AP Literature and Composition
Mrs. Davitt
Spring 2015
Pacing Guide
Days One-Five (1/26-1/30)
Introductory Unit
Review Summer Assignment
-Summer reading presentations/discussions
-AP Timed Writing Response
Introduce AP test format
Introduce Vocabulary Study
Introduce Literary Terms Study
Review Writing About Literature
 AP Application Rubric
 Conciseness: eliminating wordiness
 Paragraph unity
 Answering the "So What?" question
 MLA format
 What makes a good, even great AP essay?
Day 2: “Reading Fiction” (13-22); “Writing about Fiction” (48-50)
Day 3: “Reading Fiction” (30-43); “Writing about Fiction” (62-65)
Day 4: Plot (67-76)
Day 5: AP Timed Writing Response (Summer Reading), Summer Reading Presentations
Days Six-Ten (2/2-2/6)
Short Story
Day 6: “Three Girls” (77-83); “Killings” (107-120)
Day 7: “A Rose for Emily” (95-103)
Day 8: Character (123-129); “Saving Sourdi” (130-143)
Day 9: “Bartleby: The Scrivener” (144-172)
Day 10: AP Timed Writing Response (Short Story)
Days Eleven-Fifteen (2/9-2/13)
Short Story
Day 11: Setting (182-184); “Soldier’s Home” (184-191); “My Sweet Old Etcetera” (191)
Day 12: “Christmas 1910” (210-217); “Anthropology” (192-200)
Day 13: Point of View (218-223)
Day 14: “The Lady with the Pet Dog” (235-262)
Day 15: Independent Essay 1 draft due
Days Sixteen-Twenty (2/16-2/20)
Short Story
Song of Solomon
Day 16: Symbolism (270-273); “Battle Royal,” “The Cranes” (285-303)
Day 17: Theme (304-307); “Miss Brill,” “Love in LA,” “I am the Grass,” (317-338)
Day 18: Song of Solomon
Day 19: Style, Tone and Irony (339-343); “Popular Mechanics,” “Letter to a Funeral Parlor,”
“Brownies” (343-373)
Day 20: Independent Essay 1 due, Combining the Elements of Fiction (375-385)
Days Twenty One-Twenty Five (3/2-3/6)
Poetry
Song of Solomon
Day 21: Song of Solomon
Day 22: Reading Poetry (769-790)
Day 23: Word Choice, Word Order, and Tone (829-836)
Song of Solomon
Day 24: Images (872-893)
Day 25: Song of Solomon, AP Timed Writing Response (Poetry)
Days Twenty Six-Twenty Nine (3/9-3/13)
Poetry
Song of Solomon
Day 26: Figures of Speech (898-921)
March 10th: No School
Day 27: Symbol, Allegory, Irony (922-948)
Song of Solomon
Day 28: Sounds (949-979)
Song of Solomon
Day 29: Song of Solomon, Independent Essay 2 Draft due
Days Thirty-Thirty Four (3/16-3/20)
Poetry
Wuthering Heights
Day 30: Patterns of Rhythm (980-1003)
Day 31: Poetic Forms (1004-1033)
Day 32: Open Form (1034-1055)
Wuthering Heights
Day 33: Combining Elements of Poetry (1056-1066)
Day 34: Wuthering Heights, Independent Essay 2 due
Days Thirty Five-Thirty Nine (3/23-3/27)
Poetry
Wuthering Heights
Day 35: Student Poetry Presentations
Wuthering Heights
Day 36: Student Poetry Presentations
Wuthering Heights
Day 37: Student Poetry Presentations
Wuthering Heights
Day 38: Student Poetry Presentations
Wuthering Heights
Day 39: AP Timed Writing Response (Poetry)
Days Forty-Forty Four (3/30-4/3)
Wuthering Heights
Day 40: Wuthering Heights
Day 41: Wuthering Heights
Day 42: Wuthering Heights
Day 43: Wuthering Heights
Day 44: Wuthering Heights
Days Forty Five-Forty Nine (4/6-4/10)
Drama
Day 45: Introduction to Tragedy: Hamlet, Act 1
Day 46: Hamlet, Act 2
Day 47: Hamlet, Act 3
Day 48: Hamlet, Act 4
Day 49: Hamlet, Act 5 AP Independent 3 draft due
Days Fifty- Fifty Four (4/13-4/17)
Drama
Day 50: Glass Menagerie, Scenes 1-2
Day 51: Glass Menagerie, Scenes 3-4
Day 52: Glass Menagerie, Scenes 5-6
Day 53: Glass Menagerie, Scene 7
Day 54: A Doll House, Act 1 AP Independent Essay 3 due
Days Fifty Five-Fifty Nine (4/20-4/24)
Drama Wrap up, Introduction to Non Fiction
Day 55: A Doll House, Act 2
Day 56: A Doll House, Act 3
Day 57: A Room of One’s Own
Day 58: A Room of One’s Own
Day 59: A Room of One’s Own, AP Independent Essay 4 draft due
Days Sixty-Sixty Four (5/4-5/8)
Day 60: A Room of One’s Own
Day 61: Review
Day 62: May 6th: AP Test!
Day 63:
Day 64: Early Release
Days Sixty Five- Sixty Nine (5/11-5/15)
Day 65:
Day 66: AP Independent Essay 4 Due
After AP test: Novel discussions, work on final project
Independent Reading
Reading Assignment #1 (Due 2/20): Choose a piece of literature written before 1789
Reading Assignment #2 (Due 3/20): Choose a piece of literature from the Pre-Victorian or
Victorian period
Reading Assignment #3 (Due 4/17) Choose a piece of 20th or 21st century American literature
Reading Assignment #4 (Due 5/12): Choose a piece of piece of literature from the AP list.
http://www.apstudynotes.org/english/bonus/titles-from-free-response-questions/