Scope+and+Sequence

=AP Language and Composition=

Term 1
- "Catbird Seat" by David J. Birnbaum - Introduction to the Rhetorical Triangle - "Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space" by Brent Staples || - Identify parts of the Rhetorical Triangle in both readings (Speaker, Audience, Subject) || - "From Letter from Birmingham Jail" by MLK (pg. 1109) - "Modern Applications of Ancient Rhetoric" - Five Canons of Rhetoric - Multiple Choice Diagnostic || Prompt: //What rhetorical techniques does MLK demonstrate in "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?// || -"Modern Approaches to Argument" - Writing Diagnostic - Writing Diagnostic Workshop - Tracking a current issue (pairs) - (D/ F Monitoring Window Opens Sept. 24) || - Respond to the AP Sample Exam Question: Benjamin Banneker || -"from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards - "from the Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson || - Rhetorical Triangle: Relationship between Speaker, Audience, Context. - Prompt available in the Pearson text Volume 1 on page 93: The Writing Lesson. - Prompt: How does Jefferson use Aristotelian appeals to persuade his audience? - Use the Ethos, Logos, and Pathos graphic organizer (See pg. 120 in Pearson) || - "from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" - "from the Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" || - Genre Study (modes) - Prompt available in the Pearson text Volume 1 on page 154: The Writing Lesson. - Prompt: //How does Olaudah Equiano appeal to pathos through his descriptions of the heinous details of the slave trade? Use examples from the text.// || - "The Atlanta Compromise" by Booker T. Washington - W.E.B. Dubois Argument "Gettysburg Address" - (D/ F Monitoring Window opens Oct. 15) || - Argument Analysis Prompt: //Write a brief paper in which you analyze Author X's argument. Account for the author's claims and state the purpose of the text. Then, in a few paragraphs, discuss the evidence Author X uses to advance his position.// || - "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Hurston -"Myth of the Latin Woman" by Cofer || - Prompt available in the 50 Essays Teacher Guide on page 52 Question 2: Simulated AP Questions - Prompt available in the 50 Essays Teacher Guide on page 21 Question 1: Simulated AP Questions ||
 * =Introduction to Rhetoric and Argument Analysis= || =Writing Tasks= ||
 * * Rhetorical Triangle
 * Introduction to the exam
 * Diagnostic exams (MC and Writing)
 * Analyze Student Sample Essays
 * Formal and Informal Writing Tasks
 * Current Issue Project
 * AP journal ||  ||
 * **__Week 1__ (September 7-17)**
 * **__Week 2__ (September 13-17)**
 * **__Week 3__ (September 20-24)**
 * **__Week 4__ (September 27-October 1)** Progress Report Quarter 1
 * **__Week 5__ (October 4-8)**
 * **__Week 6__ (October 11-15)**
 * **__Week 7__ (October 18-22)**

= = || =Writing Tasks= || - "What are Homosexuals for?" by Daniel Sullivan || 50 Essays Teacher Guide Prewrite: Suggested Approaches pg. 126 (Respond to quote in the first paragraph) Work with the text: "Mark a Text" and Rhetorical Triangle Engagement Strategies: Questions on Rhetoric and Style Analysis: Page 127 Question 1 Argument: Page 127 Question 3 Multiple-choice Questions
 * =The Written Argument=
 * * Rhetorical Triangle
 * Warm-ups
 * Current Issue Project
 * AP journal
 * - "On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs ||  ||
 * -Transition week ||  ||
 * **__Week 12__** **(November 29 - December 3)**
 * **__Week 12__** **(November 29 - December 3)**

Go over sample argument essays and have students grade them. || Gender -"Womens' Brains" by Steven Gould || 50 Essays Teacher Guide Prewrite: Suggested Approaches pg. 39 Work with the text: "Mark a Text" and Rhetorical Triangle Engagement Strategies: Questions on Rhetoric and Style Analysis: Page 39 Question 1 Argument: Page 39 Question 2 (Verbal Response: Four-corners) Multiple-choice Questions
 * **__Week 13__** **(December 6 - December 10)**

AP Sample Argument Essay || -"About Men" by Gretle Ehrlich || Small Group Rhetorical Triangle || -"Being a Man" by Paul Theroux || Group Presentation: Image analysis presentation The Language of Composition Argument: Page 382. Question 6 (Online)
 * **__Week 14__ (December 13 - December 17)**
 * __**Week 15**__ **(January 3 - January 7)**

AP Sample Argument Essay || - "There is No Unmarked Woman" by Deborah Tannen ||  || 50 Essays Analysis: Page 14 Question 1 (incorporate ideas from Suggested Approaches paragraph 3) Argument: Page 14 Question 2 (incorporate question 4 in student guide into question 2 in teacher guide) || Multiple Choice || Group Presentation: Image analysis presentation The Language of Composition Argument: Page 393. Question 8 (Online) - "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy ||  ||
 * __**Week 16**__ **(January 10 - January 14)**
 * **__Weeks 17-18__ (January 17 - January 21)** || Final Exam
 * **__Weeks 18__ (January 23 - January 28)** || Final Exam
 * __**Week 17**__ **(January 17 - January 21)** ||  ||
 * __**Week 18**__ **(January 24 - January 28)**

= = || =Writing Tasks:= - "Catbird Seat" by David J. Birnbaum - Introduction to the Rhetorical Triangle - "Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space" by Brent Staples || **__Week 8__ (October 25 -29)** - "On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs - "What are Homosexuals for?" by Daniel Sullivan || - "From Letter from Birmingham Jail" by MLK (pg. 1109) - "Modern Applications of Ancient Rhetoric" - Five Canons of Rhetoric - Multiple Choice Diagnostic ||  || -"Modern Approaches to Argument" - Writing Diagnostic - Writing Diagnostic Workshop - Tracking a current issue (pairs) - (D/ F Monitoring Window Opens Sept. 24) || **__Week 9__ (November 1-5)** November 4: Final Grades Quarter 1 -Transition week || -"from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards - "from the Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson || **__Week 10__ (November 8-12)** Gender -"Womens' Brains" by Steven Gould -"About Men" by Gretle Ehrlich || - "from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" - "from the Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" || **__Week 11__ (November 15-19)** - "There is No Unmarked Woman" by Deborah Tannen -"Being a Man" by Paul Theroux || - "The Atlanta Compromise" by Booker T. Washington - W.E.B. Dubois Argument "Gettysburg Address" - (D/ F Monitoring Window opens Oct. 15) || Thanksgiving Break (November 22-26) || - "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Hurston -"Myth of the Latin Woman" by Cofer || __**Week 12**__ **(November 29 - December 3)** - (D/ F Monitoring Window opens Nov. 29) ||
 * =The Synthesis Essay and Multiple Choice Test=
 * Cause and effect
 * Argument: Perspective (social, political, economic)
 * Explanatory (issues to be considered) ||
 * * Rhetorical Triangle
 * Introduction to the exam
 * Diagnostic exams (MC and Writing)
 * Analyze Student Sample Essays
 * Formal and Informal Writing Tasks
 * Current Issue Project
 * AP journal ||  ||
 * **__Week 1__ (September 7-17)**
 * **__Week 2__ (September 13-17)**
 * **__Week 3__ (September 20-24)**
 * **__Week 4__ (September 27-October 1)** Progress Report Quarter 1
 * **__Week 5__ (October 4-8)**
 * **__Week 6__ (October 11-15)**
 * **__Week 7__ (October 18-22)**
 * -"Sweat" by Zora Hurston
 * -"Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy