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AP Lang (Period 7) Assignments
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- 2016-2017 School Year
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Tools and presentation notes:1st Semester:AP Lang Syllabus1. Canons of Rhetoric2. Argument basics3. Integrating quotes (synthesis)4. ----5. Opening paragraphs in AP Lang6. 5 language registers7. writers workshop8. multiple choice strategies9. common Biblical allusions10. multiple choice strategies packet
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Make flash cards for argument essay using handout from yesterday.
1. choose 5 words from verb word bank and give ex on back of using verb in context
2. choose 5 tone words and define
3. make multiple choice flashcards for terms that you are unfamiliar with using handout from earlier this year (words you need to know for mult. choice)
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Argument essay prep: go over selections from chapter on education.
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Multiple choice practice test 2 answers attached.
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Read and annotate pgs. 962-985 on sustainable eating by Thursday. Be ready for a synthesis writing assignment.
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Study the question types that you missed: 30 minutes.
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Practice mult choice exam due.
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Answers to mult choice practice test are attached.
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Final draft of research paper due on turnitin.com and hard copy.
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Final draft of research paper due. You must submit to turnitin.com and bring a hard copy. Please do not email it to me and ask to print.
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Begin taking notes as you read from each chapter to support the following prompt:
Though Levitt and Dubner write about some highly charged topics, they write in a manner that does not offend most readers. How do they use language and style to achieve this balance? Style elements include (but are not limited to) diction, syntax, tone, voice, and organization.
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Research paper rough draft due: submit to turnitin.com and bring a hard copy to class.
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CH. 4 assignment for Freakonomics due.
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Read Emerson's essay on Nature: pgs. 897-904 and answer discussion questions 1,2 and rhetoric questions 1,2
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Rhetorical analysis essay prompt due Monday. Time yourself for 40 min. You must also turn in an arch method map of your notes.
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Freakonomics ch 3 assignment due
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Read ch. 2 of Freakonomics and complete individual assignment if not teaching.
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Annotated biliography due. Use the link below for an example:
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Read the Explanatory Note, and Introduction in Freakonomics. Type up and print answers to questions by Friday.
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Read "What the Bagel Man Saw" pg. 443-49 and answer questions 1-3.
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Work on finding sources for research paper Paper requirements attached.
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Read and annotate remaining nature and nurture articles. Be ready to discuss tomorrow!
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Finish rhetorical triangle for sports ethics articles pgs. 673-684
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My Zombie, ____________
10-20 lines
free verse or rhymed
you need: descriptive diction
an example of figurative language
clear tone
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Timed essay (40 min only) on #1 on pg. 797.
This is for practice. Time is important.
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Ist read: pgs. 787-796 "Hip Hop Planet" and intro to pop culture
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Finish charting Harris' article.
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Make a chart on lined paper using an ad of your choice. Try to choose an ad that has a different audience and composition than the one used in class. Either bring in ad or cite in on your paper.
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Read in the text pgs. 838-845 "Celebrity Bodies" and answer questions 2,3,4
Log onto justiceharvard.org and watch episode 8 from Michael Sandel's lecture series on "What's a Fair Start?" (appx. 24 min)
You will first need to look up the veil of ignorance, a term proposed by American philosopher John Rawls, in order to understand the references made.
Take notes and be ready to discuss on Tuesday.
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Read Classical Ethics handout: Absolutism vs. Relativism and annotate
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Research paper due on turnitin.com
Be sure to attach works cited page to the end of the paper.
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Sentence outline due.
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5 source analysis typed responses due Wednesday.
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Research paper evidence steps 3, 4 due Tuesday.
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Argument essay for Prose or Emerson. Must be typed in MLA format.
Prompt: What rhetorical techniques does the author use in order to craft an effective argument for education? (Remember, you need to address what their central argument is in order to fully answer this prompt.)
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Using the same criteria and class results from today (attached as ppt), create a 3D model of an “ideal” Language Arts classroom. Use the following questions as guidelines in creating your space.
