Homework over break!

Please read through Chapter 33 of Huckleberry Finn!

Please consider starting your synthesis essay. The prompt is available here and the slideshow is available here! This essay is due January 14th on Turnitin.

If you watched the extra credit video, write-up information is available below. This will be due on Friday, January 11th.

The extra credit assignment consists of a two page typed reflection. The first page should be on things that you learned from the video, and the second page should be more of a reflection: what did it make you think about, what was important about it, what issues did it raise, etc. Please don't skimp on the second half of the assignment.

Reading Due Monday

Please read chapters 1-5 of Huck Finn for Monday. If you were unable to check a book out from the library, there are several free electronic editions you can find online.

Although understanding the plot is important, looking at how these topics help to create our understanding of characters is even more significant.

I suggest that you mark these topics in your text (or on a post-it). If you want to be extra fancy, you can also color-code these different ideas in your notes.

Superstition
The role of the river
Appeal to father figures
Women (and their influence on Huck)
Religion
Education
Class Consciousness
Racial Identity
Self identity
Clothing
Money/Wealth/Acquisitiveness (wanting to acquire stuff)
Deception
Search for Approval
Protectiveness

Life on the Mississippi

Please use this link and read chapter 4 (and 5 if there's time) paying careful attention to how Twain's diction describes the setting as well as his use of humor.

Reading due Tuesday and Friday

For Tuesday, you will be reading two narratives. One is by Frederick Douglass and is an excerpt from his autobiography, My Bondage, My Freedom and is the red book from pages 426-430. The other is a handout from Harriet Jacob's autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave girl, and will be read on hand out.

You may pick up a handout of the Jacobs piece after school today, or wait until Monday to pick up the handout.

A not so great PDF copy of the Jacobs piece is available here.

Due Friday

You will be reading the John Brown articles in your white book and considering the question: is John Brown best seen as a patriot or a terrorist? (731-754). You will be gathering evidence from your articles on a 4 quadrant chart that you will turn in for points. The evidence that you list should be a combination of paraphrase and direct quotations and contain a parenthetical citation of author and page number. Each quadrant concept is explained in more detail below.

Patriot:

In this quadrant, you will list evidence from your articles supporting the claim that John Brown and his actions should be seen as patriotic.

Terrorist:

In this quadrant, you will list evidence from your articles supporting the claim that John Brown and his actions should be seen as terrorism.

Refutations and outside examples that support Patriotism:

In this quadrant you are going to list examples from your articles where you refute the evidence the writer gives you. In other words, your author is claiming he is a terrorist, but you are going to refute your author's claim and thereby prove that he is actually better seen as a patriot.

You are also going to try to find a relevant example from another time or place in history that you will compare to Brown and allow you to prove that he was a patriot.

Refutations and outside examples that support Terrorist

In this quadrant you are going to list examples from your article where you refute the evidence the writer gives you. In other words, they are claiming he is a patriot, but you are going to refute your author's claim and thereby prove that he is actually better seen as a terrorist.

You are also going to try to find a relevant example from another time or place in history that you will compare to Brown and allow you to prove that he was a terrorist.


And if you'd like more reading:

Here is the text of the Bush eulogy, which would give you an opportunity to consider how much of an impact speaker can play on the purpose as well. It's important to note the person delivering the eulogy is his son and former president George W. Bush.

Scarlet Letter Quotations

Below are the Scarlet Letter Quotations so you can finish up writing about the interesting thoughts that each one generates in your brain.

1. “We must not always talk in the marketplace of what happens to us in the forest.” (Hester)

2. “I have a strange fancy,” observed the sensitive minister, “that this brook is the boundary between two worlds, and that thou canst never meet thy Pearl again…”

3. The tendency of her fate and fortunes had been to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers…

4. Just where she had paused the brook chanced to form a pool, so smooth and quiet that it reflected a perfect image of her little figure...This image, so nearly identical with the living Pearl, seemed to communicate somewhat of its own shadowy and intangible quality to the child herself.

