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Fall 2017 Final Exam: AP Prompt Creation “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”—Henry FordCongratulations on nearly surviving your first semester of AP Language. I hope that you’ve been challenged this semester, both with the skills we worked on and the material I presented to you. Now, for your final challenge of the semester: The Final Exam. The highest level of thinking is being able to evaluate material. That means that a high-level thinking skill is being able to teach others, and create (and answer) high level questions. Your final exam will be to create an AP Exam Question prompt packet. You will create a synthesis prompt, a rhetorical analysis prompt, and an argument prompt. Your final exam grade will be 60% based on the prompts you create. The other 40% will be on an essay you will write on the day of your final exam. You will choose one of your own prompts to write on the day of your exam.Exam Break Down: 100 pts totalQ1: Synthesis prompt: 30 ptsQ2: Rhetorical analysis prompt: 15 ptsQ3: Argument Prompt: 15 ptsEssay on Exam Day: 40 ptsAll prompts will be formatted like a real AP essay. Please use the template that I provide for you on the class website. You will share the prompt packet with me on Microsoft 365 and turn in your annotated packet (see below) on the day of your examIn addition to providing the actual prompts, you must do the following (and do it well!) to get full points for each of the prompts:Synthesis Essay: At least 6 sources with MLA formatting at the top of each source pageOne source must be a visual: graph, political comic, piece of artworkBackground information on sources included as necessary (example who an author is, or context of the piece)Thorough annotation of each source Rhetorical Analysis Essay:Passage should be 200-300 words in length. May be from a speech, letter, article, book of nonfiction, or a novel.Thorough annotation of the textDetailed SOAPSTone of the textArgument Prompt:Use the 2017 Q3 prompt as a model. Choose a quote or very small passage when creating your promptProvide CHIL (Current Events, Historical, Individual Experience, Literature), provide 3 examples for each. Explain briefly (2-3 sentences each)Suggestions for topics:You may choose just about anything for your topics. Consider what you’re interested in, and what you already know about. Here are some ideas that may help you narrow your ideas:EducationRace IssuesGlobalizationHuman Rights IssuesCommunity IssuesCommunication/ LanguageMedia responsibility and RightsResponsibilities of CitizensCell Phone, Technology and Social Media ConcernsStill thinking? Check out New York Times 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing.Look at old essay prompts to get some ideas as well. I have a list of old prompts provided under this week’s materials on the class website. Have fun with this, write on what interests you. And, absolutely, DO NOT take the easy way out on this. I know what exists on the internet. If I catch even the tiniest bit of plagiarism in your assignment, you will get a failing grade. ................
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