AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
COURSE SEQUENCE & DAILY WORK SCHEDULE
DAY
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
WHAT THE STUDENT IS EXPECTED TO DO
Summer Reading Test
Obtain Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Syllabus & Classroom Procedures
10 Things Lists (How To Endure Through This Class)
Introduction to Teams
Syllabus & Classroom Procedures
Allusion Team Project
Fiction Boot Camp Day 1 (Plot)
Joyce Carol Oates “Three Girls”
(Elements of Plot: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Conflict, Resolution [Denouement])
Day 5
William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 2 (Plot)
Joyce Carol Oates “Three Girls”
William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily”
(Non-linear Plot)
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
Fiction Boot Camp Day 3 (Character)
James Thurber “The Cat Bird Seat”
Susan Straight “Mines”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 4 (Character)
James Thurber “The Cat Bird Seat”
Susan Straight “Mines”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 5 (Setting)
Ernest Hemingway “Soldier’s Home”
Andrea Lee “Anthropology”
Fay Weldon “IND AFF”
Robert Olen Butler “Christmas 1910”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 6 (Setting)
Ernest Hemingway “Soldier’s Home”
Andrea Lee “Anthropology”
Fay Weldon “IND AFF”
Robert Olen Butler “Christmas 1910”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 7 (Point of View)
Achy Obejas “We Came All the Way”
Anton Chekhov “The Lady with the Pet Dog”
Joyce Carol Oates “The Lady with the Pet Dog”
Alice Walker “Roselily”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 8 (Point of View)
Achy Obejas “We Came All the Way”
Anton Chekhov “The Lady with the Pet Dog”
Joyce Carol Oates “The Lady with the Pet Dog”
Alice Walker “Roselily”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 9 (Symbolism)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni “Clothes”
Colette “The Hand”
Day 13
Day 14
Day 15
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Day 21
Day 22
Day 23
Day 24
Day 25
Day 26
Day 27
Day 28
Day 29
Day 30
Day 31
Day 32
Ralph Ellison “Battle Royal”
Peter Meinke “The Cranes”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 10 (Symbolism)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni “Clothes”
Colette “The Hand”
Ralph Ellison “Battle Royal”
Peter Meinke “The Cranes”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 11 (Theme)
Stephen Crane “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”
Katherine Mansfield “Miss Brill”
Dagoberto Glib “Love in LA”
Daly Walker “I Am the Grass”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 12 (Theme)
Stephen Crane “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”
Katherine Mansfield “Miss Brill”
Dagoberto Glib “Love in LA”
Daly Walker “I Am the Grass”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 13 (Style, Tone & Irony)
Raymond Carver “Popular Mechanics”
Susan Minot “Lust”
Lydia Davis “Letter to a Funeral Parlor”
Z.Z. Packer “Brownies”
Fiction Boot Camp Day 14 (Style, Tone & Irony)
Raymond Carver “Popular Mechanics”
Susan Minot “Lust”
Lydia Davis “Letter to a Funeral Parlor”
Z.Z. Packer “Brownies”
Katherine Anne Porter’s The Grave
Setting, Character, Symbol & Theme Chart
Katherine Anne Porter’s The Grave
Setting, Character, Symbol & Theme Chart Due
Introduction to Poetry
DIDLS and TP-CASTT
Poetry Response Assignment
Viereck’s Vale from Carthage
Viereck’s Vale from Carthage
How To Read Poetry from Sound and Sense (PowerPoint Presentation)
Hardy’s The Man He Killed
Bishop’s One Art
Fanthorpe’s Not my Best Side
Rich’s Storm Warnings
Poetry Timed-Essay AP Response
Poetry Timed-Essay AP Response Review
Allusion Team Project Work Day
Allusion Team Project Work Day
Allusion Team Project Presentation
Allusion Team Project Presentation
Allusion Team Project Presentation
Day 33
Day 34
Day 35
Day 36
Day 37
Day 38
Day 39
Day 40
Day 41
Day 42
Day 43
Day 44
Day 45
Day 46
Day 47
Day 48
Day 49
Day 50
Day 51
Day 52
Day 53
Day 54
Day 55
Day 56
Day 57
Day 58
Day 59
Day 60
Day 61
Day 62
Day 63
Day 64
Day 65
Day 66
Day 67
Day 68
Day 69
Allusion Team Project Presentation
Allusion Exam
The Catcher in the Rye Exam
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Poetry Response Assignment – Response #1 Due
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
Major Work Data Page Due for The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye Timed-Essay AP Response
The Catcher in the Rye Timed-Essay AP Response Review
Obtain Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s King Lear Close Reading
Shakespeare’s King Lear Close Reading
Shakespeare’s King Lear Close Reading
Introduction to Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet Presentation Final Project in Teams
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Poetry Response Assignment – Response #2 Due
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Day 70
Day 71
Day 72
Day 73
Day 74
Day 75
Day 76
Day 77
Day 78
Day 79
Day 80
Day 81
Day 82
Day 83
Day 84
Day 85
Day 86
Day 87
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Poetry Response Assignment – Response #3 Due
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet Presentation Work Day
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Hamlet Final: Presentation Day
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Short Stories & Poetry Team Work
Wordsworth’s “London, 1802” and Dunbar’s “Douglass” AP Comparison
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Timed-Essay AP Response
Major Work Data Page Due for The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Obtain William’s A Streetcar Named Desire
Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Poetry Response Assignment – Response #1 Due
FINALS
Reflection on Hamlet Presentations
FINALS
Reflection on Hamlet Presentations