[AF & KC} Your mission, should you choose to accept it...

The Personal Statement on Skates!

This assignment is always crammed in after the exam, and this year we have less time than ever before! 

That is fine because our goal is simply
TWO ROUGH DRAFTS

We want you to start your senior year with two personal statements -- rough and certain to be revised further -- sitting in your Google Docs, ready to go.

Click the link in LINE 1 for detailed instructions.  Click any of these links.  They all go to the same place.

[AF & KC] Condoleezza Rice: the 2020 Sample Question

Here is the prompt.   The College Board has even kindly reminded you of what you must do.

Here is the text (I've copied and pasted the body of the text being considered here into a Google Doc); you can go out and read the speech online if you want.

My advice:  Write the essay!!  Why not??  Excellent practice.
(This is the essay I wrote in 45 minutes.  I found the most difficult part of this was adhering to the time constraints.  There were things I wanted to talk about that I did not have the time for.  Juniors!  Mind your time!)

Collns and I are rooting (and praying) for you!  Be good, attentive readers, observe what the speaker is doing to be effective, and then write about those choices!  Piece of cake.

Speaker - Occasion - Audience - Purpose - Subject

[AF & KC]: Intel from Gov't and Calc

What we've been hearing from seniors who took AP Gov't, and the kids who took Calculus -- the struggle has been in the upload, and getting this done in the alloted time.

In the slides in our previous post, the advice offered is to open up a word processor (Word, Google Docs, Notes, etc.) and type your response, and then when it is time to upload, to COPY/PASTE into the textbox.

Easier.  More foolproof.  Just check the formatting to see if anything changed in the transfer.

Miss you kids TONS.
Colln & Fletcher

[KC & AF]: Important Testing Details

Hi kids!

Are you nervous about the test because of all the technology involved and this weird new process that we weren't prepared for? Don't be! Instead, look at this set of slides which provides all the necessary details to answer your questions! :]

Pay close attention to the slides on "what to expect" and your different upload options. Copy/Paste means less possible glitch issues because you're not having to attach other files, but choose whatever method is best for you. (Also, if you're considering handwriting and attaching photos, be sure to look at the section on "Photo Submission Issues" in these Troubleshooting Tips. iPhone photos save in an unacceptable format so you'll have to do an additional step in your time frame.) Here's the link to all the new test details.

Also, here's a good timing schedule in case you're needing to give yourself structure:

• 10 minutes: read prompt and passage
• 5 minutes: plan essay and write intro and thesis statement
• 25 minutes: write body paragraphs
• 5 minutes: write conclusion and proofread/revise
• Last 5 minutes while flashing red: upload/submit

And remember, breathe. We'll try to answer any questions that we can as they pop up over the next week.

Always missing you,
Colln and Fletcher

AF: Writing Conferences

Click here to schedule a writing conference this week.  I am expecting to read Kelley, Kennedy, Louv or Thatcher, but you can ask for feedback on any essay.  Must make sure I have access to the essay at least a day in advance.  Let's just use the same Google Hangout link that we use for our other meetings.
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AF: Last Two Weeks of Prep!

It's May, and we are in countdown mode.  Everybody, all classes, keep an eye on this blog for test taking tips, information from the College Board, and review material.

For the Fletcher kids from 508:  As we run up to the deadline, here are the final four RA prompts we will discuss.  As always, I recommend that you look at ALL FOUR of these, consider them deeply, and write the essay in your head.  Get yourself started with a thesis, and think about how you will explain how the speaker is working to achieve their purpose, and what passages you will use to prove your explanation.

I will put a spot in Turnitin for Week of May 4 essays.  Any essay you write, I will score and discuss with you.  The next blog post I write will have the Essay-Review-Meeting schedule!

Week of May 4, 2020

Tuesday	2017 Booth Luce
Wednesday	2014 Adams
Thursday	2008 Fridman
Friday	2019 Gandhi

Week of May 11, 2019

Tuesday	2019 Gandhi
Wednesday	2017 Booth Luce
Thursday	2014 Adams
Friday	2008 Fridman

I stayed up too late last night, fooling around with my new iPad, so I need to take a nap now.  I'll come back and put up the schedule for Essay Conferences later.  Let me grab an hour's nap and take my walk!  Then I have to fix dinner -- I'm making potato soup, and then strawberry shortcake and whipped cream for dessert.  Be back at 8:00!  :)