AP LANG & COMP UNIT
1: WORK AND CLASS
Week 1
UNIT 1: WORK AND CLASS
Objective
Assignments
HW
Mon
Establish
classroom
norms and
procedures
WU: Summer work response & discussion
Syllabus
Seminars
Vocab Module 1
Read 50 Essays
Introduction; Return
syllabus signature page;
Prepare for vocab quiz,
seminar
Tues
Read and
analyze “On
Compassion”
WU: Quickwrite
Pronoun/ antecedent agreement with indefinite
pronouns
Mode of Example/ exemplification
Read and analyze “On Compassion”
Return syllabus signature
page; Prepare for vocab
quiz, seminar
Wed
Read and
analyze “On
Dumpster
Diving”
WU: Quickwrite
Study vocab
Mode of Process Analysis
Read and Analyze “On Dumpster Diving”
OR COMPUTER LAB TO EDIT SUMMER ESSAY
Return syllabus signature
page; Prepare for vocab
quiz, seminar
Thurs
Read and
analyze “On
Dumpster
Diving”
WU: Nickel and Dimed Vocab Quiz
Review “On Dumpster Diving”
Weekend homework: Timeline of American
Literature and Native American Myths
Return syllabus signature
page; Prepare for seminar
Fri
Participate in Seminar: Nickel and Dimed
a Seminar
NAME CARD
 Your name, and *something* about yourself
TUESDAY QUICKWRITE
 Write about
 A person you know, or a character, whom you would characterize as
“affable.” Use the term and make it clear how this person
characterizes that quality.
 Include the term “amenable” in your story.
 Write about how the character notices or experiences an
“anachronism.”
50 ESSAYS DISCUSSION
 Under your quickwrite, reflect on the following:
 What useful information did you find in the introduction of this book?
 What would you disagree with or amend?
 What study/reading advice would you give to a student who wanted
to improve his/her skill level?
RHETORICAL MODES: EXAMPLE/
EXEMPLIFICATION
 While essays use more than one mode of development, there
is usually a prevailing mode
 Example points to instances
 Uses particulars to get at principles
 Examples always used to support a thesis or main idea
 Ex: The author uses current and projected neighborhood
demographics to argue to lawmakers that they should
increase ESL services in local schools.
 Essays: “On Compassion” by Barbara Lazear Ascher
WEDNESDAY QUICKWRITE
 Write about
 A time in which you are feeling “apathetic.” You refer to an
“anthology,” where you discover something quite interesting. Use the
device of anthropomorphism in your story.