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If you have yet to complete the summer assignment, you will have to complete it concurrently with other assignments.
The due date for this assignment in the fall is September 3, 2019.
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AP EXAM
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13 August
Read and annotate Richard Lederer's "English is a Crazy Language" Identify THE BIG 5 (reading strategies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is considered “college-level” for juniors who plan to take the AP test in Language and Composition (Spring semester). It follows the curriculum of the College Board and focuses on the rhetorical and stylistic analysis of (primarily) non-fiction (personal essays, autobiographies/biographies, newspaper articles, literary criticism, etc). Students are given a summer reading and writing assignment to be completed by or before the first day of school. Students will be required to follow MLA guidelines in all of their typed-documents. TURNITIN.COM enrollment:
PERIOD 3: Class ID: 21848744 / Password: mrtsuyuki |
AP LANGUAGE ESSAY CONVERSION GRADES:
The College Board graders evaluate essays on a scale of 1-9. Mr. Tsuyuki’s AP Language course will grade essays based on this same general scale. The conversions from points to percentages can be found on the right. For all formal essays, you may revise and resubmit for a higher grade. I encourage anyone unsatisfied with their grade to do so, as the process of revision is a valuable tool in becoming a better writer. |
Essay % Conversions
6 = 90-100% 5 = 80-89% 4 =70-79% 3 = 60-69% 2 = 50-59% 1 = 40-49% 0 = 0-39% |
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION EXAM: 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES
The AP English Language and Composition Exam employs multiple-choice questions to test students' skills in rhetorical analysis of prose passages. Students are also required to write three essays that demonstrate their skill in rhetorical analysis, argumentation, and synthesis of information from multiple sources to support the students own argument. Although the skills tested on the exam remain essentially the same from year to year, there may be some variation in format of the free-response (essay) questions.
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Exam Tasks and Content:
Section 1: Multiple Choice - 45% of exam grade
The AP English Language and Composition Exam employs multiple-choice questions to test students' skills in rhetorical analysis of prose passages. Students are also required to write three essays that demonstrate their skill in rhetorical analysis, argumentation, and synthesis of information from multiple sources to support the students own argument. Although the skills tested on the exam remain essentially the same from year to year, there may be some variation in format of the free-response (essay) questions.
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Exam Tasks and Content:
Section 1: Multiple Choice - 45% of exam grade
- Includes 5 sets of questions.
- 23–25 Reading questions that ask students to read and analyze nonfiction texts.
- 20–22 Writing questions, a new type of question, that ask students to “read like a writer” and consider revisions to stimulus texts.
- Students write essays that respond to 3 free-response prompts from the following categories.
- Synthesis Question: After reading 6–7 texts about a topic (including visual and quantitative sources), students will compose an argument that combines and cites at least 3 of the sources to support their thesis.
- Rhetorical Analysis: Students will read a nonfiction text and analyze how the writer’s language choices contribute to the intended meaning and purpose of the text.
- Argument: Students will create an evidence-based argument that responds to a given topic.
- The free-response questions will now be scored using analytic rubrics.