AP English Language

August 2017
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Teacher Teacher
Workday Inservice
13 14 15 16 Summer reading 17 I have a Dream 18 I Have a Dream 19
journals due Course PASA SWBAT define
Teacher Teacher welcome and expecta-
tions SWBAT know
speech and discussion
SWBAT begin to the rhetorical situation of
Kings speech by break-
notice patterns and
Inservice Workday what to expect from this
course Assign MLK appeals King uses to
make his argument
ing it into its respective
parts and then synthesiz-
ing it Syllabus due
reading and annotation
effective
20 21 Tone Practice 22 Diction SWBAT 23 Tone/Diction analysis 24 Green Eyed Monster 25 The Things They 26
SWBAT analyze how discuss how often the SWBAT analyze how, Discussion SWBAT Carried Book Check;
an authors choice of same words carry when key words in a describe the nuanced TTTC Background
passage are changed, the difference between the
words affects the different meanings in entire purpose and tone words Envy and Jealousy SWBAT have a work-
emotional atmosphere different contexts changes too Assign and begin composing ing understanding of
of a piece Green Eyed Monster their own analysis essay the causes that led up
PICTURE DAY of word pairs to the Vietnam War
27 28 Introduction to 29 Syntax practice 30 TTTC Mimicry 31 TTTC syntax analy-
syntax SWBAT de- SWBAT identify sen- SWBAT use a variety sis SWBAT identify
fine syntax and know tences according to of sentence types to sentences according to
how to recognize vari- their structure and express the things their structure and ex-
plain whats important
ous sentence types explain whats im- they carry in a style about that structure As-
portant about that that mimics Tim sign Hunger of Memory
structure OBrien Assign essay
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3 4 5 Hunger of Memory 6 TTTC Mimicry due 7 Hunger of Memory 8 The Things They 9

NO Quiz SWBAT show

their annotation skills
Hunger of Memory
discussion SWBAT
discussion SWBAT
express Rodriguez
Carried Quiz 1
SWBAT show their
over the reading they express Rodriguez argument and whether comprehension of the
SCHOOL had this weekend argument and whether
they agree or disagree
they agree or disagree reading Assign Civil
Disobedience

10 11 NWEA Testing 12 Civil Disobedience 13 Civil Disobedience 14 Civil Disobedience 15 Assign Column 16
SWBAT take an SWBAT discuss in SWBAT discuss as a SWBAT synthesize project; TTTC Rhe-
online test to gauge small groups their whole class their find- the rhetorical situation torical analysis jour-
where they are begin- findings from the ings from the reading established in Tho- nal SWBAT analyze
ning this year with reading reaus piece an authors diction
their reading skills choices Thoreau PAS-
TA Due
17 18 Deconstructing the 19 Deconstructing the 20 How to write an 21 Sanders essay 22 The Things They 23
prompt: Sanders passage: Sanders essay SWBAT use workday SWBAT Carried Quiz 2
SWBAT understand SWBAT analyze their work from the analyze the rhetorical SWBAT show their
the implicit and ex- Sanders rhetorical last two days and moves Sanders makes comprehension of the
plicit tasks in AP moves that make his know how to structure in order to create an reading
Lang rhetorical analy- argument more effec- an RA essay argument
sis prompts tive
24 25 Counselors talk on 26 Columnist check; 27 TTTC discussion 28 TTTC discussion 29 Column Annota- 30
Naviance and career TTTC discussion SWBAT discuss ma- SWBAT discuss ma- tion #1 due Vietnam
and college search SWBAT discuss ma- jor themes, motifs, jor themes, motifs, War Memorial
jor themes, motifs, and symbols in the and symbols in the SWBAT discuss the
and symbols in the novel novel Sanders essay visual and emotional
novel Assign TTTC due impact of the memori-
PASTA al
 October 2017
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1 Activities are listed in
2 TTTC PASTA due 3 Multiple choice prac- 4 Rhetorical analysis 5 The Right Word 6 The Right Word 7
BLUE; Targets are listed Multiple choice prac- tice SWBAT use their journals; Vietnam war SWBAT analyze how SWBAT analyze how
tice SWBAT answer a answers from yesterday photos SWBAT ana- an authors diction an authors diction
in GREEN; Major as- to guide them in select-
signments or assess- series of question lyze rhetorical moves choices affect purpose choices affect purpose
ing the correct answer
ments are listed in RED stems from a multiple from their multiple within a visual text and tone inside a po- and tone inside a po-
choice passage choice options em em

8 9 Sanders Essay scor- 10 Essay revision day 11 Imagery SWBAT 12 Imagery SWBAT 13 End of Quarter 1 14
ing and discussion SWBAT use teacher know how to talk use yesterdays exam- Column Annotation
SWBAT look at stu- feedback and the ru- about imagery and ple as a model for an #2 due Elements of
dent samples and bric in order to im- how an author appeals analysis of Tim style SWBAT know
score them using the prove their writing to the five senses in Obriens imagery the expectations of the
AP 9-point rubric score order to convey mean- elements of style
ing
15 16 17 Sanders Essay Revi- 18 Rhetorical Analy- 19 Rhetorical Analy- 20 Rhetorical Analy- 21
sions Due Rhetorical
Teacher Analysis Journals; Ele-
ments of Style Practice
sis Annotation
SWBAT chunk an AP
sis Essay SWBAT
use their annotations
sis Essay Scoring
SWBAT look at stu-
Lang passage and from yesterday to dent samples and
Workday SWBAT examine an
authors rhetorical moves
and explain why certain
examine the rhetorical
moves an author
write an AP rhetorical
analysis essay
score them using the
AP 9-point rubric
strategies are chosen makes in small groups
22 23 Multiple choice 24 Multiple choice prac- 25 Elements of Style 26 27 28
practice SWBAT an-
swer a series of ques-
tice SWBAT use their
answers from yesterday
to guide them in select-
Test SWBAT show
their mastery of 10 Teacher Teacher
tion stems from a rhetorical moves and
multiple choice pas-
sage
ing the correct answer
from their multiple
explain their purpose Inservice Inservice
choice options

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 November 2017
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 February 2018
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 March 2018
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 April 2018
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 May 2018
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