Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 1
DAY
Friday, 8/3
Monday, 8/6
Tuesday, 8/7
Wednesday, 8/8
Thursday, 8/9
Friday, 8/10
Summer Assignments / Survey / Syllabus – AP Lit 101
Academic Autobiography + College Research Assignments + 1st Poetry Packet
Poetry Packet #1 – “Ye Olde Poetry” -- Pastorals and Renaissance Sonnets
Poetry Packet #1 – “Ye Olde Poetry” -- Pastorals and Renaissance Sonnets
Poetry Packet #1 – “Ye Olde Poetry” -- Pastorals and Renaissance Sonnets
Poetry Packet #1 – “Ye Olde Poetry” -- Pastorals and Renaissance Sonnets
WEEK
Week 2
DAY
Monday, 8/13
Tuesday, 8/14
Wednesday, 8/15
Thursday, 8/16
Friday, 8/17
Summer Reading Quizzes / AP Reading List / AP Lit “Open Questions”
Poetry Packet #1 – “Ye Olde Poetry” -- Pastorals and Renaissance Sonnets / AP Reading List
ICE #1 – Ye Olde Poetry
Twelfth Night – Act One
Twelfth Night – Act One / Quiz
WEEK
Week 3
DAY
Monday, 8/20
Tuesday, 8/21
Wednesday, 8/22
Thursday, 8/23
Friday, 8/24
Twelfth Night – Act Two / “The Cormorant” practice
Twelfth Night – Act Two / “The Cormorant” review
Twelfth Night – Act Three
Twelfth Night – Act Three / Quiz
Twelfth Night – Act Four / Quiz
WEEK
Week 4
Performance
Essay
WEEK
Week 5
Benchmark
DAY
Monday, 8/27
Tuesday, 8/28
Wednesday, 8/29
Thursday, 8/30
Friday, 8/31
DAY
Monday, 9/3
Tuesday, 9/4
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
College Research Assignment DUE / Twelfth Night – Act Five
Twelfth Night Wrap-Up  Test (close reading)
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS (Henry VIII)
Intro to Hamlet / AP Exam/Benchmark Practice
Professional Learning (Early Release)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
Week
#1
Wednesday, 9/5
Thursday, 9/6
Friday, 9/7
Benchmark Review / Begin Reading Hamlet (in-class)
Hamlet – Act One (reading in class)
Hamlet – Acts One/Two (reading in class)
WEEK
Week 6
DAY
Monday, 9/10
Tuesday, 9/11
Wednesday, 9/12
Thursday, 9/13
Friday, 9/14
Hamlet – Act Two (reading in class)
Hamlet – Acts Two/Three (reading in class)  discuss Act Two soliloquy re: tone and literary devices
Hamlet – Act Three (reading in class)
Hamlet – Review (Acts 1, 2, 3)  acting out by scene/interpretation/analysis
Hamlet – Quiz (Acts 1, 2, 3)
WEEK
Week 7
DAY
Monday, 9/17
Tuesday, 9/18
Wednesday, 9/19
Thursday, 9/20
Friday, 9/21
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Hamlet – Act Four
Hamlet – Act Five
Hamlet – Discussion, Literary Criticism, Essay Topics  soliloquies analysis
Hamlet – Discussion, Literary Criticism, Essay Topics  overall study questions
Hamlet – Discussion, Literary Criticism, Essay Topics  handout essay sheet
WEEK
Week 8
DAY
Monday, 9/24
Tuesday, 9/25
Wednesday, 9/26
Thursday, 9/27
Friday, 9/28
Hamlet essay workshop (lab)
Hamlet TEST (essay due to Turnitin.com by 7:30 a.m.)
