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AP English Literature and Composition

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AP English 12 Course Information and Documents:

Course description, College Board standards, and syllabi
Vocabulary: tone lists 1-10, tone lists 11-20, and QUIA review games
Poetry notes: Everything You Need to Know about Poetry, 10 Easy Lessons in How to Read Poetry, theme statements, tonal scale, scansion, rhythm & meter, imagery examples, Poetry.org glossary, poetry types to KNOW, ballad, ballad PPT, common meter, dramatic monologue, elegy PPT, epic PPT, free verse PPT, ode, satire PPT, sonnet, sonnet PPT, villanelle, villanelle PPT, other poetry concepts
Literary terminology: Bedford/St. Martin's glossary, Dr. Kip Wheeler's literary vocabulary, character, characterization, point of view, organizational structure
Literary analysis: literary analysis basics, evidence triangle, using quotations as evidence
AP Exam information: exam basics & MC strategy; timed-writing basics; timed-writing tips; Question 3 suggested titles; Ten Commandments of the AP Examination
Feedback: Boyd's writing marks, rubric for literary analysis, rubric for timed AP essays

AP Literature and Composition Workshops and Practice Examinations

After-School Workshops	Practice Exams
Th 2/25/10 12:30-2:30	Sat 2/27/10 8:30-12:30
Th 3/11/10 3:00-5:00	Sat 3/27/10 8:30-12:30
Th 4/15/10 3:00-5:00	Sat 5/01/10 8:30-12:30

Completed Units:

Unit 1
Facade: What Lies Beneath the Surface
Unit 2
Quest for Identity: the Individual defined in Society
Unit 3

Destiny: the Individual shaped by Heredity and Environment
Unit 4

Truth and Lies: the Thin Line Between Civilization and Savagery

Unit 5

Family, Sanity, & Sacrifice: Connection and Isolation between the Self and Society

Essential Questions:

Why is conflict an inevitable part of familial and societal relationships?
In a world of fragmentation and absurdity, can individuals ever truly connect with one another?
What are the boundaries of love and sacrifice, and where does one draw the line between them?
What are the factors that move individuals, communities, and nations to great sacrifice, and what are the consequences?
Can the sacrifice of an individual lead to the salvation of a diseased whole?
How does society define and regulate sanity and normality in the individual?

Resources:

online text: Hamlet

Week of 22 February 2010

tone vocabulary group 15
reading and discussion of As I Lay Dying (literary terminology, novel structure, Bundren family tree, character names, literary analysis assignment)
reading and discussion of "A Modest Proposal" (online text, analysis questions, satire PPT)
introduction to satire imitation project (instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley) )
02/24-25/10 As I Lay Dying section 1 (pages 3-84) analysis DUE (literary analysis assignment)
introduction to allusions assignment (instructions, rubric, allusions list, Bloom's Taxonomy, examples for Garden of Eden and Icarus & Daedalus, searchable Bible, mythology online, Bulfinch's mythology)

Week of 1 March 2010

03/02-03/10 "A Modest Proposal" analysis questions DUE (online text, analysis questions, satire PPT)
work on allusions assignment (instructions, rubric, allusions list, Bloom's Taxonomy, examples for Garden of Eden and Icarus & Daedalus, searchable Bible, mythology online, Bulfinch's mythology)
03/04-05/10 As I Lay Dying section 2 (pages 85-165) analysis DUE (literary analysis assignment)
work on satire imitation project (instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley) )

Week of 8 March 2010

tone vocabulary group 16
03/10-11/10 allusions presentations DUE (instructions, rubric, allusions list, Bloom's Taxonomy, examples for Garden of Eden and Icarus & Daedalus, searchable Bible, mythology online, Bulfinch's mythology)

Week of 15 March 2010

03/15-16/10 As I Lay Dying section 3 (pages 166-261) analysis DUE (literary analysis assignment)
work on satire imitation project (instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley)
03/17/10 AP Exam Registration DUE

Week of 22 March 2010

tone vocabulary group 17
03/24-25/10 satire imitation project draft DUE (instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley) )
03/26 & 29/10 satire imitation project peer review DUE (instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley) )

Week of 29 March 2010

03/30-31/10 satire imitation project DUE (instructions, rubric)

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