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Throughout the whole school year, AP Lang explores different rhetorical devices authors may employ to convey their intentions in the piece. Juniors will then analyze different pieces to create the full picture when reading.
Student Examples
Satire
Satire
After learning about satirical works from The Onion and Mark Twain, we were instructed to write our own satires. They could be about anything we wanted and could take a variety of forms. These different types of satire we could choose were a fake news article like The Onion, a Tiktok, or a detailed cartoon with multiple frames.
Argument Essay Writing
Argument Essay Writing
As remediation for a formative essay, juniors were assigned to edit their argument essays written to a previous AP Exam question using the Official CollegeBoard AP Lang Argument Rubric. Students were encouraged to use AI tools such as MagicSchool or ChatGPT in order to receive strict, productive feedback about areas of improvement in their writing to better prepare them for the exam in May.
In the example below, after sending it the rubric, prompt, and student response, ChatGPT provided a comprehensive review of different strengths and weakness in great detail.
The Crucible
The Crucible
Juniors are currently reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller, with different students voicing the various characters in the book. After finishing Act 1, they began watching the movie adaptation (1996) directed by Nicholas Hytner.
Rhetorical Analysis Mini-Lesson: CAT Breakdown
Rhetorical Analysis Mini-Lesson: CAT Breakdown
In the acronym SPACECAT, the juniors were assigned different components of the CAT piece: Choices, Appeals, and Tone.
They were then instructed to create a mini lesson on their assigned rhetorical CAT and present it to the class. Shown below are some screen recordings of slides students made!
Rhetorical device review - Made with Clipchamp.mp4By Fisayo Morton, Matthew Lemmings, Chetan Setty, Sean Barrett, Janice Annor, Daniel Kim, and Maggie Boothe
By Fisayo Morton, Matthew Lemmings, Chetan Setty, Sean Barrett, Janice Annor, Daniel Kim, and Maggie Boothe
Diction overviewAugust 13, 2024 11_08 PM.webmBy Vikram Pallat, Thaison Nguyen, David Lee, David Song, Kayla Teav, Eli Chung, and Darby Aaron
By Vikram Pallat, Thaison Nguyen, David Lee, David Song, Kayla Teav, Eli Chung, and Darby Aaron
ModesofDevelopment.ZachandHyrum.mp4By Navya Tellakula, Anuva Naik, Hyrum Nelson, Sharon Kim, Hayeon Kim, John Kim, Cole Rain, and Zach Weaver
By Navya Tellakula, Anuva Naik, Hyrum Nelson, Sharon Kim, Hayeon Kim, John Kim, Cole Rain, and Zach Weaver
Link to Ms. Johnston's website: https://sites.google.com/g.gcpsk12.org/johnstonela/home?authuser=0
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