AP Language and Composition 2011-2012: Assignments and Readings
Wednesday 5/16
AP Examination (No Class)......... GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Monday 5/14
Final review before AP exam: go over terms, strategies, things to avoid, etc.
H/w: review for AP exam (Wednesday 5/16)
Friday 5/11
Review of Rhetorical Analysis Essay
H/w: none; final review Monday 3:30-5:00
Wednesday 5/9
Practice Multiple Choice Exam (One Hour)
H/w: none
Monday 5/7
Analyze student samples from 2008 AP Lang Test
Evaluate student timed writings for synthesis prompt
H/w: none
Wednesday 5/2
Multiple Choice quiz
Timed Writing: synthesis essay
H/w: none
Monday 4/30
Class discussion re: synthesis timed write critiques
Multiple Choice drill
Rhetorical Fallacies (handout)
H/w: complete rhetorical fallacy worksheet
Wednesday 4/25
Senior spelling bee (w/ Levin)
M/C exercise
Synthesis timed write (practice)
H/w: with another student, evaluate timed write: annotate, provide written commentary
Monday 4/23
Speed Dating: Ecclesiastes prompt
Discuss introductions to technology prompt (homework)
Read, analyze and discuss student samples from packet
H/w: "Streetcar" essays due next class
Friday 4/20
Discuss "5 Steps to a 5" reading on Synthesis Essay
Deconstruct technology prompt (homework)
H/w: write an introduction for the technology prompt; work on "Streetcar Essay" (due Wednesday)
Wednesday 4/18
Discuss scenes 7-11 in "Streetcar"
Speed dating argument prompt
Handout AP books
H/w: annotate pp. 107-121 in "5 Steps to a 5" regarding the synthesis essay on the AP exam; go over the synthesis prompt given out in class using the Speed Dating approach (Do Not Write a Synthesis Response!)
Monday 4/16
Act out scenes 7-11 in "Streetcar"
H/w: complete reading responses for scenes 7-11 in "Streetcar"
Wednesday 4/11
Discuss responses to Act III of "Streetcar"
Act out scenes 4-6 of "Streetcar"
H/w: none
Monday 4/9
Discuss reading responses to acts I and II of "Streetcar"
Act out scene III in "Streetcar"
H/w: complete responses to Act III
Friday 4/6
Discuss Tennessee Williams packet (theme, style, biographical information)
Begin reading "Streetcar Named Desire" (Act I; part of Act II)
H/w: none
Wednesday 4/4
Webquest: New Orleans
Lecture: What is Southern Gothic literature?
H/w: read and annotate Tennessee Williams reading packet
Monday 4/2
AP Multiple Choice practice
H/w: none
Wednesday 3/28
Timed Writing (Argument question) on Tocqueville prompt
H/w: none
Monday 3/26
Discuss the end of "Gatsby"; questions directed by small groups
H/w: none
Friday 3/23
Discuss responses to chapter 6 in "Gatsby"
Group analysis of quotes from chapter 7
H/w: finish reading "Gatsby" (ch. 8 & 9)
Wednesday 3/21
Vocabulary quiz
Discuss chapters 1-5 in "Gatsby"
H/w: read ch. 6-7 in Gatsby; do responses for chapter 6
Wednesday 3/7
Discuss Fitzgerald bio and "Winter Dreams"
Lecture/Powerpoint: "The Roaring 20's: The Jazz Age in America"
H/w: read chapters 1-5 in "The Great Gatsby"; complete response sheets for chap. 1-3 & chap. 4-5 + vocabulary sheet
Monday 3/5
Distribute timed writings and discuss successes/challenges
Discuss responses to "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
Video: "Winter Dreams" (biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald) + response sheet
H/w: 1) finish video response sheet; 2) read "Winter Dreams" and complete reading responses
Friday 3/2
Timed writing: Argument prompt
Brief discussion of timed writing
H/w: read "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and complete reading responses
Wednesday 2/29
Discussion of responses to Argument Packet
Lecture/readings: Rogerian Argument
Ways of Shaping Argument: 5 paragraph essay; Definition; Rogerian argument; Personal Narrative
H/w: none
Monday 2/27
Introduction to Argument section of the AP Language test
