AP Seminar Daily Outline
Week of June 11th-14th "Week the last!" --
Week of June 4th - 8th --
Week of May 29th - June 1st --
Thursday, May 24th — Watch Research presentation "Big Hero Six"
Wednesday, May 23 --
Tuesday, May 15th - May 22nd --
The next few days after the AP exam --
AP Exam is Tuesday, May 8th, in 103. You should plan to be at school by 7:30. Wear layers, and bring a snack/water. For those of you who turned in the last practice, I have those available now. Good luck, everyone. I know you'll do great.
Week of April 30th - May 4th
a.k.a. The Last Push Before the EoC!
Monday — Begin EoC practice #2
Tuesday — Continue EoC practice #2
HW = Multiple thesis practice
Wednesday — Review theses; Q1-3 practice
HW= Turn one of your theses into a full Q4— work no more than 50 minutes
Thursday — Peer editing from EoC rubric, all Wednesday work, with discussion
HW = 38 Ways exercise in Classroom
Friday — Discussion of 38 Ways
HW = One last practice Part B/Q4 — in Classroom
For IWA — Print out a hard copy and bring with you tomorrow to Room 103. Do not share electronically.
Week of April 23rd --
Work and Planning in Advance of Presentations and Papers
Week of April 9th --
April Break — remember to prep those oral defense questions; keep asking yourself the questions posed in the peer edits as you revise; and keep checking the PT2 rubrics, Purdue Owl for citation formatting, feedback your peers have given you, chapters from The Craft of Research (in Classroom), and other materials I've posted here and in Classroom.
Week of April 2nd — April 6th
Week of March 26th — 29th
Week of March 16th — 20th
Upcoming Deadlines:
3/28 — IWA Outline due
4/5 — IWA Draft #1 due
4/9 — IWA Draft #2 due
4/11 — Draft IMP due
4/25 — Presentations & final IMP due
* Two sources gets you minimum completion points. Think high-medium-low, just like on the rubric
Week of March 12th — March 16th
Week of March 5th — March 9th
Week of February 26th - March 3rd --
February 16th —
February 14th --
February 13th --
February 9th --
February 7th —
February 6th --
February 1st --
January 31st --
January 29th --
January 26th
January 25th
January 24th — Term 3 Begins!
January 8th --
December 18th --
December 15th --
Question formation
HW: Four sources, notated, for your research question
December 12th — 14th
Tuesday --
Wednesday --
Thursday —
November 27th, 2017 --
November 20th — 21st, 2017
Monday —
November 13th, 2017
Schedule for the week:
Monday:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
October 23rd, 2017
October 18th, 2017
October 16th, 2017
October 13th, 2017
PT1-Mock 1 Presentations!
October 10-13th, 2017
Plan for week:
October 6th, 2017
October 2nd, 2017
September 29th, 2017
September 28th, 2017
"The Medium is the Metaphor" Q1-3 assessment
Finish reviewing footage from fallacy scenarios
Homework -- make sure Kevles Chapter 7 is annotated and review directions for PT1
September 27th, 2017
September 25th, 2017
September 22nd, 2017
September 20th, 2017
September 19th, 2017
September 18th, 2017
Lenses+angle=perspective
Article about Jemele Hill
Review EoC Rubric, Part A and look at last week's Feynman assignment.
Close read, Aristotle "Aim of Man"
Homework -- see Classroom
September 14th, 2017
Review of this week
TED Talk -- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, “The Danger of a Single Story.”
Why am I giving this to you?
Write -- share
Homework -- Annotate Aristotle, "The Aim of Man"
Annotating is marking the copy up by
September 8th, 2017
For homework:
Outline will be updated on Monday and Tuesday by substitute
- Monday & Tuesday — Debate based on population article
- Wednesday & Thursday — Clean-up & introduction of summer assignment (with Ms. Gallagher)
Week of June 4th - 8th --
- Monday — TED talk on vultures; discuss Task #3 from Assignment below
- Tuesday - Friday — work, Task #3; due Friday end of class;
- Tuesday TED talk on Why; clarification on questions for Task #3
- Thursday, discuss rubric for Task #3; grading for last Q4; watch talk on Using Nature
Week of May 29th - June 1st --
- Tuesday — Watch and discuss Research presentation "American Anti-Semitism and Reluctance During WWII"; create Google site for PREP following this pattern
- Wednesday - Friday -- Work on Bridging to Research, part two, with thanks to Ryan Carter, due Friday, June 1st
- Resources: Assignment, First Reading on what research is/isn't, Second Reading on language, Third Reading, on the human mind
Thursday, May 24th — Watch Research presentation "Big Hero Six"
Wednesday, May 23 --
- Ms. Gallagher talks about AP Research. No homework
Tuesday, May 15th - May 22nd --
- Books in
- Last Q4 practice due
- Debrief from substitutes and "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Creative Combination Project, due Tuesday, May 22nd
The next few days after the AP exam --
- Wednesday and Thursday, May 9th & 10th — We will be watching "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Friday, May 11th — Current event search
- Monday, May 14th — Report on current event search; HW = bring in magazines you don't mind getting cut up
AP Exam is Tuesday, May 8th, in 103. You should plan to be at school by 7:30. Wear layers, and bring a snack/water. For those of you who turned in the last practice, I have those available now. Good luck, everyone. I know you'll do great.
