tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39921836138562615442024-03-13T06:21:35.839-05:00Mrs. Gonzales' AP English IV ClassMrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-24265391323302870592013-12-10T10:31:00.000-06:002013-12-10T14:07:45.720-06:00Welcome Students! <br />
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we will be reading a literary novel outside of class. I will be posting blog
topics here, which will be open for discussions. You will be given homework
assignments which will be posted here. The work submitted here should be
edited, refined, and of literary value. You may email me if you have any
questions.</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Mrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-42739909220875973962013-12-10T10:30:00.002-06:002013-12-10T10:30:33.358-06:00Independent Reading Assignment for Winter Break
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the break, you
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<u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Frankenstein</span></u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Mary Shelley</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Handmaid’s Tale</span></u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Margaret Atwood</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Brief and
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao</span></u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Junot Diaz</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Road</span></u><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> by Cormac McCarthy</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will be posting
three assignments to my blog. You will be expected to respond to the topic on your own blog, and post comments to two other student’s blogs
according to the student calendar. </span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This project will
also help to prepare you for your timed-writing assignment upon your return
from Winter Break. </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dialectical Journal
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blog Assignment #1
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blog Assignment #2
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Timed Writing (Major
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Mrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-76754044983714728502013-12-10T10:28:00.000-06:002013-12-10T10:28:07.932-06:00*Blog Helpful Hints*
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<b><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we work throughout the week, we may encounter kinks we have not
worked out yet. If you run into a problem, email me, or post a comment here,
and I will do my best to address the issue. </span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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blogging!</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><b><u><span style="color: cyan; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Issue # 1: Enabling your blog to accept comments- </span></u></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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on Settings, then the Comments tab, then change "Comment Form
Placement" to "Full Page." Click on "Save Settings" at
the bottom of the page, and double check your Blog to make sure people can now
add comments. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Mrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-44759681435297030182013-12-10T10:27:00.001-06:002013-12-10T10:46:06.660-06:00Assignment One- Due 12/14<br />
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<b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First, you must create your blog. To start your blog, follow the
slide share tutorial on how to create a blog on the left side of this page. Create
your blog, and post a link to your blog as a comment here. Make
sure to include your first initial and last name and your period
number at the beginning of your comment.</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
first comment to this post is an example of the comment you should leave when
you are done with Assignment #1 in order to receive credit. </span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Mrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.com183tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-76244147040905504052013-12-10T10:24:00.001-06:002013-12-10T10:46:13.620-06:00Assignment Two Due 1/17<br />
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following discussion topic. You will create a TEAR paragraph in the form
of a blog post for the discussion. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: black; color: #92d050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: black;">Include three E and A
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<b><span style="background: black; color: lime; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-highlight: black;">Make sure to post your first initial and last name, period number, and link to your TEAR
as a comment to this Assignment #2 blog (see first example in the comments).</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: black; color: #92d050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: black;"> </span></b><span style="background: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="background: black; color: #92d050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: black;">Topic One</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: black; color: #92d050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: black;">: Select a primary character from your
novel<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>and write a well-organized
essay in which you show how a character’s demise helps to illuminate the
meaning of the work as a whole.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #92d050; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Mrs. Gonzaleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041731064326617747noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992183613856261544.post-54632657197098025252013-12-10T10:19:00.000-06:002013-12-10T10:46:22.302-06:00Assignment Three Due 1/24<br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Choose a TEAR on
the blog from a different student from assignment #2 <u>that has not
already received feedback</u>.</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Take a look at the
Blog Entry Rubric found <a href="http://elsik.aliefisd.net/class_profile_view.aspx?id=fa2a45f6-192e-4e42-9c05-e1b1e0e56a4a"><span style="color: yellow;">here</span></a> and decide what score you think they should receive. </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You will comment on
the TEAR with the following:</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A. Your </span><b><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">initials</span></b><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and your period number.</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">B. The score they
should receive.</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C. One strength
and one area of improvement that should be addressed.</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You will then post a
comment to this assignment with your first initial, last name, and your period
number. You will post the links to the comments you made. The first comment to
this post is an example of what your post should look like. </span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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