Welcome to AP Literature!
AP Literature is offered every other year at Saugatuck High School. It will be offered next during the 2019-2020 school year.
Over the three trimesters of AP Literature, students will read, analyze, and write about numerous works chosen for their literary merit. Individual and group discussion and analysis of these pieces will lead students to gain the skills colleges recognize as necessary for success. This is a rigorous, college level class which will prepare students for future college endeavors.
Prerequisite: Students should have been successful in prior English classes, have passed English 10, and have discussed their desire to enter the class with the instructor. Students should have an interest in and aptitude for reading and writing.
Materials:
The following materials are used in and out of class. They are both College Board approved and included in numerous university reading lists for incoming freshmen:
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
King Lear, William Shakespeare
Oedipus the King, Sophocles
The Awakening, Kate Chopin
Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale-Hurston
Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison (time permitting)
One or two novels of your choice
Short stories as selected
Poetry as selected
Course Overview:
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition is a course that affords the secondary student the opportunity to write a national exam in May and earn college credit. The test is scored 1-5, 5 being high and a score of 3 being acceptable for three literature or elective credits at many colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities require a 4 for credit. Students would be wise to verify individual policies with the colleges of their choice. The cost of the test is $82.00.
Participation in an AP class should not be viewed only as preparation for the AP exam. Taking rigorous secondary courses often results in testing out of college courses, and always exposes students to the material they will encounter in college, thereby raising their comfort level. By taking AP Literature and Composition, students will ascertain the tools needed to be successful at the college level.
Student Reading Objectives:
According to the College Board, “The [AP Literature] course [should] include intensive study of representative works from various genres and periods, concentrating on works of recognized literary merit… [which] invite and reward rereading. [These works] do not…yield all (or nearly all) of their pleasures of thought and feeling the first time through.” In effect, then, your reading goals in this course are as follows:
· To read works from several genres and periods- from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century
· To get to know a few works very well
· To learn to read deliberately and thoroughly, taking time to understand a work’s complexity, and to absorb its richness and meaning
· To reflect on the social and historical values [literature] reflects and embodies (the College Board)
Throughout this school year, students will be reading from various genres including poetry, drama, short story, and the novel.
Student Writing Objectives:
“Throughout this course emphasis [should be] placed on helping students develop stylistic maturity, which for AP English is characterized by…” (the College Board)
· A wide-ranging vocabulary used with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness
· A variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions
· A logical organization, enhanced by specific illustrative detail
· A balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail
· An effective use of rhetoric, including a controlling tone, maintaining a consistent voice and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
To develop these skills, students will be completing a variety of writing assignments throughout the year. These assignments will include:
· Exploratory writing about the literature read in class
· Research writing that explores differing critical responses to literature
· Specific writing addressing portions of writing similar to an AP Response
· Vocabulary writing
· Timed writing simulating the AP exam
Major Course Goals/Instructional Pedagogy:
The course readings are both wide and deep, necessitating close, deliberate, and thoughtful attention to detail and complexity. Students are encouraged to embrace nuance, ambiguity, and complexity. The works range from various genres and periods from the Classical Period to the 21st century. Close consideration through class discussions will also focus on the literary, historical and social implication for such works- chronological and thematic organization will apply. Students will be introduced to and work with different lenses or focus points in their study of literature. While the pedagogy of this course depends heavily on the discourse among peers in different venues- literature circles and Socratic seminar, for instance, the reading and writing will include a heavy emphasis on analysis based on textural support. Personal response and reaction as well as interpretive conclusions will be explored through multiple opportunities including annotation exercises and reductions of literature.
