Teacher: CORE AP English 12
Year: 2014-15
Month: All
Months
Course: AP English 12
Vocabulary
Standards
Essential Questions
Assessments
Skills
Content
Lessons
L.11-12.6-Acquire and use accurately How does increasing your Vocabulary Unit One
general academic and domain-specific vocabulary make you a
Quiz
words and phrases, sufficient for
better reader?
reading, writing, speaking, and
Vocabulary Unit Two
listening at the college and career
How does knowing the root Quiz
readiness level; demonstrate
of a word help us to define
independence in gathering vocabulary it?
Vocabulary Unit
knowledge when considering a word
Three Quiz
or phrase important to
How does knowing a prefix
comprehension or expression.
or suffix help us in defining a Vocabulary Unit Four
L.11-12.2b-Spell correctly.
word?
Quiz
The students will be able to define the words acquisitive
in the vocabulary unit.
arrogate
banal
The students will be able to locate synonyms belabor
for the vocabulary words in the unit.
carping
coherent
The students will be able to locate antonyms congeal
for the words in the vocabulary unit
emulate
encomium
The students will be able to use context to eschew
decode unfamiliar words.
germane
insatiable
How does the appropriate Vocabulary Unit Five The students will be able to use context to intransigent
use of correct spelling make Quiz
determine the most appropriate vocabulary invidious
writing credible?
word choice for a given sentence.
largesse
Vocabulary Unit Six
reconnaissance
Quiz
substantiate
taciturn
temporize
tenable
Resources
Sadlier Vocabulary
Workshop Level G
Practice Multiple Choice Exam ~ Students will take released AP exams as practice for the test in May.
Standards
Essential Questions
Assessments
L.11-12.4a-Use context (e.g., the
overall meaning of a sentence,
paragraph, or text; a word's position
or function in a sentence) as a clue to
the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.11-12.5a-Interpret figures of speech
(e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context
and analyze their role in the text.
RI.11-12.4-Determine the meaning of
words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical meanings;
analyze how an author uses and
refines the meaning of a key term or
terms over the course of a text (e.g.,
how Madison defines faction in
Federalist No. 10).
RI.11-12.5-Analyze and evaluate the
How does interaction with
text promote thinking and
response?
Mr. Jones, "Sestina," The students will be able to analyze how
Mr. Jones excerpt
Curates, & The Habit meaning is embodied in literary form.
of Perfection
clauses: decoding
The students will be able to interpret how
literary elements contribute to the work as a
whole.
 words in context
How can students deepen
their understanding of the
ways writers use language
so as to provide both
meaning and pleasure?
How can consideration of a
work's structure, style, and
themes as well as the use of
figurative language,
imagery, tone and
symbolism contribute to the
work as a whole and the
reading experience?
Skills
The students will be able to recognize
cultural and historical nuances in a literary
work and how they contribute to it as a
whole.
Content
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Lessons
allusion
tone
"Sestina"
The students will extract literary detail from
both prose and poetry through a close
reading of the text in order to evaluate the
work as a whole and determine, tone,
theme, and other stylistic implications.
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mood
characterization
imagery
syntax
Resources
College Board Released AP
Exam: Mr. Jones
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effectiveness of the structure an
author uses in his or her exposition or
argument, including whether the
structure makes points clear,
convincing, and engaging.
RI.11-12.6-Determine an author's
point of view or purpose in a text in
which the rhetoric is particularly
effective, analyzing how style and
content contribute to the power,
persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
RL.11-12.6-Analyze a case in which
grasping point of view requires
distinguishing what is directly stated
in a text from what is really meant
(e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or
understatement).
Practice Writing
Portion of AP Exam ~
Standards
tone
Curates
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use of clauses
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extended metaphor
pronoun
antecedent
agreement
"The Habit of Perfection"
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paradox
connotation
word choice
metaphor
subject
differentiation
During this unit, students will analyze released student responses from the AP Exam's Writing Portion. They will use the rubric as a guide to score the essays while
noting both strengths and weaknesses of each essay. The higher scoring essays will be used as guides throughout the course as writing to be emulated.
Essential Questions
Assessments
L.11-12.3a-Vary syntax for effect,
What techniques do good Johnny Got His Gun
consulting references (e.g., Tufte's
writers employ to express Released Writing
Artful Sentences) for guidance as
themselves?
Samples
needed; apply an understanding of
syntax to the study of complex texts How do writers develop a
when reading.
well-balanced product?
RI.11-12.1-Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support analysis of How do rules of language
what the text says explicitly as well as effect written
inferences drawn from the text,
communication?
including determining where the text
leaves matters uncertain.
What can be learned by
RI.11-12.5-Analyze and evaluate the studying works by different
effectiveness of the structure an
writers on the same topic?
author uses in his or her exposition or
argument, including whether the
structure makes points clear,
convincing, and engaging.
Skills
Content
The students will be able to identify essays The students will know how to
that display a strong control of language and incorporate textual support as
connotative resourcefulness.
part of their own analysis.
The students will be able to identify and
emulate essays that are controlled, clear,
coherent, and written in precise language.
The students will be able to identify those
essays that exhibit stylistic maturity.
The students will know tone,
author's purpose and what
constitutes good rhetoric.
The students will know how to
extract the theme or central
idea of a written work whether
The students will be able to determine which implicit or implied.
essays exhibit use of varied sentence
structure, a controlled tone, a consistent
The students will know the
voice, and a balance of generalizations and effects of varied syntax on a
illustrative detail geared toward critical
written work.
analysis.
Lessons
Resources
2007 LaSalle University AP
Course CD
RI.11-12.6-Determine an author's
point of view or purpose in a text in
which the rhetoric is particularly
effective, analyzing how style and
content contribute to the power,
persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
RL.11-12.1-Cite strong and thorough
textual evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text,
including determining where the text
leaves matters uncertain.
RL.11-12.2-Determine two or more
themes or central ideas of a text and
analyze their development over the
course of the text, including how they
interact and build on one another to
produce a complex account; provide
an objective summary of the text.
RL.11-12.3-Analyze the impact of the
author's choices regarding how to
develop and relate elements of a story
or drama (e.g., where a story is set,
how the action is ordered, how the
characters are introduced and
developed).
The students will know how to
evaluate a paper's
effectiveness based upon the
criteria for good writing.