AP English Language (Period 1,5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Shari Anderson
- Terms
- Fall 2010
- Spring 2011
- Department
- Language Arts
- Location
- 206
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Week of 5/9
Mon: Argument--Self Score, Peer Review; Pass back Synthesis & review
Tue: Quiz on Terms; Review
Wed: Test
Thu: Movie--The Blind Side
Fri: Movie--The Blind Side
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Week of 4/25
Mon: Collect HW; Pass back essays and quiz; Work on Rhetorical Terms; HW: Red White and Beer p. 590 C1-3, R 1,2,5,6
Tue: Discuss HW; Review Analysis
Wed: Analysis Essay
Thur: Peer Scoring
Fri: Terms Review
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Mon: Argument Essay
Tue: Peer Scoring
Wed: Benchmark, Pass back Crucible Essays
Thu: Intro Satire; HW: A Modest Proposal (see attached files)
Fri: AP Style M/C on A Modest Proposal
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Week of April 4
Mon: Presentations
Tue: Presentations
Wed: Finish Music as Rhetoric
Thur: Argument Practice Deconstruct & Anchor Papers
Fri: Finish Anchor papers
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Week of March 21
Mon: Finish Discussing Supersaturation/Commercial Evaluations/Introduce Commercial project; HW: Loose Ends RQs 1-5
Tue: Linked Crew Visit/Discuss & Collect HW/Pass back essays/Group Time
Wed: Collect The Crucible/Portfolio work/Digital Nation HW: How has living in a digital nation impacted your life?
Thu: M/C Practice
Fri: Freewrite Friday/The Language of Fashion (semiotics)
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Week of Mar 14
Mon: Influence of Media/Discuss Advertising
Tue: EAP Essay
Wed: Peer Edit/Collected Not About Islam Week 4 readings (finally!)
Thu: Turn in Crucible Essay/Print Ad Analysis/HW: Supersaturation p. 602 RQ 1-7, annotate based on questions; Bring Textbook tomorrow
Fri: Freewrite Friday/Discuss & Collect HW
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Week of March 7
Mon: Discuss Crucible essay prompt; link on AP English Language page
Tue: Visit counselors to register for Sr. year, brainstorm
Wed: Read Act 4; Discuss
Thur: Sophisticated Thesis; Rhetoric Matters!
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Week of Feb 28
Mon: Work in groups preparing for presentation
Tue: Presentations
Wed: Argument Review
Thurs: In-class Argument Essay
Fri: Start Act 3 "The Crucible" Guest Reader in 5th Period!!!!
Mon: Work in groups preparing for presentation
Tue: Presentations
Wed: Argument Review
Thurs: In-class Argument Essay
Fri: Start Act 3 "The Crucible" Guest Reader in 5th Period!!!!
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AP/SAT Vocab Week 4 (just know the words and definitions...no sentences)
PER Unit Week 4 assignments due
- Not About Islam
- The Rival Conceptions of God
- The Culture of Disbelief
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AP/SAT Vocab Week 3 (just know the words and definitions...no sentences)
PER Unit Week 3 assignments due
- New Superstitions for Old
- Salvation
- What's God Got to Do with It?
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AP/SAT Vocab Week 2 (just know the words and definitions...no sentences)
PER Unit Week 2 assignments due
- Orientalism
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AP/SAT Vocab Week 1 (just know the words and definitions...no sentences)
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- The Allegory of the Cave
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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WEEK OFF FOR THANKSGIVING!
Be thankful for everything you have.
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Week of 11/15
Mon: Finish Chief Seattle RT; Start McKibben RT; HW: Carson
Tue: McKibben RT
Wed: Finish RT; Return Analysis Essays; HW: Argument practice
Thu: Argument Essay
Fri: Benchmark Test; Finish Carson RT
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Week of 11/8
Mon: Walden RT
Tue: Finish Walden RT; HW: Chief Seattle RQ: 2/4/5
Wed: Chief Seattle RT; HW: McKibben & Carson
Thu/Fri: NO SCHOOL
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Week of 11/1
Mon: Mosaic Meal
Tue: Introduce Transcendentalism; HW: Nature (A & mini soap)
Wed: Pass back M/C; explain test corrections; Nature Roundtable (RT); Nature freewrite
Thu: Nature RT; HW: Walden (A and mini soap)
Fri: Walden RT
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Week of 10/25
Mon: Discuss "An American Childhood;" Intro "The Analysis Essay"
Tue: Elements of Effective Writing; Practice an Analysis Essay
Wed: In-class Analysis Essay
Thu: tbd
Fri: We are a beautiful mosaic!
