AP English Language
& Composition
Dr. Ray Gen
All things are ready, if our
minds be so.
Henry V, William Shakespeare
Your perceived failure
can be a catalyst for profound reinvention.
Conan O'Brien (2011)
Dartmouth Commencement
Truth is consistent. Things that
are true are consistently true.
The Coherence Theory of Truth
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AP
Central.CollegeBoard
Course Description - College Board
(official description - in pdf)
Class Syllabus
pdf
Close Reading & Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Close
Reading
Close Reading Chart
Wordle
AP Rhetoric Guide
Literary Terms)
BYU's Guide to
Rhetorical Terms
Genre Terms
Language Registers
- Video
Language SubSystems
Reading and Writing the Open-ended
Essay
Essay Writing Rubric
AP Score Card
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Pyramid
Tabasco (because some like it hot)
(pdf version)
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
CRAAP Test - Evaluating Sources
Writing Videos |
MLA (Purdue -
OWL)
What's New
MLA
University W.
Florida
El Camino MLA Guide pdf
Kyle Stedman
(Rockford College) Video
Hanging Indent video
Gen
MLA Citation Video
APA (Purdue -
OWL)
APA (HCC)
APA guidelines (ECC pdf)
APA (Cornell)
Changes in APA 7 video
APA Video (Intro to 7th)
Gen APA Citation Video
Chicago Manual of Style
Manhattanville
College - no ibid, loc cit, op cit, idem
Turabian = Chicago
Chicago
(Purdue - OWL)
See sample papers for both Notes/Bibliography and
Author/Date
formats
See also Chp 11 of Summer Reading
Purdue OWL ppt presentation
Video - CMoS Intro
Comparing Chicago
1 and 2 - Video by Western Michigan
APA vs Chicago Gang Violence
CSE - Scientific Style and Format
CSE -
Morningside Univ
CSE - Bedford/St. Martin Sample Paper
CSE Format - student sample
CSE
Penn State U. 2
styles: N-Y [name-year] &
C-S [citation-sequence]
CSE -
Thompson Rivers U, BC [name/year] pdf
Gen CSE Citation Video
IEEE - Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
List of Manual Styles
Research Guide -
many styles
Long Beach
State - manuals
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Sample papers MLA
APA
Chicago1 Chicago 2 CSE
All 5 styles - comparison
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List & Links to Colleges
By State
College Board: Majors
Applying to Colleges
Diversity
Ratings
Costs Comparisons
Decision Day
CSU Admissions Dashboard
UC
Admission Requirements Admissions
Dashboard
Admission Statistics -
Parchment
MicroScholarships
Raise.me
College
Navigator - US Gov
Admissions Stats - Cappex
Applications and Admissions Resources
Famous First Lines
How to Write a Term Paper
Sample
Literary Paper
Peer Response Form
Brief Grammar
The Philosophers
Plato's
Republic
The
Communist Manifesto
Acts
4:34-37; Acts 5
The
Prince by Machiavelli
Sun Tsu
The Art of War
Epictetus
Darwin -
Origin of the Species
Donne - Meditation
17 -No man is an island...
Emerson - Nature
Benjamin Franklin - Perfumed Farts
Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"
Gandhi -
Speech to Indian Congress
Barak Obama - Convention Speech
Theodore Kaczynski
- Against technology
JFK's
first inaugural
Moon Speech
Obama's Speech 06.03.08 vs.
McCain's Speech 06.03.08
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Course Requirements
Summer Reading
APA Pandemic Essay
Personal Statements/College Entrance
Essays
Chicago
Author/Date (Chicago 2) The Perfect College
Chicago
Notes/Bibliography (Chicago 1)
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
Satire
Acceptable Sources for your Essays
Descriptive Essay
Process Essay
Final Paper
- Fall
Synthesis Essay 1
Abigail Adams
Sir Francis Bacon
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Post-AP Projects
- Spring |
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Greek and Latin -
An Introduction to Classical Languages |
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Rubric Score Approximate translation to
letter grades for Essays |
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AP ESSAY
6-pt. Rubrics Scoring
6 - A
5 - B
4 - C
3 - C-
2 - D
1 - D-
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Row A - 1 point = defensible thesis
Row B - 4 points = Evidence & Consistency in Argument
Row C - 1 point = Sophistication of thought, writing, style |
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AP Multiple Choice |
40+
A
39-30 B
29-25 C
24-14 D
1-13 D-
0 F |
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Dr. Ray Gen
El Segundo High School
640 Main Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
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