5. “Dost thou know thy mother now, child?” asked she, reproachfully, but with a subdued tone. “Wilt thou come across the brook and own thy mother, now that she has her shame upon her?”

6. Tempted by a dream of happiness, he [the minister] had yielded himself with deliberate choice, as he had never done before, to what he knew was a deadly sin. And the infectious poison of that sin had been thus rapidly diffused throughout his moral system.

7. “Madman, hold! What is your purpose?” whispered he [Chillingworth]. “Wave back that woman! Cast off this child! All shall be well! Do not blacken your fame and perish in dishonor! I can save you! Would you bring infamy on your sacred profession?”

8. Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken...as her tears fell upon her father’s cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor for ever do battle with the world, but be a woman in it. Towards her mother too, Pearl’s errand as a messenger of anguish was all fulfilled.

Colonial Authors Revisions

The slide show from class today is available here. Your assignment, which is due Friday, is on the last slide. If you choose to rewrite analytical units, please do NOT rewrite on the example of the Henry allusion that is used in my examples.

Scarlet Letter Vocab will be due before break. Please schedule a time to come in before or after school in the next two weeks to get that done. I will be leaving not later than 3:15 on December 21st, so make sure you don't save it until the last minute.

Practice 40 minutes essay due Monday, 12/3 and VOTING

Here is the slideshow we looked at today in class explaining the importance of prompt prediction questions and addressing the concept of audience.

And here is the passage you will be writing your practice essay on. Remember, your 40 minute timer needs to include your reading time, not just your writing time.

Remember, you will need to be finished reading The Scarlet Letter for Wednesday, 12/5. Will there be a happy ending? Will Hester and Dimmesdale live happily ever after? Will Pearl become a witch? Finish your reading to find out!

And, one more thing! Thanks to Zach, we now have a google form available here for our Emerson voting. You need to use your salkeiz email address, so only one vote per person.

Declaration of Sentiments

Read it here!

Thoreau Reading due Wednesday, 11/28

Yes, I know you're already reading the Scarlet Letter, but Thoreau is awesome! Let's read him too.

Red Book: "Civil Disobedience" (290) and Walden (282-288).

Assignments over break.

Due Monday 11/26


Research Emerson quotations online and select 5 that you really enjoy. Copy and paste the quotations into a document and format it so that you have a pretty readable font-size (around 20). Cut out each quotation individually, and bring them with you to class. Try to verify your quotation on multiple sites so you make sure it is an authentic Emerson quotation.

We will be doing a class activity with these quotations, so make sure to get this done so you don't feel left out.

Due Thursday 11/29

Complete your Scarlet Letter reading through chapter 17 and continue to add to your vocabulary assignment. Be prepared to discuss chapters 8-17 on this day.

Due Thursday/Friday

Please read the two short excerpts from Emerson in your red book: "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" for Thursday.


You will need to read Chapters 2(?)-6 of The Scarlet Letter for Friday, 11/16. You are going to skip the chapter "The Custom House" and begin with the chapter "The Prison Door". (The reason I put a question mark after chapter two is that I'm not sure how all editions number their chapters. The last chapter that we are reading for Friday is "Pearl")

Please keep track of vocabulary words that are new to you as you are doing your reading. You will need to demonstrate your new vocab acquisition during the week of December 10th. The method of showing your new vocab is up to you: you may choose to make a list with definitions, flash cards, a quizlet, post-it notes in your book--whatever works best for your brain.

Due Tuesday

Please read Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" for Tuesday. This text is available in your red book, but if you've forgotten your red book, the text is available online if you ask Google.

You may want to begin reading The Scarlet Letter for Friday and gathering your new vocabulary. Remember, we are starting with chapter 2 "The Market Place" and skipping the chapter called the "Custom House."

Jackson Letter assigment

The longer version of Jackson's letter is available here.

The Jackson assignment is available here.

Review Kahoot

Available here.

Lots of Information!

