AP Lang-Pd. 1/Rm. A-6 Assignments

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Read Amy Tan's  "Mother Tongue."
Identify her purpose and rhetorical choices to support that purpose.
Answer questions attached.

Read Staples's  "Just Walk On By"
Identify his purpose and rhetorical choices to support that purpose
Answer questions attached.

This will be the final opportunity to impact your semester grade**. This essay is optional. However, if you choose to write it, the results will count -- for better or worse.
Answer either Question 2 or 3 only
If you would like your essay graded, be sure to submit and write "Please grade" in the private comments.

**Except for Participation Grades, which will continue through the end of the semester.

Read Ascher's "On Compassion" 
Identify her purpose and rhetorical choices to support that purpose
Answer questions attached.

Answer the attached.

Log in to AP Classroom to practice: 2020 Practice Exam 2 FRQ and 2020 Practice Exam 2 MCQ.

Complete the attached.


**Don't forget to check out AP Classroom Practice Exam 2

Respond to the attached.

Choose one essay to write.

Complete the attached.

Sign in to AP Classroom and take 2020 Practice Exam One MCQ. Pay particular attention to questions #25-45. These are the new type of multiple choice questions. Try to take this exam in sixty (60) minutes.  You will need your lockdown browser for this exam.  Results are available as soon as you complete the exam. This exam closes Sunday night at 10 p.m. 
If time allows write one or more of the essays in 2020 Practice Exam One FRQ. At the very least read through each question and outline an answer.


Check your answers and read the explanations attached for the correct answers.

Complete multiple-choice questions attached. Try to complete in sixty (60) minutes (one minute per question). Try not to go back over your work.

Metacognitive goals:
1) Is there a pattern to your mistakes? Type of question?
2) Are you a good guesser?
3) Does an SAT-type strategy help you?

Complete multiple-choice questions attached. Try to complete in thirty-five (35) minutes (one minute per question). Try not to go back over your work.

Metacognitive goals:
1) Is there a pattern to your mistakes? Type of question?
2) Are you a good guesser?
3) Does an SAT-type strategy help you?

1) With a partner, student will present the other side of your controversial Issue in THREE minutes (using ppt or similar).
2) The better presentations will present a qualified argument with a strong local angle.
3) Presentation is structured like an argument essay. Think: Problem and Solution.
4) Final slide/s will include at least four citations in MLA format.

Complete multiple-choice questions attached. Try to complete in sixty (60) minutes. Try not to go back over your work.


Metacognitive goals:
1) Is there a pattern to your mistakes? Type of question?
2) Are you a good guesser?
3) Does an SAT-type strategy help you?

Prose Definitions (attached)
"The Whistle" (attached)

Attach two docs; one for each activity.

See attached. Any essay submitted late will not be eligible for an upper level score.

Answer question 3 in the attached. This is our practice for our in-class essay exam on 3/25.
Answer using your background knowledge. Do any of the texts read this year apply? Do any of the presentations?
Do NOT research online at this time.
Remember:
1) Clear Position -- For/Against/Qualified** (**preferred, but not essential)
2) Be as specific as possible with evidence. Have a clear line of reasoning throughout your essay.
3) A call-to-action involves the audience and represents sophistication but must be more than a one sentence reference.

Read all of the student examples attached and the scoring guide to gain a greater understanding of criteria.

See attached. Any essay submitted late will not be eligible for an upper level score.

UPDATE; CONTACT ME IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE THE EXAM. The info sheet is not locked.

If you are taking the AP Language and Composition exam, please complete the attached.
Dates:
Paper (in school) -- 5/12
Digital (school/home) -- 5/26
Digital (school/home) -- 6/7

https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/exam-calendar

Exam info:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-language-and-composition/exam
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-2021-exam-formats.pdf
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap-2021/updates/digital-exams

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Practice Exam
Respond and attach doc.

Answer the questions on the attached. Then prepare a paragraph that incorporates your answers.

