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AP English Language (Period 2, 6)
Assignments
AP English Language (Period 2, 6) Assignments
Instructor
Ms. Shari Anderson
Term
Fall 2011
Department
Language Arts
Location
206
Description
February 2012: Philosophy Ethics and Religion Unit See Calendar, Reading Schedule, SOAPStone handout attached Interview with Edward Said also attached
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2012 Unit Readings.doc
Calendar 2012.doc
On Orientalism Edward Said.wmv
SOAPSTone.doc
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Tuesday
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January 3
Assignment
Week of 1/3-1/6
Assigned Tuesday:
-Commercial Evals--due Thursday
-Analyze Portrayal of Families on TV--due Friday
-"Loose Ends" Comprehension Q 1-3, Rhetoric Q 1,3--due Monday
Due:
Friday
,
December 9
Assignment
Friday: 12/9 **due on Monday 12/12
Read The Birthmark & Answer 4 questions
(see attachments)
The Birthmark hw.doc
The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne.doc
Due:
Friday
,
November 18
Assignment
Mon 11/14
Collect HW
Round Table
Tue 11/15
Round Table
HW: Opposing Viewpoints/Refutation WS
Wed 11/16
Discuss Opposing Viewpoints HW
Write an intro and two body paragraphs
HW: Write a conclusion
Thu 11/17
Argument Strategies
Fri 11/18
In class essay
Due:
Thursday
,
November 10
Assignment
Thu 11/10
Roundtable for McKibben's essay
Due:
Wednesday
,
November 9
Assignment
Wed 11/9
Roundtable for Chief Seattle
HW: Due Mon--Carson's "The Obligation to Endure" p823
RQ 2,3,5,6, Wikiwiki Soapstone, Annotate for Rhetorical Strategies
Due:
Tuesday
,
November 8
Assignment
Tue 11/8
Test Corrections
Pass back Analysis Essay
HW: Due Thursday--McKibben's "The Environmental Issue from Hell" p819
RQ 3, 5-6, Wikiwiki Soapstone, Annotate for Rhetorical Strategies
Due:
Monday
,
November 7
Assignment
Mon 11/7
Finish Walden
M/C Quiz
Test Corrections
HW: Due Wednesday--Chief Seattle's "Letter to President Pierce" p. 797
RQ 4-5
Wikiwiki Soapstone, Annotate for Rhetorical Strategies
Due:
Friday
,
November 4
Assignment
Fri 11/4
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson-detail
Walden MC Quiz
Due:
Thursday
,
November 3
Assignment
Thursday 11/3
Walden Round Table Discussion
HW: Opposing Viewpoints due Monday
Due:
Wednesday
,
November 2
Assignment
Wed 11/2
Nature Round Table Discussion
HW: Walden Guided Reading questions
Walden excerpt.pdf
Due:
Tuesday
,
November 1
Assignment
Tue 11/1
Introduce Transcendentalism/Nature/Environment
Assign RT Groups
Test Corrections
HW: Annotate & Soapstone Nature by RW Emerson
Nature.pdf
Due:
Monday
,
October 31
Assignment
Mon 10/31
Review Elements of Argument
Test Corrections
Due:
Friday
,
October 28
Assignment
Fri 10/28
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson-Detail
Due:
Thursday
,
October 27
Assignment
Thurs 10/27
Multiple Choice Test - AP Format
Due:
Wednesday
,
October 26
Assignment
Wed 10/26
Puzzle
Due:
Tuesday
,
October 25
Assignment
Tue 10/25
In-class Analysis Essay
Due:
Monday
,
October 24
Assignment
Mon 10/24
Analysis Practice
Due:
Friday
,
October 21
Assignment
Fri 10/21
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson
Analysis practice
Due:
Thursday
,
October 20
Assignment
Thu 10/20
Introduce Analysis Essay Strategies
Due:
Wednesday
,
October 19
Assignment
Wed 10/19
Discuss "American Dreamer"
Due:
Tuesday
,
October 18
Assignment
Tue 10/18
Discuss "America: The Multinational Society"
Due:
Monday
,
October 17
Assignment
Mon 10/17
Collect HW/Check annotations
Discuss America The Multinational Society
HW: American Dreamer
Soapstone
Annotations
Questions
American Dreamer.doc
Due:
Friday
,
October 14
Assignment
Fri 10/14
