AP English Language & Composition
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Welcome to AP English Language and Composition You are smart, capable, and hardworking; otherwise, you would not have chosen this rigorous course. I expect you to be disciplined, teachable, open-‐minded, and self-‐motivated so that you pass the AP exam and develop a keen sense of recognizing, analyzing, organizing, and creating arguments. How will you accomplish these goals? 1. Become a “well read” individual with a broad writing and reading vocabulary. 2. Expose yourself to a variety of writing styles in literature and nonfiction. 3. Develop a clear, strong writing style that incorporates depth of thinking in analyzing a writer’s techniques, methods, style, and arguments. 4. Apply critical thinking skills to quickly recognize rhetorical and propaganda devices used in writing. 5. Become an intelligent writer who can quickly create an argument and defend it with credible research. 6. Investigate and seek out the unknown. Use a dictionary to define unfamiliar words; research allusions and historical connections within works; be a seeker of knowledge. 7. Manage your time wisely by spreading out assignments to give each work its deserved focus. Do not procrastinate or rush. A critical thinker must award himself/herself time to think. In this course we will read (mostly) nonfiction to analyze each author’s purpose/argument, organizational format, use of rhetorical devices, and style. Additionally, we will use various formats and apply rhetorical devices to write and defend arguments with synthesized research. SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS • All assignments are due on the designated dates with no exceptions. • Failure to complete summer work will result in removal from the course. • Use MLA formatting. See the MLA folder in the Schoology course for MLA formatting and documentation information or visit the MLA Owl at Purdue Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ • Use 12 size, Times New Roman font, and double-‐space the document • Do not adjust the margins • Please email me with any questions at kkokan@elcosd.org. • Share your assignments with my Google Drive account: ec99.kkokan@staff.elcoraiders.org • Email me at kkokan@elcosd.org to notify me when your assignments are shared. I will send you an email to confirm that I received your work.
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ASSIGNMENT #1 – Read and annotate the following TEN essays. Web addresses follow the titles, and links to these essays sit in the Summer Reading folder within the Schoology course. If you find that the link is no longer working, you can Google the title and find the essay in another location. An annotation is a note that is made while reading any form of text. In the case of these essays, you should make notations with regard to the method the author uses to make his or her point (definition, description, comparison/contrast, etc.) and the organization of the point (parallelism, antithesis, question and answer, etc.). Use the rhetorical terms sheet to assist you in searching for rhetorical devices. Due Date: Show your annotations (either electronic or hard copies) to the instructor on the first day of class. 1. (Description) Once More to the Lake -‐ E.B. White http://www.freewebs.com/lanzbom/EBWhiteLakeEssay.pdf 2. (Narrative) Shooting an Elephant -‐ George Orwell http://www.online-‐literature.com/orwell/887/ 3. (Example) Black Men and Public Space -‐ Brent Staples http://www.phil.washington.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/Black%20Men%20in %20Public%20Space%20Article.pdf 4. (Classification) The Plot Against People -‐ Russell Baker http://russian.cornell.edu/russian.web/courses/634/ThePlotAgainstPeople.pdf 5. (Process Analysis) On Dumpster Diving -‐ Lars Eigner http://faculty.uml.edu/kluis/42.101/Eighner_OnDumpsterDiving.PDF 6. (Comparison and Contrast) Neat People vs. Sloppy People -‐ Suzanne Britt http://officeinstructor.com/EssayWriting/EssayPDFs/Neat%20vs%20Sloppy.pdf 7. (Definition) I Want A Wife -‐ Judy Brady http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/wife.html 8. (Cause and Effect Analysis) Cultural Baggage -‐ Barbara Ehrenreich http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/05/magazine/hers-‐cultural-‐baggage.html 9. (Argument, Persuasion and Satire) A Modest Proposal -‐ Jonathan Swift http://emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/mdprp10.htm 10. (Persuasion) Self-‐Reliance – Ralph Waldo Emerson https://math.dartmouth.edu/~doyle/docs/self/self.pdf
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ASSIGNMENT #2 – After annotating the ten essays, choose SEVEN essays and write about how each of the rhetorical triangle components are demonstrated within each essay. Rhetorical Triangle: the three appeals of persuasion needed to communicate an argument http://www.occc.edu/comlab/pdf/handouts/rhetorical.pdf Logos – logic/reason – What is the author’s argument and logic to support it? Ethos – credibility/authority/form/manner – Why is this author a credible source? What are his/her credentials, and why is he/she an authority on the subject? How does the form of the piece enable the author to successfully accomplish his/her purpose? Pathos – emotional appeal – How does the author use emotional appeals and charged words to persuade the audience? Additionally, comment on each author’s use of the following rhetorical devices used within the essay. Obviously, not all essays will include all of the devices listed below. Irony Paradox Parallelism Repetition Restatement Rhetorical Question Satire Understatement DUE DATE: Monday, July 20th by Noon SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS: • Include this in one document and label each essay analysis clearly. • Use MLA formatting. See the MLA folder in the Schoology course for MLA formatting and documentation information or visit the MLA Owl at Purdue Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ • Use 12 size, Times New Roman font, and double-‐space the document • Do not adjust the margins • Share your assignments with my Google Drive account: ec99.kkokan@staff.elcoraiders.org • Email me at kkokan@elcosd.org to notify me when your assignments are shared. I will send you an email to confirm that I received your work.
