AP Language and Composition: D Block 4/29/14  Objective: to continue to prepare for the AP test by practicing developing text-based arguments in a short amount of time.  (No DOL)  Book club handout  Text-based discussion on The Crucible 15 minutes to prepare silently minutes to discuss  Grading Knowledge of text Quality of contributions Amount of contributions (without “hogging” the discussion) Encouraging and promoting discussion. New vocab dates Vocab 21: 5/7 Vocab 22: 5/16 Vocab 23: 5/20 Vocab 24: 5/23 Vocab 25: 6/2

AP Language and Composition: D Block 5/7/14  Vocab 21 Quiz  Book club pitches: Title and author of the book Synopsis (plot, any other info) Names of journals you found that have essays on the text  Choose book clubs and book by the end of the day today  Study time  Homework: Complete worksheets on pages 2 and 3 of the green (final paper) packet Proposal due to turnitin.com by next Thursday (5/15)

AP Language and Composition: D Block 5/21/14  Individual conferences  Things to work on in the mean time: Reading / book club Triangle outline This I Believe essay Research  Upcoming due dates: Book Club 2 next week “This I Believe” due next Thursday (5/29) Triangle outline due Thursday, June 5 th Paper due Friday, June 13th

AP Language and Composition: D Block 5/22/14  Things to work on: Reading / book club Triangle outline This I Believe essay Research  Upcoming due dates: Vocab 24 quiz tomorrow “This I Believe” due next Wednesday (May 28 th ) Book Club 2—Thursday (May 29 th ) Triangle outline due Friday, June 6 th Paper due Friday, June 13th

AP Language and Composition: D Block 5/29/14  Vocab 24 quiz  Final presentations  Book clubs  Upcoming due dates: Vocab 25 quiz Monday (6/2) Triangle outline and book club 3: next Thursday (6/6) Book club 4: Monday, June 9 th Final paper: Friday, June 13 th Portfolio: Monday, June 16 th Final presentation: Thursday, June 19 th

AP Language and Composition: D Block 6/2/14  Last vocab quiz!  Library  You should be working on… Triangle outline and book club 3: Friday (6/7) Book club 4: Monday, June 9 th Final paper: Friday, June 13 th Portfolio: Monday, June 16 th Final presentation: Thursday, June 19 th

AP Language and Composition: D Block 6/3/14  Reminder: your paper is due in ten days!  Tomorrow: 12 th grade summer reading talks, then work diligently with the sub.  Today: share your portfolio with me and check with me to make sure it worked.  Using literary criticism in your paper  Today and tomorrow, you should be working on Triangle outline and book club 3: Friday (6/7) Book club 4: Monday, June 9 th Final paper: Friday, June 13 th Portfolio: Monday, June 16 th Final presentation: Thursday, June 19 th

How to write about literary criticism Literary criticism Refers generally to the practice of analyzing literature, OR to a large body of scholarly work analyzing literature. Examples: “I took a class on literary criticism.” “We read a lot of literary criticism on The Great Gatsby.” You can also say: “We read a lot of scholarly essays on The Great Gatsby.” “There is a lot of scholarship about The Great Gatsby.” “In his essay on The Great Gatsby…” “I found a good essay on The Great Gatsby.” You can’t say “There are a lot of literary criticisms on The Great Gatsby.” “In his literary criticism of The Great Gatsby …” “I found a literary criticism on The Great Gatsby.”

Italics, quotation marks, and titles  Titles of articles go in quotation marks.  Titles of books and plays are italicized.  Titles of academic journals are italicized.  When books and plays are in the title of an article, the title of the book or play is italicized inside the quotation marks.

Examples The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Scarlet Letter as Dialectic of Temperament and Idea” by Robert Stanton, published in American Literature. “Motivation in The Scarlet Letter” by Edward C. Sampson, published in College English.

Journal titles vs. publisher You never need to say who publishes the journal. You only need to write the journal title, not the publishing organization. Journal titlePublisher (nobody cares) The English JournalThe National Council of Teachers of English Nineteenth Century Literature The University of California Press Studies in the NovelThe University of North Texas English Department

Precis vs. paper  When you write a precis, you must include the publication (i.e., the journal title), title, author, and date.  When you write a paper and quote or paraphrase, the MOST information you should give is the author and title. You really don’t even need to say that, since it’s on the Works Cited page.  You never need to write the publishing organization anywhere.