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I won’t teach you anything.

Teaching and learning begins and ends with you.

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AP Language and Composition
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The language of rhetoric
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Authorial choice
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Writing well, finding a voice
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Close reading
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Rhetorical arrangement
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Rhetorical strategies
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Rhetorical fallacies
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Visual rhetoric
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Rhetorical grammar
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Documentation and use of sources
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Satire and humor
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Cultural literacy – context
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Vocabulary
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Taking tests – ACT, AP and otherwise

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To
and
what you read, see and hear
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To
your ideas clearly in writing and when speaking
3.
To
your thoughts and your things
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To
reading, writing, learning and thinking

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Ask questions, ask questions, ask questions.
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Try
your best to do things that may seem difficult or strange
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Try
your best when doing things that seem easy
for you.
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Express
your opinion.
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Respect
the opinions of others.
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Treat everyone kindly
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7.
Follow all school rules
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Eight Rules
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No food or drink is allowed in the classroom. Water is ok, and you should drink lots of it – it is quite good for you.
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Do not raise your hand until I have finished calling on people. Expect to be called on at least twice each day.
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My classroom is my office. Ask before you use my stuff. Do not steal my pens. It makes me crazy.
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Assignment due dates will be posted on the class’s board in my room and on the website calendar at least one week in advance. If you do not know what is due, when – come by anytime to check the board or the website. Be sure you are informed. No late homework will receive credit. If you have an excused absence, daily work is due the day following your return. Longer or larger assignments as determined by conditions. Late papers lose a grade a day and the privilege of rewriting them.
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If you miss class, getting your make up work is your responsibility. Come before school, after school or e-mail me, but do not use our class time. The best approach is not to miss class.
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Bring all materials every day. All homework is due in the first five minutes of class. No hall passes are available for the first and last ten minutes of class. Come prepared.
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Put your name and the date you turn it in on all assignments. Type everything that can be typed. I can print anything. E-mail papers on time and send them saved with your name and the assignment title, etc.
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Sit in your assigned seat unless told otherwise.

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Three-inch binder for handouts, returned work, and regular class stuff
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One of those bags that hold your pens all together in your binder
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Four different color highlighters
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Dry erase marker(s) and clean sock
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Colored pencils
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Three hundred index cards
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Text flags or tiny post-it notes for annotating texts without writing in them
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Composition book – writing journal
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Spiral notebook or another composition book for taking notes

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Saturday, November 3 rd at Shelby County High School – 9am-3pm
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Saturday, February ? – Mock exam at WHHS, 9am – 1pm
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Saturday, April ? – Mock exam deconstruction, 9am – 3pm
Prizes, Extra Credit, Knowledge

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Quality point
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English 101/104 credit
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$100 and half the exam fee
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Actual reading and writing skills
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So what?

http://franklin.kyschools.us/whhs/english/lhill/default.asp
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