email for AP student from last year

-- Elizabeth Laferriere is and AP student who graduated last year. Here's her advice to you:

I just wanted to let you know that you should tell your students to do a really good job with their books. Just because they're seniors does not mean they should completely slack off. I am giving them this warning because I did not give Things Fall Apart 100% of my effort when I had the chance, and now I'm reading it for my Paideia I class, a required English/Religion course for all freshmen at Luther College. Oh and we're reading Oedipus again. Just tell your students that they can never really escape from AP English. Have a good school year!

A great basic grammar guide

I found this online. You might benefit if you make yourself of copy of it.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Columns/?article=EasyGrammarSecrets&gt1=27004

The Great Gatsby

Hey Folks,
Things to know about The Great Gatsby--
1. You can use it as one of your entries for the reader's notebook. It's a frequently referenced text on the AP test.
2. PLEASE DO NOT USE IT AS YOUR LITERARY NOVEL FOR THE SUMMER READ--to many students are reading it at MGSH in Junior English.
3. I like the book a lot--if you want to discuss it via email--I'd be happy to "chat" about it.

Forsberg

Reader's Notebooks

The question has come up about the reader's notebooks. I think it's a great idea to work with a study group when working with texts. For the books you are doing that you have read before, it's a great idea to discuss them to be sure that you have all the salient points that should be included, and then have one person write an entry for the entire group to use. Four people in the group would result in four entries if each person did one--eight if each person did two.

I would like each person to write her/his own for the literary text that you are doing for this summer. You may certainly discuss the book together in a study group, but I do want each person to have a sense of what the task involves for a newly read book.

Summer Assignments/Dropping AP

Hey Folks,
Hope you are having a great summer.
A student wrote to ask to drop AP English 12. I want to take a moment to remind you that the school built the class schedule based on registration. In the past, students were not permitted to drop the class in the summer; some students went so far as to not complete the summer assignment. When they were not allowed to drop the class, they began the year "behind." Many of them were unable to "catch up" in the trimester to bring their grade to where they wanted it to be.
Please plan accordingly.

Forsberg

The Crucible Reader's Notebook is on MGSH Site!

July 1st

I trust people are doing well on their summer reading! I have heard from a few folks, but mostly people must be doing well.

If you have not begun the work yet, I'd encourage you to "get it in gear"!

Have a great Fourth of July!

Forsberg