AP Syllabus 2002-2003


The order and duration of these units are subject to change without notice due to snow days, assemblies and other necessary school business.




Unit I The Writing Program Overview
· Summer reading assessments
· Rubrics, range finder essays,
· The College Essay

Unit II Appearance/Reality
· A Doll's House: Ibsen
Comparison/contrast paper to The Awakening
· Oedipus the King: Sophocles
In-class timed writing
· "Jocasta:" Ruth Eisenberg
· Macbeth: Shakespeare
Analysis paper on a short speech


Unit III Elements of the novel and style analysis
· Review Schaffer techniques for analyzing
Tone
Diction
Detail
Point of view
Syntax
Organization
· Practice using selected excerpts from novels, timed writings

Unit IV Good and Evil
· Billy Budd: Melville
In-class timed writings
· The Return of the Native: Hardy
At-home essay

Unit V Poetry
· Terminology
· TP-CASTT
· Speaker-Tone
· Diction
· Imagery
· Figures of Speech
· Symbolism and Allegory
· Syntax
· Sound Devices
· Rhythm and Meter
· Structure: Closed Form and Open Form
· Theme
· Poetry packets on English, American Metaphysicals
· Emily Dickinson
· Contemporary Poets
Assessment through sample multiple choice, in-class timed writing

Unit VI Trapped in Hell
· Catch 22: Heller
CRIS Journals, seminar, in-class timed writing
· War poetry
At-home poetry analysis



MIDYEAR EXAMS: AP Examination format



Unit VII Marriage and Family Relationships
· The Color Purple: Walker
In-class timed writing
· "A Rose for Emily": Faulkner
· As I Lay Dying: Faulkner
Creative writing or project choice
· Poetry of the family
At-home comparison/contrast essay

Unit VIII Alienation
· The Sun Also Rises: Hemingway
In-class timed writing
· "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock": Eliot
At-home comparison/contrast essay
· Death of a Salesman: Miller
In-class timed writing

** Independent reading of a novel for the AP Examination will be assigned in April

Unit IX Taking the AP Literature Examination
· General review strategies
· Independent reading of a novel
· Practice examinations

THE AP LITERATURE EXAMINATION

Unit X Contemporary Issues
· Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead: Stoppard
To be assessed on the final exam
· Ekphrastic poetry
Oral presentation
· Literature Circles using a contemporary novel
To be assessed on the final exam


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