AP Language (Period 1st and 2nd) Assignments
- Instructor
- Caroline Elston
- Term
- 2020-2021
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
Due:
Quarter 4 Week 4
Week Four April 12-16
Your attendance every day is required
Monday – Retrieve Peer Mark paper from Turnitin.com and work on scoring it in class using the AP RUBRIC.
Tuesday – Review the requirements for the Q3 Argument Essay. Techniques for success on Q3.
Wednesday – Q3 Timed Essay
Thursday – Peer Mark the Q3
Friday – Practice with prompts These will be shown in class on zoom, so please be there.
Due:
Quarter 4 Week 1
Quarter 4
Week One March 22-26
Monday – Listen to David A. Jolliffe’s lecture on AP Classroom: “Claims and Evidence in Rhetorical Analysis” (24 minutes) https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/mt6h6ru2u4?sui=12,0
Tuesday – Applying Monday’s lecture to a Q2 (Rhetorical Analysis) prompt (will be on Curve Tuesday)
HW: Watch 3 videos in AP Classroom: Unit One Claims and Evidence – Reading
Wednesday – Review rhetorical strategies; Identify 5 rhetorical strategies used in yesterday’s Q2. Select evidence to illustrate each strategy.
HW: Watch 2 videos in AP Classroom: Unit One Claims and Evidence – Writing
Thursday – Write a substantial paragraph claiming that one of the rhetorical strategies you selected yesterday was effective. Connect the claim, evidence, explanation of the evidence, etc. to the audience and writer’s purpose.
HW: Watch 3 videos in AP Classroom: Unit Two Rhetorical Situation – Reading
Friday – Full Q2 complete TIMED WRITING
HW: Watch 3 videos in AP Classroom: Unit Two Rhetorical Situation – Writing
Due:
Quarter 3 Weeks 9 and 10
Quarter 3
WEEK NINE AP English Agenda March 1-5
Monday – Continue the 100-page Reading Assignment
Health and Happiness 323-335 HW: Exploring the Text Questions 3, 6, 8, 10, 12-13
Tuesday – ACT – Report to your designated rooms.
Wednesday – Home at Last 337-341 HW: Exploring the Text Questions 3, 5, 8;
Facebook Friendonomics 342-43 HW: Exploring the Text Questions 2, 3;
Thursday – Read Small Change 344-353. Consider all of the Exploring the Text Questions.
Friday – TIMED WRITING based on "Small Change"
WEEK TEN AP English Agenda 8-12
Monday – Continue the 100-page Reading Assignment (poem) Child of the Americas 354-55.
HW: Exploring the Text Questions 3, 4, 5
Tuesday March 9 – TIMED WRITING in Zoom Q3 The AP Language Argument Essay (due 8 am) Begin once you enter the room.
Freedom From Want (art) 357 Exploring the Text Questions 2, 4;
The Last Thanksgiving 358 Exploring the Text Questions (Choose any 2 questions.)
Wednesday – Read these texts on pages 361-378 and write a precis for each.
- 2. Bertrand Russell, The Happy Life Answer Question 3 as well as the following:
Paraphrase Russell’s following claim. Give an example from your own life where you have behaved in one or both of the ways he describes; describe how each made you feel.
“Conscious self-denial leaves a man self-absorbed and vividly aware of what he has sacrificed; in consequence it fails often of its immediate object and almost always of its ultimate purpose. What is needed is not self- denial, but that kind of direction of interest outward which will lead spontaneously and naturally to the same acts that a person absorbed in the pursuit of his own virtue could only perform by means of conscious self-denial. “
- Garrett Hardin, from Lifeboat Ethics Answer Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Peter Singer, from The Singer Solution to World Poverty Answer Questions 2, 3
- Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), World Economic Forum (cartoon) Answer Question 3
- Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and the Billionaire Challenge Answer Questions 1, 2, 3
- Der Spiegel Online, Negative Reaction to Charity Campaign Answer Questions 1, 2
Thursday – First take the English 11 Post Benchmark Test on Performance Matters
Then, Work on 100-page Assignment
Friday – Work on 100-page Assignment
Due:
Quarter 3 Weeks 6 and 7
WEEK SEVEN AP English Agenda February 15-19
Monday – SNOW DAY
Tuesday – SNOW DAY
Wednesday – Work on School questions
HW: Turn in School questions.
Thursday – ACT prep
Friday – ACT prep
HW: Essay Due tonight
WEEK SIX AP English Agenda February 8-12
Monday – 2 AP passages (by Zakaria and Douglass) 20 AP Practice Questions (On Curve)
HW: Make a list of all of the questions you missed.