Grammar Retake Procedure:

1. Print out and complete the practice exercises available on the left menu bar here. Bring these to me after school.

2. Review your original grammar quiz.

3. Schedule a time for your retake no later than 11/16


Colonial Authors Paper:

Please upload a digital copy to Turnitin by Sunday, November 4th at 10:00 pm. Bring a printed copy to class on Monday, 11/5.

The "Connecting the Dots and Conclusion" slideshow is available here.

The editing slideshow is available here.

The MLA slideshow is available here.

Unit 1 Test Information

And the Unit 1 study guide is available here!

Colonial Authors Comparison

Your rough draft of your colonial authors paper will be due on paper on Thursday, November 1st. Please use this slideshow to help you in writing your paper.

Due Monday 10/22

Please take home your red book and review the excerpt from Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" (130-132). Remind yourselves that his purpose (our "why" step) is to reassure his audience that although the fighting in the Revolutionary War may be difficult, it is worth it to keep going.

Then create a chart or outline (of your preference) in which you identify three different literary or rhetorical devices that Paine uses to help him achieve this. You will provide a quotation for each device (your where and what) and analyze HOW this device is creating effects. Please note from the all caps on HOW that this step is really important and needs to be specified and in a lot of detail. An example (that you can't use) is provided below.

You may wish to choose from these devices/techniques:

aphorism
metaphor
appeal to anecdote
appeal to logic
appeal to ethos
appeal to emotion
faulty dilemma


What/Where:

Paine uses an aphorism when he states, "These are the times that try men's souls" (130).

How:

Because this is an aphorism, Paine creates a short memorable saying that is likely to stay with his audience long after they have finished reading his pamphlet. The specific idea behind his aphorism is an acknowledgement of how difficult current times are. It's possible that these men have been separated from their families for extended periods of time and were short of food and other necessities. The people reading it may also have fears for their lives or for the lives of others they are close to. By acknowledging the truth of these difficulties at the beginning, instead of trying to ignore the hardships, he validates the sacrifices they are making with the result that the men feel pride in themselves for overcoming these challenges and pride in the cause they are fighting for.


Why:


By making them ultimately focus on their pride instead of their discomfort, he reassures them that they are making the right decision to keep fighting the British for independence even if it means temporary sacrifices.

Book Correction

Please bring the white book for Friday.

Due Thursday 10/18

Please take your white book home and read all about appositives from 535-541. Then complete exercise 3 which will have you combine 8 sentences using an appositive. This will be handed in on paper.

The information about dependent and independent clauses is available in white book starting on page 336 if you are feeling like you need a little grammar review.

And, remember to explore the link in the previous post to find various grammar exercises and answers.

Grammar Practice and Book Juggling

Here is a link to some grammar practice activities. You'll see a menu on the left with some exercises and some answers that will help you prepare for the grammar quiz on Friday. Please use your "homework time" this week to review your grammar notes and practice.

Here is the book schedule for this week as far as what to bring to class:

Wednesday: Red Book
Thursday: White Book
Friday: Red Book (I think)

Due Monday 10/15

You will be reading poetry, letters, and essays on Phillis Wheatley, an 18th century American poet. They are located in White Book from pages 506-534. You should take notes and gather quotations that help you address, either by support or refutation, what you will develop as your opinion on the question below.

Background Information:

(Please also read the background information on 506-507)

Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa and sold into slavery at a young age. She was brought to America and purchased by John and Susannah Wheatley. In addition to her duties as a slave, Wheatley was taught Latin, mythology, and various other subjects and converted to Christianity. She began writing poems, many of which became quite famous, and she traveled to London where her work was published with support of a local countess, becoming the first African American woman (and only second American woman) to have a book published in this young nation.

