AP Language and Composition

Class Zoom Times:

 

10:30 AM

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https://zoom.us/j/93689035290?pwd=d1dxd0JVODRpMjhqakFSaHZtU00yUT09

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Meeting ID: 936 8903 5290

Password: 5ZYFxY

1 PM 

 

https://zoom.us/j/99152540382?pwd=eWRMVkkxZFcwYitjWjcxbGswQlR6QT09

 

Meeting ID: 991 5254 0382

Password: 1uUEG2

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*Choose whichever is most convenient for your schedule

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Updates: 
 

-I hope you are safe and well. I miss you. If there is anything that you need from me or student services, please reach out. 

-Thank you for your hard work during this time. As we have discussed time and time again, adversity reveals character. You all have really persevered during this difficult, strange, and challenging time. I am both thankful and proud. 

-A quote that I recently read, “Learning takes effort, and it’s hard to find the effort when the world is in flux, when we’re feeling uncertain and when we’re being inundated with bad news. But that’s the moment when learning is more important than ever.” - Seth Godin 

-If you are struggling, I understand. I am struggling too. We are all struggling in some way or another. Please reach out to me or student services so we can work to find some solutions. 

-Keep up the good communication, it is essential. 

-Updates on the Test:

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• Will take place 2PM EST on May 20th  

• You will have 45 minutes to complete a rhetorical analysis essay and 5 minutes to upload your response 

• Students will need to access the online testing system 30 minutes early to get set up.

• Students will be able to take exams on any device they have access to—computer, tablet, or smartphone. They will be able to either type and upload their responses or write responses by hand and submit a photo via their cell phone.

• You can find more specific information on the test here: https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students

 

-The test is important because it is a moment to showcase your hard work, earn college credit, and have a sense of closure and accomplishment for this strange year. 

-Let me know if you ARE NOT planning to take the test by Friday at the latest. The College Board should be sending you an email with additional information and a survey. 

 

Guided Learning:

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General Statement: 

 

Wow, those videos have transformed many students’ ability to complete rhetorical analysis. It is evident who is learning from these videos and who is not. Please take the AP videos and the associated assignments seriously. This is the best instruction and information that has ever been available to students. 

 

Shout Outs: Gabby Greer, Lucas, Madison Leary, Rachel, Izzy Butler, Jack, and Raven 

 

Feedback: 

-Make sure to correctly punctuate those titles (build your own ethos) 

-Start your body paragraphs off with good topic sentences and assertions.

-Avoid sweeping generalizations (happening most commonly in your introductions and conclusions) 

-Make sure to clearly identify the speaker’s purpose/message in your thesis. Your thesis should be the last sentence or last two sentences of your introduction. Make it easy for your reader to give you a good score! 

- Make sure to embed/introduce your quotes.

-“Keep punctuation inside of quotations.” 

- Mr. Jones is making an argument for the importance of context and back story so that people can fully understand historical events in their complexity. 

-He makes a comparison between books and movies as the basis for his argument - what we have seen or learned about in history is a movie, and what you are about to read is the actual book giving the full story. 

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Reminders from Review Sessions: 

In order to construct a commentary on the text, consider the following questions:

• • “What does this example suggest about the writer’s values, beliefs, or needs?”

  • “What does the example suggest about the audience’s values, beliefs or needs? About the writer’s perception of these values? Why might it be persuasive?”

  • “What does this example illuminate about why the text was written?”

  • “What does this example illuminate about the time in which the text was written?”

  • “How does this example relate to the writer’s purpose? How does it contribute to the purpose?”

  • “How does the example relate to the writer’s message? What does it illuminate about the subject?”

 

Tips to construct commentary:

• • State your example

  • Explain your example

  • Analyze for writer

  • Analyze for audience

  • Describe why it is persuasive

• You don’t need one sentence for each of these things, just use that as a checklist to make sure you address everything.

 

Moving Forward: 

-Rewatch the videos and update the notes you have taken (this is the best review for the exam)

-Our next AP Review Sessions will help you prepare for our practice essays next week. 

*Please make sure that you are completing the suggested assignments with the review videos.If you complete these by hand, just take a picture and add it to your document.

 

HW:

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AP Review Session 5 - Due 4/15 at 3:30 PM 

AP Review Session 6 - Due 4/16 at 3:30 PM 

AP Review Session 7 - Due 4/17 at 3:30 PM 

AP Review Session 8 - Due 4/20 at 3:30 PM 

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*Please make sure that you are completing the suggested assignments with the review videos.If you complete these by hand, just take a picture and add it to your document.

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