AP English Language and Composition – Week 13
November 25-27, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students peer edited descriptive narratives.
3. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Literary Term Presentations 12/2.
C. Book Presentations 12/6
D. Final Draft of Descriptive Narrative due 12/9.
AP English Language and Composition – Week 14
December 2 -6, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students conducted book presentations.
3. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
4. Students examined the writing genre of “example”.
5. Students analyzed an “example” political cartoon.
6. Students read Barbara Ascher’s “On Compassion” and Anna Quindlen’s “Homeless”.
7. Students analyzed Ascher and Quindlen in terms of their literary techniques;
compared and contrasted; created explication chart.
8. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Literary Term Presentations 12/9.
C. Book Presentations 12/10
D. Final Draft of Descriptive Narrative due 12/9.
E. Timed essay on Ascher and Quindlen 12/11.
AP English Language and Composition – Week 15
December 9-13, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students submitted their Descriptive Narrative essays.
2. Students presented literary terms.
3. Students conducted book presentations.
4. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
5. Students wrote a timed essay on Ascher and Quindlen selections; contrasted
literary/rhetorical techniques; focused on tone.
6. Students were provided with second marking period Basic Question and Major
Assertion essay assignments and reading selections: Art and the Artist
7. Students assigned to an “art” book for a DEJ.
8. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What
is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
9. HOMEWORK:
A. AP Multiple Choice Practice Exam #3 12/18/2013
B. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
C. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
D. Literary Term Presentations 12/16.
E. Book Presentations 12/17
F. Basic Question essay due 1/2/2014
G. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 16
December 16-20, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students conducted book presentations.
3. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
4. Students were administered AP multiple choice test.
5. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction
selection).
6. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What
is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
7. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
C. Literary Term Presentations 1/6/2014.
D. Book Presentations 1/7/2014
E. Basic Question essay due 1/2/2014
F. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 17
January 2-3, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students submitted Basic Question Essay: Art and the Artist
2. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction
selection).
3. Students participated in freewriting on the Major Assertion: H.L. Mencken’s quote
about artists and society
4. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
C. Literary Term Presentations 1/6/2014.
D. Book Presentations 1/7/2014
E. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 18
January 6-10, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students conducted book presentations.
3. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction
selection).
4. Students participated in freewriting on the Major Assertion: H.L. Mencken’s quote
about artists and society Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
C. Literary Term Presentations 1/13/2014.
D. Book Presentations 1/14/2014
E. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
F. AP Multiple Choice Test #4 1/16/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 19
January 13-17, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students conducted book presentations.
3. Students participated in sustained reading (art selections or outside non-fiction
selection).
4. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What
is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
5. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
6. Students were administered AP Multiple Choice Test #4.
7. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. DEJs due 1/21/2014.
B. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
G. Literary Term Presentations 1/27/2014.
H. Book Presentations 1/28/2014
I. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 20
January 21-24, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented literary terms.
2. Students conducted book presentations.
3. Students submitted non-fiction outside reading DEJs.
4. Students examined the Comparison/Contrast genre of writing: analyzed painting
and photograph (juxtaposed); read Suzanne Britt’s “Neat People vs. Sloppy People”
and Dave Barry’s “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out”; analyzed the two selections
side-by-side; explicated by Content, Genre/Style, and Significance.
5. Students participated in freewriting on the Basic Question essay: What is art? What
is art’s role in society? Who is the artist? What is his/her role in society?
6. Students practiced multiple-choice questions (AP style).
7. HOMEWORK:
A. Art DEJ due 1/27/2014
B. Literary Term Presentations 1/27/2014.
C. Book Presentations 1/28/2014
D. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 21
January 27-31, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students were assigned/presented literary terms.
2. Students worked in groups/produced/conducted book presentations
3. Students submitted Art DEJs.
4. Students examined the Process Analysis genre of writing: analyzed process
captured in photograph; read Jessica Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
and Horace Miner’s “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema”; analyzed the two
selections side-by-side; explicated by Content, Genre/Style, and Significance.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Literary Term Presentations 2/3/2014.
B. Book Presentations 2/4/2014
C. Major Assertion essay due 2/3/2014
D. Timed Essay: Britt/Barry; Mitford/Miner 2/7/2014
AP English Language and Composition – Week 22
February 3-7, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students were assigned/presented literary terms.
2. Students worked in groups/produced/conducted book presentations
3. Students submitted Major Assertion: The Artist and Society
4. Students wrote a timed essay on Britt/Barry OR Mitford/Miner.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Literary Term Presentations 2/10/2014.
B. Book Presentations 2/11/2014