In-class activity with argument prompt
H/w: Argument packet....for each argument prompt, do the following: 1) Read the passage/quote; 2) Do a 2-3 minute free-write from "the gut"; 3) Write a concise thesis that addresses the key meaning/idea in the reading; 4) D/C/Q (defend/challenge/qualify); 5) come up with specific examples to support your argument
Friday 2/24
Discuss Part III/chapter 19 of "The Sun Also Rises"
H/w: none
Wednesday 2/22
Discuss chapters 17 & 18 of "The Sun Also Rises"
H/w: read chapter 19 in "The Sun Also Rises" and complete final reading responses
Friday 2/17
Watch Part 2 of "Midnight in Paris"
H/w: Read chap. 17-18 in "The Sun Also Rises" and complete reading responses
Wednesday 2/15
Watch Part 1 of "Midnight in Paris"
H/w: none
Monday 2/13
Discuss responses to chapters 14-16
Video: excerpts from "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure"
H/w: read chapters 17-18 in "The Sun Also Rises" and complete responses (due Wednesday after next)
Wednesday 2/8
Discuss Hemingway bio in relation to "The Sun Also Rises"
Lecture/discussion: Thematic Depth in "The Sun Also Rises" (chapters 10-13)
PowerPoint: Fiesta de San Fermin/The pageantry of bullfighting
H/w: read chapters 14-16 and complete reading responses
Monday 2/6
Reading quiz over ch. 6-9 in "The Sun Also Rises"
Discussion/notes: key ideas in chapters 1-9 in "The Sun Also Rises"
Video: A & E biography of Ernest Hemingway (take notes)
H/w: finish notes from Hemingway bio film; read chap. 10-13 in "The Sun Also Rises"
Friday 2/3
Discuss chapters 1-5 in "The Sun Also Rises"
Lecture: The style of Ernest Hemingway
H/w: read chapters 6-9 in "The Sun Also Rises"
Wednesday 2/1
Discuss "Soldier's Home"
Mini-lecture: Modernism and World War I
H/w: read chapters 1-5 in "The Sun Also Rises" and complete responses
Monday 1/30
Read/discuss Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"
H/w: read Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" and complete responses
Wednesday 1/25
Auditory: differences between Victorian and Modern music (Sousa, Strauss, Stravinsky)
Modernism Lecture (part 2)
Ezra Pound: "Make it New"...discuss Pound as a seminal literary influence in modern poetics
Read modern poetry (Pound, Cummings, Williams)
H/w: none
Monday 1/23
Lecture/discussion/Power Point: Modernism...A Visual Retrospective
H/w: none
Friday 1/20
Timed Writing #3 (Virginia Woolf prompt/Rhetorical Analysis)
H/w: none
Wednesday 1/18
Discuss the end of "The Awakening"
H/w: prepare for timed writing on Friday
Wednesday 1/11
Discuss chapters XIII - XXVIII in "The Awakening"
H/w: read chapters XXIX - XXXIX in "The Awakening" (finish the novel); complete reading responses
Monday 1/9
Discuss chapters I - XII in "The Awakening"
H/w: read chapters XIII - XXVIII in "The Awakening"; complete reading responses
Friday 1/6
Discuss "The Open Boat"
Lecture/discussion: Naturalism
H/w: read chapters I - XII in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"; complete reading responses
Wednesday 1/4
Student conferences for Timed Writing #2
Read Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
H/w: Finish "The Open Boat" and complete reading responses
Wednesday 12/14
Timed In-Class Writing #2 [2005 Free Response Question A]
H/w: Over Break, do the following...
Read the AP Packet corresponding to the Timed Writing [#2]
1)Read the scoring guide (know what to look for)
2) Read the student writing samples
*one at a time
*assess each 1-9 using the scoring guide
*compare to the score given by the readers and read the commentary
3) Read the overall commentary (page 2 of the packet)
4)Grade your own essay; I will grade it as well and we will compare results after the break.
ENJOY YOUR BREAK!!
Monday 12/12
Discussion: "Huckleberry Finn" and censorship...How should it be taught in schools?
