AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
English III AP Language and Composition concentrates on “craft” rather than “art.” Students enrolled in the course should be interested in studying and writing various kinds of analytical or persuasive essays on non-literary topics. The readings focus on discursive, expository prose that ranges across the disciplines of the sciences as well as the arts. An AP English Language and Composition course should help students move beyond formulaic writing responses. Students should be encouraged to place their emphasis on content, purpose, and audience and to allow this focus to guide their organization. When students read, they will become aware of how rhetorical effects are achieved by writers' linguistic choices. The intense concentration on language use in this course should enhance their ability to use grammatical conventions both appropriately and with sophistication. This course depends on the development of interpretive skills as students learn to write and read with increasing complexity. English III AP is preparation for the English Language and Composition exam. In addition, we will be incorporating the Communication Application credit into the English III curriculum this year. Students will write, speak, debate, and present various topics throughout the year. Course Objectives Per the College Board AP English Language and Composition Course Description (Fall 2014), the learning objectives for this course are: ➢ Analyze and interpret samples of purposeful writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies. ➢ Analyze images and other multimodal texts for rhetorical features. ➢ Use effective rhetorical strategies and techniques when composing. ➢ Write for a variety of purposes. ➢ Respond to different writing tasks according to their unique rhetorical and composition demands, and translate that rhetorical assessment into a plan for writing. ➢ Create and sustain original arguments based on information synthesized from readings, research, and/or personal observation and experience. ➢ Evaluate and incorporate sources into researched arguments. ➢ Demonstrate understanding of the conventions of citing primary and secondary sources. ➢ Gain control over various reading and writing processes, with careful attention to inquiry (research), rhetorical analysis and synthesis of sources, drafting, revising/re-reading, editing, and review. ➢ Converse and write reflectively about personal processes of composition. ➢ Demonstrate understanding and control of Standard Written English as well as stylistic maturity in their own writing. ➢ Revise a work to make it suitable for a different audience.
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Media Specialist/English Teacher Google Certified Educator Level 1 and Level 2 Apple Teacher [email protected] 936.875.9241 Conference: 7th Period (2:45-3:45) Remind: Text @meiselap to 81010 Google Classroom: 5th - thuzw3 6th - p6ixla
Note: These units are subject to change or be completed in a different order as the class progresses and student needs are assessed.
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40% Daily - Quizzes - MC Practice - Quick checks
Grading Policy
60% Major - Writer’s Notebook - Tests - Essays - Projects - Speeches - Presentations
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PHONES FOOD/DRINK DISRESPECT EXCUSES
Student Handbook HISD Grading Guidelines Purdue Online Writing Lab HHS Media Center
AP Boot Camp
1
What is rhetoric? What are the elements of rhetoric? How do we use rhetoric effectively? How do others use rhetoric effectively?
2
What is the individual’s obligation to the state? What is the state’s obligation to the individual? How do these ideas affect us today?
3
What moments define who we are as individuals? What guides our beliefs and principles? What drives us as individuals and as members of families/society?
4 5
Philosophers
Memoirs
Founding Documents What are our country’s core beliefs and tenants? How do individuals create and maintain a democratic state? How has the definition of democracy changed? Or has it?
MIdterm Review How have you grown as a writer? As an analyst? What have you learned about yourself?
Satire
6
What are the elements of satire? How do we recognize humor? How is humor created? How is humor received by audiences? What is the purpose of humor?
7
Are humans by nature survivors? What gives one the will to survive? How do we dig deep to keep going when times are hard?
8
Is war necessary? Are some people just naturally born to be soldiers? How does one’s perception skew the truth? How does fiction enhance reality?
9
Perseverance
War
Nature What is man’s role in nature? How does interaction with nature define/change humanity?
Technology
10
What are the benefits of technology? What are the harms? Is technology ultimately beneficial or harmful to society?
11
Is conformity a good thing? What problems are avoided when people conform? What new problems are created?
12
Dystopia
EOY Review How have you grown as a writer? As an analyst? What have you learned about yourself?
