Before we go over today's agenda, I highly recommend checking the previous blog for tips on grammar, writing, and habitual mistakes that create distractions in writing. We will most likely discuss all of these issues at some point of the year, but many of you can actually resolve these errors now before we even start writing -- on Friday.
Otherwise...
I officially welcome you to AP Lang. Today started off with not the discipline review, but a q & a session to start the participation in your class. AP Lang is a collaborative classroom, and we all help each other to learn more about purpose and readings. (I include myself in that first person plural pronoun. I am part of the learning experience as well.)
In paperwork, we looked over the required discipline and school policies and checked out the syllabus for the class.
To end the hour, you received the rhetorical toolbox term list. In the upcoming week, you will decide whether you will have an index card holder of flashcards or a Steno pad. Once that is determined, you will need to make flashcards/provide definitions for the terms you do not already know. We will not be memorizing all the terms this week, but these rhetorical devices, modes of discourse, and fallacies will filter through class starting this week.
Due Friday: Close read The Outliers selection. Close reading means annotating for purposes, modes of discourse, and rhetorical strategies. You will use this close read to type an essay during Friday's class.
*If you are wondering what exactly this close reading means, we will be completing a couple samples together in class.
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