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson
Due:
Thursday
,
October 13
Assignment
Thu 10/13
Circle of Governments
Soapstone
Annotation
Questions
HW: America The Multinational Society due Monday
America The Multinational Society.doc
Due:
Wednesday
,
October 12
Assignment
Wed 10/12
"I have a dream" Tone Worksheet
HW: How does MLK Jr.'s shifts in tone enhance the appeals and help to achieve his purpose? (no more than 1.5 pgs typed, MLA, well-developed body paragraph)
I have a dream tone analysis.doc
Due:
Tuesday
,
October 11
Assignment
Tue 10/11
Share Analysis with partner
Start "I have a dream"
HW: "I have a dream" SOAPSTone (typed) and Annotation
Due:
Monday
,
October 10
Assignment
Mon 10/10
Check DOI Annotations
Discuss Declaration of Independence
Group Analysis
HW: analysis paragraph (no more than 1.5 pgs. typed MLA)
Quiz tomorrow on DOI
Due:
Friday
,
October 7
Assignment
Fri 10/7
Freewrite Friday
Quiz on Review Terms
Present Posters
Due:
Thursday
,
October 6
Assignment
Thu 10/6
Pass back Synthesis
Voice Lesson - Diction
Poster presentations
HW: Guided Reading/Annotation Declaration of Independence (due Mon)
Due:
Wednesday
,
October 5
Assignment
Wed 10/5
Discuss 117-129
Logical Fallacies
Start Posters
Due:
Tuesday
,
October 4
Assignment
Tue 10/4
Discuss "Birmingham Jail"
Check 111-114
Inductive & Deductive Arguments
HW: annotate MH 117-129
Due:
Monday
,
October 3
Assignment
Mon 10/3
Rhetorical Terms
Aristotelian Triangle
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
HW: annotate MH 111-114
Due:
Friday
,
September 30
Assignment
Fri 9/30
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson
Due:
Thursday
,
September 29
Assignment
Thu 9/29
Finish Synthesis Essay
Due:
Wednesday
,
September 28
Assignment
Wed 9/28
Finish penny prompt discussion
Start In-class Synthesis Essay
Due:
Tuesday
,
September 27
Assignment
Tue 9/27
Share body paragraphs
Penny prompt cont...discuss sources, read sample essays
Due:
Monday
,
September 26
Assignment
Mon 9/26
Synthesis ppt.
Start Penny prompt
HW: annotate sources & write a body paragraph incorporating 1 source
Due:
Friday
,
September 23
Assignment
Fri 9/23
Freewrite Friday
Voice Lesson
Due:
Thursday
,
September 22
Assignment
Thu 9/22
Check 12-20 annotations
Quiz on 12-20/discuss
Read Peter Elbow's article on Freewriting
Due:
Wednesday
,
September 21
Assignment
Wed 9/21
Finish Diego Rivera analysis
Due:
Tuesday
,
September 20
Assignment
Tue 9/20
Discuss Nutcracker.com HW
Start Art as Text
Diego Rivera mural
HW: MH 12-20 due Thur
Due:
Monday
,
September 19
Assignment
Mon 9/19
Quiz "On Compassion"
Discuss "Nickel & Dimed" HW
HW: Nutcracker.com, annotate, soapst, RQ 4-7
Due:
Friday
,
September 16
Assignment
Fri 9/16
Group work-Soapstone "On Compassion"
Discuss/Share
Quiz, if time
HW: "Nickel and Dimed" annotate, soapstone, and rhetoric 2,5,6
Due:
Thursday
,
September 15
Assignment
Thu 9/15
Quiz on MH 1-11
Discuss Quiz
Start "On Compassion"
HW: finish reading and annotating
Due:
Wednesday
,
September 14
Assignment
Wed 9/14
Pass back work
Soapstone
HW: MH 1-11 annotate
Due:
Tuesday
,
September 13
Assignment
Tue 9/13
Baseline Analysis paper
Due:
Monday
,
September 12
Assignment
Mon 9/12
Discuss Ch 14 analysis
How to mark a book
Due:
Friday
,
September 9
Assignment
Fri 9/9
GOW Test
Due:
Thursday
,
September 8
Assignment
Thu 9/8
Collect Contract
Discuss 21/22
Due:
Wednesday
,
September 7
Assignment
Wed 9/7
Collect Alma Mater assignment
Ghost of Tom Joad song
Discuss 21/22
HW: Tom Joad, prepare quotes for class disc
Due:
Tuesday
,
September 6
Assignment
Tuesday 9/6
Collect Summer HW/GOW Books
Introduction/Syllabus/Contract-due Thursday
Alma Mater/Tennyson's Poem - due Wednesday
Grapes of Wrath Test on Friday