AP Language and Composition 2017-2018

Unit 4: Community Witness  Please blog your response(s) to the movie, Witness , below by 8am Monday 1/8/18.  1. Are there communities, similar to the Amish, that they intentionally choose to live apart from the mainstream society of the United States? What about in other countries?  2. What is the relationship of the individual to the community? Think about John Book's relationship to his community and then the Amish community. Think about the Lapp's relationship to their Amish community and "city life" community.  3. Does the individual impact the community or vice versa? Choose ONE side and use examples from the movie to support your answer. 

Unit 4: Community Please blog your responses to the questions below. Blog responses are due by the end of class on Wednesday 1/3/18. Essential Questions : What is the relationship of the individual to the community?                                     Does the individual impact the community or vice versa?  You should respond to TWO posts from your classmates by 8am Thursday 1/4/18.

Unit 3: Work AP Language and Composition Using information from class today, the visuals, and the four attached PDFs, write a response in how this can relate back to the essential question and your thoughts on work. Due 11/30/17. 

Unit 3: Work AP Language and Composition Blog your response to the essential question:                  How does work shape and/or influence our lives?  

The Truman Show Final Thoughts "Reality"-Group 1: Carla, Emily, Gaby, Jena, Alec, Jasmin "Advertising and Product Placement"-Group 2: Paula, Joshua, Vivian, Maria, Jamie-Ann "Responsibility and Ethics"-Group 3: Janeal, Christina, Theresa, Justinne, Camilliah  You will hold a discussion on your topic within your group only on the blog. You are responsible to post your own original post and then respond to each of your other group members.  Reality -What does the term “reality” signify to viewers? To makers? (in Truman’s world) To Truman Burbank?                             -Are we truly real?                            -What is real in our world? -How is Seahaven like our world? Because for us too it’s difficult to distinguish between the real and the phony. Are we real? Can we trust our mentality? -Do we see ...

Unit 2: Popular Culture AP Language and Composition Blog your response to the essential questions:                 1. How is history defined by the “pop” culture of a society?                 2. How does a person’s individual history (or life) differ from that of history textbooks?                          Why are both “versions” important for us to remember and study?                3. How has American pop culture evolved from the past to today?

Unit Readings "Best in Class"  Margaret Talbot 1. Margaret Thlbot spends a good deal of time at the outset of the essay describing the situation at Sarasota High School and then returns to it at the end; however, her primary subject is neither that school nor its students. What is her rhetorical strategy in examining this one school in such depth? 2. In paragraph 14, Thlbot refers to her own experience'in high school. What is the effect of this personal element? 3. Why does Thlbot rely so heavily on interviews with students? Why would this approach appeal to her audience? 4.Does this essay rely more heavily on logos or pathos? Cite specific examples to illustrate your response.

Ms. Labriola Unit 1: Education AP Language and Compositon Please answer 4-6 questions of your choice on the blog. Click here for access. Address all parts of each question and answer in complete sentences. You should also respond to a classmate's post before the start of class on Tuesday 9/12/17. 1. What is the goal of the director in following specific students and their parents in a quest to find and enter a school superior to their local public school? Describe a memorable detail about the lives of these children followed in the film: Anthony (DC 5th grader), Daisy(East LA 5th grader), Francisco (Bronx 1st grader), Bianca (Harlem kindergartner), and Emily (Silicon Valley 8th grader). Why is getting into a charter school so important to each of them? 2. How does the title of the film have personal significance to educator Geoffrey Canada and thematic importance to the entire film? 3. What are the characteristics of failing schools? 4. How have the director's p...

Ms. Labriola Unit 1: Education AP Language and Composition 2017-2018 Please respond to the following questions in a well-written cohesive response: Do our schools serve the goal of a true education? What is a true education?

Ms. Labriola Unit 1: Education AP Language and Composition 2017-2018 In your post, please address the following: 1. If you have been in the public school system, what are the best and worst aspects of your education so far? 2. If you have experience with a private, charter, or home school program, what are also your favorite and least favorites aspects of that experience? 3. If you could be superman and make any changes in the education system--regardless of cost or difficulty--what would you change and why? 4. What have you admired most about a favorite teacher? 5. Where do you think that the United States ranks when compared with other countries in math and language proficiency?