C BLOCK: AP LANGUAGE DECEMBER/JANUARY MR. DRINKWATER CALENDAR SUBJECT TO CHANGE

DAY 1

75 MINUTES

DAY 2

54 MINUTES

DAY 3

54 MINUTES

DAY 5

54 MINUTES

DAY 6

54 MINUTES

December 6th December 7th December 8th December 12th December 13th

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

PRESENTATIONS

[ARGUMENT]

[“What Is Argument?”

[Notes]

[Domini Article]

[ARGUMENT]

[Ebert/Star Wars]

[Staking Claims Notes]

[ARGUMENT]

[“Higher Education: Not What It

Used to Be”]

[Thesis Statements Notes]

[ARGUMENT]

[“Colleges Prepare People for Life”]

[Evidence/Fallacies]

[“The Chewbacca Defense”]

[Notes]

[Group Work!]

HW: --- HW: Read Ebert’s Star Wars review and respond!

HW: Read “Higher Education: Not

What It Used to Be” (The Economist)!

HW: Read “Colleges Prepare

People for Life” by next class! HW: Complete Fallacy Presentations!

December 14th December 15th December 16th December 20th December 21st

EARLY RELEASE DAY

[G/B/C]

FALLACY

PRESENTATIONS DUE!

[AP PREP]

[Question 3 – 2014]

[ARGUMENT]

[Classical Oration Notes]

[ARGUMENT]

[“Not By Math Alone”]

[AP PREP]

[Question 3 – 2014]

[ARGUMENT]

[Induction/Deduction Notes]

[Toulmin Model Notes]

[Annotated Bibliography]

[News Article Assignment]

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[Introduction/Free Write]

[Phaedrus]

[Discussion]

HW: Read/annotate “Not by

Math Alone” (O’Connor and

Romer)!

HW: Read excerpt from

Phaedrus!

HW: Read excerpt from

Phaedrus!

HW: Read excerpt from Phaedrus!

Complete annotation for 12/23!

HW: Complete annotation for 12/23!

December 22nd December 23rd January 3rd January 5th January 6th

[AP PREP]

[Question 3 – Form B] [2011]

ANNOTATED

NEWS ARTICLE DUE!

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[Amusing Ourselves to Death]

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[“Watching TV Makes You

Smarter”]

[“Media Consolidation: Illusion

of Choice”]

AP TIMED WRITING

[ARGUMENT QUESTION]

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[“Is Google Making Us Stupid?”]

[“Get Smarter”]

[Comparison!]

HW: Complete annotation for

12/23!

HW: Read excerpt from

Amusing Ourselves to Death!

AP review!

HW: Read “Is Google Making Us

Stupid?”

HW: Read “Is Google Making Us

Stupid?”

HW: Read “The Hype About Texting”

by David Crystal!

January 9th January 10th January 11th January 13th IMPORTANT DATES

December 14th – [G/B/C]

December 23rd – Happy Festivus!

January 11th – [B/C/G]

January 13th – Last Day of Term II

January 17th-20th

MID-YEAR EXAMS

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[“The Hype About Texting”]

[“Louis CK Hates Texting”]

[MEDIA CULTURES]

[“Deactivated”]

[“The Influencing Machines”]

[(Gladstone and Neufield}]

EARLY RELEASE DAY

[B/C/G]

ANNOTATED

NEWS ARTICLE DUE!

Mid-Year Exam Review

HW: Read “Deactivated” by

Kuperberg! Annotated article!

HW: Annotated article! HW: Prepare for Mid-Year Exam! HW: Prepare for Mid-Year Exam!