Mrs. Crawford
AP Language and Composition
The highlighted assignments will be graded and expected to be taken or handed in on the dates they are posted.
Marking Period 2: ETHNICITY, CLASS, AND GENDER
Reading: A Thousand Splendid Sons, Wilde’s Plays and Language of Composition
Essential Question: How do class, culture, and gender shape perspectives in America and in other parts of the world?
| SECTION | 10/18 (M) | 10/19 (T) | 10/20 (W) |
10/21 (TH) |
10/22 (F) |
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AP RC |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Group 2 (Chapters 29-36): A Thousand Splendid Suns |
A Thousand Splendid Suns (pp. 273-343) |
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Group 3 (Chapters 37-44): A Thousand Splendid Suns |
A Thousand Splendid Suns (pp. 344-end) |
| 3 | Group 4 (Chapters 45-51): A Thousand Splendid Suns | Review book for in-class essay |
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10/25 (M) |
10/26 (T) |
10/27 (W) |
10/28 (TH) |
10/29 (F) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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TSS
In-class essay Essay Prompts Discussion of reading Introduce Gender Unit |
Read Baumeister's IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT MEN?
Be prepared for a quiz!
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Discuss Baumeister's IS THERE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT MEN?
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Paul Bloom (Yale) What Motivates Us: Sex LISTEN: Lecture (1 hour) OR READ: Lecture Transcript
(optional) Reference Bloom makes to Sex differences debate (Pinker/Spelke) |
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Discuss Bloom's lecture |
Read Montague and Woolf AP prompts Analyze these parts of an AP essay comparing the two passages--which are effective? which are not? why? |
| 4 | Harkness on Montague or Woolf analysis prompts | Read Sex differences debate (Pinker/Spelke) |
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11/1 (M) |
11/2 (T) |
11/3 (W) |
11/4 (TH) |
11/5 (F) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Listen to NPR's End of the Macho Man (30 mins) Be ready for harkness on gender articles to date on class 1 (11/9 or 10)
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Read Sex differences debate (Pinker/Spelke) |
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Fill in
Gender Stereotype Chart in preparation for Harkness Review Synthesis Essays for essays on 11/11-12 |
Prepare for Harkness/ Synthesis Essay |
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11/8 (M) |
11/9 (T) |
11/10 (W) |
11/11 (TH) |
11/12 (F) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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1 |
Harkness on gender stereotypes (60 pts)- Harkness Chart you may bring in
Central Question: Which are more restricting, male or female? (bring in evidence from Baumeister, Bloom, NPR, Pinker/Spelke) |
Review Synthesis Essays for essays on Wednesday 11/11-12 |
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In Class Synthesis Essay
on Gender Differences Synthesis Rubric |
Bring Wilde Text to next class
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Victorian/Wilde PP Importance of Being Earnest |
Be ready to answer Act 1 Questions in class |
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Importance of
Being Earnest
Sample Synthesis Essay (9) |
Finish Act 2/ Be ready to answer Act 2 Questions |
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11/15 (M) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Importance of
Being Earnest |
Finish Act 3 Rhetorical Precis on Roger Sale's Being Earnest
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Rhetorical Precis (40 points) due See Ideal Husband |
Read Life of Pi (chaps 1-20) |
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Ideal Husband |
Read Life of Pi (chaps. 21-44) |
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11/23 (M) |
11/24 (T) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Trivial Thanksgiving (20 points)--come as the Wildean character you signed up to be; bring 1. your refreshment 2. 5 things for which your character is thankful in poem form 3. An analysis of the stereotypes (in terms of gender and class) that your character respresents Ideal Husband |
Read Life of Pi (chaps 44-62) |
| 2 | AP Reading Comp | Happy Thanksgiving! |
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11/29 (M) |
11/30 (T) |
12/1 (W) |
12/2 (TH) |
12/3 (F)/Review Day (M) |
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LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Sample Passage Analysis/ Discussion of Life of Pi |
Read Life of Pi (chaps 63-90) |
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Sample Passage Analysis/ Discussion of Life of Pi |
Read Life of Pi (chaps 91-end) |
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Harkness on Life of Pi--analysis of passages from pp 23, 161, and 316. |
Read 3 articles:
Read and be ready to discuss 2008 B Synthesis essay at the following site: College Board--Review Synthesis Essays
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AP Review |
EXAM REVIEW: Your exam will consist of 3 essays--one synthesis, one analysis, and one argument (40 minutes each with an additional 15 minutes of reading time for synthesis essay) and 1 hour of multiple choice reading comprehension. Because this is a simulated AP exam, you will not receive information about the essays or multiple choice before the exam.You may review the three sites below for more practice. College Board--Review Synthesis Essays
General Topics: Argument: Pros and Cons of Technology Synthesis: Media and Politics Analysis: Passage from Life of Pi
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