AP English Language and Composition Spring 2013

AP English Language and Composition—Spring 2013 Organizing Question #4—What is fact? What is real or true? How much of what we hold to be true is shaped by what others choose to tell us? What are the consequences of such shaping and slanting? Note: This is a tentative schedule. It is subject to change as needed. Tutorials and make ups are Tuesday afternoon OR Wednesday morning. You MUST schedule these with me and make sure there is space available. Unannounced reading check quizzes may be given at any time. 7 8 9/10 11 “Girl Moved to Tears by Of No Class Mice and Men Cliff Meditation upon a Broomstick”—Swift “Letter to the Honorable Ed Notes”—The Onion (along with Boyle’s Meditation) Foreman”—Lee

HW: Read & annotate Boyle HW: Read & annotate “A Modest and Swift pieces Proposal” 14 15 16/17 18 “A Modest Proposal”— Humor Terms Quiz Stephen Colbert’s White House Swift Correspondents’ Dinner Speech English is a Crazy Language”— Political Cartoon Analysis Lederer HW: Study for Terms Quiz! HW: Read & annotate “English is a Crazy Language” HW: Study for Test! 22 23/24 25 MLK Day! RHETORICAL ANALYSIS TW HUMOR UNIT TEST Discussion of 1 Dead in Attic Discussion of 1 Dead in Attic with headlines, pictures, and captions HW: Read 1 Dead in Attic to HW: Read 1 Dead in Attic to the end the end of “Life in the HW: Read 1 Dead in Attic to the end of “Refrigerator Town” (p. 117) by Surreal City” (p. 23) of “Enough to Feed an Army” (p. 42) next Friday 28 29 30/31 1 Vocab Quiz Unit 6 CBA CBA CBA Discussion of 1 Dead in Attic

HW: Read 1 Dead in Attic to the end of “The Last Ride” (p. 137) 4 5 6/7 8 Discussion of Molloy’s Dress for Discussion of 1 Dead in Discussion of 1 Dead in Discussion of TLC reading Success excerpt Attic Attic Practice synthesis prompt HW: Read & annotate “Drugs” & “Don’t HW: Read 1 Dead in Attic to Legalize Drugs,” then type up a 1-page the end of “Tears, Fears and HW: Read & annotate Molloy excerpt. evaluation of the arguments (logical a New Year” (p. 154) HW: Read TLOC p.74-85 Look especially at his evidence. fallacies, use of rhetorical strategies, etc.). Study for fallacies quiz 11 12 13/14 15 Logical Fallacies Quiz Discussion of Through the Dark Analyzing and Evaluating TW Prep: sample prompts TW: SYNTHESIS ESSAY Continent (excerpt)—Sir Henry Arguments: Vidal and and essays Morton Stanley Kondracke HW: Read & annotate HW: Read & annotate Stanley’s sample synthesis prompt excerpt HW: Read & annotate Kingsley’s & write a thesis/outline excerpts 18 19 20/21 22 Discussion of Travels in Vocab Quiz Unit 7 Sample media bias analysis West Africa (excerpts)— Discussion of Hesse’s “Truth, Can You Discussion of McRaney’s “The Mary Kingsley Handle It?” Backfire Effect” HW: Study for Vocab Quiz; Read & HW: Read & annotate HW: Read TTTC Section 1 “The annotate McRaney’s article Hesse’s article Things They Carried” (p.1-26) 25 26 27/28 1 Vocab Quiz Unit 8 TTTC Discussion TTTC Discussion TTTC Discussion TTTC Discussion HW: Read TTTC Sections HW: Read TTTC Section 4 HW: Read TTTC Sections 5-7 2-3 “Love” & “Spin” “On the Rainy River” (p.37- “Enemies,” “Friends,” & “How To HW: Read TTTC Sections 8-9 (p.27-36) 58) Tell a True War Story” (p.59-81) “Dentist” & “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” (p.82-110) 4 5 6/7 8 TAKS in the morning then periods 4 and 6 meet Practice analysis with TTTC Discussion up to the end of Proposals Due!!! media bias articles “Notes” TTTC Discussion TTTC Discussion HW: Read TTTC sections HW: Read TTTC sections 17-18 “In 10-16 to the end of “Notes” the Field” & “Good Form” (p. 155- (p. 154) by block day 172); Media Analysis Paper proposal HW: Finish TTTC w/analysis of 2 sources (typed)

Spring Break

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End of TTTC Discussion Graded Unit Discussion UNIT TEST Evaluating Sources Workshop

HW: Prepare for unit HW: Bring hard copies of all of your HW: Skeleton Draft discussion HW: Study for Test! sources to class 25 26 27 28 29

Skeleton Draft Workshop Rough Draft Workshop Revising Wisely no school no school

HW: Skeleton Draft HW: Being Revising HW: Final Draft