AP English Language and Composition (Period 4) Assignments

• Business Letter for Portfolio
• Study for Final (all sentence patterns and rhetorical terms)
  

Annotate and exercises for Sentence Patterns 5 & 10

Final Exam will include a composition requiring the use of all 10 sentence patterns & multiple choice questions based on the rhetorical terms glossary (which can be downloaded from the AP English page)

• Independent Reading Assignment due from Winter Break
• Be ready to present your book!
  

Presentations of nonfiction book

• Read & annotate "Cars and Their Enemies" (there will be a quiz)
• Choose a non-fiction book for the independent reading assignment for winter break
  

Read and annotate "Television: the Plug-in Drug" (be ready for a quiz)

Study for Fahrenheit 451 Test on Friday

• Literary Warfare handout
• Typed rhetorical analysis of 30 quotes (10 from each part of Fahrenheit 451):  Write out the quote, page number, rhetorical/literary device, and brief explanation of why the device is being used.
• Example: Part 3: "Montag aw the flirt of a great fist over the far city and he knew the scream of the jets that would follow, would say, after the deed, disintegrate, leave no stone on another, perish. Die" (158)  Personification:  The bomb and jets are personified as a fist and a person that screams to convey fear, violence, and destruction.
  
• Period 3: Annotate Plato's "Allegory of the Cave."  Quiz on Wednesday.
  

Typed precis of "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau in yellow Literature anthology

Finish annotating Fahrenheit 451 by Friday, Dec. 7

Read and annotate Part 1: the Hearth and the Salamander of Fahrenheit 451

• Scarlet Letter test on Wed., Nov. 28
• Project due Fri., Nov. 30
• Part 1: the Hearth and the Salamander of Fahrenheit 451 due on Monday, Dec. 3
  

Have Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury by Nov. 26 for period 3 and by Nov. 27 for period 4

Period 3: read and annotate handout by Kohlberg

The Scarlet Letter test on Wed., Nov. 28

The Scarlet Letter project due Fri., Nov. 30

• Finish The Scarlet Letter
• Have Fahrenheit 451  by Ray Bradbury by 11/26
• The Scarlet Letter project due 11/30
  

• Final draft of research paper due! (168 points!)
• Be sure to include an MLA works cited page in correct format!
  
• Finish The Scarlet Letter by Monday, Nov. 19th

• Read and annotate ch. 14-17
• Vocab for those chapters
• Final draft of research paper due Friday
  

• Annotate ch. 8-10 of The Scarlet Letter
• Vocab for ch. 8-10
• Rough draft of research paper due Friday

• Annotate The Scarlet Letter ch. 5-7
• Vocab for ch. 5-7
• Annotated Bibliography for research paper
• Parent survey
  

• Annotate ch. 1-4 of The Scarlet Letter
• Complete vocab for ch. 1-4
  
• Annotated Bibliography due Friday (see AP English files for example)
  

• Annotate Acts 3-4
• Answer questions Discussion questions for Acts 3-4
• Have the Scarlet Letter by Monday 10/29
  

• Read and annotate Act 2 of The Crucible
• Answer discussion questions for Act 2
• Beloved film essay due (prompt can be found on the Beloved discussion questions powerpoint file)
  

• Read pages 134-136 of the yellow Literature book.
  
• Read and annotate Act of The Crucible (read and annotate all notes and the actual script of the play.  If you do not have your own copy, take notes on a separate paper for each page.  You can find the play in the yellow Literature book.
• Answer Act I questions.
• Essay for the film Beloved due Wednesday, Oct. 24th
  

• Have The Scarlet Letter in class
  
• Study for Rhetorical Terms and Glossary Test
• See Links for game review
• Be mindful of research paper deadlines
  

• Be ready to present rhetorical terms & glossary on Friday
  

• Write 3 examples for your assigned rhetorical terms.  Make up examples or find them on the internet.  Use the links below to help.  If your term is not a technique, clarify the definition.
• Parent permission slip to watch the movie Beloved
  
• Have The Crucible by Friday 10/19
• Have The Scarlet Letter by Monday 10/29
  

• Read and annotate Beloved pages 310-324
• FInal Draft of essay due (staple final draft on top of rough draft)
  

• Read and annotate pages 281-309
• 5-10 page typed rough draft due
  

• Read and annotate 257-277 of Beloved
• 5-10 paged typed rough draft due Wednesday, Oct. 10th
  

• Read and annotate 236-256 of Beloved
• 5-10 page typed rough draft due Wednesday, October 10th
  

• Read and annotate pages 199-235
• 40 minute hand-written 2 page style analysis essay
  

• Read and annotate Beloved pages 147-195
  

• Read and annotate pages 101-146 of Beloved
• Finish any discussion questions from class (powerpoint is in the AP Eng files)
  

Read and annotate pages 52-100 of Beloved

• Read and annotate Beloved pages 24-51
• Study for Early African American Literature test
  

Time yourself for 1 hour maximum for free response question based on "Injustice in Jena" article

Read and annotate Beloved pages 3-23

Test on Early African American Literature Day 1 of next week (Period 3 = Monday; Period 4 = Tuesday)

• Have Beloved  by Toni Morrison today.
• Finish reading African American Literature packet (annotate Wheatly's poem and Garnet's Address)
• Test on early African American Lit on Monday for Period 3 and Tuesday for Period 4.
  

Rhetorical Analysis Essay for Equiano's narrative
Be sure to use sentence patter #1 or variations at least once in your paper.
(download outline in the AP English Language Files on my home page)

• Read pages 140-151 of packet of early African American Literature
• Study for Tone Word Quiz #3

• Finish assignment on classical appeals in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass
• Sign AP contract
• Tone word quiz
  

• signed syllabus
  
• Bring Douglass book
  
• Study for tone quiz on Friday