AP Language with American Literature - Week of January 14-18, 2019 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Write rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argumentative essays based on AP practice exams.
Review PSAT scores and use score reports to identify growth areas and plan for the SAT. Explore
topics for research. Evaluate sources for credibility.
ELAGSE11-12RI6: ​Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is
particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty
of the text. ​CollegeBoard: ​C1—The course teaches and requires students to write in several forms (e.g.,
narrative, expository, analytical, and argumentative essays) about a variety of subjects (e.g., public
policies, popular culture, personal experiences). C4—The course requires expository, analytical, and
argumentative writing assignments that are based on readings representing a wide variety of prose styles
and genres. C7—The course teaches research skills, and in particular, the ability to evaluate, use, and cite
primary and secondary sources. The course assigns projects such as the researched argument paper,
which goes beyond the parameters of a traditional research paper by asking students to present an
argument of their own that includes the analysis and synthesis of ideas from an array of sources.
LO1—analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of
rhetorical strategies and techniques; LO2—apply effective strategies and techniques in their own writing;
LO3—create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and/or personal experience; LO4— write
for a variety of purposes

Upcoming Due Dates 

Monday, January 14, 2019 Come to class having read Chapter 2 of ​Thank You for Arguing​.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Come to class having read Chapter 3 of ​Thank You for Arguing​.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 PSAT Review Day! Bring score reports to class. Come to class having read Chapter 3 of ​Thank You for Arguing​.

Thursday, January 17, 2019 Thank You for Arguing ​chapters 1-5 quiz in class. Bring notes.

Friday, January 18, 2019 Friday Forum presentations

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Come to class having completed “​Finding a Topic for your Researched Argument”​ assignment.

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

  Come to class having read Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5: (complete activities in 5​ Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Read​ Thank You for Arguing
Chapter 2 of ​Thank You for Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html Chapter 3.
Monday, 
Arguing​.
January 14,  Work Session​:
2019  1. Thank You for Arguing​ Chapter 2 quiz
2. Complete AP exam multiple choice pretest (began Friday)

Closing​: Read T​ hank You for Arguing​.

 AP Language with American Literature - Week of January 14-18, 2019 
 
Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Read​ Thank You for Arguing
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html Chapter 4.
Tuesday, 
January 15,  Work Session​:
2019  1. AP Language Section 2 pre-test (rhetorical analysis, argument)

Closing​:Read T​ hank You for Arguing​.

  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day:
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html
Wednesday, 
January 16,  Work Session​:
2019  1. Read​ Thank You for Arguing​ Chapter 5.
2. Complete PSAT review activities.
3. AP Language Section 2 pre-test (synthesis)

Closing​: Read T​ hank You for Arguing​.

  Come to class prepare for a Opening​:5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in ​5 Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: Read T​hank You for Arguing
quiz over T​ hank You for https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html
Thursday,  Chapter 14: Spot Fallacies.
Arguing​ chapters 1-5.
January 17,  Work Session​: Explore topics that interest you on
2019  1. Quiz over ​Thank You for Arguing​ Chapter 1-5.
idebate.org. Using the “Finding a
2. Introduce research project.
Topic for your Researched
3. As a class, browse ​www.idebate.org​ and introduce “​Finding a Topic for your Researched Argument”​ assignment.
Argument,” brainstorm ​five
4. Introduce Sadlier unit 1 ​terms​ and activities on Sadlier Connect. Complete ​unit passage​.
questions and write ​five​ “I am
studying/researching…”
Closing​: Begin reading T​ hank You for Arguing​ Chapter 14: Spot Fallacies.
sentences, one for each
topic/question. This is due
Tuesday.

  Opening​: 5 Minutes to a 5 (complete activities in 5​ Steps to a 5​ workbook) and discuss with friends; EOC and SAT Questions of the Explore topics that interest you on
Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html
Friday,  idebate.org. Using the “Finding a
January 18,  Topic for your Researched
Work Session​: Argument,” brainstorm ​five
2019  1. Friday Forum presentations
questions and write ​five​ “I am
2. Review logical fallacies presented in T​ hank You for Arguing​.
3. View I​ n Search of History​: “The Salem Witch Trials​” and complete ​fallacy finder​. studying/researching…”
sentences, one for each
Closing​: Review idebate.org requirements for finding a research topic. topic/question. This is due
Tuesday.