AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Syllabus
East Los Angeles Performing Arts Magnet
AP English Language and Composition Syllabus – 2019-2020
Ms. DuBose – Room f202
[email protected]
Course Overview
The school year is divided into ten week quarters. Students will write one timed essay in class weekly and write and revise longer essays outside of class for each grading period. Students will also complete a weekly multiple-choice quiz. It is expected that students will take the AP exam.
This course is designed to comply with the curricular requirements described in the AP English Language and Composition Course Description. Students will read expository writing from the 1600’s to the present. Students will also analyze graphic work, photography, and editorial cartoons.
Partial List of Texts and Authors:
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
Savage Inequalities, Kozol
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Narrative of a Slave, Frederick Douglass
Gloria Anzaldúa
Sloane Crossley
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Banneker
Mark Twain
James Baldwin
bell hook
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Langston Hughes
Russell Baker
President Obama
President Lincoln
Cynthia Ozick
Chief Seattle
David Sedaris
Jonathan Swift
Amy Tan
Touré
Sojourner Truth
Sarah Vowell
Eudora Welty
Mary Wollstonecraft
Text Book
Language and Composition McGraw Hill
Performance Tasks:
Writing Expectations
one timed essay a week written in class
2-3 page essay (minimum one per unit)
Short writing (single paragraph)
Student expository writing will:
Short Writing
Much of the short writing takes the form of STAARS and PASTA. Two specific approaches to analysis.Short writing is held to the same standards as essays. Writing is formal; grammar is correct. Word choice and sentence structure are varied.
Global Perspective
One forty-minute period a week is dedicated to contemporary global issues. You need to have knowledge that you can use to inform your writing. We will often use a summarizing format called a precis for this writing.
Analysis with Released Multiple Choice Tests
Fifty minutes of class time every other week is dedicated to analysis using released multiple choice tests.
Personal Narrative
Use dialogue and sensory detail to develop character and theme and create a strong personal voice.
SBAC
We also take four SBAC practices tests and study poetry and fiction in addition to non-fiction. Poetry and fiction are not usually part of AP Lang but all English classes need to prepare for SBAC.
Scores
The essays are scored using the AP Language 1-9 rubric.
Grades
Essays 40 %
Short Responses and Discussion 20 %
Global Perspectives and Projects 20 %
MC tests, Quizzes and SBAC Practice 20 %
Plagiarism
The Internet is very tempting, and as much as I believe in crowdsourcing, you may not plagiarize. All first drafts of essays are written by hand on bluebooks with computers closed and put away.
Classroom Expectations
No Caps
No Open Containers of Food or Drink, Water Excepted
No phones or personal electronic devices
No visible earbuds or headphones
Bags and backpacks not on tables
Must be in class the first and last fifteen minutes
I have read the syllabus.
______________________________________
Student Signature
______________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature
AP English Language and Composition Syllabus – 2019-2020
Ms. DuBose – Room f202
[email protected]
Course Overview
The school year is divided into ten week quarters. Students will write one timed essay in class weekly and write and revise longer essays outside of class for each grading period. Students will also complete a weekly multiple-choice quiz. It is expected that students will take the AP exam.
This course is designed to comply with the curricular requirements described in the AP English Language and Composition Course Description. Students will read expository writing from the 1600’s to the present. Students will also analyze graphic work, photography, and editorial cartoons.
Partial List of Texts and Authors:
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
Savage Inequalities, Kozol
Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Narrative of a Slave, Frederick Douglass
Gloria Anzaldúa
Sloane Crossley
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Banneker
Mark Twain
James Baldwin
bell hook
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Langston Hughes
Russell Baker
President Obama
President Lincoln
Cynthia Ozick
Chief Seattle
David Sedaris
Jonathan Swift
Amy Tan
Touré
Sojourner Truth
Sarah Vowell
Eudora Welty
Mary Wollstonecraft
Text Book
Language and Composition McGraw Hill
Performance Tasks:
- Weekly Timed Essay
- Untimed Essays
- Short Responses
- Discussions
- Personal Essay
- Literary Analysis
- Weekly Multiple Choice Quizzes
- Occasional Projects
- Occasional Worksheets Based on Readings
Writing Expectations
one timed essay a week written in class
2-3 page essay (minimum one per unit)
Short writing (single paragraph)
Student expository writing will:
- always have a claim
- establish the significance of claims
- will support the claim with evidence from the texts
- be organized to logically present claims and evidence
- provide a conclusion that supports the evidence presented
- maintain a formal tone
- vary word choice and sentence structure
- use correct grammar
- use the specific language of literary analysis
Short Writing
Much of the short writing takes the form of STAARS and PASTA. Two specific approaches to analysis.Short writing is held to the same standards as essays. Writing is formal; grammar is correct. Word choice and sentence structure are varied.
Global Perspective
One forty-minute period a week is dedicated to contemporary global issues. You need to have knowledge that you can use to inform your writing. We will often use a summarizing format called a precis for this writing.
Analysis with Released Multiple Choice Tests
Fifty minutes of class time every other week is dedicated to analysis using released multiple choice tests.
Personal Narrative
Use dialogue and sensory detail to develop character and theme and create a strong personal voice.
SBAC
We also take four SBAC practices tests and study poetry and fiction in addition to non-fiction. Poetry and fiction are not usually part of AP Lang but all English classes need to prepare for SBAC.
Scores
The essays are scored using the AP Language 1-9 rubric.
Grades
Essays 40 %
Short Responses and Discussion 20 %
Global Perspectives and Projects 20 %
MC tests, Quizzes and SBAC Practice 20 %
Plagiarism
The Internet is very tempting, and as much as I believe in crowdsourcing, you may not plagiarize. All first drafts of essays are written by hand on bluebooks with computers closed and put away.
Classroom Expectations
No Caps
No Open Containers of Food or Drink, Water Excepted
No phones or personal electronic devices
No visible earbuds or headphones
Bags and backpacks not on tables
Must be in class the first and last fifteen minutes
I have read the syllabus.
______________________________________
Student Signature
______________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature