AP Lang-2nd Block - Fall/Spring '23-'24 Assignments

Write your essay using MLA formatting on a Google Doc. Check the curriculum map to keep your writing up to date. I will not offer commentary on work that is behind the writing deadlines.

Write your essay using MLA formatting on a Google Doc. Check the curriculum map to keep your writing up to date. I will not offer commentary on work that is behind the writing deadlines.

Write your essay using MLA formatting on a Google Doc. Check the curriculum map to keep your writing up to date. I will not offer commentary on work that is behind the writing deadlines.

Read Superman Smashes the Klan Issue #1 (attached). Answer each of the following questions adequately in several sentences and respond to two of your peers, with each response equalling 50+ words. Your responses should be thoughtful and add depth to the original responses.
This issue explores the following topics, among others: identity, community, family, good vs. evil, racism, and xenophobia. Choose one of these topics and identify the theme that the creators are trying to convey. (one sentence)
Would you consider the issue rhetorically appropriate for addressing this theme? Why or why not? (one paragraph)
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) claims that this book is likely to be banned at some schools and libraries because it "[m]ay incur resistance by those uncomfortable with community conversations about racial tension and the history of racial violence in America." The CBLDF also labels this book as appropriate for middle schoolers. Do you agree or disagree that this book is appropriate for middle school? Cite the text as you defend your claim. (one paragraph)

Read Superman Smashes the Klan Issue #1 (attached). Answer each of the following questions adequately in several sentences and respond to two of your peers, with each response equalling 50+ words. Your responses should be thoughtful and add depth to the original responses.
This issue explores the following topics, among others: identity, community, family, good vs. evil, racism, and xenophobia. Choose one of these topics and identify the theme that the creators are trying to convey. (one sentence)
Would you consider the issue rhetorically appropriate for addressing this theme? Why or why not? (one paragraph)
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) claims that this book is likely to be banned at some schools and libraries because it "[m]ay incur resistance by those uncomfortable with community conversations about racial tension and the history of racial violence in America." The CBLDF also labels this book as appropriate for middle schoolers. Do you agree or disagree that this book is appropriate for middle school? Cite the text as you defend your claim. (one paragraph)

Reading and Listening
Listen to a fair portion (or the whole) of the War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast (1938). Then, read the article published in the Hollywood Reporter titled "Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast: Its Ominous Echoes for a Fractured Media." Do a quick search for some other sources with information about the radio broadcast and read or listen to them as well. Answer each of the following questions in a few sentences on this discussion board.

Discussion Questions
1. Do you believe that people overreacted to this radio broadcast, or was the overreaction a fabrication fueled by national media sources?
2. To what degree do current media sources influence peoples' behaviors concerning fear?
3. What is there to gain by media sources by promoting false information? What are the consequences?

Peer Responses
Then, respond to two of your peers, with each response equalling 50+ words. Your responses should be thoughtful and add depth to the original responses, so simply agreeing with or complimenting your peers' responses will not earn you credit.

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Coolidges (Due 8/30 at 9:45 AM)
Roosevelts (Due 8/31 at 9:45 AM)

1. Answer the prompt in at least 100 words.
2. Critique two of your peers' responses in at least 75 words by responding to their original post.

Prompt: In this essay, Thoreau extols the virtues of individualism and self-sufficiency. Discuss how living according to these virtues can jeopardize the community; consider specific circumstances when such jeopardy might occur.

***I recommend using Google Docs to type your responses, then copy and paste them to this assignment.

1. Read Mr. Lay's Who Am I? essay.
2. On the right of the screen, when you open this assignment, choose "Create a Google Doc."
3. Write a well-organized autobiographical essay that tells all about you. Essentially, I want to know what makes you who you are as an individual. Title the piece ‘Who Am I?’ or create your own original title.

Here are some things to think about that might help you get started:
Family
Personality
Likes and Dislikes
Goals and Aspirations
Life-changing Experiences
Requirements:
500 Words Minimum
Standard Conventions and Grammar

Purpose: This assignment allows you to read, analyze, and respond to a nonfiction long-form text. We will use this book for the first several weeks of the course.
Directions: Read and annotate The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Use the attached annotation guide and DIDLS sheet to annotate in a way that will help you on the rhetorical analysis assignment.

When you finish, mark this assignment as done. Bring the book with you to school on the first day.

Purpose: This assignment will give you a foundation for the relevant academic vocabulary associated with this course. You will show these flashcards to the instructor on the first day of the course and keep them with you throughout the course.
Directions: Using 3x5 in. index cards, create a stack of handwritten flashcards for all academic vocabulary terms listed in the textbook glossary: The Language of Composition, Second Edition (pp. 1141-1152). You should write the full definition. However, do not include the quotes or additional information listed with the definition.

When you finish, mark this assignment as done. Bring the flashcards with you to school on the first day.