Curriculum Map forAdvanced Placement Literature and
Composition (12)
Cook County Schools
Unit: 4Nature and Humanity # of Days: 16Key Concept(s)
- Demonstrates comprehension, identifies evidence, language, style, effects of language and style, rhetorical strategies, stylistic devices, literary strategies, cultural characteristics, purpose, structure, elements, relating to contemporary context, variety of genres, new vocabulary, historical context, development and implications of theme, critical thinking strategies, patterns of opposition, evaluation of criticism, poetic devices, motifs and symbolism, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, meter, structure, point of view and narrative pace; the American Dream; revisions and translations, comparison and contrast, parodies, art and poetry, music and poetry, point-counterpoint, tragedy
- Timed, process analytical writing, clear, logical, purposeful, literary analysis, critical thinking skills, rhetorical techniques, stylistic sophistication, legible, conventions, rules of English language, research, technology, manuscript format
Standards/Elements
- Students will understand that the theme or meaning of a selection represents a universal view or comment on life or society and that he or she must provide support from the text for the identified theme.
- Students will understand that differences in style as well as subject matter contribute to the development of a literary work.
- Students will understand that the form and structure of different genres and well as differences in form and structure within genres contribute to the meaning of the text.
- Students will understand that diction, rhetorical and literary strategies, sound devices, and style all contribute to the perspective of the text and elicit different responses from readers.
- Students will understand that critical thinking strategies, patterns of opposition, rhetorical and literary techniques, and stylistic sophistication are important in developing a clear, logical, and purposeful analytical essay.
- Students will understand how to use invention strategies to get ideas for writing.
- Students will understand how to use the writing process to develop a timed, analytical essay.
- Students will recognize universal symbols and motifs in literature
- Students will identify and analyze diverse sound devices.
- Students will make connections between music, art, and poetry.
- Students will understand the concept of point-counterpoint in writing and discussing literary works.
Unit Essential Questions
- What do poems gain and/or lose in revision?
- What are some significant points of comparison between poems?
- What do poems gain and/or lose in translation?
- What is a parody?
- What is the relationship between art and poetry?
- What is the connection between poetry and songs?
- What is point-counterpoint?
- What are some specific guidelines for reading poetry and writing about poetry?
- How do writers use characterization?
- How do writers use the Hero’s Journey?
- How do writers depict the themes of social class and discrimination in literature?
- How do writers use archetypes and stereotypes in literature?
- How do we find and evaluate literary criticism?
- How do playwrights and novelists use setting in their works?
- How is familial responsibility depicted in literature?
- How do we write analytical essays?
- How do we write open-ended essays?
Content
Readings from a variety of time periods from Roberts and DiYanni textbooks; novels; criticism
Key terms and vocabulary relevant to unit of study
Key Terms/Vocabulary – “Language of the Standard/Elements”
Symbolism
Setting
Historicist criticism / Biographical criticism
Purpose
Tone / Parallelism
Allusion
Skills
- Analyze what poems gain and/or lose in revision or translation.
- Analyze how writers use parody to create meaning and/or humor.
- Make connections between music, art, and poetry.
- Analyze how the theme or meaning of a selection represents a universal view or comment on life or society and that he or she must provide support from the text for the identified theme.
- Identify and support themes in particular literary texts
- Analyze and explain the way critics develop their interpretation of literary works
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a text in fulfilling the writer’s purpose
- Apply invention strategies to get ideas for writing
- Apply the writing process to create an analytical essay
- Apply the writing process to write an open-ended essay.
- Analyze writers’ use of universal themes and motifs.
- Analyze different writers’ perspectives on the American Dream.Analyze different writers’ definition of tragedy.
Assessment(s) and Composition(s)
Summative—Benchmark exam over key terms and concepts
Quizzes over reading and vocabulary
Analytical, Synthesis, and Open-ended essays
Journal responses
Socratic Seminar