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Name: ______________________________Team_____________________EDUCATION IS FREEDOM! Date__________/Mr. McIntireAnswering AP Free Response QuestionsThe Pre-Writing Stage REVIEWDirections: In the space provided below, recall the FOUR steps that should be used for annotating AP free-response questions, and provide a description of what should be included as part of that step. Additionally, define the “power verbs” below to continue to sharpen our understanding of the question.Pre-Writing StrategiesStep 1:Step 2:Step 3:Step 4:Define the following:Identify: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Explain: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Discuss: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Compare: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pre-Writing Strategies Practice!Directions: First, let’s practice our new strategies for answering AP free-response questions together. I cold-call you to walk me through the pre-writing stage of the following question, I will act as the hand and record what you say. You should be capturing your peers annotations in the space provided below.During an investigation of a freshwater lake, an AP Biology student discovered a previously unknown microscopic organism. Further study shows that the unicellular organism is eukaryotic. Identify FOUR organelles that should be present in the eukaryotic cell and describe the function of each organelle.Prokaryotic cells lack membrane-bound organelles found in eukaryotes. However, prokaryotes must perform many of the same functions as eukaryotes. For THREE of the organelles identified in part (a), explain how prokaryotic cells carry out the associated functions.According to the endosymbiotic theory, some organelles are believed to have evolved through a symbiotic relationship between eukaryotic and and prokaryotic cells. Describe THREE observations that support the endosymbiotic theory.Read the QuestionIn Your Own WordsIdentify ParametersPredictConclusions/QuestionsPre-Writing Strategies Practice, Round 2!Directions: This time you’re on your own. Use your strategies and the four minutes provided to annotate and deconstruct the question below. Capture your annotations in the provided organizer. Afterwards, we are going to play musical chairs to add to and revise our annotations together, to identify areas of strength and improvement.Scientists have proposed a reorganization of the phylogenetic sysetem of classification to include the domain, a new taxonomic category higher (more inclusive) than the Kingdom category, as shown in the following diagram.Describe how this classification scheme presents different conclusions about the relationship among living organisms than those presented by the previous five-kingdom system of classification.Describe THREE kinds of evidence that were used to developed the taxonomic scheme above, and explain how this evidence was used. The evidecne may be structural, physiological, molecular, and/or genetic.Describe FOUR of the characteristics of the universal ancestor.Read the QuestionIn Your Own WordsIdentify ParametersPredictConclusions/QuestionsPre-Writing Strategies Reflection:Before the revisions, did I feel confident that I knew what the question is asking me to do? (Not, you knew all the content to answer the question, but, IF I knew all the content I knew what a good response should look like.After seeing the revisions from my peers, was my understanding of the question on-point?What did I do well in my pre-writing for this question?What did I not do so well? What is ONE area that I can improve upon? What is my plan to improve in this area?Pre-Writing Strategies Practice, Round 3!Directions: Practice your powers of annotation one more time. Again, capture your annotations in the provided organizer, for subsequent peer evaluation and revision.Discuss the adaptations that have enabled flowering plants to overcome the following problems associated with life on land.The absence of an aquatic environment for reproduction.The absence of an aquatic environment to support the plant body.Dehydration of the plant. Read the QuestionIn Your Own WordsIdentify ParametersPredictConclusions/QuestionsPre-Writing Strategies Reflection:Before the revisions, did I feel confident that I knew what the question is asking me to do? (Not, you knew all the content to answer the question, but, IF I knew all the content I knew what a good response should look like.After seeing the revisions from my peers, was my understanding of the question on-point?What did I do well in my pre-writing for this question?What did I not do so well? What is ONE area that I can improve upon? What is my plan to improve in this area?Name: ______________________________Team_____________________EDUCATION IS FREEDOM! Date__________/Mr. McIntireAnswering AP Free Response QuestionsThe Outlining Stage, ***NEW***Directions: As I introduce our new strategies for outlining AP free-response questions, I will read the steps aloud and describe them. You should capture these descriptions in the left-hand column. In the right-hand column, capture my notes of the corresponding outline for each the example question.During an investigation of a freshwater lake, an AP Biology student discovered a previously unknown microscopic organism. Further study shows that the unicellular organism is eukaryotic. Identify FOUR organelles that should be present in the eukaryotic cell and describe the function of each organelle.Prokaryotic cells lack membrane-bound organelles found in eukaryotes. However, prokaryotes must perform many of the same functions as eukaryotes. For THREE of the organelles identified in part (a), explain how prokaryotic cells carry out the associated functions.According to the endosymbiotic theory, some organelles are believed to have evolved through a symbiotic relationship between eukaryotic and and prokaryotic cells. Describe THREE observations that support the endosymbiotic anize/OutlineNamedrop!DevelopWe Do – Outlining the FRQDirections: Let’s now practice our new strategies for outlining AP free-response questions together. As I cold-call you to walk me through the pre-writing stage of the following question, I will act as the hand and record what you say. You should be capturing your peers annotations in the space provided below.Scientists have proposed a reorganization of the phylogenetic sysetem of classification to include the domain, a new taxonomic category higher (more inclusive) than the Kingdom category, as shown in the following diagram.Describe how this classification scheme presents different conclusions about the relationship among living organisms than those presented by the previous five-kingdom system of classification.Describe THREE kinds of evidence that were used to developed the taxonomic scheme above, and explain how this evidence was used. The evidecne may be structural, physiological, molecular, and/or genetic.Describe FOUR of the characteristics of the universal anize/OutlineNamedrop!DevelopConclusions/QuestionsYou Do – Outlining the FRQDirections: Now that we’ve practiced this skill together in class, you will practice your pre-writing steps silently and independently. Capture your pre-writing notes in the space provided below.Discuss the adaptations that have enabled flowering plants to overcome the following problems associated with life on land.The absence of an aquatic environment for reproduction.The absence of an aquatic environment to support the plant body.Dehydration of the plant. Organize/OutlineNamedrop!DevelopConclusions/QuestionsName: ______________________________Team_____________________EDUCATION IS FREEDOM! Date__________/Mr. McIntireThe Outline Stage HomeworkMastering the Art of the AP FRQ-1905010864860Directions: In the space provided below, deconstruct and outline the following question. Make sure that you identify where each of the steps are being used by placing a number next to your annotations. On the back page, record your outline. Then, use the lined sheets proved to write out your response to the AP free-response question. Your grade will be determined based not only on the quality of your response, but also the thoroughness of your annotations and outline!Plants made the transition from the seas to a terrestrial environment approximately 450 million years ago. Describe the evidence that suggests that the charophyceans are the land plants most recent common ancestor.Describe some of the major obstacles that photosynthetic organisms had to deal with in order to move onto land.Identify the four major groups that moved onto land, and explain in detail how each of these groups overcame the aforementioned obstacles.Your Outline!Your 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