Upcoming Assignments 5/23-6/2

Monday, May 23 (Day 1): Read the excerpts and adaptations from Rachel Friedman's The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost that are linked below. Ms. Friedman will be visiting class today. 

"Galway Girl," from The Pennsylvania Gazette 

Excerpt from Good Girl's Guide

Also, check out the following advice Ms. Friedman dispensed to fellow writers: 

"Seven Things I've Learned So Far," from Guide to Literary Agents, Editor's Blog 

Tuesday, May 24 (Day 2): Continue working on the personal essay for your college application. Give attention to any or all of the following: words, sentences, organization. Remember, the essay will be more successful if it is driven by what you want to say, and not by the prompt. Bring a digital copy of your essay to class.

Wednesday, May 25 (Day 3), and Thursday, May 26 (Day 4) :  Complete a draft of your college application essay, or revise what you have written so far. Bring a digital copy to class.

Tuesday, May 31 (Day 5), and Wednesday, June 1 (Day 6): Final draft of college essay due.

Thursday, June 2 (Day 1): Partager!

Upcoming Assignments

Wednesday, May 18 (Day 2): Read the two admission essays below and comment on their strengths and weaknesses.

Debora Spar, President of Barnard College
Michael S. Roth, President of Wesleyan University

Thursday, May 19 (Day 1), and Friday, May 20 (Day 2): Bring at least one page of a draft of your college essay. The topics below are those found on the Common Application. Your essay must be 250-500 words in length. It's fine to exceed that length for now; you can always cut material later.

1. Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
2. Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
3. Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
4. Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
5. A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
6. Topic of your choice.

Homework for Wednesday, May 4 to Friday, May 6

For Wednesday, May 4, complete pp. 260-264 in your CliffsAP book. Since there are 25 questions, give yourself 25 minutes to complete these passages.

For Thursday and Friday, write outlines for the FRQs distributed in class and temporarily posted to the right (under Syllabus and Assignments). Make sure you clearly label your thesis. In addition, be sure to have a topic sentence for each paragraph you would write, and at least one supporting idea for each topic sentence.