They’ve moved over to 2120 West.
We’re moving our discussions over there. That just makes it easier for me to manage, and I hope, easier for you to find what you’re looking for.
If you’ve already made a comment on a post on SunsetDallas, I still have a record, so don’t worry about your credit, but I’m not yet sure if I’ll be able to add them to the new version of the prompts on 2120west.net. I’ll do my best.
See you there.
-Lindsey
to 2120 West to check out a Mr. Lindsey’s final project for his summer art class. Comment on it all you like, but be honest.
When you’re ready to have your own art, photography, poetry, or any other creative project out there on the Internet for the world to gawk at and insult, send it along to editor@2120west.net (hint: that means Lindsey).
-Lindsey
If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Gee, I wish I had a reliable and easy way to find out what score my essays would receive on the AP Language or Literature rubric,” then I’ve got just the thing for you.
Download the Power Point, read your essay, answer a series of simple yes-or-no questions, and suddenly, magically, you have yourself a score.
Now you have the power; the power of GRADING!
Some of you seem be having some trouble finding the correct link to our class page. There are lots of ways to get there.
First, you can type sunsetdallas.net/lindsey directly into the address bar on your favorite browser.
Secondly, you can look to the right and see the Classes & Pages category, and click on the AP Lit link.
Thirdly, if all of that fails, you can click here, or on any of the hypertext links above.
No more excuses.
While your at it, make sure you’re checking in regularly and making contributions (both comments and work) to 2120 West.
Thanks.
-Lindsey
Okay, so here’s the deal: you dodged the bullet on the second half of the Independent Project. Due to copyright issues, I’ll not be making the College Board AP Literature Practice Exam available online. We’ll work with that test together next week.
On the other hand, that means you MUST attend a tutoring session Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, from 9 a.m. until noon. I will be in Portable #4. Tell your friends. Be there, or fail the Independent Project (and also be square).
-Lindsey
Here’s a clip and a few links to help illuminate some of Thursday and Friday’s discussion about the existential crisis and the absurd hero.
Enjoy the video, then read the articles. They’ll make you smarter (even though the pursuit of education is just as absurd as any other meaningless pursuit in a cold and pointless universe).
Click here to read a wiki about the existential crisis.
Then click here to read an article explaining the the Absurd Hero in more detail.
-Lindsey
For those of my AP Lit students who haven’t finished Hamlet, here’s a depiction of exactly how it ends, from those wacky anachronauts (another week, another made-up word) at Dinosaur Comics.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image and enjoy.
-Lindsey
Check out some of these hilaricious (yes, I just made that word up) Reviews of New Food from the folks at the online literary magazine, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
My students, AP and Pre-AP, feel free to comment on your favorites here, but for the real money write your own humorous review of a food item and e-mail or hand-deliver it to me by Wednesday. All legitimate entries will be worth bonus credit, and the best examples will be posted on 2120 West.
-Lindsey
This is a chance for a few bonus points for both my AP Lit and Pre-AP classes.
Check out this poem, “planting daffodils” by Charlotte Boulay”. Write between one and three meaningful AP Exam-style multiple choice questions based on the poem. Remember to offer five options (one should be correct, and at least one should be a strong distractor). If you need a copy of the question stems and examples, click here.
Each acceptable question will earn one bonus credit. Post your questions to the comment page on this post. Your questions must be original. I will not accept any entries for credit after my first log-in on Monday morning.
-Lindsey
This article from The Guardian, “Teach children Shakespeare at four” should not discourage the young people of Sunset High School.
In fact, it should encourage you. It suggests that many teenagers are intimidated by the language of Shakespeare, but many four year olds are capable of understanding it, simply because they don’t know enough to be afraid of it.
My students: check out the article before the end of Spring Break, and make a relevant comment on this post for a little bonus credit. Make sure and comment under a name that I will be able to recognize if you want the points.
While I’m at it, let me remind my seniors to have the first two acts of Hamlet read before you get back from Spring Break.
-Lindsey
: The banner is finally updated for 2009-2010! Thoughts?
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: First time here wanted to say hello to everyone. Just wanted to see whats going on... looks like a lot!. Will check back later. Take care David
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