Many of Wheatley's poems bear a strong resemblance to the other traditional poetry of her time period and use elevated language, classical allusions, strict rhyme scheme, and rhythm and meter. They often celebrate important American religious and patriotic figures and at times express her gratefulness that she was brought from what she deems "a Pagan land." Understandably, this last idea generates a lot of the controversy about the legacy of Wheatley as many people struggle with a desire to celebrate Wheatley for her accomplishments but struggle to process the notion that she praises and emulates the culture that enslaved her and millions of others.

This brings us to our question which should guide our reading:

To what extent should the legacy of Phillis Wheatley and her poetry be perceived as a triumph or tragedy?

Our discussion on Wheatley will take place on October 15th, so make sure that you divide up your reading appropriately and don't save it all until the last minute. Please create a chart of your own design that helps you categorize the evidence in response to the question above.

Info

Please see the previous post for the reading and chart homework that is due on Monday. Remember you will need your white books at home this weekend.

Below you will find links to some additional usage "rules". Please peruse them as per your interest, but there is no assignment based on them.

Usage 1
Usage 2
Usage 3

Reading due 10/8

You will be bringing red book on Thursday and Friday, and your white book on Monday.



Your Columbus Day reading project will be due next Monday, 10/8.

Our question is: Should the United States celebrate Columbus Day as a holiday?

You will need to read the following passages in the WHITE BOOK!



198- Momaday
286- Image
291- Berliner
293- Mankiller
296- Connell

You will also be creating a chart (for turning in) that identifies quotations or supports for the texts that are in support of Columbus Day as a holiday, opposed to Columbus day as a holiday, and any other interesting ideas or thoughts that the passages generate for you. You can determine the style of chart that works best for you as long as it clearly distinguished this information.

Edwards paragraphs

Please provide a print copy at the beginning of class tomorrow of your Edwards paragraph which will be used for grading. Additionally, please upload a copy to turnitin.

The revision slideshow from in class today is available here.

Edwards Paragraph Information

Here is the slide show on the Edwards introduction and body paragraph that are due Tuesday, 10/2.

Fallacy Slide Show

Here is the slide show that the powers of technology are trying to keep us from seeing!

Reminders and Rubric

Please remember to complete your Smith and Bradford reading as well as your SOAPS chart. Your chart will be turned in as an assignment.

Here is the powerpoint we looked at in class that has the two rubrics that will be used to assess your antithesis assignment that is due on Monday.

Reading due Friday, 9/14

Please read two passages from your red book for Friday.

A General History of Virginia (John Smith) pages 42-47
On Plymouth Plantation (William Bradford) pages 50-54

On a piece of paper, write down information for each letter of SOAPS(tone) for each passage. You may find that reading the introduction information at the beginning of each passage will help with “occasion” and “audience.”

Antithesis Slide Show With Paper due Monday, 9/17

You can find information about your first writing assignment at the end of this slide show.

Musings Reading Check (Introduction Examples)

Here is the slide show that has examples of strong and weak first sentences for introductions.

Due Friday

Please carefully read part 1 of Musings on the 5 Paragraph Essay which is available here. I recommend taking notes of some kind on this reading, so you may want to print so that you can highlight or write margin notes, or you may want to read off your screen and write down important information. Your objective for reading this document is to understand structural and content components of a traditional five paragraph essay and circumstances for which this type of writing might be useful

Additionally, please bring a parent/guardian signature acknowledging the course policies outlined in our syllabus which is available here.

Group Project Discussion Passages

Group discussion passages are available here.

Optional Stats Project Survey

"This survey will ask 5 brief questions about your political affiliation and household income. As these can be sensitive topics, this survey is both anonymous and voluntary. You are NOT required to participate.

Please answer honestly. If you are not sure, leave the question blank. If you have already completed this form, please do not do so again. All responses will remain confidential."



Optional Stats projects survey.

Oral History Lesson

Interview
Outline
Article

Last two assignments!

Below you will find my links to the oral history article assignment as well as the group book project final presentation. I will need to confirm with Mr. Nickel on the final due date for the oral history, so please check back later for the final due date. The group project final presentation will occur during our finals week, June 11-14. Sign up sheets will be posted in the classroom. If you are reading a book as an individual (have no group that you're working with) please see me for the individual book project final.

