2017 AP English Literature Agenda


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 










 14th Present the syllabus 

 15th
Pass out books
Assign Unit One #1 - 10 in Vocabulary: Due Tuesday, 22nd
 Selection of Details
The Things They Carried 
Analysis: 
Assignment: Share contents of purse 
Writing Assignment: Write two paragraphs describing someone by contents of purse
Due Wednesday, 16th

 16th
Share the selection of detail “The Things They Carried” writing assignment 
Break into pairs and rewrite unpunctuated excerpt from The Things They Carried. Share.
Discussion of power of punctuation. Classwork and
Homework: Perrine’s; Proving Your Point; page 11, Introducing Quotation, pages 15; Grammar, page 30; Punctuation 31 Due Friday, August 18th		 17th
Handmaid’s Tale 
Read excerpt 
Create graph of figurative language/examples from excerpt/purpose 
For Homework: write a two page minimum analysis of the excerpt. Due Monday, 21st. See September 15, 2010 A.P. Post!!!!! 

Pass out list of figurative language 		 18th
Pass out excerpt from “The Dead” 
Read/pair up/analyze/ share with class
Write a rough draft of analysis 
Look at the annotated analysis of excerpt from book 

Perrine homework due today. 
For homework:
Perrine’s: The Most Dangerous Game
due Tuesday; questions 1 - 8; pages 76 - 77; due Tuesday, 22nd
21st
“The Handmaid’s Tale” two page analysis is due today
Go over Freytag’s graph of “The Most Dangerous Game” 
Read/annotate/pair/ share with class second, last excerpt from “The Dead” 
Write a brief one page analysis of excerpt		 22nd
Unit One Vocabulary due today
Assign Unit One #11 - 20; due on Tuesday, 30th
Perrine’s “Most Dangerous Game”, #1 - 8 due today 
Assign: Perrine’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” #1 - 8 due Thursday, 24th.		 23rd 
Read “First Ice” 
Pair up/choose best lines from the three poems and create a new poem
Write an original poem using fire as a metaphor for first loss 		 24th
Perrine’s “The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber” #1- 8 due today

For homework: 
Perrine’s; Chapter Two; “Plot and Structure”; outline main ideas with supporting evidence
Perrine’s “The Destructors” #1 - 8; Due Monday, September 28th. 

Show video on Aristotle’s Poetics 

Pass out Aristotle’s The Poetics: Pair/Share


 25th
Continue sharing Poetics 
Pass out Oedipus the King 
Background information about Sophocles and the Athenian Play Contests

Begin reading 
Must keep reading log
Brief summary
Examples of Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Characterizations 
28th 
Homework due: 
Perrrines: “Chapter Two: Plot and Structure” and “The Destructors” 

Irony Improv

Pass out Oedipus the King 
Background information about Sophocles and the Athenian Play Contests

Begin reading - read in 20 page increments 
Must keep reading log
Brief summary
Examples of Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Characterizations 


 29th
Homework Due: Vocabulary, Unit One, #11 - 20 

Oedipus the King: 
Go over plot, characterization, any figurative language and/or literary devices

Give multiple choice questions to class
Go over in class 

Homework: read in 20 page increments 
Keep reading log 

 30th

Oedipus the King: 

Go over plot,  characterization, any figurative language, and/or literary devices

Give multiple choice questions in class
Go over in class 

Homework: read in 20 page increments
Keep reading log 


 31st 

Oedipus the King 

Go over plot, characterization, any figurative language, and/or literary devices 

Give multiple choice questions in class 
Go over in class 


 September 1st:

Assign essay on Oedipus Rex 
Go over rubric 
This will be due on Wednesday, September 6th. 



































 Copies to be made: 
AP Syllabus 
The Things They Carried excerpt - unpunctuated; the things they carried 
The Handmaid’s Tale  - excerpt 
The Dead Excerpt - from Prentice; from How to Get a 5 on the AP Literature Test 
“First Ice”  poem 
Aristotle’s “The Poetics” 
Oedipus Rex - three sets of multiple choice questions, 
Oedipus Rex - prompt on essay 

Books: 
Perrine’s 
Vocabulary Workshop Level F
Grammar 

Oedipus the King 

 Copies to be made: 

AP Syllabus 

The Things They Carried excerpt - unpunctuated; the things they carried 
The Handmaid’s Tale  - excerpt 
The Dead Excerpt - from Prentice; from How to Get a 5 on the AP Literature Test 
“First Ice”  poem 
Aristotle’s “The Poetics” 
Oedipus Rex - three sets of multiple choice questions, 
Oedipus Rex - prompt on essay 

Books: 
Perrine’s 
Vocabulary Workshop Level F
Grammar 
Oedipus the King 

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