1) For each passage, note the difference in diction, tone, and syntax using format provided in the DictionToneSyntax pdf.
2) Answer the multiple choice questions at the end of "A Study in Contrasts."

Answer the following in a well-developed paragraph: How does the author use antithesis to reveal something about Bentham's ability as a writer?

1) Write a paragraph analyzing the rhetorical strategies used in "British Art Snots Are Working In the Dark."
2) Using the ironometer, identify the type of irony and explain your choice.
https://docs.google.com/a/staff.slzusd.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=b2FrbGFuZC5lZHV8d3JpdGUtc3BhY2UtcmVzb3VyY2VzfGd4OjdiMGQ2ZDIxYzIzMWViNzc

Read "Thoughts of God" by Mark Twain.
Identify what he is satirizing and the strategies he uses.
Answer the multiple choice questions that follow the text.

For each passage, write a paragraph explaining what the author is satirizing. Use examples.

This essay will be administered in class on 2/18/21.
For those who would like a little extra time to read through the source material, report to class at 8:50.

Attach your essay to this assignment before leaving class.

1) Re read the College Board 2019 student samples and the corresponding CB commentary for each.
2) Apply what you have learned and score the two student samples attached.
3) Put your scores on one doc and attach

Answer question 1 (the synthesis essay). Take no more than one hour to complete. Ideally, complete in fifty (50) minutes (ten minutes to read).

**Date changed because we don't have class again until next Thursday. Thanks, Alexis! :)

The Harper's magazine letter "On Justice and Open Debate" provoked responses on various topics from the free exchange of ideas to cancel culture to privilege to scapegoating. Choose one of the issues/texts and prepare your own response. Be sure to synthesize ideas and/or evidence from at least three of the sources in your essay.

Scoring the Synthesis essay.
Use the three score approach
Put your name before the score
Jane Doe 1 - 4 - 1

Read the attached articles from the October 2020 edition of Harper's Magazine.
Identify the topic.
Identify the various positions.
Consider your position on the issue. Attempt to formulate a qualified position.

Read the sources from the chapter four "Conversation." Suppose you could choose to attend either a high school that emphasizes vocational education, including training in specific jobs skills and required internships, or a high school that emphasizes the liberal arts. Which would better prepare you for life as an adult? Write an essay in which explain which high school you would choose to attend. Synthesize at least three of the sources for support.

Read the six sources in the "Conversation."
Review the questions after each source. You do not have to answer them on paper.
For each source consider which purpose of education is supported.

Read Emerson's "from Education."
Answer p.108, Questions for Discussion #1, 4, 6, and 7.
Attach doc.
Review Questions on Rhetoric # 2, 4, 6, and 11. We will work on these questions in class.

Answer pp. 99 - 100, Questions for Discussion #1, 2, 3, and 5. Attach doc to this assignment.

Review Questions on Rhetoric and Style #1,3,4, and 10. Be prepared to answer these in class on Monday.

1) With a partner, student will present the other side of your controversial Issue in TWO MINUTES (using ppt or similar).
2) Presentation is structured like an argument essay. Think: Problem and Solution
3) Final slide/s will include at least four citations in MLA format.

Read selected essays in Language of Composition textbook chapter four, Education.
-- Read the intro. Note the goals to education can be found in the second paragraph.
For each of the following identify which of the goals of education is being addressed:
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read"
"from Education"
"from Reading at Risk"
"Conversation" sources one through seven (pp.150 - 164)

Read: In 50 ESSAYS -- Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Respond: Multiple-choice questions (attached) NOTE: Paragraphs the questions refer to
Attach answers

Answer question 2 from the attached pdf.

Please add a citation that you will use with your second presentation to the attached doc.