Oral History Article Explanation
Group Book Project Final Presentation

Group Choice Novel

Please review this slideshow and choose which book your group wants to work with.

AP Test Tomorrow!

Get a good night's sleep.

Relax.

Look at this slideshow if you want.

You are ready!

Argument Work

Please read the information in the PDF available here.


Then, write a "at home in class essay" on the following prompt. Please write in pen just like you would in class. This essay is due on either Thursday or Friday, depending on your schedule. (Please do not look at the prompt until you are ready to write the essay.)







In 1891, Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) observed, “Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” Wilde claims that disobedience is a valuable human trait and that it promotes social progress. Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Wildes’ claims are valid. Use appropriate examples from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument.

Op-Ed Article due Tuesday

Step 1: Select an opinion/editorial online on a topic that you are interested in. This could range from serious international policy (Iran nuclear agreement) to something social (Kanye West’s remarks on slavery). Pretty much anything that you have strong opinion on and that someone else has written on as well. Once you have located this by headline DO NOT READ THE ARTICLE. You may want to check that it at least 3-4 “screens” in length.

Step 2: Write your own opinion on the topic that you chose. You’ve been in this class for a while, so you will want to consider how to use rhetoric and persuasive techniques to express your opinion. This should be 1-1 ½ pages typed (double spaced).

Step 3: Read the original article that you found online. Be thinking about how the author’s argumentation compares to yours.

Step 4: Write an analysis/evaluation comparison between your argument and the article that you read online. You might consider breaking each up into sections (beginning, middle, and end) and comparing/contrasting which techniques you and the other author use and for what purpose. Then consider which approach was the most effective in achieving the argument. You may want to consider comparing the use of devices and techniques such as tone, diction, figurative language, syntax, rhetorical appeals, logical fallacies, etc. This written evaluation should be a minimum of 2 pages typed (double spaced) and contain quotations from each article.

Step 5: You will be turning in printed copies of your own article and the analysis you wrote comparing the two. Please be sure to include a web location for the article that you read online somewhere.

Synthesis Revisions

Here is a link to the slideshow from class yesterday.

You have four revision opportunities.

1. Revise your claim to make it more clear and align with the language of the prompt.
2. Add argumentative phrases (the stars on the board)
3 & 4: Revise one or more of your examples to include more detailed elaboration.

This will be turned in (numbered) an attached to your original.

Due Monday 4/30

Please read the following synthesis essay documents available here. Two of the documents could not be posted on the AP site. One is available if you follow this link. (This is an external site, so I do not endorse any ads or content you might encounter.) The other is excerpted and available here.

After reading the articles, please write an introduction and one body paragraph that in response to the topic. Your focus should be on creating and argumentative tone, so you may need to refer to the slides we discussed in class today which are available here.

Due Monday 4/23

Please read the prompt for the analysis essay available here. Brainstorm what we can already infer about audience and purpose based solely on the prompt.

Then read and mark the text for the actual passage.

Your job is to write an introduction and one body paragraph (this is a minimum; you can write more) of an analysis essay based on this prompt and passage.

Your body paragraph will need to:

convey complex purposes
explicitly connect back to the idea of the specific audience
address multiple devices

Updated Synthesis Slideshow

Here is the updated synthesis essay slideshow.

Outline Due Tuesday 4/17

Before reading the passages, please complete the speech assignment from the previous post.


Please read the documents for the Honor Code Synthesis prompt that are available here. Create an outline of paraphrases/quotations (at lease half should be paraphrases) that will allow you to address your argument on the issue. Most likely a source will either 1. agree with your claim 2. present a counterargument (antithesis) that you want to acknowledge as valid or 3. present a counterargument that you wish to refute which will then allow you to support your original claim.

On your outline, please create a place where you write down specific evidence that you can use that is not from one of the documents. This could be personal anecdote, current event, historical event, etc.

