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

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)
• discussion of As I Lay Dying analysis examples
• reading and analysis of "Metaphors" (poem, AP-prompt on tone)
• 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

• 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)
• discussion of As I Lay Dying (literary analysis assignment)
• introduction to Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers)
• introduction to Hamlet assessment (ABC book project OR motif project)

Week of 15 March 2010

• AP-exam multiple-choice and essay practice
• viewing and discussion of Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers; assessment options: ABC book project OR motif project)
• 03/16-17/10 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

• 03/22-23/10 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)
• tone vocabulary group 16 
• viewing and discussion of Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers; assessment options: ABC book project OR motif project) 

Week of 29 March 2010

• tone vocabulary group 17
• viewing and discussion of Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers; assessment options: ABC book project OR motif project)
• 03/31/10 & 04/01/10 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: article summary & reaction, N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley)

 Week of 12 April 2010

• viewing and discussion of Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers; assessment options: ABC book project OR motif project)
• The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 DUE 
• explanation of major works review assignment for two literary texts of student's choice (assignment instructions)    
• 04/15-16/10 satire imitation project peer review DUE (peer review instructions, peer review chart, assignment instructions, rubric, Galileo [password: false], SIRS Knowledge Source, MLA citation examples, how to prepare an annotated bibliograhy from Cornell U's library, student samples: article summary & reaction, N. Worm, C. Sallas, E. Moseley) 

Week of 19 April 2010

• 04/19-20/10 satire imitation project DUE (instructions, rubric)
• viewing and discussion of Hamlet (character chart, literary terms, reading questions by act, discussion questions, significance of flowers; assessment options: ABC book project OR motif project)
• The Importance of Being Earnest Acts 2 & 3 DUE  

 Week of 26 April 2010 

• 04/23 & 26/10 Hamlet assessment DUE (options: ABC book project OR motif project)
• 04/27/28/10 As I Lay Dying and Hamlet Socratic Seminar 
• 04/29-30/10 major works review DUE for two texts of student's choice (assignment instructions, open questions 1959-2008) 

Week of 3 May 2010

• AP Exam review activities 
• Th 05/06/10 AP English Literature and Composition Examination