AP English
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Here’s a link to my AP English Language curriculum.
The goal of AP English Language and Composition is to help you become a better writer and critical reader. During the course of the year you will explore writing in different rhetorical modes and learn how to incorporate various stylistic techniques into your own writing. Class readings are primarily contemporary nonfiction, but we’ll also study literature from as early as the Renaissance. Reponses to these selections will be both formal and informal.
You will have the opportunity to write, consult, revise, edit, and collaborate. During the course of the year, you will
• Write daily (writer’s notebook entries, essays, articles, online)
• Compose original assignments inspired by published writers
• Participate in writing and response groups to assist in the editing and revision process,
• Complete timed writings,
• Explore various nonfiction forms
• Prepare and submit your own writing for publication and entries to contests,
• Develop your vocabulary
• Study grammar, usage, and the nuance of language.
Keep your written work from class in a writer’s notebook (a regular spiral notebook will work, but there are other composition books that you might want to check out). You should also keep a slim binder or folder for handouts. The exams you’ll take are cumulative, so don’t recycle anything until the term ends. You must bring something to read and write with every day to class; the first 15 minutes are individual reading/writing time. Always have a free-reading book with you.
Write all in-class journals in ink, but word-process all revised writings and written homework. There is a ten-point deduction for each day an assignment is late. The work you do in this class must be your own; if you cheat or plagiarize you fail that assignment. Do your best work on all assignments even thought you may revise a lot of your work.
How to do well in this course (a.k.a. rules):
- Prepare to learn. Bring your binder, paper, assignments, and books.
- Act appropriately. In whole group activities, raise your hand to speak, and listen actively. In small groups, function as a team member. For individual work, read and/or write silently.
- Respect everyone and everything in the room.
Assessments: essays are graded according the the AP rubric.
PowerSchool: grades will be updated the 1st and the 15th of each month.
Contact info: It’s a lot easier to get in touch with me via email through my school address. I’m usually at school until 4 p.m. every day (a lot of times I’m there on the weekend too – when I’m in the neighborhood).
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October 8, 2006 @ 11:09 pm
[...] Your task for homework on 9/28 was to find the greatness in the classics books we’re reading. At a bare minimum here’s what you should have done: • Refer back to the course description about homework requirements • And to the “do’s and don’ts of academic writing” (e.g. use paragraphs). • Proofread (at least run a spell check) [...]