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English Language and Composition AP Resources This section is a resource for Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Teachers. In addition to the links and files herein, consider perusing the other sections, particularly "Visual Literacy" and "Information Literacy."
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English Language and Composition Homepage
(http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/2123.html, 03-18-2007)
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Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policies, etc. This is the AP English Language and Composition Teacher's Treasure Trove. |
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OU Courseweb Archive of APSI Materials
(https://www2.oakland.edu/secure/oucourseweb/students/runmodule.cfm?module=home, 03-18-2007)
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This is an archive of APSI Materials compiled and/or created by Sherry. Feel free to peruse, borrow, refine, or outright crib anything. To access this course reserve, you need to click on the course identified as: 11111 RHT AP 0627A - English Language and Composition Sherry Perdue Summer 2008. |
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Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/, 03-18-2007)
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This is one of the best online writing labs available today. Send your students here for documentation help, targeted practice, etc. |
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Diana Hacker's Grammar, Usage, Documentation, etc. Tutorial
(http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/pocket4e/, 03-18-2007)
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Here you can request an instructor password and register as an instructor. After you receive your code, you can require your students to sign up, too. This site allows you to assign grammar, punctuation, usage, thesis construction, and documentation practice that you do not have to grade; the website does it for you. Students need only to enter your email address each time they go online. You can either visit the site to check your students' progress, OR you can register to have a weekly report sent to your email. |
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Trista Czapski's Advanced Placement Homepage
(http://www.hartlandhighschool.us/teachers/czapski/Class%20Schedule.htm?userid=Givesmart&userip=68.61.122.205&useragent=Mozilla%2f4.0+(compatible%3b+MSIE+7.0%3b+Windows+NT+5.1%3b+.NET+CLR+1.0.3705%3b+.NET+CLR+1.1.4322%3b+Media+Center+PC+3.1), 03-18-2007)
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A teacher at Hartland High School, Trista is an innovative teacher. See her version of a rhetorical precis and a socratic seminar. |
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Research 101
(smartreserachforthedigitalagesummer2008.doc, 39.0 kb, 07-24-2007)
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A Guide to Smart Reserach in the Digital Age, compiled by Sandra in collaboration with WVPD's 2007 APSI. |
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Triton Powerpoint for March 2008
(triton2.ppt, 100.0 kb, 03-27-2008)
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Here is the PowerPoint material I presented at Triton on March 18 and 19, 2008. A bulleted list defining the characteristics of the English Language and Composition Curriculum is included here. |
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Socratic Seminar Guide
(socraticseminar.rtf, 15.0 kb, 06-29-2008)
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This assignment guide comes compliments of C. Capzaski. |
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Teacher's Guides
(http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/academic/Guides/TeachersGuides.asp, 07-15-2008)
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This publisher site provides printable teacher's guides for such texts as Nickel and Dimed, Night, All but My Life, A Long Way Gone, etc. |
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AP Multiple Choice Stems and Item Writing Guidelines
(ap_language_and_composition_multiple_choice_stems.doc, 60.0 kb, 07-15-2008)
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These resources are taken from the following site: http://kisdes01.killeenisd.org/HS/Pre-AP/pre-ap-5-folders-eng1/Pre-AP%20On-going%20Assignments%20Doc/AP%20information.doc |
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David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster"
(http://www.lobsterlib.com/feat/davidwallace/page/lobsterarticle.pdf, 07-15-2008)
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This is an essay from Gourmet Magazine (August 2004) in which the author's footnotes serve as their own text. It might be used with a modified version of the rhetorical purpose of documentation exercise. |
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Rhetorical Purpose of Documentation Exercise
(rhetoricalpurposeofdocumentation.doc, 27.0 kb, 07-15-2008)
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This exercise was designed for use with an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed, but the activity can be modified for use with any documented source. |
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"Introduction to Modern Literary Theory" by Kristi Siegel
(http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm, 07-20-2008)
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Located here is a reader-friendly overview of diverse theories about reading "literature" that are as important to the English Language and Composition course as to the English Literature Course. The theory summaries are accompanied by web links. |
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"Size 6: The Western Women's Harem"
(http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/6/size_six_the_western_women_s_harem/, 07-28-2008)
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Text of Fatema Mernissi's essay to pair with the visual literacy cartoon on the weight of the scale. |
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President-elect Barak Obama's Acceptance Speech
(presidentobamaacceptance.doc, 32.0 kb, 11-21-2008)
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Let's thank Amy Voight for sending the text of Obama's acceptance speech. The New Yorker article (also posted ot this site) offers a rhetorical analysis of this speech. What a terrific way to get ready for both the free response and the MC exam! |
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Rheotrical Analysis of Obama's acceptance speech
(http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/17/081117ta_talk_wood, 11-21-2008)
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"Victory Speech," James Wood's rhetorical analysis of Obama's acceptance speech. This was published in the November 17, 2008 issue of The New Yorker. |
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Mark-up version of Question 2 (2008)
(question_2.docx, 21.0 kb, 11-21-2008)
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Participants in Livonia, MI's one-day workshop created an annotated version of this free response question. |
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Mark-Up of Question 2 (2008)
(question_2versiontwo_1_.docx, 15.0 kb, 11-21-2008)
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Participants in Livonia, MI's one-day workshop created this mark-up version of free response question two (2008). |
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