First Semester: Three Novels & a Novella (19 weeks)
AUGUST 2011
Monday
Tuesday
16
DUE: Summer Journal
DUE: Signed Agreement
The Green Book:
Late Paper Policy
General expectations for
AP Literature
Wednesday
17
(Distribute extra books)
Major Assignments &
Journal explained:
Thesis, snippets, concision
Thursday
18
In class: Auster’s “Why
Write?”
22
In class: Nabokov’s “Good
Readers and Good Writers”
23
COMPREHENSIVE QUIZ:
The Horned Man
(discuss ch.1)
24
BLOCK: VQs (1)
The Horned Man (ch.1-2)
25
BLOCK: VQs (1)
The Horned Man (ch.1-2)
29
30
31
The Horned Man (ch.4)
The Horned Man (ch.5)
The Horned Man (ch.6)
15
College Essay explained
Friday
19
Diagnostic Essay on
Summer Reading (in-class)
(Read The Horned Man over
the weekend for quiz on
Tuesday. Plan to re-read
entire novel).
26
The Horned Man (ch.3)
SEPTEMBER 2011
Monday
Tuesday
5
6
NO SCHOOL
The Horned Man (ch.9)
(Labor Day)
12
The Horned Man (ch.12)
19
Wednesday
Thursday
1
VQs (2)
The Horned Man (ch.7)
Friday
2
The Horned Man (ch.8)
7
BLOCK: VQs (3)
The Horned Man (ch.10)
8
BLOCK: VQs (3)
The Horned Man (ch.10)
9
13
DUE: College Essay 1
The Horned Man (ch.13)
14
The Horned Man (ch.14)
15
VQs (4)
The Horned Man (ch.15)
16
Due: Terms Log DRAFT:
HM (one entry only)
Workshop & Peer Review
20
DUE: Terms Log: HM
22
BLOCK: VQs (5)
Assign SONNETS
Crime & Punishment
Part 1 (ch. 4-5)
23
29
VQs (6)
Crime & Punishment
Part 3 (ch. 1-2)
30
Begin…
Crime & Punishment
Part 1 (ch. 1)
Crime & Punishment
Part 1 (ch. 2-3)
21
BLOCK: VQs (5)
Assign SONNETS
Crime & Punishment
Part 1 (ch. 4-5)
26
27
28
Crime & Punishment
Part 2 (ch. 1-4)
Crime & Punishment
Part 2 (ch. 5-6)
Crime & Punishment
Part 2 (ch. 7)
The Horned Man (ch.11)
Crime & Punishment
Part 1 (ch. 6-7)
Crime & Punishment
Part 3 (ch. 3-4)
OCTOBER 2011
Monday
Tuesday
4
DUE: Journal 1
Crime & Punishment
Part 4 (ch. 3-4)
Wednesday
5
BLOCK: VQs (7)
Crime & Punishment
Part 4 (ch. 5-6)
Thursday
6
BLOCK: VQs (7)
Crime & Punishment
Part 4 (ch. 5-6)
10
11
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
All course books must be
purchased before Friday
(Teacher In-Service)
12
DUE: College Essay 2
Crime & Punishment
Part 5 (ch. 3-5)
Part 6 (ch. 1-5)
13
VQs (8)
Crime & Punishment
Part 6 (ch. 6-7)
14
(End of 1st Quarter)
Crime & Punishment
Part 6 (ch. 8 & Epilogue)
17
Due: Terms Log DRAFT:
C&P (one entry only)
Thesis Workshop & Peer
Review
18
DUE: Terms Log: C&P
AP Essay #1: C&P
& Peer Review
19
BLOCK: VQs (9)
Begin Tess (ch. 1-3)
20
BLOCK: VQs (9)
Begin Tess (ch. 1-3)
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24
25
26
Tess (ch. 7-11)
Tess (ch. 12-14)
Tess (ch. 15-18)
27
VQs (10)
Tess (ch. 19-22)
3
Crime & Punishment
Part 3 (ch. 5-6)
Part 4 (ch. 1-2)
31
Tess (ch. 26-29)
Friday
7
Crime & Punishment
Part 5 (ch. 1-2)
Tess (ch. 4-6)
28
Tess (ch. 23-25)
NOVEMBER 2011
Monday
Tuesday
1
DUE:College Essay Packet
Tess (ch. 30-32)
Wednesday
2
BLOCK: VQs (11)
Tess (ch. 33-34)
Thursday
3
BLOCK: VQs (11)
Tess (ch. 33-34)
7
8
9
11
Tess (ch. 37-40)
Tess (ch. 41-43)
Tess (ch. 44-45)
10
VQs (12)
Tess (ch. 46-47)
14
15
Tess (ch. 48-51)
Tess (ch. 52-55)
16
BLOCK: VQs (13)
Tess (ch. 56-59 END)
17
BLOCK: VQs (13)
Tess (ch. 56-59 END)
18
Due: Terms Log DRAFT:
Tess (one entry only)
Workshop & Peer Review
21
AP Essay #2: Tess
22
DUE: Terms Log: Tess
Peer Review Tess Essay
23
24
25
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
(Thanksgiving Day)
(Read Daisy Miller for quiz
on Monday. Plan to re-read)
28
QUIZ: all of Daisy Miller
(discuss p.1-2)
29
Daisy Miller (ch. 1 cont.)
