AP Language and Composition—Block 3

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Plans Aug 27 - 29 Sept 2 - 5 Sept 8 - 12 Sept 15 - 19 Sept 22 - 26 Sept 29 - Oct 3 Oct 6 - 10 October 14 - 17 October 20 - 24 October 27-31 November 3-7 November 10 - 14 November 17-21 December 1-5 December 8-12 January 5 - 9 January 12 - 16 January 20 - 23 January 27 - 30

 

Links DLP Explanation DLP Cover html | pdf Participation Form ( html | pdf ) Readings Documents Quia Home Author's Notes html | pdf Pithy Alternative (html | pdf)

Quia Activities Rhet List 1 Rhet List 2 Rhet List 3 Rhet List 4

PPP Links Satire Zuegma litote Active/Passive Synecdoche Anaphora Awful Metaphors Anadiplosis Parallelism Fallacies

 

"We are all drugged by our own frenzy." Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. " Herman Melville

 

"There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good. " F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

"The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people. " Mark Twain

 

 

Sept 15 - 19

Class Activities: Sharing of survey results; Discussion of Emerson's essays; litote PPP
Assignment: Read "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" in Walden, and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote. Also, find an exemplary use of a rhetorical device, write it down and explain why is was well used. Class Activities: Discussion of reading; Parallelism PPP
Assignment: Read "Economy" in Walden, pp. 107-115 and choose a section and write an analysis of the rhetorical strategies the author used to make his point. Also, Downlaod Parallelism booklet html | pdf and do exercise 1. Class Activities: Discussion of reading; Discussion of parallelism exercise
Assignment: Read read "Solitude" (200-208) in Walden and choose a section and write an analysis of the rhetorical strategies the author used to make his point..Also, do exercise 2 in Parallelism booklet. Class Activities: Discussion of reading; Discussion of parallelism exercise
Assignment: Do exercise 3 in Parallelism booklet. Class Activities: Parallelism Quiz; AP writing prompt
Assignment:  Download and fill out DLP cover html | pdf; Complete DLP 1; complete class feedback survey on the Quia site;

September 22 - 26

 Class Activities: Sharing ofsurvey results; small and large group sharing of DLP essays;
Assignment: Read "Higher Laws" in Walden and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote. Also, identify an exemplary use of rhetorical device and write in down. Bring in $10.00 for field trip. Class Activities: Short class; meeting with Senior AP class
Assignment:   Read "Higher Laws" in Walden write a minimum of 180 words on a pithy quote. Also, find and exemplarly use of a rhetorical device, write it down and explain why it was used well.  Bring in $10.00 for field trip. Class Activities: Discussion of pithy quotes
Assignment: Read "The Pond in Winter" in Walden write a minimum of 180 words on a pithy quote. Also, find and exemplarly use of a rhetorical device, write it down and explain why it was used well.  Class Activities: Field Trip to Peterborough Players (9 to 1)
Assignment:   None  Class Activities:Discussion of pithy quotes
Assignment:  Complete a survey on the Quia site by 8:00 Sunday evening. Also, Read "Conclusion" in Walden write a minimum of 180 words on a pithy quote. Also, find and exemplarly use of a rhetorical device, write it down and explain why it was used well.

September 29 - October 3

 Class Activities: Sharing of survey results; NECAP prompt: Literary analysis
Assignment: Download Preposition booklet html | pdf and do execises 1 and 2; Class Activities:Go over preposition exercises; PPP on rhetorical device
Assignment:    Read Emerson's Eulogy of Thoreau  html | pdf and analyze the stragegies he uses to create his message. Do Exercise 3 in Preposition Booklet Class Activities: Discussion of reading and writings
Assignment: Read "The Hawthornes on Thoreau"  html |pdf and choose and write down two quotes for sharing: Find a natural object that contains a universal truth and bring it to class for sharing; Complete exercise 4 in Preposition booklet  Class Activities: Discussion of natural objects; Final discussion of Thoreau
Assignment:   None

 Class Activities: Essay on AP Prompt; Quiz on Prepositions
Assignment:  Complete survey on Quia site; Complete DLP 2, with original essay.

