AP Language 2009

Yenddie's Video's

2010-05-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

Gangland — Divided — History.com Videos

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/solving-history-with-olly-steeds-aryan-purity-myth.html

Week of 5/3-5/7

2010-05-03T05:57:00.000-07:00

NOTE NEW DUE DATES DUE TO AP PANIC!

Monday: Visual Texts (The PowerPoints from class have been added to the Ning under Forums.)

Tuesday: Visual Texts

Wednesday: Review Synthesis samples. HW: Televison Synthesis DUE THURSDAY.

Thursday: Discuss synthesis. Discuss footnotes in MC. HW: MC practice.

Friday: Review MC practice.

Monday: (5/10): Speed Dating with Argument Prompts

Tuesday: (5/11): Term review. The Ten Commandments of the AP Test.

Wednesday: (5/12): Show your stuff!

HW: YOUR Modest Proposal paper will be due next Thursday, May 13. If you're not here, your paper needs to be.

Big Think Interview With Tim O’Brien | Tim O'Brien | Big Think

2010-04-26T18:02:00.000-07:00

Tim O'Brien discussing writing and The Things They Carried:

Big Think Interview With Tim O’Brien | Tim O'Brien | Big Think

Week of 4/26-4/30

2010-04-26T05:02:00.000-07:00

Monday: Finish MC test; discuss A Modest Proposal. HW due 5/3: Your own Modest Proposal.

Tuesday: "Ignorant and Irony-impaired" article; The New Yorker cover controversy.

Wednesday: "Raising the Bar" and "College Admissions" articles.

Thursday: Twain's "A War Prayer"

Friday: A Modest Proposal multiple choice

For Monday, 5/3: Your Modest Proposal due; Satire quiz.

Week of 4/19-4/23

2010-04-18T19:18:00.000-07:00

Monday: Intro to Satire. John Cleese letter. HW: Watch The Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-8-2007/class-warfare and complete questions.

Tuesday: Discuss The Daily Show episode. HW: Essay on Body Rituals.

Wednesday: Last POW of the year DUE! Discuss essay on Body Rituals. Intro to Swift and A Modest Proposal. Read A Modest Proposal and complete questions for Monday, 4/26.

Thursday: In-class AP Prompt.

Friday: In-class Multiple Choice practice test.

Homework: A Modest Proposal and questions.

Week of 4/12-4/16

2010-04-12T10:08:00.001-07:00

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a productive yet restful break.

Monday: Steps in Speeech Analysis: http://prezi.com/tmf3b5d-9p-y/. Discuss Judge Sweat's Whiskey speech. HW: Annotate "A Time to Rejoice, and a Time to be Heartbroken." HW for Wednesday: Write a rhetorical analysis of the speech you posted to the Ning, proving that it is the best speech ever. Post it as a comment on the video.

Tuesday: Discuss "A Time to Rejoice, and a Time to be Heartbroken." Discuss Queen Elizabeth speech.

Wednesday: Rhetorical analysis of classmate's posted speech. HW: MLK's "I Have a Dream" annotation.

Thursday: View and discuss "I Have a Dream." View and discuss RFK's speech on the death of MLK.

Friday: In-class AP prompt.

Let me know if you are attending the full-length practice exam on Saturday morning. Yes, I know it's the morning after the senior formal. Tough decision, I guess! The exam is right around the corner! We will start testing at 8; I will bring bagels (yes, that's a bribe). Testing takes 3 hours and 15 minutes, so you'll be done by 11:30. I need confirmation by Thursday.

Week of 3/29-4/1

2010-03-29T05:01:00.000-07:00

Monday: Synthesis response due. Read, comment on, and score essay written on your prompt. Share with writer. HW due Tuesday: Source chart on same-sex parents. HW due Thursday: synthesis response.

Tuesday: Discuss use of sources: articles on same-sex parents.

Wednesday: Discuss use of sources: sample AP synthesis.

Thursday: Synthesis response due. Review samples.

Over break...finish lit circle book. Read and post on Erasmus's In Praise of Folly. Also, find a video clip of your favorite speech. Use www.americanrhetoric.com or any other site that works for you. Post it to the Ning. No doubles~review the others before you post!

Week of 3/23-3/26

2010-03-23T04:49:00.000-07:00

Tuesday: Synthesis question due. Discuss Death Penalty essays...rhetorical strategies.
Wednesday: Dam letters.
Thursday: In-class AP prompt: rhetorical strategies.
Friday: Review samples of prompt.

