AP English Language and Composition
2014-2015 Calendar
Quarter One: Introduction to Rhetoric, Close Reading, The Economy
Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Fall
In-Class Reading/Discussion
Week 1
8/18, 21
1. Intro Day
2. Rhetorical Triangle, SOAPS,
ethos/logos/pathos groups and
combining p. 18
Week 2
8/25, 27, 28
2. Activity p.20, visual texts, activity
p.29
3. review culminating activity, Atlas
Shrugged rough outlines
Week 3
9/4
1. develop thesis statements – outlines
for Atlas paper - Intro Dr. Jekyll
Week 4
9/8, 10, 11
Test 1
1. Summer Reading Test – Atlas
Shrugged
Writing and Speaking
Workshops
Homework
Atlas annotations to
date due 8/18
Text p.1-6, activity p.6
due 8/21
1.Present Who is John Galt,
prewriting on Atlas
Shrugged paper
Criteria sheet due 8/25
Who is John Galt due
8/25
Chapter 1 culminating
activity due 8/28
Literature and
extended projects
Reading Atlas
Shrugged, part 3
ch.6-7 due 8/25
Reading Atlas
Shrugged to end
due 9/4 (test 9/8)
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde due
9/15
Atlas Shrugged
essay, 1st draft
due 9/22
2. Close reading review,
Woolf p. 56
3. discuss Atlas (Skype)
Week 5
9/15, 18
Test 2
1. Jekyll and Hyde discussion – review
close reading – intro The Fall (Skype)
2. Test: Jekyll and Hyde and vocab
chapters 1-2
Week 6
9/22, 24, 25
2. The Economy, Ehrenreich p.394
3. The Economy, Swift p. 404
The Fall due
9/29
1. College essay intro
(conferencing days 2-3)
Ehrenreich SFW p.403
due 9/25
Swift SFW#5 p.412
due 9/29
Atlas Shrugged
essay, peer edit
due 9/24
Week 7
9/29,
10/02
1. discuss The Fall – questions on
Atlas Shrugged papers
2. College essay work day –
intro All the King’s Men
College essay 1st
draft due 10/06
Week 8
10/6, 8, 9
1. work on videos/conference
college essays
2. work on videos/conference
college essays
1. Quarterly exam
3. Present modest proposal
videos – handout on Senior
Symposium
College essay 2nd
draft due 10/09
Week 9
10/16
Test 1-3
(counts
2X)
Weighting, Quarter 1
Tests/projects (50%): Atlas, Jekyll and vocab, modest proposal video, quarterly exam
Class participation (25%): Atlas, Jekyll, Fall
Essays (15%): Who is John Galt (presentation), Atlas, college
Vocab/hw/quizzes (10%): text p.6, criteria sheet, chapter 1 CA, Atlas 1st draft, Atlas peer edit, college 1st draft
Atlas Shrugged
essay, final due
10/02
All the King’s
Men due 11/6
Quarterly
exams
Quarter Two: Synthesis, Politics, Gender
Pride and Prejudice, All the King’s Men
(2nd Q. project replaces quarterly exam)
In-Class Reading/Discussion
Week 10
10/20, 23
1. Kincaid p. 1006, QRS due 10/23
2. discuss Kincaid, politics, 2nd Q
project, Ides of March
Week 11
10/27, 29, 30
1. Ides of March, Thoreau
2. Ides of March, The Apology
Week 12
11/3, 6
2.discuss All the King’s Men, intro
Pride and Prejudice
Week 13
11/10, 12, 13
Test 1
Week 14
11/17, 20, 24
Two calendar
weeks
(Thanksgiving)
1. gender, Snowe and politics
2.Test - politics
Week 15
12/1, 3, 4
Test 2
Week 16
12/8, 11
Project = test
3-4 (counts 2x)
Week 17
2. Pride and Prejudice discussion
3. test, gender and Pride
Writing and Speaking
Workshops
Thoreau p.1016,
choose one SFW p.
