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Ap Language Course Organizer 2015

This course is an AP Language and Composition class. It will involve an in-depth study of non-fiction literature and rhetorical devices used to analyze how writers appeal to readers through ethos, pathos, and logos. Students will engage with various learning rituals like discussions, process papers, and speeches. They will learn critical concepts like synthesis, writing process, and rhetorical techniques. The course is divided into units that examine the consequences of language, manipulation of language, humor in language, foreign languages in America, and the language of war. Assessment will include tests, papers, projects, and a performance rubric.

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Ap Language Course Organizer 2015

This course is an AP Language and Composition class. It will involve an in-depth study of non-fiction literature and rhetorical devices used to analyze how writers appeal to readers through ethos, pathos, and logos. Students will engage with various learning rituals like discussions, process papers, and speeches. They will learn critical concepts like synthesis, writing process, and rhetorical techniques. The course is divided into units that examine the consequences of language, manipulation of language, humor in language, foreign languages in America, and the language of war. Assessment will include tests, papers, projects, and a performance rubric.

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Course Map

This Course: AP Language & Composition

Student:

includes

Community
Principles

Course organizers
Interactive composition book
Timed writings
Quick writes
Speeches & debates
Blog posting

Class IntroductionArguments based on Ethos, Logos, and


Pathos (ethics, logic, and emotion) and
Power of Education
Toni Morrisons Nobel Peace Price
speech-power of language.
Persuasion in Advertisement-identifying tone
Reading notes chapters 1-4 Everythings An
Argument

Responding to both sides of a prompt

Class discussions
process papers
visual analysis
walk and talks
reading walks

Critical Concepts
Synthesis of sources and ideas
writing as a process
Tools of persuasion
application
Audience effect on diction
collaboration
Citation
evaluation
Development
arguing both sides of a topic
Rhetorical devices
prose and non fiction
Learned in these

Units

Consequences of Language:
Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglas- education
and language leads to freedom.
Synthesis Project
Thinking rhetorically
Evidence and documentation
Languages effect on history
Presenting arguments

Performance
Options

Learning Rituals

The Nature of Language


Walden:Henry David
Thoreau

Manipulation of Language:
In Cold Blood- authors that
use language to manipulate
audience
Structuring arguments
proposals
Supporting a claim
Arguments of fact
Class trial ICB
Writers Workshop

Assessment options
Oral tests
Creative projects
All class quizzes
Test options-essay
or build your own

The Price of Language


The language of young people
Education across the globe
Language of propaganda
Religion in public life
Diversity on campus
No Name Woman
Rights of Women across the world
The Language of War
If I Die in a Combat Zone-first accounts of war
Gandhi & Mandela-language of peace
Pericles-addressing a crowd during war times
The medias spin on War
Writers Workshop Focus: Diction, repetition,
clarity of ideas.
Juxtaposition for emphasis

Foreign Language in America


Down These Mean Street
Personal Narratives in nonfiction
Casual arguments
Formal vs. informal language
Abandoning education
Whats it like to be bilingual in the Us?
What does your language say about your
identity?
Notes of a Native Speaker
Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood

The

Teacher(s) Hennegan:

Course Organizer

Time:

This Course:

is
about

AP Language

an in-depth study of non-fiction literature and rhetorical


devices in order to analyze how writers appeal to the reader
through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.

Course Questions:
1. How do the various forms of writing affect various subject matters?
2. In what ways does writing proceed through several stages or drafts, with
revision aided by teacher and peers?
3. How can informal writing help you become aware of our own writing style
and the techniques of other writers?
4. How do readings representing a variety of prose styles and genres help you in
writing expository, analytical, and argumentative compositions in response to
these readings?
5. How does reading nonfiction give you opportunities to identify and explain
an authors use of rhetorical strategies and techniques?
6. How does analyzing graphics and visual images both in relation to written
texts and as alternative forms of text themselves aid in development of
analytical skills?
7. How do you present a fully supported written argument that includes
analysis and synthesis of ideas from multiple sources?
.

Student:
Course Dates:

Example
What?
CONTENT:
Author Style
Literary Concepts
Rhetorical Concepts
Authors and Works
Semester assessment

PROCESS:
Writing Process
Comprehension
Strategies
Formal Speaking
Research

How?

Value?

Tests, Analysis
CE Devices, Tests

25%
35%

Tests, Papers

Formal Papers
Routines, Dialogue
Speeches
Performance Rubric

25%
15%

Course Map

This Course: AP Language & Composition

Student:

includes

Community
Principles
Respect each others
learning process
Respect others items
Respect each others
opinions
Come to class prepared

Performance
Options

Learning Rituals

Course organizer
Interactive composition book
Timed writings
Quick writes
Speeches & debates
Blog posting

Unit Organizer
Class discussion
Process papers
Visual Analysis
Walk and Talks
Reading Walks

Assessment options
Oral tests
Creative projects
All class quizzes
Test options-essay
or build your own

Critical Concepts
Synthesis of sources and ideas
writing as a process
Tools of persuasion
application
Audience effect on diction
collaboration
Citation
evaluation
Development
arguing both sides of a topic
Rhetorical devices
prose and non fiction
Class IntroductionSummer reading

Learned in these

Units

The Price of Language

Consequences of Language:

Manipulation of Language:

Humor in Language

Foreign Language in America

The Language of War

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