 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 3 in room 223, as well as in the library during period 8.
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 check it many times during the school day, but cannot check it at home.) My voicemail is at extension 287, but there is no telephone in my room, so I cannot keep up with it as quickly as e-mail.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Monday, Jan. 16
DO THINK GRAY MULE TRAIN, LOCH SON!
HW: Sleep in. Maybe you'll have a dream.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Recap final essays
Begin visual rhetoric
HW: None (locate Thank You For Smoking
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Handouts: CARP Packet
Thar Be Fish in These Waters: Intro to the CARP
More on Visual Rhetoric
HW: TLOC 232-33, Qs 1-4 for each picture
Thursday, Jan. 19
Handouts: Can You Picture What I'm Saying?
Visual Rhetoric and Advertising: Campaign 2012
HW: Finish "Can You Picture..." and begin Thank You For Smoking p. 1-17
Friday, Jan. 20
Handouts: Satire Packet, Screwtape Letters excerpt and worksheet
Intro to Satire
HW: - Read Screwtape Letters excerpt and do "Fiendishly Good Satire" sheet.
- Read Thank You For Smoking Ch. 1
Monday, Jan. 23
Finish Intro to Satire
Say What You Don't Mean: Screwtape Recap
HW: CARP question due Wednesday
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Handouts:
Wikipedia Goes Black: A Visual Rhetoric Case Study
"Can You Picture..." and TLOC Visual Rhecap
HW:
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Handouts: E-Library instructions
IN LIBRARY—CARP RESEARCH
HW: None
Thursday, Jan. 26
Handouts: "I'm Telling Mom!"
Cast Your Nets Deeper: Sorting Out CARP Research Questions
SOTU Rhetoric
Satirizing the Devil (Again)
HW: Study for vocab quiz
Friday, Jan. 27
Handouts:
SMOKIN' VOCAB QUIZ 1-12
Finish Satirizing the Devil
Logical Fallacies
HW: Read TYFS 5-8, work on CARP research
Monday, Jan. 30
Handouts: Captain AP Qs
Intro to Nick
Logical Fallacies
HW: Do the Captain AP questions in one sitting of 10 minutes or fewer; read "Area Teen Up to Something" in unit packet and write a thesis statement analyzing the author's satirical argument.
Tuesday, Jan. 31
MASS SCHEDULE
More Logical Fallacies
Intro to Satirical Analysis
HW: Fallacies practice sheet
Wednesday, Feb. 1
IN LAB 218 (2nd) / GYM 2 (7th)
Recap Fallacies practice
Work on Satirical Analysis & Conference with Mr. P
HW: Find and mark logical fallacies in Nick's Oprah diatribe.
Thursday, Feb. 2
IN LAB 218 (2nd) / GYM 2 (7th)
Handouts: "It's Not Funny When You Explain It!"
Finish Satirical Analysis and turn in by end of period.
HW: Do "It's Not Funny..." sheet, read 9-12
Friday, Feb. 3
Satirical Arguments in TYFS
HW: Read Ch. 13-18, mark as many logical fallacies as you can find in Nick's Oprah diatribe on page 48-49 or elsewhere
Monday, Feb. 6
VOCAB QUIZ 13-25
Recap Fallacies Practice
HW: Find an ad that employs a logical fallacy
Tuesday, Feb. 7
Handouts:
Finish Fallacies Practice
Present Fallacy Ads
HW: None
Wednesday, Feb. 8
Handouts:
Recap Captain Qs
Small Groups of Teenagers Talking About Smoking
HW: Read "A Modest Proposal" (TLOC 914) and do DQ #6 and RSQs #1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12 (Don't forget to look over the useful terms in the satire packet!)
Thursday, Feb. 9
Quit Smoking
HW: None
Friday, Feb. 10
He Said WHAT??!!: "A Modest Proposal"
HW:
Monday, Feb. 13
Handouts: Amusing Conversation discussion sheet
Intro to "Amusing" Graded Discussion
Maybe Babies: "Modest Proposal" II
HW: Graded discussion prep due Wednesday
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Handouts:
"Modest Proposal" III
HW: Discussion prep
Wednesday, Feb. 15
Handouts:
Begin Amusing Conversation
HW: None
Thursday, Feb. 16
Handouts: "Commercial Candour"
Professional-Grade Ad Naseams
"Commercial Candour"
Finish Amusing Conversation
HW: Be ready for satire test (fallacies, Smokin' Vocab, "Modest Proposal," and various satirical analysis); CARP outlines due Wednesday
Friday, Feb. 17
DIE TINY AS TUT, O LOCH SON!
Monday, Feb. 20
SPIDER ENTS DAY, O LOCH SON!
 
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Handouts:
SATIRE TEST
HW: CARP Outline, with paragraph annotations stating "This paragraph will..."
