AP Language Per. 1 (La Quinta High School) //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Class Name: AP Language Per. 1 Instructor(s): Michelle Rose en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 06/18/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3496018 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Passages for the final are attached. Data Sheets due on Monday!! We will discuss color symbolism in class on Monday.
]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:55:49 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 06/16/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3493849 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Complete the Data Sheets (attached) about The Great Gatsby
]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:57:29 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 06/10/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3489120 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Find the Success Group Project Assignment attached.
]]> Thu, 22 May 2014 15:33:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 05/27/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3489115 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Answer the Outliers focus questions, completely, clearly, and thoughtfully.
Questions:
1. How does Gladwell define success?
2. According to Gladwell, what are the essential factors that define success?
3. What types of evidence does Gladwell use? Which is most effective or thought-provoking? Why?
4. Do you find his arguments about success convincing? Which is most convincing? Which is least convincing? Explain.
5. How could you use the information in this book to achieve your own success?

]]> Thu, 22 May 2014 15:32:32 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/28/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3458605 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Synthesis essay on violent and nonviolent protest in class on Monday. The sample response to the essay on nonviolent resistance is attached.
]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:14:18 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/21/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3448676 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Read the attached information about the synthesis essay, explore the 2013 synthesis prompt and sample responses, then answer the attached synthesis prompt on separate sheets of paper. Follow all directions on the attached prompt.
]]> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 23:22:41 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/10/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3439165 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Print, read, and annotate the excerpt from Gandhi's "On Nonviolent Resistance" and then answer the discussion question and reply to two other students' posts on www.schoology.com. The title of this discussion is "Nonviolent Protest." All posts need to be completed by 11:59pm on Thursday 4/10.
]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:38:40 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/09/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3432428 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Frederick Douglass "You become the Teacher" group projects due April 9th. Lessons will start on this day. Lessons should be no longer than 20 minutes per lesson. Find the directions and rubric attached.
]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:54:16 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/07/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3435707 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Print, read and annotate the excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and answer the following questions. Answers should be in complete and detailed sentences.

 

Number the paragraphs and answer the following questions:

  1. How does King defend his presence in Birmingham?
  2. What are the four basic steps of a nonviolent campaign? Why does King explain these steps to his audience?
  3. According to King, what is the purpose of nonviolent direct action?
  4. Do you agree that “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed”? How is this same idea expressed in other sources we have read for this unit?
  5. How does King utilize emotional appeals in paragraph 8? Give specific examples to support your answer.
  6. How does King distinguish between just laws and unjust laws? How are these ideas similar to Thoreau’s ideas in “Civil Disobedience”?
  7. Explain why King believes people have the responsibility to break unjust laws.
  8. What examples does he use to support his use of nonviolent direct action and to support his views about just and unjust laws? Why does he use these examples?
  9. How does King use logical appeal to argue against the clergymen’s assertion that the nonviolent protesters’ actions should be condemned because they precipitated violence?
  10. What two forces does King “stand between”? In paragraph 17, how does he use an appeal to fear to justify his group’s use of nonviolent protest and to urge the white clergymen to support it?
  11. Why does King embrace the label of extremist in paragraph 18? What examples does he use to illustrate his interpretation of what an extremist is? Why are these examples significant and convincing?

]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:58:30 PDT <![CDATA[Due: 04/02/2014]]> //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem3432421 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/570323/assignments/ Remember to reply to my prompt on www.schoology.com and then reply to two student posts (one to a students reply to my prompt and one of your choice).
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