AP English
Mary Florio
2015_16
Week 5
September 28
C Day
5
6
WordWright
NO CLASS
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
September 29
D Day
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
September 30
A Day
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
WordWright
We’ll discuss the HW assignments.
I’ll collect for assessment.
I’ll explain the essay assignment -Choose one of the Annie Dillard
essays and complete a rhetorical
analysis that identifies the meaning,
examines the rhetorical appeals by
including 6 specific quoted
passages, and comes to some
conclusions about the effectiveness
of the text. 750 words minimum.
Due October 9.
NO CLASS
We’ll discuss the HW assignments.
I’ll collect for assessment.
I’ll explain the essay assignment -Choose one of the Annie Dillard
essays and complete a rhetorical
analysis that identifies the meaning,
examines the rhetorical appeals by
including 6 specific quoted
passages, and comes to some
conclusions about the effectiveness
of the text. 750 words minimum.
Due October 9.
October 1
B Day
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
October 2
C Day
Objectives
To discover meaning in
arrangement
To discover rhetorical beauty
To analyze by close reading using a
variety of strategies for determining
meaning
NATURE
NATURE
We begin our first theme unit:
Nature. The big question? How
does our relationship with nature
define who we are?
We begin our first theme unit:
Nature. The big question? How
does our relationship with nature
define who we are?
We’ll read “The Summer Day” by
Mary Oliver and analyze the poem
for meaning.
We’ll read “The Summer Day” by
Mary Oliver and analyze the poem
for meaning.
HW: Read the excerpts from
“Nature” by Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Analyze for meaning.
HW: Read the excerpts from
“Nature” by Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Analyze for meaning.
NATURE
NO CLASS
We will discuss the Emerson essay
in detail.
HW: Read the essay “Against
Nature” by Joyce Carol Oates.
Analyze for meaning.