Summer+Work

Syllabus, Summer Work, Q1, Q2, Q3, Essential Handouts, **AP English Test Review**, General Resources, Grammar, MLA Citations, Quotes, Random Stuff, Knights of the Goose Quill, TED Talks, Interactive Quizzes, What is Ms. S reading?, College Essay

If you have questions you can email me at school kschmidt@vrhs.com or home wordsmithtutor@aol.com.
==== Note to self: Procrastination is a way for us to be satisfied with second-rate results: we can always tell ourselves we'd have done a better job if only we'd have had more time. . .If you're good at rationalizing, you can keep yourself feeling rather satified this way, but it's a cheap happy. You're whittling your expectations of yourself down lower and lower. --Richard O'Connor ====

Intro to course and summer assignments:

Supplemental Reading/Viewing/Listening Summer Assignments:
 * [|Interrogating Texts] (how to approach your assignments)
 * [|Dave Cullen's homepage]
 * [|Dave Cullen NYTimes OP/Ed] 2012
 * [|Malcolm Gladwell's Homepage]
 * [|Partners in Health Homepage]
 * [|NPR Interview with Paul Farmer]
 * [|Farmer interview on Fresh Air]
 * [|Farmer on "This I Believe"]
 * [|Kennedy presidential library forum with Matt Damon, Paul Farmer, Amy Goodman, etc]. (The speaker's introductory remarks end at 10:50; Farmer and Damon's part ends at 24:09)
 * [|Part two of Kennedy library forum with Paul Farmer, Matt Damon, etc.] (Farmer's part of this interview takes up the first 9 minutes of this clip.)
 * [|Daniel Pink's Homepage]
 * A Whole New Mind Websites
 * [|RSA Animate: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us] based on Pink's DRIVE
 * [|Rainbow Project (alternative SAT)]
 * TED talk on [|Good Design Makes Us Happy]
 * TED How [|Great Design Makes Ideas New]
 * TED [|Design and Humor]
 * Steven Levitt Freakonomics TED talk [|Why Crack Dealers]

Last Lecture:
 * [|Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Video]
 * [[file:Ms. Schmidt's Last Lecture.doc]]

[|The Story of Stuff] "High concept involves the capacity to detect patterns and opportunities, to create artistic and emotional beauty, to craft a satisfying narrative, and to combine seemingly unrelated ideas into something new. High touch involves the ability to empathize with others, to understand the subtleties of human interaction, to find joy in one's self and to elicit it in others, and to stretch beyond the quotidian in pursuit of purpose and meaning." (Pink 3) Introduction to Rhetoric:
 * [|A Quick Guide to Rhetoric and You Power Point]
 * [|The Rhetorical Triangle]
 * [|Handbook of Rhetorical Terms]

Best Books on Writing:
 * [[file:Ms.Schmidt's List of Best Books on Writing.doc]]

Graphic Organizers for the Course
 * [|Organizing Tools for Reading, Writing and Thinking]



[|The Owl at Purdue MLA 2009 Guidelines] [|Citation Machine 2009 Format]