AP English Literature &Composition Course Outline
tgreer@acsamman.edu.jo
www.mrsgreer.net
Dates
August
13
15
19
21
23
27
29
September
3
5
9
11
13
17
Content
Assessment/Evaluation
UNIT 1
Turn in Biblical notes
Introduction to AP Literature
Interpretation of Literary Art
Quiz over Summer Reading
Reading & Writing in AP
Mythology Presentations, cover
myths not presented & Biblical
Allusion Review
UNIT 2A
-Short Fiction Presentation
(teacher model)
-Jig Saw Expert Groups & Plan
Short Fiction Presentation on
selected short fiction pieces
-Guidelines for short essays w/
scoring guide: DUE AUG 29 &
SEPT 9th
Expert Groups-Collaboration
Teaching Groups (Plot, POV,
Character, Setting)
Teaching Groups
(Tone, Theme Symbolism)
Short Fiction Presentations
*Timed Write
-Create outline for essay
Unit 2 Test
UNIT 2B
Horatian & Juvenelian Satire
Political Cartoons & Satire
NO CLASS?? HS Field Day
-Satirical Devices
-Commedia dell’Arte, Slapstick,
Sitcoms
A Modest Proposal-Swift
Quiz-Summer reading
Notes on Short Stories Due
2-3 page essay on POV due
*Timed Write
Essay #2 on Tone
-Unit 2 Test
(Seminar #1 meets with Mrs. Greer
to review lesson plans for
presentation and paper thesisPAPER DUE SEPT. 25)
19
23
25 ½
October
1
3
7
9
11
14-16
18
21
23
25
29
31
November
4
6
7
Mambo Mouth: Pepe-Leguizamo;
Rodeo-Martin; Essay on ManPope
Essay on Man-Pope
*Timed Write
Satirical Essay & Outline Due
UNIT 3
-Seminar #1 Paper due
-All others: novel notes/Major Works
Data Sheet due & reading quiz
Wuthering Heights-Brontë
Reading Quiz
Seminar #1 Presentation
Seminar Presentation
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
*Timed Write
Begin A Doll’s House-Ibsen
*Timed Write
*Timed Write
NO CLASSES-EID HOLIDAY
A Doll’s House
MOVIE NIGHT!
NO CLASSES-Conferences
Writing Review, Revision,
Reflection
Conference with Teacher
UNIT 4
-Exploring and Reading Poetry
Performance Poetry
Clip from Dead Poet’s Society
-Handout on Essay of Analysis,
model and scoring guide: DUE
NOVEMBER 11th
Selections from Ben Jonson,
Christopher Marlowe, Jon Donne
Sonnet Forms: Italian,
Elizabethean, Spenserian
Reading selections from Sidney,
Shakespeare, Spencer
Sidney, Shakespeare, Spencer
*Timed MC test
(non-class day)
Dead Poet’s Society
On-Demand Writing
*Timed MC Test
8
11
13
15
19
21
22
December
26
28
2
4½
6
10
12-17
MOVIE NIGHT!
NO CLASSES-Teacher Inservice
UNIT 5
The Tragedy of HamletShalespeare
-Gertrude & Hamlet Performance
(Teacher model)
-Dramaturg information presented
on Elizabethean Theatre
-Power Point on Theatre
Read Alound Act I
Sign up for Act/Scene Performance
Watch Hamlet in class while you
read along
Handout of Hamlet Research
paper, model, and scoring guide:
DUE DEC. 10th
*Hamlet Quiz
Act II Presentations & Discussion
Act III Presentations & Discussion
NO SCHOOL-AMERICAN
THANKSGIVING
Act IV Presentations & Discussion
Act V Presentations & Discussion
Conclusions on Hamlet
Death of a Salesman-Miller
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman/The Kite
Runner
The Kite Runner-Hosseini
*HS EXAMS
Essay of Poetry Analysis Due
Major Works Data Sheet Due
*Reading Quiz
Major Works Data Sheet
Major Works Data Sheet & novel
notes
*SEMESTER EXAM
Winter Holiday Dec 20-Jan 14
January
15
UNIT 6
-Reading & Responding to Poetry:
Selections from the Metaphysical
poets, Romantics, Americans,
Minority writer
TPCAST
-Sign up for Poetry Presentation
-Handout on Essay: Poetry
Explication, model and scoring
Caution: **seminar 2
paper/novel notes and poetry
explication due on the same
day**
17
21
23
27
29
31
February
4
6
10
12 ½
14
18
20
24
guide: DUE FEB. 24th
Denotation & Connotation
Presentation
Imagery
Presentation
Simile, Metaphor, Personification,
Apostrophe, Metonymy
Presentation
Symbol & Allegory
Presentation
Paradox, Over/Understatement,
Irony
Presnetation
Meaning & Allusion
Presentation
*On-demand Writing Quiz
Tone
Presentation
Rhythm & Meter
Musical Devices & Sound
Pattern & Syntax
Evaluating Poetry I & II
* Timed Writing Prompt
Writing Review, Revision,
Reflection
Conference with Teacher
UNIT 7
Heart of Darkness-Conrad
Reading Quiz
Seminar #2 Presentation
March
26
28
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
3
Heart of Darkness
The Poisonwood BibleKingsolver
Heart of Darkness
5
*on-demand writing quiz
(Seminar #2 meets with Mrs. Greer
to review lesson plans for
presentation and paper thesisPAPER DUE FEB. 24)
*Timed Write
Outline & Essay Explication of
Poetry due
Seminar#2 Paper due
-All others: novel notes/Major Works
Data Sheet due & reading quiz
(Seminar #3 meets with Mrs. Greer
to review lesson plans for
presentation and paper thesisPAPER DUE MAR 9th)
(Seminar #4 meets with Mrs. Greer
The Poisonwood Bible
6
(non-class day)
Apocalypse Now
MOVIE NIGHT!
9
Slaughterhouse-Five-Kurt
Vonnegut
Reading Quiz
Seminar #3 Presentation
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
NO CLASSES-PROPHET’S
BIRTHDAY
*Timed Write
Slaughterhouse-Five
MOVIE NIGHT!
Seminar#3 Paper due
-All others: novel notes/Major Works
Data Sheet due & reading quiz
UNIT 8
Beloved-Morrison
Reading Quiz
Seminar #4 Presentation
Beloved
NO CLASSES-Conferences
Beloved
MOCK AP EXAM
Beloved
Beloved
Begin AP EXAM REVIEW
-Review Mock AP exam
EXAM REVIEW
Writing Response #3
NO CLASSES-ORTHODOX
EASTER
EXAM REVIEW
Writing Response #2
NO CLASSES-JORDAN LABOR
DAY
EXAM REVIEW
Writing Response #1
AP EXAM REVIEW
Multiple Choice Questions
Seminar#4 Paper due
-All others: novel notes/Major Works
Data Sheet due & reading quiz
11
13
17
19
20
24
April
26
27
31
14
16
20
22
24
27-28
30
May
to review lesson plans for
presentation and paper thesisPAPER DUE MAR 24th)
1
5
7
*Timed Write
*MOCK AP EXAM
8
May Contd.
June
June
11
13 ½
15
19
21
25
26
28
1
3
5,8-10
AP LITERATURE &
COMPOSITION EXAM!!!
NO SCHOOL-JORDAN
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Annual AP Cake Bake Off?
HS Exam Review
HS Exam Review
HS EXAMS
AP LITERATURE EXAM!