AP Language & Composition (21/22)-Period 1 Assignments

One more week in AP Lang!  I am taking suggestions as to how we spend our last days together. Please provide your "school friendly" suggestions below. In you are thinking movies, I need titles of PG-13 films that are accessible online. 

"Urban, can we just not come to your class?" is not an option. :)

Hey there. Attached is a link to the "35 Best Graduation Songs." Ignore the rank order here. Peruse the songs, maybe listen to some and/or look up the lyrics. Then, post what you think is the most fitting graduation song for "our times" in 2022. Post your winning title in the response. On Thursday, we will play the Top 3 vote-getters!

Please answer this 10 question evaluation regarding the course, AP Language & Composition.

You and a partner (or individual if you choose) will complete the attached SatIre Analysis Project. For each of the 4 satirical techniques, you will provide either a "visual" (political cartoon, short text, meme), OR a video clip that demonstrates the technique in action. 

Of the 4 techniques, you must have two visuals and two video clips. in other words, you cannot have 3 samples of visuals and 1 video. Mix and match anyway you want, but you must have 2 of each. 

Also, for each technique, you must provide a "satire statement" using the sentence formula that is provided on your document.

Answer all of these questions thoughtfully, using data from your three timed essays, peer comments, and your own reflections.


1. What are a few skills/strategies that you feel you did well on ALL 3 of your essays?


2. What are a few skills/strategies that you feel you did NOT do well on ALL 3 of your essays?


3. What essay came easiest to you and why?


4. What essay was the most difficult for you and why?


5. What essay will you be turning in on Wednesday to be graded, and why?

1. Using today's slide (for 2/17), click on today's "word of the day." Use the word correctly in an original sentence that contains your name somewhere in the sentence. 


2. Using today's slide (for 2/17), click on "quote on the week." Analyze the quote of the day and explain why you think it was chosen as "significant" to be used for a website.

Use the attached FRQ packet to develop an essay for the prompt.

1. Monday: Annotate all documents (choosing at least 3).

2. Tuesday: Finish document annotation and selection, AND BY 3:30pm, COMPLETE A ROUGH DRAFT OF YOUR OPENING PARAGRAPH ON THE DOCUMENT PROVIDED. This opening paragraph should reveal your position, as well as your line of reasoning (2 reasons of support for your position). You get 25 points, or 0 points for having this completed. 

3. Wednesday - Friday: You will work on finishing your essay using the same document. Your final draft should include at least two full body paragraphs of support, a counterclaim (optional, but highly encouraged) and a conclusion. REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST USE 3 OR MORE SOURCES SOMEWHERE IN THE ESSAY. NO INTERNET "HELP" WHATSOEVER. YOUR SOURCES SHOULD BE CITING WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME (URBAN), NOT THE SOURCE LETTER.

Read the directions on the attached document where you, and one classmate, will craft a synthesis letter to Marc regarding the state of his relationship with Carly. 

Once you are have chosen a partner for the letter, one of you will share your document with the other, and turn in ONE final draft of the letter. You can also choose to work alone.

Based on your annotation of the sources from Pages 31-35 of "5 Steps to a 5", create a rough writing outline that includes your thesis/position, line reasoning, and source usage. Directions are on the document. 

Use the attached document to write your Unit 2 CUA Argument Essay.

1. Essay document (with directions and reminders)
2. College Board Rubric

Based on the feedback of myself and your classmate regarding your FRQ #2 (Wilde), what are three actionable steps that you will take to improve upon your writing for the next argument essay? Even if you received a "favorable grade," reflect upon your own writing as to how you can grow in your writing moving forward.

This second FRQ will be written fully in class ON PAPER ONLY Thursday and Friday, but if you are absent, the prompt and rubric are attached. Write it on notebook paper WITHOUT any digital aids. You may use your REHUGO sheet only. It is due at the end of class Friday.

This FRQ will be done on paper in class. However, please respond to this post with a short reflection on how you think you did. Where did you struggle? Where did you shine? What do you want to learn more about regarding the argument essay before doing the next one?

Use the attached documents to compose your Unit 1 CUA Rhetorical Analysis Essay.

Use the attached document to:

Thursday:  
-Annotate for the rhetorical situation/rhetorical choices Pitts uses to convey his purpose. DO NOT SEND TO NOTABILITY. Please use Google Doc for margin comments and highlights. 
-At the end of the article, fill in the parts of the rhetorical situation and choices based on your annotations.


Friday:
-Finish anything from yesterday.
-At the end of the document, craft an introductory paragraph that contains a thesis with at least two supporting rhetorical choices found. See samples for formatting inspiration. 
-TURN IT IN!


50 POINTS: BREAKDOWN
Annotations: 10 points
Rhetorical Situation fill in:  10 points
Introduction paragraph with thesis:  30 points

Read the attached document that was sent to all CHSD 218 Staff and Families on June 5, 2020. Then, send to Notability, and...


1. Use the margins or open space to fill in a SOAPTone. 


2. Annotate the document for any use of pathos, ethos and/or logos. Also, note any key diction or syntax choices made by the speaker.

1. Complete the questions on the attached PDF document (use Notability to mark answers).


2. Next, using one of the ads from the presentation today, do an "appeals analysis" of ethos, pathos, and logos, and any of the other sub-types of advertising appeals (found on the second page of the sheet). 
3. Be prepared to discuss and explain in class tomorrow.

Use the attached blank SOAPSTone form and the video to complete a SOAPSTone analysis on Chance the Rapper's Commencement Address of Dillard University.


Be sure to think critically about all aspects of the rhetorical situation.

Use the resource links attached as well as the Google Doc provided to construct your DRAFT of your personal statement. This document will be revised as the semester goes on in preparation for your college application process (seniors), or the final draft deadline (juniors). 


Please choose 1 prompt to answer, ONLY USING CHOICES 1-6. If you did one last year in AP Lit, you must choose another prompt.  I know which one you chose last year. :)

Watch this short video, made by a 9th grade student last year that went viral. React and respond to the following....
1. Why do you think this video went "viral?"
2. How does the video, without words, convey the intended TONE AND MOOD?
3. What aspects of this piece can you personally relate to?