Poetry Packet #2 – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical  ppt intro
Poetry Packet #2 – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical
Poetry Packet #2 – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
WEEK
Week 9
DAY
Monday, 10/1
Tuesday, 10/2
Wednesday, 10/3
Thursday, 10/4
Friday, 10/5
Poetry Packet #2 – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical  review
Poetry Packet #2 – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical  group presos
ICE #3 / Test – Puritan + Neoclassical + Metaphysical
Parody & Satire / “A Modest Proposal”  start reading text w/ focus questions / Intro to Candide
AP Exam/Benchmark Practice  AMP practice questions / AMP discussion
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 10
Benchmark
Week #2
WEEK
Week 11
DAY
Monday, 10/8
Tuesday, 10/9
Wednesday, 10/10
Thursday, 10/11
Friday, 10/12
Monday, 10/15
Tuesday, 10/16
Wednesday, 10/17
Thursday, 10/18
Friday, 10/19
DAY
Monday, 10/22
Tuesday, 10/23
Wednesday, 10/24
Thursday, 10/25
Friday, 10/26
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
Discuss AMP / Candide – Chapters 1-5 (Quiz & Discussion)
Candide – Chapters 6-10 (Quiz & Discussion) / Benchmark Review
Candide – Chapters 11-15 (Quiz & Discussion)
Professional Learning Day (Student Holiday)
FALL HOLIDAY
Candide – Chapters 16-20 (Quiz & Discussion)
PSAT/ASVAB/College Fair
Professional Learning (Early Release)
HOMECOMING (Early Release)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Candide – Chapters 21-25 (Quiz & Discussion) / Hamlet Essays (Revision Assignment via G.Form, Part 1)
Candide – Chapters 26-30 (Quiz & Discussion) / Discussion and Wrap-Up
Candide – Final Discussion and Wrap-Up [create children’s story of Candide]
ICE #4 – Candide
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 12
DAY
Monday, 10/29
Tuesday, 10/30
Wednesday, 10/31
Thursday, 11/1
Friday, 11/2
WEEK
Week 13
DAY
Monday, 11/5
Tuesday, 11/6
Wednesday, 11/7
Thursday, 11/8
Friday, 11/9
WEEK
Week 14
Benchmark
Week #3
DAY
Monday, 11/12
Tuesday, 11/13
Wednesday, 11/14
Thursday, 11/15
Friday, 11/16
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism Research / Hamlet Essays (Revision Assignment, Part 2  emailed revision due by 7:30 a.m.)
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism Research
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism Presentations
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism Presentations
Poetry Packet #3 – Romanticism Presentations / Review AP Exam Satire Passages
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Unit Test – Romantic Poetry
Poetry Packet #4 – Victorian Poetry  Intro ppt, discuss Candide essays
Poetry Packet #4 – Victorian Poetry  group work creating stem questions from poems
Poetry Packet #4 – Victorian Poetry  practice AP style questions & discuss
Intro to Wuthering Heights  ppt and 60 sec recap
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Wuthering Heights  character breakdown / 60 sec recap / ch 1-3
Wuthering Heights ch 4-6
AP Exam Practice / Benchmark Practice / WH ch 7-8
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
Wuthering Heights ch 9-10 / Review questions / Quiz 1-8
THANKSGIVING BREAK
WEEK
Week 15
WEEK
Week 16
DAY
Monday, 11/26
Tuesday, 11/27
Wednesday, 11/28
Thursday, 11/29
Friday, 11/30
DAY
Monday, 12/3
Tuesday, 12/4
Wednesday, 12/5
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Wuthering Heights  ch 11-14
Wuthering Heights  Quiz w/ AP MC / ch 15-18
Wuthering Heights  Heathcliff analysis; ch 19-20
Wuthering Heights  ch 21-23; Quiz 16-20
Wuthering Heights  ch 24-26; WH AP prac. essay work
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Wuthering Heights  ch 27-28
Wuthering Heights  ch 29-30
Wuthering Heights  ch 31-32
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
Thursday, 12/6
Friday, 12/7
Wuthering Heights  ch 33-34
Wuthering Heights  critical analysis review
WEEK
Week 17
DAY
Monday, 12/10
Tuesday, 12/11
Wednesday, 12/12
Thursday, 12/13
Friday, 12/14
Wuthering Heights  test
Wuthering Heights  LAB
Wuthering Heights  LAB / video due
Wuthering Heights  watch videos
Semester Review / AP Exam Prep
WEEK
Week 18
Benchmark
Week #4
DAY
Monday, 12/17
Tuesday, 12/18
Wednesday, 12/19
Thursday, 12/20
Friday, 12/21