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Handouts: Argumentative Notes, Analytical Guides
Analytical Guides
Begin Swift AP Qs
HW: Read over '05, '09, '10 prompts and choose one to write tomorrow. AD NAUSEAM DUE FRIDAY.
Thursday, Feb. 23
Handouts: In Cold Blood Part I Study Questions
In-Class Free-Choice AP Prompt
HW: AD NAUSEAM; Read ICB Part I for Monday
Friday, Feb. 24
Handouts: ICB Part I study Qs
Finish Swift AP Qs
HW: Read ICB Part I and do SQs
Monday, Feb. 27
Handouts: ICBAPMCQs packet
Blood Read?
ICB AP Passage 1 and Recap
HW: Read "Silent Season of a Hero" (TLOC 431) by Wednesday.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Handouts: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Finish AP Passage 1
The Truman Being: Intro to Capote, ICB, and New Journalism
HW: Read "Silent Season" and do "Where Have You Gone..." including a one-sentence imitation of any sentence in the first two paragraphs.
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Handouts:
Recap "Silent Season"
HW:
Thursday, March 1
Handouts: Writing Red Flags
ICB VOCAB QUIZ I
The "Silent Season" Continues
HW: Bring Kolln tomorrow.
Friday, March 2
Handouts: ICB Part II Qs
I'M GONE
CARP Work Time
HW: Read ICB Part II and do Qs
Monday, March 5
Handouts: CARP Peer Review Sheet
CARP Peer Review: A 45-Minute Period Could Earn You 15% or More on CARP Insurance
HW: Finish CARP rough draft by tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 6
Reeling in the CARP
AP Passage 2 Recap: The Movie
HW: Vocab Quiz II tomorrow; finish ICB Part II
Wednesday, March 7
ICB VOCAB QUIZ II
Perry and Dick-cessorizing
HW: None
Thursday, March 8
Recap Part I
HW: None
Friday, March 9
Recap Part I-II
HW: Read Part III and do Qs
Monday, March 12
Handouts: "In Cold Fact," In Cold Fact Qs half-sheet
Myrtle Clarity: Rhetorical Analysis in Part II
HW: AP Passage 5, Read "In Cold Fact" and do Qs for Thursday
Tuesday, March 13
Recap AP Passage 5
Perry's Dream
HW: "In Cold Fact" and Qs due Thursday
Wednesday, March 14
Handouts: Part IV Study Questions, Columbine Excerpt
Big Bird Ain't Comin': Perry's Dream Reloaded
Recap Part II
HW: "In Cold Fact" and Qs due Thursday; Read "Columbine" excerpt for Friday and write a brief paragraph analyzing any similarities or resonances you find between the Perry-Dick relationship in ICB and the Eric-Dylan relationship in Columbine.
Thursday, March 15
Handouts:
Recap Part II-III
Well, This Is Awkward: "In Cold Fact" and Capote's Credibility
HW: Read "Columbine" excerpt and write the analysis outlined above.
Friday, March 16
Handouts:
Did Not! Did Too! Part III vs. "In Cold Fact"
HW: Read Part IV and answer study questions.
Monday, March 19
Handouts: Capote's Fake Ending
Do AP Passage 8 in class
"Columbine" Echoes
HW: Finish "In Cold Fact" and reading "Capote's Fake Ending"
Tuesday, March 20
Handouts: "The Things They Carried," "The Things They Discussed About Elephants"
Recap ICB Part IV
HW: Read "Shooting an Elephant" (TLOC) and "The Things They Carried" (packet) and answer TLOC Qs 2, 3, and 5 and all Qs on the handout
Wednesday, March 21
Handouts:
I'M GONE
ICB VOCAB QUIZ III
HW:
Thursday, March 22
Handouts:
In Cold Done
HW:
Friday, March 23
Handouts:
The Things They Discussed About Elephants
HW: Violence Graded Discussion Prep; purchase Rhetorical Book Club book; have a safe, sunscreened, enjoyable, and virtuous double-wide spring break!
Monday, April 9
Handouts: 2 ACT Passages
Begin "I Think, Therefore I BAM!" Graded Discussion
HW: Analysis Qs on back of Violence packet, ACT passages due Wednesday
Tuesday, April 10
Handouts: Another ACT English Passage, ACT Tips
I Think, Therefore I Continue to BAM!
HW: 3 ACT Passages Total, Bring Rhetorical Book Club Book tomorrow
Wednesday, April 11
Handouts: Rhetorical Book Club schedule forms
Rhetorical Book Club: Avengers Assemble!
We Built ACT on Rock 'n' Roll: ACTips
HW: Score and annotate ACT writing samples
Thursday, April 12
Handouts:
More ACTips
HW: None (read Book Club book)
Friday, April 13
Argumentative Context: An ACT Writing Workshop
HW:
Monday, April 16
Handouts: "All in Your Head," Argumentative Prompt Sheet, AP MCQ Passage ("To speak disrespectfully of love...")
