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"Gladly would he learn, and gladly teach"
(Chaucer)
A P Language and Composition
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 their ability to work with language and
text with a greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening
their own writing and analysis. 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, and images. Students frequently confer about their writing in
class. Summer reading and writing are required. Students prepare for the
AP® English Language and Composition Exam and may be granted advanced
placement, college credit, or both as a result of satisfactory performance.
As
this is a college-level course, performance expectations are appropriately
high, and the workload is challenging. Students are expected to commit to a
significant amount of course work outside of class. Often, this work
involves long-term writing and reading assignments, so effective time
management is important. Because of the demanding curriculum, students must
bring to the course sufficient command of mechanical conventions and an
ability to read and discuss prose.
AP Language and Composition
Summer assignment 2009-2010
Debate
This course is designed to prepare students
for participation in OHSSL and NFL sanctioned debate tournaments, focusing
on either or both Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum formats. Tournament participation is not required,
but it is highly recommended.
Freshman Language Arts
To be updated over the summer
Resources:
Debate:
National
Forensics League (NFL) home page (current resolutions and resources)
Ohio High
School Speech League (OHSSL) home page (tournament schedules, etc)
Information on values
LD text
PF text
Background on
philosophers
Sample PF ballot
Logical fallacies
Information on Kant
HJLA:
General
information / formatting / resources
All
classes
Homework Page
Quade bio-stuff
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