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ASSIGNMENT #3 – Choose TWO of the following AP recommended nonfiction books to read. Investigate the books’ subjects to discover what you are most interested in reading. Complete the Nonfiction Data Sheet for ONE of the books. DUE DATE (for reading one book and completing the Nonfiction Data Sheet): Monday, August 3rd by Noon SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS: • Print out the Nonfiction Data Sheet to take notes on as you read, but please type the assignment. • Share your assignments with my Google Drive account: ec99.kkokan@staff.elcoraiders.org • Email me at kkokan@elcosd.org to notify me when your assignments are shared. I will send you an email to confirm that I received your work. Nonfiction Book List 1. Undaunted Courage: Merriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose 2. Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault 3. No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beavan 4. Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley 5. Flyboys by James Bradley 6. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 7. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dustbowl by Timothy Eagon 8. Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) by Homer Hickman Jr. 9. American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis 10. Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis 11. Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande 12. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 13. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 14. Amazing Grace by Jonathon Kazol 15. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe 16. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath 17. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky 18. 1776 by David McCollough 19. Naming Names by Victor S. Navasky 20. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Polan 21. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-‐Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink 22. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
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23. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 24. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts 25. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser 26. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich 27. Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins 28. There are no Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz 29. Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriquez 30. Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden 31. She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martydom of Cassie Bernall by Misty Bernall 32. Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale 33. The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman 34. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi 35. How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill 36. Escape by Carolyn Jessop 37. Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction by David Sheff 38. Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel 39. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 40. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 41. Freakonomics by Malcolm Gladwell 42. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 43. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 44. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked 45. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz 46. Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-‐Wada, Lance Williams 47. Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah 48. Eats Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss 49. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 50. The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger 51. A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer 52. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-‐Wada, Lance Williams 53. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho by Jon Katz 54. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 55. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza 56. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell 57. Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago 1940-‐1960 by Arnold R. Hirsch 58. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 59. Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance by Tony Dungy 60. Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston 61. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
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Nonfiction Data Sheet Text Information Your Name: Title: Author: Date of Publication: Genre:
Author Information Who is the author? What are the author’s qualifications for writing on this subject area? What is his/her place in history? How does the author present the subject and his/her expertise? Does the text, bibliography, or acknowledgements indicate thoughtful resources? Cite sources used.
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Quotations Choose significant quotes that are representative of the book. Your explanation should include discussion of each quote’s significance. Include page numbers. Quotation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Device and Explanation
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Writing Style Discuss the author’s style. Include the following as part of your discussion: Is the language level appropriate? Does the style of writing have clarity? Is the material fairly easy to follow and understand? Does the author avoid stereotypes and generalizations? Discuss the author’s use of tone, diction, and form? What makes his/her style unique or interesting? (Think about how the author develops the story.)