Writing, of course, is an integral part of AP Literature and Composition. Critical analysis is the focus of most writing assignments, in order to offer students a deeper understanding of such artistry. Attention on any writing assignment will be based on standard conventions: ideas and content, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, conventions, and performance. Cognizant, clear, and fluent writing to develop stylistic maturity is the goal. Stylistic maturity is characterized by the following:
· A strong, wide-ranging vocabulary
· A variety of sentence structures
· A logical organization which is enhanced by use of specific techniques of coherence such as repetitions, transitions, and emphasis
· A balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail; and
· An effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
Class time will be available for students to engage in the practice of writing, revising, and editing through writer’s workshop, small group conferencing, and one on one conferencing between instructor and student. This college-level course will include numerous opportunities for students to write and rewrite informal, exploratory, extended discourse, and timed essays with instructor feedback both before and after students revise their work. Writing on demand will also be practiced through a variety of exercises in order to prepare students for the written portion of the exam.
AP Literature Units of Study:
Trimester One (12 weeks) (please be aware that changes may occur)
Week 1: writing basics, samples of AP multiple choice, the test
Week 2: The Kite Runner and writing- the rubric
Week 3: Things Fall Apart and the rubric, test, writing in general
Week 4: Poetry (pass out Pride and Prejudice)
Week 5: Pride and Prejudice
Week 6: Pride and Prejudice
Week 7: Pride and Prejudice
Week 8: King Lear and sonnets
Week 9: King Lear and sonnets
Week 10: King Lear
Week 11: Oedipus the King
Week 12: Short Story/Poetry
Trimester Two (12 weeks)
Week 13: The Awakening
Week 14: The Awakening
Week 15: The Awakening
Week 16: Frankenstein
Week 17: Frankenstein
Week 18: Frankenstein
Week 19: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 20: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 21: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 22: The Bluest Eye
Week 23: The Bluest Eye
Week 24: The Bluest Eye
Week 25: Much Ado About Nothing
Week 26: Much Ado About Nothing
Week 27: (April 1-3) Test prep… no new material. Writing, reading, practice exams
Week 28: test prep
Week 29: test prep
Week 30: test prep
Week 31: test prep
Week 32: TEST WEEK (May 5-9)
Week 33: Project
Week 34: Project
Week 35: Project
Week 36: Project
Over the three trimesters of AP Literature, students will read, analyze, and write about numerous works chosen for their literary merit. Individual and group discussion and analysis of these pieces will lead students to gain the skills colleges recognize as necessary for success. This is a rigorous, college level class which will prepare students for future college endeavors.
Prerequisite: Students should have been successful in prior English classes, have passed English 10, and have discussed their desire to enter the class with the instructor. Students should have an interest in and aptitude for reading and writing.
Materials:
The following materials are used in and out of class. They are both College Board approved and included in numerous university reading lists for incoming freshmen:
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
King Lear, William Shakespeare
Oedipus the King, Sophocles
The Awakening, Kate Chopin
Frankenstein, Mary Shelly
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale-Hurston
Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison (time permitting)
One or two novels of your choice
Short stories as selected
Poetry as selected
Course Overview:
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition is a course that affords the secondary student the opportunity to write a national exam in May and earn college credit. The test is scored 1-5, 5 being high and a score of 3 being acceptable for three literature or elective credits at many colleges and universities. Some colleges and universities require a 4 for credit. Students would be wise to verify individual policies with the colleges of their choice. The cost of the test is $82.00.
Participation in an AP class should not be viewed only as preparation for the AP exam. Taking rigorous secondary courses often results in testing out of college courses, and always exposes students to the material they will encounter in college, thereby raising their comfort level. By taking AP Literature and Composition, students will ascertain the tools needed to be successful at the college level.
Student Reading Objectives:
According to the College Board, “The [AP Literature] course [should] include intensive study of representative works from various genres and periods, concentrating on works of recognized literary merit… [which] invite and reward rereading. [These works] do not…yield all (or nearly all) of their pleasures of thought and feeling the first time through.” In effect, then, your reading goals in this course are as follows:
· To read works from several genres and periods- from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century
· To get to know a few works very well
· To learn to read deliberately and thoroughly, taking time to understand a work’s complexity, and to absorb its richness and meaning
· To reflect on the social and historical values [literature] reflects and embodies (the College Board)
Throughout this school year, students will be reading from various genres including poetry, drama, short story, and the novel.
