-point scale for the essay, which will count for 40% of the grade. Good luck and have a great break!

I've put a revised copy of the review in "My File Locker" on Edline. You can also pick up one on Monday if you'd like.

Juniors I have your study guides for the midterm, and I'll pass them out tomorrow in class. I suggest you build outlines from the information I've given you. Seniors Make flash cards for the vocabulary: it worked when you were in 5th grade, and it still works.

Seniors Your midterm is slightly different between AP and IV, but the same basic elements will be included -- a multiple choice section, an essay, and a matching section on the rhetorical terms we've been using all semester. Although the essay topic will be one you haven't seen before, you will use the same techniques and strategies employed all year. The second hour class will be writing an argument paper, and the AP class is writing an analysis . For a full copy of the sample AP test we've been going over in class, look to pages 14-30 of the PDF provided below: AP Course Description Don't forget about the quiz Thursday on the remainder of the vocabulary terms!

Juniors We are covering new material this last week before mid-terms: Ben Jonson and the "cavalier poets," as well as the theme of carpe diem John Milton and Paradise Lost Margaret Cavindash's Orations Pilgrim's Progress The homework for this week will be optional , meaning it will not count against if you (will be noted on edline). Ideally, you will spend this time studying for your exams, and of course doing the homework can only help your grade. Homework: Monday - questions on 459, 461, 464, 466, 468 Tuesday - questions on 477, 479

The essay will be written in class on Thursday, 12/02. AP students will be allowed to bring one article with statistics/facts (not opinion) to use in their papers. Otherwise, the paper comes from your understanding of the issue based on class discussion and your own opinions. As always, the length of the paper will be determined by content and time available. ARGUMENT ESSAY Contemporary life is marked by controversy. Choose one of the controversies below; then, using appropriate evidence, write an essay that carefully considers the opposing positions on this controversy and proposes a solution or compromise. OPTION A Benjamin Franklin, in 1755, wrote that "those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." In light of the recent controversy regarding airport security -- full body scanners and "aggressive pat-downs" -- what is your opinion on the methods used by the Transportation Securit