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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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