Week of April 30th - May 4th
a.k.a. The Last Push Before the EoC!
Monday — Begin EoC practice #2
Tuesday — Continue EoC practice #2
HW = Multiple thesis practice
Wednesday — Review theses; Q1-3 practice
HW= Turn one of your theses into a full Q4— work no more than 50 minutes
Thursday — Peer editing from EoC rubric, all Wednesday work, with discussion
HW = 38 Ways exercise in Classroom
Friday — Discussion of 38 Ways
HW = One last practice Part B/Q4 — in Classroom
For IWA — Print out a hard copy and bring with you tomorrow to Room 103. Do not share electronically.
Week of April 23rd --
- Monday & Tuesday continue practicing and polishing papers, presentations, and oral defense; obtain peer feedback
- Wednesday — presentations starting at 1:30 in Room 103!
- Thursday — drop; submission of PT2 into Digital Portfolio
- Friday — resolve any problems with Digital Portfolio, discuss PT2, and turn attention to EoC prep. HW will be in Classroom. Type this response and drop back into Classroom by beginning of school Monday morning and I will do my level best to edit and grade before the end of the day.
Work and Planning in Advance of Presentations and Papers
Week of April 9th --
- Draft #2 due Monday for peer review
- Draft presentation due Wednesday for initial presentation and peer feedback; reflect on work process to date
- Thursday & Friday continue presentations and work
April Break — remember to prep those oral defense questions; keep asking yourself the questions posed in the peer edits as you revise; and keep checking the PT2 rubrics, Purdue Owl for citation formatting, feedback your peers have given you, chapters from The Craft of Research (in Classroom), and other materials I've posted here and in Classroom.
Week of April 2nd — April 6th
- Monday — Review IWA rubric, and use rest of the block for uploading IRRs and drafting IWA.
- To upload IRR to Digital Portfolio: 1) put word count at beginning or end of document (do not count works cited or footnotes); 2) remove your name; 3) convert to .pdf
- Tuesday — Drafting. Transitions and general writing tips.
- Wednesday — Printed out draft of IWA due in. Peer editing according to these specifications.
- Thursday — Second peer review; fill in holes, continue research, revising
- Friday — Work day to fill holes, research, revise
- Look Ahead — Draft #2 due Monday, 4/9; draft presentation due Wednesday, 4/11
Week of March 26th — 29th
- Monday — It's day 18 of PT2. Review guidelines for planning paper from Craft. By close of class, you should have figured out the main sections of your paper, and can show me a beginning outline (high-medium-low). HW = continue research as necessary; continue drafting outline; reflection on process to date (into Classroom)
- Tuesday — By end of class, craft an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph and flesh out your internal outline logic (high-medium-low). HW = completed outline printed out for multi-peer review; bring in three differently colored pens
- Wednesday — Outline IWA due. Peer review. HW until we meet again on Monday = continue research as necessary; start writing draft due Wednesday, 4/5; have digital access to your IRR and College Board user name and password
- Thursday — drop
- Friday — off
Week of March 16th — 20th
- Monday — Finish defending potential research. Peer interviews. HW = two more sources and feedback to peers.
- Tuesday — drop
- Wednesday — Early closing due to snow. HW = at least* two more sources
- Thursday — Review peer feedback. Claims exercise introduction. HW = claims exercise in Classroom.
