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AP Lang Syllabus – Fall 2019– Mrs. Blythe

Each quarter will include:

  1. Engagement grades (including homework assignments and also in-class assignments)
  2. Minor assessments (quiz grades, timed writings, seminars)
  3. Major assessments (tests on texts, projects, writing portfolios)
  • The order of this syllabus may shift as needed.

 

Week 1: Introduce rhetorical triangle and terms, begin argument journal, take AP multiple-choice baseline, introduce Q1, Q2, and Q3 essays

 

Week 2: Start The Crucible, introduce visual rhetoric, write Q1 essay

 

Week 3: Continue The Crucible, including Crucible vocab.; write Q2 essay

 

Week 4: Finish The Crucible, add nonfiction selections; write Q3 essay; Crucible multiple-choice test

 

Weeks 5 – 7: Nonfiction Book Club – focus on primary sources, social issues, creating Public Service Announcements (PBL project = major assessment); second AP multiple-choice practice; focus on Q1 essays

 

Weeks 8 - 11 – The Great Gatsby - focus on AP lit and rhetoric terms; assembling the writing portfolio for self-evaluation; Gatsby multiple-choice test; focus on Q2 essays

 

Weeks 12 – 14 – Lone Wolf – focus on primary sources; autobiographical primary sources project; focus on Q3 essays

 

Weeks 16-18 – The Scarlet Letter- review AP multiple-choice tests; Scarlet Letter multiple-choice test; final portfolio evaluation;

 

Final Exam: The final exam will consist of one AP multiple-choice test (60 minutes), plus 2 timed essays (80 minutes)

The final exam counts as 20% of the final course grade

 

 

 

 

AP Language & Composition Units and Essential Questions 2019

(The sequence of these units will vary.)

 

 

Unit I:  

Theme: Laying Foundations: Rhetoric, the Triangle, and the Exam: 

Essential Question: How will my experiences in AP Language and my enhanced understanding of rhetoric, analysis, and argument make me a more informed and contributing citizen? 

 

 

Unit II  

Theme: Seeking Light – Education, Environment, and Culture: 

Essential Question: To what extent does education serve the goals of the 21st century learner, establish environments of collaboration, and honor our current multicultural society? 

 

 

Unit III 

Theme: Living Real – Community, Economy, Global Society: 

Essential Question: What is the evolving relationship/responsibility of the individual to the community, economy, and to the larger global society?  

 

 

Unit IV  

Theme: Telling Truth – Language, Communication, Values:    

Essential Question: How does the language we choose and use to communicate reveal who we really are, what we truly believe, and what we inherently value? 

 

 

Unit V  

Theme: Wielding Influence - Persuasion, Power, and Politics  

Essential Question: When the relationship between the citizen and the state conflict, how do individuals attain the necessary power to make critical changes in government? 

 

 

Unit VI  

Theme – Becoming Equal – Race, Place, Gender:  

Essential Question: How has one’s race, place, and gender impacted individuals (and individual groups) in America throughout our country’s evolution?  

 

 

Unit VII:  

Refining Knowledge  - Final Preparation, Practice, and Pacing 

Essential Question: How will my enhanced understanding of rhetoric, analysis, and argument help me engage in conversation about a meaningful issue personal to my life and/or experience? 

 

 

 

Course Summary:

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