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Junior AP Language and American Literature

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	Junior AP Language and American Literature


	Unit 1: The Anatomy of an American Voice


	Unit 2: American Voices and Their Audiences


	Unt 2 AP Scarlet Letter Materials


	Unit 3: Comedy or Controversy


	Unit 4 Practice AP and AP Prep


	Unit 5: The Personal Voice


	Unit 6: Stage and Screen


	Unit 7: Summer Reading

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Length/Credit: 1 year/ 1.0 credit

Prerequisite: None

Location: Bellevue, Newport, Sammamish

This course meets fourth year English requirements for graduation.

Students will take the AP Language and Composition exam in the spring

Unit Descriptions

	Unit 1: The Anatomy of an American Voice


	Activity 1 Gatsby Summer Reading Quiz \| Activity 2 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 3 Style Analysis Diction \| Activity 4 Style Analysis Imagery \| Activity 5 Style Analysis Syntax \| Activity 6 Style Analysis Tone \| Activity 7 Small Group Practice \| Activity 8 Style Analysis Write \| Activity 9 Style Analysis Debrief \| Assessment 1 Summer Reading Quiz \| Assessment 2 Syle Analysis Essay

	Unt 2 AP Scarlet Letter Materials


	Activity 1 Multiple Choice Exam on Speeches \| Activity 2 The Minister's Black Veil \| Activity 3 Young Goodman Brown \| Activity 4 Scarlet Letter Intro 1 \| Activity 5 Scarlet Letter Intro 2 \| Activity 6 Literary Devices and Three C's \| Activity 7 Discussion Menu \| Activity 8 Multiple Choice Menu

	Unit 4 Practice AP and AP Prep


	Activity 1 Synthesis Introduction \| Activity 2 Images in the Patriotism Prompt \| Activity 3 Claims of Sources \| Activity 4 Defining a Position and Thesis \| Activity 5 Writing the Hook \| Activity 6 Practice: Synthesis Prompt \| Activity 7 Practice: 2004 Question 2 \| Activity 8 Practice: 2004 Question 3 \| Activity 9 Review Synthesis Prompt Day 1 \| Activity 10 Review Synthesis Prompt Day 2 \| Activity 11 Review Question 2 Day 1 \| Activity 12 Review Question 2 Day 2 \| Activity 13 Review Question 3 Day 1 \| Activity 14 Review Question 3 Day 2 \| Activity 15 Practice Exam Multiple Choice \| Activity 16 Multiple Choice Review \| Activity 17 Practice Exam: Free Response \| Extension: Sontag Analysis Essay \| Extension: Rogerian Thesis \| Extension: Additional Multiple Choice \| Extension: Rhetoric Group Presentations \| Extension 2007 Synthesis Prompt \| More ...

	Unit 6: Stage and Screen


	Activity 1 Introduction to Fences \| Activity 2 Advice Activity Assessment One \| Activity 3 Thematic Discussion \| Activity 4 Death of a Salesman and Preview Socratic Seminar \| Activity 5 Film \| Activity 6 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 7 Film and Wilson Quote \| Activity 8 In-Class Discussion Wilson Quote \| Activity 9 Performance Commentary \| Activity 10 Script Annotation \| Activity 11 Rehearsal Day 1 \| Activity 12 Rehearsal Day 2 \| Activity 13 Rehearsal Day 3 \| Activity 14 Rehearsal Day 4 \| Activity 15 Rehearsal Day 5 \| Activity 16 Performance \| Assessment One Advice Activity \| Assessment Two Performance

	Unit 2: American Voices and Their Audiences


	Activity 1 Review of Ethos Logos Pathos \| Activity 2 Unpack Assessment 1 \| Activity 3 Sinners Model \| Activity 4 Workshop \| Activity 5 Oral Presentation \| Activity 6 Unpack Assessment 2 \| Activity 7 Model and Review Transitions \| Activity 8 Thesis and Topic Sentence \| Activity 9 Weaving Structures \| Activity 10 Assessment 2 Peer Edit \| Activity 11 Draft 2 Peer Edit \| Activity 12 Unpack Assessment 3 \| Activity 13 Practice Language \| Activity 14 Speech Peer Edit \| Activity 15 Speech Performances \| Assessment 1 Presentation \| Assessment 2 Response to Prompt \| Assessment 3 Speech Writing

	Unit 3: Comedy or Controversy


	Activity 1 Introduction to Satire \| Activity 2 Maintaining the Crime Supply \| Activity 3 A Modest Proposal \| Activity 4 Modest Proposal II \| Activity 5 Satire vs Parody \| Activity 6 Introduction to Twain \| Activity 7 Context and Content \| Activity 8 Huck Finn Ch 1-4 \| Activity 9 What is the Onion \| Activity 10 Huck Ch 5-7 \| Activity 11 Huck Ch 8-10 \| Activity 12 The Onion Practice \| Activity 13 Huck Ch 11-13 \| Activity 14 The Onion Practice \| Activity 15 Huck Ch 14-16 \| Activity 16 Huck Ch 17-18 \| Activity 17 Introduction to Onion Assessment \| Activity 18 Huck Ch 19-20 \| Activity 19 Onion Article Selection \| Activity 20 Huck Ch 21-24 \| Activity 21 Huck Ch 25-27 \| Activity 22 Satire Analysis Peer Review \| Activity 23 Huck Ch 28-29 \| Activity 24 Original Satire Rubric \| Activity 25 Huck Ch 30-35 \| Activity 26 Huck Ch 33-35 \| Activity 27 Original Satire Peer Review \| Activity 28 Huck Ch 36-37 \| Activity 29 Final Edit \| Activity 30 Huck Ch 38-40 \| Activity 31 Huck Ch 41 \| Activity 32 Satire on Racism \| Assessment 1 Onion Style Analysis \| Assessment 2 Original Satire \| More ...

	Unit 5: The Personal Voice


	Activity 1 Introduction \| Activity 2 Interrupted Reading \| Activity 3 Tableaus \| Activity 4 Socratic Seminar True War Story \| Activity 5 Introduce Assessment 2 \| Activity 6 In-Class-Write \| Activity 7 In-Class-Write Debrief \| Activity 8 Journal Groups 2 \| Activity 9 College Essay Prewriting \| Activity 10 Writing the College Essay \| Activity 11 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 12 Peer Review \| Activity 13 Revising for Word Choice and Voice \| Activity 14 Mock Board \| Assessment 1 In-Class-Write \| Assessment 2 Imitation and Analysis \| Assessment 3 College Essay

	Unit 7: Summer Reading


	Activity 1 Brave New World Introduction \| Activity 2 Group Work Days \| Activity 3 Quality of Life Presentations