AP Language & Composition

Language is an Act with

Consequences..
Toni Morrison

An Examination of Language
Background: As your experience in AP Language & Composition comes to a close, it is time for you to consider the
complex issues that language encompasses and expresses. Throughout this course, we have covered the following units:
Foundations of Language, Consequences of Language, The Manipulation of Language, Foreign Language in America, The
Language of War, The Price of Language, and The Language of Violence.
Assignment Overview: You will create your own unit/presentation/ examination about language and analyze that
area of language using all of the skills learned this year. Please see the Course Map and Course Questions to guide you
in this. Your talk will emulate the various types of media we see today, such as Ted Talks, Podcasts, YouTube blogs, etc.
Criteria for Success:

The talk must be between 5 10 minutes long.

The topic of your talk must be clearly articulated and a clear message about the topic must be presented.
You must use facts and texts related to your topic and to support your ideas these should be true stories/non
fiction pieces and current statistics that give validity to your message. The minimum number of texts is four.
Your voice must be clearly audible in both sound and enunciation. We should not have to strain to hear or
understand your talk in any way.

Things to Consider:

Staging This includes lighting, background, camera angle and more. Every single detail in your video
contributes to the ultimate impression you make on your audience.
Personal Introduction How will you introduce yourself in a way that immediately connects with your audience
and gains their trust? How will you make yourself credible?
Voice Inflection/Tone You must sound interested and passionate about your topic if you want to engage your
audience to listen to what you have to say.

Due Dates:
April 21

Proposal You will make a formal proposal stating what your examination of Language Unit is and, why
it is important to you and how it encompasses texts/skills learned from the course.

April 26th

TED TALK OVERVIEW: This is where you preview the core idea, texts used, presentation hook, and how
you will visually and verbally tell your story.

May 16th

Script This is the written version of your presentation, including your introduction, all facts (cited!), and
your closing words in the chronological way you plan to present them.

May 19/20

Presentation Showcase This is when give your TED TALK.

April/May Calendar:
4/18
Course Map Dissection
Language Units

4/19/16
Project Introduction
Ted Talk Notes
Language Work Time
HW: Proposal due in WEO
for next class

4/25 EVEN DAY

4/26 ODD Day

TED OVERVIEWS
AP LANGUAGE RED CARD
Boot camp DAY

AP BIO

May 2
TBD

ALL 5/3 AP PHYSICS AP

SPANISH
TBD

4/21
Hennegan Out
Close Reading Practice in
Weo
Language Project Work
Time
HW: TED TALK OVERVIEW
due 4/26

4/22

4/27 EVEN

4/28 ODD DAY AP CALC

AP Language Vocab Game
Project Work Time

4/29 No
School

5/4 AP LIT

5/5 ODD

5/6

5/9

5/10

5/11 AP LANG
Test

5/12
Work Time

5/13

5/16 ALL CLASSES

Examination of Language
Scripts due

5/17
Work TIME

5/18

5/19
Examination of Language
Presentations
ALL students will present

5/20

5/23
ALL Review Day

5/24
Block 2 8:00am-9:30am
Break 9:30am-9:45am
Block 4 9:50am-11:20am

5/25

5/26
Block 5 8:00am-9:30am
Break 9:30am-9:45am
Block 7 9:50am11:20am

5/27
Graduation

Block 6 8:00am9:30am Break

9:30am-9:45am
Block 1 9:50am11:20am Brunch
11:20am-11:45am
Block 3 11:50am1:20pm