First Quarter Unit Plan

AP Language and Composition – Ms. Williams

Overarching Questions: What is rhetoric? How can language be used to manipulate an audience? How do the “rhetorical moves” a speaker makes connect back to the overall purpose of a piece? What are the essential elements that make us human, and what do gifted orators have to say about these topics?

Major Readings: Thank You for Arguing 3rd Ed. by Jay Heinrichs (summer read) Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Erhenreich

Thematically linked essays, speeches, articles, op-eds, etc.

Writing Focus: Rhetorical analysis {Q2}

Vocabulary: Vocabulary Workshop Level F by Sadlier Oxford

Summatives: 1.) "How We Argue” Unit Test 2.) Rhetorical Analysis Essay 1 3.) Rhetorical Analysis Essay 2 4.) “How We Work” Unit Test

Extra Credit: Vocabulary Workshop activities – complete the first three unit activities and writing responses (+5) and/or Twelve Angry Men - read the play and write an AP style essay in tutoring (+5)

Date Weekly Agenda Objectives

Assessments

8/20

“How We

Argue”

Monday - Welcome and course introductionTuesday - Sample columnist annotations, précis introWednesday – Précis workshop and group editsThursday – TYFA group chapter applicationFriday - Summer reading HW due! Thank You for Arguing group presentations

● Speaker, Audience, Occasion

● Purpose● Rhetorical appeals● Arrangement● Rhetorical strategies

TYFA Application Questions

Column Annotations + Précis

8/27 Monday - Rhetorical diagram and analysis introductionTuesday - “Dear Basketball” rhetorical analysis practice, HW: read “The Danger of a Single Story” + create précis

● Speaker, Audience, Occasion

● PurposeIndependent “Mother

Tongue” Rhetorical

Block day - “Single Story” group analysis with rhetorical diagram, HW: read “Mother Tongue” + create précis Friday - Pep rally schedule, “Mother Tongue” independent rhetorical diagram practice

● Rhetorical appeals● Arrangement● Rhetorical strategies

Diagram

Précis Practice

9/3 Monday - No school! Enjoy your Labor Day!Tuesday - Rhetorical analysis test review Wednesday - “How We Argue” Test Thursday - AP rhetorical analysis essay introduction (Q2)Friday - Rhetorical analysis essay whole class practice

3 Week Progress Report

● Speaker, Audience, Occasion

● Purpose● Rhetorical appeals● Arrangement● Rhetorical strategies

“How We Argue” Test

9/10 Monday - Rhetorical analysis partner essayTuesday - Partner essay continued and peer revisionsBlock Day - Sample essay set, rhetorical analysis reminders and tips, Rhetorical analysis essay 1AFriday - Pep rally schedule, Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1 Quiz, Modes of Discourse introduction, Assign Part 1 of Nickel and Dimed (“Getting Ready” and “Serving in Florida” due Monday, Oct 1st) and “Singer Solution” + Modes of Discourse annotations (due Monday, 9/17)

● Rhetorical analysis● Central contention● Background info● Focusing move● Support● Counterargument● Author’s purpose● Rhetorical modes● Arrangement

VW Unit 1 Quiz

9/17

“How We

Work”

Monday - Poverty introduction, “Singer Solution” analysis, Oration Model Discussion, HW: Read “Lifeboat Ethics” + Oration Model annotationsTuesday - “Lifeboat Ethics” article analysisBlock Day - Rhetorical Analysis Essay 1B, essay selection and revision time, poverty simulation activityFriday - Current Event #1 due, current event analysis and example bank, “Lifeboat Ethics” wrap-up

● Rhetorical analysis● Oration Model● Author’s purpose● Rhetorical modes● Arrangement

Rhetorical Analysis Essay 1

Current Event #1

9/24 Monday - Nickel and Dimed Part 1 Quiz, “Serving in Florida” analysis, Parts 2 or 3 assignedTuesday - Nickel and Dimed close reading passageBlock Day - Scratch Beginnings close read comparison, multimedia rhetorical analysis on poverty in America (video, music, and political cartoons) Friday - Homecoming! Go Eagles! Pep rally schedule, Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 quiz, rhetorical analysis take home essay

6 Week Progress Report / Picture Week

● Rhetorical analysis● Central contention● Background info● Focusing move● Support● Counterargument● Author’s purpose● Rhetorical modes● Arrangement

Nickel and Dimed Part 1 Quiz

VW Unit 2 Quiz

10/1 Monday - Peer review of student take home essayTuesday - Rhetorical analysis essay 2Block Day - 10 minute revision time, Nickel and Dimed Parts 2 or 3 due, discussion and analysis of the two sections, Nickel and Dimed flipped close readFriday - Current event #2 due, example bank, essay revisions and turn in

● Rhetorical analysis● Oration Model● Author’s purpose● Rhetorical modes● Arrangement

Rhetorical Analysis Essay 2

Current Event #2

10/8 Monday and Tuesday - No school! Wednesday - AP practice (thunderstorm passage)Thursday - AP MC quiz, Tim Samaras articleFriday - Vocabulary Workshop Unit 3 quiz, assign

● Rhetorical analysis● Central contention● Background info● Focusing move

N&D Close Read

AP MC Quiz

chapters 1-5 of The Great Gatsby, storm chaser wrap-up ● Counterargument VW Unit 3 Quiz

10/15 Monday - “How We Work” synthesis article analysis Tuesday - “How We Work” TestBlock Day - (PSAT schedule on Wednesday) Argument and/or rhetorical analysis practice Friday - Current event #3 due, example bank and argument connections

● Rhetorical analysis● Oration Model● Author’s purpose● Rhetorical modes● Arrangement

“How We Work” Test

Current Event #3

(This unit plan is subject to change based on unforeseen events and the pacing of the course.)