Mrs. Dumas’ Lesson Plans
AP English Language and Composition
Week of: February 17, 2014
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Discuss Faulkner’s style (hand back imitation
exercises)
o Assign Thoreau exercises for homework
o Skim over last week’s reading assignment; discuss
o Homework: Go to Wiki and read chapter 1 in
Language of Composition
o **Shortened class due to 2-hour delay and homeroom
time
Discuss chapter 1 in Language of Composition
Discuss “Salvation” (last week’s reading)
Do writing suggestion # 1 connected with “Salvation”
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I can evaluate William
Faulkner’s writing style
I can understand adding
details to my own writing
I can evaluate Langston
Hughes’ purpose in
“Salvation” and how his
rhetoric helps him achieve
his purpose
I can devise my own
narrative of a childhood
memory
I can analyze the rhetoric in
Frederick Douglass’
“Learning to Read and
Write” and how it is used
to achieve his purpose
I can revise my own
rhetorical analysis for a
higher score
Hand back Douglass rhetorical analyses
Discuss common mistakes and what to do to increase scores
Take 20 minutes to get with ONE partner and look over each
others’ essays. Discuss what can be done to make improvements
and how a new draft should be approached
Take the remainder of class to revise your essay. You will turn this
in by Friday for a re-score.
Homework: Read chapter 2 in The Language of Composition (on
the Wiki)
o Discuss chapter 2 in The Language of Composition
o Kennedy’s inaugural address – read and annotate.
Then decide his purpose and identify the rhetorical
devices he uses to achieve his purpose. Devise an
outline and a thesis statement.
o Individually, answer the questions attached to
Kennedy’s address.
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I can analyze Kennedy’s
purpose in his inaugural
address and the rhetorical
devices he uses to achieve
this purpose
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I can analyze Kennedy’s
purpose in his inaugural
address and the rhetorical
devices he uses to achieve
his purpose
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Collect rewrites for Douglass
Write your rhetorical analysis for Kennedy’s inaugural
address. You have the whole class period, so take your time
on this one. This time, your score is your grade!!!
Homework: Read “The Rattler” and answer questions
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