AP+English+III


 * Advanced Placement English Language and Composition **

__** ANALYSIS RESOURCES **__ [|A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices] [|A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples] [|University of Indiana Rhetorical Device Dictionary] [|The Forest of Rhetoric] [|Rhetorical Device Flashcards]
 * __Course Documents__ **
 * Rhetorical Term Online Glossaries **

[|The Owl at Perdue MLA Citation Guide] [|NC Wise Owl Citation Maker]
 * __ SYNTHESIS RESOURCES __**

ARGUMENTATION RESOURCES


 * Graduation Project Resources**

__Third Six Weeks__
-- Overview of Exam (Review) and Test Taking Strategies -- Rhetorical Device Review -- Practice Multiple Choice
 * Monday, May 2**

Practice Multiple Choice
 * Tuesday, May 3**

Overview of past essay questions Forming solid thesis statements
 * Wednesday, May 4**

Accident Recreation Assembly
 * Thursday, May 5**

Practice 2 essays in one class
 * Friday, May 6**

Exam Review
 * Monday, May 9**

Exam Review
 * Tuesday, May 10**

"Waiting for Superman" Watch documentary and answer following questions: -- What information is presented? -- How is the information presented? -- What is NOT included? -- What is the perspective?
 * Wednesday, May 11 -- AP EXAM**

-- Finish documentary -- Discussion -- Read the following reviews: [|Time Magazine: Waiting for Superman, Are Teachers the Problem?] Write a 500-word review of the film, highlighting what YOU think are the important issues facing our schools today. Include answers to questions you answered on May 11 post, plus summary of arguments from New Yorker and Time. Post to wikispace by beginning of class Monday.
 * Thursday, May 12**

Bear Blast
 * Friday, May 13**


 * Monday, May 16**
 * Overview of In Cold Blood
 * Read Part I, p. 3 - 30


 * Tuesday, May 17**
 * Watch Capote; prepare for review
 * Finish Part I, p. 30 - 74

Finish Capote; begin review Read Part II, p. 77 - 100
 * Wednesday, May 18**

Read Part II, p. 100 - 155
 * Thursday, May 19**

Awards Day Read Part III, p. 159 - 198 Class Discussion: "The Rapture is Not Saturday, It's Tonight" Read: [|Atlantic Monthly]
 * Friday, May 20**

Capote Review due Read Part III, p. 199 - 226
 * Monday, May 23**

Read Part III, p. 226 - 248
 * Tuesday, May 24**

Read Part IV, p. 251 - 279
 * Wednesday, May 25**

Read Part IV, p. 279 - 302
 * Thursday, May 26**

Read Part IV, p. 303 - 343 Review for In Cold Blood Test
 * Friday, May 27**

No School
 * Monday, May 30**

In Cold Blood Test
 * Tuesday, May 31**

Work on Major Paper III
 * Wednesday, June 1**

Major Paper III Due
 * Thursday, June 2**

Teacher Made Exams
 * Friday, June 3**

__**Second Six Weeks**__
I. Finish reading "Walden" and discuss II. Complete Transcendentalism Chart for homework
 * Monday, March 7**

I. Discuss Transcendentalism Chart II. Read/discuss "Civil Disobedience"
 * Tuesday, March 8**

I. Walt Whitman/Emily Dickinson II. Begin work on Transcendentalism Project -- DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY!
 * Wednesday, March 9**

Transcendentalism Project
 * Thursday, March 10**

Topic: Synthesis Essays I. Overview of Synthesis, [|Bloom's Taxonomy] II. Read/discuss practice AP Synthesis Essay Claim: "Under God" should be eliminated from Pledge of Allegiance. Write an essay that challenges, supports or modifies this claim. III. Brainstorm/start essay as class
 * Friday, March 11**

Topic: Synthesis Essays I. WorkKeys Demographics II. Review sample AP Synthesis Essays/Rubrics/Responses III. In groups, choose previous essay and answer it!
 * Monday, March 14**

Topic: Introduction to Profiles in Courage I. Overview of Context/Author II. Read and discuss Introduction HW: Read Introduction and Part I
 * Tuesday, March 15**

TRANSCENDENTALISM PROJECT DUE WorkKeys Assessment
 * Wednesday, March 16 -- Early Release**

Overview of Part 1 HW: Read JQA
 * Thursday, March 17**

Practice Synthesis Essay -- QUIZ GRADE
 * Friday, March 18**

I. Quiz on JQU II. Begin Profiles Mini-project --- 2 quiz grades HW: Part 2 Time and Place; Daniel Webster
 * Monday, March 21**

HW: Thomas Hart Benton
 * Tuesday, March 22**
 * Helpful Links for Profiles Project**
 * [|Online Citation Maker]**

HW: Part 3 Time and Place; Ross
 * Wednesday, March 23**

HW: Lamar
 * Thursday, March 24**
 * BEAR BLAST**

NO SCHOOL HW: Part 4 Time and Place; Norris
 * Friday, March 25**

Topic: JFK PowerPoint Presentations HW: Taft
 * Monday, March 28**

Topic: JFK PowerPoint Presentations HW: Additional Men of Courage
 * Tuesday, March 29**

Meaning of Courage
 * Wednesday, March 30**

Review Introduction to Major Paper #2 [|Profile in Courage]
 * Thursday, March 31**