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4) – 7th Period *Review/semester evaluation
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4) – 1st & 2nd Periods
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4) – 3rd & 4th Periods
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4 – 5th & 6th Periods
Professional Learning Day (Student Holiday)
5
Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 1
DAY
Monday, 1/7
Tuesday, 1/8
Wednesday, 1/9
Thursday, 1/10
Friday, 1/11
Victorian Satire: Intro to The Importance of Being Earnest / define earnest / ppt
Act One: The Importance of Being Earnest / discuss WC Wednesdays
Act One: The Importance of Being Earnest; quiz
The Importance of Being Earnest group activity
WEEK
Week 2
DAY
Monday, 1/14
Tuesday, 1/15
Wednesday, 1/16
Thursday, 1/17
Friday, 1/18
Act Two: The Importance of Being Earnest
Act Two: The Importance of Being Earnest; Round Robin w/ prompts 1-3; quiz
Act Three: The Importance of Being Earnest; WC Wednesdays
Act Three: The Importance of Being Earnest; quiz; IOBE terms practice
The Importance of Being Earnest (Final Discussion/Film Clips)
WEEK
Week 3
DAY
Monday, 1/21
Tuesday, 1/22
Wednesday, 1/23
Thursday, 1/24
Friday, 1/25
WEEK
Week 4
Performance
Essay
DAY
Monday, 1/28
Tuesday, 1/29
Wednesday, 1/30
Thursday, 1/31
Friday, 2/1
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Professional Learning Day (Student Holiday)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
MLK HOLIDAY
In-Class Essay #1 – The Importance of Being Earnest
Realism in Theater – Intro to A Doll’s House / WC Wednesdays
A Doll’s House – Act One
A Doll’s House – Act One / quiz
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
A Doll’s House – Act Two; Gender Stereotypes Discussion
A Doll’s House – Act Two / quiz
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
A Doll’s House – Act Three; WC Wednesdays
A Doll’s House – Act Three / quiz
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 5
Benchmark
Week #1
WEEK
Week 6
WEEK
Week 7
DAY
Monday, 2/4
Tuesday, 2/5
Wednesday, 2/6
Thursday, 2/7
Friday, 2/8
DAY
Monday, 2/11
Tuesday, 2/12
Wednesday, 2/13
Thursday, 2/14
Friday, 2/15
DAY
Monday, 2/18
Tuesday, 2/19
Wednesday, 2/20
Thursday, 2/21
Friday, 2/22
Monday, 2/25
Tuesday, 2/26
Wednesday, 2/27
Thursday, 2/28
Friday, 3/1
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Review for Benchmark / AP Practice
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
Review Benchmark / A Doll’s House (Final Discussion) [Jeopardy game]
ADH AP Practice stem questions / WC Wednesdays
In-Class Writing Activity #2 – A Doll’s House; test/essay work (ADH prompt)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
ADH Test
Poetry Packet #5 – Early 20th Century/Modernist Poetry; review essay work; find modern poem
Poetry Packet #5 – Early 20th Century/Modernist Poetry; group work/share poems / WC Wednesdays
Poetry Packet #5 – Early 20th Century/Modernist Poetry; review ENTIRE packet
AP Exam Practice – “The Sow” prompt / “Poetry of the Departures” prompt
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
WINTER HOLIDAY
WINTER HOLIDAY
WINTER HOLIDAY
Modern Theater -- Intro to A Streetcar Named Desire; review “The Sow” outlines
A Streetcar Named Desire – Scenes 1, 2, 3
A Streetcar Named Desire – Scenes 3, 4, 5
A Streetcar Named Desire – Scenes 5, 6, 7
A Streetcar Named Desire – Scenes 7, 8, 9 / WC Wednesdays
A Streetcar Named Desire – Scenes 9, 10, 11
A Streetcar Named Desire – Final Discussion / quiz
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 8
DAY
Monday, 3/4
Tuesday, 3/5
Wednesday, 3/6
Thursday, 3/7
Friday, 3/8
WEEK
Weeks
9/10
DAY
Monday, 3/11
Tuesday, 3/12
Wednesday, 3/13
Thursday, 3/14
Friday, 3/15
Monday, 3/18
Tuesday, 3/19
Wednesday, 3/20
Thursday, 3/21
Friday, 3/22
Benchmark
Week #2
WEEK
Week 11
DAY
Monday, 3/25
Tuesday, 3/26
Wednesday, 3/27
Thursday, 3/28
Friday, 3/29
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Modern Prose: Intro to Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness – Part One (pp. 65-102)
Heart of Darkness – Part One (pp. 65-102) / WC Wednesdays
Heart of Darkness – Part Two (pp. 102-133)
Heart of Darkness – Part Two (pp. 102-133)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
AP Exam Practice / Benchmark Practice
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
Review Benchmark
