AP Language

Unit 6 Videos: Take notes and turn them in to www.turnitin.com by Sunday, 1/31
READING:
Claims and Evidence - Reading
3.A
c
VIDEO 1: IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE WITHIN AN ARGUMENT
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/xqhl4ktrz3?sui=12,6
VIDEO 2:
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/s2skre33nc?sui=12,6
VIDEO 3: 3B: IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE OVERARCHING THESIS IN AN ARGUMENT
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/j8wi7xr7ws?sui=12,6
VIDEO 4: 7B EXPLAIN HOW LANGUAGE CONTRIBUTES TO TONE AND STYLE
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/wqt1u7ot2h?sui=12,6
VIDEO 5:
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/ooqzmpzz4f?sui=12,6
VIDEO 6:
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/g4xttbcvcg?sui=12,6
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Unit 6 Videos due by WEDNESDAY, 2/3
CLAIMS AND EVIDENCE: WRITING 4A
DEVELOP A PARAGRAPH THAT INCLUDES A CLAIM AND EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THAT CLAIM
VIDEO 1: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/3eq5hofxvf?sui=12,6
WRITE A THESIS THAT INCLUDES A DEFENSE AND MAY PREVIEW AN ARGUMENTS STRUCTURE
VIDEO 2: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/mhzpyzbdt9?sui=12,6
VIDEO 3: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/w61aukski1?sui=12,6
VIDEO 4: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/8oxvq1tc6m?sui=12,6
STYLE: 8A
STRATEGICALLY CHOOSE LANGUAGE TO CONVEY A SPECIFIC TONE OR STYLE IN AN ARGUMENT
VIDEO 5: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/p9udavy2eq?sui=12,6
VIDEO 6: https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/z3bx51ks52?sui=12,6
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Ch 7 Videos
Part 1
I. Rhetorical Situation 1A, 2A (Reading and Writing)
1A Video 1 - Identify and describe components of the rhetorical situation.
https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/lmlti94o69?sui=12,7
Video 2 -https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/mhobpm20ok?sui=12,7
2. Write introductions and conclusions appropriate to the rhetorical situation.
2A Video 1-https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/dqonh3jcqt?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/i6ks3kluaj?sui=12,7
2 Claims and evidence - Reading and Writing 3 C, 4C
EXPLAIN WHYS CLAIMS ARE QUALIFIED
3C Video 1 -https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/4xc1li75zt?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/tzk7hvu01k?sui=12,7
Video 3- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/07rkff54ge?sui=12,7
4C- Qualify Claims using modifiers, counter arguments, or toher perspectives
Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/g8ph5jo5wp?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/fl3nh1tss2?sui=12,7
Video 3- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/b0x2vdpswz?sui=12,7
Aside from notes, I am looking for examples and tips

Part 2 - Style - Reading and Writing 7B, 8B
EXPLAIN HOW WRITERS SHOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AND AMONG IDEAS
7B- Video 1= https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/5k8ei2sglz?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/nullmnnxff?sui=12,7
WRITE SENTENCES THAT CEARLY CONVEY IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS
8B- Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/nek4lp84h8?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/ltltgpief0?sui=12,7
EXPLAIN HOW GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS CONTRIBUTE TO CLARITY AND EFFECTIVENESS
7C- Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/2r51t68m9u?sui=12,7
Video 2-https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/3gkllgsv3u?sui=12,7
USE ESTABLISHED CONVENTIONS TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY
8C- Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/ihvkgiwye3?sui=12,7
Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/swx6vqeder?sui=12,7
Aside from notes, I am looking for examples and tips

Unit 9

Claims and Evidence - Reading 3C

Explain Ways That Claims are Qualified

Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/0hsqy8ni5y?sui=12,9

Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/16oisyee8p?sui=12,9

Claims and Evidence - Writing

Video 1- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/fxv7shgsdr?sui=12,9

Video 2- https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/d/yc4cgp95ld?sui=12,9

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Shoeless Joe

BACKGROUND:

What is the relationship between intent and outcome? Does the Field of Dreams quote, “if you build it, they will come” have truth to it? Not exactly, but it does allude to an important and true concept (which is likely why we still quote, and misquote it today).

