AP Language and Composition, period 3 Ms. McIntyre
Miramar High School English teacher
 
AP Language and Composition

Ms. McIntyre
kelly.mcintyre@browardschools.com
edmodo: wxklno

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5/17
Finish watching Life is Beautiful

5/16
Watch Life is Beautiful

5/15
AP US History--no class

5/14
Individual study

5/13
Begin watching Life is Beautiful

5/10
AP exam

5/9
Review AP multiple choice exam

5/8
AP multiple choice exam

5/7
Continue work in TLoC, pp. 343-345

5/6
Read pp. 339-342 in TLoC; begin pp. 343-345

5/3
Argument essay

5/2
Argument essay planner: write thesis and introduction

5/1
Argument essay planner: write 3 claims and provide evidence for both sides of an argument

4/30
Argument essay planner: Read and analyze prompt

4/29
Argument essay notes/review

4/26
Review "The Atlanta Exposition Address" questions; discuss.

4/25
Finish "The Atlanta Exposition Address" questions.

4/24
Read "The Atlanta Exposition Address," pp.191-194; begin answering Questions on Rhetoric and Style, 1-10.

4/23

Analyze rhetorical analysis prompt (essays on edmodo)

4/22
Write rhetorical analysis essay

4/19
TLoC, p.255, exercise 3

4/18
TLoC, pp. 254-255, exercises 1 and 2

4/17
Read "Debtors' Prison"; answer questions 1-13.

4/16
FCAT

4/15
Read "Assimilation in America"; answer questions 40-54.

4/12
Read "Two Views of the River"; answer questions 27-39.

4/11
Analyze Rushdie rhetorical analysis anchor papers

4/10
AP Drill: How About One Study at a Time?

4/9
EPat Practice

4/1-4/5
Rhetorical analysis study
HOMEWORK: Complete assignment on edmodo. Due Monday, 4/8.

3/20-3/21
Synthesis presentations

3/13-3/19
Work on synthesis presentation

3/12
Finish "Serving in Florida" questions

3/11
Begin "Serving in Florida" questions

3/8
"Serving in Florida" quiz and discussion

3/7
Finish AP passage; review
HOMEWORK: Read "Serving in Florida." Quiz tomorrow.

3/6
Read AP passage and answer questions 32-45 (with justification) in groups

3/5
Mr. Lamb schedule presentation

3/4
Finish writing argument essay

3/1
Begin writing argument essay

2/27-2/28
Argument essay overview: notes, instructions, analysis of essays and scores (all materials presented in class are on edmodo)

2/26
Virtual Counselor Survey

2/25
Grammar practice

2/22
Conditional verbs quiz
Finish essay revisions

2/21
Essay revision

2/20
Essay revision

2/19
Review italics and quotation marks.

2/15
Italics and quotation marks: Skillsbook, p.33

2/14
Complete work from 2/13. Review assignment.

2/13
Read 468.1 and 469/1-469.3 in Writers Inc. Complete p.30 in Skillsbook (for the extend, your dialogue should be one full side of one page).
Read 470.1-470.4 and 468.1. Complete p.32, 1-24 (write only Q or U).

2/12
Quia assessment

2/11
Elaboration exercise: Is it better to be spanked or grounded?

2/8
FCAT Writes notes

2/7
Complete BAT Writing
Book Swap
Complete Exercise 4

2/6
BAT Writing/Exercise 5 (eleventh graders)

2/5
Exercise 4 (appositives)

2/4
Finish Exercise 2, p. 171; complete Exercise 3

2/1
Read Grammar as Rhetoric and Style: The Appositive, pp. 167-170. Complete Exercise 1, p.170. Begin Exercise 2, pp. 170-171.

1/31
Answer AP questions 46-53.

1/30
Analyze AP questions 18-31.

1/29
Discuss "Eleven"
Read From Reading at Risk, pp. 147-148.
Answer questions together.

1/28
Read "Eleven," pp. 144-146.
Answer questions 1-5.

1/25
Answer "Best in Class" questions, p.122.

1/24
"Best in Class" quiz and discussion

1/23/13
Finish midterm review.
Discuss valedictorians.

HOMEWORK: Read "Best in Class" in TLoC, pp. 113-124. Be prepared for a quiz.

1/22/13
Begin midterm review.




Dear 2012-2013 AP Language and Composition Students,

The following words are part of the summer homework assignment that Mrs. White gave to you before the end of last school year. I will be collecting this assignment and the outline of your AP study guide during the first week of school. At the end of the first week, you will have a 50 point quiz on these words, followed by another one the following week, another one the following week, another one the following week, and yes, another one the following week, and every week at least until the end of the first quarter. The vocabulary assignment may be typed, but I prefer it to be handwritten; in fact, 10 extra-credit points will be added to handwritten assignments. The outline can be typed or handwritten; no extra credit will be given for handwritten outlines. There are 53 words here. Make sure they are numbered when you turn in your work. I will not accept work without numbers.

If you have any questions, you may email me.

AP vocabulary (know these words!):

rhetoric, thesis, assertion, persona, ethos, logos, pathos, concession, counterargument, refute, connotation, propaganda, syntax, diction, trope, scheme, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, parallelism, juxtaposition, antithesis, periodic sentence, cumulative sentence, oxymoron, zeugma, archaic, complex sentence, declarative sentence, anaphora, hortative sentence, imperative sentence, antimetabole, alliteration, allusion, asyndeton, metonymy, rhetorical question, colloquial, analogy, anecdote, antecedent, aphorism, appositive, authority, bias, claim, epigram, satire, paradox, synecdoche, syllogistic argument

8/11/12

Clarification for the vocabulary portion of the summer assignment: What is required for the vocabulary is that the definition of each literary term be given; an example be provided of each literary term "in action"; and an explanation of the rhetorical purpose for using the literary term must be included, too. And do not forget to number your work.

Ex. (This is what your work should be modeled on.)

1. Onomatopoeia--A word that sounds like its meaning.
Example--The firecracker boomed in the darkness.
Purpose--Onomatopoeia is used to emphasize a sound or action.

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