Professional Learning (Student Holidays)
Heart of Darkness – Part Three (pp. 133-164)
Heart of Darkness Final Discussion / Heart of Darkness Essay Assignment
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Group Work / WC Wednesdays
Early Release (“Church Going” prompt)
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Group Work
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Group Work
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Presentations / WC Wednesdays
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Presentations
Poetry Packet #6 – Contemporary Poetry / Presentations / MC practice
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
WEEK
Week 12
DAY
Monday, 4/1
Tuesday, 4/2
Wednesday, 4/3
Thursday, 4/4
Friday, 4/5
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Unit Test – Contemporary Poetry
Theater of the Absurd – Intro to Waiting for Godot / Act 1
Heart of Darkness Essay DUE (Peer Review, Edit, Revise, Upload) / WC Wednesdays
Waiting for Godot – Quiz and Discussion
AP Exam Practice / Waiting for Godot Act 2
SPRING BREAK
WEEK
Week 13
DAY
Monday, 4/15
Tuesday, 4/16
Wednesday, 4/17
Thursday, 4/18
Friday, 4/19
WEEK
Week 14
Benchmark
#3
DAY
Monday, 4/22
Tuesday, 4/23
Wednesday, 4/24
Thursday, 4/25
Friday, 4/26
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Waiting for Godot – Literary Criticism/ Quiz and Discussion
In-Class Essay #3 – Waiting for Godot
AP Exam Practice / WC Wednesdays
Short Stories – James Joyce “Araby” and “Eveline” *QUIZ
Short Stories – James Joyce “Araby” and “Eveline” *QUIZ
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
AP Exam Practice / Benchmark Practice
LANGUAGE ARTS + FINE ARTS
Review Benchmark / WC Wednesdays
Short Stories – Stephen Crane “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” and “The Blue Hotel” / John Cheever “The Swimmer” / Flannery O’Connor “A
Good Man is Hard to Find” / Eudora Welty “A Worn Path” / Shirley Jackson “ The Lottery”
Group Presos w/ stories
WEEK
Week 15
DAY
Monday, 4/29
Tuesday, 4/30
Wednesday, 5/1
Thursday, 5/2
Friday, 5/3
In-Class Essay #4 – Contemporary Prose
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Intro ppt / ICE revision due 11:59pm Turnitin
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead / WC Wednesdays
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Activity
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
WEEK
Week 16
DAY
Monday, 5/6
Tuesday, 5/7
AP Exam Prep / Major Works Review
AP Exam Prep / Major Works Review
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
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Buford High School CURRICULUM CALENDAR
COURSE: AP Literature and Composition
SEMESTER:
TEACHER(S): Beach
Wednesday, 5/8
Thursday, 5/9
Friday, 5/10
AP Exam Prep / Major Works Review
AP Lit Exam!!!
AP Lit Final Project
AP Exams
Monday, 5/6 – AP Chemistry (AM) and AP Psychology (PM)
Wednesday, 5/8 – AP Calculus (AM)
Thursday, 5/9 – AP English Literature (AM)
Friday, 5/10 – AP English Language (AM), AP Art (AM), and AP Statistics (PM)
Week 17
Monday, 5/13
Tuesday, 5/14
Wednesday, 5/15
Thursday, 5/16
Friday, 5/17
AP Lit Final Project
AP Lit Final Project
AP Lit Final Project
AP Lit Final Project
AP Exams
Monday, 5/13 – AP Biology (AM) and AP Music Theory (AM)
Tuesday, 5/14 – AP Government (AM)
Wednesday, 5/15 – AP US History (AM)
Thursday, 5/16 – AP Macroeconomics (AM) and AP World History (AM)
Friday, 5/17 – AP Human Geography (AM)
WEEK
Week 18
Benchmark
Week #4
DAY
Monday, 5/20
Tuesday, 5/21
Wednesday, 5/22
Thursday, 5/23
Friday, 5/24
Career Pathways Testing
Tuesday, 5/7
Wednesday, 5/8
Thursday, 5/9 (PM – Make-Up Exams)
CONCEPT
EOCTs, Yearbooks, Carnival, Class Night
EOCTs
Thursday, 5/16 – Economics
Friday, 5/17 – 9th Lit & Comp, Math 2
(Other EOCTs will be given during Semester Exam periods.)
OBJECTIVES
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Senior Exams (Benchmark #4 – 5th, 6th, & 7th)
Senior Exams (Benchmark #4 – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th) / Semester Exams (Benchmark #4 – 7th)
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4 – 1st & 2nd)
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4 – 3rd & 4th)
Semester Exams (Benchmark #4 – 5th & 6th)
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STANDARDS
(CCGPS, GPS, AP)