AP English Language and Composition
API 2011- 2012
Turnitin.com info: Class id #4049621 ; password, Rhetoric
Week of 13 February 2012
Monday: Students complete EaA chapters 2-7 test.
Homework: Review EaA
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 8; make their own Toulmin arguments.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 8 including 139- 144
Wednesday: Students write a paragraph explaining why warrants are important.
Homework: Review EaA
Thursday: Students write a paragraph defining a qualifier-- what it is, how it functions, etc.
Homework: Review EaA
Friday: Students write a paragraph that explains rebuttals.
Homework: Review EaA
Week of 6 February 2012
Monday: Students respond to questions in centers (1, 2, 4).
Homework: Review chapters 2-6.
Tuesday: Students jigsaw chapter 7 in groups.
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Wednesday: Students respond to questions 1, 2, and 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Thursday: EaA 1-7 review (with magazines, etc.)
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Friday: Students begin EaA chapters 2- 7 test.
Homework: Study chapters 2-7.
Week of 30 January 2012
Monday: Students complete questions 1 and 2 on chapter 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-4.
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 5 and rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 5.
Wednesday: Students respond to questions 1, 2, and 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-5.
Thursday: Students critically view episode of Dinosaurs and analyze for values and pathos
Homework: Review chapters 2-5.
Friday: Students begin reading chapter 6 in groups.
Homework: Read the rest of the chapter (6).
Week of 23 January 2012
Monday: Students complete dartboard activity to prioritize information from chapter 2.
Homework: None
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 3 with Think Aloud.
Homework: Students read the rest of chapter 3.
Wednesday: Students write a "User's Manual" or guide that simplifies chapter 3.
Homework: None
Thursday: Students complete questions 1, 2, and 4 from chapter 3 with groups.
Homework: None
Friday: Students read chapter 4 with groups.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 4, bring in a magazine.
Week of 16 January 2012
Monday: Staff development day. Students do not attend.
Tuesday: Begin textbook: Everything's an Argument.
Homework: None
Wednesday: Read portion of chapter 1 using Say Something.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 1.
Thursday: Students participate in centers for different questions in a forum-like atmosphere.
Homework: None
Friday: Students begin reading chapter 2 in groups with jigsaw.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 2.
Week of 9 January 2012
Monday: Terms on test that were problematic: identify and define
Homework: Study terms
Tuesday: Practice AP modified multiple-choice exam
Homework: Study terms
Wednesday: Review answers to Tuesday's test
Homework: Study terms
Thursday: Midterm exams
Homework: Study terms
Friday: Midterm exams
Homework: Study terms
Summer Assignments: Read Utopia by Thomas More, Utilitarianism by John Stewart Mill, and The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775- 1865. Take careful and diligent notes as you read, and be sure to investigate and/ or analyze the texts in light of: historical context, author's purpose, author's background, audience, language and rhetorical strategies, and argument. Be aware that you are responsible for having read these texts by the first day of school.
Suggestions: You may want to purchase a Modern Language Association stylebook for your personal reference.
❐ Use MLA heading: Your name / my name / AP English I / Day Month Year
❐ Double space entire paper without extra spaces
❐ Paginate all pages of paper including bibliography with your last name and pg. #
❐ Use MLA citation: “Quote” (author’s last name pg.#).
“Quote?” (Author’s last name pg.#).
“Quote!” (Author’s last name pg.#).
Turnitin.com info: Class id #4049621 ; password, Rhetoric
Week of 13 February 2012
Monday: Students complete EaA chapters 2-7 test.
Homework: Review EaA
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 8; make their own Toulmin arguments.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 8 including 139- 144
Wednesday: Students write a paragraph explaining why warrants are important.
Homework: Review EaA
Thursday: Students write a paragraph defining a qualifier-- what it is, how it functions, etc.
Homework: Review EaA
Friday: Students write a paragraph that explains rebuttals.
Homework: Review EaA
Week of 6 February 2012
Monday: Students respond to questions in centers (1, 2, 4).
Homework: Review chapters 2-6.
Tuesday: Students jigsaw chapter 7 in groups.
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Wednesday: Students respond to questions 1, 2, and 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Thursday: EaA 1-7 review (with magazines, etc.)
Homework: Review chapters 2-7.
Friday: Students begin EaA chapters 2- 7 test.
Homework: Study chapters 2-7.
Week of 30 January 2012
Monday: Students complete questions 1 and 2 on chapter 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-4.
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 5 and rewrite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 5.
Wednesday: Students respond to questions 1, 2, and 4.
Homework: Review chapters 2-5.
Thursday: Students critically view episode of Dinosaurs and analyze for values and pathos
Homework: Review chapters 2-5.
Friday: Students begin reading chapter 6 in groups.
Homework: Read the rest of the chapter (6).
Week of 23 January 2012
Monday: Students complete dartboard activity to prioritize information from chapter 2.
Homework: None
Tuesday: Students begin reading chapter 3 with Think Aloud.
Homework: Students read the rest of chapter 3.
Wednesday: Students write a "User's Manual" or guide that simplifies chapter 3.
Homework: None
Thursday: Students complete questions 1, 2, and 4 from chapter 3 with groups.
Homework: None
Friday: Students read chapter 4 with groups.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 4, bring in a magazine.
Week of 16 January 2012
Monday: Staff development day. Students do not attend.
Tuesday: Begin textbook: Everything's an Argument.
Homework: None
Wednesday: Read portion of chapter 1 using Say Something.
Homework: Read the rest of chapter 1.
Thursday: Students participate in centers for different questions in a forum-like atmosphere.
Homework: None
Friday: Students begin reading chapter 2 in groups with jigsaw.
Homework: Finish reading chapter 2.
Week of 9 January 2012
Monday: Terms on test that were problematic: identify and define
Homework: Study terms
Tuesday: Practice AP modified multiple-choice exam
Homework: Study terms
Wednesday: Review answers to Tuesday's test
Homework: Study terms
Thursday: Midterm exams
Homework: Study terms
Friday: Midterm exams
Homework: Study terms
Summer Assignments: Read Utopia by Thomas More, Utilitarianism by John Stewart Mill, and The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775- 1865. Take careful and diligent notes as you read, and be sure to investigate and/ or analyze the texts in light of: historical context, author's purpose, author's background, audience, language and rhetorical strategies, and argument. Be aware that you are responsible for having read these texts by the first day of school.
Suggestions: You may want to purchase a Modern Language Association stylebook for your personal reference.
❐ Use MLA heading: Your name / my name / AP English I / Day Month Year
❐ Double space entire paper without extra spaces
❐ Paginate all pages of paper including bibliography with your last name and pg. #
❐ Use MLA citation: “Quote” (author’s last name pg.#).
“Quote?” (Author’s last name pg.#).
“Quote!” (Author’s last name pg.#).