AP English Language & Composition Syllabus Fall 2011-12 Dr. Draper
(Dates may be subject to change)
Week 1/A 9/7-9/9
W: Discuss syllabus, course requirements, rubric; discuss summer essay; discuss summer reading: reading quiz on each book; overview of course; annotating texts
F: Continue discussion of summer reading
Week 2/B 9/12-9/16
M (T p. 3): Review three levels of questioning/inquiry; read and discuss ch. 1 Bedford Reader: “Reading Critically.”; vocab. list #1: Rhetorical/Literary Terms (“abstract” through “diction” in glossary of Bedford Reader). Discuss The Devil’s Highway.
T (W p. 3): Discuss Independent Reading assignment (handout); discuss Malcolm X.
TH: Discuss Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Week 3/A 9/19-9/23
M: Socratic seminar on summer reading
W: Socratic seminar on summer reading
F: Review essay writing: ch. 2 Bedford Reader “Writing effectively”; review MLA Style Guidelines (ch. 3 Bedford Reader); essay prompt #1: Literary Response and Analysis (summer reading); begin draft of essay in-class; Independent Reading List due
Week 4/B 9/26-9/30 (9/29 unassigned day)
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #1: ch. 4 “Narration: Telling a Story” (75-86 BR); read “Indian Education” (105-110); discuss/write.
T (W p. 3): Draft workshop: bring draft of essay to class to peer edit
Week 5/A 10/3-10/7
M: Oral Presentation #2: ch. 5 “Description: Writing with your Senses” (135-143 BR)
W: Read “Shooting Dad” (152-158); reading quiz; discuss.
F: Finish discussion of “Shooting Dad”; Final draft of essay due.
Week 6/B 10/10-10/14
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #2: ch. 6 “Example: Pointing to Instances” (187-193 BR)
T (W p. 3): Read and discuss “Black Men and Public Space” (205-7); reading quiz
TH: Read and discuss “Signs” (219-223); reading quiz; vocabulary test #1 (abstract through diction); begin learning rhetorical terms list #2 (“discovery” through “introduction”)
Week 7/A 10/17-10/21
M: Oral Presentation #3: ch. 7 “Comparison and Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side” (229-238); read “Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa” (250-5); discuss/write.
W: Read “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem” (265); reading quiz; write/discuss.
F: Independent Reading Assignment #1 due
Week 8/B 10/24-10/28
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #4: ch. 8 “Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step” (285-292)
T (W p. 3): read “Orientation” (324-329); discuss/write/quiz.
TH: Essay Prompt #2: Literary Response and Anaylsis (on Bedford Reader essays); begin draft in-class.
Week 9/A 10/31-11/4 Midterm Exam
M: Midterm Exam: in-class timed writing – practice AP essay test
W: Practice AP multiple choice test
F: Draft workshop: bring draft of essay for peer edit
Week 10/B 11/7-11/11
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #5: ch. 9 “Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts” (335-343)
T (W p. 3): read “The Capricious Camera” (359-365); discuss/write/quiz.
TH: Review practice AP essay test; final draft of essay due
Veteran’s Day holiday 11/11
Week 11/A 11/14-11/18
M: Oral Presentation #6: discuss ch. 10 “Classification: Sorting into Kinds” (375-381)
W: Read “The Crisis of National Identity” (400); discuss/write/quiz.
F: Read “Clashing Civilizations” (669); discuss/write/quiz.
Week 12/B 11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Holiday
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #7: ch. 11 “Cause and Effect” (429-438 in Bedford Reader)
T (W p. 3): Read “Videotape” (466); discuss/write/quiz.
-Read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Week 13/A 11/28-12/02
M: Oral Presentation #8: ch. 12 “Definition” (477-485)
W: Read “Pride” (503); discuss/write/quiz.
F: Discuss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (context, history, background);vocabulary test #2 (“discovery” through “introduction”).
Week 14/B 12/5-12/9
M (T p. 3): Discuss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
T (W p. 3): Discuss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
TH: Discuss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Socratic seminar; Independent Reading
Assignment #2 due.
Week 15/A 12/12-12/16
M: Reading quiz/in-class essay test on Frederick Douglass
W: Begin reading The Great Gatsby; discuss context, background.
F: Discuss ch. 1 of The Great Gatsby
Week 16/B 1/9-1/13
M (T p. 3): Oral Presentation #9: ch. 13 “Argument and Persuasion” (515-530)
T (W p. 3): Discuss The Great Gatsby; reading quiz
TH: Discuss The Great Gatsby
Week 17/A 1/16-1/20
M: 1/16 – MLK Holiday
W: Socratic seminar- The Great Gatsby
F: Socratic seminar - The Great Gatsby
Week 18/B 1/23-1/27
M (T p. 3): Discuss The Great Gatsby
T (W p. 3): Essay Prompt #3: Literary Response and Analysis; discuss prompt, brainstorm/outline, begin draft in-class
TH: Independent Reading Assignment #3 due.
Week 19/A 1/30-2/3
M: Draft workshop: bring draft to class for peer edit
W: Final exam (practice AP essay test)
F: Final exam (practice AP multiple choice)
Week 20/B 2/6-2/10
M (T p. 3): 2nd semester starts; Final draft of essay due