AP Literature and Composition
Quarter 3 Syllabus
Week
19
Date
January 4-8
Heart of Darkness
Schedule/Activities
M: peruse syllabus/ new vocab. / directions for Poetry
Gallery/ Literary Impressionism ppt. (preparation for
HOD) / Homework: Postcolonial Close Read
T: Discussion of Postcolonial article / explication of
“Out, Out—” by Robert Frost (as an allusion to
Macbeth)
W/Th: reading first five pages of HOD as a class to
paragraph ending “if such was my fancy”/journal as a
group / Kipling’s Imperialism / “White Man’s
Burden” / Impressionism and Symbolism in HOD
F: quiz / Multiple-Choice practice
Independent Reading Assignments (Heart of
Darkness):
-From “I got my appointment” to paragraph ending “And without
that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this
climate” by Thursday (1/7)
20
January 11-15
Heart of Darkness
M: New vocab. / Begin Mythic Archetypes
T: Poetry Gallery, First Exhibit
Poems:
W/Th: finish Mythic Archetypes/William Blake’s
“The Tyger” and “The Lamb” in relation to HOD /
equal and opposite reactions / Connect the dots for
Section 1
F: quiz / finish Multiple-Choice rationale in groups,
discuss as class
Independent Reading Assignments (Heart of
Darkness):
-From “One day he remarked without lifting his head” to end of
Part I by Monday (1/11)
-From beginning of Part II to paragraph ending with “the water
being deepest near the bank of the sounding-pole informed me”
by Wednesday (1/13)
-From “One of my hungry and forbearing friends was sounding in
the bows just below me” to end of Part II by Thursday (1/14)
21
January 19-22
(January 18th off for
MLK Day)
Heart of Darkness
T: new vocab. / explication of “The Hollow Men” by
T.S. Eliot, compare to HOD / allusion
W/Th: Group discussion and analysis of HOD
portions / informal writing assignment individual and
in groups / Connect the Dots for Section 2
F: Thesis statements reading and practice / quiz
Independent Reading Assignments (Heart of
Darkness):
-From beginning of Part III to paragraph ending with “I could see
nothing more for smoke” (page break) by Wednesday (1/20)
-From “The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of
darkness” to end of Part III by Thursday (1/21) [Congratulations
on finishing the book! ]
22
January 25-29
Heart of Darkness
23
February 1-5
Till We Have Faces
M: new vocab. / Connect the Dots for Section 3 /
independent research for Conrad and Achebe Socratic
Seminar
T: Poetry Galley, Second Exhibit
Poems:
W/Th: Socratic Seminar: Conrad/Achebe: Was
Conrad racist? / Apollo VS. Dionysus / parameters of
HOD essay / if time, independent preliminary work on
HOD essay
F: Introductions and thesis practice / quiz
M: new vocab. / Compare and contrast of Cupid and
Psyche myths
T: “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy
(multiple-choice and explication)
W/Th: TBD
F: quiz / multiple-choice practice (brief) / theme
statements in HOD
Independent Reading Assignments (Till We Have
Faces):
-Read Part I, Chapters 1-2 for Monday (2/1)
-Read Part I, Chapters 3-5 for Wednesday (2/3)
-Read Part I, Chapters 6-8 for Thursday (2/4)
24
February 8-12
Reminder: Scrimmage
@ WC Saturday, Feb.
13th
Till We Have Faces
Monday, February 8: out-of-class essay due for
HOD
M: new vocab. / “Ode to Psyche” by John Keats
T: Poetry Gallery, Third Exhibit
Poems:
W/Th: TBD
F: quiz/ short poetry multiple-choice practice / “No
News from Auschwitz”
Independent Reading Assignments (Till We Have
Faces):
-No reading assignment due Monday (2/8)
-Read Part I, Chapters 9-11 for Wednesday (2/10)
-Read Part I, Chapters 12-14 for Thursday (2/11)
25
February 16-19
T: new vocab. / The Villanelle / “One Art” by
(February 15th off
for President’s Day)
Till We Have Faces
Elizabeth Bishop close reading
W/Th: TBD
F: quiz / writing conclusions / tone practice
Independent Reading Assignments (Till We Have
Faces):
-Read Part I, Chapters 15-17 for Wednesday (2/17)
-Read Part I, Chapters 18-19 for Thursday (2/18)
26
February 22-26
Till We Have Faces
M: new vocab. / TBD
T: Satire, Part I with examples
W/Th: TBD
F: quiz / group essay of “To Helen” and “Helen”
Independent Reading Assignments (Till We Have
Faces):
-Read Part I, Chapters 20-21for Monday (2/22)
-Read Part II, Chapters 1-2 for Wednesday (2/24)
-Read Part II, Chapters 3-4 for Thursday (2/25)
27
February 29-March
4
A Raisin in the Sun
M: new vocab. / finish group essay / ARITS
characterization
T: Poetry Gallery, Fourth Exhibit
Poems:
W/Th: ARITZ characterization continued / drama
analysis / “ARITZ on our feet”
F: quiz / grading student essays
Independent Reading Assignments (A Raisin in the
Sun):
-Read Act I, Scene i for Monday (2/29)
-Read Act I, Scene ii for Wednesday (3/2)
-Read Act I, Scene i for Thursday (3/3)
28
March 7-11
A Raisin in the Sun
M: new vocab. / “ARITZ on our feet” / “Harlem” by
Langston Hughes
T: Satire, Part II with examples
W/Th: ARITZ analysis /Group presentations
F: quiz / in-class essay
Independent Reading Assignments (A Raisin in the
Sun):
-Read Act II, Scene ii for Monday (3/7)
-Read Act II, Scene iii for Wednesday (3/9)
-Read Act III for Thursday (3/10)