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 Welcome to college!
AP Language & Composition is a college-level course that centers on learning to read deeply and write proficiently in the marvelously complex English language.
I am eager to help you learn in any way I can, and I urge you to talk to me if you have the slightest question. I am available before school, after school, and during period 7 in room 223, as well as in the writing lab during period 2. If you have family emergencies, unavoidable travel plans, or approved extracurricular obligations that will keep you out of class, please contact me as soon as you can to discuss what you will miss and how best to keep from falling behind.
NOTE TO PARENTS: Hi! Please know that I welcome your feedback and look forward to a positive partnership in helping your sons and daughters achieve great things this year. The best way to contact me is via e-mail at cpaolelli@saintviator.com. (I will respond to your email within 24 hours of receiving it.) My voicemail is at 847-392-4050, extension 287, but there is no telephone in my classroom, so I cannot keep up with it as quickly as e-mail.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Monday, Jan. 20
DO THINK, "GRAY MULE TRAIN," LOCH SON!
HW: Sleep in. Maybe you'll have a dream.
Tuesday, Jan. 21
Handouts: Screwtape Excerpt
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Intro to Satire: Satire Vs. Not-Satire, Horatian & Juvenalian, Conventions of Satire
HW: Read Screwtape excerpt and do Screwtape Analysis (see link below)
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Handouts: Trial By Final Essay Highlights, Doubleplusgoodspeak
40-MINUTE PERIODS
Analytical Essay Recap
Screwcap
HW: Read 1984 ch. 1-4 and complete Doubleplusgoodspeak.
Thursday, Jan. 23
CARP Reminder
Intro to Oceania
HW: Read "Designer of CD Packaging Enters Hell" and do worksheet
Friday, Jan. 24
Handouts: CARP Packet (paper)
Spicing Your CARP: Research Presentation
HW: 1984 - Book I ch. 5-8 and Book I Qs (in Satire packet) due Monday.
- Read Book II.1-3 and be ready for 19Wordy4 Quiz I by Tuesday.
- Bring in a typed CARP research question and a second-choice question.
Monday, Jan. 27
I'D TOSS COOL, LOCH SON!
Tuesday, Jan. 28
THIS
HW: Go to the Dagobah system. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
19Wordy4 Quiz I
CARP Note Card Intro
HW: Redo research question if need be; read Book II.4-8 if you haven't.
Thursday, Jan. 30
Handouts:
Satire in Hell: Steve Martin's "CD Packaging"
Hell in Politics: 1984 Book I
HW: Finish Book II and do Qs
Friday, Jan. 31
Book II Recap
Area Teenalysis
HW: Read Book III.1-2
Monday, Feb. 3
Handouts:
19Wordy4 Book II Review
Recap Book II
HW: Book III.3-4
Tuesday, Feb. 4
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Finish Book II: Love, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, and the Complete Lack Thereof
HW: Finish the book, do Book III Qs, and be ready for 19Wordy4 quiz II, too!
Wednesday, Feb. 5
19WORDY4 QUIZ II
Intro to Visual Rhetoric
HW: - Read "An Orwellian State" and "If It's Orwellian, It's Probably Not."
- Write two paragraphs explaining two different examples in our culture or your life where you see the creeping influence of the forces Orwell warns us about in the novel, the forces that allow INGSOC to remain in power (doublethink, surveillance, mutability of the past, etc.). Be specific (don't just say "the government") and remember that non-government entities (corporations, peer groups, etc.) can also exhibit these tendencies. Try to find examples that are as distinct as possible from one another.
Thursday, Feb. 6
1985 and Beyond
The Tiny Hope
HW: Complete "You've Been Dystopia" sheet with thorough notes on the four values systems at work in your reading of 1984.
Friday, Feb. 7
Handouts: Logical Fallacies Practice Sheet, BNW Intro Sheet, BNW Reading Questions Part 1
1985 and Beyond
Brave New Intro
HW:- Watch logical fallacies lecture video and take notes!
- Complete logical fallacies practice worksheet.
- Read BNW ch. 1-2 and answer questions.
- Complete visual rhetoric iPod activity (in links below) BY TUESDAY.
Monday, Feb. 10
Handouts:
Recap Logical Fallacies
HW: Find fallacies in Thank You For Smoking excerpt, and complete visual rhetoric activity (both links below)
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Handouts:
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Recap Fallacies and Visual Rhetoric
HW: Read BNW Ch. 3-4 and do Qs.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Handouts: Brave New Words
Finish Visual Rhetoric
HW: BNW Ch. 5
Thursday, Feb. 13
Handouts:
Satire Teenalysis
HW: - BNW Ch. 6-7
- CARP Notecards due with preliminary 5-source Works Cited!
Friday, Feb. 14
UNITE! IT'S TODAY, LOCH SON!
Monday, Feb. 17
Handouts:
SPIDER ENTS DAY, O LOCH SON!
