AP Language and Composition (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Michelle Rose
- Term
- Fall 2008
- Department
- English Language Arts
- Location
- Room 204
- Description
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The objective of this course is not only to ready the students for the AP test in May, but also to aide the students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. However, the course will focus mainly on the reading of nonfiction texts and predominantly on the writing of expository, analytical and argumentative essays. Writing assignments will include both timed, in-class essays and process essays which will allow for extensive editing and revision. Reading will be college-level and these texts will be read for a depth of understanding and analysis consistent with the expectations of an entry level college composition class.
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Read and annotate "The Declaration of Independence" in your anthology pages 349-351 and answer the attached multiple choice questions.
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Link to "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Print, read and annotate. Then, answer the multiple choice questions about the reading.
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Answer multiple choice questions for "Letter from Birmingham Jail". See attachment.
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Link to "I Have a Dream". Print, read and annotate.
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Read and annotate "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass". Complete rough draft of Descriptive/Reflective essay. See attachment for sample essay.
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Prepare for Socratic Seminar by writing and answering 5 of your own questions and answering the 7 questions given to you about the readings from Unit 2. Bring your answers, GFTS, and your big book on Monday.
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Argumentative essays due. Bring rough drafts and brain storms!
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Bring DCRS tomorrow. Complete brainstorm for argumentative essay. Bring GFTS on Wednesday. Big Books on Thursday.
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Complete the GFTS summarization activity.
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Study for terms test tomorrow.
Read pages 157-161 in DCRS and do the Practice exercise on page 161.
Read pages 157-161 in DCRS and do the Practice exercise on page 161.
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Read and annotate "Nature" in the Big Book pages 614-618 (Intro, Nature and Commodity).
Finish reading and annotating "GFTS" by next Wednesday.
Meditation Monday.
Finish reading and annotating "GFTS" by next Wednesday.
Meditation Monday.
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Print, read and annotate "Mother Tongue" which is linked below. Questions will be given out tomorrow.
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In Section A of the notebook, write your Personal Manifesto. See link below for a sample.
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1. Read "In Praise of the Humble Comma" in DCRS pages 147-150 and do the exercises that follow on pages 150 -153 in your notebook.
2. Terms Presentations: metonymy and maxim
2. Terms Presentations: metonymy and maxim
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1. In DCRS read pages 139-140 and do chapter exercises, selections 2 & 3, pages 143-147 in notebooks.
2. Terms presentations: irony & jargon. In addition, any presentations left over from Wednesday will go on Friday.
2. Terms presentations: irony & jargon. In addition, any presentations left over from Wednesday will go on Friday.
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1. Read pages 123-135 in DCRS and do the practice exercise on pages 135-139 in notebook.
2. Terms presentations tomorrow: hyperbole and inversion. Note: if you missed your presentation on Wednesday due to the PSAT, you will present on Friday.
3. All groups should be prepared to present their Choral Reading presentations on Thursday (tomorrow).
2. Terms presentations tomorrow: hyperbole and inversion. Note: if you missed your presentation on Wednesday due to the PSAT, you will present on Friday.
3. All groups should be prepared to present their Choral Reading presentations on Thursday (tomorrow).
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Read and annotate "Young Goodman Brown" in your Anthology pages 685-694.
Terms: antithesis and apostrophe
Terms: antithesis and apostrophe
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Click on the link for "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. Print, read and annotate the text. Then, answer the questions given out in class.
Term Presentations: anaphora and anecdote
Term Presentations: anaphora and anecdote
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Reading Response #3:
Where does Ascher believe compassion comes from? Do you agree or disagree? Explain and support your position with examples from personal experience, history, literature, current events, etc..
Terms presentations: alliteration and allusion
Where does Ascher believe compassion comes from? Do you agree or disagree? Explain and support your position with examples from personal experience, history, literature, current events, etc..
Terms presentations: alliteration and allusion
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Click on link to "On Compassion" on my web page. Print, read and annotate this article. Be ready to discuss tomorrow.
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Read "The Ways We Lie" and do questions 1 and 2 that follow on a separate piece of paper. Then, do the multiple choice questions in section C of your notebook.