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Mitchell - AP English Language & Composition

Instructor
Ms. Carrie Mitchell
Department
Language Arts
Terms
2019-2020 School Year


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Course Description

 

Class Title:

AP Language and Composition

Code:

HLA400

Text:

50 Essays: A Portable Anthology; Easy Writer: A Pocket Reference; The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric

Rating:

5+

Prerequisite:

Instructor Recommendation

Grade:

10-12

Fees:

Yes, for AP Exam (approx. $90)

Max:

12

Can be repeated? No

 

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.



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Agendas for Th/Fri, Dec 12/13, 2019

Friday, December 13, 2019                                                                                                                       Semester 1 M/C Final:  Try Clicking This  (or login to your College Board Acct) 

Thursday, December 12, 2019                                                                                                       Make sure essays are shared with me by 11:59 p.m.!                                                                          Animal Farm:                                                                                                                                                      Notable People and Events Discussion (KEY)                                                                                        Compare book with 1954 cartoon film: Animal Farm 1954                                                                   Timed Writing: Prompt                                                                                                                                 Turn in Books

Homework Due Thursday, December 12, 2019

Complete and share your Family Romanov Research Paper by 11:59 p.m.!
    Make sure it has: 

  • a strong, sustainable, supportable thesis

  • ample textual evidence incorporated thoughtfully and seamlessly from TFR and quality outside sources  (here is some help with that: Finding Quality Sources

  • an argument that links the topic to TFR

  • an intelligent, thoughtful conclusion

  • correct MLA manuscript format with parenthetical documentation and a works cited page (more info: https://style.mla.org/formatting-papers/)

  • formal academic diction

  • no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar and spelling

 

Please finish Animal Farm and fill in this form: Animal Farm Historical Reference Doc as much as you can. You can even google things as long as you  finish the book and try on your own first.
 
After you finish the book, look through this: Animal Farm Post-Reading Activities and select a couple of items that interest you. This isn't due until JANUARY 16, 2020, but I want to hear what you are thinking of doing. :)

Agendas for Dec. 5 and 6, 2019

Friday, December 6, 2019                                                                                                  Discuss Animal Farm Ch. 6 Activity & share charts (Example )

Animal Farm                                                                                                                                                           Animal Farm Action Figures! Create and Present to Class. :)                                                            Read Chapter 7 if time

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Animal Farm:
        Bio: Who Was Stalin?
                Article and Quick Pres Info
 
         "Four Legs Good! Two Legs Bad!"

                  

          Chapter Five:  Make a list of all the changes that occur in this chapter. How do these                  changes provide vivid evidence of the pigs’ increasing power?

Romanov Research Paper:  Make sure this is shared with me by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 12!

Little Homework:  Please read Animal Farm, Chapter 6.  Make a chart on which you include at least TWO events, quotes, etc., that connect to the Russian Revolution, what happened after, Stalin, etc., and find TWO events, quotes, etc., that connect to modern society/politics.  Here is a template you can use: Animal Farm Ch. 6 Activity & Example

Homework Due Dec. 5, 2019

1.  Continue to work on your research paper. If you get a draft done or make a good start on         it, and want me to look it over, please send it to me and I will do some editing and
     commenting for you. :)
 
2. Read Animal Farm, chapters 1-5 and work on filling in this as you go:

Agenda Nov 21 and 22, 2019

Friday, November 22, 2019
Discuss "The Veil" Questions
Animal Farm
          Book Check Out
          Start reading
 
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Let's talk about this: Rasputin Claim and Evidence Doc., and make sure it's shared with me
The Family Romanov, Part 4: The Final Days
        Claims & Support
               Select ONE of your claims and turn it into a question. Answer the question using
                        evidence from the book in the form of an integrated and cited quotation.
                Here is an example: Question, Claim, Support
If time, let's check out these videos:
 
Little Homework:  Read the excerpt from the graphic novel Persepolis called "The Veil" on pages 1066 t0 1073 and answer informally questions 4, 5, 7, 8, & 11.
 

Homework Due Th Nov 21, 2019

1.
         What is a claim the author of the book makes about Rasputin? How does she support
                her claim? Write the claim and two to three supporting statements for it from the                        book set up and cited correctly on this google doc that you share with me:
                Rasputin Claim and Evidence Doc.
 
2.  Please read Part 4 of The Family Romanov called "Final Days" taking notes for each                   chapter like this:
        What is the Central Claim?    
        How does the author support her claim?
      
Continue to work on your research paper. If you get a draft done or make a good start on it, and want me to look it over, please send it to me!

