Speeches Cluster
AP Language and Composition
Syllabus
1/21 Intro to the Gettysburg Address
Homework: Read the GA and do the handout
1/23 GA content and literary elements
Homework: Read and annotate the GA, Pericles’ Funeral Oration, Bush’s
Columbia speech, and Obama’s Ft. Hood speech
1/27 GA and Classical Epitaphioi
Homework: Read and annotate “Inaugural Speeches”
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural and JFK Inaugural
1/29 Inaugural Speeches discussion
Homework: Read and annotate “Speeches that Incite”
FDR "Day of Infamy" and Bush "9/11"
1/31 Speeches that Incite discussion
Homework: Read and annotate “Speeches that Inspire”
MLK "I Have a Dream" and Malala Yousafzai "UN Speech"
2/4 Speeches that Inspire discussion
Homework: Speech Writing Assignment
2/6 Speech Workshop day
2/10 – 2/12 Speech Presentations
**Annotations should include a says/does analysis. It should also take note of the rhetorical devices we have covered, ie. repetition, antithesis, parallelism, asyndeton, anaphora, epistrophe, apostrophe, rhetorical questions, etc. I have grouped these speeches by type. Are there commonalities in the forms and structures?
Writing Assignment
You are to write, prepare, and deliver a maximum 5 minute speech on a subject you feel passionate about. Your understanding of the Rhetorical Triangle and rhetorical devices should be clearly evident in your speech.
AP Language and Composition
Syllabus
1/21 Intro to the Gettysburg Address
Homework: Read the GA and do the handout
1/23 GA content and literary elements
Homework: Read and annotate the GA, Pericles’ Funeral Oration, Bush’s
Columbia speech, and Obama’s Ft. Hood speech
1/27 GA and Classical Epitaphioi
Homework: Read and annotate “Inaugural Speeches”
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural and JFK Inaugural
1/29 Inaugural Speeches discussion
Homework: Read and annotate “Speeches that Incite”
FDR "Day of Infamy" and Bush "9/11"
1/31 Speeches that Incite discussion
Homework: Read and annotate “Speeches that Inspire”
MLK "I Have a Dream" and Malala Yousafzai "UN Speech"
2/4 Speeches that Inspire discussion
Homework: Speech Writing Assignment
2/6 Speech Workshop day
2/10 – 2/12 Speech Presentations
**Annotations should include a says/does analysis. It should also take note of the rhetorical devices we have covered, ie. repetition, antithesis, parallelism, asyndeton, anaphora, epistrophe, apostrophe, rhetorical questions, etc. I have grouped these speeches by type. Are there commonalities in the forms and structures?
Writing Assignment
You are to write, prepare, and deliver a maximum 5 minute speech on a subject you feel passionate about. Your understanding of the Rhetorical Triangle and rhetorical devices should be clearly evident in your speech.