30
Daisy Miller (ch. 1 finish)
Friday
4
Tess (ch. 35-36)
NO SCHOOL
(Veteran's Day)
DECEMBER 2011
Monday
Tuesday
5
6
Daisy Miller (ch. 2 finish)
Daisy Miller (ch. 3)
12
13
Daisy Miller (ch. 4 cont.)
Wednesday
Thursday
1
VQs (14)
Daisy Miller (ch. 2)
Friday
2
Daisy Miller (ch. 2 cont.)
7
BLOCK: VQs (15)
Daisy Miller (ch. 3 finish)
8
BLOCK: VQs (15)
Daisy Miller (ch. 3 finish)
9
15
VQ (16)
Exam Review
Thesis Workshop
16
Daisy Miller (ch. 4 finish)
14
DRAW HAMLET
SOLILOQUIES
Review AP prompt list in
Green Book
19
DUE: Journal 2
FINALS: (periods 1 & 4)
20
DUE: Journal 2
FINALS: (periods 2 & 5)
21
DUE: Journal 2
FINALS: (periods 3 & 6)
22
23
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
Three essays:
1. Crime & Punishment
2. Tess
3. Daisy Miller
Three essays:
4. Crime & Punishment
5. Tess
1. Daisy Miller
Three essays:
6. Crime & Punishment
7. Tess
1. Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller (ch. 4)
Exam Review
Thesis Workshop
(Winter Break Begins)
WINTER BREAK...
WINTER ASSIGNMENTS: Watch Kenneth Branagh’s excellent film of HAMLET. It’s long, so I recommend you do it in two sittings.
I think you’ll find it both entertaining and helpful. I also recommend Lawrence Olivier’s version (black & white). And memorize your soliloquy!
JANUARY 2012
Second Semester: Drama & Poetry (21 weeks)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
10
SCHOOL BEGINS
DUE: Portfolio 1
Doctor Faustus
Introduction: The Faustian
Bargain
WEDNESDAY
11
BLOCK: VQ (17)
Doctor Faustus
Discuss "The Tragic Form"
THURSDAY
12
BLOCK: VQ (17)
Doctor Faustus
Discuss "The Tragic Form"
FRIDAY
13
Doctor Faustus
(Prologue & Act 1)
Tropes of ambivalence
16
17
18
20
NO SCHOOL
Doctor Faustus (Act 2)
Doctor Faustus (Acts 3&4)
19
VQ (18)
Doctor Faustus (Act 5)
23
AP Essay 2: Faustus
Begin Peer Review
24
Due: Terms Log DRAFT:
Faustus (one entry only)
Workshop & Peer Review
25
BLOCK: VQ (19)
Hamlet QUIZ
(Go over Finals)
26
BLOCK: VQ (19)
Hamlet QUIZ
(Go over Finals)
27
Due: Study Guide Act 1
Hamlet (1.1)
“Who’s there?”
30
Hamlet (1.2) Claudius
31
DUE: Terms Log: Faustus
1st SOLILOQUY:
"O, that this too, too sullied
flesh…" (1.2.133)
9
NO SCHOOL
(Last Day Winter Break)
(MLK Day)
Doctor Faustus (Act 5)
Thesis Workshop
(Read Hamlet for QUIZ next
Thursday)
FEBRUARY 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Hamlet (1.2) “that within…”
Thursday
2
VQ (20)
Hamlet (1.3) Ophelia
7
Due: Study Guide Act 2
Hamlet (2.1) Polonius
8
BLOCK: VQ (21)
Hamlet (2.2) “Denmark’s a
prison…”
9
BLOCK: VQ (21)
Hamlet (2.2) “Denmark’s a
prison…”
10
2nd SOLILOQUY:
"O, what a rogue and
peasant slave" (2.2.577)
Hamlet (2.2) Spying and
counter-spying
13
3rd SOLILOQUY:
"To be or not to be" (3.1.64)
Hamlet (3.1) Misogyny
14
Due: Study Guide Act 3
15
16
VQ (22)
17
Due: Study Guide Act 4
Hamlet (3.2) Mousetrap
Hamlet (3.3) Claudius prays
Hamlet (3.4) Bedroom scene
Hamlet (4.1,2,3) to England
20
21
NO SCHOOL
(Presidents' Birthdays)
(In-Service)
23
BLOCK: Roots Post-Test
4th SOLILOQUY:
"How all occasions do…"
(4.4.34)
Hamlet (4.4) Turning point?