Metaphorically speaking, attention plants a seed, while effort, time, and action give the seed the best opportunity to grow and thrive. However, there is no certainty the seed will grow, what the plant will look like, or whether it will produce fruit(that’s all up to nature and luck). Planting the seed and tending to it increases the odds that it’ll grow something, but it doesn’t ensure it.

The inverse, however, has more certainty. If you pay no attention to an idea and make no effort to manifest it, you decrease the odds of it materializing. If it does materialize it will almost certainly come from someone else who dedicated attention and effort over time. The more time, attention, effort, and thought you apply to an idea, the more likely it is that something will come of it. If we build a baseball diamond and never go there again there is less chance of people coming. If we put effort into tending to the field and we are more likely to attract an audience.

Despite this, things are rarely guaranteed to happen in a specific way despite our intentions or efforts. Some of the goals that we work for simply never manifest, never manifest in a recognizable way, or never manifest in the time-frame expected.

The Law of Attraction, the Manifestation of Thought

There is a concept called, "The Law of Attraction". In simple terms, it’s the idea that thought can bring things into your life because “like attracts like”. If you think happy thoughts, you will be happy. If you believe in something enough, you will attract it into your life. This concept is often misunderstood to mean that if we believe something will happen, it will. In reality, there is no guarantee something will happen or happen as intended, but one’s mindset may well be instrumental in increasing the probability that a thing will happen.

Shoeless Joe metaphor, action, time, and effort are added to thought. Even then there is no guarantee. In the novel, even though Ray builds the Field, if they come may or may not happen at all regardless of desire or effort.

Still, manifesting reality with thought and willpower is an old concept that can be seen throughout history in phrases like “mind over matter” and “manifesting one’s will”. In fact, anytime we take something from an idea and apply it to reality we are “manifesting thought as reality”. If you think about building it but take no action, nothing happens; if you take action, you increase the probability of a desired outcome. The more time, effort, and attention you give to a thought and project, the greater chance of its success.

Prompt

Shoeless Joe deals with the idea that if we believe in something enough it will happen. That of course is not an absolute truth, so it gets rated as myth, but there is a lot of truth behind the concept. If you build it, they may come. If you build it, they might not come. If you don’t build it though, they definitely won’t come. To quote the lottery, “You can’t win if you don’t play.” Attention and effort overtime does improve the likelihood of the intended outcome. If you build it, and focus enough thought and effort on it, you increase the odds of them coming. Difficulty varies by subject.

The central character in Shoeless Joe is Ray Kinsella, the Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field on his land. Like Don Quixote, Ray envisions an impossible dream and then works to make it into reality for himself and those who believe in him.

The author W. P. Kinsella presents the concept of "if you build it, they will come" throughout the novel. Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Kinsella's claims are valid. Use appropriate examples from our reading, experience, or observations to support your argument. (You may support, disagree or refute)

Summer Assignment

ALL 3 PARTS TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETED AND TURNED IN BY AUGUST 15, 2021

Goals: Read, Review, and notate Chapters 1 and 2 in Analysis, Argument, and Synthesis (Pages 1-18)

DIRECTIONS AND LINKS:

Chapter 3: Students will Read, notate and complete the exercises in Chapter 3 to review the rhetorical methods discussed in Chapters 1 and 2.

Chapters 1 and 2 link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvbS4f1n2c2uZd0_ly-6-stFC2oGbK1q/view?usp=sharing

Chapter 3 link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18KLWE5TKy3NarNHzauKHxZ9yhvMrpzwe/view?usp=sharing

-Students will read the chapters and take comprehensive notes

-Students will be able to personally answer: What is Rhetoric?

**This assignment will be turned in to www.turnitin.com by August 15, 2021

****Students are EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THEIR OWN WORK. All work turned in MUST BE ORIGINAL

*****Plagiarized work will receive a 0 with no make up

******All work must be complete and turned in by the deadline to receive full credit. Incomplete work will receive a 0.

Chapters 1 and 2:

Directions For each chapter: On a Word Doc or Google Doc, create comprehensive notes.