HW: Turn 35 and do something about it.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Handouts:
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Turn in CARP Note Cards
Recap BNW Ch. 3
HW: Read BNW 8-9, be ready for Brave New Words quiz 1
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Handouts:
BRAVE NEW WORDS QUIZ 1
Intro to CARP Outline
Intro to "Modest Proposal"
Finish BNW Ch. 3
HW: Read "A Modest Proposal" (TLOC 404) and do DQ #6 and RSQs #1-5, 7, 9, 10
Thursday, Feb. 20
He Said WHAT???!! Recap "Modest Proposal"
HW: Ad Nauseam due; BNW 10-12
Friday, Feb. 21
Handouts:
Brave New Recap
HW: Read BNW 13-15
Monday, Feb. 24
BNW 5-12 Quiz
Brave New Words Dose 2 (Quiz Friday)
Recap Ch. 5
HW: None tonight; complete CARP thesis & outline by Wednesday and finish BNW by Thursday
Tuesday, Feb. 25
38-MINUTE PERIODS
"The World's Most Generic News Report"
Recap BNW
HW: CARP Thesis & Outline
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Recap More BNW
HW: Finish BNW
Thursday, Feb. 27
Handouts: Amusing Ourselves to Death excerpt, T-Chart
Brave New Weirdo: Introducing John
HW: Read Amusing excerpt and complete T-chart
Friday, Feb. 28
Handouts: Argumentative Essay Prompts & Samples
Brave New Words Quiz 2
CARP Notecard Thoughts: Arguable Theses,
Argumentative Reminders
HW: Be ready for in-class argumentative essay Monday; peruse short readings packet in preparation for Tuesday's graded discussion.
Monday, March 3
Handouts:
IN-CLASS ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
HW: Amusing Graded Discussion notes
Tuesday, March 4
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Not Brave Enough: The Ending
HW: None (!?!); Kolln 7 due Thursday, ICB I due Friday
Wednesday, March 5
Handouts: In Cold Blood Packet (digital)
Amusing Conversation graded discussion
HW: Read Rhetorical Grammar ch. 7 and do Ex. 21B and 22; ICB Part I due Friday
Thursday, March 6
Amusing Conversation
Recap "The Writer's Voice"
HW: Read In Cold Blood Part I and do study Qs
Friday, March 7
Recap ICB I
HW: - Read "Silent Season of a Hero" (TLOC 592) and complete "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" in the ICB packet.
- Complete AP multiple choice passage 1 in the back section of the ICB packet.
- CARP draft due WEDNESDAY, MAR. 12
Monday, March 10
The Silent Recap of a New Journalist
HW: Read "Rebels"
Tuesday, March 11
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Recap ICB Part I
HW: Raw (rough) CARP Draft due!
Wednesday, March 12
CARP Seasoning
HW: Season your CARP; study for Every Bloody Word quiz 1
Thursday, March 13
Continue Part I Recap
HW: None
Friday, March 14
Begin Part II Recap
HW: Finish Part II; be ready for ICB Vocab Quiz II on Tuesday (AP Intermezzo and Part II).
Monday, March 17
Recap
HW: Be ready for ICB Vocab Quiz 2; Part III due Wednesday
Tuesday, March 18
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Snakes and Big Birds: Recap Part I-II
HW: Finish Part III and do Qs
Wednesday, March 19
Do AP Passage 4 in Class
Recap Part I-II
HW: Read "Psychopath" and "In Cold Fact" up to starred paragraph; do "In Cold Fact" Qs
Thursday, March 20
Intro to ICB Vocab 3
Recap Part II & "Psychopath"
HW: None
Friday, March 21
Handouts:
Recap Part III and "In Cold Fact"
HW: Finish Part IV; be ready for ICB Vocab Quiz 3 on Tuesday, April 1.
Monday, March 31
Handouts: Graded Discussion Chart, Quote Blending Practice
CARP Regurgitation
Graded Discussion Intro
Quote Blending Practice
HW: Be ready for ICB Vocab Quiz III; graded discussion chart and prep due Thursday
Tuesday, April 1
38-MINUTE PERIODS
IIICB VOCAB QUIZ (No Foolin'!)
Intro to Rhetorical Book Club (add extra box to chart for "Extra Lives" excerpt)
Recap ICB III and "In Cold Fact"
HW: Finish "In Cold Fact" and read "The Wind-Bent Truth" in ICB packet (no Qs); keep prepping for discussion and revising CARP
Wednesday, April 2
Is It the Truth? Is It Actual? Certain Things Are Counter-Factual! (Recap ICB IV & "In Cold Fact")
HW: Graded discussion prep and chart
Thursday, April 3
GRADED DISCUSSION
HW: None (revised CARP due Monday)
Friday, April 4
Continue Graded Discussion
HW: Do first page of Syn Cold Tax in ICB packet, buy Rhetorical Book Club book (see assignments below), and finish final Grilled CARP by Wednesday
Monday, April 7
Handouts: Rhetorical Book Club Info Packet, Original Synthesis Prompt
RBC Check-In
RBC Rights and Responsibilities
RBC Schedule Meet
HW: None, per se; Grilled CARP due Wednesday
Tuesday, April 8
Handouts: Prompt Packet, Sample Packet, Presentation is Everything Assignment Sheet
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Intro to AP Essay Presentations (if you missed class today, WE NEED TO TALK!)
