Stewart – AP Language and Composition Fall Syllabus 2015
Gadsden City High School
09/2015 - Unit 1: Identity
Writing focus: Personal narrative, persuasive, descriptive
W/Th, 09/09-09/10
--Headcount for next independent read order: Nickel and Dimed: On
(Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
--Read pp. 1-14 in Cohen’s 50 Essays “Student Introduction”
--Begin reading and annotating Mike Rose essay, “I Just Wanna Be Average.”
HW:
--1) Complete an Essay/Short Story Précis* on the Rose essay, and
prepare three questions for Socratic Seminar (next class meeting).
--2) Begin reading James McBride’s, The Color of Water. Annotate,
complete the dialectical journal format* and answer the study guide
questions as you read. These handouts will be provided in class. (This is an
independent read; however, be mindful that your goal is to complete the reading by 09/29- 09/30
for Socratic Seminar on that day, and final assessment on the complete text, 10/01-10/02. Your
dialectical dialectical journal format and study guide questions will be due on the day of the final
assessment.)
--3) Reminder: Editorial Précis* #2 due next class
--4) Reminder: Study for your Rhetorical Devices* assessment!
(09/14 (RED), 09/15 (BLACK)
F/M, 09/11-09/14
--Editorial Précis* #2 Due
--Rhetorical Devices* assessment #1 (RED) and MC Reading Check Quiz:
Rose essay, “I Just Wanna Be Average”
--Socratic Seminar: “I Just Wanna Be Average”
--Read Essay: “How to Tame A Wild Tongue” – Gloria Anzaldua, and watch the
Speech: “This is Water”* – David Foster Wallace – Complete an
Essay/Short Story Précis* for “How to Tame A Wild Tongue” – Gloria Anzaldua
HW:
--1) Continue with Essay/Short Story Précis* on the Anzaldua essay and the Foster
speech, preparing three Socratic Seminar questions for the reading and the speech.
--2) Continue your independent Read, The Color of Water; remember to annotate and
complete the dialectical journals and study guide questions Sheet
as you read.
--3) Reminder: Editorial Précis* #3 (due 09/17-09/18)
T/W, 09/15-09/16
--Rhetorical Devices* assessment #1 (BLACK) and MC Reading Check
Quiz: “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
--Poetry terms review and modeled poetry annotation
--Socratic Seminar Preparation: Read, annotate, and complete a Poetry
Précis* for the poems: “My Papa’s Waltz”* – Theodore Roethke and
“Pretty”* - Katie Makkai
HW:
--1) Complete the Socratic Seminar assignment for the poetry
assigned in today’s class – You should read, annotate and complete
a Poetry Précis* for each poem
--2) Continue your independent Read, The Color of Water;
remember to annotate and complete the dialectical journals and study
guide questions as you read.
--3) Reminder: Editorial Précis* #3 (due 09/17-09/18)
--4) Reminder: AP/ACT Vocabulary Unit #2* assessment (09/21, 09/22)
Th/F, 09/17-09/18
--Editorial Précis #3 due
--Socratic Seminar: “My Papa’s Waltz”* – Theodore Roethke and “Pretty”* - Katie Makkai
--Review of the Personal Narrative Writing Assignment
--Read, annotate and complete Short Story/Essay Précis* for “A Worn Path”* – Eudora
Welty
HW:
--1) Study for AP/ACT Vocabulary Unit #2* assessment (09/21, 09/22)
--2) Review elements of the AP Rhetorical Analysis Writing Assessment for Timed
Writing Assessment next class meeting
M/T, 09/21-09/22
-- AP/ACT Vocabulary Unit #2* assessment
-- Timed Writing Assessment: Rhetorical Analysis
HW:
--1) Read, annotate, and complete a Short Story/Essay Précis* for “Everyday
Use”*–Alice Walker
--2) Reminder: Rhetorical Devices* assessment #2, 09/25-09/28
--3) Reminder: Personal Narrative Assignment, Due 09/25-09/28
W/Th, 09/23*-09/24
*09/23 Early Release
--Independent Reading: The Color of Water
HW:
--1) Study for Rhetorical Devices* assessment #2
--2) Reminder: Personal Narrative Assignment due next class meeting
--3) Reminder: Editorial Précis* #3 due next class
F/M, 09/25-09/28
--Editorial Précis* #4 Due
--Rhetorical Devices* assessment #2 (RED)
--Personal Narrative Assignment Due
--Independent Reading: The Color of Water
HW:
--1) Complete a minimum of seven (7) Socratic Seminar Questions for The Color
of Water – Socratic Seminar 09/29, 09/30
T/W, 09/29-09/30
--Rhetorical Devices* assessment #2 (BK)
--Socratic Seminar: McBride’s, The Color of Water
Th/F, 10/01-10/02
--Final Assessment, The Color of Water: Dialectical Journals and Study Guide Questions Due
HW:
--Study for AP/ACT Vocabulary Unit #3* assessment (10/05, 10/06)
*Can be located on AP Lang Website: www.nikkistewartaplang.com or will be provided in class.