AP Lang
Big Concepts this Year
AUGUST. Beginning-of-year stuff: Introductory getting-to-know-you activities, introduction of skills necessary for AP Lang final exam
SEPTEMBER. Rhetorical analysis: One-paragraph analysis of summer reading -- The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.
OCTOBER. Thesis statements: Children's literature and People magazine.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. Argument: Nature unit -- Analysis of argument through literature about nature; practice argument essay #1.
DECEMBER. Synthesis: Practice synthesis essay #1 on choice topic from the news. Final exams.
JANUARY. Synthesis: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green. Practice syntheses essay #2.
FEBRUARY. Argument: Identity unit -- Analysis of argument through literature about nature; practice argument essay #2.
MARCH. Rhetorical Analysis: Review of rhetorical analysis and practice rhetorical analysis essay #2.
APRIL/MAY. 1984 by George Orwell: Graphic organizer on dystopian literature.
Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
John Green
Thematic Units -- Nature and Identity
George Orwell
Daily/Weekly Routines
Daily warm-ups: Grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary. EW! AP analyses of visual argument, evidence/commentary, and multiple choice.
Class structure: We will spiral twice through rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argument. During quarter four, we will read John Green's book Everything Is Tuberculosis and George Orwell's novel 1984.
