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The following is a tentative list of the literary pieces that we will be covering as a class. This class is structured for advanced
and critical thinking that will be beneficial for college and beyond.
___ The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh
___ AntiGang by Johnson Aristide
___ The Creation by James Weldon Johnson
___ Black Man o Mines
___ White Things by Anne Spencer
___ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel T. Coleridge
___ The Flea
___ A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne
___ Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
___ My Papa’s Waltz by Thomas Roethke
___ If by Rudyard Kipling
___ Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
___The Young Housewife by William Carlos Williams
___ Bully by Martin Espada
___ Words
___ Mad Girl by Sylvia Plath
___ Tropics in New York by Claude McKay
___ Ozymandias
___ Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley
___ (undetermined) by Pedro Bobadilla
___ Song by Janetta Philipps
___ A Poison Tree
___ London
___ The Garden of Love
___ The Fly
___ The Little Vagabond
___ Little Black Boy by William Blake
___ Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
___ Crossing the Bar by Lord Alfred Tennyson
___ And God made me woman by Gioconda Belli
___ Darkness
___ Prometheus by Lord Byron
___ What is Success by Ralph Waldo Emerson
___ Ecclesiastes (taken from the King James Bible)
___ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
___ The Solitary Reaper
___ My heart leaps by William Wordsworth
___ True Words are not fancy by Lao Tzu
___ Ah, Are you digging on my Grave?
___ The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
___ The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats
___ Hope
___ Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson
___ Strong Men by Sterling Brown
___ Snake by D.H. Lawrence
___ Poem for Black Boys
___ Quilt by Nikki Giovanni
___ O sweet spontaneous by e.e.cummings
___ We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
___ In the Hallways by Christian Arias
___ The Moment
___ This is a Photograph of Me by Margaret Atwood
___ To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick
____ Giants they stood
____ Odd this twisted form by Ruth Bell Graham
____ To a Dog by Jane Dunnett
____ Riding down 441 (unknown)
____ Phoenix’s Love by Ivan Alberti
____ A Letter to Dr. Martin Luther King by Sonia Sanchez
____ My son, my executioner by Donald Hall
____ Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note
____ Monday in B Flat by Amiri Baraka
___ Fog by Carl Sandburg
* The underlined poets indicate that we’ll be doing more than one of
their works. And, as stated before, this list is tentative. List is subject to
teacher’s discretion.
Novels:
*___ Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
*___ The Oxbow Incident by Walter Van Tilberg Clark
*___ Passing by Nella Larsen
*___ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
*___ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Reference:
*___ Mythology by Edith Hamilton
*___ The King James Bible
Dramas:
___ Othello by William Shakespeare (or other)
___ Everyman (unknown)
*___ A Doll’S House by Henrik Ibsen
___ Life After Jackson by Felix Rios & James Pineda
___ That’s All by Harold Pinter
Poetry:
___ What I Expected by Stephen Spender
___ Jump Cabling by Linda Pastan
___ After Making Love We Hear Footsteps by Galway Kinnell
___ Invictus by William Henley
___ The Wife’s Lament (unknown)
___ Eating Alone
___ Eating Together by Li-Young Lee
___ The Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden
___ Safe
___ Senior Year by Michael Duarte
___ Madam, I’m Adam (Unknown)
___ Kitchenette Building
___ We real cool
___ The mother by Gwendolyn Brooks
___ Boof by Margaret Bailey
___ The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe
___ Mexicans Begin Jogging by Gary Soto
___ Elevator
___ A Raven Among Doves by Rachel Dorvil
___ Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser
___ Road Not Taken
___ Stopping by woods by Robert Frost
___ My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
___ Harlem (A Dream Deferred)
___ Same by Langston Hughes
___ To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
___ Revenge by Eliza Acton
___ The Drowned Children by Louise Gluck
___ Two Worlds by Nancy Wood
___ The Altar
___ Easter Wings by George Herbert
___ To An Athlete Dying Young
___ When I Was One and Twenty by A.E. Housman
___ Homage to my Hips by Lucille Clifton
___ Ode on a Grecian Urn
___ When I have fears
___ Sonnet to Sleep by John Keats
___ Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
___ The Solider by Rupert Brooke
___ My Short Skirt by Eve Ensler
___ XIII by Cesar Vallejo
___ Digging by Seamus Haney
___ Sonnet 169 by Francesco Petrarch
___ Secrets
___ Experience too late by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
___ Dreamers by Siegfried Sassoon
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Major Texts:
The overall cost of your reading materials for this year is an
approximate $65.00. Most books can be bought for cheaper
prices from used book stores or websites such as:
___ www.amazon.com
___ www.powells.com
___ www.biblio.com
___ www.doverpublishing.com
Or a simple Google or ask.com search should suffice.
