AP English Language Pacing Guide (Year-long)

Unit 1: Foundations of Rhetoric

Week 1: Overview

• AP Language and Composition Course Introduction
• AP Credit Search
• Lang vs Lit

Week 2: Rhetorical ASPECTS

• Rhetorical Appeals- AP English Language: Identifying and Analyzing the Appeals- Evaluating Appeals to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
• Full Rhetorical Situation- The Rhetorical Situation- Understanding the Rhetorical Situation

Week 3: Visual Rhetoric

• OPTIC Outlining
• Identifying Implicit Claims

Week 4: Close Reading and Analysis

• Reading Study Skills
• Noticing and Wonderings
• Interacting with Annotations
• Chunking the Text

Week 5: The Rhetorical Analysis Multiple Choice

• Pretest
• Question Stems
• Application to Sample Texts

Unit 2: Analyzing and Writing about Rhetoric

Week 6: Author’s Purpose and Audience Movement

• • Purpose PIE
• • Special Topics

Week 7: Claims and Evidence

• Types of Claims- AP English Language and Composition Handout: Types of Claims
• Lines of Reasoning- What are Claims, Sub Claims, and Evidence?

Week 8: Point Winning Thesis Statements

• 4B Writing: Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and may preview the structure of the argument.- Thesis Statements

Week 9: The Rhetorical Precis Framework

• TOBI Outlining
• Introductions and Conclusion- AP English Language: Constructing Introductions for a Rhetorical Analysis Essay- Improving Introductions and Conclusions

Week 10: The Writing Multiple Choice

• Pretest
• Question Stems
• Application to Paragraph Corrections

Unit 3: Foundations of Argument

Week 11: Basic Elements of Argument

• Toulmin (as Analysis of Argument)
• • Toulmin (as Paragraph Outline)
• • Toulmin (as Culminating Argument)
• • Resources:- - Claim, Evidence, Warrant | Essay Writing | The Nature of Writing

Unit 7: Reasoning and Complex Argumentation

Week 12: Argument Structure

• • Classical Argument Structure- Classical Argument (from Purdue Writing Lab)- Classical Model for Argument (based on instruction in The Language of Composition Text)
• • Rhetoric to Advance Purpose- AP English Language: Analyzing the Author's Purpose and Technique

Week 13: Tracking the Line of Reasoning

• AP English Language: Understanding Line of Reasoning

Week 14: Addressing the Counterargument

• Counter
• Concession
• Refutation

Week 15: Practice with Quick Debates

Unit 4: Reasoning and Organization

Week 16: Modes of Development

• • 5C Reading: Recognize and explain methods of development to accomplish a purpose.
• • 6C Writing: Use appropriate methods of development to advance the argument.
• • Link to lines of reasoning- AP English Language: Understanding Line of Reasoning

Week 17: Framing Commentary and Analysis

• 5A Reading: Explain the line of reasoning and explain whether it supports the thesis.- CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• 6A Writing: Develop a line of reasoning and commentary that explains it.- AP English Language: Organizing Line of Reasoning

Week 18: Selecting and Embedding Evidence

• Develop a Paragraph- Developing a Paragraph that Supports a Line of Reasoning
• Appropriate Evidence- AP English Language: Selecting Appropriate Evidence- Embedding Evidence
• Creating YOUR Style/Sophistication- Varying Your Sentence Structure to Get a 9- Enhancing Fluidity in Sentences and Paragraph Writing

Week 19: Confluence with the Rhetorical Analysis (FRQ 2)

• Coherence- What is coherence?- Enhancing Fluidity
• • Rhetorical Grammar and Meaning
• • How Grammar and Word Form Affect Meaning

Week 20: Confluence with the Argument (FRQ 3)

• Pulling Evidence from Nothing

Unit 5-6: Style and Sophistication

Week 21: Taking Rhetorical Risks

• Finding/Analyzing Rhetorical Elements- Identifying and Analyzing Common Rhetorical Strategies Part 1
• Faulty Logic- Mr. Gunnar’s Common Logical Fallacies

Week 22: Focus on Diction and Syntax

• • Rhetorical Grammar and Meaning- How Grammar and Word Form Affect Meaning
• • Defining Diction and Syntax- What Is the Connection between Diction and Syntax?
• • Effects of Syntax- The Effects of Syntax and Diction
• • Tone- - Style and Language Analysis Guide

Unit 8: Synthesizing Ideas

Week 23: Entering the Conversation

• Entering the Conversation- They Say/I Say Templates (handout from CSUB)
• Defensible Positioning with Multiple Sources
• REHUGO Evidence

Unit 9: FRQ Blitz

Week 24-25

Synthesis Showdown: All Things FRQ1

• How to Ace the AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Essay
• • Synthesis Templates and Tips
• • Synthesis Videos
• • Assessment? Try this.

Week 26-27

Rhetorical Recipe: All Things FRQ2

• Rhetorical Analysis Essay
• Identifying and Analyzing Common Rhetorical Strategies Part 1
• How to Write Rhetorical Analysis
• Assessment? Try this.
• Extensions for Study? Try this.

Week 28-29

Argumentative Assault: All Things FRQ3

• How to Ace the AP English Language and Composition Argument Essay
• • General Guidelines for Advancing Arguments
• • Assessment? Try this.
• • Extensions for Study? Try this.

Week 30: Sample Test and Personalized Remediation

Try taking some practice tests on your own. After grading them and see where you did well in as well where you can do better in! Use the practice tests to your advantage and work on understanding your mistakes to grow from them. Good luck and you've got this! 💪🏼