PART 1: Ch. 1 and 2 notes

1. Read the chapter - See link above

2. Write your notes on the chapter

3. YOUR NOTES MUST INCLUDE: (LABEL EACH SECION: KEY TERMS, EXAMPLES, TAKE AWAY)

a. Key Terms/ key concepts

b. Define key terms and concepts

c. Write examples

d. Explain examples

e. at the end of each section, put a TAKE AWAY:

i. A TAKE AWAY SECTION INCLUDES YOUR THOUGHTS / ANALYSIS about each section

f. Turn chapter 1 in to www.turnitin.com by 8/15. The assignment is labeled Ch 1 notes in www.turnitin.com

g. Turn chapter 2 in to www.turnitin.com by 8/15. The assignment is labeled Ch 2 notes in www.turnitin.com

Part 2: Ch 1 and 2 Review Questions

4. Using complete sentences, answer the Review Questions at the end of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

5. This assignment should be completed on a New Word/ Google Doc and turned in to www.turnitin.com by August 14. The assignment is labeled: CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS IN WWW.TURNITIN.COM

Part 3:

Chapter 3 **Chapter link located at the top of this page

1. Read SPECIFIED sections in Chapter 3 f-Analysis, Argument, and Synthesis. (See links above)

2. Read Page 18: Background. Also, remember Ethos, Pathos, and Logos when answering the following questions.

3. Read pages 27-28 twice: “Barriers to Seeing” by Freeman Patterson

A. After your first reading, answer FIRST READING questions 1-4 pg 29 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples)

B. During the second reading, highlight and annotate the essay. Carefully note the impact of particular words, phrases, and details within the text. Be ready to pull your notes up on the computer during class)

C. Answer SECOND READING questions 1-4 pg. 29 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples)

D. Turn your work in by August 14 to www.turnitin.com The assignment is labeled: “Barriers to Seeing”

*Please label your answers FIRST READING/ SECOND READING

4. Read page 30 twice: “Shadow Catcher” by N. Scott Momaday

A. After your first reading, answer FIRST READING question 1 pg 31 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples

C. Answer SECOND READING question 1 pg. 31 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples)

D. Turn your work in by August 14 to www.turnitin.com The assignment is labeled: “Shadow Catcher”

*Please label your answers FIRST READING/ SECOND READING

5. Read Twice: “The Power of Pictures” (LIFE Magazine) pg 32

A. After your first reading, answer FIRST READING questions 1-3 pg 32 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples)

C. Answer SECOND READING questions 1, 3, & 4 pg 32-33 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples

D. Turn your work in by August 14 to www.turnitin.com The assignment is labeled: “Power of Pictures”

*Please label your answers FIRST READING/ SECOND READING

6. Read twice: “On Photography” by Susan Sontag pg. 34

A. After your first reading, answer FIRST READING questions 1-2 pg 34 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples

B. During the second reading, highlight and annotate the essay. Carefully note the impact of particular words, phrases, and details within the text. ) Be ready to pull your notes up on the computer during class)

C. Answer SECOND READING questions 1-2 pg 34 (Use complete paragraphs with embedded examples)

* QUESTION 2 requires you to refer to Momaday on pg 30

D. Turn your work in by August 14 to www.turnitin.com The assignment is labeled: “On Photography”

*Please label your answers FIRST READING/ SECOND READING

Full text of Joe Biden's inaugural speech, released by the White House:

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his speech after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front… — U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his speech after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021.

Full text of Joe Biden's inaugural speech, released by the White House:

This is democracy’s day.

A day of history and hope.

Of renewal and resolve.

Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge.

Today, we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy.

The will of the people has been heard and the will of the people has been heeded.

We have learned again that democracy is precious.

Democracy is fragile.

And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed.

So now, on this hallowed ground where just days ago violence sought to shake this Capitol’s very foundation, we come together as one nation, under God, indivisible, to carry out the peaceful transfer of power as we have for more than two centuries.

We look ahead in our uniquely American way – restless, bold, optimistic – and set our sights on the nation we know we can be and we must be.

I thank my predecessors of both parties for their presence here.

I thank them from the bottom of my heart.

You know the resilience of our Constitution and the strength of our nation.

As does President Carter, who I spoke to last night but who cannot be with us today, but whom we salute for his lifetime of service.

