AP English- Tentative Year Plan
Countdown to AP Test
Thursday, May 8
English Literature**
Morning
8am start
Intro to AP Literature
Fiction Boot Camp
The Nature of Man
Macbeth
Heart of Darkness
Searching for the Self in “The Disturbed World”!
Frankenstein
Slaughter House Five
A Confederacy of Dunces
Brave New World
A Woman’s World
A Handmaids Tale
The Hero/ Anti Hero
Siddhartha
Independent Reading (one book per quarter)
Week #
Week 1
Meeting 1
No School
Week 2
Fiction Boot
Camp
Plot
Week 3
Fiction Boot
Camp
Point of View
Fiction Boot
Camp
Style, Tone,
Irony
Macbeth
Week 4
Week 5
Meeting 2
Summer
Reading
Review/Tests
Fiction Boot
Camp
Character
Meeting 3
Summer
Reading
Review /Tests
Fiction Boot
Camp
Setting
Weekly Notes
September
Fiction Boot
Camp
Symbolism
Review
Fiction Boot
Camp
Theme
Test
September
Macbeth
Macbeth
October
September
September
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Week 9
Heart of
Darkness
Heart of
Darkness
Frankenstein
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
A Confederacy
of Dunces
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Poetry Unit
Poetry Unit
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
Siddhartha
Siddhartha
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
Heart of
Darkness
Heart of
Darkness
Frankenstein
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
A Confederacy
of Dunces
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Poetry Unit
Poetry Unit
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
Siddhartha
Siddhartha
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth
Final Exam
Heart of
Darkness
Heart of
Darkness
Frankenstein
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
Slaughter
House Five
A Confederacy
of Dunces
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Brave New
World
Poetry Unit
Poetry Unit
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
A Handmaid’s
Tale
Siddhartha
Siddhartha
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
TEST PREP
No, the class is not over…I have some surprises for you!
October
October
October
November
November
November
November
December
December
December
January
January
January
February
February
February
March
March
March
April
April
April
April
May