Where should students sit/stand/work? What does this space look like?
It is uniform or are there different work spaces? Should all students be doing the same work at the same time?
What does the teacher’s work/teaching space look like?
How much access to technology?
What subject(s) are taught in this space? Teacher/student ratio?
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Read Emerson's from "Education" pgs. 189-195 and answer discussion question #1.
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Watch TED talk: Sir Ken Robinson "How School Kills Creativity"
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Read pg. 176-186 Francine Prose's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read"
and answer questions 1, 2, 3
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Language and Identity test on Tuesday: Review all readings for this unit.
Pay special attention to Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"
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Read "They Say/I Say" preface by Monday.
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Write a 2nd draft of your essay using the structure and grammar notes from class.
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Finish essay structure outline
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Time yourself for 45 min only and write an argument essay on the following prompt:
Write an essay in which you agree or disagree with the following assertion:
In classrooms and hallways and on the playground, young people are using inappropriate language more frequently than ever, teachers and principals say. Not only is it coarsening the school climate and social discourse, they say, it is evidence of a decline in language skills. Popular culture has made ugly language acceptable and hip, and many teachers say they only expect things to get uglier.
--Valerie Strauss, "More and More, Kids Say the Foulest Things"
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Annotate the article "InPraiseOfTheHashtag" for the essay tomorrow.
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Read Walt Whitman's "Slang in America" pg. 720-723. Answer questions 3, 5, 9, 10
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Finish classwork: define and find a modern example of each of Orwell's problems with modern English: dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, meaningless words.
Also, answer pg. 718 #s 3,6,9
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Finish "Cat Bill" execise
Read text pgs. 707-717 for class tomorrow
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Finish "Cat Bill" exercise
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Read pg. 58-63 Writing a Close Analysis Essay, and a sample close analysis essay.
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Finish making a chart for Mother Tongue with rhetorical strategies and style elements.
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Read Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" p. 700-708. Answer questions 1-8 on page 709.
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Choose and bring in an article that discusses an individual or group who has been "denied validity" (according to Benedict's definition).
Annotate article using the chart on pg. 52-53 of your text: quotation, paraphrase/summarize, rhetorical strategy or style element, effect or function.
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Read and annotate Ruth Benedict's book chapter, "The Individual and the Pattern of Culture." Be ready to discuss Monday.
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Prep for Argument essay tomorrow. Review both examples for planning/writing the essay and review terminology from the packet.
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Complete pg. 9 of your argument packet. Time yourself for 15-20 min. Then, go over the chart on pg. 11 and informally answer the questions about your essay (no need to record this part).
Prep for argument essay tomorrow!
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Complete argument packet up to pg. 5.
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Argument rough draft due tomorrow.
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Read pgs. 39-44 "close reading"
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p. 137 Bring a visual text to support your argument
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pg. 119 activity due tomorrow
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Read and annotate p. 115-125
Today's classwork: write an open or closed thesis statement for one of the prompts (1, 4, 5) on pg. 97
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Read pgs. 85-92 and do the activity on pg. 92
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Do quotes activity on pg. 163.
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Here is the Gerson article for class today!
Only homework tonight is to go over notes and prep for synthesis essay tomorrow. Your writing will be awesome!
Oh, and eat lunch will you? No crashing blood sugar when I need you to FOCUS and THINK!
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Read pgs. 145-152
Do activity on pg. 147 from "A Level Playing Field".
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Read in text pgs. 23-28, and do activities on pgs. 27, 29.
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Read the article "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" by Dave Barry
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Lou Gheric speech attached.
Read handout: rhetorical triangle
do activity on back pg: Construct and analyze a rhetorical situation for writing a review of a movie, video game, or concert. Be very specific in your analysis: What is your subject? What is your purpose? Who is your audience? What is your relationship to the audience? Remember, you need not write a full essay; just analyze the rhetorical situation.