Guess what day it is!

• Go over prompts and thesis statements. How do we make an effective thesis statement. Editing, adding different strategies, rewriting, classwide. 

Homework: Think of a cool way to give Mr. Rasmussen a high five.

Tuesdays are better.

• Split into book groups
• Prompt chosen
• Passage in hand
• Thesis written (2 pts!)
• Chapter 8/specifics

Monday. Still.

• Prompt Festivus
• Greenie vs. AP essay structures

Homework: Prompt Analysis through 2008

Friday with Capote

SPS -- chapter 3 deconstructing prompts

• Capote's In Cold Blood passage and analysis from workbook
• HW:  read through pg 75 in 5 to a 5 workbook

We are ^ on this side of the hump now

• SPS
• Exercise in AP Books. Will continue tomorrow. Don't sweat it.

Got the class goin' up..on a Tuesday

• Commercials for books

Less Mondays, please.

• SPS
• review chap 8 notes, focus on syntax
• get analysis Tips and Theme Sheet
• work on themes from summer fiction novel, in groups; share
• hw:  NONE