Roy High School
English Department
Advanced Placement English Literature, 2017-2018
Course Description / •AP Literature and Composition will focus on close reading and literary analysis. Students will be prepared to take the AP exam at the end of the year for college credit. Participation in the final exam is not a requirement of this class.•AP Literature and Composition is a college level course in terms of reading, work load, and complexity of writing that will be required. This class will go at a slower pace than most college classes and students will be given more scaffolding to aid them in their work. Students, however, should be ready and willing to work at a higher level than previous English classes.
Instructor / Mrs. Jenny Hartnett
TEXTS / In addition to an intensive study of poetry, students will study the following works: *A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt (ISBN 13: 978-0679728221), *Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare (ISBN 13: 978-0743477567), Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hamlet by William Shakespeare. If time permits, Bartleby the Scrivener, The Importance of Being Earnest or The Misanthrope will also be part of the curriculum. In addition, students will complete independent reading from a list available on my blog, along with associated major assignments. I encourage you to use your local library for access to these novels. Students will also complete projects and presentations. (*Students must purchase these – total cost @ Amazon.com: $9.05 + $5.58 = $14.63)
FILMS
Required Materials / We will watch excepts (scenes) and multiple directors’ interpretations of A Man for All Seasons, Merchant of Venice, Hamlet and possibly The Importance of Being Earnest.
1 ½ ” binder, loose leaf paper,pens
WWW / Assignments, grades and announcements will be updated frequently and accessible 24/7 at RHS’ myweber/weber online account:
Grading / Grading scale: / Grade weights:(weighting may vary slightly per quarter)
90-100
80-89
71-79
61-70
Below 60 / = As
= Bs
= Cs
= Ds
= F / Minor (Quizzes, Homework, and Participation)……….
Incomplete work will be worth ½ credit when completed
Major (Essays, Projects and Tests)……..
A minor grade of 0 or 10 will also be given to major work to indicate if it is turned in on time or not / 40%
60%
Homework / Assignments are to be submitted in for full credit on the assigned due date. You are expected to complete the homework individually unless otherwise directed.
Attendance / You are expected to attend each class punctually and remain for the entire class period; tardiness disturbs everyone. You are responsible for retrieving all notes and handouts and complete all bellwork in the case of late of arrival to class. Important work (at the teacher’s discretion) must be made up after each legal absence.
Course Objectives / In AP English Literature and Composition, students are expected to read and respond to prose, poetry, and plays based on an understanding of diction, sentence patterns, organization of details and literary elements. Citing evidence from the text, students will be able to write interpretively, persuasively or argumentatively, as the prompt dictates, addressing the structure, style and themes in explaining why specific details are important, describing the feeling created or explaining how a character’s or narrator’s attitude or philosophy is developed. Additionally, students will consider the historical and biographical contexts surrounding the literary compositions to interpret the significance of context in relationship to interpretation.
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