Kovacs - AP Literature and Composition Fall 2013
* = long block
August
Wed. 28 (AX)
2 -Course Introduction/ Policy and Procedures/ Literary
Periods Assignment Overview
HW: Familiarize yourself with your Literary Period – Come to
class tomorrow with your own device or printed info
4* - Course Introduction/Policy Procedures/Literary Periods
Assignment Overview and Initial Familiarization with Period
(Brontë, Rhys)
HW: Familiarize yourself with your literary period – Come to
class on Friday with your own device or printed info
Thur. 29 (B)
2 -Work on Literary Periods (Brontë; Rhys)
HW: review summer reading notes
Fri. 30 (C)
2* - Poetry in class. Time to work in literary period groups.
HW: review summer reading notes/research literary period
4 – Poetry in class
HW: review summer reading notes/research literary period
September
Mon. 2
NO SCHOOL
Tues. 3 (D)
4 – Poetry in class
HW: review summer reading notes/research literary period
Wed. 4 (E)
2 + 4 College Essay Dos and Don'ts
HW: Gather College Essay Questions (e-mail me)
Write after school on Summer Reading
Thur. 5
NO SCHOOL
Fri. 6 (F)
2 + 4 Poetry in class
HW: Draft First College Essay
Write after school on Summer Reading
Mon. 9 (G)
2 + 4 Draft of FIRST college essay DUE
Library: group work lit. periods
HW: Draft second College Essay
Write after school on Summer Reading
Tues. 10 (H)
2 + 4 Draft of Second College Essay DUE
Library: group work lit. periods
HW: Write on summer reading
Wed. 11 (AX)
2 – Writing on Summer Reading DUE
Poetry in class
HW: Draft Third College Essay
4* - Writing on Summer Reading DUE
Poetry in class
HW: Draft Third College Essay
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Thur. 12 (B)
2 - Draft of Third College Essay DUE
In-class Peer Critique of college essays / Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise First College Essay; Literary Periods Project
Fri. 13 (C)
2* - Final First College Essay DUE / Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise Second College Essay; Literary Periods Project
4 – Draft of Third College Essay DUE
In-class Peer Critique of college essays
HW: Revise First College Essay; Literary Periods Project
Mon. 16 (D)
4 - Final First College Essay DUE / Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise Second College Essay; Literary Periods Project
Tues. 17 (E)
2 – Final Second College Essay DUE/ Theban Plays/Poetry
4 - Final Second College Essay DUE / Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise Third College Essay; Literary Periods Project
Wed. 18 (F)
2 + 4 – Final Third College Essay DUE / Discuss Theban
Plays
HW: Research Literary Periods
Thur. 19 (G)
2 + 4 - Research Assignment DUE; Presentations (e-mailed)
ALL handouts due to Mrs. Kovacs BEFORE school
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Fri. 20 (H)
2 + 4 - Presentations
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Mon. 23 (A)
2 - 4* Presentations
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Tues. 24 (B)
2 - Discuss Tess
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Wed. 25 (CX)
2* - Discuss Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jane Eyre as two
different kinds of social commentary; third person and first
person narratives (first pages).
HW: Finish Jane Eyre; begin Wide Sargasso Sea
4 – Discuss Tess
HW: Jane Eyre
Thur. 26 (D)
4 - Discuss Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jane Eyre as two
different kinds of social commentary; third person and first
person narratives (first pages).
HW: Finish Jane Eyre; begin Wide Sargasso Sea
Fri. 27 (E)
2 + 4 - Discuss Jane Eyre/Point of Intersection Essay
HW: Jane Eyre Close Reading
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Mon. 30 (F)
2 + 4 - Close Reading DUE
Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
OCTOBER
Tues. 1 (G)
2 + 4 - Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
Wed. 2 (H)
2 + 4 - Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
Tues. 8 (D)
4 - Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre
HW: Post Point of Intersection prospectus
Wed. 9 (EX)
2 + 4 - Discuss Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
HW: Respond to TWO Point of Intersection prospecti/work on
essay
Thur. 10 (F)
2 + 4 - Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea /Jane Eyre
HW: Draft Essay
Fri. 11 (G)
2 + 4 - Workshop draft of essay
HW: Revise Essay
Thur. 3 (A) – My birthday. Bring gifts.
