AP Language and Composition

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AP Language and Composition

• 11/20/13 Agenda
• Bell ringer Read and annotate Good Readers
  and Good Writers by Vladimir Nabokov.
• As you read Which sentences or paragraphs
  capture your attention (arouse a reaction)?
  These can be ideas or elements of language.
• Weekly Overview and Todays Objectives
• TH Journal, verbal critique, start The
  Handmaids Tale
• FRI Grammar, current event Brinasia and
  Antoine

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Focus questions for small group discussion

• Group 1 What is the thesis? Where is it? Is
  it explicit or implicit? How do you know?
• Group 2 Where does the introduction end?
  Identify the method(s) of introducing Nabokov
  uses. What characterizes the conclusion?
• Group 3 What is the authors tone? Where and
  how does it change? Where does Nabokov use
  humor?
• Group 4 What authority does Nabokov have as a
  writer? How do you know?
• Group 5 What is your reaction to the essay? Is
  it an emotional one or a logical one? How does
  N. try to persuade his readers?

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Homework

• Rewrite narratives for one last verbal critique
  tomorrow we will type next week.
• We will start reading The Handmaids Tale at the
  end of class tomorrow.