AP Language and Composition2016-2017 – Changes made due to SNOW DAY 2/9/17

Due to the nature of this course, there will be times when youwill self-select from additional texts and resources to provide other viewpoints and arguments on the topic and allow for a more well-developed response to the required readings. Readings listed here are the core texts for each unit. A variety of texts will be studied, including memoir, graphic novels, visual texts, drama, and poetry to analyze how language is used differently for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Unit 7:Community (Approx. 4 weeks)

  • Essential question: How are communities created? What is a community?
  • An examination of how communities are built, what they offer, and how they function.

(Chapter 6 in The Language of Composition)

  • Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”
  • Gladwell, “Small Change”
  • Carnegie, “Gospel of Wealth”
  • Morales, “Child of the Americas” (poem)
  • Zapiro, “World Economic Forum” (cartoon)
  • Other selections from The Language of Composition
  • Panel discussions of the language (elements of style) used to create distinctive voices

in Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible:

-characters and their development

- qualities that make a community (through the characters’ eyes)

- how communities are established, what they offer, and how they function

Annotation in the novel NOTrequired, but highly encouraged

  • Major paper #6 – descriptive essayThe Poisonwood Bible

Unit 8: Gender (Approx. 5 weeks)

  • Essential question: How does language shape and reflect gender roles?
  • A look at how gender is constructed and gender bias in media (Chapter 8 in The Language of Composition)
  • Gould, “Women’s Brains”
  • Woolf, “Professions for Women”
  • Brady, “I Want a Wife”
  • Piercy, “Barbie Doll” (poem)
  • McCombe, “Marlboro Man” (photo)
  • Brooks, “Mind Over Muscle”
  • Socratic seminar on gender, language, and style in Brönte’s Wuthering Heights
  • Major paper #7 – Argumentative research paper with Works Cited

Breakdown:

Feb. 1:The Language of Composition Ch. 6 - The Poisonwood Bible descriptive essay assigned: due Fri. Feb. 17

Feb. 3:The Language of Composition Ch. 6/Come to class prepared to discussKingsolver’s, The

Poisonwood Bible

Feb. 7:Poisonwood Bible characters and their developmenttimed-writing/The Language of Composition Ch. 6

Feb. 9:AP College Board practice exams/The Language of Composition Ch. 6

Feb. 14:The Language of Composition Ch. 6Kingsolver’s, The Poisonwood Bible panel preparation – choose

topics for discussion/review scores earned for previous panel discussions

Feb. 16: Kingsolver’s, The Poisonwood Bible 2 panel discussions (40 minutes)/The Poisonwood Bibledescriptive

essay due

Feb. 21:Kingsolver’s, The Poisonwood Bible 2 panel discussions (40 minutes)

Feb. 23:Emily Brönte’Wuthering Heightsintroduction – half of novel should be read by Mon. 3/13in

preparation for a Socratic Seminar

Feb. 27:Bring Strunk and White’s Elements of Styleto class – be prepared to discuss p. 66-85 (take notes!)

Mar. 1: Research paper intro – first draft due in class Tues. 4/4

Mar. 3: Research paper - library

Mar. 7: Research paper - library

Mar. 9: Research paper

Mar. 13: Wuthering Heights check in and discussion on first half of novel/Socratic Seminar

Mar. 15: Research paper/The Language of Composition Ch. 8

Mar. 17: Research paper/The Language of Composition Ch. 8

Mar. 21: Research paper

Mar. 23: Research paper

Mar. 27: Research paper

Mar. 29: College Board Multiple Choice practice/The Language of Composition Ch. 8

Mar. 31: Wuthering Heights Socratic Seminar

Apr. 4:First draft of argumentative research paper with Works Cited due in class and on Hapara/peer- review

Apr. 6: Spring Break constructed responses assignment introduction

PURCHASE a copy of Wuthering HeightsbyThurs. Feb. 23rd.

For March 27, begin reading Emily Brönte’s Wuthering Heights, annotating the text forgender, language, and style (revisit Strunk and White’s Elements of Style p. 66-85 for a refresher on what style looks like). Although this little self-helpbook is to aid a writer, you should be able to identify elements of style as you read Brönte’s novel. Ask yourself, is the style “distinguished and distinguishing?” (Strunk and White 66). How?

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