AP Lang-Period 1 Assignments

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Using the major text list below, each group member should summarize the author's purpose (for one text), as well as major claims made to support that purpose, and 2-3 rhetorical strategies used.

Complete on a shared slide show. Be sure your name is on your slide.

Using the major text list below, each group member should summarize the author's purpose (for one text), as well as major claims made to support that purpose, and 2-3 rhetorical strategies used.

Complete on a shared slide show. Be sure your name is on your slide.

An 18 question MCQ has been assigned on AP Classroom.

If you are absent in class on Wednesday, the MCQ needs to be completed by Thursday, 9:00pm for full credit.

Read the following student sample essay (using the handwriting prompt). Score it using the rubric and explain your reasoning on the doc below.

Choose one of the bonus column selections (starting on p. 233) and write a one page rhetorical analysis.

Choose one of the bonus column selections (starting on p. 233) and write a one page rhetorical analysis.

Read the following student sample essay (using the handwriting prompt). Score it using the rubric and explain your reasoning on the doc below.

Notes taken during video due, including any practice the author had you try.

Notes taken during video due, including any practice the author had you try.

Type your thesis and topic sentence on the padlet.

Type your thesis and topic sentence on the padlet.

Please double space.

Please double space.

Use the handout to brainstorm and plan your modest proposal. Remember that it should be based around a current economic issue in our country.

Write (or type) your satirical argument for an economic issue of your choice. Structure your response like an argument essay. Rough draft due today--should be no longer than 500 words.

Please write the letter of the option that you chose at the top of your doc.

As you read, answer the questions on each slide.

For working toward that sophistication point!

Write a one paragraph reflection on the realities of living off of minimum wage in this area. What did you learn from this activity? What surprised you or what realizations did you have?

Read the essay (pgs. 394-401) and answer questions for discussion p. 401 #2, 4, 5 on paper.

Create a shared doc with your table group and answer the questions below.

Answer questions 3, 4, 6, 8 on pg. 449

Using one of the prompts that we have discussed in group arguments, plan an argument essay. Use the format provided in class last week: thesis, claims, examples. Be sure to address a counterarg. at some point.

Attach your WC page with your outside sources for research. You do not have to add your experts yet. Be sure to follow MLA Format.

Use the notes we took in class today to compose emails to your experts. Remember not to send questions until you receive a positive response. Attach your emails once you sent the first ones here. Make sure they are time stamped.

Using your sustainability essay, as well as the example posted, backwards map your argument and answer the questions. If you do not have your essay, you can complete this on Monday. If you did yours online, I have returned it to you (with a score of 6 just for fun!)

Analyze the key passage below using the arch method. Then, write one MCQ using the stems posted. You do not need to submit here if you received the handout in class. 

Using your second source, write a rhetorical precis.

On a doc, write a "working" thesis for your paper. This thesis should give you direction, but can be edited as you continue to research.

Read the attached Lecture, given by Wangari Maathai on Dec 10, 2004 in Oslo, Norway. Take notes on a separate paper (we will use it tomorrow), and answer the questions below on the same paper.

1. In order to start and sustain an enormous environmental campaign, Maathai and the GBM engaged in thousands of acts of persuasion and communication. What do you find to be the most persuasive and compelling parts of this speech?

2. Aristotle described two kinds of ethos: extrinsic--what the audience knows about you prior to speaking, e.g. you just won the Nobel Peach Prize; intrinsic--the credibility you establish within a rhetorical situation. How does Maathai use both?

Write a letter about sustainable eating to your local school board regarding the food offered in school cafeterias. Consider the factors that the board should consider before making dietary decisions for students.

Complete in class after Williams' MCQs on Friday.

Highlight the correct answer for each question.

Use the attached question stems to write 4 questions for your group's paragraphs in Williams' essay. Submit ONE COPY per group on a doc.

complete as a group

Read pg. 927-34 and answer questions 3, 4, 10. Submit online.

You must complete the form below today so that I know which essay to grade. 

With your table group, analyze the paragraphs that you were assigned. How does Williams use language and style to convey meaning in your section? 

Use the numbered slide to post your response. I recommend making a list of stylistic choices/devices before explaining their effect. Since you will be presenting this to the class, you want to avoid writing a big block of text. If you need an extra slide, create one.

For each correct answer explain your rationale. For each incorrect answer, explain why your reasoning was inc.

Complete rhetorical analysis questions 4, 6, 8 on pg. 895. Submit here.

On a separate paper (not typed), write an essay that analyzes the language and style that Carson uses in the key passage in order to create meaning. You do not need to upload here, I will collect in class on Friday.

(pg on doc is not correct)

Answer questions on rhetoric #1, 2

To be done on paper--no need to upload here.

Complete the slides following the prompts in class.

Follow the directions posted below.

Watch the video and take notes that are relevant reminders for you.

Log into AP Classroom. Read the text and write an intro paragraph and thesis. You do not need to write the whole essay. Focus on a clear, strong thesis that includes author's purpose and how they achieve that purpose rhetorically.

Mark as done when complete.

