AP Syllabus Unit 4: The Early Modern Period (1914 - 1950)
Fall 2015
AP Concepts
Structure and Function of Paragraphs
Continued Application of Literary, Stylistic, and Rhetorical Vocabulary to selected readings
Evaluating the Construction of Visual Metaphor
Test Preparation: Test-Taking Strategies & Dissecting the AP Exam
Continued Application of Literary, Stylistic, and Rhetorical Vocabulary to selected readings
Prose & Fiction
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
Eudora Welty
The Great Gatsby
“A Rose for Emily”
“A Worn Path”
Poetry
Selected Modern Poets: Stevens, Frost, Williams, Eliot, and Pound
Film and Art
Charlie Chaplin
Pablo Picasso
Extracts from Modern Times
Selected paintings: “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” from Blue Period; “Mandolin,” from Early
Cubist Period; and “Guernica,” from Late Cubist Period
Major Assignments
Oral Presentations of Research Project
American Literature Objective Unit Test: The Great Gatsby
AP Timed Writing (2002 AP English Language and Composition: from Woolf’s Memoirs)
Evaluation Essay & Style Analysis: Evaluating Visual Metaphor
AP Multiple-Choice Practice Tests
AP Timed Writings (2009 AP English Language and Composition Synthesis Question AND 2004 AP English Language and Composition
Question)
WEEK SIXTEEN
12/7 Monday
Collect Research Essay Intro to Modern Period; Screen Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
12/8 Tuesday
Complete and discuss Modern Times; Intro to Modern Fiction; Read Welty, “A Worn Path”
12/9 Wednesday
Vocabulary Quiz #4; Discuss “A Rose for Emily” Intro to Modern Poetry @ end of class: Review OPTIC; View Picasso paintings
12/10 Thursday
Discuss Pound, “In a Station of the Metro” and Williams, “The Red Wheelbarrow”
12/11 Friday
Discuss Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
WEEK SEVENTEEN
12/14 Monday
Discuss Stevens, “Disillusionment of Ten O’ Clock” & “The Emperor of Ice Cream”; Set Research Presentation schedule for after the
holiday break
12/15 Tuesday
Discuss Frost, “Mending Wall” & “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
12/16 Wednesday
Vocabulary Quiz #5; Review of Modern Poetry and Prose; Introduce and contextualize The Great Gatsby
12/17 Thursday
Quiz: Modern Poetry & Prose; Begin reading (Chapters 1&2) & discussing The Great Gatsby
12/18 Friday
Discuss The Great Gatsby (Chapters 3&4) – Finish novel over break
WEEK EIGHTEEN
1/4 Monday
Discuss The Great Gatsby (Chapters 5, 6, & 7)
1/5 Tuesday
Discuss The Great Gatsby (Chapters 8 & 9); View and discuss film extracts from The Great Gatsby; Wrap up discussion of the novel
1/6 Wednesday
TEST – The Great Gatsby; HW: Read & respond to 2009 AP Synthesis Essay Question (Time yourself)
1/7 Thursday
Research Presentations; AP Timed Writing: Peer Exchange & Self-Evaluation
1/8 Friday (EXAM REVIEW DAY)
Research Presentations (As needed); Wrap-up discussion 2009 AP Synthesis Essay Question; Exam Review – Structure & Prep
Suggestions
WEEK NINETEEN 1/11 – 1/15 EXAM WEEK & BEYOND…
Monday, January 11
7:25 – 9:56 Period 1 CTE/Teacher-Made/EOC Review
10:06 – 12:37 Period 2 CTE/Teacher-Made/EOC Review
12:37 – 1:10 Lunch
1:16 – 2:18 Period 3 class for students remaining on campus
2:18 Dismissal and bus departure
Tuesday, January 12
7:25 – 9:56 Period 3 CTE/Teacher-Made/EOC Review
10:06 – 12:37 Period 4 CTE/Teacher-Made/EOC Review
12:37 – 1:10 Lunch
1:16 – 2:18 Period 1 class for students remaining on campus
2:18 Dismissal and bus departure
Wednesday, January 13
7:25 – 11:45 English II/Common Core Math I EOC
11:45 – 12:15 Lunch
12:21 – 2:18 Study hall/downtime in auditorium
2:18 Dismissal and bus departure
Thursday, January 14
7:25 – 11:45 Biology EOC/Common Core Math I EOC
11:45 – 12:15 Lunch
12:21 – 2:18 Study hall/downtime in auditorium
2:18 Dismissal and bus departure
Friday, January 15
7:25 Exam make-up day for all students by appointment
2:18 Dismissal and bus departure
Monday, January 18
Holiday
Tuesday, January 19
Teacher Workday
Wednesday, January 20
1st day of 2nd semester
Thursday, January 21
Open House 6:00 PM
Friday, January 22
Report Cards
Mrs. Anderson and I will announce
AP Review sessions in late March and
April to help you review and prepare
for the AP Exam. You may attend the
sessions offered by either instructor.
Keep in touch and let me know if I
can help you in any way.