Inspirational CARP Sample
Re-Intro to the Synthesis Essay
HW: Finish grilling your CARP!
Wednesday, April 9
Handouts:
Syn Cold Tax
Arguments, ACT and Otherwise
HW: Read 2011 and 2008 synthesis prompts and essays.
Thursday, April 10
Handouts:
Synthesis Presentations 1 and 2
HW: Read 2007 and 2007B synthesis prompts and essays; write Original Synthesis essay.
Friday, April 11
Handouts:
Synthesis Presentations 3 and 4
HW: Rhetorical Book Club I
Monday, April 14
Finish Synth 1 Peer Review
Rhetorical Book Club Discussion Guidelines
RHETORICAL BOOK CLUB 1
HW: Read and annotate sources for your in-class Synth 2 essay. Synth 3 due Wednesday.
Tuesday, April 15
38-MINUTE PERIODS
IN-CLASS SYNTHESIS ESSAY
HW: Write a third synthesis essay from the synthesis essay writing packet (dotted line on cover); read sample argumentative essays 2009-B and 2010 for tomorrow's presentations.
Wednesday, April 16
Argumentative Presentations
HW:- Rhetorical Book Club 2
- Go to the Easter Vigil! (It's cool! You get a candle!)
EASTER!!
Monday, April 21
CHRISTUS RESURREXIT! Head for the school exit!
HW: Listen to the Rolling Stones, in honor of the unblocked tomb.
Tuesday, April 22
Handouts: Schedule packet
38-MINUTE PERIODS
Rhetorical Book Club 2
HW: Write one argumentative from the ARRRRgumentatives sheet
Wednesday, April 23
Handouts:
Full-Length Multiple Choice Exam, Part I (30 minutes) (NOTE: This does NOT affect your course grade!)
Argumentative Peer Review
HW: Finish peer review if need be.
Thursday, April 24
Handouts:
Finish Full-Length Exam (30 minutes) (Be on time!)
HW: None; be ready for in-class argumentative
Friday, April 25
In-class Argumentative
HW: Rhetorical Book Club 3; write a third argumentative for Tuesday, if you feel you need the practice.
Monday, April 28
Rhetorical Book Club 3
HW: Write a third argumentative if necessary
Tuesday, April 29
Handouts:
38-MINUTE PERIODS
TONE VOCAB QUIZ
Love MC Passage in groups
HW: Read sample essays for presentations tomorrow (on HW board)
Wednesday, April 30
Handouts:
Argumentative Presentation(s)
Multiple Choice Tips
Recap MC passage
HW: Read analytical passages for presentations (see calendar or board)
Thursday, May 1
Handouts:
More MC Recap
Sample Composite Score Calculations
HW: Write an analytical essay from the pre-20th-century prompt packet.
Friday, May 2
Handouts:
Analytical Presentations
Analytical Peer Review
HW: Rhetorical Book Club: The Last Laugh
Monday, May 5
Rhetorical Book Clubbing a Dead Horse
HW: - Read "On Running After One's Hat" and complete "Analyzing One's Hat."
- Write one final analytical essay from either the green or yellow packet.
Tuesday, May 6
Analytical and Synthesis Presentations
"Analyzing One's Hat"
HW: Do "To be a king..." MC passage from MC packet. Allow yourself 15 minutes.
Wednesday, May 7
Handouts: Footnotes, Latin Abbreviations, & "Rocking the Essays"
Final Presentations
Rocking the Essays
QEI MCQs
HW: "Remember..." Review Sheet
Thursday, May 8
Handouts:
Remember...
Essay Notes 2014
HW: CANCEL THE APLACALYPSE! CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAYPLAC!
Friday, May 9
You're all clear, kid!
HW: Go running and racing and dancing and chasing and leaping and bounding, hair flying, heart pounding.
Monday, May 12
Handouts: Post-AP Work Packet (posted below)
AP Test Talk
Intro to Post-AP Assignments
HW: None
Tuesday, May 13
Post-AP Multimedia Text, Part I
HW: None
Wednesday, May 14
APUSH COMES TO SHOVE / Post-AP Work Time
Thursday, May 15
Post-AP Multimedia Text, Part II
HW: None
Friday, May 16
Post-AP Multimedia Text, Part III
HW: College Words Vocab Quiz Monday; Write two follow-up questions in ID format and add to Google Doc by Monday.
Monday, May 19
Handouts:
Post-AP Multimedia Text, Part IV
HW: Post-AP Writing Assignment Due Thursday
Tuesday, May 20
Handouts:
ROLLER COASTERS CONQUER ENGLISH
HW: None
Wednesday, May 21
Handouts: Graded Discussion Prep
Finish Post-AP Text
Begin Graded Discussion (Follow-Up Questions)
HW: Post-AP Writing Assignment
Thursday, May 22
Finish Graded Discussion
HW: None
Friday, May 23
The Pillars of APLAC
HW: Study for finals!
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