If your reading of the documents results in you changing your original opinion about the issue, that is okay.

Due Monday 4/16

For Monday, you will be writing a short persuasive speech on the following prompt. You speech should be between 1 and 1 1/2 pages long. You will need to use specific examples as supports for you claim(s). These examples can come from a wide range of areas: personal experience, hypothetical examples, texts, human nature, etc. Your speech should sound like an impassioned speech (not a boring homework assignment), so work on using devices (see below) to help in creating a persuasive tone in your essay. For this assignment to be complete, you will need to include the following requirements below.

You must have at least one of the following:

parallel structure
periodic structure
epanorthosis
rhetorical question


You must have at least one of the following:

counterargument/antithesis
refutation of counterargument
faulty dilemma
appeal to ethos


Prompt:

Many high schools, colleges, and universities have honor codes or honor systems: sets of rules or principles that are
intended to cultivate integrity. These rules or principles often take the form of written positions on practices like
cheating, stealing, and plagiarizing as well as on the consequences of violating the established codes. Often times these honor codes are self enforced or enforced by students and not the school administration. Develop a position on whether you feel self-enforced honor codes are an effective deterrent to cheating and plagiarism.

Class Activity 4/12

Here is the passage needed for today's class activity

Due Thursday

Absent people-

We had a fire drill during English time, so I didn't get as much done as I thought. We reminded ourselves about Q3 introductions and then wrote one for the "fractured self" prompt that we turned in. Three examples of introductions for a Q3 prompt are found in this slideshow. We looked at these before I was gone, so they should seem familiar to you.

Due Wednesday

Some famous person once said that the concept of a true individual self is deception. Instead of being one true self, we are many fractured selves, each one created to meet a specific person or purpose. For some, this is done consciously, whereas for others, this process is done on a subconscious level, so that people may never know how their different selves work.


Given this thought, create an argument in which you make the claim as whether people must develop “fractured selves” to survive in the world, or if they instead have what can be termed an authentic self.

1. Brainstorm Evidence from Gatsby
2. Brainstorm Evidence from everything else
3. Write your claim statement

Sample Essays for lesson

Absent Gatsby Assignment

Quotation Part

Explain the following quotations and identify the speaker and circumstance. Show the significance to the novel:
1. ”Whenever you feel like criticizing . . . just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you have had. (5)
2. Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn (5)
3. Tom would drift on forever seeking, …some irrecoverable football game” (7)
4. “I’ve got a nice place here,” (8)
5. We all looked – the knuckle was black and blue (10)
6. “…I know you didn’t mean to, but you did do it. That’s what I get … specimen of a --“ (10)
7. “Hulking,” insisted Daisy (10)
8. “I’m glad it’s a girl….that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool” (12)
9. He stretched his arms toward the dark water . . . I could have sworn he was trembling (14)
10. “I want you to meet my girl” (14)
11. A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit . . . as it veiled
everything…--except his wife, who moved closer to Tom
(15)
12. “Wilson? …He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive” (15)
13. “I want one of those dogs,” (16)
14. “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,”
(19)
15. “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!” (20)
16. Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her
nose with his open hand”(20)

Character Trait Part

For each of the characters, find and list examples of five character traits. Write down the trait and an example which shows the trait.
Tom
Daisy
Nick
Gatsby
Jordan
Wilson
Myrtle


Example of trait and proof of trait; Trait: Tom is cruel.
This is shown by the way he treats Myrtle “...Tom broke her nose with his open hand” (20).

Paragraph Part

Paragraph 1: Then choose one character and write a paragraph showing that person, based on his/her character traits. Use examples from the novel to prove.

Paragraph 2: Explain the difference between the East and the West. (2nd paragraph, not related)
Students are to finish the novel over the break. Julie's are too.

Due Tuesday

Read the excerpt in the white book from Jacob Riis' "The Mixed Crowd" (869-874). In your notes, write quick responses the questions 2, 3, and 5 that follow the text. Please make sure to bring your white book to class.

