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AP English Lit Unit 1

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Unit 1

Facade: What Lies Beneath the Surface

Essential Questions:

What is concealed beneath the façade of perfection in societies and individuals?
In societies that strictly categorize people, how do individuals define and/or maintain their identities?
How do authors emphasize duality and contrast within characters and their settings?
What techniques do authors use to create the impression of reality within fictional works?

Texts:

Week of 2 August

root word vocabulary pretest
timed-writing pretest: 2010 AP English Literature Exam question 2
colors personality test (personality traits)
literary terminology pre-test
colors personality personal narrative draft (instructions, Boyd's pre-writing, draft, narrative)
tone vocabulary group 1
small-group rhetorical analysis of Snow Falling on Cedars pages 183-185 (rhetorical triangle notes)
8/4-5/10 colors personality draft DUE (instructions)
writers' workshop: colors personality personal narrative drafts (instructions, rubric)
8/5-6/10 summer reading assignment DUE (instructions)
review of course policies (PPT)
discussion of returned 2010 AP English Literature Exam question 2 timed-writing essay

Week of 9 August

root word vocabulary: A, AN (root words beginning with A)
introduction to Emma (analysis assignment)
8/10-11/10 SAT timed-writing prompt (Guide to a 6, SAT scoring guide, SAT rubric)
introduction to poetry response assignment (poetry packet, instructions)
analysis of Billy Collins's "Introduction to Poetry" (poem, instructions)
tone vocabulary group 2
continued writers' workshop: colors personality personal narrative drafts (instructions, rubric)
small-group discussion of verisimilitude in Snow Falling on Cedars, Life of Pi, The Handmaid's Tale (PPT)
thesis statement writing (AP Exam MabLib thesis statements)

Week of 16 August

8/16-17/10 TEST: summer reading timed-writing assessment (AP Exam free-response topics)
tone vocabulary group 3
AP Exam prompt group analysis and outline creation
8/19-20/10 poetry response 1 DUE (poetry packet, poems for printing, instructions)
8/20 & 23/10 colors personality personal narrative draft 2 DUE & peer review

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