October 6 - 9

 Class Activities: Sharing of survey results: PPP on argumentation
Assignment:Download "Strategies for Persuasive" html | pdf to use to guide/inform your analysis of the essays this week; download "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" html | pdf and write an essay in which you identify and analyze the rhetorical strategies used to create an effecitve message. Also, download html | pdf and complete exercise 1 in Subject-Verb agreement Booklet. Class Activities:Go over agreement packets; discussion on writings
Assignment:    Do exercise 2 in agreement booklet; download "Speech to the Virginia Convention" html | pdf and write an essay in which you identify and analyze the rhetorical strategies the author used to create effecitve messages. Class Activities: Go over agreement packets; discussion on writings
Assignment: download "The Crisis, No. 1" html | pdf and write an essay in which you identify and analyze the rhetorical strategies the author used to create effecitve messages.  Class Activities: Go over agreement packets; discussion on writings
Assignment:  download  "The Design of Government" html | pdf and "The Rights of Man Introduction" html | pdf and write an essay in which you identify and analyse the rhetorical strategies the authors used to create effecitve messages.   Class Activities:None. Teacher Workshop

October 14 - 17

 Class Activities: No School
Assignment: Download and read "Out of Panic, Self-Reliance". Underline a quote or write a short reaction to it and bring it to class tomorrow. html | pdf Class Activities: Discussion of writings; NECAP short answer model discussion
Assignment:  Complete AP writing packet   Class Activities: Writing packet activity
Assignment: None  Class Activities: Video: The Crucible
Assignment: None    Class Activities: Video: The Crucible
Assignment:  None

October 20 - 24

 Class Activities: Discussion of Essay Activity  html | pdf
Assignment: Work on essays Class Activities: Problems with Logic PP html | pdf; work time on essay
Assignment:     Work on essays Class Activities: Work time on essays
Assignment: Work on essays  Class Activities: Peer sharing and editing of essays; Work time on essays
Assignment:    Work on essays  Class Activities: Sharing of essays
Assignment: Complete Authors Notes html | pdf on essay and make any final changes to your essay; be ready to pass in the essay on Monday; Complete Survey on Quia site

October 27-31

 Monday

 Class Activities: Go over survey result; books out: The Scarlet Letter; Finish reading essays; pithy quote alternatives
Assignment: Download, read and do exercise 1 of Pronoun-Antecedent agreement html | pdf

 Tuesday

Class Activities: PP on Rhetorical Logic Faults; exerices 1; class reading of Chapter 1 in The Scarlet Letter.
Assignment:  Read  chapters 2 and 3 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Do exercise 2A in Pronoun-Antecedent Booklet.

 Wednesday

Class Activities: Go over exercise 2A; Small and large grokup discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters
Assignment: Read  chapters 4 and 5 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Do exercise 2B in Pronoun-Antecedent Booklet.

 Thursday

 Class Activities: Go over exercise 2B; Small and large grokup discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters
Assignment: Read  chapters 6 and 7 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Do exercise 3 in Pronoun-Antecedent Booklet.

 Friday

 Class Activities: Go over exercise 3; Pronoun-Antecedent quiz; In-class writing to AP prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey by 8 on Sunday; Read  chapters 8 and 9 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative.

November 3-7

 Class Activities: Go over survey result; Discussion of writings;
Assignment: Download, read and do exercise 1 of Apostrophe Booklet html | pdf ; Read  chapters 10 and 11 of The Scarlet Letter  and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Class Activities: No School — Teacher Workshop
Assignment:  None Class Activities: Go over exercise 1; Small and large grokup discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters
Assignment: Read  chapters 12 and 13 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Do exercise 2 in Apostrophe Booklet.  Class Activities: Go over exercise 2; Small and large grokup discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters
Assignment: Read  chapters 14 and 15 of The Scarlet Letter and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or alternative. Do exercise 3 in Apostrophe Booklet.  Class Activities: Go over exercise 3; Apostrophe quiz; In-class writing to AP prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey; Complete DLP 3, with original essay of learning.

November 10 - 14

December 1-5

 Class Activities: Discussion of Readings
Assignment: Download and study AP Terms List 1 on Quia for test on Friday. Read  chapters  7-13 of Moby Dick and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote.. Write down a rhetorical device used well. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote. Collate your previous assigned writings into a DLP booklet with a cover but no essay and bring to class. Class Activities: Discussion of writings; Reading time if needed.
Assignment:Read  chapters  14-19 of Moby Dick and write down a rhetorical device used well.. Study AP Terms list 1. Class Activities: discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters
Assignment: Read  chapters  20-30 of Moby Dick and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote. Study AP Terms list 1.  Class Activities: Small and large group discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters.
Assignment:.Read  chapters  31-35 of Moby Dick and write down a rhetorical device used well. Study AP Terms list 1.  Class Activities: AP Terms list 1 Test.; In-class writing to AP prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey; Read  chapters  7-13 of Moby Dick and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote.. Write down a rhetorical device used well. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote.