Resources:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html

https://style.mla.org/works-cited-a-quick-guide/

Read: In 50 ESSAYS -- Mairs' "On Being a Cripple"
Respond: Multiple-choice questions (attached) NOTE: Paragraphs the questions refer to
Attach answers

Read: In 50 ESSAYS -- Baldwin "Notes of a Native Son"
Respond: Multiple-choice questions (attached) NOTE: Paragraphs the questions refer to
Attach answers

Answer question 3 in the attached pdf

Attached

Read: In 50 ESSAYS -- Thoreau "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"
Respond: Multiple-choice questions (attached) NOTE: Paragraphs the questions refer to
Attach answers

Assignment #1
Read: In 50 ESSAYS Frederick Douglass' "Learning to Read and Write."
Respond: Complete Multiple-choice questions (attached).

Assignment #2
Answer 2004 Essay #2 (attached).

Put your answers for both assignments on one doc and attach

Read: In 50 ESSAYS "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X
Respond: Multiple-choice questions (attached) NOTE: Paragraphs the questions refer to
Attach answers

Answer essay question #3.
Challenge: Try to incorporate evidence from a reading.

1) Read: In 50 ESSAYS
2) Respond: Complete multiple choice questions; attach answers.

1) With a partner, student will present a ONE side of a controversial Issue in TWO MINUTES (using ppt or similar).
2) Presentation is structured like an argumentation essay. Think: Problem and Solution
3) Final slide/s will include at least four citations in MLA format.

Review the rubric.
Prepare slides.
All slides should be attached to the assignment in Semester One Graded Assignment Category; do NOT attach to this assignment.

1) In a well-developed essay analyze the rhetorical approaches Nydia Velasquez uses to achieve her purpose. (See attached.)

2) Attach your response to this assignment.

1) Answer Question 3 (The Medusa and the Snail passage) on the attached.
Remember:
A)You are to answer with info that you have from your background knowledge. You are NOT to seek out info from other sources.
B) Make sure you are arguing NOT just explaining. Consider a call-to-action: What do you want your reader to do?

Please sign in to AP Classroom to complete the multiple choice questions.
Please note: the assignment locks at midnight on 11/1.
You should be able to check your answers as soon as you have answered all of the questions.

1) Annotate and write an essay for 2005 B Question #1: Maria Stewart
2) Attach essay ONLY (Annotations will be discussed in class so have them ready.)

Write a short essay (4-5 paragraphs) rhetorically analyzing the attached Letter to the Editor.
Remember:
Claims -- purpose?
Evidence -- rhetorical approaches?
Commentary -- how do the approaches support the purpose?

I. Intro must include purpose
II. Body paragraphs lead with approach and are followed by at least two examples and commentary
III. Conclusion -- consider the impact on the audience

Think: Inductive or Deductive?
Annotate

Resources:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html

https://style.mla.org/works-cited-a-quick-guide/

1) For the Charlie Parker passage, a) answer the multiple choice questions, and b) write a summary paragraph
2) For the Hockey passage, a) annotate, and b) answer the multiple choice questions
3) Attach the Parker summary paragraph ONLY

1) Read and annotate the two texts attached.
2) Annotation should include the approaches/strategies each writer is using.
3) For each article, write a paragraph summarizing the author's main idea. You should be able to support this idea with evidence from the text.

Complete the attached. Do not duplicate topic

1) Read pp. 74 -85
2) Annotate the texts of the Conversation re: the writing prompt -- clearly identify evidence FOR or AGAINST.
3) Do NOT attach

Take no more than 50 minutes to answer the prompt attached.

1) Complete the textbook assignment on p. 57.
2) Attach

This is a GRADED assignment and will be the grade used on your progress report.

Use rubric in course guide as feedback.
Scores are recorded as such:
Row A -- Row B -- Row C
1 - 4 - 1

Grade conversion:
6 = 100
5 = 93
4 = 84
3 = 75
2/1 = 66
0 = 55

1) Closely read the Didion essay on pp. 40-1.
2) Identify her purpose ( Row A: a defensible thesis).
3) Note the rhetorical approaches she uses -- with examples -- to achieve this purpose. (Row B: Claims and Evidence)

4) Read the Jane Knobler essay about Didion's essay on pp.46-7.
5) Identify the defensible thesis and claims to support.

