DIRECTIONS

1. Find the seat that

corresponds to your name
on the white board.
2. Bring your Summer
Assignments to the front
(circular) table and submit
them in the correct pile.
3. Take a blank index card.
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 9
Index Info, Teacher
Intro, Course Overview
& Supplies (10 min.)
So, What Will We Be
Learning? (25 min.)
Pretests: Basic Literary
Terms & Grammar (15 min.)
Immersed in the
Language (20 min.)
Homework Recap
Unit 1 Lesson 1
AP ENGLISH 11= FRESHMAN
COMPOSITION
Exam administered and graded
by the College Board in mid-
May
Earn a score from 0 (Terrible)
to 5 (Excellent),
3 to 5 is “passing” = college
credit
Four Part Exam:
o Multiple Choice (45%)
THE RHETORICAL
TRIANGLE
o Writer
o Audience
o Message
o Purpose
o Rhetorical
Context
 4 MODES OF DISCOURSE
• “Modes of Discourse”=
Types of Writing
Narrative: “Tell Me a Story”
Descriptive: “Painting a
Picture”
Argumentative: “You Win”
Expository: “Information,
Please”
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES/MODES/
"PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT”
(STRUCTURE)
• These are the most common
designs:
 Exemplification
 Process
 Cause and Effect
 Comparison and Contrast
 Classification and Division
 Definition
IMMERSED IN THE
LANGUAGE
Concepts
Terminology
Deconstructed
Practice
DUE NEXT CLASS
Bring all supplies
Course Overview sheet signed by
parent
Prepare first 43 Rhetoric Cards as
specified
Read Everyday Use pages 1-8
and complete the Activities on
pages 4 & 8
Tracking Poster due on Monday,
9/14.