Agendas for Th/Fri, Nov 14/15, 2019

Friday, November 15, 2019
Return Woolf Timed Writing - Rewrites due Thursday, Nov. 21!
"The Destruction of Culture"
        Discussion and Look at Question 1 (what kind of essay is this?)
        Question 9
            Create three slides and share them with me:
                    1.  Intro with Essay title and author and the question with an appropriate
                         background image
                    2.  Hedges's  most interesting or provocative statement set up and cited correctly
                    3.  Rationale/explanation regarding why it is interesting/provocative
        Example 
        Present to class
The Family Romanov, Part 3: The Storm Breaks
         Short Rasputin Bio
          
 
Thursday, November 14, 2019
The Family Romanov, Part 3: The Storm Breaks
        Reading Quiz (you can use your notes!)
        Make sure you have filled in your information on this doc.
        Read over this doc: Research Paper Info
        Gather sources and begin drafting  your paper
Little Homework: Read "The Destruction of Culture" on pages 1041 to 1047, but first look at 
       Question 1 on page 1047 so you can look for what it specifies as you read.
 
 

Homework Due Thursday, November 14, 2019

Please read Part 3 of The Family Romanov called "The Storm Breaks" taking notes for each chapter like this:
        Who is Involved?    
        What is happening?
        What is the author's main argument?
        What evidence does she use to make her argument?
 
And firm up your topic for your expository/analytical paper by first, writing a research question and then writing a detailed answer to that question on this doc.

Agendas for Th and Fri, Nov. 7 and 8, 2019

Friday, November 8, 2019
"Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid" by Virginia Woolf
        Discuss Assigned Questions and Answers
        Look at 2019 Scoring Rubrics
        Timed Writing
                Prompt: What is the author's claim in this essay and what rhetorical choices does                             she make to enhance her claim?
                30 minutes - one paragraph.
                    Tips: Respond to the prompt in your thesis.
                             Use two to three examples from the text to support your thesis.
                              Set up your text examples with signal phrases and include citations (par. #).
                              Include commentary/analysis to integrate the evidence into your line of
                                    reasoning.
            

Thursday, November 7, 2019

M/C Practice -Unit 2 (if this link doesn't work, go to your account 
     here: myap.collegeboard.org)                                          
The Family Romanov, Part 2: Dark Clouds Gathering
        Discuss/Turn in Reading Notes
            1. The Royal Family: the Good, the Bad, the Confusing

            2.  Russia's Problems (i.e. What leads to the revolution?)

            3.  Different Lenses at Work (i.e. Besides the political story lines, what other story                          lines are present?

Little Homework: Please read the essay by our old friend, Virginia Woolf, on pages 1036 to             1040 in the textbook. Answer the questions assigned to you in class and share with me             on a google doc.

Homework Due Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019

Please read Part 2 of The Family Romanov called "Dark Clouds Gathering" taking notes in these three categories:
         1. The Royal Family: the Good, the Bad, the Confusing

         2.  Russia's Problems (i.e. What leads to the revolution?)

     3.  Different Lenses at Work (i.e. Besides the political story lines, what other story lines                  are present?

Agenda for Thursday and Friday, 10/31 and 11/1, 2019

Friday, November 1, 2019

Discuss Kincaid Essay and Questions

The Family Romanov                                                                                                                                             A Bit of Russian History

 
Thursday, October 31, 2019
M/C Practice #2: Writing Skills

The Family Romanov

        Part 1 Note Check (share with me!) & Discussion           

         1. The Royal Family: the Good, the Bad, the Confusing

         2.  Russia's Problems (i.e. What Leads to the Revolution?)

     3.  Elements of Non-Fiction vs. Elements of Fiction (i.e. what makes this both fiction and              non-fiction?)

        Research Paper Assignment

Little Homework: For tomorrow, please read pages 1005 to 1014 in your textbook. Answer

    Discussion Questions 1, 2 and 9; and Questions on Rhetoric and Style 1, 2 and 4 on a

    doc that you share with me or paper that you bring to class.

 

Agendas for Th and Fri, Oct. 10 and 11, 2019

Friday, October 11, 2019
I.     Daily UGH - S-V Practice (make a copy so you can work directly on it)
III.   Create study sheet with definitions and examples from the essays we have read for
         the terms on pages 78-80. Here's one for you, if you would like: Glossary/Q1 2019

 

Thursday, October 10, 2019

I.     Daily Ugh - Prepositional Phrase Practice (make a copy  so you can work directly on it)

II.    Incorporating Text: Info & Practice

III.   Turkeys in the Kitchen

        Discuss together/share notes about the humorous elements in this essay and their effects             on the author's argument.

        Then, as a trio, start a doc and write a solid paragraph with text evidence (at least three                 bits) on this prompt: How does Barry's use of humor enhance his argument?  Consider              such things as  irony, sarcasm, stereotypes, understatement, etc. Underline your

             thesis statement!

 

            Remember, you must first understand the author's argument - what he is trying to

            convince readers of - and then figure out how he does so. In this case, focus on the

            humorous elements of the essay.

 

IV.     Little Homework - NONE!