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AP English Language and Composition

3rd Quarter—Spring 2016

Note: This is a tentative schedule. It is subject to change as needed.
Tutorials and make ups are Tues/Wed during B block of lunch and after school. You MUST schedule these with me and make sure there is space/time available.
Unannounced reading check quizzes may be given at any time.
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No Class / 5
Humor Stickman &
Humor Analysis TW Practice
HW: Start studying Humor Terms! / 6/7
Political Cartoon Analysis
HW: Read & annotate Boyle and Swift pieces / 8
Discussion of “Meditation upon a Broomstick”—Swift (and Boyle’s Meditation)
HW: Read & annotate “A Modest Proposal”
11
Discussion of “A Modest Proposal”—Swift
HW: Read & annotate “English is a Crazy Language”; Study for quiz! / 12
Humor Terms Quiz
Discussion of “English is a Crazy Language”—Lederer / 13/14
Discussion of Stephen Colbert’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Speech
HW: Read & annotate Lee’s letter / 15
Discussion of “Letter to the Honorable Ed Foreman”—Lee;
Michigan Letters (read in class)
HW: Study for Test!
/ 19
Humor Unit Test
HW: Read Persepolis up to the end of p.39 / 20/21
Intro to Synthesis Essay;
Discussion of Persepolis
HW: Read Persepolis up to the end of p. 79 / 22
Vocab Quiz Unit 6
Discussion of Persepolis
HW: Read Persepolis up to the end of p. 117
25
Discussion of Persepolis
HW: Finish Persepolis / 26
Discussion of the end of Persepolis
HW: Read & annotate the articles by Saba and Derakhshan / Progress Report Cutoff 27/28
Discussion of Synthesis Essay Types
Discussion of “Persepolis Dumbs Down Iran, Reveals Even Less” and
“Persepolis Reduces Iran to Black and White”
HW: Read & annotate Reading Lolita in Tehran excerpts / 29
Logical Fallacies Quiz
Discussion of Reading Lolita in Tehran excerpts
HW: Read & annotate “Marji: Popular Commix Heroine”
1
Discussion of “Marji: Popular Commix Heroine”
HW: Read & annotate The Caged Virgin excerpt / 2
Discussion of The Caged Virgin excerpt / 3/4
Practice synthesis prompt
HW: Study for Vocab Quiz; Read & annotate “A Quiet Revolution in Iran” / 5
Vocab Quiz Unit 7
Discussion of “A Quiet Revolution in Iran”
HW: Prepare for Unit Discussion
8
Graded Discussion
HW: Study for Unit Test! / 9
Persepolis Unit Test
HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Spin” for Friday (p.1-36) / 10/11
TW: Synthesis Essay--Test Grade
Rhetorical Analysis TW (formative grade)
HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Spin” for Friday (p.1-36) / 12

TTTC Discussion

HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Dentist” (p.84) for Tuesday
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NO SCHOOL / 16
Sample media bias image and caption analysis
TTTC Discussion
HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” (p.110) / Progress Report Cutoff 17/18
Sample media bias article analysis
TTTC Discussion
HW: Study for Vocab Quiz; Read TTTC up to the end of “Style” (p.130) / 19
Vocab Quiz Unit 8
TTTC Discussion
HW: HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Notes” (p. 154)
22
TTTC Discussion
HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “Field Trip” (p.179) / 23
TTTC Discussion
HW: Read TTTC up to the end of “The Ghost Soldiers” (p.207); Topic Proposal Due / 24/25
TTTC Discussion
Media Bias Topic/4 major sources Proposals Due
HW: Study for Vocab Quiz; Finish TTTC (p.233) / 26
Vocab Quiz Unit 9
TTTC Discussion
HW: Read & annotate Hesse’s “Truth, Can You Handle It?”
29
Discussion of Hesse’s “Truth, Can You Handle It?”
HW: Read & annotate “The Backfire Effect / 1
Discussion of McRaney’s “The Backfire Effect”
HW: Study for Unit Test / 2/3
Unit Test
HW: Article Analysis / 4
Analysis of articles due!!!
HW: Keep gathering and analyzing Media Bias Paper sources
7
Common Analysis Problems and How to Fix Them
HW: Keep gathering and analyzing Media Bias Paper sources / 8
Working with Problematic Patterns and Weeding out Nonessential Analysis
HW: Bring hard copies of all of your sources to class (at least 10) / 9/10
Evaluating Sources Workshop & Thesis Sample Evaluation/Discussion
HW: Type up your thesis / 11
Thesis Revising & Skeleton Draft Sample Discussion
HW: Skeleton Draft

3rd Quarter Grades

Summatives: 75%

1.  Humor Unit Test

2.  Persepolis Unit Test

3.  AP Synthesis Timed Writing (in-class)

4.  The Things They Carried Unit Test

Formatives: 25%

Announced Formatives:

1.  Humor Terms Quiz

2.  Logical Fallacies Quiz

3.  Rhetorical Analysis TW (TBA)

4.  Vocab Quiz 5 (Quiz grade)

5.  Vocab Quiz 6 (Quiz grade)

6.  Vocab Quiz 7 (Quiz grade)

7.  Vocab Quiz 8 (Quiz grade)

8.  Media Bias Topic Proposal and 4 Major Sources (daily grade)

9.  Media Bias Article Analysis (Quiz grade)

Unannounced Formatives: (These will be given/collected/checked at my discretion—not all will be entered as grades.)

10.  Reading Check and Grammar Quizzes (Quiz grades)

11.  In-class activities/homework/annotation checks (Daily and/or quiz grades if entered)