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	AP Senior English


	Unit 1 Rhetoric and Everyday Life


	Unit 2 Identity


	Unit AP Test Practice


	Unit 3 Independence and Inquiry


	Unit 4 Critical Perspectives


	Unit 5 Living in a Mass Society


	100 Years of Solitude Optional

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Length/Credit: 1 year/ 1.0 credit

Prerequisite: None

Location: Bellevue, International, Newport, Sammamish

This course meets fourth year English requirements for graduation.

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

Courses

	Unit 1 Rhetoric and Everyday Life


	Activity 1 Summer Reading Quiz \| Activity 2 Course and Unit Overview \| Activity 3 Critical Reading Strategies Review \| Activity 4 Debrief Summer Reading \| Activity 5 Assessment II In-Class-Write \| Activity 6 Critical Appeals and Speech Introduction \| Activity 7 Huxley Essay \| Activity 8 Appeals in Advertising \| Activity 9 Classical Argument and Peer Assessment \| Activity 10 Present and Debrief Speeches Day 1 \| Activity 11 Present and Debrief Speeches Day 2 \| Activity 12 Structured Academic Controversy \| Activity 13 Review Assessment 2 Unpack Assessment 3 \| Activity 14 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 15 Assessment 3 In-Class \| Activity 16 Assessment 3 Peer Revision \| Activity 17 Assessment Reflection \| Assessment 2 Defend Qualify, Challenge Essay In-Class-Write \| Assessment 3 DCQ Essay

	Unit AP Test Practice


	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: Sythesis 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: Museum Synthesis Prompt \| Extension: Sontag Analysis Essay \| Extension: Rogerian Thesis \| Extension: Additional Multiple Choice \| Extension: Rhetoric Group Presentations \| More ...

	Unit 4 Critical Perspectives


	Activity 10 Historical Criticism Sins and Sinning \| Activity 11 Act I Scene 1 \| Activity 12 Rhetorical Analysis Claudius \| Activity 13 Act I Scene 3 \| Activity 14 The Ghost Speaks \| Activity 15 Act II Scene 2 \| Activity 16 Act II Scene 2 \| Activity 17 Hamlets Rogue Soliloquy \| Activity 18 To Be or Not To Be \| Activity 19 Nunnery Scene \| Activity 20 Hamlets Advice to Players \| Activity 21 Critical Choices Essay Proposal \| Activity 22 Play Within a Play \| Activity 23 Dramatic Irony \| Activity 24 Act III Scene 4 \| Activity 25 Own a Scene \| Activity 26 In -Class- Essay \| Activity 27 Act V The Rest Is Silence \| Activity 28 Critical Choices Essay Planning \| Activity 29 Peer Review Assessment 2 \| Extension Activity 1 Theater of the Absurd \| Extension Activity 2 Studying R and G through Performance \| Extension Activity 3 Socratic Seminar and Written Response \| Assessment 1 Presentation of a Critical School \| Assessment 2 Critical Perspectives Essay \| More ...

	100 Years of Solitude Optional


	Activity 1 Introduction \| Activity 2 Dialectical Journal \| Activity 3 Prompts \| Activity 4 Name That Buendia Game \| Activity 5 Nobel Speech \| Activity 6 Literature Analysis

