Red Comet
AP English Literature & Composition
For a year, participate in an AP upscale dining experience in the AP Literature and Composition course.
Students act as food critics of exquisite literary cuisine. Menu items include reading, analyzing, writing,
rewriting, and discussing creations by the master chefs, renowned authors. With intensive
concentration on composition skills and on authors' narrative techniques, this dining experience equips
students with recipes for success in college, in a career and the AP exam.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of English I, II, & III. Student will be exposed to college-level
composition and literature.
Module 1
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 01.01 Disillusionment of a Professor: Faust
 01.02 Disillusionment of a Sailor: “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
 01.03 Free Response Practice: “Siren Song”
 01.04 Disillusionment of a Tour Guide: “The Interpreter of Maladies”
 01.05 Disillusionment of a Mountain Man: “The Boarded Window”
 01.06 Frankenstein
01.06A Frankenstein Chart
01.06B Frankenstein Major Works Data Sheet
 01.07 Disillusionment of the Created: Frankenstein
01.07A Frankenstein Test
01.07B Frankenstein Paper
01.07C Frankenstein Discussion
 01.08 Disillusionment of Humanity: “The Prometheus Myth”
 01.09 Multiple Choice
Module 2
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 02.01 Struggle for the American Dream: Death of a Salesman
02.01A Death of a Salesman Anticipation Guide
02.01B Death of a Salesman Misconceptions Log
02.01C Death of a Salesman Brainstorming Sheet
02.01D Death of a Salesman Major Works Data Sheet
 02.02 Table Manners: Paraphrasing and Quoting
 02.03 Table Manners: Note Taking
 02.04 Struggle of Self-Discovery Quiz
 02.05 Free Response Practice
 02.06 "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
 02.07 Student Selected Novel: Struggle
02.07A Conflict Chart
02.07B Student Selected Novel: Style and Structure
02.07C Student Selected Novel: Letter Writing
02.07D Student Selected Novel: Major Works Data Sheet
 02.08 Open-ended Essay Practice
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02.09 Project
02.10 Multiple Choice
02.11 Module Two Oral Component
Module 3
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 03.01A Table Manners: The Thesis Statement
03.01B Table Manners: Notes and Thesis Statement
 03.02 Table Manners: Creating an Outline
03.02A Table Manners: Creating an Outline
03.02B Outline
 03.03 Table Manners: Documentation
 03.04 Journey of Enlightenment: “Ulysses”
 03.05 A Spiritual Journey: “The Knight”
 03.06 Journey of Choice: “The Road Not Taken”
 03.07 Journey of Art and Intellect: “Sailing to Byzantium”
 03.08 Journey Interrupted: “A Dream Deferred”
 03.09 Journey of Patriotic Love: “The Soldier”
 03.10 Journey of Emptiness: “The Hollow Men”
03.10A Journey of Emptiness: “The Hollow Men” Annotation
03.10B “The Hollow Men”
 03.11 Unsuspected Destination: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
 03.12 Journey of Survival: “The Most Dangerous Game”
 03.13 Journey into Darkness: Heart of Darkness
03.13A Heart of Darkness Major Works Data Sheet
03.13B Heart of Darkness Theme and Motif
03.13C Heart of Darkness Painting and Racism
03.13D Heart of Darkness AP Practice Essay
 03.14 Journey Project
 03.15 Multiple Choice
 03.16 Open-ended Essay Practice
 03.17 Module Three Oral Component
Module 4
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 04.01 Rough Draft and Peer Editing Guide
 04.02 Love for the Moment: "To His Coy Mistress"
04.02A "To His Coy Mistress"
04.02B "To His Coy Mistress"
 04.03 "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"
 04.04 The Reality of Love: Shakespeare's Sonnets
04.04A Shakespeare's Sonnets
04.04B Shakespeare's Sonnets
 04.05 "How Do I Love Thee" Analysis Chart
 04.06 "A Haunted House"
 04.07 "The Gift of the Magi" Analysis Chart
 04.08 Research Paper Final Draft