6) Read the Ascham essay pp.48-49
7) Identify his purpose ( Row A: a defensible thesis).
8) Bullet point the rhetorical approaches he uses -- with examples -- to achieve this purpose. (Row B: Claims and Evidence)

9) Attach a doc with your answers for #5,7, and 8.

1) Answer textbook p.248 #4
2) Attach answer
3) Read/Scan chapter 2

1) Armenta to Luo will answer p.232 "We Can Do It" #1-5. The image for #5 can be found here: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/07/rosie-the-riveter/
2)Ma to Young will answer pp.233-4 "The Great Gapsby Society" #1-5
3)Attach answers

4) Read the 6 texts in the "Conversation" pp.235-247. Review the questions to each selection to help guide your understanding. You do NOT need to attach answers.

Upcoming Readings: For those who have time and want to read ahead: when we complete chapter 5 next week, we will go on to complete chapter 2 and 3.

1) Answer p.221 #9 in a well-developed paragraph. Her attitude toward the stunt pilot is your claim. The specific passages you paraphrase is your evidence. You need to provide the explanation re: how it supports your claim.
2) Attach a doc with your answer.

1) Read "from The Writing Life" by Annie Dillard, pp.212-220.
2) Answer p. 221 #1-5.
3) Attach answers

1) Review your AP Classroom writing before class.
2) Review the questions Carlyle's "from Labour." While you were only asked to answer two in writing, you are responsible for knowing the answer to all of the questions.

This is an AP Classroom assignment. Sign in to AP Classroom to complete.
Complete by this evening at 6 p.m. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO COMPLETE.
This assessment will be unavailable after 6 p.m.

This essay is what the textbook refers to as the "classic text." It is from 1843. For context consider that Karl Marx wrote Das Kapital, an influential text dealing with, among other things, alienation in the Industrial Age, was written in 1867. Although short, this text is dense. Build up your background knowledge by investigating unknown terms and allusions.

1) Read "from Labour"
2) Answer assigned questions (by last name):
Armenta to Garcia ----> #1 + 2
Golondrina to Ma -----> # 4 + 5
Moeurn to Son -------> #6 + 7
Thai to Young ---------> #8 + 11
3) You are answering individually, NOT as a group. Attach your answers to this assignment.

**You should look over questions not assigned.

View the following videos from the AP Classroom Daily video series:

Identify Components of the Rhetorical Situation
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/7bjghshnay?sui=12,1
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/u921t7rl6k?sui=12,1
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/kzsc59yvcj?sui=12,1

Claims and Evidence -- Reading
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/gxfcckhxp0?sui=12,1
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/z4cmasul7v?sui=12,1
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/ah9he1ao16?sui=12,1

Claims and Evidence -- Writing
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/90mob9xtbh?sui=12,1
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/alyecut7ul?sui=12,1

This is NOT Homework.

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**Remember to say "YES" you will take the test. You can always change your mind later.

Our first assignment is a trial run. AP Classroom assignments are time specific. Your first assignment will be unlocked Friday, 9/4 at 7 a.m. It will remain open until Wednesday, 9/9 at 11:45 p.m.

Your first assignment is Unit 1 Progress Check: MCQ (MCQ = multiple choice questions). These questions will check your understanding of the rhetorical situation.

1) Read the attached from chapter 5 in the Language of Composition textbook.
2) Answer the following questions from p.195, Questions on Rhetoric and Style: #1,2,3,4, and 7.
3) Use +Create and attach a doc with your answers to this assignment.

1) Complete the attached assignment on rhetorical analysis of several sources on the same topic: the death of Princess Diana.
2) Attach your answers to this assignment. You may use the +Create to create a doc. OR complete the assignment in your notebook and attach a photo

Read the opening pages of Chapter 2 for some more rhetorical approaches to notice when analyzing a text.

