AP Language and Composition Reading Calendar
March – April, 2012
Unit Seven: Gender
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Reading date(s) (as homework) |
Discuss in class |
Questions due |
Text |
Pages |
Title |
QD = Qs for Discussion; QRS = Qs on Rhetoric and Style; EXP = Exploring the Text; FD = For Discussion; FW = For Writing |
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3/12 |
3/12-13 |
n/a |
LC |
347-348 |
Introduction to the “Gender” chapter |
n/a |
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3/12-13 |
3/13-14 |
3/14 |
LC |
349-354 |
Gould – Women’s Brains |
QD 1,4 and QRS 1,2,6,11 |
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3/14 |
3/15 |
3/16 |
LC |
356-360 |
Woolf – Professions for Women |
QD 3,6 and QRS 2,3,5,6 |
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3/15 |
3/15-16 |
3/19 |
LC |
363-366 |
Adams – Letters between John and Abigail |
EXP 2,3,5,6 |
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3/15-16 |
3/16 |
3/19 |
LC |
367-369 |
Ehrlich – About Men |
EXP 1,2,3,7 |
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3/16-18 |
3/19 |
3/20 |
CA |
324-326 |
Gilman – from Women and Economics |
FD 1,3 |
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3/18-19 |
3/19-20 |
3/21 |
CA |
244-246 |
“Keep within Compass” |
FD 1,3,4 |
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3/18-19 |
3/20 |
3/21 |
CA |
259-260 |
“Enlist: On Which Side … Are YOU?” |
FD 1,2,3 |
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3/18-19 |
3/20 |
3/21 |
CA |
261-262 |
“More Help for Busy Mothers” |
FD 1,2 |
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3/20 |
3/21-22 |
3/23 |
CA |
247-255 |
Collins – African American Women: Life in … |
FD 1,2,3 |
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3/21-22 |
3/23,26 |
3/27 |
CA |
281-291 |
Pipher – Saplings in the Storm |
For Journals + FD 1,2,3 |
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3/24-25 |
3/26-27 |
3/28 |
CA |
292-299 |
* Kindlon/Thompson – The Culture of Cruelty |
For Journals + FD 1,2,3,4 |
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Handout |
Vowell – Shooting Dad |
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*Kindlon/Thompson added – not listed on original syllabus
Unit Eight: Language
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Reading date(s) (as homework) |
Discuss in class |
Questions due |
Text |
Pages |
Title |
QD = Qs for Discussion; QRS = Qs on Rhetoric and Style; EXP = Exploring the Text; FD = For Discussion; FW = For Writing |
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LC |
507-508 |
Introduction to the “Language” chapter |
n/a |
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Spring break |
4/9-10 |
4/11 |
LC |
509-526 |
Rodriguez – Aria: A Memoir … |
QD 1,6 and QRS 1,4,7,13 |
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Spring break |
4/10-11 |
4/11 |
LC |
529-539 |
Orwell – Politics and the English Language |
QD 3,4,5 and QRS 3,5,8,9 |
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4/11 |
4/12 |
4/13 |
LC |
542-546 |
Tan – Mother Tongue |
EXP 2,3,6,7 |
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4/12 |
4/13 |
4/16 |
LC |
547-555 |
Thiong’o – from Decolonising the Mind |
EXP 1,2,3 |
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4/14-15 |
4/16 |
4/17 |
LC |
556-559 |
Agosin – Always Living in Spanish |
EXP 1,2,3,6,8 |
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4/14-15 |
4/16-17 |
4/18 |
LC |
559-562 |
Berkowitz/McFaul – Studying Islam … |
EXP 1,3,4,6 |
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4/18 |
4/19 |
4/20 |
LC |
562-567 |
Hayakawa – Bilingualism in America … |
EXP 2,4,5,6 |
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4/20-22 |
4/23 |
4/24 |
LC |
579-581 |
Nunberg – How Much Wallop … |
Qs 1,2,3 |
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4/20-22 |
4/24 |
4/25 |
LC |
581-586 |
Okrent (and letters in response) – The War of Words: A Dispatch from the Front Lines |
Qs 2,3,4,5 |
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OL |
(Online) |
Lederer – from “English is a Crazy Language” |
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