Course Goals
This course is designed to provide students with the critical thinking, writing and research skills needed to succeed in the challenging AP curriculum. The language component presents an in-depth survey of the respective subject matters to prepare students for the AP Test in the spring. This course is designed to encourage the skills necessary for success in educational pursuits after high school.
Course Content
Advanced Word Power, Rhetorical Triangle, Aristotle’s Appeals, Critical Reading, Style Analysis, The Analytical Essay, JFK Inaugural Address, Satire: Pop songs/McSweeneys, Shrek, A Modest Proposal , Web Analysis/various sources, Speech Analysis/Susan B. Anthony, Aint I a Woman, Obama speech on race, “The View from 80” Cowley, “Darkness at Noon” Krents, “The Fear of Losing a Culture” Rodriguez, Every Little Hurricane” Alexie Sherman, “The Ecstasy of War” Eherenreich, “The Demise of Writing” Meredith “Will We still turn the Pages” Kelly, AP Practice Exams
Course Documents/Files
Click on the following links to download course documents.
aplangcontentmap.doc | |
File Size: | 61 kb |
File Type: | doc |
ap_langwkstudsched4-21-14.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
irony_lesson_notes-_student_copy.docx | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
File Type: | docx |