Wonderful day in AP Language to end our week together. We took our second group meeting to discuss passage one and work as a group to understand some of the main ideas and elements of our books. Using the Google Doc to track your progress and work is key - remember, we want to have made something every day. As you read and work - keep thinking about research questions. The document to help you develop these questions is posted, and next week we'll really be focused on that work.
The second part of the class focused on reading skills - Claims and Evidence Reading and Reasoning and Organization Reading. Remember that these are only skills that improve with work, and the way that you work them is by reading. Apply these same questions to your books as you read and discuss.
Over the weekend, focus on reading. Get ahead in your novels. Many groups may be resectioning and segmenting because you have more time before your next meeting - that's totally fine. Be sure to keep space so that everyone in the group can be successful.
AP Research
Today was our first of two working days to end the quarter and semester. As a reminder, you have two assignments due to end the quarter. Be sure that you submit your PREP reflections for the second quarter. This would be questions for Weeks 11-20. Have thorough responses, clearly cite sources if applicable, and be precise in your writing. Remember that some of these questions may be asked of you later in the year. If you haven't submitted your draft of your introduction and literature review, this is past due. Remember, an outline is acceptable - I need to see forward progress on your paper.
We'll continue working next week and begin Unit 4 - Data Collection - on Wednesday. The pitches will begin on January 31. Use the recording from the 17th to find the key questions to answer. Create sentence starters for yourself. Also, this is a great chance to start making your slides to begin the process of your POD. Lock in your edits and show me what you've got!
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