1033-34 due 10/27
3. synthesis essay intro The Apology p.1048
with King’s Men and due 29
Ides of March (due
11/10)
1. synthesis essay work Poetry for Occasion
due 11/13
3. Poetry Out Loud
recitations
1.Discuss Gould
2.no class (Sr Retreat, Jr notes on
Gatsby)
3. Discuss Tannen, Pitts, catcall
video
Semester exams (no classes)
Homework
Gould p.518 #1-10
due 11/17
Tannen p.552 #7-8
due 11/24
1. Compare and contrast
outlines on Wollstonecraft
and Anthony
1-2. presentations
Literature
and extended
projects
Ides of March
analysis due
10/30
Assign 2nd Q
project
King’s Men due
11/3
Synthesis
essay due
11/10
Pride and
Prejudice
journals due
12/01
Proposal for
4th Q project
due 12/14
Weighting, Quarter 2
Tests/projects, 50%: All the King’s Men and politics, Pride and Prejudice and gender, Synthesis project
Class participation, 25%: All the King’s Men, Pride and Prejudice (discussions)
Essays, 15%: proposal for synthesis project, Compare and Contrast Ides of March and All the King’s Men, topic selection for 4th quarter project
Vocab/HW/Quizzes, 10%: Kincaid/Thoreau, The Apology, Gould/Tannen
Quarter Three: Community, Language
Much Ado About Nothing, Reading Lolita in Tehran
In-Class Reading/Discussion
Week 18
Jan 5,7,8
Week 19
Jan 12,
15
Week 20
Jan 21,
22
Test 1
Essay 1
Week 21
Jan 26,
29
-.intro Much Ado About Nothing
- Much Ado
- Much Ado
Trial group work
Writing and Speaking
Workshops
Prep Much Ado
trial
project conferences
- Trial (test)
- Intro Lolita, text work
Text work, language
Week 22
Feb 2,4, 5
Week 23
Feb 9, 12
Essay 2
Week 24
Feb 23, 25,
26
Test 2
Text work, language
Text work, language
Text work, language
Week 25
March 2, 5
Text work, community
- Lolita discussion, intro Things
They Carried
-Test: Lolita, language
Homework (due
week.day)
Literature
and extended
projects
th
4 Q/Senior
Symposium
project work
Prep Much Ado
trial
Testimony due
TII1/21 11 pm
argument
-Project outlines
due 2/01
-Lolita reading
-Project 1st draft
due 2/08
argument
argument
Project peer edit
Essay selection and work
Argument essay due
TII 2/12 11 pm
-Project 2nd draft
due 2/25 TII 11
pm
-Things They
Carried reading
Project final due
TII 3/08 11 pm
(SR)
Week 26
March 9, 11,
12
Essay 3
Week 27
March 16, 19
Test 3
Text work, community
Text work, community
Essay work
-Things They Carried discussion
-Test: Things They Carried, community
Weighting, Quarter Three – Juniors
Tests (50%): Much Ado Trial, Lolita/language, Things/community
Class participation (25%): Much Ado reading, Lolita discussion, Things discussion
Essays (15%): Much Ado testimony, argument essay, community essay
Voc/hw/quiz (10%): text work in language, argument, community
Community essay due
3/12 TII 11 pm
Final Gatsby
project due 3/22
TII 11 pm (JR)
Extended 3rd Quarter, Seniors only
In-Class Reading/Discussion
Week 28
March 23,
25, 26
Test 4
Week 29
March 30,
April 2
Text work
Text work
Week 30
April 6, 8, 9
Week 31
April 13, 15
Review presentations (practice and
critique)
Final reflection work
Writing and Speaking
Workshops
Presentation conferences
Presentation work day
Homework (due
week.day)
Classwork packet due
March 26 (test grade)
Final work day on
presentations
Presentations 4/15
Visuals due 4/06
Literature and
extended projects
Test prep
Speech practice (extemporaneous
speaking)
Final reflection due TII
4/13 11 pm
Weighting, Quarter Three Extended – Seniors
Senior Symposium (50%)
Tests (25%): Much Ado Trial, Lolita/language, Things/community, classwork packet (language, argument, community)
Class participation (10%): Much Ado reading, Lolita discussion, Things discussion
Essays (15%): Much Ado testimony, argument essay, community essay, final reflection
Quarter Four: American Literature Focus – this will be adjusted at start of 4th quarter
Junior project = 50% of 4th quarter
The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, comedy
In-Class Reading/Discussion
Writing and Speaking
Workshops
Visual presentation work
day
Homework (due
week.day)
Essay work
Essay work
Essay 1 due 4/02 11 pm
TII
Visuals due 4/06
Essay 2 due 4/08 11 pm
TII
Week 28
March 23,
25, 26
Week 29
March 30,
April 2
Essay 1
Gatsby discussion
Intro Catcher in the Rye
Week 30
April 6, 8, 9
Essay 2
Week 31
April 13, 16
Test 1
Week 32
April 27, 29,
30
Essay 3
Week 33
May 4, 7
Test 2
Catcher discussion (4/09)
Practice and critique
presentations
Catcher test (4/13)
Gatsby presentations
Week 34
May 11, 13,
14
Week 35
May 18, 21
Test 3
Speed dating (test prep)
Week 36
May 27, 28
Week 37
Review….exams begin??
American comedy (Simon, Twain,
satire)
Vocab (test)
Review comedy
Comedy test
Semester Exams (no classes)
Literature and
extended projects
Catcher reading
Essay 3 due 4/30 11 pm
TII
Sunshine Boys,
5/06
AP Lit exam,
5/06
AP Lang exam,
5/13
Weighting, Quarter Four – Juniors
Gatsby project (50%)
Tests (20%): Catcher in the Rye, Vocab, American comedy
Class participation (15%): Gatsby discussion, Catcher discussion, comedy
Essays (15%): practice essays for exam (3)