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New APers!

New APers!  

Now that I have finished scoring Question 1 for this year's AP English Language Exam in Louisville, KY it's time I turn my attention to welcoming all of you.  Yes, it has been a very long week of scoring essays; still it's time for me to turn to your summer assignment

Have you begun your summer reading?  I've finished rereading your required summer reading, and have some ideas to bounce around, just a few anyway.  Remember, you should be identifying each person's purpose for writing their letters.  You should have some opinions about the letters written as well, including Obama's response to them.  

One particular letter (Hailey's letter), which you can find on pp. 176-178, did you notice the anaphora he uses? The definition for anaphora can be found here as well as several examples if you aren't familiar with this term.  What do you think its function is?  What about the many rhetorical questions that can be found in one paragraph?  Are there too many?  Do they lose their effectiveness?  What is their effect?  Then there is the speech Obama makes following the letter.  I'll bet you can identify the occasion for this speech.  Do you notice anything else about it?  These are a few of the strategies you will encounter in the course when dealing with synthesis, analysis, and argument. 

Can you identify the cause/effect on page 186 in the first full paragraph?  

Once you have arrived close to the end of the book, I'd like you to respond to Obama, what he has to say on page 208.  I wonder what you think about his "blueprint" for accountability?  

 Are there any situations faced by the people in these 10 chapters that you can feel some sort of connection?  Which ones?  Why?  

Did you search for any YouTube videos regarding the "It Gets Better" project?  If you did, what do you think?  

What do you think about the "Pen Power for Pupils" on page 252-253?

 What is the purpose for the Epilogue?  Yes, this is something you should read.  I'd also like to hear your thoughts on it. 

Finally, if you were to write a letter to President Obama, what would it be about?  What makes you really angry, something that you believe must be changed.  I'd like you to start thinking about that now.

 If you'd like to comment on anything here mentioned in this blog post, please feel free to do so in this venue.  Take the risk!


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