This is NOT homework. These are the class materials we'll be using on Thursday, 9/3.

1) Reread pp. Visual Rhetoric pp.10-11. Complete the ASSIGNMENT on the top of p. 12.
2)Reread pp. 17-25. Complete the ASSIGNMENT on the top of p.26

Use +Create and put both of your answers on one doc and attach to this assignment

Whether we like it our not, distant learning puts a lot more responsibility on students to be independent learners.
I'd like to suggest that you take some time over the weekend and review the group responses for the two previous assignments on "Serving in Florida." There are some good answers that did not emerge during our class discussion.

If you do choose to look over these responses and you want some clarification or follow-up, bring it up on Monday.
:)

This is NOT homework. These are materials we will be referring to in class.

Please read Chapter 1. Make note of concepts that you don't understand, and we'll discuss in class on Thursday.

View the attached pdf and answer the questions assigned to your "group." Use the group doc attached to record your answers. Be sure to "sign" your work, so that I can assess your understanding.

Group 1 -- Armenta, America Belen, Jomar Bombase, Nathalie Brill, Lillian
Group 2 --Duong, Mindy Duran, Rafael Gama, Christian Go, Alexis Xu, Kenneth
Group 3 -- Garcia, Gabryellie Golondrina, Joylyn Gutierrez, Kevin Johnson, Sophia
Group 4 -- Ky, Kyle Lau, Joey Lee, Lianne Luo, Sophia
Group 5 -- Ma, William Medillin,Sergio Moeurn, Travis Pagalunan, Daniela
Group 6 -- Pena, Carlos Ramirez-A Daniela Redzic, Selma Si, Joseph Son, Laura
Group 7 -- Thai, Kaitlyn Thai, Paris Tran, Peter Wong, Kelvin Young, Katherine

G1 -- Questions 1 and 2
G2 -- Questions 2 and 3
G3 -- Questions 3 and 5
G4 -- Questions 5 and 7
G5 -- Questions 7 and 8
G6 -- Questions 8 and 12
G7 -- Questions 12 and 1

Analyze the assigned page in "Serving in Florida" for rhetorical approaches: Pathos, Ethos, or Logos.
Identify specific examples and identify them as pathos, ethos, or logos. (If you can be more specific, go for it.)

Use the doc attached to record your answers. This is "group" work. Each person in the assigned group should put their answers on the doc already created and "sign" your work so I can assess your understanding.

G1 -- p. 180
G2 -- p. 181
G3 -- p. 182
G4 -- p. 183
G5 -- p. 184
G6 -- p. 185
G7 -- p. 186

Group 1 -- Armenta, America Belen, Jomar Bombase, Nathalie Brill, Lillian
Group 2 --Duong, Mindy Duran, Rafael Gama, Christian Go, Alexis Xu, Kenneth
Group 3 -- Garcia, Gabryellie Golondrina, Joylyn Gutierrez, Kevin Johnson, Sophia
Group 4 -- Ky, Kyle Lau, Joey Lee, Lianne Luo, Sophia
Group 5 -- Ma, William Medillin,Sergio Moeurn, Travis Pagalunan, Daniela
Group 6 -- Pena, Carlos Ramirez-A Daniela Redzic, Selma Si, Joseph Son, Laura
Group 7 -- Thai, Kaitlyn Thai, Paris Tran, Peter Wong, Kelvin Young, Katherine

Please read the two attachments.
For the "Intro to Work," identify the big questions writers explore when thinking about the world of work.

For "Serving in Florida," use the +Create and answer the following:
1-What do you notice?
2-What questions can you ask? (You may or may not be able to answer them.)
3-What connections can you make?
4-What realizations?

Be sure to put your name on your doc. There are no wrong answers to the questions: relax and just answer. :)

Welcome!
We will be having our first Zoom meeting:

Topic: Meeting -- Pd. 1
Time: Aug 20, 2020 09:00 AM

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