Due Monday: Synthesis response. Read your book and add to the forum discussions.

Week of 3/15-3/19

2010-03-12T16:07:00.000-08:00

Monday: Discussion of 1984 ~ Issues...Synthesis. Review of samples from Postman prompt. Score own essay. Pick next book.

Tuesday: Bring all research materials to class, including Brave New World and 1984. Work on Synthesis question. Due Tuesday, March 23.

Wednesday: In-class AP Multiple Choice Test

Thursday: Review MC test.

Friday: Read "The Penalty of Death" and "The Unquiet Death of Robert Harris." Examine effectiveness of arguments. Complete essay #4. HW: Complete synthesis packet on issue.

Week of 3/8-3/12

2010-03-04T05:55:00.000-08:00

Monday: Finish Fallacy presentations; evaluation of letters due: identify fallacies and rhetorical appeals and determine effectiveness.

Tuesday: Analyze sample essays from Lapham prompt. Score own.

Wednesday: Read and discuss essay, "Should This Student Have Been Expelled?"; letter response due Friday.

Thursday: Reading of 1984 due. Discussion of issues.

Friday: In-class writing--AP prompt. Letter due.

Week of 3/1-3/5

2010-02-24T07:02:00.001-08:00

UPDATED DUE TO SNOW DAYS!!

Monday: Discuss Part 1 of 1984. Be prepared to show how your issue is being presented. Discuss "Big Brother Meets Big Mother."

Tuesday: In-class AP Prompt: Argument

Wednesday: Discuss "Love is a Fallacy." "Assumptions" handout due. Review. Read and discuss "Wanted: Someone to Play God."

Thursday: Discuss Part 2 of 1984. Be prepared to show how your issue is being presented.

Friday: Fallacy handout is DUE. Present. HW: Examine the rhetorical appeals and fallacies in solicitations from organizations (handout).

Week of 2/22-2/26

2010-02-22T08:02:00.001-08:00

Monday: Review elements of argumentation. Outline response to selected topic.
Tuesday: Part 1 of 1984 due. Discuss issues.
Wednesday: Review and outline AP argument prompt.
Thursday: In-class AP prompt.
Friday: Review prompt and essays.

Due Monday: Read "Big Brother Meets Big Mother." Annotate. Read Part 2 of 1984 for Thursday, 3/4.

Week of 2/17-2/19

2010-02-17T06:02:00.000-08:00

Due Wednesday, 2/17: Ning POW

Due Thursday, 2/18: Reseach on issue

Wednesday: BNW issue discussions
Thursday: Finalize discussions; review of research
Friday: Intro to Synthesis

Due Monday: Read "Argument and Persuasion" handout
Due Tuesday: Read Part 1 of 1984

Week of 2/8-2/12

2010-02-08T04:50:00.000-08:00

Monday-Friday: Present issues in Brave New World. What argument was Huxley making about the various issues he presents?

Due: By class time Wednesday, 2/10: NING POW.
Due: Thursday, 2/11, PMI and thesis statement.
Due: Wednesday, 2/17, NING POW.
Due: Thursday, 2/18, research on issue.

Week of 2/1-2/5

2010-02-03T15:17:00.000-08:00

All week...discussions of key issues in Brave New World. All should be prepared to address their assigned issue.

Begin to find articles that show the relevance of your issue in today's society.

Read assigned articles on Inductive/Deductive Reasoning and Patterns of Argument.

Complete Ning Pow for Feb. 13.

Week of 1/25-1/29

2010-01-25T14:22:00.000-08:00

Monday: Period 6 exam

Tuesday: Period 4 and 7 exams

Wednesday: Review the exam. Course evaluation

Thursday: Reading day. FINISH Brave New World for Monday. Be prepared to present Huxley's stance on your issue using the text for passage analysis. Connect his views to our society.

Friday: Library day to finish researching your historical allusions.

Week of 1/19-1/22

2010-01-19T17:56:00.000-08:00

Monday: Finish your homework while I'm working hard! BNW--chapters 1-9 due. Prepare to discuss your topic.

Tuesday: Discuss BNW, chapters 1-9.

Wednesday: Final thoughts on exam.

Thursday: Period 3 exam

Monday: Period 6 exam.

Week of 1/11-1/15

2010-01-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

Monday: Discuss "Black Men and Public Spaces"
Tuesday: Discuss "Politics and the English Language" and questions
Wednesday: Discuss "Television: The Plug-in Drug"
Thursday: In-class Writing: AP Prompt/midterm practice
Friday: Review samples of prompt; score own essay

Continue reading Brave New World. Chapters 1-9 due on Tuesday, 1/19. Be prepared to discuss your allusions and your topic.

Exam: Period 3--Jan. 21
Exam: Period 6--Jan. 25

Exam: Two AP Prompts: one rhetorical analysis focusing on modes; one rhetorical analysis comparing two known passages with focus on diction and syntax. Overall focus: how do methods work to achieve overall purpose?

Week of 1/4-1/8/2010

2010-01-04T11:28:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year and welcome back!

Monday: Review Catcher in the Rye. Introduce Brave New World. HW: "Girl" essay. Read intro to Definition Mode. By FRIDAY midnight: Respond to a Catcher in the Rye blog that took a position different from yours.

Tuesday: Definition mode. "Meaning of a Word"

Wednesday: "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"

Thursday: Footnotes--AP practice

Friday: Introduction to Cause/Effect mode; "Safe-Sex Lies." HW: Read "Black Men and Public Spaces."

By Sunday midnight, respond to the comments on your blog.

READ Brave New World! Follow the calendar.

Week of 12/21-12/23

2009-12-24T08:35:00.001-08:00

Monday: Final Stiff discussion. Rhetorical role sheets due.
Tuesday: Intro to Process Analysis. "On Keeping a Notebook." Instruction activity.
Wednesday: "Girl." "Twas the Night before an AP student's Christmas."

Have a great holiday break!

Read Catcher in the Rye! Post a blog response on the ning: Is Catcher in the Rye worth all the fuss? That is, is it the classic many claim it to be? Why or why not? Due by midnight January 3.

"Girl" emulation due Tuesday, January 5.

Week of 12/14-12/18

2009-12-17T06:01:00.000-08:00

Monday: Discussion of chapters 4-8 in Stiff
Tuesday: Intro to Classification; "The Ways We Lie"
Wednesday: Discuss "The Ways We Lie"
Thursday: Discuss "Mother Tongue"; Intro to Comparison/Contrast. Homework: Read "Lost in the Kitchen" and "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (change in schedule)
Friday: Discuss and compare/contrast essays

For Monday: Read chapters 9-12 in Stiff. Complete all rhetorical role sheets.

Week of 12/7-12/11

2009-12-07T05:38:00.000-08:00

Monday: Discussion of Intro and chapters 1-3 in Stiff
Tuesday: Intro to rhetorical mode: Examples; "On Compassion"
Wednesday: "The Declaration of Independence"
Thursday: "Aren't I a Woman?"
Friday: Intro to rhetorical mode: Classification; "The Ways We Lie"

Due Friday: Final draft of description paper

For Monday: Read chapters 4-8 in Stiff and complete rhetorical roundtable roles

Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4

2009-12-01T10:09:00.000-08:00

Follow your calendar!

Monday: Intro to Stiff and rhetorical roundtable roles. Identify essay choice and rationale for reading it.

Tuesday: Read Intro to Description and "Jacket"

Wedenesday: Discuss "Jacket" and "Listening"

Thursday: Discuss "Death of the Moth"

Friday: Discuss "Death of a Moth" and "How I Wrote the Moth Essay and Why"

Read Intro and chapters 1-3 of Stiff for Monday, Dec. 7.

Week of 11/23-11/25

2009-11-24T16:45:00.000-08:00

Monday: Memoirs due. Self-reflection on goals of your memoir. Complete excerpt analysis.
Tuesday: Read Capote's "The Thanksgiving Visitor."
Wednesday: Thanksgiving Thank You cards.

For Monday, November 30: In the 50 Essays book, identify an essay that you think we all should read. You may have to read a few before you find one that you want to share. Be sure to have a rationale for your selection.

Week of 11/16-11/20

2009-11-16T16:35:00.000-08:00

Monday: Discuss themes of "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging" (NOT "How to Shoot an Elephant, Lauren!)

Tuesday: Impact of syntactical choices: "On Being a Cripple"

Wednesday: Score "I am a Cripple" sample essays.

Thursday: Individual analysis of memoir excerpts: Firebird by Mark Doty, When I Was a Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago, and All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg.

Friday: In-class essay: independent memoir. Bring book to class!

Due Monday, 11/23: Final draft of personal memoir. Bring in rough draft and picture to hand in with your final paper.

