AP Language with American Literature - Week of March 4-8, 2019 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Explore topics for research.Evaluate sources for credibility.
Collaborate with classmates to review student writing. Present
work to the class. Write a synthesis essay. Analyze nonfiction.
Research for debates; debate for deeper understanding.
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, March 4 Come to class having read 5​ Steps to a 5​ ch. 7: Introduction to the Synthesis Essay​ pp. 107-122 AND I​ nto the Wild​ chapters 1-2.

Tuesday, March 5 NoRedInk​ practice #3 Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers due by 11:59 p.m. Complete the diagnostic first. If you score 100% on the diagnostic,
you are done! Otherwise, complete the practice AND quiz by the deadline.

Wednesday, March 6 Complete ​Sadlier u

​ nit 6 vocabulary exercises due 11:59 pm. Study for tomorrow’s quiz.

Thursday, March 7 Vocabulary Unit 6 quiz

Monday, March 11 Come to class having read​ I​nto the Wild​ chapters 3-13.

Tuesday March 12, 19, 26 Into the Wild​ debate assignment​. (Each Tuesday will have different participants.)

Monday, March 18 Come to class having read​ I​nto the Wild​ chapters 14- Epilogue.

Sunday, March 31 USA Test Prep EOC Practice #3 due by 11:59 pm

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

Monday,  Bring ​typed ​research
introduction rough draft for
March 4, 2019 
peer review. ​Baby draft ppt.
Come to class having read 5​
Steps to a 5​ ch. 7:
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​ I​nto the Wild​ chapters 3-13
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html for Monday, March 11.
Work Session​:
1. Multiple Choice Monday: Intro to satire and passage-based multiple choice questions
2. Peer review​ research introduction drafts.
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Introduction to the Synthesis 3. Discuss​ Into the Wild​: table synthesis, timeline.
Essay​ pp. 107-122.
Closing​: Review unit 6 ​vocabulary ​terms.

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: Work on​ ​ ​Sadlier ​unit 6 vocabulary
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html exercises.
Tuesday, 
March 5, 2019  Work Session​: Read​ I​nto the Wild​ chapters 3-13
1. Review ​5 Steps to a 5​ ch. 7: Introduction to the Synthesis Essay pp. 107-122. for Monday, March 11.
2. Research packet changes: no annotated sources or analysis notes. Instead we will learn how to write a strong synthesis
for the literature review.
3. In groups of six, each student will study a ​source from a past AP exam synthesis essay​. Each student will “become” the
source. Students will have a conversation as a group. Teacher will then introduce the question of the ​prompt​, and as a
group, write a synthesized answer to the prompt.

Closing​: Review Unit 5 v​ ocabulary​.

  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 6
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.htm​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html​ ​l
Wednesday,  vocabulary exercises due 11:59
March 6, 2019  pm. Study for tomorrow’s quiz.
Work Session​:
1. Writing Wednesday: analyze anchor papers for yesterday’s synthesis prompt. As a group, score each response and
compose a College Board-inspired feedback paragraph. Present your findings and justify your score.
2. Introduce ​Into the Wild​ debate schedule and assignment​. Prepare for I​ nto the Wild​ debate
3. Read​ Into the Wild​. assignment​.

Closing​: Review Unit 6 ​vocabulary​.

  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 6 ​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.
March 7, 2019  p.m. Wednesday night. Work Session​:
1. Vocabulary ​Unit 6 quiz.
2. Review Multiple Choice Monday answers.
3. Complete​ paired synthesis activity​. Use ​this​ prompt (question 1).

Closing​: Discuss ​Into the Wild​ reading.

  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: V​ocabulary​ Unit 7 online activities
https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day.html​ or ​https://harrisonaplanguage.weebly.com/exam-review.html due Wednesday, March 6 by 11:59
Friday, 
pm.
March 8, 2019  Work Session​:
1. Friday Forum Presentations By Monday, March 11, come to
2. Introduce unit 7 ​vocabulary​ words. Read unit passage and use context clues to define terms. class having read through (and
3. Read ​Into the Wild​. including) chapter 13 of ​Into the
Wild​.
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Closing​: Review weekend homework.
Prepare for I​ nto the Wild​ debate
assignment​.