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Mrs. Scruggs’s AP Language Mrs. Scruggs’s AP Language

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Students study prose models and develop a personal style of their own in both expository and creative writings. Types of writing emphasized include essays, reports, summaries, personal narratives, and arguments. The required research paper will be based on critical analysis of classic writers and an in-depth study of historical documents and contemporary issues. At least one Shakespearean play should be included. At the completion of the course, students will be required to take the Advanced Placement Exam and might receive college credit based upon their scores and the requirements of the college of their choice.

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Percentages Homework/Classwork/Quizzes/

Participation-25% Essays (Timed and Formal)-30% Tests-25% Electronic-Response Notebook/Short

Blogs/Wikis: 20%

  Final Exam- 25% of the course

Our GradingOur Grading

Grading Scale A 93-100 B 85-92 C 77-84 D 70-76 F 0 -69

Our units of studyOur units of study

Unit Title:Unit 1: Pre-colonial Literature Rhetoric (Patterns)

Timeline(Weeks 1-2)

Unit 2: Revolutionary and Early National Literature /Enlightenment Rhetoric (Patterns)

(Weeks 3-4)

Unit 3: Romanticism Rhetoric (Patterns)

(Weeks 5-7)

Unit 4 Transcendentalism Rhetoric (Patterns)

(Weeks 8-9)

Unit 5 Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism Rhetoric (Patterns)

(Weeks 10-12)

Unit 6 AP Exam Prep Rhetoric (Patterns and SEVERAL HANDOUTS)

(Weeks 13-14)

Unit 7 Modernism Rhetoric (Patterns)

(Weeks 15-16)

Unit 8 ContemporaryRhetoric

(Weeks 17-18)

Course OverviewCourse Overview Course Overview The course overview and objectives for the course are taken from

the AP English Course description for English Language and Composition published by the College Board and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The choice of texts is based on the representative authors' list found therein. Students in this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students develop a greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own composing abilities.

  Course readings feature expository, analytical, personal, and argumentative texts from

a variety of authors and historical contexts. Students examine and work with essays, letters, speeches, images, and imaginative literature. Students frequently confer about their writing in class in small-group discussions, whole-group discussions, electronic communications, and conferences with the teacher. Students will prepare for the AP Exam in English Language and Composition and may be granted advanced placement, college credit, or both as a result of satisfactory performance. According to our state Department of Public Instruction, aspects of this AP course must also fulfill the Standard Course of Study for English III Honors. Thus, this course will also utilize writings in a variety of modes from American literature, in addition to those from other cultures. The course also meets the most recent AP English Language and Composition Course Description.

NMSI and AP EnglishNMSI and AP English

Students may earn money for Students may earn money for each passing exam scoreeach passing exam score

Students receive extra help from Students receive extra help from College Board trainers College Board trainers

Students need to attend Students need to attend Saturday reviews to prepare for Saturday reviews to prepare for the examthe exam

What the exam is likeWhat the exam is like

Multiple-choice passages that are Multiple-choice passages that are prose with approximately 54-58 prose with approximately 54-58 questions.questions.

Three separate essays: Three separate essays: Synthesis, rhetorical analysis, and Synthesis, rhetorical analysis, and

argument. argument.

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TutoringTutoring

I have tutoring available before I have tutoring available before school daily and after school on school daily and after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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