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English Language and Composition Class Page

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AP English Language and Composition

Resources: Class Guidelines, Blank Grade Record Sheet, Upper School Announcements

WEEK 11: 5/27/14-5/30/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday	- Goldstein's book	1. Complete 1984 by Friday. Suggested reading for tonight: Part 3 Chapters 1-2.
Wednesday	- Euro work time	1. Complete 1984 by Friday. Suggested reading for tonight: Part 3 Chapters 3-4.
Thursday	- Euro theater presentations	1. Complete 1984 by tomorrow.
Friday	- Wrap up 1984/review for exam

WEEK 9: 5/12/14-5/16/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Euro theater project work time	1. Complete Book 1 in 1984 (through p. 104).
Tuesday	- Doublethink, etc.	1. Read Part 2: Chapters 1-4 for tomorrow (through p. 147).
Wednesday	- Euro theater project work time	1. Read Part 2: Chapters 5-8 for tomorrow (through p. 179).
Thursday	- Euro seminar/project work time
Friday	- Julia vs. Wintson - Goldstein's book	1. Read Part 2: Chapters 9-10 for our next class (after your class trip). Everyone should have read Parts 1 and 2 in 1984 by the time class meets on 5/27.

WEEK 8: 5/5/14-5/9/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- "Politics and the English Language" - 1984	1. Devote 1 full hour to the practice multiple choice section here. Mimic testing conditions (quiet room, no interruptions, pencil, timing, etc.) as much as possible. Due Wednesday if you want the extra points on your practice AP. Answers are available here.
Tuesday	- 1984	1. Multiple choice section due tomorrow--bring in the initialed form. 2. Complete chapter II and read appendix on Newspeak (p. 299) for tomorrow.
Wednesday	- AP info - Secret mission - Newspeak	1. Read through chapter 6 for Monday.
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday

WEEK 7: 4/28/14-5/2/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Euro theater presentations
Tuesday	- AP multiple choice prep/score estimation	1. Review passages #4 and #5 and the correct answers to questions you missed. DO NOT LOSE your multiple choice packet. If you do, you will receive a 0 on this test.
Wednesday	- Euro theater presentations
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday	- Essay scoring: using the rubric, score either your essays or your partner's essays. - Determining your AP grade: when you have finished scoring a set of essays, you may retrieve the AP grade worksheet from the sub, and you'll notice there's a formula for turning the essays into a 1-9 value (do that first). Then, you can fill in all the rest of the information and follow the directions to get your estimated composite score. Then, use this conversion chart.	1. Between today and Wednesday, devote 1 full hour to the practice multiple choice section here. Mimic testing conditions (quiet room, no interruptions, pencil, timing, etc.) as much as possible. 2. Read "Politics and the English Language" (Orwell) for Monday.

WEEK 6: 4/21/14-4/25/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- AP test prep - Visual arguments	1. Sample multiple choice (15 minutes max).
Tuesday	- Euro work time	1. Check your answers to last night's multiple choice.* 2. Complete 2 practice multiple choice sections (10 minutes max/each). *Practice Multiple Choice Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. E 7. B 8. C 9. E 10. C 11. A
Wednesday	- AP test prep - "How Essays Are Read and Graded" - 2013 essay questions	1. Read the sample essays for the questions linked, score them appropriately, and then check your scores with the scores and commentary for each (scroll to end of PDF). Question 1 scores/commentary here Question 2 scores/commentary here Question 3 scores/commentary here 2. Bring lined paper (at least 6 sheets) and pens to the practice test tomorrow.
Thursday	- AP Practice Exam: Essays (2 hours 15 minutes)
Friday	- AP Practice Exam: Multiple Choice (60 minutes)

WEEK 5: 4/7/14-4/11/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Review for rhetorical devices test tomorrow	1. Rhetorical devices test tomorrow!
Tuesday	- Rhetorical devices test
Wednesday	- Everything's an Argument: visual texts - Journal #1 - AP practice test info	1. Read "Visual Arguments" chapter (p. 441).
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday	- Theater project work time

WEEK 4: 3/31/14-4/4/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Business letter work time	1. Rhetorical devices: "amplification" (ex. 2 all and ex. 3 #1-2). 2. Study for your rhetorical devices test next Tuesday! 3. Business letter due Wednesday.
Tuesday	- Euro work time/business letter work time	1. Rhetorical devices: "personification" (ex. 1 all) and "parataxis" (ex. 1 #1-5). 2. Study for rhetorical devices test next Tuesday! 3. Business letter due tomorrow.
Wednesday	- Business letters sharing - Cumulative rhetorical exercises	1. Rhetorical devices: "hyperbaton" (ex. 1 all). 2. Use the cumulative exercises in the back of the book as preparation for Tuesday's test.
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday	- Euro work time

WEEK 3: 3/24/14-3/28/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Ethos presentation	1. Rhetorical devices: "epithet" (ex. 1 #1-5 and ex. 3 #1-5) and "asyndeton/polysyndeton" (ex. 1 all). 2. Rhetorical devices test Tuesday, 4/8.
Tuesday	- Logos presentation	1. Rhetorical devices: "zeugma" (ex. 1 #1-6 and ex. 2 all). 2. Rhetorical devices test Tuesday, 4/8.
Wednesday	- Pathos presentation	1. Rhetorical devices: "synechdoche/metonymy" (ex. 1 #1-6 and ex. 2 all). 2. Rhetorical devices test Tuesday, 4/8.
Thursday	- Euro studies
Friday	- Business letters	1. Rhetorical devices: "aporia" (ex. 2 and 3). 2. Rhetorical devices test Tuesday, 4/8.

WEEK 2: 3/17/14-3/21/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Linking inklings work time
Tuesday	- Ethos/logos/pathos	1. Ethos presentation Monday 3/24, logos presentation Tuesday 3/25, and Pathos presentation Wednesday 3/26. 2. Linking inklings final draft due Friday.
Wednesday	- Ethos/logos/pathos work time	1. Ethos presentation Monday 3/24, logos presentation Tuesday 3/25, and Pathos presentation Wednesday 3/26. 2. Linking inklings final draft due Friday.
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday	- Ethos/logos/pathos work time	1. Ethos presentation Monday 3/24, logos presentation Tuesday 3/25, and Pathos presentation Wednesday 3/26.

WEEK 1: 3/10/14-3/14/14

DATE	AGENDA	ASSIGNMENTS
Monday	- Linking inklings work time	1. Linking inkling rough draft due Friday. 2. Bring yellow Everything's an Argument book to class.
Tuesday	- Everything's an Argument	1. Complete chapter 1 in Everything's an Argument, skipping "Occasions for Argument" (pp.15-20).
Wednesday	- Kinds of arguments	1. Find, read, and understand an editorial of your choice from a reputable source (national newspaper or magazine, etc.).
Thursday	- Euro seminar
Friday	- Analyzing arguments