AP English III Unit 10

Big Idea:

• Students will be able to analyze passages in preparation for the MC AP Exam
• Students will be practice essays in which they struggle
• Students will be able to breakdown essay prompts: establish the question and write their position statement

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

SC1 The course requires students to write in several forms (e.g., narrative, expository, analytical, and argumentative essays) about a variety of subjects (e.g., public policies, popular culture, personal experiences).

SC3 The course requires students to write in informal contexts (e.g., imitation exercises, journal keeping, collaborative writing, and in-class responses) designed to help them become increasingly aware of themselves as writers and/or aware of the techniques employed by the writers they read.

SC5 The course requires students to produce one or more analytical writing assignments. Topics should be based on readings representing a wide variety of prose styles and genres and might include such topics as public policies, popular culture, and personal experiences.

SC6 The course requires students to produce one or more argumentative writing assignments. Topics should be based on readings representing a wide variety of prose styles and genres and might include such topics as public policies, popular culture, and personal experiences.

SC7 The course requires nonfiction readings (e.g., essays, journalism, political writing, science writing, nature writing, autobiographies/biographies, diaries, history, criticism) that are selected to give nstudents opportunities to explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies or techniques. If fiction and poetry are also assigned, their main purpose should be to help students understand how various effects are achieved by writers’ linguistic and rhetorical choices.

Ongoing TEKS

SC15 The AP teacher provides instruction and feedback on students’ writing assignments both before and after they revise their work that help the students develop a balance of generalization and specific, illustrative detail.

Learning Targets:

• Understand how various effects are achieved by writers’ linguistic and rhetorical choices in poetry and AP passages.
• Become aware of the techniques employed by writers.

Essential Questions:

• What kinds of passages and questions will be on the AP MC Exam?
• How can I figure out the correct answer?

Extra Information:

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