AP Schedule 2010-2011Page 1 of 6

Fall Semester 2010-2011

MonthA-DayB-Day

Week #
Dates / Date / Activities / Materials/Text needed
Week 1
August 24-27 / Day 1: Hand out materials, reference forms, syllabi, time management tools, go through packets
Myths about the course ; Letters from last year; Procrastination; Difference between Interpretive and Escape literature; “Secret Sharer” Opening; make picture from opening paragraphDepth vs. Surface
Assign: H/O “Hills” to annotate; DiYanni, 563
Assign: Make Table of contents of Materials Packets
For homework; show example.
Day 2: “Dinner Party” >Questioning the text w/Close Reading; “Hills” >Theme, Setting, >Theme:Draw setting, infer meanings from drawings; Separate Peace opening
Assign: Read and annotate as review to help with BA 1: DiYanni:
Critical Thinking and Pleasures of Literature: 1-5
Approaching Literature: 10-23
Plot and Structure: 49-51
Character: 59-62
Setting: 66-67
Point of View: 77-78
Language and Style: 85-86
Theme: 90-91
Irony and Symbol: 97-99
Annotation: 112-114
Week 2
Aug 30 – Sept 3
TW/MC “Storm
Warnings”
“There was a
Boy” & “The
Most of It”
Collect Reference
Info sheets and
Check Table
of Contents / Day 1: Rubrics, Assertion/Evidence/Application, Murder Indictment from Pink Packet
Sentence Outline
“Assertion-Evidence-Application” {Murder Trial}from Pink Packet
Distinguish between Theme (Ontological) Question / Thesis Question and Thesis Statement/Theme Statement
Emphasize Theme should be Complex Sentence: “Since”, “Because”, “so”
Thesis should emphasize Author’s technique/strategy: How? > By ...
Literary analysis in sentence outline of BA 1 for Separate Peaceusing above material and review material from DiYanni
Day 2: BA 1Due:
Peer Edit, In Left margin of own paper, Identify Theme Question, Thesis Statement (Major Assertion), Minor Assertions, Evidence, Application, Merit, and Personal response.
Proofread classmate’s paper: Put arrow in Left Margin to indicate presence of mechanical or diction error; do not correct for classmate. Sign Coversheet.
Correct own paper before submitting.
Fragment in submitted paper counts against writer and proofreader.
Debrief A Separate Peace
Assign:H/O “Guest”; Setting, Theme, Existentialism, Consequence, Character, Pt. View/Viewpoint, Irony
Week 3
Sept 7-10 / TW/MC – Shaw’s Mother: Write, Debrief, Develop and apply Rubric
Day 1“Guest”; Setting, Theme, Existentialism, Consequence, Character, Pt. View/Viewpoint, Irony
Assign: DiYanni: Reading Plays 1247-1249
The Interpretation of Drama: 1260 – 1262
The Evaluation of Drama: 1262-1264
Types of Drama: 1265-1267
Elements of Drama: 1268-1283
Writing about Drama: 1284-1301
Day 2:Poetry of John Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, p. 1098; The Flea, p. 1099, Death, be not proud, p. 1100; Hymn to God theFather, p. 801 – Metaphysical Poet.
Week 4
Sept 13-17
TW/MC
Shaw’s Mother:
Write, Debrief,
Develop and
apply Rubric / Day1: Discussion of DiYanni reading
English Literary History, Shakespeare History Historical Background for Hamlet (Norse families, Fortinbras’s Uncle Buddy, etc.)
Day 2: Hamlet Act I – Characterization, Exposition, Historical Intrusion
Week 5
Sept 20-24 / Day 1:Hamlet Act II – Characterization, Minor Characters
Day 2: Hamlet Act II - Motivation
Week 6
Sept 27 – Oct 1
TW/MC Poetry:
“Sestina” &
“Habit of Perfection”
“Dombey”
End of 1st six weeks / Day 1: Hamlet Act III – Conflict, Climax (Effects of Sin) – Consequences of Choice
Day 2: Hamlet Act III - Procrastination
Week 7
Oct 4 - 8 / Day 1: Hamlet Act III
Day 2: Hamlet Act IV
Week 8
Oct 12-15
TW/MC
Henry IV Sleep
Soliloquy / Day 1: Hamlet Act V – Good and Evil – Who has the right?
Week 9
Oct 18-22 / Day1: Hamlet Act V – Good and Evil – Who has the right?
Day 2: Hamlet Culminating assignment
Hamlet used for AP Open Questions
Test-Taking Strategies /Test Strategy: Using AP Question list, write Thesis Statement and brief outline for each answer, using Hamlet as source-work, determine “Will Hamlet work to answer this question? How?”
Week 10
Oct 25- 29
TW/MC / Day 1:Absurdism: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead– DVD
Day 2: Absurdism: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – DVD
Week 11
Nov 1-5
End of 2nd six
weeks / Day 1:Absurdism: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – DVD
Day 2: Absurdism: The Bald Soprano
Week 12
Nov 8 – 12
TW/MC / Day 1: Prose Camp
Day 2: Prose Camp
Week 13
Nov 15 – 19 / Day 3: Prose Camp
Day 4: Poetry Camp
Week 14
Nov 22-23
Nov 24-26 =
Holiday / BA IV – Write in class – 60 minutes
Week 15
Nov 29 – Dec 3 / Day 1: Poetry Camp
Day 2: Poetry Camp
Week 16
TW/MC
Dec 6- 10 / Day 1: Test-Taking Strategies
Day 2: Multiple Choice section of Released AP Exam
Week 17
Dec 13 -17
End of 3rd six weeks and first semester / Exams; Essay section of Released AP Exam

