Synthesized Draft

I read everything you all wrote, and then I crafted this draft for your review and approval. Please feel free to critique this, to add or remove points...but let's get this wrapped up by Wednesday, OK? I'd like to get it published and up on the wall. Plus, your personal goals (no more than five, no fewer than three; stated in the affirmative; measurable and/or observable; tangible, obtainable, realistic...)

Mission Statement for the
AP Language Class of 2007-08 (Class of ’09)


With our eye on the successful completion of this class and the AP Language and Composition Exam on May 14, 2008, we commit ourselves to making our best effort to prepare for the higher literacy demands of college and —

➢ to learn to write confidently and effectively in any writing situation, both personal and professional;
➢ to read actively and critically from a wide range of time periods, genres and contexts.

The goals we set for ourselves in order to achieve these objectives are both personal and individual; however, as a class, we agree to—

➢ to create an environment where it is possible to take intellectual risks without fear or self-consciousness;
➢ to challenge one another to take ideas into second, third and fourth draft thinking;
➢ to listen actively to others as they work to express complex ideas;
➢ to offer support and help to one another as we can;
➢ to offer and receive constructive comments on our written and oral discourse;
➢ to maintain mutual respect for one another as a community of individuals with common goals but different backgrounds, beliefs and ideas;
➢ to honor deadlines and class commitments; to be accountable to one another; and
➢ to maintain a classroom environment where it is possible to do the work we need to do to succeed: we will be productive, focused, flexible, and relaxed.