AP+Language+and+Composition

=AP Language and Composition= Welcome. I'll post items so the most recent is closest to the top. Look for attached files, hot links, and recap of assignments here. Be sure to email me directly if you can't find what you're looking for: jamie_gillette@fivetowns.net = =

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This I Believe
Follow this link to [|This I Believe] to browse 2-3 radio essays written by ordinary Americans articulating their personal beliefs. After analyzing the types of topics and the ways a personal narrative provides illustrative concrete details, brainstorm a list of beliefs you could write about.

=AP TEST PREP - 8 am, May 10, 2013=



Research Issues-Based Documentary
For your use - to complete research notes digitally

In-class January 29
====Browse [|1995-present Pulitzer Prize winning Feature Photography] based on personal interest and find out more by clicking "More Details." Click on "Works" tab to view the series of thumbnails; double-click for larger versions. Browse images, selecting one with details you can understand and discuss in depth. Read the caption that explains the photo and consider ways that the caption shapes your understanding of the situation being photographed. How can PROXIMITY, ALIGNMENT, REPETITION, CONTRAST, and FOCUS be used to understand the composition of the image? How do the SPEAKER, AUDIENCE, and CONTENT reveal the PURPOSE of the image? How does the caption employ rhetorical strategies to extend the argument made by the image? Discuss with a partner.====

Homework for 1/25
Choose a college or university of interest to you. Find 3+ visual images associated with that college: photographs, maps, charts, tables, graphs.... These could be on-line or print materials you have access to at home or in the guidance office. If possible, copy and paste images along with any associated captions into a word processed document that analyzes the composition of the images, and how elements of the image (as well as any accompanying text) reveal what face the college or university is trying to show to its prospective students and their families. Make reference to any of the elements of visual literacy present in the images - Focus, Proximity, Contrast, Repetition, Alignment. What argument does this group of images make about why an individual student should consider this choice? 500-700 words.

Full unit schedule and Philosophy of Education product descriptor:

Reading for 1/7
“Making College Relevant” by Kate Zernike, (//New York Times// 12/29/09) []

"Reading" for 1/9
[|Changing Educational Paradigms] Educating for Global Competence: read only Preface (X - XI) and Chapter 1 (pages 1-9)

Summer School Synthesis Essay - Under Construction
For your use...?

Visual Literacy - Public Service Announcements (PSA)
View all three of the PSAs included below. Choose one to storyboard. Be prepared to discuss choices in editing, framing, and use of content to maximize persuasive effect.

media type="youtube" key="qyXFN4ocN_o" height="425" width="564" [|Your Brain on Drugs direct link]

media type="youtube" key="FPCMNxiR3Gs" height="315" width="560" [|Not For Sale Victims direct link]

media type="youtube" key="qpEl2b8YB3s" height="315" width="560" [|Electric Company literacy direct link]

For 11/5 Two commercials on the race for the local State Senate race
Watch the two advertisements embedded here for Chris Rector and Ed Mazurek. Complete a Discussion Prep worksheet including a “Says/Does” analysis on a series of five ‘moves’ made within the ads. Prepare for graded discussion addressing rhetorical strategies employed by each campaign.

Chris Rector: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZgnp_kcno&feature=youtu.be media type="youtube" key="UIZgnp_kcno" height="315" width="560"

Ed Mazurek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wiYna8FemY

media type="youtube" key="8wiYna8FemY" height="315" width="560"

Language Cluster - Syllabus and essay description


=2012-2013 students= Below is the .pdf file of the required summer work if you misplace the copy you were originally given.

For your convenience, I've provided live links for Task #2: Read, annotate, and analyze 2 movie reviews Read and annotate two movie reviews about the same recent movie from two different reputable sources. Writing should be from 2011 or 2012 and must be appropriately well-developed (700-1000 words) Here are some suggested places to browse for model reviews.  [|NPR]  //[|New York Times]//  //[|The Boston Globe]// //[|The Atlantic]//  //[|Time Magazine]// //[|New York Magazine]//

The following file is a .pdf version of the Textual Analysis Sheet required to be filled out on the two movie reviews. You should have received two hard copies at the end of the school year, but perhaps one or more has gone astray? (Note: this is a slightly different version than you received but covers all the same turf.)

One Man's Meat Discussion Summaries
Recorder for each essay will post synthesis of discussion, including 1-3 quotes, under the 'discussion' tab based on essay grouping by 2:15 p.m. the day after discussion. Change the subject heading to identify the title of the essay discussed and your AP period. (Ex: Progress and Change W1) The summary itself should be copied and pasted into the body of the reply. Sign your name at the end of the post.

For Wednesday 10/19/11
View the attached .pdf file highlighting six strategies writers use to make their writing more interesting. Create 1 new sentence for your "On Being" personal essay utilizing each strategy (6 new sentences total) If you are already utilizing a specific strategy, write out a current sentence and identify the strategy. You may choose not to use these new sentences in your finished work, but be prepared to demonstrate that you created the necessary sentences.