AP Language and Composition
Bartel- Quarter 1
Week 1: 8/13-14
Area of Focus: Introduction to the Course; Summer Reading Assignments
Reading: Summer Texts
Writing: Journals/SOAPStone
Assessment: None
Week 2: 8/17-8/21
Area of Focus: In-class writing; Introduction to Persuasion and Rhetoric
Reading: Everything’s an Argument Chapters 1-4
Writing: In-class timed essays; Notes on persuasion and rhetoric; Defining rhetorical terms
Assessment: In-class timed writing
Week 3: 8/24-8/28
Area of Focus: The Puritan Mindset; Primary Sources, Opinions, and Bias
Reading: McDougal Text – Of Plymouth Plantation; Olaudah Equaino; The Examination of Sarah Good;
To My Dear and Loving Husband; Upon the Burning of our House; Everythings an Argument – Chapters
5,6
Writing: Rhetorical analysis of the treaty between the Puritans and Native Americans; Rhetorical
analysis of William Bradford
Assessment: Rhetorical terms quiz
Week 4: 8/31-9/4
Area of Focus: The Puritan Mindset: Preservation of Community Over Rights of the Individual
Reading: Why I Wrote the Crucible; Are You Now or Were You Ever?; Intersection of Religion and Society;
Puritan Women; An Account of Events in Salem; The Crucible
Writing: Timed Writing; Research webquest on Salem
Assessment: Multiple Choice Practice Test; Arthur Miller Quiz; Timed Writing
Week 5: 9/8-9/11
Area of Focus: The Puritan Mindset: Religion, Government, and Witchcraft
Reading: The Crucible
Writing: Workshop on rhetorical analysis, personal journal
Assessment: Quiz over Act I of The Crucible
Week 6: 9/14-9/18
Area of Focus: The Puritan Mindset: The Role of Women in Puritan Society
Reading: The Crucible
Writing: Rewriting scenes from the play; Timed writing-synthesis
Assessment: Timed writing; quiz over the play
Week 7: 9/21-9/25
Area of Focus: The Puritan Mindset: Name and Reputation
Reading: The Crucible; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Writing: Essay over the play; Rhetorical analysis of Edwards sermon.
Assessment: Test and essay over the play.
Week 8: 9/28-10/2
Area of Focus: Voices of the Revolution
Reading: Excerpts from Benjamin Franklin; From The Declaration of Independence; Speech to the
Virginia Convention; Stride Toward Freedom; The Declaration of the Rights of Women; Letter to the Rev.
Samson Occom; Letter to John Adams; Protect Ourselves – All selections from the McDougal text.
Writing: Electoral College Synthesis essay; Student Declaration of Independence, Rhetorical analysis of
Revolutionary writers
Assessment: Synthesis essay, Rhetorical analysis
Week 9: 10/5-10/9
Area of Focus: Voices of the Revolution
Reading: Excerpts from Benjamin Franklin; From The Declaration of Independence; Speech to the
Virginia Convention; Stride Toward Freedom; The Declaration of the Rights of Women; Letter to the Rev.
Samson Occom; Letter to John Adams; Protect Ourselves – All selections from the McDougal text.
Writing: Electoral College Synthesis essay; Student Declaration of Independence, Rhetorical analysis of
Revolutionary writers
Assessment: Synthesis essay, Rhetorical analysis; Exam over the Revolutionary time period.
Week 10: 10/12-10/15
Area of Focus: The Scarlet Letter: Morality and the Individual
Reading: Introduction to Romanticism; The Scarlet Letter
Writing: In-class argumentative prompt; Double entry journal for the novel; research for the novel
Assessment: Group project for the novel; research on sin and guilt 1700-present