AP Language and Composition – Cheat Sheet
Four Units:
1. Revolution, Realism and Romanticism with an emphasis on Freedom and Race – Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn (Dover Thrift Edition) by Mark Twain
Graded Essay(s): Rhetorical Analysis Essay
2. Romanticism and Modernity with emphasis on the Middle Class and Class – The Great Gatsby
(Scribner) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Graded Essay(s): Rhetorical Analysis and Argument Essay
3. War and Post Modernity with emphasis on Violence and Masculinity – Slaughterhouse Five (Dell)
by Kurt Vonnegut
Graded Essay(s): Argument and Synthesis Essay
4. Dystopia, Fantasy and Revolution with emphasis on Gender and American Literature – The
Handmaid’s Tale (Anchor Books) by Margaret Atwood
Graded Essay(s): Rhetorical Analysis, Synthesis and Argument Essay
Weekly Schedule
Monday: Quiz and discuss reading
Tuesday: Timed Rhetorical analysis/Multiple Choice
Wednesday: Timed writing prompt
Thursday: Timed Rhetorical analysis/Multiple Choice
Friday: Style Lesson/Essay Critique Day/Interventions
How you will be assessed:
Major Grades:
- 3-4 tests per cycle
- At least one of these tests will be an essay grade.
-Summer Reading
-Projects
-Socratic Seminars
Some Minor Grades
-Quizzes
-Warm-ups
-Notebook checks
-Annotation checks
-Book checks
What you will learn:
Annotation/Processing
How to write a Thesis
Body paragraphs
Mechanics
Quotations
SAT Vocab terms
Rhetorical Triangle –SOAPStone
Claims/Types of Essay
Syntactical Vocab
Fallacies
Politics/Philosophy/Literature/History
Advice: This is a college course. You will be expected to read, write and argue about undergraduatelevel reading material. It’s okay if you get overwhelmed at times. It happens to the best of us. But you
need to keep up with the rest of the class. The best way to do this is to self-advocate, organize and work
on your own. If you do this, you will likely get a great grade in the course and credit on the AP
examination. More importantly, the course will be less stressful and more fun. I’m looking forward to a
great year. Good luck!