AP English Language and Composition 11/9: Complete Chapter 3 Notes Community Service Synthesis Essay Jigsaw 11/10: Synthesis Essay Jigsaw Activity Continued 11/12: In class Synthesis Essay 11/13: Writing Strategies: “Conquering the Comma”

AP English Language and Composition 10/26: Chapter 3 Reading Quiz Begin Ch. 3 Overview HW: Reread Robert Putnam Essay pp 66-68 and respond to questions on p. 68 10/27-10/28: Peer Revision of JFK Analysis 10/29: Continue Review of Chapter 3 Discussion of Robert Putnam Essay 10/30: JFK Essay and Vocabulary Unit 4 due Continue Discussion of Robert Putnam Essay

AP English Language and Composition 10/19: Drafting JFK Essay HW: Read essays 1B, E, II, K, and U; score essays as 2, 4, 6, 8; have a rationale for scores HW: Read Language of Composition Ch 3 by 10/22 10/20: Kennedy Essay due Discuss student-generated results of essays 10/21: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test 10/22: Ch. 3 Overview HW: Reread Robert Putnam Essay pp 66-68 and respond to questions on p. 68 10/23: Impact of source choices on Putnam’s essays

AP English Language and Composition 10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of JFK Inaugural Speech 10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test 10/16: Drafting JFK Essay 10/19: Kennedy Essay due 10/20: LOC Chapter 1-2 Test

AP English Language and Composition 10/5: Roger Ascham Close Reading Activity HW: Using one of the graphic organizers, analyze an advertisement 10/6-10/8: PSAT Review & Test Preparation 10/7: Collect Rhetorical Analysis of Ad 10/12-10/13: Rhetorical Analysis of JFK Inaugural Speech 10/15: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test

AP English Language and Composition 9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due; Debrief Einstein Essays; Complete LOC Ch 1 Notes 9/21-9/22: Rhetorical Analysis of Multimedia Texts 9/23-9/24: Einstein Revision Workshop 9/25: Einstein Essays Due; Vocabulary Unit 2 due 9/28: Language of Composition Ch. 2 due 9/29: Vocabulary Unit 2 Test

AP English Language and Composition 9/14 – 9/15: Group Analysis of Einstein Letter 9/16 - 9/17: Library – I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 Assignment 1 only for each Tutorial 9/18: Einstein Rhetorical Analyses due Finish Language of Composition Chapter 1 PPT Notes Rhetorical Analyses of Videos and Political Cartoons 9/21: I-Claim Tutorials 1-4 due

AP English Language and Composition 9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test 9/9: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift 9/10: Language of Composition Ch 1 PPT Notes over Rhetorical Triangle pp. 9-10: Rhetorical Analysis of Einstein Letter 9/11: Language of Composition Ch 1 (cont.) PPT Notes over Appeals to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos p. 12: Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoons

AP English Language and Composition 8/31: Theme vs. Motif; Glossary of Tone Read Russell Baker’s “Happy New Year?” and Nikki Giovanni’s “On Holidays and How to Make them Work” 9/1: Tone Analysis of Baker and Giovanni Read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” 9/2-9/3: Rhetorical Analysis of Swift 9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due 9/4: Drafting Your Own “Modest Proposal” 9/8: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test 9/9: Read Language of Composition Ch 1

AP English Language and Composition 8/25: Wilder and Gladwell Essays due 8/26-8/27: Our Town Socratic Seminar 8/28: Theme vs. Motif 9/3: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 due 9/5: Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Test