2 – Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
Mon. 14
4* - Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Finish Wide Sargasso Sea
Tues. 15 (H)
2 + 4 - Point of Intersection Essay DUE Present argument (2
minutes)
HW: Revisit Genesis
Fri. 4 (B)
2 - Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Finish Wide Sargasso Sea
Mon. 7 (C)
2* - Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea
HW: Post Point of Intersection prospectus
NO SCHOOL
Wed. 16 (A)
2 + 4* Genesis (Steinbeck)
HW: Read East of Eden Part 1
Thur. 17 (B)
2 - Genesis
HW: Read East of Eden Part I
4 – Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea
Fri. 18 (C)
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2* + 4 - Read Paradise Lost in class
HW: Read East of Eden Part I
Mon. 21 (D)
4 - Read Paradise Lost in class
HW: Read East of Eden Part I
Tues. 22 (E)
2 + 4 - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part II
Wed. 23 (FX)
2 + 4 - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part II
Thur. 24 (G)
2 + 4 - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part II
Fri. 25 (H)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part II
Mon. 28 (A)
2 + 4* - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part III
Tues. 29 (B) – end Q1
2 - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
Wed. 30 (C)
2* Read Paradise Lost
HW: Paradise Lost Close Reading
4 Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden Part III
Thur. 31 (D)
4 - Read Paradise Lost
HW: Paradise Lost Close Reading
NOVEMBER
Fri. 1 (E)
2 + 4 - Close Reading DUE
Discuss Paradise Lost and East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden Part IV
Mon. 4 (F)
2 + 4 - Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden Part IV
Tues. 5
No School for Students
Wed. 6 (GX)
2 + 4 - Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden Part IV
Thur. 7 (H)
2 + 4 - Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden Part IV
Fri. 8 (A)
2 – Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden Part IV
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4* - Discuss East of Eden / Introduce Playwright Project
HW: Read East of Eden
Mon. 11
NO SCHOOL
Tues. 12 (B)
2 - Discuss East of Eden / Introduce Playwright Project
HW: Read East of Eden
Wed. 13 (C)
2* - Discuss East of Eden – Choose Playwright
HW: Read East of Eden
Tues. 19 (G)
2 + 4 - Discuss East of Eden (possible computer lab day)
HW: Post prospectus for essay and respond to at least two
others
Wed. 20 (HX)
2 + 4 - Discuss East of Eden (possible computer lab day)
HW: Draft East of Eden essay
Thur. 21 (A)
2 + 4* - Discuss East of Eden
HW: Write East of Eden Essay (rough draft)
4 - Discuss East of Eden – Choose Playwright
HW: Read East of Eden
Fri. 22 (B)
2 - Workshop rough drafts of essays
HW: Revise East of Eden Essays/ revisit Shakespeare plays
Thur. 14 (D)
4 - Discuss East of Eden
HW: Close Reading on Setting or Character in East of Eden
Mon. 25 (C)
2* + 4 – East of Eden / poetry
HW: Revise East of Eden Essays
Fri. 15 (E)
2 – Discuss East of Eden
HW: Close Reading on Setting or Character in East of Eden
Tues. 26 (D)
4 – East of Eden / poetry
HW: Revise East of Eden Essays
4 – Close Reading on setting/char. DUE
Discuss East of Eden
Wed. 27 (E) EARLY DISMISSAL
2 + 4 – East of Eden Essays DUE
HW:
Mon. 18 (F)
2 - Close Reading on setting/char. DUE
2 + 4 - Write in class on East of Eden
HW: Brainstorm essay
Thur. 28 – Fri. 29
NO SCHOOL
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DECEMBER
Mon. 2 (F)
2 + 4 – Discuss Shakespeare plays
HW: research on playwrights
Tue. 3 (G)
2 + 4 - Discuss Shakespeare plays
HW: research on playwrights
Wed. 4 (H)
2 + 4 - Discuss Shakespeare plays/ (Marlowe)
HW: Work on Playwright Project
Thur. 5 (A)
2 + 4* - Discuss Shakespeare plays/ read Doctor Faustus
HW: Read Doctor Faustus
Fri. 6 (B)
2 - Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Read Doctor Faustus
Mon. 9 (C)
2* - Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Finish Doctor Faustus
4 – Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Read Doctor Faustus
Tues. 10 (D)
4 - Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Finish Doctor Faustus
Wed. 11 (E)
2 + 4 – Write in class on Doctor Faustus
HW: Work on Playwright Project
Thur. 12 (F)
Discuss Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (Bulgakov)
HW: Finalize Playwright Presentations
Fri.13 (G)
2+4HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part One
Mon. 16 (H)
2 + 4 - Presentations
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part One
Tue. 17 (A)
2 + 4* - Presentations
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part One
Wed. 18 (B)
2 - Presentations
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part One
Thur. 19 (C)
2* + 4 - Presentations
Fri. 20 (D)
4 Presentations
HW: Close Reading on Doctor Faustus or The Master and
Margarita Part One
NO SCHOOL Mon. 23 – Wed. Jan 1
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Kovacs - AP Literature and Composition Fall 2013
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January
Thur. 2 (E)
2 + 4 - Tie up loose ends for Doctor Faustus; review MLA
format
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
Fri. 3 (F)
2 + 4 – Close reading for DF or M&M DUE
Library Day for Playwright Paper
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
Mon. 6 (G)
2 + 4 - Library Day for Playwright Paper
HW: Draft Playwright Papers
Mon. 13 (D)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Finish The Master and Margarita Part Two
Tues. 14 (E)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Study!
Wed. 15 (F)
Exams
Thur.16 (G)
Exams
Tues. 7 (H)
2 + 4 - DRAFT of Playwright Paper DUE
Workshop papers and check format
HW: Revise Playwright Papers
Fri. 17 (H)
Exams
Wed. 8 (AX)
2 + 4* - Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Finalize Playwright Papers/ read The Master and
Margarita
Tue. 21 (A) end Q2
Thur. 9 (B)
2 - Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
****Poetry Out Loud dates will be scheduled at some point
beginning in January.
Fri. 10 (C)
2* + 4 – Playwright Paper Due
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
Mon. 20
No School
W.23 (H) end Q2
****Poetry dates will be scattered throughout. Any day in this
syllabus could be used for the study of poetry.
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