AP Literature & Composition
Syllabus January 2013
Wednesday
Jan. 9
DUE: Chapter Two
Everyday Use
Review Chapter 2—Activities
“It’s a Woman’s World”—argument
Essay (Bertrand Russell)
Compose own What I Have Lived For
Due—next Tuesday
Homework: Chapter Three
Continue reading Fences—next week first seminar
Friday
Jan. 11
Due: Chapter Three/ Novel Summary Hamlet
Review Chapter Three
Two Kinds of Reading
Activities—rhetorical analysis
Build an argument for reading one of AP novels/plays
Homework: What I Have Lived For
Continue reading Fences (next Thursday)
Tuesday
Jan. 15
Due: Fences
Group Discussion—Fences
Preparation for Socratic Seminar
Thursday
Jan. 17
Due: Preparation for Socratic Seminar
Fences Socratic Seminar
Check Test
Prologue to Bertrand Russell’s autobiography
Hand back Hamlet tests!!!!!
Homework: Essay Test—Fences
Personal Point of View Essay (Due: Thursday, Jan. 24
Create an Argument for book selection (Due: Monday, Jan. 28)
AP English Lit & Comp
Tuesday
1-22
Fences—Review
Finish with Fences
Final Discussion—Fences
Homework: Personal Point of View Essay
Thursday
1-24
Due: Personal Point of View Essay
Rhetoric—review Chapters Two & Three
Planning an Argument
1-3-1 format—recursive process/sense of intention
Essay Prompt
Homework: Argumentative Essay (book selection)
Bring copy of book with you
Monday
1-28
Due:
Practice Test
Fences—novel summary sheet (Friday)
Zora Neal Hurston (watch biography)
Book Selection—work on
Background Their Eyes Were Watching God
Tentative Topic for APA Essay (Friday)
If time, begin Sound and Sense
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Reading Schedule
Thursday, February 7: Chapters 1-8
Tuesday, February 19: book finished (9-20)
Wednesday
1-30
Due: Arguments
Present Arguments
Topic for APA Essay
Background for Their Eyes Were Watching God
Excerpt Elements of American Literature
Begin Poetry Sound and Sense
Friday
2-1
Research Techniques Presentation
Sound and Sense Chapter One “What Is Poetry”
Homework: read Their Eyes Were Watching God
Tuesday
2-5
Sound and Sense
Chapter 2 “Reading the Poem”
Chater 12 “Rhythm and Meter”
Homework: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Thursday
2-7
Due: Chapters 1-8 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Review—novel
Zora’s Roots—background
If time, continue with Sound and Sense
Homework: read Their Eyes Were…
Start reading articles on essay topic
Monday
2-11
Sound and Sense
Chapters 1-4—review
Poetry Prompt/Poetry Objective ???
Homework: read novel
Find articles on topic for essay
Wednesday
2-13
Sound and Sense
Meter and Rhythm
Practice Poems
Practice ???
Homework: finish novel
Tuesday
2-19
Sound and Sense
continue Chapter 3: Denotation and Connotation
Check last week’s practice questions
Chapter 4: Imagery
Practice Poems
Homework: finish reading Their Eyes Were Watching God
Thursday
2-21
Due: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Discuss/Review novel
Practice AP ???
Topics for literary analysis
Homework: literary analysis
Chapter 5 Sound and Sense
AP Literature & Composition
Tuesday
Feb. 26
TEST Their Eyes Were Watching God
review terminology
Objective test
Essay Test
Homework: topic/argument for literary analysis
Chapter Three Sound and Sense
Chapter Four: Sound and Sense
Thursday
Feb. 28
Due: topic for literary analysis
outline argument for essay
Sound and Sense
Chapters four and five—REVIEW
Continue with Chapters six/seven
Homework: Literary Analysis due next Wednesday
Chapter 10 Sound and Sense
Monday
March 4
Sound and Sense—review
Poem Analysis—Practice
Practice AP exam ???
Homework: literary analysis Their Eyes Were Watching God
Must submit to turnitin.com
Wednesday
March 6
Due: Their Eyes Were Watching God
introduce Things Fall Apart
Background on Achebe
Check web page for more information/links
Begin reading—Part I—due March 18
Friday
March 8
Sound and Sense Review
Diagnostic Practice Test
Things Fall Apart
Tuesday
March 12
Finish with chapters five-eight
Sound and Sense
Sonnets (if time)
Homework: be reading Things Fall Apart
Thursday
March 14
TEST Sound and Sense
continue reading Things Fall Apart
Part I—due next Wednesday
AP Lit & Comp
Monday
March 18
Due:
Sound and Sense Musical Devices (11)
Rhythm and Meter (12)
Practice—handout
Homework: continue reading Things Fall Apart
Resubmit essay
Wednesday
March 20
Due: essay—resubmitted
go over peer revision assignment—due by Friday
Continue with Sound and Sense
Sound and Meaning (13)
Tone (10)
Homework: Part I Things Fall Apart
Friday
March 22
Due: Part I / peer revision assignment
Review Part I of Things Fall Apart
Lecture--/film clip—background
Homework: have novel finished for next Thursday
Final revision—due Friday Their Eyes Were Watching God
Monday
March 25
Snow Day
Wednesday
March 27
Due: turnitin.com peer review
Sonnets—structure
Finish with poem prompt
Finish Things Fall Apart TEST
Revise essays—Their Eyes Were Watching God
Homework: finish novel Things Fall Apart
Study Guide—on web page
AP English Literature & Composition
Monday
April 8
Due: Things Fall Apart
Socratic Seminar
Homework: Revise Essay Their Eyes Were Watching God
Wednesday
April 10
Test Essay Things Fall Apart
Homework: review novel—object test
Revision –Essay
Begin reviewing background material for Heart of Darkness
Friday
April 12
AP Test Things Fall Apart
Lecture on Background—Heart of Darkness
Reading Schedule:
Part I—Monday, April 22
Part II—Tuesday, April 30
Part III—Thursday, May 2
Tuesday
April 16
Due:
Poetry Practice—AP Exam
Reading for Nuance—Prose Practice
Thursday
April 18
Hand back test
AP Practice Exam
Monday
April 22
Heart of Darkness—Part I
Work on Tracking Theme Assignment
Wednesday
April 24
Lecture/discussion Heart of Darkness
Part I
Reading for nuances—practice prompt
Friday
April 26
AP Poetry Writing prompt
practice prompt—drawing comparisons
Heart of Darkness—tracking theme (if time)