AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
Mr. Higgins
August
Th.30 (AX*)
Course Introduction/ Policy and Procedures/ Familiarize
yourself with your Literary Periods Assignment (Brontë; Rhys)
HW: Work on Literary Period/Review Summer Reading Notes
F.31 (B)
September
M.3 No School
Tu.4 (C)
Poetry in class
HW: review summer reading notes/research literary period
Write after school on Summer Reading
Poetry in class
HW: Draft First College Essay
Tu.11 (H)
Draft of First College Essay DUE
Library: group work on lit. periods
HW: Draft Second and Third College Essay
W.12 (A*)
Drafts of Second and Third College Essays DUE
Library: group work on lit. periods/Optional In-class Peer
Critique
HW: Revise First College Essay
Th.13 (B)
W.5 (DX)
Poetry in class
Write after school on Summer Reading
F.14 (C)
Final of First College Essay DUE / Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise Second and Third College Essays
Th.6 (E)
Poetry in class
Write after school on Summer Reading
M.17
No School Rosh Hashanah
F.7 (F)
College Essay Dos and Don’ts
HW: Gather College Essay Questions (e-mail me); Write on
Summer Reading
M.10 (G)
Writing on Summer Reading DUE
Tu.18 (D)
Discuss Theban Plays
HW: Revise Second and Third College Essays
W.19 (EX)
Final of Second and Third College Essays DUE / Discuss
Theban Plays
HW: Research Literary Periods; read Jane Eyre
AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
Th.20 (F)
Research Assignment DUE; Presentations
ALL handouts due to Mr. Higgins before school
HW: Read Jane Eyre
F.21 (G)
Presentations
HW: Read Jane Eyre
M.24 (H)
Presentations
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Tu.25 (A*)
Presentations/Discuss Tess
HW: Read Jane Eyre
W.26
No School Yom Kippur
Tu.2 (E)
Discuss Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jane Eyre as two
different kinds of social commentary; third person and first
person narratives (first pages). Discuss Jane Eyre/Point of
Intersection Essay
HW: Jane Eyre Close Reading; read Wide Sargasso Sea
W.3 (FX)
Close Reading Due
Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
Th.4 (G)
Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Read Wide Sargasso Sea
F.5 (H)
Discuss Jane Eyre
HW: Finish Wide Sargasso Sea
Th. 27 (B)
M.8
NO SCHOOL
F.28 (C)
Discuss Tess
HW: Read Jane Eyre
Tu.9 (A*)
Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea
HW: Post Point of Intersection prospectus
October
M.1 (D)
Discuss Tess
HW: Finish Jane Eyre; begin Wide Sargasso Sea
W.10 (B)
Th. 11 (C)
Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea
AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
HW: Respond to TWO Point of Intersection prospecti/work on
essay
F.12 (D)
Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea/Jane Eyre
HW: Draft essay
M.15 (E)
Discuss Wide Sargasso Sea/Jane Eyre
HW: Revise essay
Tu.16 (F)
Point of Intersection Essay DUE Present argument (2
minutes)
HW: Revisit Genesis; read East of Eden Part 1 (add parts;
check time)
W.17 (GX)
Genesis
HW: Read East of Eden
Th.18 (H)
Genesis
HW: Read East of Eden
F.19 (A*)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
M.22 (B)
Tu.23 (C)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
W.24 (D)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
Th.25 (E)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
F.26 (F)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
M.29 (G)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
Tu.30 (H)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden
W.31 (AX*)
Read Paradise Lost
HW: Read East of Eden; Paradise Lost Close Reading
November
Th.1 (B) end Q1
F.2 (C)
Close Reading DUE Discuss Paradise Lost and East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
M.5 (D)
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Close Reading on Setting or Character in East of Eden;
Read East of Eden
Tu.6
No School for Students
M.19 (D)
Close Reading on Setting or Character in East of Eden DUE
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
W.7 (E)
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
Th.8 (F)
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
F.9 (G)
Discuss East of Eden (go over Playwright Project)
HW: Read East of Eden
M.12
NO SCHOOL
Tu.13 (H)
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Read East of Eden
W.14 (AX*)
Discuss East of Eden (choose Playwright)
HW: Read East of Eden
Tu.20 (E)
Discuss East of Eden
HW: Finish East of Eden
W.21
Early Dismissal
Th.22-F.23
NO SCHOOL
M.26 (F)
Write in class on East of Eden
HW: Brainstorm essay; post prospectus for essay and respond
to at least two others
Tu.27 (G)
Critique East of Eden in-class essays
HW: Draft East of Eden essay
Th.15 (B)
W.28 (H)
Discuss East of Eden (possible computer lab day)
HW: Finish East of Eden essay rough draft
F.16 (C)
Th.29 (A*)
AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
Discuss East of Eden/Workshop: essay rough drafts
HW: Revise East of Eden Essays/ revisit Shakespeare plays
Discuss Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus; Critique Doctor Faustus
in-class essays
HW: Finalize Playwright Presentations
F.30 (B)
W.12 (BX)
December
M.3 (C)
Discuss Shakespeare plays
HW: Revise East of Eden Essays
Tu.4 (D)
East of Eden Essay DUE (write responders’ names on essay)
Discuss Shakespeare plays
HW: research on playwrights
W.5 (E)
Discuss Shakespeare plays/Marlowe/ read Doctor Faustus
HW: Work on Playwright Project
Th.6 (F)
Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Read Doctor Faustus
F.7 (G)
Discuss Doctor Faustus
HW: Finish Doctor Faustus
M.10 (H)
Write in class Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
HW: Work on Playwright Project
Th.13 (C)
Presentations
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
F.14 (D)
Presentations
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
M.17 (E)
Presentations
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
Tu.18 (F)
Presentations
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
W.19 (G)
Presentations
HW: Draft Playwright Paper
Th.20 (H)
Playwright Paper DUE
Presentations
HW: Revise Playwright Paper
F.21 (A*)
Tu.11 (A*)
AP Literature and Composition Fall 2012
Finish Presentations (as needed)/Begin The Master and
Margarita (Bulgakov)
Wiggle Room/Catch-up
F.11 (A*)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
NO SCHOOL 12/24-1/1
January
W.2 (B)
Th.3 (C)
Tie up loose ends for Doctor Faustus/ back to The Master and
Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part One
M.14 (B)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Finish The Master and Margarita Part Two
Tu.15 (C)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Study!
W.16 (D)
F.4 (D)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Finish The Master and Margarita Part One
Th.17 (E)
F.18 (F)
M.7 (E)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
M.21
No School
Tu.8 (F)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
Tu.22 (G)
W.9 (GX)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
Th.24 (A*)
Th.10 (H)
Discuss The Master and Margarita
HW: Read The Master and Margarita Part Two
M. 28 (C)
W.23 (H) end Q2
F.25 (B)