AP English Literature and Composition Second Quarter
This syllabus shows you what we will do in class each day; the reading assignments should be completed
each day before coming to class unless otherwise noted. Keep your texts with you so that you can
complete the reading assignments if class is cancelled (due to assemblies, snow days, etc.). Your ability
to participate is seriously hindered if you have not finished the reading for that day or if you fail to bring
your text to class.
October 13
(Quarter 1)
Bellwork
Othello – Introduction/AP English Text Review Guide/Envelope Activity
The History and Description of Africa
Homework: Act One Scenes 1-2 pages 709-717
October 14
(Quarter 1)
Seniors: KIP Survey
Poetry Response #1
Othello Personality Traits Assignment
Images of Othello Webquest (pbs.org)
Homework: Act One Scene 3 pages 717-729
October 15
(Quarter 1)
Perspectives on Othello’s Marriage
Homework: Act Two Scene 1 pages 729-738
October 16
(Quarter 1)
Iago’s Power of Language in Othello
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Poetry #4
Homework: Act Two Scenes 2-3 pages 738-749
October 17
(Quarter 1)
Othello Reading Quiz Acts I-II
Envelope Activity Discussion
Homework: Act Three Scenes 1-2 pages 749-750
October 20
Poetry Response #1 Due
Honest Iago
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Poetry #5
Homework: Act Three Scene 3 pages 751-764
October 21
Poetry Response #2
“Chaos is Come Again” worksheet
Classwork: Question #2 page 802
Homework: Act Three Scene 4 pages 764-770
October 22
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Poetry #6
Envelope Activity Discussion
October 23
NO CLASS – SSS
October 24
Othello Reading Quiz Act III
Homework: Act Four Scene 1 pages 770-778
“O, blood, blood, blood!” worksheet
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Bellwork will be every day and will not be mentioned on the syllabus as such. Bellwork is worth 5 points daily. Binders will be
collected each Monday. Unexcused absences will result in a late binder grade. Bellworks may not be made up if absences are
unexcused.
October 27
Sonnets 40, 57, 61, and 87
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Poetry #7
Homework: Act Four Scenes 2-3 pages 778-788
October 28
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Poetry #8
Homework: Act Five Scenes 1-2 pages 788-802
October 29
Othello Reading Quiz Acts IV-V
Envelope Activity Discussion
October 30
Shifting Perspectives
Othello Personality Traits Presentation Due (emailed no later than 8 PM)
October 31
AP English Text Review Guide Due (75 points)
November 3
No School (Teacher PD Day)
November 4
No School (Election Day)
November 5
Jane Eyre – Author Study/Book Introduction/Reading Assignments
AP Text Review Guide/Envelope Activity
Research Topics (must be emailed to me no later than 11/12 at 8pm)
November 6
Begin The Brontë Sisters video
November 7
The Brontë Sisters video
Prose Passage Strategies
November 10
Poetry Response #3
In-class essay #1: Helena María Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus
November 11
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #1
Review In-class essay #1
Essay Scoring Guide/Sample Essays
November 12
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 1-6 (30 points)
Envelope Activity discussion
November 13
Research Topics Presentations (100 points)
November 14
No Class – Juniors ACT
November 17
Poetry Response #3 Due
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #2
The ABC’s of a Novel
November 18
Poetry Response #4
Victorian Art/Images of Jane Eyre
November 19
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 7-10 (30 points)
Envelope Activity discussion
Envelope Activity discussion
November 20
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #3
November 21
“My Last Duchess”
SOAPSTONE
Analyzing Interactions
Victorian Vocabulary
November 24
Poetry Response #4 Due
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 11-16 (30 points)
“Tracing Relationships between Characters” worksheet
November 25
Characteristics of the Byronic Hero
Major Archetypes/Allusions handout
Extending the Text
November 26
No School (Thanksgiving Break)
November 27
No School (Thanksgiving)
November 28
No School (Thanksgiving Break)
December 1
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 17-20 (30 points)
Envelope Activity discussion
December 2
Poetry Response #5
“somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond” by ee cummings
December 3
In-class essay #2: Dickinson/Frost
December 4
Review In-class essay #2
Sample Essays
December 5
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #4
Rhetorical Triangle
December 8
Poetry Response #5 Due
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 21-25 (30 points)
Envelope Activity discussion
December 9
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #5
Jane Eyre Bio-poem
December 10
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #6
Envelope Activity discussion
December 11
Charlotte Brontë: Feminist?
December 12
AP Exam Multiple Choice Practice Prose #7
Cause and Effect worksheet
December 15
In-class essay #3: “The Pupil”
December 16
Jane Eyre Reading Quiz Chapters 26-30 (30 points)
Envelope Activity discussion
December 17
The ABC’s of a Novel Assignment Due (100 points)
Review In-class essay #3
Essay Scoring Guide/Sample Essays (This day may need to be revised due to midterm
exams.)
December 17-19 Midterm Exams