24
NO SCHOOL
22
BLOCK: Roots Post-Test
4th SOLILOQUY:
"How all occasions do…"
(4.4.34)
Hamlet (4.4) Turning point?
27
28
Due: Study Guide Act 5
Hamlet (5.1) Graveyard
29
Hamlet (5.2) “The rest is
silence”
1
6
Hamlet (1.5) Ghost’s story
Hamlet (4.6,7) Claudius &
Laertes
Friday
3
Hamlet (1.4) “to the manner
born”
Hamlet (4.5) Ophelia mad
MARCH 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
DUE: HAMLET DRAFT
Peer Review in class
Friday
2
Due: Terms Log DRAFT:
Hamlet (one entry only)
Workshop & Peer Review
5
AP Essay 3: Hamlet
Peer Review in class
6
DUE: Terms Log: Hamlet
Finish Peer Review
7
BLOCK: VQ (1-3)
AP Multiple Choice Practice
8
BLOCK: VQ (1-3)
AP Multiple Choice Practice
9
Re-introduce Poetry Project
Read Sample Poetry Essays
(Green Book)
12
Poetry: Oliver (Foreword &
ch. 1)
13
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 2)
14
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 3)
15
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 4-5)
20
DUE: Hamlet Essay
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 7-9)
21
BLOCK: VQ (1-6)
POETRY QUIZ (6-11)
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 10-12)
22
BLOCK: VQ (1-6)
POETRY QUIZ (6-11)
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 10-12)
16
(End of 3rd Quarter)
AP Essay 4: Poem
Peer Review in class
(Monday: Read Introduction
to Shakespeare’s Sonnets)
23
AP Essay 5: Poem
Peer Review in class
19
POETRY QUIZ (1-5)
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 6)
Intro to Shakespeare’s
Sonnets (Draw Sonnets to
memorize & recite)
26
Poetry: Oliver (ch. 13-17 &
Envoi)
27
POETRY QUIZ (All of
Oliver & Intro to
Shakespeare’s Sonnets)
28
DUE: Poetry THESIS,
INTRO & OUTLINE
Workshop & Peer Review
29
AP Multiple Choice Practice
30
AP Essay 6: Poem
Peer Review in class
APRIL 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2
3
4
5
6
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
9
DUE: Sonnets Memorized
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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10
DUE: AP Essay Packet
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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11
BLOCK: VQ (1-9)
AP Multiple Choice Practice
12
BLOCK: VQ (1-9)
AP Multiple Choice Practice
13
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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16
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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17
DUE: 1st complete DRAFT
Peer Review Poetry Essay
DRAFT in class
18
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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19
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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20
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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23
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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24
BLOCK: STAR TESTS
(periods 1 & 4)
DUE: 2nd complete DRAFT
Peer Review Poetry Essay
DRAFT in class
VQ (1-12)
25
BLOCK: STAR TESTS
(periods 2 & 5)
DUE: 2nd complete DRAFT
Peer Review Poetry Essay
DRAFT in class
VQ (1-12)
26
BLOCK: STAR TESTS
(periods 3 & 6)
DUE: 2nd complete DRAFT
Peer Review Poetry Essay
DRAFT in class
VQ (1-12)
27
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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(Spring Break…)
30
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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MAY 2012
Monday
Tuesday
1 DUE: Poetry Essay
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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Wednesday
2
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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Thursday
3
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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Friday
4
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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7
AP study
8
AP study
9
BLOCK: AP study
10 AP LIT. EXAM (8 a.m.)
BLOCK:
x2 Presentation &Recitation
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11
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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14
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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15
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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x1 Presentation & Recitation
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x1 Presentation & Recitation
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x1 Presentation & Recitation
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x1 Presentation & Recitation
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22
x1 Presentation & Recitation
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23 BLOCK: VQ (1-15)
x2 Presentation & Recitation
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24 BLOCK: VQ (1-15)
x2 Presentation & Recitation
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25 BEACH DAY
(No Class)
28
29
FINALS: (periods 1 & 4)
Hamlet: Short Answer Exam
DUE: Portfolio 2
30
FINALS: (periods 2 & 5)
Hamlet: Short Answer Exam
DUE: Portfolio 2
31
FINALS: (periods 3 & 6)
Hamlet: Short Answer Exam
DUE: Portfolio 2
JUNE 1
Minimum Day
GRADUATION

NO SCHOOL
(Memorial Day)