Observation Notecards

Here are the slides from class today.

Due Thursday (or Friday)...

...depending on Nickel's lesson plan for those days.

Please read "A Strenuous Life" by Theodore Roosevelt. (white book 922-925). Please think about this text in the context of our discussion with the Addams piece.

Reading due Wednesday

Please read Jane Addam's "The Subtle Problem of Charity". (White book 927-930)

We will be using this for an activity on inferences.

Due Tuesday

Please read the memoir excerpt from Zitkala Sa (pages 935-940 in the white book). I would encourage you to ponder the questions at the end of the passage as well as the portraits.

For Wednesday, please have your research paper "observation" ready to submit. The powerpoint from in class today is available here.

Additional assignment and Finals Information

John Brown Reading and Notes due Tuesday, 1/16

You will be reading the John Brown articles in your white book and considering the question: is John Brown best seen as a patriot or a terrorist? (731-754). You will be gathering evidence from your articles on a 4 quadrant chart that you will turn in for points. The evidence that you list should be a combination of paraphrase and direct quotations and contain a parenthetical citation of author and page number. Each quadrant concept is explained in more detail below.

Patriot:

In this quadrant, you will list evidence from your articles supporting the claim that John Brown and his actions should be seen as patriotic.

Terrorist:

In this quadrant, you will list evidence from your articles supporting the claim that John Brown and his actions should be seen as terrorism.

Refutations and outside examples that support Patriotism:

In this quadrant you are going to list examples from your articles where you refute the evidence the writer gives you. In other words, your author is claiming he is a terrorist, but you are going to refute your author's claim and thereby prove that he is actually better seen as a patriot.

You are also going to try to find a relevant example from another time or place in history that you will compare to Brown and allow you to prove that he was a patriot.

Refutations and outside examples that support Terrorist

In this quadrant you are going to list examples from your article where you refute the evidence the writer gives you. In other words, they are claiming he is a patriot, but you are going to refute your author's claim and thereby prove that he is actually better seen as a terrorist.

You are also going to try to find a relevant example from another time or place in history that you will compare to Brown and allow you to prove that he was a terrorist.




AP Language Semester 1 Study Guide

Your final exam will have approximately 125 multiple choice questions. The semester one reading list below covers authors that will be asked about on the final exam. There are some passages that we read this year that will not be covered on the exam.

Reading List
Novels:

The Scarlet Letter
Huckleberry Finn

Literature Passages:

“Huswifery” (Edward Taylor)
“To His Excellency, General Washington” (Phillis Wheatley)
“To a Waterfowl” (William Cullen Bryant)
“Devil and Tom Walker” (Washington Irving)
“Fall of the House of Usher” (E.A. Poe)
“The Prairie” (James Fenimore Cooper)
Non-Fiction Passages/Excerpts:

On Plymouth Plantation (William Bradford)
General History of Virginia (John Smith)
Wonders of the Invisible World (Cotton Mather)
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Johnathan Edwards)
Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson)
Speech in the Virginia Convention (Patrick Henry)
The Crisis (Thomas Paine)
Speech of Miss Baker (Benjamin Franklin)
Nature (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
My Bondage, My Freedom (Frederick Douglass)
Self-Reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Walden (H. D. Thoreau)

Question Breakdown:
Two 5-event Huck Finn Timeline questions
12 HF character to quotation matching
6 HF social commentary
11 HF character analysis
10 general HF questions
8 Literary device quotation identification
10 literary device definition matching
14 Author to title matching
11 Romanticism quotation or author identification
7 Critical reading passage questions
6 Fallacy identification
10 Scarlet Letter True/False
10 Writing process questions

Red Cloud due Thurs

Please read the speech by Red Cloud in your white book (843-845)

Synthesis Powerpoint

Available here!

Synthesis

Please print the packet available here. Read and mark the texts and bring to class on Friday.

Don't forget to complete your Albertio passage and keep working on your Huck Finn reading.