• Credits: 5

    Prerequisite: 91 in English 10 Honors with teacher recommendation

    Grade: 11

    The AP English Language and Composition Course is a college-level survey course of British literature threaded with a rhetorical emphasis. Students will be expected to read widely and critically, to explore rhetorical strategies, and to respond to their readings both with discussions and with in-class timed and out-of-class writings that emphasize the particular forms of argumentation, narration, and exposition. All students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses are required to take the Advanced Placement Examinations in May (see Policy 2429 & Program of Studies page 5).

  • Supplies:

    - Charged Chromebook

    - Binder/Notebook

    - Pen/Pencils

  • Units of Study:

    Unit 1: Introducing Rhetorical Analysis

    In Unit 1, students will become comfortable using language specific to the discussion of argument. They will begin by identifying where writers of arguments make argumentative claims and noticing how they use evidence to support and defend these claims. They will begin to practice noticing (and making) several related claims about one particular issue. They will also write a paragraph in which they will make a claim and defend that claim with evidence. In Unit 1, the paragraph will focus on discovering and articulating another writer’s claim in an argument, and identifying and explaining how the evidence is used in support of that claim. The focus here is on developing close reading skills for argument and distinguishing between argumentative claims and non-argumentative claims or statements of fact. Culminating writing task: a paragraph of rhetorical analysis

  • Makeup Work

    Tests and Quizzes:

    YOU are responsible for making the arrangements. Do not let this work pile up!

    Homework:

    Homework must be handed in on time for full credit. I will accept homework one day late for half credit. When absent, please get your homework in as soon as possible. All the work you miss when absent will be located in your class folder.

    Genesis:

     0’s will be placed in the grade book for missing assignments. This policy stands even if you are absent. The reason I do this is to show you what your grade will be if you choose not to make up the missing assignment. Once the missing assignment is completed, your grade will be changed accordingly.