AP Literature &
Composition
WEEK 3: SEPTEMBER 14 TH - SEPTEMBER 18TH
Kick-off: Monday, September
th
14
2015
In your AP Playbook –
fortitude (noun) – courage in pain or adversity; resilience
Write a compound-complex sentence using fortitude. Share with your
partner when you are both ready.
Tea Party Round 1
• How do you feel about the American presence (both
religious and political) in the Congo?
Tea Party Round 2
• Confront those you have strong relationships with
(could be amicable or adversarial)
Tea Party Round 3
• What do you “carry” with you that you feel defines
who you are?
Tea Party Round 4
• Why do you think Kingsolver wrote this book? What
message do you take from her novel?
After-Party Gossip
• Who said something really interesting?
• Is anyone confused? Any clarification needed?
• Who was the best drama king or queen?
Adah Analysis – Emily Dickinson
Partner Work
1. Read and annotate the Intro
2. Paraphrase “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” LINE by LINE with your
partner
3. Identify as many literary techniques that Dickinson is using as you can.
4. Write a theme statement – what is the central message of Dickinson’s
poem.
5. Explain how this relates to Kingsolver’s use of the poem on page 185 in
PWB.
Adah Analysis – Emily Dickinson
Partner Work
1. Write a claim that responds to the following for “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
How does Dickinson use language – literary techniques – to convey meaning?
Sentence starter: Dickinson uses __________________ to convey ________________.
2. Next, write a claim that responds to the following:
How does Kingsolver employ Dickinson to convey meaning in Adah’s passage?
Sentence starter: Kingsolver employs Dickinson’s poetry to _____________________.
Final Word
Write your final Dickinson claim and Kingsolver
claim.
Book Club Survey *complete by
Thursday at 8:05 am
The Road – Cormac McCarthy, 670L
Siddartha – Herman Hesse 1010L
Lord of the Flies – William Golding, 770L
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale
Hurston 1080L
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee, 870L
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien, 880L
Farenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury, 890L
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark
Twain, 900L
In the Time of Butterflies – Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, 910L
1984 – George Orwell, 1090L
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James
Joyce 1120L
Catch-22 – Joseph Heller, 1140L
The Namesake – Jumpa Lahiri , 1210
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Konrad 1320 L
Homework
Read and annotate “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
and “Presentiement is That Long Shadow on the Lawn” for
graded small group discussions tomorrow
Re-read Adah p. 295 & p. 364
Book Club Survey
Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay
Kick-off: Tuesday, September
th
15
2015
In your AP Playbook –
Astute (adjective) –
having or showing an ability to accurately
assess situations or people and turn to one’s advantage; clever
Write a complex sentence with a non-essential clause using astute .
Share with your partner when you are both ready.
Small Group Discussions
In your discussions, everyone is expected to speak at least four times with strong
contributions (for 100%) You are expected to still be a part of an natural-flowing
conversation, too (all comments may not be strong and that’s fine)
What does a strong contribution look
like?
What does a regular contribution look
like?
• An insightful question
• A text-to self connection
• A response with evidence
• A response with no evidence – rather
it talks AROUND the evidence
• A response that deepens another
response
• A comment that relevantly connects
to another text to deepen
understanding
• A “yes” or “no” connection or a simple
comprehension question
Period 1 Groups
Period 2 Groups
Period 3 Groups
Goals for the Conversation
One presenter from each group will share on the Elmo!
• Answer the commentary guiding questions for each poem.
• Create a theme statement
• Create a claim:
How does Dickinson use language – literary techniques – to convey meaning?
Sentence starters: Dickinson uses __________________ to convey
____________________.
• Then, give one example: For example, is imagery conveying
meaning, explain how one instance of imagery is conveying
meaning.
Goals for the Conversation
One presenter from each group will share on the Elmo!
• Then, connect the meaning of the poem to its use in Adah’s
sections of The Poisonwood Bible.
• Kingsolver employs Dickinson’s poem _________________ to
_________________________.
• Give an example of using evidence from Adah’s passage.
Claim Presentations – One Person Per
Group
Final Word
Look at your Adah & Dickinson claims
again.
Rewrite (feel free to revise…) your BEST
claim from yesterday and today.
Homework
•Book Club Survey
•Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay
Kick-off: Wednesday, September 16th 2015
In your AP Playbook –
Impassive (adjective) – Not feeling or showing emotion;
expressionless
Write a simple sentence with at least two prepositional
phrases using impassive. Share with your partner when you
are both ready.
The Prompt. –Thursday’s Exam
You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” Sonsyrea Tate
Sonsyrea Tate’s statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of
as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or
negative associations, but in either case, it may have a
considerable influence on an individual.
Choose a central character from The Poisonwood Bible who leaves home
yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in
which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the
reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of
home illuminates the larger meaning of the work.
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Larger meaning of the work? /Themes
Look at the Abstract Words list for Thematic Ideas
• With your shoulder partner, prepare at least 7
thematic ideas present in The Poisonwood Bible.
•Should be able to connect to the idea of ‘home’ from
the prompt
How to Approach Open-Ended Prompts
TOPIC
1. Determine the TOPIC of the prompt
NOVEL
2. Choose a novel that addresses that TOPIC
CONCRETE
3. Choose a concrete example (s) (specific events or characters) from the novel
that illustrate (s) that TOPIC
ABSTRACT
4. Determine what abstract idea (universal idea) is reflected through the
concrete examples.
CONFLICT
5. Determine who or what is in Conflict in that concrete example. (Note: All
lessons, character growth, themes, come from conflict and how it is resolved)
MEANING
6. Write a statement of how the concrete examples reflect the abstract to
create meaning.
PWB Novel Test & AP-Style Essay Study
Time
• Use the rest of class time today to:
•Review PWB plot/characters/meaning with the Novel
Review Sheet
•Organize/outline your AP-style essay
• Remember, tomorrow’s test will be open-note and
open-book.
Homework
•Book Club Survey
•Study for your PWB Novel test and AP Essay
Kick-off: Thursday, September 17th 2015
• You may use ANYTHING on the test (you
NEED to have your book out).
• You may NOT write on the test.
• You will have the ENTIRE period to work on
this
Homework
None 
Kick-off: Friday, September
th
18
2015
Goals for Today’s Book Club Meeting:
Assign one person from your group to pick up the books.
Plan a reading schedule for your group (based on
pages/chapters).
Assign a leader (or two), a grader, and a scribe per “During
Reading Meeting”.
Start reading if there’s time!
Homework
Book Club readings