SPACE CAT

S P A C E   C A T

Speaker                            Choices in…

Purpose                            Appeals

Audience                          Tone

Context

Exigence*

* In rhetoric, exigence is an issue, problem, or situation that causes or prompts someone to write or speak.

TENTATIVE schedule for September

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			5 (1/2 day) Review syllabus and course expectations Introduction to College Board and all the new, fun changes to AP Lang (including the letter posted on the blog) HOMEWORK: Make sure you have a College Board account set up for Monday	6
9 Register for AP Lang Review syllabus  and course handouts Review the Harris Moves	10	11 Read through Harris Moves:  Looking Deeper In a group of no more than 3, annotate the new AP rubrics for evidence of the Harris Moves Then, annotate AGAIN for SPACE CAT terms Report out What do anticipate going well moving forward?  What will you need support with? Homework: Read through the SPACE CAT and example (George Bush’s 9/11 speech)		13 Review SPACE CAT through the 9/11 speech Report out Watch the Spike Lee short and SPACE CAT it Discuss process AND the short film Homework: Perspective journal and MC AP section due at the end of the month
16	17 LINK to blog page and activity directions Begin watching  TED talks and work on SPACE CAT activity Homework: complete activity for the 21st	18	19 UPDATE:  SPACE CAT video and clothing line / discuss NOTE:  don't forget about the perspective journal that is due October 1st!	20
23 Guidance visit first mod Return to TED videos. Watch the videos-- rank/order them to determine which is your favorite and your least favorite. Homework: SPACE CAT both TED talks for the 27th. Be sure to use clear, specific, and relevant evidence to support all of your ideas.  Use the word wheel I gave you to help with tone.	24	25 In class writing: You will be asked to first define the elements of SPACE CAT and then you will use your definitions to analyze a short speech Continue with TED talk assignment OR your perspective journal if you finish early.	26	27 Read and analyze the Al Gore op ed using SPACE CAT Prompt: Read the Op ed carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze the rhetorical choices Gore makes to present his case to the American people. Homework:  full analysis due October 4th; you will use the analysis to write the essay in class