Profiles in Courage Test
 * Friday, April 1**

Mr. Bravo's Presentation on Applying for College
 * Monday, April 4**

CCCC Field Trip Work on Major Paper #2
 * Tuesday, April 5**

Work on Major Paper #2
 * Wednesday, April 6**

Guest Speaker: Mimi Herman
 * Thursday, April 7**

First draft due Workshop Major Paper #2
 * Friday, April 8**

Introduction to Third AP Essay -- Identifying Claim -- Taking a Position -- Brainstorming Data -- Forming an Outline
 * Monday, April 11**

[|Logic in Argumentative Writing] Debate: Is Wal-Mart Good for America? "The Case for Wal-Mart" vs. "Down and Out in Discount America"
 * Tuesday, April 12**

Basics of Academic Debate In-class debate
 * Wednesday, April 13**

Debate: Should the Draft be Reinstated in the United States? Read both essays; answer assigned questions Choose one Writing Workshop question to answer
 * Thursday, April 14**

Friday, April 15 Practice Analytical Essay Quiz Browse through lists of controversial issues on these sites: [|Alamo.edu] [|Santa Ana College] Choose three issues that you'd like to debate in class and post them to the discussion page. Explain what makes these issues controversial and what, specifically, you would like to discuss.

**__First Six Weeks__** I. [|Introduction to Rhetoric/Rhetorical Triangle] II. Identify Rhetorical Strategies in
 * Tuesday, January 25, 2011**
 * Obama's [|Memorial in Arizona](Jan. 12, 2011)
 * [|Superbowl Advertisements]
 * [|CBS Interview] with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Introduction to Rhetorical Devices Homework: Read/Listen to [|Toni Morrison Lecture] Identify at least SIX rhetorical devices.
 * Wednesday, January 26, 2011**

Methods of Analysis
 * Thursday, January 27, 2011**

Practice AP Multiple Choice
 * Friday, January 28, 2011**

Methods of Analysis -- Dialectical Journals I. Toni Morrison Quiz II. Rhetorical devices -- litotes, antithesis and hypophora III. Art and Craft of Close Reading packet RHETORICAL DEVICES FOR THURSDAY'S QUIZ: HYPERBOLE, UNDERSTATEMENT, LITOTE, ANTITHESIS, HYPOPHORA, RHETORICAL QUESTION PROCATALEPSIS
 * Monday, January 31, 2011**

Analysis/Annotation I. Intro to Time Period II. Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards, p. 102-106 [|Audio of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God] [|Annotated Text of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God] III. Practice keeping dialectical journal with text. Homework: Hawthorne reading, [|The Minister's Black Veil]
 * Tuesday, Feb. 1**

Ms Young
 * Wednesday, Feb. 2**

Topic: Building Context for Scarlet Letter I. Quiz on Minister's Black Veil II. Building Context for Scarlet Letter Research III. Rhetorical questions and procatalepsis
 * Thursday, Feb. 3**

Topic: Building Context for the Scarlet Letter I. Rhetorical Device Quiz #1 II. Scarlet Letter I-Search
 * Friday, February 4**

I. Discuss Custom-House II. Rhetorical devices for the week: DISTINCTO, SIMILE, METAPHOR, ANALOGY, ALLUSION, EPONYM, SENTENTIA, EXEMPLUM III. Work on I-Search Paper Homework: Read Ch 1, The Marketplace - Chapter III, The Recognition
 * Monday, February 7 **

I. Discuss Ch. 1-3 II. Rhetorical devices Homework: Read Ch. 4-6
 * Tuesday, February 8 **

**Wednesday, February 9** -- I-Search due at beginning of class Topic: The AP Analysis Essay I. Overview II. Rubric for grading III. Practice Homework: Read Ch. 7-9

Homework: Read Ch. 10-12
 * Thursday, February 10**

Rhetorical Device Quiz #2 Bear Blast Homework: Read Ch. 13-15
 * Friday, February 11**

Chapter 13-15 Quiz Write Dialectical Journal for Chapter 16 (five quotes/five analyses) -- due Tuesday Read Chapter 16-18
 * Monday, February 14**

Read Chapter 19-21
 * Tuesday, February 15**

Finish book
 * Wednesday, February 16**

Review
 * Thursday, February 17**

Scarlet Letter Test
 * Friday, February 18**

Topic: Analysis Essays I. Discuss this week's rhetorical devices II. Review marking/analyzing AP prompts III. Intro of Scarlet Letter Project
 * Monday, February 21**

Topic: Letters of Intent
 * Tuesday, February 22**

Topic: Analyzing AP Passages I. Read prompt silently; annotate II. In assigned groups, describe the content and form of each paragraph III. Discuss/review Level 8 response
 * Wednesday, February 23**

Writing Workshop
 * Thursday, February 24**

Topic: Writer's Workshop I. Rhetorical Device Quiz II. In assigned groups, read each others' rough drafts and discuss according to rubric III. Revise
 * Friday, February 25**

Topic: Analysis Essays I. Take practice Analysis Essay -- QUIZ GRADE II. Study Rhetorical Devices 24-33
 * Monday, February 28**

Topic: Intro to Transcendentalism I. Complete Transcendentalism Internet Hunt II. Read Emerson, p. 390-398/Discuss III. Study Rhetorical Devices
 * Tuesday, March 1**

Letter writing activity
 * Wednesday, March 2**

Topic: Thoreau I. Discuss Analysis Essays II. Read from "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience"
 * Thursday, March 3**


 * Friday, March 4**
 * Rhetorical Device Test**

**AP Exam Resources** [|Practice Essays with Answers] [|Sample AP Responses]
 * [|Cliff's Notes Tips] **
 * [|How Exams are Scored] **
 * [|AP Rhetorical Devices List] **


 * __Other Resources__**
 * Sample Analytical Essay - Fair and Happy Milkmaid **