AP English Language and Composition Friday, January 30 th, 2015

Grade MC Grade your own MC (yes, really. The only person you hurt by lying is yourself – don’t do that). Use a pen with colored ink. As you grade, identify and think about trends After you are done grading, complete a 3-part statement for yourself: What I did well: What I need to improve: My specific plan to make this improvement:

Partner-Score Homework Due: Read and Annotate Lincoln – “Gettysburg Address” King, Jr. – “I Have a Dream” Reminder: Be honest and accurate in your scoring Record the score on the text and on the rubric Initial next to the score on the rubric

Lincoln & King, Jr. Comparison You may work in partners or small groups, but every person is responsible for completing his/her own work (individual papers). 1. Have a short conversation with a peer – discuss the similarities and differences in each text (think “Venn Diagram”!) 2. Create a bullet-point précis pre-write for EACH text. 3. In addition to your bullet-point pre-write: Identify two rhetorical devices and/or patterns of development that both texts have in common. Analyze the effect of these RD/PoD in each text (2-4 sentences). Identify two rhetorical devices and/or patterns of development that both texts DO NOT have in common. Analyze the effect of these RD/PoD in each text (2-4 sentences).

Homework Due Monday, 2/2/15 Précis (3 parts) Lincoln King, Jr. Annotations: Anthony – “Women’s Right to Vote” Chief Seattle – “Message to President Franklin Pierce” Due Tuesday, 2/3/15 Annotations: Thoreau – On the Duty of Civil Disobedience