December 8-12

 Class Activities: Sharing of survey results; Discussion of Readings; multiple-choice practice
Assignment: Download and study AP Terms List 2 on Quia for test on Friday. Read  chapters  42-47 of Moby Dick and write down and explain an exemplary rhetorical device. (You can see all of the Moby Dick reading assignments here.) Class Activities: Discussion of writings; Reading time if needed.
Assignment:Read  chapters  48-53 Moby Dick and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote response. Class Activities:  discussion of writings; multiple-choice practice
Assignment: Read  chapters  58-68 of Moby Dick and write down a rhetorical device used well.. Study AP Terms list 2.  Class Activities: Small and large group discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters.
Assignment:.Read  chapters  59-77 of Moby Dick and write down a rhetorical device used well. Study AP Terms list 2. Review List 1 for quiz.  Class Activities: AP Terms list 2 quiz.; In-class writing to AP prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey; Read  chapters  78-86 of Moby Dick and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or althernative. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote response or alternative.

January 5 - 9

 Class Activities:  Discussion of Moby Dick
Assignment: Download and study AP Terms List 2 on Quia for test on Friday. Read chapters 1and 2 of The Great Gatsby. Write down your impressions of each of Gatsby, Nick, Daisy and Tom. Class Activities: Video: Billy Budd
Assignment:Read  chapters  3+4 ofThe Great Gatsby and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote response. Class Activities:  Finish Billy Budd ; discussion of two works; group work on multiple-choice questions.
Assignment: Read  chapters  5+6 ofThe Great Gatsby and write down a rhetorical device used well.. Study AP Terms list 2.  Class Activities: Small and large group discussion of writings; PPP on assigned chapters; group work on multiple-choice questions.
Assignment:.Read  chapters  7=8 ofThe Great Gatsby and write a pithy quote essay or alternative Study AP Terms list 2. Review List 1 for quiz.  Class Activities: AP Terms list 2 quiz.; In-class writing to AP prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey; Read  chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby and write 180 words minimum on a pithy quote or althernative. Underline at least one memorable sentence from your pithy quote response or alternative.

January 12 - 16

 Class Activities:  Discussion of Moby Dick and Billy Budd; sharrng of survey results; Introduction of Synthesis Essay; Disucssion of The Great Gatsby; The Catcher in the Rye out.
Assignment: Download and study AP Terms List 3 on Quia for test on Friday.  Read the AP Synthesis Introduction Essay html | pdf directions, prompt and sources. Write down questions you have about the process or format of the synthesis essay and isolate quotes you would use in a essay response. Class Activities: Small group outline of Synthesis Essay response;Virtual completion of the essay; Discussion of The Great Gatsby;
Assignment:Complete multiple choice AP test questions. Class Activities:  Go over mc querstions answers;
Assignment: Complete a synthesis essay prompt for tomorrow.  Class Activities: Small and large group discussion of writing; Work on multiple choice questions.
Assignment:.Study for rhetorical terms Quiz on lists 1, 2 and 3  Class Activities: AP Terms list 3 quiz.; In-class writing to AP synthesis prompt.
Assignment:  Complete a Quia survey; Read Catcher  in the Rye.

January 20 - 23

 Monday

Class Activities: No School — Civil Rights Day

Assignment: Read Catcher

 Tuesday

Class Activities: Sharing of survey; discussion of Multiple Choice answers

Assignment:complete new Multiple choice practice test; download and study Rhetorical List 4 for test next Tuesday.

 Wednesday

Class Activities: Discussion of multiple choice answers; AP prompt (40 minutes)

Assignment: Complete last DLP (No essay)

 Thursday

 Class Activities: Multiple choice essay practice test

Assignment:.None

 Friday

 Class Activities: Mutiple choice answer explanation; AP Prompt writing

Assignment:  Read Catcher

 

January 27 - 30

 Monday

Class Activities: No School — Teacher Workshop

Assignment: Finish Catcher

 Tuesday

Class Activities: Literary Terms test 4 (including lists 1, 2, and 3); Discussion of Catcher:

Assignment:complete new Multiple choice practice test

 Wednesday

Class Activities: Complete in-class multiple choice test for evaluation

Assignment:Complete final survey of the class and of the use of technology

 Thursday

 Class Activities: Sharing of surveys; computation of AP Test results; final evalution of class

Assignment:.None

 Friday

 Class Activities: Celebration!

Assignment:  Reread Moby Dick

 

 

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