Video Clip: "60 Minutes" clip of the new sanitized version of "Huckleberry Finn"
Video Clip: Satire of the new version of "Huckleberry Finn" from The Daily Show
H/w: review notes and readings on satire for Wednesday's timed writing
Friday 12/9
Discuss final responses for "Huckleberry Finn"
H/w: read censorship/n-word packet for "Huck Finn" & annotate for discussion
Wednesday 12/7
Watch portions of Ken Burns' "Mark Twain"
Discuss "Huck's Dilemma" in chapter 31
H/w: finish reading "Huckleberry Finn" (ch. 37-end) and complete end of the novel response questions
Monday 12/5
Lecture/discussion: What is Satire? (handout)
-various video clips and readings
H/w: read ch. 31-36 in "Huck Finn"; take reading notes on "Huck's Dilemma" (primarily chapter 31)
Wednesday 11/30....Happy 176th Birthday, Mark Twain!!!
Discuss responses to chapters 1-15 of Huckleberry Finn
H/w: read chapters 19-30 in Huckleberry Finn; take reading notes on theme, character, setting, use of language, etc.
Monday 11/28
Lecture/Powerpoint: American Realism...students will take notes and ask questions on the lecture
H/w: Go back to chapters 1-15 in Huckleberry Finn and complete reading responses, incorporating the realism lecture; in addition, read chapter 16-18 in Huckleberry Finn
Monday 11/21
Discuss annotations/ideas/strategies from student readings of the Multiple Choice packet
Individually, complete first multiple choice sample (Crevecoeur passage)
In pairs, compare and contrast individual responses; try to reach consensus if possible
As a class, deconstruct responses using the answer guide
[move on to second sample if time permits]
H/w: read chapters 1-15 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; take reading notes on diction/language use, character, themes, tone, point of view, irony/wit, setting, etc. as it relates to the reading being interesting or meaningful to you as a reader
Friday 11/18
Go over Wednesday's timed writings in groups of 3
*read one another's essays briefly
*read over student sample packet, including the scoring guide
*evaluate each essay--including your own--on the 1-to-9 scale
*return graded essays to teacher
H/w: read pp. 71-81 of the Multiple Choice Question packet (tutorial portion) and annotate
Wednesday 11/16
Timed writing #1 [2010 AP Language and Composition Free Response B]...55 minutes
Deconstruct first timed writing experience
H/w: none
Monday 11/14
Go over student writing samples for the Rachel Ca[rson AP prompt
Discuss rhetorical strategies; successes and failures of each sample; student "scoring" of each sample
H/w: none
Wednesday 11/9
Brief discussion about "A Plea for John Brown"
In-class Analysis: 2004 AP Free-Response Prompt [from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring]
*annotate separately and determine Carson's key argument
*In small groups, compare and contrast annotation
*As a class, share thesis statements and rhetorical strategies from the essay
H/w: Read the 3 student writing samples for the Carson essay prompt; annotate each sample as you read it; make a list of pros and cons for each sample, focusing on strengths and weaknesses of each essay; consult the scoring guide for question #1 on the back of the essay [ratings 1-9] and rate each of the three essays based on how you interpret the scoring guide (remember, try to reward them for what they did well vs. penaliziing them for their shortcomings); provide a brief rationale for each sample, explaining why you rated it as you did.