- Friday — review claims exercise. Continue gathering sources
Upcoming Deadlines:
3/28 — IWA Outline due
4/5 — IWA Draft #1 due
4/9 — IWA Draft #2 due
4/11 — Draft IMP due
4/25 — Presentations & final IMP due
* Two sources gets you minimum completion points. Think high-medium-low, just like on the rubric
Week of March 12th — March 16th
- Monday — Review second test. Continue to present and defend potential research questions. HW = find four sources and be prepared to explain their credibility, on your proposed research question
- Thursday — Calendar discussion. Discussion of proposed sources. Stress test exercise, in Classroom. HW = Finish stress test exercise
- Friday — Review stress test exercise. HW = Two new sources
Week of March 5th — March 9th
- Monday — Discussion of Source F and others combined
- Tuesday — Brief test on stimulus packet, question formulation for PT2.
- Wednesday — drop and early release
- Thursday — review test. Question formulation process. HW = prepare to defend at least one potential research question. Note: I can and will grade you on how well you're prepared
- Friday — present and defend potential research questions
Week of February 26th - March 3rd --
- Drop Monday — available after school to tape presentations for practice and review
- Tuesday — practice presentations. Also available after school to tape presentations for practice and review
- Wednesday — PT1 presentations in Room 103. Lots of audience coming!
- HW: Brief reflection on PT1 into Classroom
- Thursday — Back to Stimulus packet discussion.
- Friday — Discuss all sources from stimulus packet. Review supplements 1 and 2. Start to formulate research question for PT2
February 16th —
- Check homework for Source E
- Homework for Source F due 3/2
- Review schedule for week after break
- Drop
- Practice opps
- Rm 103
- Program of Studies
- Continue discussions
February 14th --
- Check homework for Sources C & D
- Continue discussion, Sources A & B
- Discuss, art forms, for Source C
- Present own artwork
- Discuss Source D
- Present own article
February 13th --
- Homework for Sources A & B due
- Watch Why Great Architecture Should Tell a Story
- Watch John Tenniel's illustrations
- Class discussion on Sources A & B
- Homework — Sources C & D in Classroom
February 9th --
- Pass out PT2 Stimulus Package
- Assign Homework -- in Classroom
- Group Work -- Review outlines of group project and continue refining
- Last Group Work Day on Monday until after break
February 7th —
- Watch Julian Treasure, How to Speak ...
- Watch Example of TMP
- Group Work —
- As 2/6/18
- Drop Tomorrow :-(
- Outlines of presentations due Friday
- Stimulus packets for PT2 passed out on Friday
February 6th --
- IRRs due
- Watch Parag Khanna, Megacities
- Group Work
- Exchange, read team IRRs
- Begin assembling group presentation
February 1st --
- IRR Checklist
- Group Work
- Discuss research in lenses to date
- Determine areas for further investigation
- Refine question as necessary
- Begin drafting IRR
- HW: Outline/draft of IRR for peer review tomorrow
January 31st --
- Collect last IWA papers
- IRR exercise
- Group Work — Discuss research in lenses to date
- HW: 4 (min) more sources in assigned lens with annotations as you have been
- Outline/draft of IRR for peer review on Friday
January 29th --
- Pass back MidYear rubrics
- Do not share with editing to me
- Care and Feeding of Evidence
- Group Work — determine lenses
- HW: 4 (min) sources in your assigned lens with annotations, as below
January 26th
- Semester 1 grades will be posted this afternoon
- Workshop research questions
- HW: 5 (minimum) sources for initial work on proposed research question with annotations (think brief Q1-3). Division of labor for IRR decided.
January 25th
- Synthesis exercise — slides
- Group work
- HW: 5 (minimum) preliminary research questions to workshop Friday — will need your missing teammate's contribution
January 24th — Term 3 Begins!
- Review of last mock IWAs
- Onto PT1 for "real"
- Review of PT1 Task and Rubric
- Watch sample TMP
- Group Work
- HW: As assigned
January 8th --
- Discuss options for mid-year and presentations
- Review IWA Mock 2 deadlines
December 18th --
- Review, revised questions and four annotated sources
- Guest speaker — "Quantified Feminism and the Bechdel Test" — a multidisciplinary, multimodal investigation
December 15th --
Question formation
- Get into groups of three. Send one "captain" to me.
