AP English Language and Composition Curriculum Map

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In the Beginning, America, The What Does Our The Truth, the
there was the Beautiful Past Tell Us About Whole Truth and
Word: Our Present? Nothing but the
Introduction to the Truth?
Course, Close
Reading.
Objectives are -introduction to AP -analyze place in -understand and -understand point
cumulative and -explore essential texts analyze author’s use of view including
practice continues AP concepts in -analyze the author’s of allusion bias, subjectivity
over time summer reading attitude toward the - define and use and “poetic
-introduce or American landscape literary concepts of license”
review close -apply knowledge of metaphor, simile, - understand and
reading & ethical, logical and personification, analyze features of
annotation emotional appeals imagery, allusion, & syntax: repetition,
-definition of the while reading hyperbole sentence types and
“essay” -reinforce & explore - discuss layers of lengths,
- levels of voice, diction, and meaning in text parallelism,
interpretation syntax in essays and -explore author’s paradox, stream of
-color-marking other literary forms purpose, audience consciousness
-levels of diction - research essay and word choice -analyze author’s
-DIDLS process & project -understand levels of intentions in terms
-SOAPSTone - continue to engage questioning: literal, of stylistic choices
-methods of in the writing analytical and -explore humor,
persuasion: logos, process synthesis satire, and irony
pathos & ethos -practice oral and -review -hone research
-writing process written discourse of grammar/sentence skills
-MLA format literary analysis structure as writer’s
- intro. AP exam tools
format -standard vs.
-develop nonstandard syntax
vocabulary -introduce modes of
discourse

Anchor Texts On Writing, The Great Gatsby, F. The Crucible, Arthur excerpts from The
Stephen King Scott Fitzgerald Miller, Things They
(summer reading) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Carried, Tim
Bradbury O’Brien
Of Mice and Men, In Cold Blood,
Steinbeck Truman Capote
Additional Texts “Keeping a “The Senses of “Roselily,” Alice Vietnam War
Notebook,” Joan Place,” a visual Walker Photos
Didion essay, Riverside Readings from film excerpt,
“Why I Write,” Reader Black, White and Letters Home
Joan Didion “Red, White and Jewish, Rebecca “Guernica,” Pablo
“On Learning to Beer,” Dave Barry Walker Picasso
Read,” Malcom X McGraw Hill The Crucible, Arthur Film excerpt,
“How Reading Reader Miller Capote
Changed My Live,” “Dear Scottie,” F. film excerpt, The “Marilyn Monroe”
Anna Quindporlen, Scott Fitzgerald Crucible and “A Beautiful
Riverside Reader excerpts from Nickel film excerpt, Good Child,” Capote
excerpts from “I and Dimed in Night and Good Ch. 2
Hear America America, Barbara Luck “Deconstructing
Reading,” Jim Ehrenreich “Why I Wrote the Media,” Mirror on
Burke film excerpt, 30 Crucible,” Arthur America
 “The Lonely, Good Days Miller Death penalty
Company of The Glass Castle, Fahrenheit 451, Ray cartoons, bumper
Books,” Richard Jeanette Walls Bradbury stickers and t-shirts
Rodriguez, Nature writing: film excerpt, Examples of
McGraw Hill Thoreau, Carson, excerpt from The memoir and
Reader Dillard, Proulx Declaration of creative non-
“Grounds for “The Forest in the Independence and fiction essays from
Fiction,” Julia Seeds” and “Infernal The Bill of Rights Mirth of a Nation
Alvarez, Riverside Paradise,” Barbara Current articles Excerpts from
Reader Kingsolver, High regarding censorship authors such as:
“How to Mark a Tide in Tucson and book banning Jennifer Traig,
Book,” Moritmer Depression photos, provided by trhe James Frey, David
Adler, McGraw Dorthea Lange ALA during Banned Sedaris, Garrison
Hill Reader Photos of New York Books week Keillor, Dave
City, Jonathan Rhys “The Ones Who Barry
Meyers Walk Away from Excerpts from The
“On Photography,” Omelas,” Ursula K. Onion and The
Susan Sontag Le Guin Daily Show with
“Doorways: A Jon Stewart
Visual Essay,”
Christopher M.
Pizzi, Riverside
Reader
Papers/Assignments - A.P. essay prompt -Comparison - Analyze criterion -Objective to
pre-test /Contrast essay of the AP rubric, subjective
-Informal response -response to teacher- examine/discuss newspaper
guided reading designed essay anchor papers argument
questions prompts analyzing -In-class essays (narrative
- Reading and unfamiliar text focusing on prompt nonfiction)
Writing -Expository essay analysis, -Stream of
Autobiography imitative writing organization and consciousness
- Goals essay -released AP Prompt using textual support writing
writing -writing conferences -Visual argument
-self-scoring and -Revision of low or Photo-essay on
reflection scoring in-class the Death Penalty
-writing conferences writing (or related topic)
-Revision paper - self-reflections -Documented
argument essay
-Year End Self
Evaluation
-Advice letters

Projects Independent Study n/a Documented essay

Independent Study Project Book Trailer digital (research)
Project project Independent Study
Independent Study Project
Project
Assessments -AP Pre-test -terminology text -comprehension test - reading quizzes
-reading quizzes -reading quizzes -reading quizzes -Post-test AP Essay
MLA quiz -Practice AP Test -vocabulary quizzes -Post test AP
-brown bag exam -vocabulary quizzes Multiple Choice
for Summer -AP Practice Essay -Final Exam
Reading text -movie review -AP Practice
-Terminology test -research paper Multiple Choice -research paper
-Practice AP Essay -FL Virtual School -AP practice essays
-AP pre-test essay free online activities
-Narrative essay - color-marking -various writing
activities, - color-marking activities
-various writing SOAPStone analysis activities, chapter -SOAPStone
activities chapter questions, questions, analysis
-SOAPStone worksheets, worksheets, -color-marking and
analysis formal/informal formal/informal -annotation
-color-marking and writing writing, SOAPStone exercises
-annotation analysis
exercises