Freedom:
Based on the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, what interpretations are being made? What freedoms should/should not be limited? What does American culture represent to the world?

DUE OCTOBER 11/12
Make sure that your topic relates to this prompt. 

HI GUYS,

I have been checking the Abstract Topics and I want address a couple of things that I keep seeing. I wanted to give you the graded assignment before the next one, but life had other ideas. 

The MLA citation should look like the following:

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access (if applicable).

Example:

Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003,
              www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.

In MLA if there is more than one line in the citation all the subsequent lines are indented.
Also don't write 
citation: Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.

Instead do 
Citation:
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003,
                 www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006.

Also, make sure you make it obvious that the claim pertains to the article or the excerpt that you are using for Author's claim. It should also be tied in with the topic. 

Additionally, make it obvious if you agree, disagree, or qualify the author's claim. That paragraph should support your ideas.

Finally, the connection paragraph should make a connection between your article, the topic, and any other readings. It's not enough to just say there is a connection. Find a common theme between them and give examples. Make sure to cite if you use a direct quote or paraphrase something. 

​Hope this helps!

Here is the analysis chart that I gave out in class. Please use this, as well. 

Analysis Chart

Here is the Abstract Topics #2
This is due Thursday/Friday Sept. 27/28

​Language as a Key to Identity: Language is the most vivid and crucial key to identity. It reveals the private identity, and connects one with, or divorces one from, the larger public, or communal identity. There are times and places when to speak a certain language could be dangerous. 

Please USE THE CORRECT CODE to become part of our class period. This is where you will be submitting at home essays, instead of printing them out. You will also be completing grammar exercises through noredink.com , the code for that will be on Google Classroom. I will still be posting info on here. 

PERIOD 1
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PERIOD 2
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Read and annotate:
"Just Walk on By" by Brent Staples on page 362 of the 50 Essays book. 
Create a SOAPSTone chart. I will be giving you a copy of the following that you can use to describe tone.
​TONE WORDS

Please remember that in SOAPSTone, the occasion addresses the reason why this author felt compelled to write this particular piece. You can mention society and his personal life if he references an incident in his life. 
Purpose is what he wants from the audience after reading this. Does he want them to act out? feel a certain way? What does he want from them after reading this?
Tone: Pinpoint shifts in his tone. How does he start? How does he show tone throughout? What's his tone at the end?

Click on the following document link and follow the instructions. The first one is due 9/13-9/14.
Read the instructions all the way through. 
Abstract Topics Instructions

Purpose: 
The AP Exam demands that students have a large breadth of knowledge from which to draw. This breadth of knowledge includes current events and controversial issues. In order to develop your knowledge base, you will be responsible for keeping up with the news and issues in/of society. Be prepared to present your current events to the class and take part in any discussion surrounding someone else’s current events presentation. As current events are presented, we will discuss how the issues and events may related to your AP Language and Composition exam.