AP English Language and Composition Thursday, December 3 rd, 2015

Write about anything at all, in any format, for 5 minutes! Journal

Circle 4-6 words and/or phrases from your free-write Use some or all of your circled words, and as few extra words as you can, to create one new sentence! Try using punctuation to create specific effects! Add-On

Raban Annot. Due Have a conversation with the people around you Talking points: What “pattern of development” is this essay? What is the timeline present in the essay? Where does it start; where does it end; what happens in the middle? “For Discussion” #1 & #4 (589-90)

Class Discussion What contrasts exist? How does the author create these? Narrative (beginning, middle, end) Parallel sentences Allusions and jargon

Gulliver’s Travels “yahoos” – “although they are human in form and feature, the yahoos are, indeed, animals. They are filthy and they stink.” “houyhnhnms” – “Swift defines these creatures as meaning ‘perfection of nature’”

Class Discussion Read this text through different lenses Education Us vs. Them Individual & Community Frontier