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AP Language and Composition Year-Long Curriculum
This is a collection of 10 units designed to cover a year of AP Language and Composition. [NOTE: This alignment, however, does not match up with the College Board unit design]Units include...Rhetorical and Critical ReadingIntroduction to Rhetorical AnalysisModern DiscourseIntroduction to SynthesisArgumentationIntroduction to ArgumentDebatesThe CrucibleThe Rhetoric of ActivismThe Great Gatsby**Audit Syllabus Included**[NOTE: I have not been able to submit this revised Audit Syllabus yet, as my co
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11th - 12th
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Gatsby CSI: Character Analysis
There are so many great literature CSI activities out there! However, I am always looking for simple, one-day activities. This lesson focuses on character analysis, particularly for AP Literature and Composition. In other words, students have to dig into the nuances of characters: their reputation, motives, reliability, etc. This activity comes with an interactive "crime board" that links to passages in the text.In my class, students read Gatsby the year before, so this was an introduction to ch
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10th - 12th
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The Crucible: AP Language and Composition
This unit is designed for the AP Language classroom that incorporates American Literature. It combines multiple AP skills (reading visual texts, synthesis, argument, rhetorical analysis, etc) while moving through the text. Preferably positioned in the second semester, this unit does not go into depth about the rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, or reasoning and organization, but their understanding of each is practiced and honed. If you wanted to incorporate this earlier, plan to spend t
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11th - 12th
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Unit 1: Rhetoric and Critical Reading
About the CollectionAs an (almost) veteran AP Language teacher, I have decided to compile a year's worth of content, covering the new 2020 standards and test format. Over the course of the next months, I will be posting complete units. Every unit includes: a standard audit, a hook activity, teaching narrative, rubrics, all handouts and materials (oftenboth Doc and PDF), assessments, and more!Unit 1This unit is the introduction to AP Language critical reading concepts: the rhetorical situation, a
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 1
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 1.A from the Course and Exam Description:Identify and describe components of the rhetorical situation: the exigence, audience, writer, purpose, context, and message.This part also includes four original Question 2 prompts and passages! (Note: Passages are linked in the Notes section of the PowerPoi
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 2
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 3.A from the Course and Exam Description:Identify and explain claims and evidence within an argument.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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Unit 2: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis
About the CollectionAs an (almost) veteran AP Language teacher, I have decided to compile a year's worth of content, covering the new 2020 standards and test format. Over the course of the next months, I will be posting complete units. Every unit includes: a standard audit, a hook activity, teaching narrative, rubrics, all handouts and materials (oftenboth Doc and PDF), assessments, and more!Unit 2This is an introductory unit for AP Language and Composition rhetorical analysis. Prior to jumping
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11th - 12th
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Speaker to Audience: A Rhetorical Situation Game
Want an easy way to introduce the rhetorical triangle? Here is a lesson which includes an Apples to Apples style game which asks students to practice different rhetorical situations.
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11th - 12th
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Unit 5: Argumentation
About the CollectionAs an (almost) veteran AP Language teacher, I have decided to compile a year's worth of content, covering the new 2020 standards and test format. Over the course of the next months, I will be posting complete units. Every unit includes: a standard audit, a hook activity, teaching narrative, rubrics, all handouts and materials (oftenboth Doc and PDF), assessments, and more!Unit 5The concept of argumentation is introduced through the context of modern criminal law. Students wil
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 3
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 4.A from the Course and Exam Description:Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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Prose Analysis: House on Mango Street (Full Unit)
This is a complete AP Literature and Composition unit for The House on Mango Street. Spanning four weeks, this unit goes from an AP Lit Free Response Questions pre-assessment to a literary analysis presentation to close reading of different excerpts to a College Board prose FRQ. (Copyrighted prompt and scoring guide are available online).UPDATE: This material was created prior to the 2020 exam changes. Materials are still relevant, but some wording may need to be changed.
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11th - 12th
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SPACES to SPACECAT: Rhetorical Situations and the AP Classroom
This pack of resources includes a scaffolded approach to analyzing the rhetorical situation. First, is SPACES (Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, and Subject). Then, students graduate to the familiar SPACECAT (Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, and Tone). The pack includes graphic organizers, samples, and example annotation for each.
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9th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 4
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 1.B from the Course and Exam Description:Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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AP Literature: Satire!
As a genre study in satire, this 33 page unit works towards students’ own original episode of AP Live! (an SNL type sketch show filled with satirical skits). Students will study mentor texts which demonstrate farce, parody, diatribe (or monologue), and political satire. Texts are a combination of modern satire as well as that which will appear on an AP exam. Drafting each genre, students will ultimately choose one to develop and submit. From those “Best Scenes,” the class will choose scenes and
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition One Pager
The one pager is a common assignment. This resource expands it to the rigors of AP Language and Composition, asking students to watch or look for rhetorical choices and to synthesize materials. Great for visual sources or text sources.Student sample included!
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11th - 12th
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Unit 4: Introduction to Synthesis
About the CollectionAs an (almost) veteran AP Language teacher, I have decided to compile a year's worth of content, covering the new 2020 standards and test format. Over the course of the next months, I will be posting complete units. Every unit includes: a standard audit, a hook activity, teaching narrative, rubrics, all handouts and materials (oftenboth Doc and PDF), assessments, and more!Unit 4While the previous unit was designed around the concept of modern discourse, this one expands that
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11th - 12th
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Unit 3: Modern Discourse
About the CollectionAs an (almost) veteran AP Language teacher, I have decided to compile a year's worth of content, covering the new 2020 standards and test format. Over the course of the next months, I will be posting complete units. Every unit includes: a standard audit, a hook activity, teaching narrative, rubrics, all handouts and materials (oftenboth Doc and PDF), assessments, and more!Unit 3This unit is an introduction to academic discourse through the lens of social media. The unit is tw
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11th - 12th
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Literary Analysis Lessons: How to Read Literature Like a Professor
A great resource to lead in to literary analysis is the text, "How To Read Literature Like a Professor" by Thomas Foster. To effectively survey the information with students, this project separates the content into 5 presentations, assigning small groups to teach the a lesson for their peers.
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 5
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 2.B from the Course and Exam Description:Demonstrate an understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 14
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 7.A from the Course and Exam Description:Explain how word choice, comparisons, and syntax contribute to the specific tone or style of a text.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 6
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 3.B from the Course and Exam Description:Identify and describe the overarching thesis of an argument, and any indication it provides of the argument’s structure.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 11
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 6.C from the Course and Exam Description:Use appropriate methods of development to advance an argument.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 7
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 4.B from the Course and Exam Description:Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.This set includes FOUR original Question 3 (Open Response) prompts.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong
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11th - 12th
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AP Language and Composition Bell Ringers: Part 17
Start your AP Language and Composition class with a quick, standard-focused learning check. This resource includes a PowerPoint and handout for 9 different bell ringers, all focused on learning target 3.C from the Course and Exam Description:Explain ways claims are qualified through modifiers, counterarguments, and alternative perspectives.Come back for new parts, focusing on the other 21 learning targets, or the yearlong version with all parts! (Coming Soon!)
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11th - 12th
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