SYLLABUS
COURSE IDENTIFICATION:
TITLE: AP English Literature and Composition
ACADEMY: Humanities
ROOM: HU 109
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Leslie Keeney
PHONE: 896-5600 EXT.: 5772
EMAIL: lkeeney@rrhs.rrps.k12.nm.us
WEB: http://www.orgsites.com/nm/lkeeney/ and
http://www.orgsites.com/nm/apenglish11
PREREQUISITE(S):
none
TEXTBOOK:
Perrine’s Sound and Sense
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course meets the requirements for Advanced Placement Literature and
Composition. Students will study read and write extensively. Students are expected to take the AP Literature and
Composition national exam in May.
WEEK
1–6
Aug. 12 –
Sept. 19
6 - 19
Sept. 18 –
Dec 12
THEME/CHAPTER(S)/ADDITIONAL
MATERIALS
Literary Elements Boot Camp
 Characterization – week 2
 Setting – week 3
 Point of View – week 4
 Plot – week 5
 Theme – week 6
Representative Readings (may vary slightly)
 “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield
 “The Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison
 “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
 “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton
 “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri
 “The Hand”
 “The Answer is No” by Naguib Mahfouz
 “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara
 “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte
Perkins Gilman
 “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty
Novels and Plays
 Ethan Frome
 Huckleberry Finn
 Catcher in the Rye
 Hamlet
Poetry
 To be announced and assigned every other
week.
Short Fiction
 To be announced and assigned every other
week.
20
Dec. 15 –
19
Semester Exam
In-class timed essay.
MAJOR GRADED ASSIGNMENTS
Assessments
 Ten one-page essays based on the short
stories during boot camp – 45%
 Preparation grades including summer
reading and short stories quizzes
 Weekly multiple choice will not be
graded, but may be calculated in the
participation grade.
Assessments
 Essays every other week on the novels,
plays, poetry, and short prose
 SPOTTTS assigned every other week
to practice poetry analysis
 DJs assigned every other week to
practice prose analysis
 Preparation grades based on the
readings assigned
 Weekly multiple choice will not be
graded, but may be calculated in the
participation grade.
Hamlet essay
Grades are weighted and based on the following percentages:
Essays – 45%, SPOTTTS – 20%, DJs – 20%, P&P – 15%
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