In your 1(+) page response, include your reflection on parenting style, focus on and support for academics, and the effects of being involved in sports and other extracurriculars.

*Remember, I am asking you to make connections with the information presented in this chapter, not necessarily give me your life story (however interesting:)

Read and annotate the attached poem and answer the questions below on the back of the doc.

1. What assumptions about writing does the instructor make?
2. Langston Hughes was well past college age when he wrote this poem. The speaker is not the poet. What might have been Hughes reasons for giving someone else a voice?
3. What is the significance of the word "colored" in the poem?
4. What significant things about himself does the speaker reveal?

For hw, answer question 5 on a doc

Complete the question using evidence from the text. Be specific about tone, you might even use the list of tone words posted in materials.

Work with a partner to complete the questions on the form below.

On a shared doc, answer questions 2, 6, 9 with your group.

Copy and paste the excerpt into a new doc, or print it out. Then annotate the passage and write a paragraph response analyzing how Coates uses language and style to convey his meaning effectively

Using the most compelling or interesting information from your documentary, write a rhet. analysis essay that analyzes the director's purpose and how they achieve that purpose.

Your paper should be in MLA format, and no longer than 2 pages double spaced.

submit on turnitin.com

Read the attached book excerpt by Ta-Nehisi Coates, and answer the questions for discussion #1, 3

Answer questions 1, 4, 7 on a doc. Be sure to use multiple pieces of evidence from the text in each response. Thorough answers!

Upload notes here. If you combine them in a group doc, it must be clear who did what.

turn this in on paper--upload here only if you are not in class Friday.

Answer questions 1-3 on pg. 742 and submit here.

To be done on paper--use the doc below as a guide for what you need to pay attention to during viewing.

Write a rhetorical analysis thesis and upload it here.

Complete questions p. 734 # 4, 5, 7, 8

Read the essay by Gloria Anzaldua beginning on pg. 725. Take notes on paper in whatever form you choose (Cornell or other).

On a blank paper or slide(s) describe your cultural and linguistic identity--through words, images, and symbols.

Follow the instructions on the doc as you watch the TED talk.

To be done on a google doc.

Break up the following questions at your tables: p. 705 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

Read "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan p. 700-4. ON PAPER, take notes using the questions for discussion on pg. 704-5 as a guide. Set up your paper Cornell notes style with the questions on the left, and your answers on the right. You can bullet point the answers if you want--answers do not have to be in paragraphs.

You do not need to upload notes here, just mark as done.

With your partner/group, complete your assigned slide. Directions are posted on the second slide of the deck.

p. 111 Choose one of the thesis statements you developed for your controversial topic, and develop three paragraphs of support, using a different type of evidence in each. You will probably have to do some research if you want to use historical information, expert testimony, or quantitative data. 

Post your open thesis and counterarugment thesis statements on the padlet below. You do not need to include your name.

Read pg. 81-85 in your text. ON PAPER, complete the "Essay In Progress: Selecting a Topic" on pg. 85. Mark and done here (no upload needed) and bring the paper to class tomorrow.

read pg. 64-65 in your textbook and complete an arch analysis and thesis statement on paper. When you are done (15-20 min), share your thesis with your table and fix it as needed. You do not need to upload a pic of this part.

With the remaining time/finish for hw as needed: Write an intro paragraph with the thesis--you can do this part on a doc and post it here.

Read pg 58-63 in your textbook. Mark as done when complete.

Use the rubric posted to score your essay (FRQ 2). Instructions provided in class.

Read pg. 40-48, and complete the activity on the bottom of pg. 47.

Work on writing the draft of your essay. You should have three body paragraphs and a conclusion. Due at the end of class on Tuesday.

Watch the short video on rhet analysis and take notes.  

Write your intro paragraph on paper using the guidelines on the doc below. Be sure to place your thesis at the end of the paragraph! Upload a pic here.

Upload an image of your arch method analysis here.
Remember to include the author's purpose under the arch, how, observations, and finally, a thesis statement.

Examples below

Read and annotate the letter (handout provided in class) for rhetorical strategies/elements.

Mark as done and bring hard copy to class.

Prompt: Read the letter that Toni Morrison wrote to then senator Barack Obama, endorsing him as the Democratic candidate for President. Then, write an essay in which you analyze the rhetorical choices she makes in order to reveal why she believes that Obama is the best candidate for the future of America.

With your group and the topic that you were given, write examples of all of the styles (overexcited/calm, arrogant/deferential, sarcastic/plain speaking). Be purposeful about word choice to convey tone!

On the attached doc, write the final draft of your thesis

You do not need to upload anything here.

Create a shared doc with your table group and apply 3 strategies from Thank you for Arguing to analyze the letter.

Find a relevant political cartoon, advertisement, or other visual text, paste it on a doc and complete SOAPStone for it. Remember to include publishing info (author/site, year)

Each person at your table should take a different cartoon from the slides below and analyze it using SOAPStone. Be ready to share.

Done in class. Upload a doc with the work if you were absent, otherwise you can mark as done.

Upload your work from Thank you for Arguing here.