Monday 11/7
Discuss Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
H/w: Read biography of John Brown and Thoreau's "A Plea for Captain John Brown"
Wednesday 11/2
Discuss Thoreau's "Ktaadn"
H/w: Read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and complete responses to the reading
Monday 10/31
Discuss responses to Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
Emerson Quotes...food for thought
Ralph Waldo Emerson biography
H/w: Read Thoreau's "Ktaadn" (from The Maine Woods) and complete analytical responses
Wednesday 10/26
Discuss responses to Emerson's "Nature" essay
Lecture/notetaking: What is Transcendentalism? (Basic Tenets, Origins, and Legacy)
H/w: Read Emerson's "Self-Reliance"; two page written response to guide questions OR two page open response to "Self-Reliance"
Monday 10/24
Discuss "Rappaccini's Daughter" in relation to key themes, symbols, allegory, and style
H/w: read Lewis Leary's "An Introduction to Nature" and annotate; read excerpts from Emerson's essay "Nature" + write individual paragraph responses [do definitions separate from the paragraphs] to the three sections of the essay based on the Response Guide (disregard #1 on the Response Guide)
Friday 10/21
Discuss Hawthorne stories [focus on Gothic style and differences from Irving]
Lecture/Powerpoint: Bio/style/legacy of Nathaniel Hawthorne
H/w: read "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne; annotate reading using thematic reading guide; do paragraph responses to the story
Wednesday 10/19
Discuss Irving stories [focus on romantic aspect of Irving's writing]
Lecture/Powerpoint: The Hudson River School of Painting & the Influence of American Romanticism
H/w: read "The Minister's Black Veil" and "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne and complete responses
Monday 10/17
Lecture/Discussion: Washington Irving and the Origins of American Romanticism
H/w: read "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving and complete responses
Wednesday 10/12
No Class: PSAT Testing
Monday 10/10
Lecture/Powerpoint: Origins of European Romanticism
H/w: read a few fairy tales from the following website....enjoy (yes, I'm really asking you to read fairy tales for an AP class):
http://www.scs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
Friday 10/7
Peer Review Dillard/Woolf essays
Review student writing samples for Abbey AP prompt; discuss writing strategies and scoring guidelines
H/w: read a few fairy tales from the following website....enjoy (yes, I'm really asking you to read fairy tales for an AP class):
http://www.scs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
Wednesday 10/5
Rhetorical Analysis: Annie Dillard's "The Death of a Moth"
Analysis model of Dillard's essay
List of terms for AP Language and Composition
H/w: do a 2-page comparison analysis of Dillard's "The Death of a Moth" and Virginia Woolf's "Death of a Moth"
Monday 10/3
Introduction to the AP Language and Comp exam [i.e. types of questions, time constraints, preparation skills, etc.]
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis: free response question on Edward Abbey essay
SOAPSTONE technique for determining point of view; analyze Abbey essay using SOAPSTONE
H/w: none
Wednesday 9/28
Watch Part 2 of "Crash"....discuss the film
H/w: none
Monday 9/26
Watch Part 1 of "Crash"
H/w: none
Friday 9/23
Discuss the final section of "The Tortilla Curtain"
H/w: permission slips for "Crash" [film for Monday and Wednesday]
Wednesday 9/21
Discuss pp. 260-308 in "The Tortilla Curtain"
Film Clip: "On Patrol with the Minute Men"
H/w: finish "The Tortilla Curtain" (pp. 309-355) + complete reading responses
Monday 9/19
Discuss pp. 216-257 in "The Tortilla Curtain"
Slide Show: The Mexican Border
H/w: read pp. 260-308 in "The Tortilla Curtain"; choose 5 passages on your own and annotate
Wednesday 9/14
Discuss responses to "Tortilla Curtain" pp. 211-215
Read Article: "The Great Wall or America" (by Richard Rodriguez)
H/w: read pp. 216-257 in "The Tortilla Curtain"; choose 5 passages on your own and annotate
Monday 9/12
Discuss responses to pp. 144-194 in "Tortilla Curtain"
H/w: read pp. 195-215; annotate ch. 5 (pp. 211-215) and discuss symbols, motifs, etc.
Friday 9/9
Discuss Rodriguez interview & essay ("Mexicans in America"); focus on appeals to audience (ethos, pathos, logos)
H/w: read pp. 144-194 in "Tortilla Curtain" + reading responses
Wednesday 9/7
Discuss chapters 1-7 in "Tortilla Curtain"; focus on characterization and key themes and symbols
H/w: read online interview with Richard Rodriguez; read Rodriguez essay ("Mexicans in America") and complete rhetorical analysis questions
Wednesday 8/31
Discuss responses to Crevecoeur essay
Lecture: 5 methods of indirect characterization (appearance, speech, action, secondhand description, internal thought)
H/w: read chapters 1-7 of "The Tortilla Curtain" + complete reading responses
Monday 8/29
Discuss responses to Judith Sargent-Murray essay
H/w: read "What is an American?" essay by H. Crevecoeur + complete reading responses
Friday 8/26
Discuss responses to Franklin and Edwards writings
Lecture: early religious and philosophical thought in the Americas
H/w: Read essay by Judith Sargent-Murray + complete responses
Wednesday 8/24
Go over syllabus for AP 2011-12
Quiz: How well do you know your country?
H/w: read essays by Ben Franklin and Jonathon Edwards; complete reading responses
Monday 8/22
First day of school!
H/w: none
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