I have just taken the sacred oath each of these patriots took — an oath first sworn by George Washington.

But the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us.

On "We the People" who seek a more perfect Union.

This is a great nation and we are a good people.

Over the centuries through storm and strife, in peace and in war, we have come so far. But we still have far to go.

We will press forward with speed and urgency, for we have much to do in this winter of peril and possibility.

Much to repair.

Much to restore.

Much to heal.

Much to build.

And much to gain.

Few periods in our nation’s history have been more challenging or difficult than the one we’re in now.

A once-in-a-century virus silently stalks the country.

It’s taken as many lives in one year as America lost in all of World War Two.

Millions of jobs have been lost.

Hundreds of thousands of businesses closed.

A cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer.

A cry for survival comes from the planet itself. A cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear.

And now, a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat.

To overcome these challenges – to restore the soul and to secure the future of America – requires more than words.

It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity.

In another January in Washington, on New Year’s Day 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

When he put pen to paper, the president said, "If my name ever goes down into history it will be for this act and my whole soul is in it."

My whole soul is in it.

Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this:

Bringing America together.

Uniting our people.

And uniting our nation.

I ask every American to join me in this cause.

Uniting to fight the common foes we face:

Anger, resentment, hatred.

Extremism, lawlessness, violence.

Disease, joblessness, hopelessness.

With unity we can do great things. Important things.

We can right wrongs.

We can put people to work in good jobs.

We can teach our children in safe schools.

We can overcome this deadly virus.

We can reward work, rebuild the middle class, and make health care secure for all.

We can deliver racial justice.

We can make America, once again, the leading force for good in the world.

I know speaking of unity can sound to some like a foolish fantasy.

I know the forces that divide us are deep and they are real.

But I also know they are not new.

Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal that we are all created equal and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, fear, and demonization have long torn us apart.

The battle is perennial.

Victory is never assured.

Through the Civil War, the Great Depression, World War, 9/11, through struggle, sacrifice, and setbacks, our "better angels" have always prevailed.

In each of these moments, enough of us came together to carry all of us forward.

And, we can do so now.

History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity.

We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors.

We can treat each other with dignity and respect.

We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature.

For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.

No progress, only exhausting outrage.

No nation, only a state of chaos.

This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.

And, we must meet this moment as the United States of America.

If we do that, I guarantee you, we will not fail.

We have never, ever, ever failed in America when we have acted together.

And so today, at this time and in this place, let us start afresh.

All of us.

Let us listen to one another.

Hear one another.

See one another.

Show respect to one another.

Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path.

Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.

And, we must reject a culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.

My fellow Americans, we have to be different than this.

America has to be better than this.

And, I believe America is better than this.

Just look around.

Here we stand, in the shadow of a Capitol dome that was completed amid the Civil War, when the Union itself hung in the balance.

Yet we endured and we prevailed.

Here we stand looking out to the great Mall where Dr. King spoke of his dream.

Here we stand, where 108 years ago at another inaugural, thousands of protestors tried to block brave women from marching for the right to vote.

Today, we mark the swearing-in of the first woman in American history elected to national office – Vice President Kamala Harris.

Don’t tell me things can’t change.

Here we stand across the Potomac from Arlington National Cemetery, where heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion rest in eternal peace.

And here we stand, just days after a riotous mob thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people, to stop the work of our democracy, and to drive us from this sacred ground.

That did not happen.

It will never happen.

Not today.

Not tomorrow.

Not ever.

To all those who supported our campaign I am humbled by the faith you have placed in us.

To all those who did not support us, let me say this: Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart.

And if you still disagree, so be it.

That’s democracy. That’s America. The right to dissent peaceably, within the guardrails of our Republic, is perhaps our nation’s greatest strength.

Yet hear me clearly: Disagreement must not lead to disunion.

And I pledge this to you: I will be a president for all Americans.

I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did.

Many centuries ago, Saint Augustine, a saint of my church, wrote that a people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love.

What are the common objects we love that define us as Americans?

I think I know.

Opportunity.

Security.

Liberty.

Dignity.

Respect.

Honor.

And, yes, the truth.