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Identify and explain the following. Familiarize yourself with the acronym, SOAPSTone, when analyzing readings. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/preap/teachers_corner/45200.html Subject
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Speaker
Tone
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Format/Structure of the Work Is the layout appropriate to the organizational method and writing style? Does the layout of the material contribute to the natural flow of information? Is the pattern easy to follow? Is the physical size of the work appropriate to the age level of the reader and the subject of the work? Discuss the cover – is it appropriate or significant?
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Themes and Purpose Explain the author’s purpose in telling this story. Why is he/she telling it? Is there some greater motive? If so, what is it? Additionally, how is the reader supposed to benefit from reading the work? What are the themes developed in this work? Use quotations (textual evidence) with in-text citations (author’s last name and page number) ! (Kokan 81) to support your explanations.
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ASSIGNMENT #4 – After reading a SECOND book from the list above, write an essay that discusses a point or theme from the book and how it affects a group’s points of view, observations, values, etc. Create an argument (THESIS statement) that proves a point and use THREE additional sources to support/contribute to your argument. Do not “Google” resources. Additional sources must be credible sources located using libguides links from the HS library site, databases (e.g. EBSCOHost, SIRS, etc.), periodical articles, essays, reference materials, or other books you have read. Failure to use credible sources will result in a decrease of 50% of the grade. See the attached document for database usernames and passwords. Library Wiki – http://elcohighschoollibrary.wikispaces.com Databases – http://elcohighschoollibrary.wikispaces.com/Databases+-‐ +Informational+Text NoodleTools -‐ http://www.noodletools.com/logon/signin?group=12887&code=3119&oid=3485 Usernames and Passwords – included on the next page DUE DATE (for the essay): The first day of class SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS • Use MLA formatting. See the MLA folder in the Schoology course for MLA formatting and documentation information or visit the MLA Owl at Purdue Writing Lab: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ • Use 12 size, Times New Roman font, and double-‐space the document • Do not adjust the margins • Include a Works Cited page for resources used within the essay • Create the Works Cited page in NoodleTools and export it to Google Docs to include with your document • Please email me with any questions at kkokan@elcosd.org. • Share your assignments with my Google Drive account: ec99.kkokan@staff.elcoraiders.org • (If you prefer to complete the document in Word, then attach it in an email and send to kkokan@elcosd.org.) • Email me at kkokan@elcosd.org to notify me when your assignments are shared. I will send you an email to confirm that I received your work.
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INFOBASE E-‐BOOKS ○ username: patron ○ PW: student EBSCOhost ○ username: elco ○ PW: library PROQUEST (SIRS & elibrary) ○ username: 24-‐46188 ○ PW: bigchalk ■ (Use this link to login at home: http://www.proquestk12.com/) WORLD ALMANAC ○ username: library ○ PW: raiders WORLD RELIGIONS ONLINE ○ username: library ○ PW: raiders GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY ○ username: elcohs ○ PW: elco MLA Handbook 7th Edition ○ Username/email: hslibrary@elcosd.org ○ Password: ehslibrary
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ASSIGNMENT #5 – Define the attached rhetorical terms and be prepared to take a quiz on them during the first week of class. Due Date: Submit your definitions (either electronic or hard copies) to the instructor on the first day of class.
AP English Language & Composition AP English Language and Composition Rhetorical Terms concepts and terminology to discuss a writer’s rhetoric and argument Appeals (ethical, emotional, logical, etc.) Argument Defend, Challenge, or Qualify Discourse Rhetoric Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical Modes Rhetorical Triangle Logos Ethos Pathos Rhetorical Question Semantics Style Thesis
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AP English Language & Composition Literary and Rhetorical Devices terminology to discuss a writer’s style and mode of expression Allegory Alliteration Allusion Analogy Anecdote Irony Metaphor Motif Oxymoron Paradox Parallel Syntax (Parallelism) Parody Pun Repetition Restatement Satire Simile Theme
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AP English Language & Composition Literary and Stylistic Terms terminology to discuss the tools a writer may employ to propel an argument Charged/Loaded Words Connotation Denotation Diction Ellipsis Equivocation Euphemism Hyperbole Juxtaposition Malapropism Mood Non Sequitur Pedantic Platitude Polemic Sarcasm Syntax Tone Transition Understatement Voice Â
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