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Class Title: |
AP Language and Composition |
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HLA400 |
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50 Essays: A Portable Anthology; Easy Writer: A Pocket Reference; The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric |
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5+ |
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Instructor Recommendation |
Grade: |
10-12 |
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Fees: |
Yes, for AP Exam (approx. $90) |
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12 |
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Can be repeated? No |
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Description: The curriculum for this course follows the criteria required from the Advanced Placement College Board Program. This course will prepare students to take the AP Language and Composition Exam in May for which there is a fee. College credit can be earned based on test performance. Course content includes the intensive study of non-fiction with an emphasis on the rhetorical analysis of a variety of essays, speeches and full-length non-fiction selections, and argumentation with an emphasis on Toulmin structure, argumentative fallacy and audience appeals. Students will write a variety of expository and argumentative essays and speeches and engage in individual and group presentations.
Could not find any upcoming assignments due.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Warm Up: M/C Bust Up Day 3 Questions 36 & 37 Midterm Essay #2
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Warm Up: M/C Bust Up Day 2
Midterm, Essay #1
Select a prompt from this document: 2020 Tribe Arg Prompts (yours or someone else's)
or this document: 2019 Tribe Arg Prompts
And write a multi-paragraph response consulting this rubric: 2020 AP Lang Rubrics
Turn in Tribe books
1. Please read Chapter 4 of Tribe "Calling Home from Mars" and the Postscript.
2. Take notes for yourself on the main argumentative points the author makes in this chapter.
3. Then, formulate one or two argumentative prompts that stem from some aspect of this book. Use this list (8 Real Argumentative Prompts) and your study book for examples to help you in structuring your prompts.
4. Here is an example if you are interested: Tribe Sample Argumentative Prompt.
5. Finally, add your best original argumentative prompt here: 2020 Tribe Arg Prompt
Friday, February 28, 2020
Real-Life Student Response to this 2018 Prompt
Read, Evaluate, Discuss and Score!
Essays (look at
Rubric (find Question 3 - Argument)
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Warm Up: M/C Bust Up Day 1
Tribe
Tribe Reading Guide #3 Review/Discussion
Little Homework: Finish paragraph, if necessary
Please read Chapter 3 of Tribe "In Bitter Safety I Awake" and complete this: Tribe Reading Guide #3. It asks you to do a lot of reading, thinking and responding, so give yourself plenty of time.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
15. Slippery Slope Another One
16. Straw Man
M/C Practice: A Writing Passage
Share Little HW Paragraphs
Real-Life Student Response to this 2018 Prompt
Read, Evaluate, Discuss and Score!
Rubrics, etc.
Scoring/Commentary
Thursday, February 2o, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
13. Scare Tactics
14. Sentimental Appeal
M/C Practice: 2.2
Spend Those Points!
Tribe
Reading Guide #2 Discussion and Examples
LITTLE HOMEWORK: Select ONE of your responses (or one of the examples) to the quotes and (re)craft it as a thesis statement for an argumentative paragraph. Include at least one bit of the quote associated with it in your paragraph and, if desired, other quotes from the book for support. Remember to incorporate your quotes into the paragraph with signal phrases and provide quality commentary as well. Do this here!
Here is an EXAMPLE that is labeled for you to consult as you write and revise. :)
Please read Chapter 2 of Tribe "War Makes You an Animal" pages 35-70, and complete this: Tribe Reading Guide #2.
And, time yourself for 11 minutes as you do the passage on pages 216 in your practice book (questions 12-23). Just keep track of your answers in the book.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
11. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (After This, Because of This)
12. Red Herring (SQUIRREL!)
M/C Practice: Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 (11 Questions)
You Betcha!
Tribe
Sophistication Practice
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
9. Moral Equivalence (It's All the Same to Me)
10. Non Sequitur (It Doesn't Follow)
Vaping Paragraphs
Read aloud/Edit/Revise/Redraft (doc)/Share
Tribe
Discuss/Share: Reading Guide #1. "KEY"
Timed Writing (half hour - one paragraph - underline thesis): What should the U.S. do regarding the issue of teen vaping?
Please read Tribe, Author's Note, Introduction & Chapter 1, and complete and share this: Reading Guide #1.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
9. Moral Equivalence (It's All the Same to Me)
10. Non Sequitur (It Doesn't Follow)
Modest Ignite Presentation!
Rehearse
Present
Book Check Out: Tribe by Sebastian Junger
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Modest Ignite Presentation!
Work Time
Script Done? Progress on Slides?
How to auto-advance slides
Rehearse! (you will be able to run through your presentation next class)
LITTLE HOMEWORK: Make sure slides are done and of quality! Rehearse your parts and add to/take away from script if the timing is not right. ;)
Study first 8 fallacies for quiz Thursday, 1/30/20.
Please read Chapter 1 in your AP Lang Test Book - Pages 51-73. Take notes as you go and determine ways you can apply it to your upcoming test.
And, using the answer pages, review your work from M/C Practice Test #1 and fill in this chart: Practice Test #1 M/C Analysis. Share this with me!
Work on Modest Ignite Presentation & These Two Docs.
Other stuff as determined by your group
Friday, January 24, 2020
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy
7. False Authority (aka Ad Verecundiam)
8. Hasty Generalization (aka Jumping to Conclusions)
McKibben Paragraphs
Peer Review/Edit/Revise-Rewrite/Turn In
Is there a clear, underlined thesis?
Is the thesis supported with evidence from the text, correctly set up and cited?
Does the writer create a line of reasoning that the reader can follow to a logical con-
clusion?
Does the writer use diction and syntax to create an educated, elevated feel?
Modest Ignite Presentation
Topic: Vaping should not be allowed in the U.S.
Practice Test #1
Answer Doc & Discussion
Modest Ignite Presentation
Topic Decision
Little HW: "Curbing Nature's Paparazzi" by Bill McKibben Timed Writing Paragraph
Prompt: What is the central argument being made by the author and how does he
support it?
Time: 5 minutes to plan - 20 minutes to write - 5 minutes to edit/revise/proof
Also: Handwrite this. Show evidence of planning and revision. Underline thesis.
Please read this essay: "Curbing Nature's Paparazzi" by Bill McKibben It's also in your 50 Essays book if you'd like a hard copy. Think carefully about his use of a Toulmin-type framework and try to identify the claim, warrant, backing, data, rebuttal, etc.
Complete the practice multiple choice test on pages 10-20. You can and should write in your book so annotate, annotate, annotate! Please enter your answers into this form: AP Lang TPR Practice #1 2020.
Warm Up: Daily Dose of Fallacy (you have the doc)
3. Begging the Question (aka Petitio Principii)
4. Dogmatism (aka "My Way or the Highway")
Let's look at this: Toulmin Arg Practice
Intro to Modest Ignite Presentation
Practice book
Check out/Check out