AP Lang B Block September 18 B Block

AP Lang B Block September 18 (B Block Sept. 16 did not meet due to PLAN testing. ))

Edit the following sentences for commas and semicolons. • When he was eight years old Frédéric Chopin made his debut as a concert pianist. • Until recently scientists believed, that the giant sequoias of California were the oldest living trees on earth. • Now however that honor is given to the bristlecone pine which is a small gnarled tree native to the western part of the United States. • Botanists estimate that some bristlecone pines are more than six thousand years old, the oldest sequoias are only 2, 200 years old according to those who know.

Quizzes • Take the DOL quiz. Staple your bell ringers to the test and turn them in to the tub. • Until everyone finishes the DOL quiz, you may study your vocabulary flash cards. • Turn in your 5 new words/vocabulary journal and vocabulary flash cards. • Take the vocabulary quiz. YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN PAPER.

Reading—When you finish the vocab test • Background info is found on page 35. • Get the orange literature book and begin reading Mary Rowlandson, page 37. • Read the excerpt from Mary Rowlandson • I can identify organizational techniques in a narrative. • I can analyze a writer’s organizational techniques and rhetorical devices in communicating her purpose. • Complete the chronological order task sheet with a partner. While this may seem insulting to your intelligence, I have noticed that one weakness students have is refusing to go back to the text to look for answers that should be obvious. This activity is meant to force you to do that. • When you finish, complete the allusions task sheet. Why does Rowlandson use allusions for rhetorical effect?

Homework • Read chapters 1 -3 in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. • Complete a vocabulary journal of 5 -10 “new” words from your reading. You will complete the journal in the same manner as the last journal of 5 new words. • You will NOT have new vocabulary while we read Frederick Douglass.

Multiple Choice practice • Do the Reading Comprehension exercise in your vocabulary packet. • Take the multiple choice quiz.