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AP Lang & Comp Unit 1: Work and Class. Week 1. Unit 1: Work and Class. Name Card. Your name, and *something* about yourself. Tuesday Quickwrite. Write about
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Name Card • Your name, and *something* about yourself
Tuesday Quickwrite • Write about • A person you know, or a character, whom you would characterize as “affable.” Use the term and make it clear how this person characterizes that quality. • Include the term “amenable” in your story. • Write about how the character notices or experiences an “anachronism.”
50 Essays Discussion • Under your quickwrite, reflect on the following: • What useful information did you find in the introduction of this book? • What would you disagree with or amend? • What study/reading advice would you give to a student who wanted to improve his/her skill level?
Rhetorical Modes: Example/ Exemplification • While essays use more than one mode of development, there is usually a prevailing mode • Example points to instances • Uses particulars to get at principles • Examples always used to support a thesis or main idea • Ex: The author uses current and projected neighborhood demographics to argue to lawmakers that they should increase ESL services in local schools. • Essays: “On Compassion” by Barbara LazearAscher
Wednesday Quickwrite • Write about • A time in which you are feeling “apathetic.” You refer to an “anthology,” where you discover something quite interesting. Use the device of anthropomorphism in your story.