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Class Title: |
AP Literature and Composition |
Code: |
HLA510 |
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Text: |
Norton Anthologies; Various Novels & Plays |
Rating |
5+ |
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Prerequisite: |
Instructor Recommendation |
Grade: |
11-12 |
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Fees: |
Approx $94 for the AP Exam |
Max: |
15 |
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Can be repeated? No |
Meets 2x/Week |
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Description: The curriculum for this course follows the criteria required by the Advanced Placement College Board Program. This course will prepare students to take the AP Literature and Composition Exam in May for which there is a fee. College credit can be earned based on test performance. Course content includes the intensive study of novels, plays, short stories and poetry from a wide variety of authors. Students will write an analytical essay, and engage in individual and group projects and presentations. Summer homework required.
Could not find any upcoming assignments due.
Midterm Exam: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Wuthering Heights & Vocab; Poems and Poetry Terms; Setting Analysis; Character Analysis...
Friday, October 4, 2014
I. Consider This: Which poem have you selected for your essay? Add the title and your thesis
to this doc: Poetry Essay Title & Thesis
II. Integrating Quotations into Analysis Essays
A closer look at p. 135
III. Prepare a graphic organizer for your poem here or on your own, if desired.
IV. Wuthering Heights
Character Analysis Paragraph - Rewrites? By Friday October 11, please.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
I. Consider This: "Woodchucks" by Maxine Kumin
II. Consider These: Poetry List Aug-Sept 2019
Add authors & brief notes
Make sure you have a hard copy of each
Select one for a poetry analysis essay with this prompt: Write a three-paragraph essay in which you analyze how the style and structure of your selected poem convey the speaker's attitude towards his/her subject.
III. Wuthering Heights, Vol. II I-V
Discuss Next Gen Characters
IV. Little Homework: Read pages 126 to 138 and be sure to answer the questions on page 138 - just in your head.
And, write a potential thesis statement for your poetry analysis essay.
Friday, September 27, 2019
I. Consider This: "The Century Quilt" by Marilyn Nelson
Key Terms: enjambment & caesura (and other bold terms from pp. 115-122 on this list: AP Lit Poetry Terms)
II. Wuthering Heights
Vocab Set 3 (XII-XIV)
Discuss Character Analysis Paragraphs from 9/26
Rewrite?!?
III. Practice on AP Website: try this: myap.collegeboard.org. Or whatever magic trick you
have to log into your College Board account.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
I. Consider This: "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman
Key Terms: metaphor, simile, extended metaphor, personification, imagery
II. Wuthering Heights
Vocab Quiz 2 (Chs VII-XI) - go to www.socrative.com and await instructions!
Share/Discuss
Character Analysis Paragraph: What does the author reveal about _____'s
personality, motivations or perspective in Chapter's VII-XI?
III. LITTLE HOMEWORK: Please read pages 115-122 (up to the Activity) in your textbook
on reading a poem for detail. Become acquainted (or reacquainted) with the terms in
bold type on these pages. Here is a listing of these terms for you to fill in as you read:
Friday, September 20, 2019
I. Consider This: "The Quiet Life" by Alexander Pope
See page 447 for discussion Qs...
II. "My Heart and I" Q and A Discussion
II. Wuthering Heights
Vocab Set 2 (Chs. VII-XI) - All or Half?
Select one of the reading objectives for the novel that are on this colorful doc and turn it into a question. Then, write a well-documented paragraph in response to it - based on
your reading of paragraphs I-XI.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
I. Consider This: "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson
II. Mr. Biswas Activity (pg. 95)
Share your annotation summary
III. Wuthering Heights
Vocab Quiz 1 (Chapters I-VI)
Chapters VII-XI Review
Plot - Characters - Conflicts
IV. LITTLE HOMEWORK: Please read pages 112-115 in your text book and complete the activity on page 114 on this doc: "My Heart and I" Q & A
Friday, September 13!, 2019
I. Consider This: "In Memoriam"
1. What kind of diction is used in this poem and how does the poet's word choice affect
his message?
2. What shift in both form and tone do lines 15 & 17 -- "Oh my dead!" -- signal?
3. Some have interpreted this poem as a prayer. Explain with specific textual evidence
why you agree or disagree.
II. Wuthering Heights
Vocabulary 1 (I-VI) - What's your commitment? (Quiz Thursday, 9.19.19!)
Ah, The Setting!
Oh, Those Characters!
Let's talk about this: WH Characters I-VI
Thursday, September 12, 2019
I. Consider This: "The Stranglehold of English Lit"
1. What does this poem mean?
2. How does the poet create that meaning?
3. What is the speaker's attitude toward his subject/main idea?
II. Homework Big Ideas in Small Packages:
Diction - Matthew
Syntax - Skyler
Figurative Language - Bree & Charley
Imagery - Ethan
Tone & Mood - Michael
III. Ah! Wuthering Heights!
1. Most Worthy Words Come from This Text!
2. Who's Who?
Friday, September 6, 2019
I. Consider This: XIV bv Derek Walcott
II. "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
1. Discuss via reading journals
Thursday, September 5, 2019
*Is Everyone Signed Up For AP Classroom?!?*
I. "Digging" by Seamus Heaney - Discussion and Paragraph Check/Turn In
II. Lit Comp Textbook Chapter Two
1. Send slides to me at [email protected]
2. Pair Discussion/Class Share
III. "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Setting Activity
Objective: Identify and describe specific textual details that convey/reveal setting.
IV: Little HW: For tomorrow, please read "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and complete a Reading Journal for it. 10 + entries, please! Still confused about what this entails? Here is a sample for the first part of the story.
Friday, August 30, 2019
I. Administrativia: How to Join an AP Class (Join Code For AP Lit: EZ7AD2)
II. "One of These Days" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1. Discussion & Reading Journal Check
III. Active Reading Practice, con't
2. Poem of the Day: "Digging" by Seamus Heaney