	Unit 2 Identity


	Activity 1 Portrait of a Lady \| Activity 2 Introduction to Unit \| Activity 3 Sharing Reflections on Identity \| Activity 4 Researching Buddhism \| Activity 5 Introduction to Siddhatha \| Activity 6 Siddhartha Reading Log \| Activity 7 Comparing Cultures \| Activity 8 Symbols in Siddhartha \| Activity 9 Introduction to Synthesis \| Activity 10 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 11 Introduction to Poisonwood Bible \| Activity 12 Close Reading Genesis \| Activity 13 Leah and Ruth \| Activity 14 Rachel and Adah \| Activity 15 Congolese People \| Activity 16 Nathan Price \| Activity 17 PWB Quiz 1 \| Activity 18 Introduction to Assessment 1 Poetry Compare and Contrast \| Activity 19 Poems Together \| Activity 20 The Game and I Give You Thanks \| Activity 21 Poem Synthesis Practice \| Activity 22 and 23 Quiz and Work Days \| Activity 24 Final Presentation Work Day \| Activity 25 Assessment 1 Presentations \| Activity 26 Writing a Summary \| Activity 27 Paraphrasing Review \| Activity 28 Annotated Bibliography and On Being a Cripple \| Activity 29 Poisonwood Book 3 Quiz \| Activity 30 Physical Environment \| Activity 31 Pairing Poems and Nonfiction \| Activity 32 Poisonwood Book 4 Quiz \| Activity 33 When We Were Kings \| Activity 34 Introduction to Synthesis Essay \| Activity 35 Poisonwood Book 5 Quiz \| Activity 36 Writing a Thesis Statement \| Activity 37 Poisonwood Final Exam \| Activity 38 Introductions and Outline \| Activity 39 Sample Student Essay and Rubric \| Activity 40 Computer Lab Work Days \| Assessment 1 Poem Presentations \| Assessment 2 Synthesis Essay \| More ...

	Unit 3 Independence and Inquiry


	Activity 1 Looking at Two Sides of an Issue \| Activity 2 SAC and Works Cited \| Activity 3 Research Overview and Topics \| Activity 4 Research and Evaluation \| Activity 5 Research 2 Know Believe \| Activity 6 Research 3 More Articles and Annotation \| Activity 7 Introduction to Exploratory Essay \| Activity 8 Evaluating and Refining Introductions \| Activity 9 Paraphrasing and Summarizing Articles \| Activity 10 Research Day 4 \| Activity 11 Peer Review summaries \| Activity 12 Pre Writing and Exigence \| Activity 13 Lab Work Day 1 \| Activity 14 Lab Work Day 2 \| Activity 15 Peer Edit Day 1 \| Activity 16 Peer Edit Day 2 \| Activity 17 Peer Grading Day 1 \| Activity 18 Peer Grading Day 2 \| Activity 19 Unpacking Assessment 2 Position Paper \| Activity 20 Compare Exploratory to Position \| Activity 21 New Research in Lab \| Activity 22 Defining Key Terms \| Activity 23 Avoiding Generalities \| Activity 24 Creating Works Cited \| Activity 25 Assigning Sourses to Sample Paper \| Activity 26 Reader Comments Review \| Activity 27 Drafting Paper Work Day \| Activity 28 Peer Edit Day 1 \| Activity 29 Peer Edit Day 2 and Revision \| Activity 30 Second Peer Edit Day 1 \| Activity 31 Second Peer Edit Day 2 \| Activity 32 Self Reflection and Read Around \| Activity 33 Reflection Based on Reader Comments \| Assessment 1 Exploratory Essay \| Assessment 2 Position Paper \| More ...

	Unit 5 Living in a Mass Society


	Activity 1 Introduction to Mass Society \| Activity 2 Supersize Me Day One \| Activity 3 Supersize Me Day Two \| Activity 4 Hunger Essay \| Activity 5 Mass Society Seminar Day 1 \| Activity 6 Mass Society Seminar Day 2 \| Activity 7 Peer Revision Post Seminar Write \| Activity 8 Introduction to Metamorphosis \| Activity 9 Metamorphosis Translation Exercise \| Activity 10 Metamorphosis Imagery Motif Symbolism \| Activity 11 Metamorphosis Quiz and Seminar Preparation \| Activity 12 Metamorphosis Socratic Seminar \| Activity 13 Metamorphosis In-Class-Write \| Activity 14 Assessment 1 Synthesis Prompt Creation \| Activity 15 Research \| Activity 16 Assessment 1 Synthesis Prompt Presentation \| Assessment 1 Synthesis Prompt