Recent weeks and months have taught us a painful lesson.

There is truth and there are lies.

Lies told for power and for profit.

And each of us has a duty and responsibility, as citizens, as Americans, and especially as leaders – leaders who have pledged to honor our Constitution and protect our nation — to defend the truth and to defeat the lies.

I understand that many Americans view the future with some fear and trepidation.

I understand they worry about their jobs, about taking care of their families, about what comes next.

I get it.

But the answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don’t look like you do, or worship the way you do, or don’t get their news from the same sources you do.

We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.

We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts.

If we show a little tolerance and humility.

If we’re willing to stand in the other person’s shoes just for a moment.

Because here is the thing about life: There is no accounting for what fate will deal you.

There are some days when we need a hand.

There are other days when we’re called on to lend one.

That is how we must be with one another.

And, if we are this way, our country will be stronger, more prosperous, more ready for the future.

My fellow Americans, in the work ahead of us, we will need each other.

We will need all our strength to persevere through this dark winter.

We are entering what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus.

We must set aside the politics and finally face this pandemic as one nation.

I promise you this: as the Bible says weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning.

We will get through this, together

The world is watching today.

So here is my message to those beyond our borders: America has been tested and we have come out stronger for it.

We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again.

Not to meet yesterday’s challenges, but today’s and tomorrow’s.

We will lead not merely by the example of our power but by the power of our example.

We will be a strong and trusted partner for peace, progress, and security.

We have been through so much in this nation.

And, in my first act as president, I would like to ask you to join me in a moment of silent prayer to remember all those we lost this past year to the pandemic.

To those 400,000 fellow Americans – mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.

We will honor them by becoming the people and nation we know we can and should be.

Let us say a silent prayer for those who lost their lives, for those they left behind, and for our country.

Amen.

This is a time of testing.

We face an attack on democracy and on truth.

A raging virus.

Growing inequity.

The sting of systemic racism.

A climate in crisis.

America’s role in the world.

Any one of these would be enough to challenge us in profound ways.

But the fact is we face them all at once, presenting this nation with the gravest of responsibilities.

Now we must step up.

All of us.

It is a time for boldness, for there is so much to do.

And, this is certain.

We will be judged, you and I, for how we resolve the cascading crises of our era.

Will we rise to the occasion?

Will we master this rare and difficult hour?

Will we meet our obligations and pass along a new and better world for our children?

I believe we must and I believe we will.

And when we do, we will write the next chapter in the American story.

It’s a story that might sound something like a song that means a lot to me.

It’s called "American Anthem" and there is one verse stands out for me:

"he work and prayers

of centuries have brought us to this day

What shall be our legacy?

What will our children say?...

Let me know in my heart

When my days are through

America

I gave my best to you."

Let us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our nation.

If we do this then when our days are through our children and our children’s children will say of us they gave their best.

They did their duty.

They healed a broken land.

My fellow Americans, I close today where I began, with a sacred oath.

Before God and all of you I give you my word.

I will always level with you.

I will defend the Constitution.

I will defend our democracy.

I will defend America.

I will give my all in your service thinking not of power, but of possibilities.

Not of personal interest, but of the public good.

And together, we shall write an American story of hope, not fear.

Of unity, not division.

Of light, not darkness.

An American story of decency and dignity.

Of love and of healing.

Of greatness and of goodness.

May this be the story that guides us.

The story that inspires us.

The story that tells ages yet to come that we answered the call of history.

We met the moment.

That democracy and hope, truth and justice, did not die on our watch but thrived.

That our America secured liberty at home and stood once again as a beacon to the world.

That is what we owe our forebearers, one another, and generations to follow.

So, with purpose and resolve we turn to the tasks of our time.

Sustained by faith.

Driven by conviction.

And, devoted to one another and to this country we love with all our hearts.

May God bless America and may God protect our troops.

Thank you, America.

AP Language

Friday, July 31, 2020

AP Central Video Lessons/ Instructional Videos

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Shoeless Joe

The Law of Attraction, the Manifestation of Thought

Summer Assignment

Full text of Joe Biden's inaugural speech, released by the White House:

Full Text of President Joe Biden's Inaugural Speech

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