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AP EXAM
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ASSIGNMENTS:Readings and Materials for the week of May 1-5:
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AP Exam Prep! 2007 Question: Synthesis Documents ------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 11 "SELF"-Rhetorical Analysis Essay Due Friday 4/14 on Turnitin.com (11:59pm) USE THIS TEMPLATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 4 Synthesis Essay - Food Unit Rough Draft due Monday 4/10 (in class) Final Draft Due Wednesday 4/12 (in class) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- APRIL 3 Source Analysis Forms DUE SYNTHESIS RESEARCH ESSAY Prompt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARCH 29 Culinary Collaboration -------------------------------------------------------------------------MARCH 20 Sample Q3 Responses -------------------------------------------------------------------------MARCH 15 Poster Assignment EMBEDDING QUOTES FORM -------------------------------------------------------------------------MARCH 13 Michael Pollan's "Farmer in Chief" EMBEDDING QUOTES FORM -------------------------------------------------------------------------MARCH 10 Makenna Goodman's "Ever Wonder if You Could Kill What You Eat? We Did the Other Night" Complete SAF for Goodman (due 3/12 @ 11:59) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARCH 7 Tara Lohan's "The Ultimate in Eating Local" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARCH 6 Complete Says-Means-Matter table for "Calorie Conveyor Belt" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 24 Synthesis Essay: Due Friday (3/3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 16 Paul Krugman: Stranded in Suburbia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 8 Jaron Lanier: from You Are Not a Gadget & READING QUESTIONS (Due: 2/14 in class) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEBRUARY 3 Frederick Lewis Allen: from Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s READING QUESTIONS (Due: Mon. 2/29) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 30 PAUL DUNBAR'S "The Race Question Discussed" Student-Generated Questions (Due: Wednesday 2/1/17) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 28 Questions due Monday (1/30) Whitman's "Democratic Vistas" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 23 HW: Read & Annotate Whitman's "To a Locomotive in Winter" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JANUARY 17 Counterarguments on PAINE excerpt (in class activity - practice) HW: Finish revising counterargument/rebuttal by "SHOWING" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JANUARY 10 Counterarguments (in class activity - practice) HW: Sign and return late work policy slip (Due: Wednesday 1/11) |
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MAY 10: AP Language and Composition Exam
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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. |
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
9 = 100% 8 = 93% 7 = 86% 6 = 79% 5 = 72% 4 = 65% 3 = 58% 2 = 51% 1 = 44% 0 = 0% |
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.
Format of Assessment
Section I: Multiple Choice: 52-55 Questions | 60 Minutes | 45% of Exam Score
From "http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html" (2015).
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.
Format of Assessment
Section I: Multiple Choice: 52-55 Questions | 60 Minutes | 45% of Exam Score
- Includes excerpts from several non-fiction texts
- Each excerpt is accompanied by several multiple-choice questions
- 15 minutes for reading source materials for the synthesis prompt (in the free-response section)
- 120 minutes to write essay responses to the 3 free-response questions
- Synthesis: Students read several texts about a topic and create an argument that synthesizes at least three of the sources to support their thesis.
- Rhetorical Analysis: Students read a non-fiction text and analyze how the writers language choices contribute to his or her purpose and intended meaning for the text.
- Argument: Students create an evidence-based argument that responds to a given topic.
From "http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html" (2015).