Likewise:
There are some of our major works that have Online texts or
versions available to save you some money.
* Frankenstein
* Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
* A Doll’s House – www.gutenberg.org
* Ethan Frome –
www.americanliterature.com/wharton/ethanfrome
* Allegory of the Cave –
www.ibiblio.org/schools/rls/garner/2002-03
Essays & Speeches:
____ The Myth of Latin Women: I Just Met a Girl Named
Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer
____ Aint I a Woman by Sojourner Truth
____ On Idleness by Samuel Johnson
____ The Allegory of the Cave by Plato
____ The New Negro by Alain Locke
Short Stories:
* ____ Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka
* ____ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
____ Space by Mark Strand
____ The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
____ Sanctuary by Nella Larsen
____ Barn Burning by William Faulkner
____ Karintha by Jean Toomer
*Asterisked items indicate that student is
responsible for purchasing or acquiring those
works.
* Also, materials for projects, although some may be provided by
the teacher, please plan on providing your own.
Videos & Theatrical Performances:
___ clips from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
___ Oxbow Incident by Walter Van Tilberg Clark
___ clips from The Bible: In the Beginning
___ Macbeth by William Shakespeare
___ The Stepford Wives – Nicole Kidman & Glenn Close or
___ The Island – Scarlett Johansen
___ Where God Left His Shoes – John Leguizamo
___ Gran Torino – Clint Eastwood
___ clips from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
___ others (undetermined)
Highly Recommended You do not need to purchase, but it is recommend that you
acquire an AP study guide.
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature
by Estelle Rankin & Barbara L. Murphy
published by Mc Graw-Hill
Retail: $ 16.95
* All the reading materials you will need to complete your
out-of-class readings may be acquired at local bookstores
or your school and neighborhood libraries. Also, see me; I
have several of these out-of-class readings to loan students.
Some texts may be free online from http://www.gutenberg.org/
**Likewise, you may purchase cheap versions of these works Online at www.store.doverpublications.com
Musical Performances:
___ After Party by Letoya
___ The Climb by Miley Cyrus
___ It’s Still Rock&Roll to Me by Billy Joel
___ Crushing Day by Joe Satriani
___ Undetermined by Cab Calloway
___ Undetermined by Ella Fitzgerald
___ others (undetermined)
Book Runs:
Artistic Creations:
___ Into Bondage
____ Boy with a Toy Plane
____ Building More Stately Mansions by Aaron Douglas
___ Others (Undetermined)
Book Run Days are usually Wednesdays when I, or Dr. Jackson,
will go to local bookstores to purchase books for students
because we would like to see your optimal survival in this course.
If you do not have transportation, you are a viable candidate. I
will state when the major work is needed for the class, and you
will see one of us prior to our beginning the work. Even though
we may go after the class has begun studying the work, it is your
responsibility to catch up.
Fables &Fairy Tales:
___ selections from Grimm Fairy Tales
Cinderella and Rumpelstilskin
___ The Stag at the pool
___ The Ass & His Purchaser (from Aesop’s Fables)
____ selection from Hans Cristian Andersen
The Ugly Duckling
Popular Fallacy:
Do not believe that not reading the work will not harm your
academic status. Grades will fall and you will fail the course
because every work is tested and reused throughout the year!
Mythological and Biblical Readings:
___ Classic mythical and biblical stories will be read
throughout the year in this class.
COSTS:
* Because A.P. students are expected to annotate within their
books, students must purchase their own reading materials.
Please see teacher, if this will be a problem.
* Books and other readings may be purchased from Barnes and
Nobles for between $6 - $13 each. There is usually a sale – buy
2, get 1 free. You will be able to get most of your readings from
this sale. However, it must be done as soon as possible.
