AP English Language and Composition
 10/19: Drafting JFK Essay
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HW: Read essays 1B, E, II, K, and U; score essays as
2, 4, 6, 8; have a rationale for scores
HW: Read Language of Composition Ch 3 by 10/22
 10/20: Kennedy Essay due
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Discuss student-generated results of essays
 10/21: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test
 10/22: Ch. 3 Overview
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HW: Reread Robert Putnam Essay pp 66-68 and
respond to questions on p. 68
 10/23: Impact of source choices on Putnam’s essays
AP English Language and Composition
 10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of
JFK Inaugural Speech
 10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test
 10/16: Drafting JFK Essay
 10/19: Kennedy Essay due
 10/20: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test
AP English Language and Composition
 10/5: Roger Ascham Close Reading Activity
 HW: Using one of the graphic organizers, analyze
an advertisement
 10/6-10/8: PSAT Review & Test Preparation
 10/7: Collect Rhetorical Analysis of Ad
 10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of JFK
Inaugural Speech
 10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test
AP English Language and Composition
 9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due; Debrief
Einstein Essays; Complete LOC Ch 1 Notes
 9/21-9/22: Rhetorical Analysis of
Multimedia Texts
 9/23-9/24: Einstein Revision Workshop
 9/25: Einstein Essays Due;
Vocabulary Unit 2 due
 9/28: Language of Composition Ch. 2 due
 9/29: Vocabulary Unit 2 Test
AP English Language and Composition
 9/14 – 9/15: Group Analysis of Einstein
Letter
 9/16 - 9/17: Library – I-Claim Tutorials 1-4
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Assignment 1 only for each Tutorial
 9/18: Einstein Rhetorical Analyses due
 Finish
Language of Composition
Chapter 1 PPT Notes
 Rhetorical Analyses of Videos and
Political Cartoons
 9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due
AP English Language and Composition
 9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test
 9/9: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift
 9/10: Language of Composition Ch 1
 PPT Notes over Rhetorical Triangle
 pp. 9-10: Rhetorical Analysis of Einstein Letter
 9/11: Language of Composition Ch 1 (cont.)
 PPT Notes over Appeals to Ethos, Logos, and
Pathos
 p. 12: Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoons
AP English Language and Composition
 8/31: Theme vs. Motif; Glossary of Tone
 Read Russell Baker’s “Happy New Year?” and Nikki
Giovanni’s “On Holidays and How to Make them Work”
 9/1: Tone Analysis of Baker and Giovanni
 Read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”
 9/2-9/3: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift
 9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due
 9/4: Drafting Your Own “Modest Proposal”
 9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test
 9/9: Read Language of Composition Ch 1
AP English Language and Composition
 8/25: Wilder and Gladwell Essays due
 8/26-8/27: Our Town Socratic Seminar
 8/28: Theme vs. Motif
 9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due
 9/5: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test