PAOLILLI
Domains of Support: Reading, Observation, and Experience
HW: Create "Y, YB, N" charts and plan an essay for 4 of the 6 argumentative prompts on the handout
Tuesday, April 17
Handouts:
Rhetorical Book Club Episode 1
Context Recap
HW: None
Wednesday, April 18
PAOLILLI
In-Class Argumentative Prompt
HW: None
Thursday, April 19
Handouts: Argumentative Peer Review
Argumentative Peer Review
An Argumentative Recipe
HW: None (read RBC book)
Friday, April 20
Handouts: Sample Argumentative Responses
Argumentative Recipe, Batch 2
Begin MCQ Recap
HW: Write another argumentative prompt, do RBC assignment
Monday, April 23
Rhetorical Book Club Episode II
HW: Argumentative peer review #2
Tuesday, April 24
Handouts: 2011 Synthesis Prompt
Remember Me? The Synthesis Essay
HW: Prep 2011 locavore prompt, annotating sources and marking their utility in a "YES," YES, BUT," or "NO" argument
Wednesday, April 25
Handouts: '07 and '08 (2) Synthesis Prompts
Recap Synthesis Prep
HW: Write a synthesis essay
Thursday, April 26
Handouts: Synthesis peer review sheet, TONGO card, Tone vocab list, Women Writer MCQs
Intro to TONGO
Synthesis Peer Review
HW: Women Writer MCQ passage
Friday, April 27
Handouts: Sample Locavore Essays, 2009 Synthesis Prompt
Some Nice Synthesis Essays
HW: RBC 2, Synthesis Prompt #2
Monday, April 30
Handouts:
Rhetorical Book Club 3
HW:
Tuesday, May 1
Handouts:
God Save the Queen: Multiple Choice Strategies
HW: Write one analytical prompt by tomorrow
Wednesday, May 2
Handouts:
TONGO!
More-tiple Choice
HW: None
Thursday, May 3
Handouts:
35-MINUTE PERIODS
Begin Practice MC Section
HW: Choose synthesis prompt to submit for grade
Friday, May 4
Handouts:
Finish Practice MC Section
Submit Synthesis Prompt
HW: RBC 4, "One's Hat" reading and worksheet due Tuesday
Monday, May 7
Handouts: 2 Analytical Prompt Packets, Ebert review
Transformers: Revenge of the Rhetorical Strategies
RBC 4
HW: "One's Hat," be ready for tone quiz
Tuesday, May 8
Handouts:
TONE VOCAB QUIZ
Episode III: Revenge of the AnalySith
HW: Analytical prompt from one packet or the other
Wednesday, May 9
Handouts: Lippmann Prompt Etc.
Analyzing One's Hat
Now YOU Do It, Hotshot! The Lippman Prompt
HW: None
Thursday, May 10
Handouts:
Recap Practice MC Test
HW: None
Friday, May 11
Handouts: "Death of a Moth," Moth MCQs
Moth MCQs In Class
HW: Write another analytical prompt
Monday, May 14
Handouts: AP Conditioning, Remember...
AP Conditioning
Comparing 9s, 6s, and 4s
HW: "Remember..." sheet
Tuesday, May 15
Handouts: Essay Notes, Rocking the Essays
Recap "Remember..."
Essay Notes and Final Inspirations
HW: Rock the AP test.
Wednesday, May 16
Handouts: Munchkins at 7:25
Showdown With a Big Hairy APe
HW: Massage your writing hand.
Thursday, May 17
Handouts: Post-AP Assignments, Sesquipedalian College Words
Back to the Future! AP RecAP
HW: None
Friday, May 18
Handouts: Hidden Treasures
Intro to Hidden Treasures
HW: Work on post-AP assignment.
Monday, May 21
Continue Multimedia Extravaganza!
HW: - Post-AP Assignment due Wednesday (don't forget Turnitin.com!)
- College Words Vocab Quiz Wednesday
- Read Kolln p. 206-209 by Wednesday and do Ex. 36
- Brief Hidden Treasures paragraph with example (audiovisual optional) by Thursday
Tuesday, May 22
TODAY'S CLASS NIGH-OBLITERATED BY SIX FLAGS TRIP
HW: Challenge the Viper, and enjoy the rest of your day at Six Flags. Then do everything listed above.
Wednesday, May 23
Handouts:
COLLEGE WORDS VOCAB QUIZ
Continue Multimedia Extravaganza!
HW: Hidden Treasures paragraph
Thursday, May 24
Handouts: Comma Rules, Comma Drama
Finish Multimedia Extravaganza!
Begin Hidden Treasures
HW: Bring Kolln tomorrow
Friday, May 25
Hidden Treasures Discussion
Recap Study Guide Skills
HW:
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