Tuesday – Do full 75-question Practice ACT Test
https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/test-preparation/english-practice-test-questions.html?page=0&chapter=0 or tinyurl.com/Elston3
HW: Make a list of all of the questions you missed; what can you learn to do better next time?
Wednesday – Read School by Kyoko Mori in LOC on pages 204-214
HW: Essay Due tonight
Thursday – ACT prep
HW: Answer questions 1-11 pages 214-215
Friday – Finish Questions 1-11 pages 214-215 Due tonight
HW: Turn in School questions.
Due:
Quarter 3 Weeks 4 and 5
FORMAL SYNTHESIS ESSAY DUE NEXT FRIDAY FEB.5 GET THE FULL ASSIGNMENT SHEET WITH DIRECTIONS UNDER WEEK 5 LESSON ON CURVE
WEEK FOUR AP English Agenda January 25-29
Monday – Be sure you have downloaded the free copy of the AP Workbook from the earlier email sent last week.
HW: In LOC, do Activity “From a Level Playing Field” pages 147-148. Turnitin tonight.
Tuesday – Passage One and Discuss answers (I have put this one passage as an item this week, but it will NOT be as effective as your download.
Wednesday – Passage Two and Three
Thursday – Passage Four and Five
Friday – Discuss answers
WEEK FIVE AP English Agenda February 1-5
This week you will continue to work on your Formal Synthesis Essay.
Monday – “Check-in” on your progress; possible workday.
Cumulative HW: Synthesis Assignments One, Two, & Three due tonight on one document on Turnitin
Tuesday – IN CLASS Timed writing assignment (poetry analysis) – due end of class
Wednesday – AP Classroom Multiple Choice
Thursday – Workday for your essay
Friday – Workday for your essay
SYNTHESIS ESSAY DUE (no late penalty if rec'd by Sunday night, but non-retractable zero if not in by then.)
Due:
Quarter 3 Week 3
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These 3 items should be placed onto one document and submitted to Turnitin by Friday night, whether “complete” or not. I will not take any late work on this assignment. I will not assign a grade lower than 50% but will assign a non-retractable zero if it is missing. |
1-Worksheet on Rhetorical Situation of Biden Inaugural (Get from Curve.)
2-Biden’s Speech full text and heavy annotations (You find.) Effect on Audiences
3-Glossary of Style Elements: you may make Chart (or copy and paste onto Style Elements Sheet from JFK speech
Monday No school – MLK Day
Tuesday Quick write: Election and Inauguration Day
Get the Worksheet on Biden Inaugural Address from Curve
HW: Continue to work on filling in the worksheet
Wednesday Locate your own copy of Biden’s Inaugural Address, put it on a Word document, and begin a close read and heavy annotation.
HW: Continue to work on annotations.
Thursday Find Glossary of Style Elements that you spot in Biden’s speech
Begin to locate Glossary of Style Elements from Biden’s speech.
HW: Continue to work on Style Elements.
Friday Work on week's assignments and turn in all tonight on TUrnnitin.
Due:
Quarter 3 Week 2
AP English Agenda January 11-15
Monday – Syntax: terms and punctuation (Assignment sheet is in this week's LESSON)
HW: Finish and put into Class Notes
Tuesday – Outline the article “What is Transcendentalism” from the screen.
HW: Finish "Emerson Syntax Analysis" for Excerpt A and put in Class Notes
Wednesday – Answer questions from "Emerson Syntax Analysis" for Excerpt B. and put in Class Notes
Thursday – Answer questions from "Emerson Syntax Analysis" for Excerpt C.
HW: Finish and put in Class Notes
Friday – Answer questions from "Emerson Syntax Analysis" for Excerpt D.
HW: Finish and put in Class Notes
Due:
Quarter Three Week 1
AP English Agenda January 5-8
Monday – No school
Tuesday – In-class writing
Transcendentalism: Journaling (100 words minimum) DUE on Turnitin tonight.
Wednesday – Discuss individualism and nature; Watch Video on Emerson.
HW: Transcendentalism: Journaling 300 words DUE tonight on Turnitin.
Thursday – Read Walden selections by Henry David Thoreau (on Curve this week). Close read one.
HW: Transcendentalism: Journaling 500 words DUE Friday night on Turnitin.
Friday – Timed In-class reading/writing activity (2 paragraphs from Emerson prompt)
DUE ON TURNITIN end of class.
