AP LANGUAGE UNITS
DATE
UNITS
MATERIALS
Sept 19
Rhetorical Theory;
Working with Old Texts:
Purpose/How; everyday
apps, structure of analysis
paper, direct vs. indirect
address theory
Aristotle’s def, chapters Reading “How to” articles, Outcasts,
of Outs, How heuristic, Outliers
The Wanderer, Bede’s
History, Old Text
heuristic, cold readings
Oct 17
Strong vs. Weak Analysis
& Synthesizing Sources:
Focus, conciseness,
tools/terms as parts to a
whole, analysis in college
work, attacking a prompt,
samples
Methods of persuasion:
Terms as tools (ELP,
definition, multiple choice
attack, satire, context/things
that influence, MLA style
Language Features:
Use of metaphor, what is
voice/syntax/tone, good
analysis vs. bad,
Audience and Evidence:
Aud. factors, validity,
inductive/deductive, logic
fallacies, visuals
Filters as Way In:
Diction/syntax/imagery/fig
lang, Dramatic analysis
mode
Researching and Reporting
Evidence validity, using
sources accurately, MLA
reinforcement, using
rhetorical style to write
persuasively
Writing Persuasively
Studying models, working on
timed writing, modeling after
the Masters
Writing Well
Pulling style back into the
writing/reading equation
AP Exam
Prompts and scored
papers, MC samples
Nov 7
Dec 5
Jan 9
Feb 6
Mar 5
Apr 9
Apr 30
May 16
ASSIGNMENT OPTIONS
PRECEDING UNIT
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Marshmallows and cicadas
Technology in school curriculum with
samples,
Practice the précis with student paper,
Austen and Dickens
MC hockey set, Cracker Childhood
Cracker Childhood,
MC heuristic, hockey
set MC,
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Wilson’s environmental satire with
samples, vocab 2
MC mangrove set, Tinker Creek
2010 Humor, Horace SA and samples
Tinker Creek,
Wheatley poem,
Horace samples
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Querencia, vocab 3
Sanders, Rushdie with samples, MC
Hamlet’s speeches
Synthesis question,
Julius Caesar speech
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Vocab 4, Samuel Johnson passage
Kennan with samples, MC
Space synthesis/Kennedy after Dr.
King
Frankenstein as drama,
Space samples
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Vocab 5, Analysis of Modest Proposal
Invasive species synthesis
Orwell on toads, on writing
Kennedy on religion
Student presentations,
studying the pros
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Supreme Court Prompt/MC practice
Wollstonecraft SA, Mark Twain’s
advice
Research project—persuasion paper
and presentation
Postman on 1984/Brave New World
What is needed to
reinforce individual
writing deficits
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Technology synthesis with samples
Shooting an Elephant, tone
Letters to/from Coke
Sample AP exam
Preparing for AP exam
and college writing
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TV synthesis
Reagan’s Challenger Disaster Speech
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Option for those who
choose to take exam