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04.09 The Romance of Love: Wuthering Heights
04.09A Major Works Data Sheet
04.09B Wuthering Heights Character Chart
04.09C Romanticism Essay
04.10 Romance Is Still Alive: Wuthering Heights
04.10A Essay Wuthering Heights and "Remembrance"
04.10B Wuthering Heights and "Fortress Around Your Heart" Questions
04.10C Contemporary Romanticism Chart
04.11 Multiple Choice
04.12 Potluck Preview
04.13 Oral Component
04.14 Exam Review
04.14 Segment One Exam
Module 5
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 05.01 A Family's Good Fortune: "good times"
05.01A good times
05.01B good times
 05.02 “Queens, 1963”
 05.03 "Daddy"
 05.04 A Son's Plea: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
 05.05 Potluck Preparation
 05.06 A Reconstructed Heritage: "Everyday Use"
05.06A Everyday Use
05.06B Everyday Use
 05.07 "The Lottery"
 05.08 Multiple Choice
 05.09 A Family's Journey: The Grapes of Wrath
05.09A The Grapes of Wrath
05.09B The Grapes of Wrath
 05.10 A Family's Journey: The Grapes of Wrath
05.10A Song Comparison The Grapes of Wrath
05.10B Project The Grapes of Wrath
05.10C Essay The Grapes of Wrath
Module 6
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 06.01 A King's Enigma: Oedipus Rex
06.01A Oedipus Rex
06.01B Oedipus Rex
06.01C Oedipus Rex
 06.02 "The Book of Sand"
06.02A "The Book of Sand"
06.02B "The Book of Sand"
 06.03 The Equivocal Nature of an Enemy: "A Poison Tree"
 06.04 Potluck Preparation
06.04A Potluck Preparation
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06.04B Potluck Preparation
06.04C Potluck Preparation
06.05 "Paul's Case"
06.06 "A Jury of Her Peers"
06.07 Hamlet Discussion
06.08 A Prince's Enigma: Hamlet
06.08A Hamlet
06.08B Hamlet
06.09 A Prince's Enigma: Hamlet
06.09A Hamlet Part II
06.09B Hamlet Part III
06.09C Hamlet Part IV
06.09D Hamlet Part V
06.10 A Prince's Enigma: Hamlet
06.10A Hamlet Oral Preparation
06.10B Hamlet
06.10C Hamlet Major Works Data Sheet
06.11 The Equivocal Nature of a Lover: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
06.12 Multiple Choice Practice
06.13 Open-ended Essay Practice
06.14 Project
06.15 Module Six Oral Component
Module 7
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 07.01 Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
 07.02 Barbie's Perspective: "Barbie Doll"
07.02A Barbie Doll
07.02B Barbie Doll
 07.03 "Woman Work"
 07.04 "Quinceanera"
 07.05 "To Autumn"
 07.06 Potluck Preparation
 07.07 "The Yellow Wallpaper"
 07.08 An Introspective View: The Awakening
07.08A The Awakening Major Works Data Sheet
07.08B The Awakening
07.08C The Awakening
 07.09 Multiple Choice
 07.10 Open-ended Essay Practice
 07.11 Project
Module 8
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 08.01 A Satire of Manners: The Importance of Being Earnest
08.01A The Importance of Being Earnest
08.01B The Importance of Being Earnest
08.01C The Importance of Being Earnest
08.01D The Importance of Being Earnest
 08.02 Open-ended Essay Practice
 08.03 The Irony of Education: "The History Teacher"
 08.04 The Irony of Wealth: "Richard Cory"
 08.05 The Irony of Tyranny: "Ozymandias"
 08.06 Potluck Preparation: Appetizers
08.06A Appetizers
08.06B Appetizers
 08.07 The Irony of Revenge: "The Cask of Amontillado"
08.07A The Cask of Amontillado
08.07B The Cask of Amontillado
 08.08 An Economic Satire: "A Modest Proposal"
08.08A Satire Examples
08.08B "A Modest Proposal" Quiz
 08.09 Module Eight Oral Component
 08.10 Multiple Choice
Module 9
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 09.01 Salad Is Served!
 09.02 What's for Dinner?
 09.03 Dinner Is Served!
09.03A Dinner Is Served!
09.03B Major Works Data Sheet
 09.04 What's for Dessert?
 09.05 Dinner Conversation
09.05A Dinner Conversation
09.05B Dinner Conversation
Module 10
(Time Estimate for Content Study 10 hours)
 10.01 Tying Up Loose Ends
 10.02 Semester 2 Exam Study Guide
 10.03 AP Exam: Final Reminders
 10.04 Segment Two Exam
Module 11 AP REVIEW
(Time Estimate for Content Study 5 hours)