AP English Language and Composition
10/26: Chapter 3 Reading Quiz
Begin
Ch. 3 Overview
HW: Reread Robert Putnam Essay pp 66-68
and respond to questions on p. 68
10/27-10/28: Peer Revision of JFK Analysis
10/29: Continue Review of Chapter 3
Discussion of Robert Putnam Essay
10/30: JFK Essay and Vocabulary Unit 4 due
Continue Discussion of Robert Putnam Essay
AP English Language and Composition
10/19: Drafting JFK Essay
HW: Read essays 1B, E, II, K, and U; score essays as
2, 4, 6, 8; have a rationale for scores
HW: Read Language of Composition Ch 3 by 10/22
10/20: Kennedy Essay due
Discuss student-generated results of essays
10/21: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test
10/22: Ch. 3 Overview
HW: Reread Robert Putnam Essay pp 66-68 and
respond to questions on p. 68
10/23: Impact of source choices on Putnam’s essays
AP English Language and Composition
10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of
JFK Inaugural Speech
10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test
10/16: Drafting JFK Essay
10/19: Kennedy Essay due
10/20: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test
AP English Language and Composition
10/5: Roger Ascham Close Reading Activity
HW: Using one of the graphic organizers, analyze
an advertisement
10/6-10/8: PSAT Review & Test Preparation
10/7: Collect Rhetorical Analysis of Ad
10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of JFK
Inaugural Speech
10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test
AP English Language and Composition
9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due; Debrief
Einstein Essays; Complete LOC Ch 1 Notes
9/21-9/22: Rhetorical Analysis of
Multimedia Texts
9/23-9/24: Einstein Revision Workshop
9/25: Einstein Essays Due;
Vocabulary Unit 2 due
9/28: Language of Composition Ch. 2 due
9/29: Vocabulary Unit 2 Test
AP English Language and Composition
9/14 – 9/15: Group Analysis of Einstein
Letter
9/16 - 9/17: Library – I-Claim Tutorials 1-4
Assignment 1 only for each Tutorial
9/18: Einstein Rhetorical Analyses due
Finish
Language of Composition
Chapter 1 PPT Notes
Rhetorical Analyses of Videos and
Political Cartoons
9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due
AP English Language and Composition
9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test
9/9: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift
9/10: Language of Composition Ch 1
PPT Notes over Rhetorical Triangle
pp. 9-10: Rhetorical Analysis of Einstein Letter
9/11: Language of Composition Ch 1 (cont.)
PPT Notes over Appeals to Ethos, Logos, and
Pathos
p. 12: Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoons
AP English Language and Composition
8/31: Theme vs. Motif; Glossary of Tone
Read Russell Baker’s “Happy New Year?” and Nikki
Giovanni’s “On Holidays and How to Make them Work”
9/1: Tone Analysis of Baker and Giovanni
Read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”
9/2-9/3: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift
9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due
9/4: Drafting Your Own “Modest Proposal”
9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test
9/9: Read Language of Composition Ch 1
AP English Language and Composition
8/25: Wilder and Gladwell Essays due
8/26-8/27: Our Town Socratic Seminar
8/28: Theme vs. Motif
9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due
9/5: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test