Spring Semester 2010-2011

Dec 20 – Jan 3 =
Holiday

Week 1

Jan 4-7 / Day 1: Debrief AP Released Exam
Day 2: Debrief AP Released Exam
Week 2

Jan 10–14

TW/MC
Lady Windermere’s Fan / Day 1: Debrief AP Released Exam
Day 2: Debrief AP Released Exam

Week 3

Jan 18- 21 / Day 1:Comedy and Satire:The Importance of Being Earnest, p. 1936
Day 2: Comedy and Satire: The Importance of Being Earnest
Week 4
Jan 24-28
TW/MC / Day 1:Comedy and Satire:The Importance of Being Earnest
Day 2: Comedy and Satire: The Importance of Being Earnest
Week 5
Jan 31-Feb 4 / Day 1: Satire: “A Modest Proposal”
Day 2: Satire: “A Modest Proposal”, and selected poetry
Week 6
Feb 7-11
TW/MC / Day 1: A Doll House, p. 1066
Day 2: A Doll House

Week 7

Feb 14-18
End of 4th six weeks / Day 1: A Doll House
Day 2: A Doll House
Week 8
Feb 22-25 / Day 1: Heart of Darkness
Day 2: Heart of Darkness
Week 9
Feb28-March 4 / Day 1: Heart of Darkness
English TAKS week (probably)
Week 10
March 7-11
Spring break
March 14-18 / Day 1:AP Released Exam MC and one essay
Day 2:AP Released Exam two essays
Week 11
March 21-25 / Day 1:Return to Heart of Darkness
Day 2:Return to Heart of Darkness
Week 12
March 28-April 1
TW/MC / Day 1: Debrief AP Released Exam
Day 2: Debrief AP Released Exam
Week 13
April 4-8
End of 5th six
weeks / Day 1: Debrief AP Released Exam
Day 2: Debrief AP Released Exam
Week 14
April 11-15
TW/MC / Day 1: Poetry – Frost
Day 2: Poetry – Frost

Week 15

April 18-21
April 22=holiday / Day 1: Poetry – Dickenson
Day 2: Poetry – Dickenson

Week 16

April 25-29 / TAKS WEEK!
Test-Taking Strategies Review
Week 17
May 2-6 / Test-Taking Strategies Review
AP EXAM
Week 18
May 9-13 / Siddhartha
Week 19
May 16-29 / Siddhartha
Week 20
May 23-27
End of the 6th six
Weeks and end
Of the school year. / Final Exam Week

Book Analysis Schedule 2010-2011

Book analysis is due on Wednesday or Thursday, depending on which day your class meets.

Fall

Week Book Analysis IChoice (A Separate Peace)

WeekBook Analysis IICharacter/Characterization

WeekBook Analysis IIISetting

WeekBook Analysis IVCharacter/Characterization (In Class

see Course Schedule Note)

Spring

WeekBook Analysis VStyle

WeekBook Analysis VIAuthor’s purpose and

strategy employed to achieve

that purpose

WeekBook Analysis VIIPoint of View/Viewpoint

WeekBook Analysis VIIITo be announced

WeekBook Analysis IXEvolution of personal style and

analytic competence

AP Literature TestMay, 2011