AP Language and Composition: Course Calendar
Dr. Gingrich
Spring 2008
Dates to have books by
Black Hawk Down January 10th
Devil's Highway January 24th
Civil Action February 8th
Into Thin Air March 3rd
Reading Schedule
The reading assignments should have been completed by the beginning of class. Readings are either in the Bedford Reader or in the main books.
*These readings are in the Norton Reader. We will read them in class. You only have to read the non-fiction readings and the readings from the Bedford Reader in class.
Satire
Friday, January 11th
Barry Batting Cleanup 245-47
Sedaris Remembering Childhood in Africa 251-55
Baker Plot Against People 384-86
Monday, January 14th
Swift A Modest Proposal 674-82
Thursday, January 17th
Black Hawk Down (Part one: Chapters 1-11)
Thursday, January 24 th
Black Hawk Down (Part two: Chapter 12 to end)
Paper One: Synthesis January 25th
Narration/Description
Monday, January 28th
Cofer Silent Dancing 162-69
Oates Nighthawks 178-79
Ascher On Compassion 195-7
Thursday, January 31st
Devil's Highway (Chapters 1-8)
Gender Issues
Monday, February 4th
Mernissi Size 6: Western Women's Harem 265-69
*Theroux Being A Man 233-35
*Cunningham Why Women Smile 261-66
Thursday, February 7th
Devil's Highway (Chapters 9 to end)
Paper Two: Creative Non-Fiction February 8 th
Contrasts
Monday, February 11th
Sanders Signs 219-23
Britt Neat People vs. Sloppy People 239-41
Diva Karuni Live Free and Starve 448-50
*Levin Case for Torture 675-76
*Goodheart The Skyscraper and the Airplane 292-98
*Gould Terrifying Normalcy of Aids 720
Argumentation
Thursday, February 14th
Wenke Too Much Pressure (Cheating) 532-35 Buckley Why We Don't Complain? 538-43
Rogerian Argumentation
Tuesday, February 19th
Frasier Vegetarianism
Singer Why Not Eat Meat 552-57
Khan Immigration 570-72
Chavez Racial Profiling 575-77
Gelsey F.B.I is Reading over Your Shoulder 579-82
Dinh How U.S. Patriot Act Defends Democracy 585-89
*King Letter from Birmingham Jail 888-902
Thursday, February 21 st
Civil Action (Chapters 1-5)
Thursday, February 28th
Civil Action (Chapters 6-9)
Thursday, March 6 th
Civil Action (Chapters 10-13)
Paper Three: Rogerian Argumentation March 10th
Classification/Process/Division
Tuesday, March 11th
Mitford Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain 305-12
Orozco Orientation 324-29
Ayad Capricious Camera 359-65
Thursday, March 20th
Into Thin Air (Chapter 1-10)
Thursday, March 27 th
Into Thin Air (Chapter 11-21)
Paper Four: Documentary April 4th
Language
Tuesday, April 15th
Tannen But What Did You Mean 390-96
Erikson The Way We Lie 407-14
Lutz Double Speak 417-23
Discrimination
Friday, April 18th
King I Have A Dream 625-29
Naylor The Meaning of a Word 486-89
Leong Being a Chink 492-95
Staples Black Men and Public Space 205-7
*Rausch In Defense of Prejudice 666-74
*Hurston Colored Me 41-44
*Wideman Hoop Dreams 45-56
Power
Tuesday, April 22nd
Orwell Shooting an Elephant 645-51
Said Clashing Civilizations 669-72
*Machiavelli The Prince 864-70
Roles
*Eighner Dumpster Diving 23-31
*Bettelheim Victim 56-58
*Sanders Under the Influence 140-150
Paper Five: Professional Research May 16 th
Paper Six: Portfolio End of Final Exam Period