AP Language with American Literature - Week of January 28-February 1, 2019 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Explore topics for research.Evaluate sources for credibility. Collaborate with classmates.
Integrate technology; create blog post. Use new vocabulary in writing. Annotate for
understanding. Analyze rhetorical appeals. Identify fallacies.
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 

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. Complete Practice #1 Diagnostic (Embedding Quotations) on ​NoRedInk.com​. If you score 100% on the
diagnostic, you do not complete the activities or quiz; you’re done! Otherwise, complete NoRedInk.com
activities (Practice #1) AND quiz due by 11:59 p.m.

Wednesday, January 30 Bring 5 printed articles about one possible research topic (3 editorials, 2 peer reviewed). These must be printed
BEFORE class.

Vocabulary​ Unit 2 online activities at 11:59 p.m.

Thursday, January 31 Vocabulary ​Unit 2 quiz in class

USA Test Prep​ EOC Practice #1 due at 11:59 pm.

Friday, February 1 Friday Forum presentations

Sunday, February 3 Heinrichs meets ​The Crucible b

​ log post​ and comment due by 11:59 p.m.

Monday, February 4 TYFA quiz ch. 6-13

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

Monday,  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 Day: Print 5 articles about one possible
 AP Language with American Literature - Week of January 28-February 1, 2019
January 28,  Thank You for Arguing​ ch. 8 &
9.
2019 
Be prepared to turn in the
Reasoning Web for research
topic #1.
 
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html research topic (3 editorials, 2 peer
reviewed). These must be printed
Work Session​: BEFORE class on Wednesday.
1. Complete the ​guided reading handout​ and ​Cornell notes​ for background information about ​The Crucible​ in the orange
American Lit book on pages 1118-1125. Read ​TYFA​ ch. 10. Complete ​study
guide​.
2. Begin reading ​The Crucible​ Act I on p. 1126. Consider the argument Arthur Miller builds. Identify fallacies the characters
Complete​ No Red Ink​ Embedded
commit. Quotations assignment.

Closing​: Review Unit 2 vocabulary.

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 Day: Print 5 articles about one possible
Thank You for Arguing​ ch. 10. https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html research topic (3 editorials, 2 peer
Tuesday, 
reviewed). These must be printed
January 29,  Work Session​: BEFORE class on Wednesday.
2019  1. Continue reading T​ he Crucible​ Act I and begin ​character tracker​: Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Elizabeth
Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Reverend Hale, Giles Corey, Thomas Putnam, Ann Putnam, Tituba, Judge Hathorne, Mary Warren Read ​TYFA​ ch. 11. Complete ​study
guide​.
Closing​: Review Unit 2 vocabulary.
No Red Ink​ Embedded Quotations
assignment due 11:59 pm.

  Bring 5 printed articles about
one possible research topic
Wednesday,  exercises due 11:59 pm. Study for
(3 editorials, 2 peer
January 30,  reviewed). These must be
2019  printed BEFORE class.
Come to class having read
Thank You for Arguing​ ch. 11.
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: Complete ​Sadlier ​unit 2 vocabulary
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.htm​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html​ ​l
tomorrow’s quiz.
Work Session​:
1. Annotate all articles for SOAPSTone and main claim.
Read ​TYFA​ ch. 12. Complete ​study
2. Complete World News Search: ​Reasoning Web​ for topic #2.
guide​.
Closing​: Review Unit 2 vocabulary. Work on​ USA Test Prep​ EOC
Practice.

  Come to class prepared for 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: Peruse the posted Friday Forum
your unit 2 ​vocabulary ​quiz. https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html
Thursday,  articles. Be ready to discuss in
Complete activities by 11:59 class.
January 31,  p.m. Wednesday night. Work Session​:
2019  1. Introduction to the AP Language Section 2 Question 2, the rhetorical analysis essay.
Come to class having read Read ​TYFA​ ch. 13. Complete ​study
2. Evaluate anchor papers using the AP Question 2 rubric. guide​.
Thank You for Arguing​ ch. 12.
3. Continue reading T​ he Crucible​.
USA Test Prep​ EOC Practice #1 due
Closing​: Read T​ hank You for Arguing. at 11:59 pm.

  Come to class prepared to 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: Complete Heinrichs meets T​ he
discuss the Friday Forum https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html Crucible ​blog post. Post your
Friday, 
articles. response and comment by 11:59
February 1,  Work Session​: p.m. on Sunday.
2019 
 AP Language with American Literature - Week of January 28-February 1, 2019 
 
Come to class having read 1. Friday Forum presentations
Thank You for Arguing​ ch. 13. 2. Introduce unit 3 vocabulary words. Read unit passage and use context clues to define terms. Prepare for T​ YFA​ ch. 6-13 quiz on
3. Continue reading T​ he Crucible​. Monday.

​ einrichs meets ​The Crucible​ blog post​ assignment due Sunday by 11:59 p.m.
Closing​: H