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AP Language P1

A day by day play by play for Mr. Restad's AP Language class,
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Friday, Oct 23

10/23/2020

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DO NOW
  • Retrieval Practice: Recall​
  • Daily Check-in
​Objectives
  • identify evidence to persuade this audience (through illustration, clarification, mood, exemplification, association, or amplification)
  • note sufficiency of evidence
Agenda
  • Assignment Review/Questions
  • Evidence, Audience, and Sufficiency (Slides, Video Lecture)
Independent Learning
Complete the assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 204 - Evidence and Audience: Fast Food
  • Work on Literary Literary Terms Quizlet/spreadsheet
  • Finish APE - Argument Essay scoring for the next time we meet
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Thursday, Oct 22

10/22/2020

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DO NOW
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice 
​Objectives
  • identify audience values, beliefs, needs, background
​​​Agenda
  • AP Classroom Review
  • Literary Vocab
  • Using appeals to address an audience
​Independent Learning
Complete these assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 203 - Appealing to an Audience Essay
  • AP Language - Literary Vocab
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Tuesday, Oct 20

10/20/2020

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DO NOW
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice: Rhetorical Appeals
​Objectives
  • Identify and Examine appeals to persuade and motivate this audience (ethos, pathos, logos)
​​​Agenda
  • Practice planning Logos Ethos and Pathos (Activity Link)
  • Writing about rhetorical appeals (Banneker review)
  • AP Essay Scoring Rubric
​Independent Learning
Complete these assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 202 - Examining Rhetorical Appeals
  • APE - Argument Essay Scoring
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Monday, Oct 19

10/19/2020

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DO NOW
  • Daily Check-in
  • Six Week Self-Assessment
​Objectives
  • Understand AP essay rubrics
  • Examine and familiarize ourselves with AP style writing prompts.
  • identify appeals to persuade and motivate this audience (ethos, pathos, logos)
​​Agenda
  • Review Unit 1 Essays & MCQ
  • ​Begin Unit 2. See below
  • Clever textbook
  • Audience: beliefs, values, needs (slides, video lecture)
Unit 2 Skills
  1. identify audience values, beliefs, needs, background
  2. identify appeals to persuade and motivate this audience (ethos, pathos, logos)
  3. identify evidence to persuade this audience (through illustration, clarification, mood, exemplification, association, or amplification)
  4. note strategic nature of selection of evidence (reasoning, emotions, credibility)
  5. note sufficiency of evidence
​Independent Learning
Complete these assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 201 - Identifying Rhetorical Appeals
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Friday, Oct 9

10/9/2020

 
We're in writing conferences today so no official class meeting.
If you haven't scheduled a time to meet yet, select one here.

Good luck on your essays! Have a great weekend.

Thursday, Oct 8

10/7/2020

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DO NOW
  • Daily Check-in
  • Retrieval Practice: Evidence
  • Make sure you're signed up for a writing conference.
  • Make sure you can log into AP classroom. code: 9DJ6QQ
​Objectives
  • Compose effective and concise rhetorical analysis and introductions
​​Agenda
  • Review assignments
  • Writing Rhetorical Analysis Introductions (Video Lecture)
  • AP classroom Progress Checks
​Independent Learning
Complete these assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 108 - Unit Assessment: Rhetorical Analysis
  • 109 - Unit 1 Progress Check: MCQ
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Tuesday, Oct 6

10/6/2020

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Since many folks will be out taking the Pre-ACT, we won't be covering anything new in class today, but we will have a brief meeting at our normal times to review and catch up if you're not in testing.
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Monday, Oct 5

10/4/2020

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Note about the ACT: High School: PreACT/ACT- Juniors and seniors will have class as well, but no new material will be assigned or due on this day. Please communicate with your students this expectation. We will send this reminder in the Newsletter too. I'm hoping you have been contacted about this day... hopefully.
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DO NOW
  • Daily Check-in
  • Write down two things you do (or could do) to help keep yourself organized and on task during remote learning.
​Objectives
  • Identify elements of evidence and using evidence
  • Discuss writing claims
​​Agenda
  • Grading Review (Grading Practice Video)
  • Review assignments (Rhetorical Situation Analysis, Identifying Claims)
  • Discuss Rhetorical Analysis Papers, set up writing meetings for Wednesday or Friday
  • Sign in to AP classroom. code: 9DJ6QQ
  • How to Study
  • Writing claims, using evidence (Video Lectures: Claims and Evidence + Slides)
​Independent Learning
Complete these assignments posted in Google Classroom.
  • 106 - Examining Claims
  • 107 - Using Evidence
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  • Classroom Blog
  • Eng III - Spring Units
    • 1 Academic Skills
    • 2 Research Projects >
      • Choosing a topic
      • Research Resources
    • 3 ACT Prep
    • 4 I Am Where I Come From
    • 5 Catcher in the Rye
  • Journalism
    • Newspaper >
      • Blogging about news
      • Senior Podcast Project
      • Video Projects
      • Person Profile Article
      • Classroom Spotlight
      • In-Depth Journalism
      • Event Journalism
      • Gardiner Special
    • Yearbook >
      • YOURbook
      • Weekly Photo Hunt
      • Photojournalism
      • Magazine Cover
      • Yearbook Open Disclosure
      • Reflective Writing
    • Journalistic Writing Unit
    • Design Module
    • Writing Module
    • Photography Module
    • Magazine Feature Assignment
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