English III AP Language and Composition concentrates on “craft” rather than “art.” Students enrolled in the course should be interested in studying and writing various kinds of analytical or persuasive essays on non-literary topics. The readings focus on discursive, expository prose that ranges across the disciplines of the sciences as well as the arts. An AP English Language and Composition course should help students move beyond formulaic writing responses. Students should be encouraged to place their emphasis on content, purpose, and audience and to allow this focus to guide their organization. When students read, they will become aware of how rhetorical effects are achieved by writers' linguistic choices. The intense concentration on language use in this course should enhance their ability to use grammatical conventions both appropriately and with sophistication. This course depends on the development of interpretive skills as students learn to write and read with increasing complexity. English III AP is preparation for the English Language and Composition exam. In addition, we will be incorporating the Communication Application credit into the English III curriculum this year. Students will write, speak, debate, and present various topics throughout the year. Course Objectives Per the College Board AP English Language and Composition Course Description (Fall 2014), the learning objectives for this course are: ➢ Analyze and interpret samples of purposeful writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies. ➢ Analyze images and other multimodal texts for rhetorical features. ➢ Use effective rhetorical strategies and techniques when composing. ➢ Write for a variety of purposes. ➢ Respond to different writing tasks according to their unique rhetorical and composition demands, and translate that rhetorical assessment into a plan for writing. ➢ Create and sustain original arguments based on information synthesized from readings, research, and/or personal observation and experience. ➢ Evaluate and incorporate sources into researched arguments. ➢ Demonstrate understanding of the conventions of citing primary and secondary sources. ➢ Gain control over various reading and writing processes, with careful attention to inquiry (research), rhetorical analysis and synthesis of sources, drafting, revising/re-reading, editing, and review. ➢ Converse and write reflectively about personal processes of composition. ➢ Demonstrate understanding and control of Standard Written English as well as stylistic maturity in their own writing. ➢ Revise a work to make it suitable for a different audience.
E
M
Media Specialist/English Teacher Google Certified Educator Level 1 and Level 2 Apple Teacher [email protected] 936.875.9241 Conference: 7th Period (2:45-3:45) Remind: Text @meiselap to 81010 Google Classroom: 5th - thuzw3 6th - p6ixla
Note: These units are subject to change or be completed in a different order as the class progresses and student needs are assessed.
s Supplie ils n ns/pe c ❏ Pe n mpositio o C ❏ books rbuds ❏ Ea r lde ❏ Fo es x of tissu o B ❏
40% Daily - Quizzes - MC Practice - Quick checks
Grading Policy
60% Major - Writer’s Notebook - Tests - Essays - Projects - Speeches - Presentations
k oteboo r’s N e it this r W do in r, e w k v e e or he w igitally; how t f o d e eal ractic pleted eat d A gr ill be com r you to p and. h w o class cessary f works by g a e in n n p it is writte ill be kee tebook we g in s w o o comp ore, you this n ite, etc. It In f . r k e o r The ’s Notebo ft, free-w our y a r r e d g it rin ine m, Wr instor hat you b s. Each n a r b t s er of will la e b c to num erativ u p in o a y t im r s a is k with heck a ce ecorded a ctly o o b e t r no l c exa , I wil will be sure will weeks and that I am not u s . f yo entrie ssignment e each o ill need a s w e major any of th rtain you iting in e wr e m c b l w il m o w a h but I s we need, han one a t . more lmost daily a m the
PHONES FOOD/DRINK DISRESPECT EXCUSES
Student Handbook HISD Grading Guidelines Purdue Online Writing Lab HHS Media Center
AP Boot Camp
1
What is rhetoric? What are the elements of rhetoric? How do we use rhetoric effectively? How do others use rhetoric effectively?
2
What is the individual’s obligation to the state? What is the state’s obligation to the individual? How do these ideas affect us today?
3
What moments define who we are as individuals? What guides our beliefs and principles? What drives us as individuals and as members of families/society?
4 5
Philosophers
Memoirs
Founding Documents What are our country’s core beliefs and tenants? How do individuals create and maintain a democratic state? How has the definition of democracy changed? Or has it?
MIdterm Review How have you grown as a writer? As an analyst? What have you learned about yourself?
Satire
6
What are the elements of satire? How do we recognize humor? How is humor created? How is humor received by audiences? What is the purpose of humor?
7
Are humans by nature survivors? What gives one the will to survive? How do we dig deep to keep going when times are hard?
8
Is war necessary? Are some people just naturally born to be soldiers? How does one’s perception skew the truth? How does fiction enhance reality?
9
Perseverance
War
Nature What is man’s role in nature? How does interaction with nature define/change humanity?
Technology
10
What are the benefits of technology? What are the harms? Is technology ultimately beneficial or harmful to society?
11
Is conformity a good thing? What problems are avoided when people conform? What new problems are created?
12
Dystopia
EOY Review How have you grown as a writer? As an analyst? What have you learned about yourself?
