All Classes: For the first week of school, classroom procedures will be discussed and noted briefly each day at the beginning of class. The remainder of the class period will focus on academics.

AP English III Topics: AP Literary Terms, SAT-Based Vocabulary, Summer Reading, The Art of Rhetoric

M: The students will be introduced to the reading survey (due Weds.), SAT-based vocabulary (due Thurs.), and the study of analytical literary terms.

T: The students will complete the first portion of the summer reading test.

W: Reading Survey due at the beginning of class. The students will complete the second portion of the summer reading test and be given the grading rubric and requirements for the Summer Reading Postcard Project.

Th: SAT-based vocabulary lesson due at the beginning of class. The students will be introduced to the study of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals.

F: The students will be introduced to the three elements of Aristotle’s Triangle and discuss their application to reading, speaking and effective argument.