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AP US site. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Monday, November 14, 2005.
The AP US Flashcard site is right here.
AP Critique Assignment. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Thursday, November 10, 2005.
Herewith the directions for second hour:
Your assignment--and this is what your grade will be on--is to write out a critique of your partner's paper.
Your assignment--and this is what your grade will be on--is to write out a critique of your partner's paper.
In this critique you will offer both positive and negative feedback on:
1) The overall quality of the essay
2) The thesis ... and you will offer to them a rewritten, alternative thesis consistent with the rest of the essay
3) The structure
4) By paragraph: the quality of information offered. Include a list of any additional information that should have been included, as well as a list of any information that didn't belong there or should be moved
4) Conclusion/evaluation ... and you will offer to them a rewritten, alternative conclusion consistent with the rest of the essay
Whoops. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Tuesday, November 08, 2005.
Whoops--I totally posted the AP US study guide on the wrong website. My bad. Here it is. Enjoy.
Snaps to Noah for pointing this out.
For Young Adult Lit. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Monday, October 31, 2005.
Hey everyone. Here is the file you wanted on food safety procedures for the preparation for liver. It's an interesting read.
Federalists vs. Republicans. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Monday, October 31, 2005.
This is the chart you wanted, guys:
Here is a full-size version.
Top ten list example. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Wednesday, October 12, 2005.
Here's the example I used for the Top Ten list. It's not perfect but it's what I'm after, more or less:
10. Great Awakening.
The Great Awakening was a religious revival movement in which a religious solution was offered for economic and social problems. It was highlighted by the jeremiads about the decline of piety by preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield. It led to the denominationalism of Christianity in the colonies; it therefore pushed a radical message cloaked in conservatism.
... etc., etc., and so forth ...
Kevin Mitnick Revisited. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Tuesday, October 11, 2005.
Just wanted to point out this pretty interesting interview with acclaimed hacker Kevin Mitnick. Worth a read, yo.
First reader's response. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Tuesday, October 11, 2005.
This was a while ago, but some of you needed this: it's the first reader's response prompt on Ender's game:
Okay, so, here's your next "Reader's Response." This one has a prompt to start you off:
The book Ender's Game is rife with moral and ethical dilemmas. So far, through Chapter 9, these have included:
--Ender's methods for dealing with Stilson
--Graff's manipulative handling of Ender
--Valentine's decision to help Graff "push" Ender along
... not to mention a number of others.
One of the things that stands out most about the decisions these characters have to make is that they're rarely clear cut. For instance, Graff may be cruelly manipulating Ender in a way that could break him, but if he doesn't, many others will suffer.
My question to you is this: have you, as a reader, been satisfied with how the author has resolved these issues to date? Why or why not? Would you have done things differently? Which ethical issues have been most interesting to you? Explain, citing specific examples from the book?
This being an informal response, I'm not grading you on grammar or spelling or anything like that (assuming, as always, that it's legible and reasonably coherent). Instead, I'm looking for the quality of your ideas and a demonstrated understanding of the novel to date. I want you to "wrestle" with the ideas in this book on paper, okay?
Bug Fix. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Wednesday, September 28, 2005.
Okey doke, so, to the best of my knowledge the bug that was causing discussions and conversations to just up and disappear on IE for Windows is fixed. I hope.
(If you're a techie and you care about such things, blame the good folks who made IE for their loose interpretation of web standards. If you're not a techie and don't care, you can pretend we swung a dead chicken over the server.)
The bug's been fixed on the MSC site too ...
Hmm ... Requiring online courses?. Submitted by Gary Weisserman on Tuesday, September 27, 2005.
Now this article is very interesting, indeed. Snip:
"Before Michigan high school students can graduate, they should be required to successfully take at least one course online.
Further, before teachers can be licensed in Michigan, they should also pass a test, proving they have skills to integrate technology into the classroom."
Very interesting implications for some of the stuff we're doing ...
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