- Swap your questions around the group and get suggestions about its scope, where you might go for resources, what sort of synthesis can be seen immediately
- Revise question as necessary
- Rotate your questions with the next group — get suggestions
- Rotate again — get more suggestions
- Return questions to original group, revise question as necessary
- Choose spokesperson to present revision to class, get feedback
HW: Four sources, notated, for your research question
December 12th — 14th
Tuesday --
- Discuss PT2 sources
- HW: Annotated notes on all four sources
Wednesday --
- Continued discussion of PT2 sources
- HW: Current event (within last six months) of discussion
Thursday —
- Presentation of current event
- QFT and critiquing
- HW: Three pieces of research to support developing question
November 27th, 2017 --
- How to do synthesis -- dominoes
- Discuss, EoC practice
- Practice EoC Part B tomorrow
- Work, IRR and group
- IRR due 11/28 -- tomorrow
November 20th — 21st, 2017
Monday —
- Go over quiz
- Review/comment on/revise research questions
- Review sources and credibility
- Pass back IWAs
- Homework — start IRR for PT1 Mock 2 due 11/28
- Optional Homework — Revise IWA, due Wednesday to me in hard copy
- Finish reviewing PT2 presentations
- Continue with IRR research. Be able to articulate why your sources are credible
November 13th, 2017
Schedule for the week:
Monday:
- Discuss Cole
- Watch Hirshberg on genetically modified food labelling
- Review Miller
- Develop question
- Divide for debate
Tuesday
- Debate #1
Wednesday
- Presentation critiques continued
- HW — see Classroom
Friday
- Discussion of all to date
- New groups for PT1-Mock 2
October 23rd, 2017
- Schedule for IWA Mock 1, Week 1
- Homework tomorrow — Research question
- 10/24 — Workshop research questions, research with lenses
- 10/25 — Research lenses, develop perspective, develop into outline
- 10/26 (drop) — Detailed outline due into Classroom by end of day
- 10/27 — Critique detailed outlines, continue research as necessary, start draft
- Discussion — Synthesis of DuBois, Gattaca, Bolzon, Maestro della Fertilita dell'Uovo
October 18th, 2017
- Critique last presentation
- Start Gattaca — refer to note-taking template in Classroom
- Homework — Review PT2 description
October 16th, 2017
- Register for College Board Digital Portfolio
- Critique Presentations
- Homework — Q1-3 on DuBois. Time yourself and spend no more than 40 minutes.
October 13th, 2017
PT1-Mock 1 Presentations!
- Register for College Board — instructions in Classroom
- Homework — DuBois, annotated. Also in Classroom
October 10-13th, 2017
Plan for week:
- Marry together IRRs
- Develop a cohesive argument
- Plan what points from your research would best suit that argument
- Do more research as necessary
- Make presentation
- Decide who should say what -- everyone needs to talk/present
- Practice, practice, and refine as necessary
- Be ready to present on camera on Friday
October 6th, 2017
- Did you enjoy not having homework?Review of IRR results
- Begin Team Multimedia Presentation Mock
- Presentations ... Thursday? Friday?
October 2nd, 2017
- Comments on Postman Q1-3
- Revised rubric for PT1, Multimedia Presentation
- Review questions for PT1
- Homework is starting IRR, due Thursday
September 29th, 2017
- Last video critique
- Introduce First Mock PT1 -- Directions in Classroom
- Regrouping
- Discuss Kevles Chapter 7
- Homework is bringing ideas in for team discussion and refinement of research question
September 28th, 2017
"The Medium is the Metaphor" Q1-3 assessment
Finish reviewing footage from fallacy scenarios
Homework -- make sure Kevles Chapter 7 is annotated and review directions for PT1
September 27th, 2017
- Review footage from fallacy scenarios
- Discuss Kevles, Chapter 7
- Homework, "The Medium is the Message" in Classroom
September 25th, 2017
- Go through participation rubric
- Review homework Feynman to Aristotle
- Film logical fallacy scenarios
- Homework -- Kevles Chapter 7 in Classroom
September 22nd, 2017
- Logical Fallacies
- Homework -- write own scenarios
September 20th, 2017
- Check in about Feynman to Aristotle
- Today's readings from Classroom, English and Ludden
- Question formation on English and Ludden
- Homework tonight in Classroom — Kevles
September 19th, 2017
- Review Homework Assignment in Classroom
- Close read of Aristotle
September 18th, 2017
Lenses+angle=perspective
Article about Jemele Hill
Review EoC Rubric, Part A and look at last week's Feynman assignment.
Close read, Aristotle "Aim of Man"
Homework -- see Classroom
September 14th, 2017
Review of this week
TED Talk -- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, “The Danger of a Single Story.”
Why am I giving this to you?
Write -- share
Homework -- Annotate Aristotle, "The Aim of Man"
Annotating is marking the copy up by
- indicating important sentences
- saying how ideas connect
- comparing/contrasting to outside sources or previous knowledge
- reacting to argument
September 8th, 2017
- Signed syllabi
- Summer work
- PT1
- PT2
For homework:
- Read Craft of Research articles in Google Classroom for Monday
- Have your green and red pens
Outline will be updated on Monday and Tuesday by substitute