AP Literature and Composition 2015
Daily Agenda, Quarter III-War and Violence
Date
19 January 2015
In-Class Topics
Q3 Theme Overview-(SRI)
Homework Assigned
EQ: What elements, ideas,
issues, and themes reappear in
literature that deals with topics
“war” and “violence?” What
about these topics allows us to
examine them not only as
external manifestations, but
internal as well?
21 January
23 January
Outside Reading Selection from
AP List of Recommended Works
(library)
Overview: AP Vocabulary Unit
(Week 1 Preview)
Overview: Research to Build and
Present Knowledge- Major
Literary Time
Periods/Movements Poster
Assignment (Due 29 January)
Writing Tracker: The things you
carry.
Into the Reading: Tim O’Brien’s
The Things They Carried
Close Listening and Note taking:
Audio Guide
27 January
EQ: How might real life events
evolve into a fictional story?
Critical Reading Response –
Prompt
Culture and History: “The
Vietnam War”
Begin Poster Research and
Materials gathering/coordinate
with group members
Work towards completing
Vocabulary Journal for Week 1
TTTC-Read “Handout One” and
“The Things They Carried”;
Reading Journal-list all of the
soldiers and the special items
they carried
Begin Blog Discussion (Day 1)posts should be completed by beginning
of next class meeting
Reading Journal-Read and
provide one paragraph
summaries of “Love,” “Spin,”
and “On the Rainy River”
Handout Review: Elements of
Poetry
EQ: How does memory unite
these stories?
29 January *
Due Today: Literary Movements
Presentations (5-7 minutes )
Review Handout: Narrative
Perspective/Point of ViewQuickwrite
Poetry Extension Activity:
“Facing It” Yusef Komunyaka
2 February 2014
Discussion Focus: Characters
Function Discussion CONCEPT
Practice: Figurative Language
4 February
EQ: How does O’Brien’s use of
figurative language impact the
reader’s perception of character
motivation/ development?
Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz (+
vocab journal assessment)
Focus Discussion: Symbolism
6 February
Quiz: The Things They Carried
Focus Discussion: Character
Development (SHIFTS)
10 February
12 February (CoWs)
Focus Discussion: Plot Structure
(CONCEPT for Function
Discussion);
Reading Journal-Read and
identify the protagonist in each
of the selections: “Enemies,”
Friends,” “How to Tell a True
War Story,” and “The Dentist.”
Reading Journal-Read and
annotate selected poems from
the DiYanni text.
Typed Response to Turnitin.com
(due by 2 Feb): How does
O’Brien’s writing style reflect
the surreal nature of war?
What kinds of truths can
surrealism reveal?
550-750 Words
Reading Journal-Read and
annotate various uses of
figurative language in
“Sweetheart of the Song Tra
Bong.”
Reading Journal-Read “Speaking
of Courage” and “Notes”
Work towards completing
Vocabulary Journal for Week 2
Begin Blog Discussion (Day 6)
Heroes?- posts should be completed
by beginning of next class meeting
Reading Journal-Read closely
“In the Field,” “Good Form,” and
“Field Trip.”
Reading Journal-Read closely
“The Ghost Soldiers.”
Write three themes statements
Handout/Activity: Writing Theme for The Things They Carried
Statements
Reading Day: Finish
Due 15 February to
Novel/Reading Journal entries (8 Turnitin.com: Themes of the
total)
Book Essay (Prompts to be
released) 750-1000 words
Preview Heart of Darkness, Issue
16-21 February
23 February
25 February
27 February
Novel and Activity Packet“Apocalypse Now” Permission
Slip
Carnival Break
Into the Literature: Guided
Discussion, Part I- HoD
and Guided Viewing“Apocalypse Now”-Part I
(opening Scene handout)
Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz (+
vocab journal assessment)
Continue Guided
Discussion/Viewing
Timed Close Reading/Passage
Analysis
Complete HoD Webquest
Complete Passage and Scene
Analysis
Read Closely (outline
claims)Achebe’s Lecture
Complete Guided Discussion/
Viewing
Focus Discussion: The
Controversies Surrounding
Conrad
Reading/Activity TBA
Begin Comparison Essay (due 8
March)
Reading/Activity TBA
5 March
Multiple Choice AP Practice:
Heart of Darkness
Complete and submit to
Turnitin.com “AN” and HoD
Comparison Essay
9 March
Overview and Introduction to
Renaissance Poetry and Drama
Unit-Notes
3 March 2015
11 March
OPTIC: Cole’s “Voyage to Life”
Week 3 Vocabulary Quiz (+
vocab journal assessment)
Complete the Sonnet Activity
13 March
17 March
Activity: Spenser’s “The Faerie
Queene”
Overview of Activities: “Hamlet”
Begin Poetry Packet; brainstorm
March Madness options
Read/Preview Spenser’s “The
Faerie Queene”
Into the Literature: Elizabethan
Drama (read closely)
Reading/Activity TBA
Begin “New Critical” reading of
Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”
19 March
Close Reading Quiz-Act I
Reading/Activity TBA
23 March (lab)
25 March
27 March (End of Q3)
30 March -10 April 2015
*This schedule is subject to change.
Continue New Critical” reading
of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”
Independent/Outside Reading
JOURNALS Due
Close Reading Quiz-Act II
Continue New Critical” reading
of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”
Week 4 Vocabulary Quiz (+
vocab journal assessment)
Continue New Critical” reading
of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”
Close Reading Quiz-Act III
Continue New Critical” reading
of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”
Spring Break
Reading/Activity TBA
Reading/Activity TBA
Reading/Activity TBA
Complete Reading Hamlet and
Fever Chart Project (due 16
April)