#Note: Let me know if there are extenuating circumstances.
%Note: Some readings may be had from your school or
neighborhood libraries.
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Storage Technology:
Due to the plethora of situations pertaining to loss and damage of
saved work and assignments, it has now become mandatory for
this class that students are expected to purchase, and keep with
them at all times, at least 2 jump drives. Storage of assignments,
Internet data, and other pertinent information are mandatory for
this class. No excuses will be entertained about loss of work; loss
of assignments means loss of grades.
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Grammar and other English topics:
___ As students write, it will be determined what areas of
the English language need to be covered. Related Online
assignments will be assigned.
Vocabulary:
___ Assignments will be developed to aid you in your
acquiring new and advanced vocabulary.
~ Additional readings may be assigned, as the more you read,
the more well-rounded an individual and scholar you will become.
Likewise, the more vast your literary knowledge, the better your
chances are of excelling on the AP exams in May.
~ These assignments may not be done in the order they
appear on this list.
As well, check your Student Portal to
see if you’ve missed an assignment. It is important to keep up in
this class. DO NOT FALL BEHIND!
College Summit is a college readiness program instituted in this
school. It prepares students for higher education by focusing on
college enrollment, admittance, financial aid, including
scholarships. As this program may be run through this class,
students are expected to keep up with this class’s curriculum and
College Summit’s. Assignments will run concurrently with your AP
English class; survival in the college world is dependent on both
facets.
Concurrent Assignments:
You will be expected to turn in your assignments on time.
Remember that even though your knowledge will be tested on
the national standardized AP Examinations in May, you still have
bi-weekly exams, mid-terms, and a final, and ultimately, a grade
for this class. As well, try to get the bulk of your portfolio and
other assignments done before Senioritis sets in, and you begin
to fall behind.
You will also be required to:
____ Write several papers and do several research assignments
____ Carry out independent readings
____ Participate in classroom discussion, presentations
– group and individual, and do note-taking.
____ Do several in-class AP Practice Examinations
____ Keep and maintain a class binder
____ Complete and turn in a yearlong AP English Portfolio
____ Act and carry yourself as the cream of the crop of this
school.
Excessive Reading & Critical Analyses:
Some students may have fun and some may not, all need to
read. In the end, you get out of the class what you put in.
Because there is a standardized exam that follows this course and
college success is expected, reading is essential. Activities must
be done OUTSIDE of classes and in class. It is not the teacher’s
responsibility to read EVERY assigned passage with the class.
However, it is YOUR responsibility to read every assignment.
Computer Access:
For some assignments, you will be expected to turn in typed. As
well, Internet access is recommended, as you will have practice
tests and research to do for this class.
EMAIL: Likewise, teacher might require some assignments to be
turned in through email or Online only!
You will not like every assignment or reading, but doing it is what
is expected.
**Required Frame of Mind:
Students in an advanced English class are expected to work
beyond their regular capacity. Students are expected to be open
to new ideas, be able to maturely discuss controversial issues by
learning to agree to disagree, and think and write well.
Every idea will have a voice, as long as there are substantial
supporting thoughts. Being college bound means being able to
respect everyone’s opinions, whether you agree or not.
AP Course Survival:
It may also be in your best interest to form study groups that
will help you keep your head above water. It is a good way of:
getting others’ insights to assignments and readings, forming
good study habits that are needed post high school, and making
close knit friends with similar interest – passing the class.
Office Hours: I will be available everyday after school for about
a ½ hour (until 3:00 o’clock) to aid you in whatever issues you
might have with an assignment. This is also where you’d email
me some of your assignments/papers.
Email contact: mrwilliams201@hotmail.com
Allotting a possible one to two hours per day for studying yields
maximum rewards. Review readings daily, read for at least 30
minutes daily, and annotate. Keep in touch with teachers and
others who will spur your success.
Also, if I make mention of assignments online or you need
additional handouts because you’ve misplaced or damaged
anyone of your handouts, you may also check our class’s website:
http://mrwilliamsengiv.weebly.com
In the end, Good luck. Learn and have fun!
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*All other important information may be
located in your handbook.*
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