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Assignments:
18 May
Please complete the SPRING GRADE PREFERENCE FORM Time to grade Mr. Tsuyuki! COURSE EVALUATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 May AP DOCS FOLDER - Useful docs to help you with your rhetorical analysis essays and analysis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 May Distance Learning Assignment #4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18 April PHASE 3: Distance Learning Assignment Response Document (Due: 5/1/20 by 11:59 pm on turnitin.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 April PHASE 2: Distance Learning Assignment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23 March Distance Learning Assignment: 3/23-4/3 - AP Lang/Comp "SELF"-Rhetorical Analysis Essay USE THIS TEMPLATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 March Synthesis Essay (Food) First Draft Due: Wednesday (3/11 in class, bring 1 hard copy) Second draft: Friday (3/12, in class, bring 1 hard copy) Final Draft Due: Sunday (3/13) by 11:59pm on Turnitin.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 February NEW INGREDIENTS CHECKLIST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 February Ingredient Checklist --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 February Entrance Ticket PADLET Re-imagining Food: Culinary-English Collaboration Document HW: Post Ingredients list on PADLET here --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 February Source Analysis Form (Extra Sources) Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 February Watch Video and Annotate Transcript for Mark Bitman's "What's Wrong What We Eat?" Watch 2 (or more) classmates’ videos and leave feedback/comments. What do they do well? What other strategies did you notice in their section? Constructive feedback...? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 February Rhetorical Analysis Videos Due See slides for assignment details --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 February Continue with Source Analysis Form for Polan's "Farmer in Chief" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 February Sub Assignment: Foer, Lohan, Goodman Analysis Due Wednesday in class --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 January Source Analysis Form Today: Foer's "Let Them Eat Dog" Read By Thursday: Tara Lohan's "The Ultimate in Eating Local" (urban foraging) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 January Corporate Sponsorship Sample Essay Evaluation Worksheet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 December Polite Speech Prompt Sample Essay Corporate Sponsorships Prompt: Counterarguments (in class activity - practice) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 December Maziarczyk Article Debrief Proposals Due Tuesday 12/10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 November Complete one-page analysis over the break (due 12/2) Begin reading/annotating "Bringing The People of Paper to Life" to get ahead. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 November Student Samples --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 October HOW TO TAKE NOTES on The People of Paper Finish reading the prologue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 October Final Draft of Essay due tomorrow --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 October Annotated Bibliography due 10/22 Outline due 10/23 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 October Perception Filter Essay Prompt --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 October Ch. 6 TBN Questions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 October PSAs Due Monday --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 September Elizabeth Caddy Stanton: Declaration of Sentiments Reading Questions - Due 9/27 PM on Turnitin.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 September Join our Fight Letter / Video --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 September Declaration of Independence Modern English Supplement --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 September 100-Second Video Presentation (Due Sunday PM on Padlet) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 September Jackson's "On Indian Removal" Read/Annotate and Post Response to the following question on Turnitin.com by tomorrow's class: How does Jackson’s characterization of the Native Americans contrast with Franklin’s and why is this important to his argument? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 September Practice On-Demand Quiz Grammar Quiz Tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 September Jackson's "On Indian Removal" Read/Annotate and Identify charged language (Thursday) Post Response to the following question ON PADLET: How does Jackson’s characterization of the Native Americans contrast with Franklin’s and why is this important to his argument? Jackson Questions (due Sunday PM) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 September Final Drafts due on Turnitin on 9/13 at the start of class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 September Revise Essays and Bring one Hard Copy to class (Final Drafts due on Turnitin on 9/13 at the start of class) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 September SAMPLE TEST PARAGRAPH SPACECAT Rhetorical Analysis Outline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 August Read/Annotate Franklin's "Remarks Concerning the Savages" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27 August Rhetoric Activity (Sub assignment) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 August Lederer Summaries & TEST Paragraphs due Friday Night (turnitin.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.