Student Writing Objectives:
“Throughout this course emphasis [should be] placed on helping students develop stylistic maturity, which for AP English is characterized by…” (the College Board)
· A wide-ranging vocabulary used with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness
· A variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions
· A logical organization, enhanced by specific illustrative detail
· A balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail
· An effective use of rhetoric, including a controlling tone, maintaining a consistent voice and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
To develop these skills, students will be completing a variety of writing assignments throughout the year. These assignments will include:
· Exploratory writing about the literature read in class
· Research writing that explores differing critical responses to literature
· Specific writing addressing portions of writing similar to an AP Response
· Vocabulary writing
· Timed writing simulating the AP exam
Major Course Goals/Instructional Pedagogy:
The course readings are both wide and deep, necessitating close, deliberate, and thoughtful attention to detail and complexity. Students are encouraged to embrace nuance, ambiguity, and complexity. The works range from various genres and periods from the Classical Period to the 21st century. Close consideration through class discussions will also focus on the literary, historical and social implication for such works- chronological and thematic organization will apply. Students will be introduced to and work with different lenses or focus points in their study of literature. While the pedagogy of this course depends heavily on the discourse among peers in different venues- literature circles and Socratic seminar, for instance, the reading and writing will include a heavy emphasis on analysis based on textural support. Personal response and reaction as well as interpretive conclusions will be explored through multiple opportunities including annotation exercises and reductions of literature.
Writing, of course, is an integral part of AP Literature and Composition. Critical analysis is the focus of most writing assignments, in order to offer students a deeper understanding of such artistry. Attention on any writing assignment will be based on standard conventions: ideas and content, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, conventions, and performance. Cognizant, clear, and fluent writing to develop stylistic maturity is the goal. Stylistic maturity is characterized by the following:
· A strong, wide-ranging vocabulary
· A variety of sentence structures
· A logical organization which is enhanced by use of specific techniques of coherence such as repetitions, transitions, and emphasis
· A balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail; and
· An effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
Class time will be available for students to engage in the practice of writing, revising, and editing through writer’s workshop, small group conferencing, and one on one conferencing between instructor and student. This college-level course will include numerous opportunities for students to write and rewrite informal, exploratory, extended discourse, and timed essays with instructor feedback both before and after students revise their work. Writing on demand will also be practiced through a variety of exercises in order to prepare students for the written portion of the exam.
AP Literature Units of Study:
Trimester One (12 weeks) (please be aware that changes may occur)
Week 1: writing basics, samples of AP multiple choice, the test
Week 2: The Kite Runner and writing- the rubric
Week 3: Things Fall Apart and the rubric, test, writing in general
Week 4: Poetry (pass out Pride and Prejudice)
Week 5: Pride and Prejudice
Week 6: Pride and Prejudice
Week 7: Pride and Prejudice
Week 8: King Lear and sonnets
Week 9: King Lear and sonnets
Week 10: King Lear
Week 11: Oedipus the King
Week 12: Short Story/Poetry
Trimester Two (12 weeks)
Week 13: The Awakening
Week 14: The Awakening
Week 15: The Awakening
Week 16: Frankenstein
Week 17: Frankenstein
Week 18: Frankenstein
Week 19: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 20: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 21: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Week 22: The Bluest Eye
Week 23: The Bluest Eye
Week 24: The Bluest Eye
Week 25: Much Ado About Nothing
Week 26: Much Ado About Nothing
Week 27: (April 1-3) Test prep… no new material. Writing, reading, practice exams
Week 28: test prep
Week 29: test prep
Week 30: test prep
Week 31: test prep
Week 32: TEST WEEK (May 5-9)
Week 33: Project
Week 34: Project
Week 35: Project
Week 36: Project
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