Culpepper
AP English 12
Name_____________________
AP English Literature and Composition
Spring Semester 2011
Updated after crazy snow storm!!
January 10
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
8.9 inches of snow!!! No school all week.
I miss you guys, but I know that you’re
all thinking about AP English, doing your poetry responses,
working on “Helen” poems, and reading
Song of Solomon. 
January 17
January 18
January 20
January 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday—No School
Poetry response due. Assign new poems: “Daystar”/ “Lake Isle”—type B response due Friday.
Presentation assignments; research project explanation.
Quiz on words 1-10 (Xword—we’ll skip the matching test for 1-10). Discussion of Helen poems;
highlight sample essays. Assign 1A Homework.--due Monday.
Return cave drawings and discuss “Allegory.” Begin research presentation on “Ode.”
Poetry response due. New poems: “Museum Piece”/ “Early Purges.” Finish “Ode,”
January 24
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 28
1A Homework due. Poetry presentations on “Solitary Reaper” and “The Affair.”
Debriefing of 1A.
Quiz on 11-20. 1B in-class essay.
Poetry presentations on “Daystar” and “Lake Isle.”
Poetry response due. New poems: “Dover Beach”/ “The Dover Bitch.” 1B Debriefing.
January 31
February 1
February 2
February 3
February 4
Peer evaluation of 1B.
Song of Solomon due. Test. Assign 2A Homework.
Quiz on words 11-20 (xword). Song of Solomon.
More SS.
Poetry response due. 2A Homework due. New poem: “Lady Lazarus.” SS.
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
February 11
Chart due. In-class essay on Song of Solomon.
“A Modest Proposal” due. Test.
Quiz on words 21-30. “A Modest Proposal.”
Debriefing of 2A.
Poetry response due. New poems: “Grace to Be Said”/ “Batter My Heart.” Poetry presentations
on “Museum Piece” and “Early Purges.”
February 14
February 15
February 16
February 17
February 18
“Young Goodman Brown” (pp. 395-403) due. Test.
“YGB”
2B in-class essay.
Poetry presentations on “Dover” poems.
Poetry response due. New poems: “Ars Poetica”/”Spring and All.” Quiz on 21-30 (xword).
Debriefing of 2B
February 21
February 22
February 23
February 24
February 25
Teacher In-Service. No students.
Peer evaluation of 2B.
Test on words 1-30. Poetry presentations on “Grace” and “Batter.”
The Metamorphosis due. Test.
Poetry response due. New poems: “For the Sleepwalkers”/ “Living in Sin.” The
Metamorphosis.
January 19
*Please note that next week, February 28-March 4th is graduation exam week. This will affect the schedule of the
entire school. Different periods will be blocked on different days. Our plan will be to accomplish the following
goals: 1. Finish The Metamorphosis and 2. Discuss “Lady Lazarus.” Don’t forget to turn in your poetry response
by Friday!
February 28
March 1
March 2
March 3
March 4
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
Chart due. In-class essay on The Metamorphosis.
“Lady Lazarus.”
Poetry response due. New poems: “Iron Bridge”/ “A Poem for Emily.” “Lady Lazarus.”
*For the next three weeks, we will study William Shakespeare’s play Othello. Instead of asking you to read the play
on your own ahead of time, I’d like to work through the play together. Pay attention to due dates on the syllabus.
Please follow all of my instructions carefully, come to class with the required materials, and keep an open mind.
Much of your grade for the next several weeks will come from class participation.
March 7
March 8
March 9
March 10
March 11
Act I due: Othello.
Othello.
Quiz on 1-10. Act II due: Othello.
Othello
Poetry response due. New poems: “Since Feeling Is First”/ “Spring Is Like.” Act III
due: Othello
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
March 18
Othello
Act IV due: Othello
Quiz 1-10 (Xword). Othello
Assign 3A homework. Act V due: Othello
Poetry response due. New poem: “The Convergence of the Twain.” Othello
March 21
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25
Othello
3A Homework due. Final discussion of Othello
Quiz 11-20. Chart due. In-class essay on Othello.
Debriefing of 3A.
Poetry response due. New poem: “You Begin.” In-class essay 3B.
March 28
March 29
March 30
March 31
April 1
April 2
Poetry presentations on “Ars Poetica” and “Spring and All.”
Debriefing of 3B. Assign 4A Homework.
Quiz on 11-20 (Xword). Peer evaluation of 3B.
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (pp. 599-608) due. Test
Last poetry response and 4A Homework due. Finish “A Good Man.”
SATURDAY REVIEW SESSION: DECONSTRUCTION OF MOCK EXAM
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
Poetry presentations on “For the Sleepwalkers” and “Living in Sin.”
4A debriefing.
Quiz on 21-30. In-class essay 4B.
Poetry presentations on “Iron Bridge” and “A Poem for Emily”
Catch up day.
April 11-15
Spring Break
April 18
April 19
April 20
April 21
April 22
Debriefing of 4B
Peer evaluation of 4B
Quiz 21-30 (Xword). Choosing the champ. Preparing for the open essay.
Preparing for the open essay. AP test-taking tips.
Poetry presentations on “Since Feeling Is First” and “Spring Is Like.”
April 25
April 26
Test on Poetry and Short Stories (from the entire year)
Life of Pi due. Test.
April 27
April 28
April 29
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
Chart due. AP prep
May 2
May 3
(AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science exam). AP preparation.
(AP Computer Science, AP Spanish). AP prep; Extra credit assignment—due no later than
beginning of class May 10th. Poetry presentation on “Convergence of the Twain”
(AP Calculus exam). AP preparation.
AP English Literature exam
Post-mortem discussion of the AP test.
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 9
May 10
May 11
May 12
May 13
Poetry presentation on “You Begin.”
Test on words 1-30. Extra credit due.
TBA