AP English Language and Composition 2017-2018Mrs. McHugh



AP English Language and Composition 2017-2018Mrs. McHughIntroduction: AP English Course Description, Classroom Expectations and Rules; The Harkness Discussion Method; summer reading discussion; summer reading-based essay.Analysis: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis Essential Question: What does it mean to be a citizen rhetor?Quarter OneOrganizing Principle: “Reading usually precedes writing, and the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer.” Susan SontagEssential Question: How does one analyze rhetoric?The Language of Composition – Chapter 1- “An Introduction to Rhetoric: Using the ‘Available Means’” Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech- rhetorical situation, rhetorical triangle, SOAPStone, rhetorical appeals, analysis of visual texts. George W. Bush – September 11, 2001 speech; Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Selma” speech; Apollo 11 speeches, visuals, and articles.The Language of Composition – Chapter 2- “The Art and Craft of Analysis”“Benny Paret”- Norman Mailer; “Save the Redwoods” – John Muir; “Speech in Philadelphia” – Angelina Grimke Weld; “On Bird Watching” – Ralph Ellison, “The Santa Ana Winds” – Joan Didion; Groucho Marx letter to Warner Brothers; “The Stranger in the Photo is Me” – Donald Murray; “Two Views of the River” – Mark Twain; John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address; “Speech in the Virginia Convention” – Patrick Henry; “The F Word’ – Firoozeh Dumas; “Challenger Speech” – Ronald Reagan; “Death of the Moth” – Annie Dillard; “Joyas Volardores,” Bryan Doyle; “Second Inaugural Address” – Abraham Lincoln; “Amazing Grace” – Barack Obama.Writing and GrammarExercises from Michael Degen’s Crafting Expository Argument; Writing Assignment One: Final copy of Degen draft (varied syntax); Writing Assignment Two: “The Stranger in the Photo is Me”; AP Analysis Essays – Florence Kelley; Benjamin BannekerIndependent Readings– Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Great GatsbyQuarter TwoAnalysis in Action - Entering the Conversation: The EconomyEssential Question: What is the true measure of wealth?The Language of Composition Chapter 7 (2nd edition)From “Serving in Florida” – Barbara Ehrenreich; “A Modest Proposal”- Jonathan Swift (Toulmin Argument); “In Strawberry Fields” – Eric Schlosser; “How to Restore the American Dream” – Fareed Zakaria; “What the Bagel Man Saw” – Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt; “Waste” – Wendell Berry; cartoon – “The Great GAPSby Society”Documentary – Inequality for AllAP Argument: 2005-“The Singer Solution to World Poverty”; 2012-Certainty and Doubt. The Foundations of Argument, Persuasion and Logic Essential Question: How does one argue effectively?Organizing Principle: “When I’m getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I’m going to say, and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.” Abraham LincolnLogic and Argument Unit – Defining argument; arguable propositions/claims; types of claims; turning claims into thesis statements; evidence; argument structure; inductive and deductive reasoning; fallacies of logic. Readings: “Star Wars,” Roger Ebert; “The C-Word in the Hallways,” Anna Quindlen; “Not by Math Alone,” Sandra Day O’Connor and Roy Romer; excerpts from Angela’s Ashes and Blink; “Sex, Drugs, Disasters and the Extinction of Dinosaurs”-Stephen J. Gould; “Why I Wrote The Crucible”-Arthur Miller; “Tragedy and the Common Man” – Arthur Miller; “Grease and The Crucible” ; McCarthyism cartoons; “Witchcraft or Psychedelic Trip?”; “To His Coy Mistress” Andrew Marvel; “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” – Christopher Marlowe; “The Nymph’s Reply” – Sir Walter Raleigh. Current news articles across the bias spectrum. Analysis Essay – 2005 - MagnasolesIndependent Reading - The Crucible; logical fallacies in real life and The Crucible. “Love is a Fallacy.” Combining Analysis and Argument: SynthesisEssential Question: How does one develop an informed opinion that considers multiple perspectives and possibilities?Organizing Principle: “We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.” Li-Ka-ShingThe Researched Argument - Students develop a position on a current controversial issue in classic Aristotelian style following MLA format. Quarter ThreeThe Language of Composition Chapter 4 – Synthesizing SourcesEntering the Conversation: Language and IdentityEssential Question: How does language reveal who we are?“Politics and the English Language” - George Orwell; “Doublespeak” – William Lutz; “Mother Tongue” – Amy Tan; Chimamanda Adichie – “The Danger of a Single Story” TED Talk; Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address; Donald Trump’s Inaugural AddressAP Synthesis Essays –2016 – Monolingualism or 2017 LibrariesAP Argument Essay: 2015 - Polite Speech; 2014 Creativity; 2017 - Artifice AP Analysis Essay – 2014 - Abigail Adams; 2016 – Thatcher’s Eulogy for Reagan Entering the Conversation: GenderEssential Question: What is the impact of the gender roles that society creates and enforces?“Women’s Brains” – Stephen J. Gould; “There is No Unmarked Woman” – Deborah Tannen; “Meals” -Virginia WolfVisual ArgumentsStudents examine visual evidence: graphs, charts, advertisements, websites, and political cartoons, “Killing Us Softly 4,” Trevor Noah, Saturday Night Live, and The Onion. Combining Synthesis, Analysis, and ArgumentOrganizing Principle: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret MeadEssential Question: How does one “disturb the universe”?Macbeth – William Shakespeare “On Civil Disobedience” - Henry David Thoreau; excerpts from “The Prince” – Machiavelli; “Shooting An Elephant” - George OrwellAP Argument Prompts: 2013 – OwnershipAP Analysis Prompt: 2014 - Caesar Chavez; 2013 Last Child in the WoodsAP Synthesis Prompts: 2013 Monuments; 2014 Honor CodesQuarter FourEntering the Conversation: NatureEssential Question: What is our relationship to nature?“The Blank Slate,” Stephen Pinker, “The Clan of One-Breasted Women,” Terry Tempest Williams; “A Fable for Tomorrow,” Rachel Carson, “Where I Lived, And What I Lived For,” Henry David Thoreau; excerpts from “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo EmersonIndependent Reading – The Rediscovery of North America by Barry LopezPreparation for the Advanced Placement Exam; Timed Essay Prompts and Multiple Choice Passages********************************* AP EXAM MAY 16***************************Essential Question: What lesson does the work reveal about human nature?Independent Reading –FrankensteinPreparation for the Common Core Regents Exam ................
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