AP English Literature and Composition September-October 2008 1 LABOR DAY 2 Intro to course, overview, assignments, materials Issue texts 8 Diction Essay writing—tone/attitude Huck Finn discussion Point of view Journey 15 Huck Finn test 9 Diction Huck Finn close reading/discussion Macola camacola@cpd.edu www.morganparkcps.org 3 Parent information form due Parent letter Visual text observations Tone vocab 10 Diction My Jim reading/Huck Finn discussion 4 American Gothic observations - essay 16 Diction Essay writing— diction/integrating quotes 17 Huck Finn in-class essay 18 Diction Jane Eyre discussion Point of view Journey 22 Diction Jane Eyre discussion Practice multiple choice 23 Diction Jane Eyre discussion 24 PLAN/EXPLORE Diction 25 Jane Eyre test PARENT NIGHT 26 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 29 Diction Essay writing—adding details/support 30 Diction Jane Eyre close reading/discussion 1 Jane Eyre in-class essay 2 Diction Jane Eyre peer critique 6 Diction Reduction on Huck Finn or Jane Eyre due Poetry – Donne 7 Diction Poetry - Donne 8 Diction Poetry—close reading 9 Diction Poetry - Shakespeare 3 Business letter & envelope due Tone vocab quiz 3 SSR - BBR 10 Application due SSR – Frost essay 13 COLUMBUS DAY 15 PSAT Diction 16 Diction Poetry - Shakespeare 17 Literary terms quiz 1 SSR – Perrine essay Personal tone word paragraph 20 Diction Poetry - Milton 14 Diction Essay writing—point of view/perspective Tone visual due (large index card) 21 Diction Poetry – Blake 22 Diction Essay writing— organization/structure 23 In-class essay—poem analysis 24 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 27 Invisible Man Focus sheets 28 Invisible Man Chapter questions 29 Invisible Man 30 Invisible Man Chapter questions 31 Literary terms quiz 2 SSR – Ralph Ellison 11 Multiple Choice practice Huck Finn discussion 5 Tone vocab quiz 1 SSR Nabokov “Good Readers and Good Writers” HF & JE responses due 12 Tone vocab quiz 2 Personal Statement (Narrative essay) due SSR - Huck Finn critiques 19 Resume due Wide Sargasso Sea reading JUNIOR PHOTOS AP English Literature and Composition November-December-January 2008-2009 www.morganparkcps.org 7 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 12 Invisible Man in-class essay 18 Detail The Stranger discussion 19 Detail The Stranger discussion 20 Detail The Stranger discussion 21 Literary terms quiz 3 SSR 25 In-class essay – The Stranger 26 Detail Hughes 27 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 28 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 2 Detail Hamlet 3 Detail Hamlet quiz 4 Detail Hamlet 5 AP Vocabulary quiz 1 SSR – BBR selections 9 Detail Hamlet Journal check 10 Detail Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 12 AP Vocabulary quiz 2 SSR – BBR selections 16 Detail Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead quiz 17 Detail Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 11 Detail Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead quiz 18 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Journal check 4 ELECTION DAY Invisible Man- questions 5 In-class analysis essay 10 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 11 VETERAN’S DAY 17 Detail Essay writing—syntax, sentence structure, phrasing 24 Detail The Stranger test Journal check 1 Detail Reduction on Invisible Man or The Stranger due Hamlet 8 Detail Hamlet quiz 15 Detail Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead WINTER BREAK Essay on Hamlet & Rosencrantz & Guildenstern & Reduction on one 5 Detail Sula close reading/discussion Journal check camacola@cpd.edu 6 Invisible Man – discussion Alienation Journal check 13 REPORT CARD PICK-UP 3 Invisible Man test 14 SSR – BBR selections 19 AP Vocabulary quiz 3 Detail Read Sula & The Awakening 6 Detail Sula discussion 7 Detail Sula discussion 8 In-class essay 9 SSR - BR selections 12 Multiple choice practice 13 Multiple choice practice 14 EXAMS 15 EXAMS 16 In-class essay 19 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY 20 Imagery The Awakening discussion Journal check 21 Imagery The Awakening discussion 22 The Awakening test 23 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AP English Literature and Composition 26 The Awakening in-class essay January-February-March camacola@cpd.edu www.morganparkcps.org 28 Imagery Poetry 29 Imagery Poetry 30 Vocab quiz 1 SSR – Op Ed 2 Imagery Oedipus the King - discussion 27 Imagery Peer review of essay Reduction due on Sula or The Awakening 3 Imagery Oedipus the King - discussion 4 Imagery Oedipus the King test 5 Imagery King Lear 6 Vocab quiz 2 SSR – BBR 9 Imagery King Lear 10 Imagery King Lear 11 Imagery King Lear 12 LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY 13 STAFF DEVELOPMENT 16 PRESIDENTS DAY 17 Imagery King Lear 18 King Lear test Journal check 19 King Lear in-class essay 20 Vocab quiz 3 SSR – literary critique 23 Imagery Reduction on Oedipus or King Lear due Death of a Salesman 2 C. PULASKI BIRTHDAY 24 Imagery Death of a Salesman 25 Imagery Death of a Salesman 26 Death of a Salesman 27 Vocab quiz 4 SSR – literary critque 3 Imagery Death of a Salesman 4 Imagery Death of a Salesman 5 Imagery Death of a Salesman 6 Vocab quiz 5 SSR – Op Ed 9 Imagery Death of a Salesman 10 Death of a Salesman – test Journal check 11 Death of a Salesman in-class essay 12 Syntax Fences 13 Vocab quiz 6 SSR – Op Ed 16 Syntax Fences 17 Syntax Fences 18 Syntax Fences 19 Syntax Fences 20 Multiple choice quiz 1 SSR – literary critique 23 Syntax Fences 24 Syntax Fences 25 Fences test Journal check 26 Fences comparison essay with Death of a Salesman inclass 27 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AP English Literature and Composition April-May-Junecamacola@cpd.edu www.morganparkcps.org 30 Syntax Poetry Reduction due on Salesman or Fences SPRING BREAK Multiple choice practice Essay prompt review Rewrite 1 essay 13 Syntax Poetry 31 Syntax Poetry multiple choice practice 1 Syntax Poetry 2 REPORT CARD PICK-UP 3 Syntax SSR – Op Ed 14 Syntax Poetry 15 Syntax Poetry close reading 16 Syntax Poetry close reading 17 Tone SSR – Op Ed 20 Tone Poetry close reading 21 Tone Close reading practice 22 PSAE 23 PSAE 24 Tone Close reading 27 Tone Multiple choice practice 28 Tone Multiple choice practice 29 Tone Multiple choice practice 30 Tone Multiple choice practice 1 Close reading 4 Tone Review essay techniques 5 Tone Review 6 Character games 7 AP Exam 8 Reflections SSR - BBR 11 Research paper topics 12 Research paper thesis 13 Research paper thesis 14 Research paper MLA format 15 SSR - BBR 18 Research paper MLA format 19 Research paper 20 Research paper 21 Research paper 22 SSR - BBR 25 MEMORIAL DAY 26 Research paper Journal conferences 27 Research paper due peer review Journal conferences 28 Research paper Journal conferences 29 Research paper due Op Ed 1 In-class essay 2 Review 3 EXAMS 4 EXAMS 5 All texts returned 8 Reflections 9 10 Reflections 11 TEACHER INSTITUTE 12