Due:
Quarter 2 - Week 8
Quarter 2
WEEK EIGHT AP English Agenda December 14-18
Monday/Tuesday
- class review for the final
- please look at your eminent domain essay comments on turnitin
- time for those with a low grade to work on that material
- lecture on how to critically analyze literature through different lenses.
Due:
Quarter 2, Week 7
Quarter 2
WEEK SEVEN AP English Agenda December 7-11
Monday 12/7 – Look at Q1 exemplar on Honor Code
Tuesday 12/8 – Q & A on The Scarlet Letter (TEST ON FRIDAY – 40% of Q3 grade)
Wednesday – Q3 Timed Writing (Might continue TSL review)
Thursday – Look at Q3 exemplar (Might continue TSL review)
Friday – TEST on The Scarlet Letter
Due:
Quarter 2, Week 6
Monday 11/30 - Write Precis for each of 6 sources - Due 11/30 at end of class on Turnitin.com
Tuesday 12/1 - ID the genre and mode (or mixed modes) of all 6 Q1 sources - Keep in Class Notes
Wednesday 12/2 - Create a thesis statement for your position on the prompt. ID the 3 sources you intend to use. Keep in Class Notes
Thursday 12/3 - Find a current editorial about a local eminent domain issue. Write a precis about this article. Keep in Class Notes
Friday 12/4 - Write a response to the Q1 prompt from Monday. Due tonight on Turnitin.com
- Q1 essay due 11:59 pm today. (100 Writing points)
- Submit all Class Notes from the week on turnitin.com today. (500 Classwork points)
- Scarlet Letter questions due Sunday. (Writing points)
Due:
Quarter 2, Week 5
WEEK FIVE AP English Agenda November 16-20
This week read chapters 12-17 and by Sunday, November 22, submit answers to all of the chapter questions on one document to Turnitin.com.
Finish the book by the time we return to school on Monday, November 30. Read ahead this week if you have time.
Monday - Timed Writing
Tuesday - MODES READING
Wednesday - Timed Writing
Thursday - Read editorials
Friday - Writing the Precis.
Submit all class notes from the week on turnitin.com. (Scarlet Letter questions due Sunday.)
Due:
Quarter 2, Week 4
Quarter 2
WEEK FOUR AP English Agenda November 9-13
Monday – Answer questions about Chapter 5 of The Scarlet Letter given in class today and DUE on Turnitin.com tonight)
HW: Read Chapters 6 and 7 of The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday – Notes and graded discussion
HW: Read 8 and 9 of The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday – NO SCHOOL
HW: Read Chapter 10 of The Scarlet Letter
Thursday – Questions over Chapters 8-10 begun in class and Due on Turnitin tonight
HW: Read Chapters 11-12 (the second scaffold scene!)
Friday – Timed Writing
HW: Read Chapters 13-14
Due:
Assignments for Week of November 2-6
AP Language and Composition – Howard-Elston
Week 3 at a Glance (November 2-6, 2020)
*Students should log into Curve to access the full weekly agenda**
All classes meet daily at the assigned class period.
Students will be in the room or in the zoom every day.
Assignments Due This Week:
MONDAY – Discuss Chapters 1-3 The Scarlet Letter
HW: Read and take notes on Narration, Description, Compare/Contrast in “Chapter 8: The Rhetorical Modes” (PRESSBOOKS url on Curve)
DUE: Monday night in your comp book
TUESDAY – On Demand Writing Q3 (ARGUMENT ESSAY) Due at end of class on Turnitin.com.
HW: Begin Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter. (Make sure notes from modes are complete.)
DUE: Grade taken for your participation in a knowledgeable discussion on Wed.
WEDNESDAY – On Demand Writing (Prompt given in class) Modes of writing and The Scarlet Letter Due: at end of class on Turnitin.com.
HW: Finish Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter.
DUE: Grade taken for your participation in a knowledgeable discussion on Wed.
THURSDAY– Read Chapter 5 of TSL in class
HW: Read and take notes on Classifiation, Definition, Cause/Effect in “Chapter 8: The Rhetorical Modes” (PRESSBOOKS url on Curve)
DUE: Thursday night in your comp book
FRIDAY – On Demand Writing (Prompt given in class) Modes of writing and The Scarlet Letter. Due at end of class on Turnitin.com.
HW: Make a list of 5 authentic questions you have about TSL Chapters 1-5.
DUE: Be prepared to ask them on Monday.