Mon: Discuss "An American Childhood;" Intro "The Analysis Essay"
Tue: Elements of Effective Writing; Practice an Analysis Essay
Wed: In-class Analysis Essay
Thu: tbd
Fri: We are a beautiful mosaic!
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Week of 10/18
Mon: Finish Dream; Start Circle of Govs; HW: Multinational Society Q's due Wed
Tue: Discuss Circle of Govs; Pass back Synthesis; HW: Am. Dreamaer Q's due Thu
Wed: Collect HW & Discuss Multinational Society
Thu: Collect HW & Discuss American Dreamer; HW: American Childhood C#3, R#3,4,5,7
Fri: Discussion
Mon: Finish Dream; Start Circle of Govs; HW: Multinational Society Q's due Wed
Tue: Discuss Circle of Govs; Pass back Synthesis; HW: Am. Dreamaer Q's due Thu
Wed: Collect HW & Discuss Multinational Society
Thu: Collect HW & Discuss American Dreamer; HW: American Childhood C#3, R#3,4,5,7
Fri: Discussion
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Mon: Finish posters and present
Tues: Collect Soapstone, Decl of Ind paragraph; HW: I have a dream soapstone
Wed: Check Annotations for DOI and Dream; Collect Soapstone; Discuss DOI
Thu: DOI Quiz; Discuss Dream
Fri: Freewrite; Discuss Dream; tone worksheet
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Mon: Introduce Rhetorical/Analytical Terms (quiz on Friday); Rhetorical Triangle (ethos, pathos, logos); "Letter from Birmingham Jail;" HW: 111-114
Tue: Voice Lesson - detail; Discuss "Letter;" Logos: Inductive & Deductive Reasoning; HW: MH 117-129
Wed: Discuss Reading; Logical Fallacies
Thu: Voice Lesson - detail; Log. Fal. Posters; HW: Declaration of Independence Annotate, Soapstone, & Guided Reading due Monday
Fri: Freewrite; Quiz on Rhetorical/Analytical Terms; Finish presenting Log. Fal. Posters
There is an attachment of the homework due dates for the next 3 weeks.
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Week of 9/27
Mon: Discuss strategies for approaching Penny Prompt, Read & Score
Tue: Discuss AP Scoring of Penny Prompt; Pass back Baseline Essays
Wed: Voice Lesson-diction; Day 1 Synthesis Essay (Bring Grapes of Wrath, MH Reader & Nickel & Dimed and On Compassion assignments)
Thu: Day 2 Synthesis Essay
Fri: Freewrite Friday; Voice Lesson-details
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Week of 9/20
Mon: Finish Diego Rivera Art as Text discussion; show movie clips of GOW; HW: MH Reader 12-20 annotations
Tue: Greek play in the Theatre
Wed: Quiz on MH 12-20; Voice Lesson-tone
Thu: PPT on Synthesis; Read "Freewriting" by Peter Elbow
Fri: Freewrite; Start Penny Prompt (read, annotate, take a position)
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Week of 9/13
Mon: PPT on Adler's Strategies; Tone handout; SOAPSTONE; Radio Radio; HW: MH 1-11 annotations
Tue: Finish Radio Radio; Check MH 1-11; Read & Annotate "On Compassion"
Wed: Group SOAPSTONE "On Compassion;" Group quiz; HW: Annotate and SOAPSTONE Nickel and Dimed and questions 2, 5, 6.
Thu: Discuss Quiz; Discuss HW; Collect HW
Fri: Portfolio Run; Discuss Art as Text
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AP One Sheet Grapes of Wrath
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"Time in a Rectangle" Personal Essay
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AP Contract