Week of 11/9-11/13

2009-11-10T10:28:00.000-08:00

Monday: Read "Graduation" by Maya Angelou. Respond to rhetorical analysis questions.
Tuesday: Discuss "Graduation"
Wednesday: Assess rhetorical response essays based on "Graduation"
Thursday: Discuss "Salvation" by Langston Hughes and "Shame" by Dick Gregory
Friday: Rough draft of personal narrative due. Peer evaluation.

For Monday: Read "Shooting an Elephant" and "A Hanging," both by George Orwell.

Week of 11/2-11/4

2009-10-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

Monday: Discussion of "Once More to the Lake." Introduction to personal memoir assignment: "The Stranger in the Photo is Me." Piece due Friday, Nov. 13.

Tuesday: Virginia Woolf AP Prompt: read passage and write intro. HW: score samples.

Wednesday: Sample analysis.

HW: Finish reading selected memoir. Engage in online discussion on Ning. Work on personal memoir.

Week of 10/26-10/30

2009-10-29T14:44:00.000-07:00

*Discussion of Memoir articles: Where is the line between fact and fiction in memoir writing?
*Work on college essays.
*Read selected memoir and engage in discussions on the Ning.
*Why I Write essay due.

HW: For Monday, 11/2, read "Once More to the Lake."

Week of 10/19-10/23

2009-10-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Monday: Continue discussion of The Things They Carried
Tuesday: Select memoir! Wish Mrs. Hatler a happy birthday!
Wednesday: Finish discussion of The Things They Carried
Thursday: Analysis of "A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial." Be prepared with annotations and notes on the "Understanding Meaning," "Evaluating Strategy," and "Appreciating Language" questions.
Friday: Discussion of four versions of "Why I Write." Read and annotate.

HW: For Tuesday, read the three memoir articles in the forum section of the Ning.

Week of 10/13-10/16

2009-10-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

Tuesday through Thursday: Continue chapter analyses of The Things They Carried.

POW due Wednesday!

Friday: View video clips about Conscientious Objectors. Read information on CO's and on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Answer questions about these issues on the Ning. Assignment and link to videos and articles are in the Forum section under The Things They Carried. Response due by midnight on Sunday, October 18.

Week of 10/5-10/9

2009-10-02T11:53:00.000-07:00

Monday: Preparation for The Things They Carried chapter analysis presentations to begin on Tuesday. HW: "The Things I Carry" piece is due Tuesday.

Tuesday--Friday: Sharing of "The Things I Carry" piece. Chapter presentations.

HW: By midnight Friday, respond to the "Legacy of an Ecocide" article and video. Then by midnight on Sunday, respond to a classmate's comments.

Week of 9/28-10/2

2009-09-27T19:42:00.000-07:00

Monday: MC on In Cold Blood; PPT on Kansas visit. HW: Respond to one blog on ICB.
Tuesday: Passage analysis: fact vs. fiction: In Cold Blood
Wednesday: Passage analysis: point of view: In Cold Blood
Thursday: Opening chapter of The Things They Carried. Due 10/5: "The Things I Carry"
Friday: Work on The Things They Carried presentation assignment.

Week of 9/21-9/25

2009-09-23T14:04:00.000-07:00

Monday: In-class Prompt: In Cold Blood
Tuesday: Evaluation of introductions
Wednesday: Evaluation of body paragraphs
Thursday: Evaluation of sample essays and own essays
Friday: Peer assessment of Prompt responses. MC practice.

Remember to keep reading The Things They Carried!

Week of 9/14-9/18

2009-09-18T04:43:00.000-07:00

Mon: Analysis of Sebold's "Living with the Dead"
Tues:Group preparation of questions on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Wed-Fri: Discussion of questions. Biographical Cards!

For Monday: Read the articles here at the In Cold Blood link: http://www.hpregional.org/departments/english/mhassenplug/AP_Language.html

Week of 9/8-9/11

2009-09-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

Monday: Enjoy the day off!
Tuesday: Review Adler's suggestions for marking a text. Discuss annotations of "Summer Bummer." Collect list of passages.
Wednesday: Passage analysis: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Thursday: Passage analysis: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Friday: In-class writing: passage analysis--9/11 article

Due Monday: Your card...

Sept. 2-4

2009-09-02T16:29:00.000-07:00

We're back! I hope you enjoyed your summer and are ready to jump back into the exciting world of High Point!

Here's the plan for this week:

Overview of course
Your mission and goals, hopes and fears
Intro to POWs
"How to Mark a Book"
Annotation practice: "Summer Bummer"

Select passage from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for close analysis.

Welcome to AP Language!

2009-08-22T10:59:00.001-07:00