APEnglish–Los Al

HOY ES EL CINCO DE MAYO! (:

Today we got our multiple choice exam that we took yesterday back. Then there were series of different conversations for a long time and all i could hear was everyone getting mad at Sean for making the due date for the research paper tomorrow. So basically everyone hates Sean right now. haha

Anyway, we got a practice exam that consisted of the most recent multiple choice questions. At the end of the passages, there are footnotes. READ THOSE FOOTNOTES CAREFULLY because there are questions on reading/analyzing/interpreting the footnotes.

In the packet of essays:

• On page 2, there is a DBQ on recent issues; this one was on global warming
• The “DBQ” is like a researched argument, which is what we did for this research paper!
• There are 6 sources but you only need to use 3.
• There are citations with each source and these are used to figure out the credibility of the source
• Source B – scientific interests –> accuracy
• Source C – “special buisness sections” indicate that the source was for business readers and is therefore pro-business
• Sources D & E – from universities (Oxford and Cambridge) –> political and business interests; they have intellectual rigor and are against the “sacred cow”
• “sacred cow” = anything that people believe to be “untouchable”. For example, they think that democracy is the best government and that capitalism is the best economic system.
• universities question belief systems and they also have “sacred cows” – they revere the intellectual
• “DBQ” = synthesis essay. You can use outside knowledge but you should try to support your argument with the sources given because it shows how well you can use the sources given and it shows how well you can argue your point

We then went over the multiple choice exam we took yesterday. Apparently E told Ms Austin that we can do two passages and go over them or do three if she wants to and she chose to do three. Anyway, it seems as if a lot of people did badly, hearing from the tables around me. But E says that the practice ones we have been taking are harder than the actual test so we have hope, YAY (:

That’s all for today. Work hard on the research paper (:

i couldnt find any funny cartoons =( but here they are:

-Colleen Cho!

Period 5