Summer+2010

=**Summer 2010 ****AP Composition Assignments **=

Due Dates __**** Set in stone and not negotiable. ** If you will be on vacation, out of town, or unavailable on any due date, you MUST submit the assignment(s) before you leave. **NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED except in extreme circumstances.** You CANNOT wait until the last moment to write these, and they WILL take longer than you anticipate, so please plan ahead. Submit all assignments via **email AS AN ATTACHMENT** on or before the due date to newcastlenative@comcast.net. All submissions MUST be typed **using WORD** in order for me to open the document—you cannot use Word Perfect or any other word processing program. I will email back to confirm receipt of your assignment.
 * __Goals __**
 * To improve your ability to closely read, understand, analyze, and synthesize texts
 * To practice and enhance your writing and organizational skills
 * To demonstrate your mastery of literary terms and grammar and correctness rules
 * __


 * All summer assignments are REQUIRED. If you do not complete ALL of the assignments on time as required, you CANNOT continue in the class in the fall.**


 * Wednesday, June 30, 2010: Assignment #1
 * Wednesday, July 21, 2010: Assignment #2
 * Wednesday, August 11, 2010: Assignment #3
 * Wednesday, August 18, 2010: REQUIRED FACE TO FACE MEETING: INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS TO REVIEW SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS

§ Revision of 1 summer assignment due (with original) § Grammar Test: 80% minimum to continue in class
 * First day of school:**

__ A Note on Collaboration versus Plagiarism: ** This is an INDIVIDUAL project. You may discuss the content of articles, but DO NOT copy from each other, and do not rely too heavily on anyone else to analyze and summarize YOUR articles. Copying/cheating/plagiarism will result in immediate dismissal from the course. No one else can do this work for you because you are the only one taking the AP exam in May 2011!
 * First week of school: Literary Terms Test (level 1)**
 * Summary of MLA Style ** __
 * DOUBLE SPACE EVERYWHERE
 * USE 12 point Times New Roman or Tahoma fonts
 * Set margins at 1 inch on all sides as your DEFAULT. Check this.
 * Insert a header using your last name, one blank space, and page number in the upper right corner of each page ½ inch from the top and 1 inch from the right edge.
 * Type your full name, my full name (Ms. Weingartner), title of the class (AP Composition), and the DUE DATE of the assignment in the upper LEFT side of the 1st page only.
 * Center a title for the assignment—this can some abbreviated form of the article’s title.
 * 


 * __Step-by-Step Successful Summaries __**

1. Skim the article for a general idea of its content.

2. Read the article carefully while taking notes


 * Vocabulary: look up and write down definitions for words you do not know and cannot understand from their context.
 * Main Ideas: identify the most important ideas in the article and summarize these in your own words. INDENT supporting details, evidence, and other explanatory material under each main idea
 * Sentences: NOT NECESSARY! These notes are for you to generate a concise, accurate summary of the article.
 * Page numbers: ALWAYS NOTE THESE for vocabulary, notes, etc. MLA style requires page numbers; start from the beginning!
 * Avoid direct quotations; try to put the ideas in your own words. This ensures you are understanding what you read and not just copying down the author’s words.

3. Write and type a 1-2 page (maximum), double-spaced, summary of the article.
 * Use MLA style conventions throughout, and either Times New Roman or Tahoma 12 point font. (See separate note on MLA below.)
 * No summary longer than 2 pages will be accepted. This forces you to identify the most important ideas from the article as well as requiring you to be concise and precise with your own language as you write the summary.
 * The summary must cover all the main ideas in the article, but you cannot go into great detail, especially when summarizing a 10 or 20 page article.
 * If the writing is careless and full of errors, I will require you to revise it (in 2 days maximum) BEFORE I will accept it; be sure to run spell check BEFORE you submit ANY assignment!

I will evaluate and give feedback on both the **__content__** and the **__writing__** in each of your summaries.

Email your summary **as an attachment** BY MIDNIGHT ON THE DUE DATE to newcastlenative@comcast.net. Remember that it MUST be typed using **WORD** and **MLA format.**

Mandatory Individual Meetings: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 > Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Mandatory Individual Meetings || > || Time Name || > || 9:00 am > || 9:15 am > || 9:30 am > || 10:00 am > || 10:15 am > || 10:30 am > || 11:00 am > || 11:15 am > || 11:30 am > || BREAK NO MEETINGS 11:45-12:15 || > || 12:15 pm > || 12:30 pm > || 12:45 pm > || 1:15 pm > || 1:30 pm > || 1:45 pm > || 2:15 pm > || 2:30 pm > > >
 * Be on time: meetings will be in the library if availabe
 * Write your meeting time down; if you forget it, it will be posted outside my room (#88)
 * Bring your articles, all notes, and any questions to the meeting
 * Receive your 3 summaries with my comments and feedback
 * Decide which summary to revise for the first day of school
 * If you miss this meeting, you will have to make it up at my convenience, which will decrease your revision time