MRS. KUTSCHMAN’S AP LANG DECEMBER/JANUARY SYLLABUS 2015/2016
CHAPTER 3 –“SYNTHESIZING SOURCES: ENTERING THE CONVERSATION:”
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TYPES OF SUPPORT
WRITERS AT WORK
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOURCES TO AUDIENCES
THE SYNTHESIS ESSAY
IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES: RECOGNIZING COMPLEXITY
FORMULATING YOUR POSITION
INCORPORATING SOURCES: INFORM RATHER THAN OVERWHELM
CHAPTER 4 – “EDUCATION”
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FRANCINE PROSE’S “I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD CANNOT READ”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON’S “EDUCATION”
CLASS BOOK DUE DATES: (THE GLASS CASTLE; JEANETTE WALLS)
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PARTS 1 AND 2 - (PAGES 3-125) DUE 1/6/16 - QUIZ
PART 3 – (PAGES 129-241) DUE 1/21/16 - QUIZ
PART 4 – (PAGES 245-END) DUE 1/29/16 – QUIZ
FINAL TEST 2/4/16
TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS:
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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ESSAYS
PRACTICE SYNTHESIS ESSAYS
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISES
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
THE GLASS CASTLE ASSESSMENTS
“BOWLING ALONE” QUESTIONS (66)
ANALYZATION OF AUDIENCE USING SOURCES (72)
PROSE QUESTIONS (99-101)
EMERSON QUESTIONS (108-109)