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This document provides an overview of the AP Literature and Composition course taught by Stephanie Morrison during the 2016-2017 school year. The course covers literature from a variety of periods and genres through 6 units exploring short stories, novels, poetry, and drama. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions, complete frequent written assignments, and take a midterm and final exam. The final is an anthology presentation summarizing the student's literary influences. Students must earn a C or higher to receive college credit through the affiliated program.
Ap syllabus presentation
- 1. AP Literature and Composition and English 118: Introduction to the Literary Experience Instructor: Stephanie Morrison School Year: 2016-2017
- 2. Write this down! • Email: Stephanie.Morrison@ppsd.org • Phone: 401-258-3185 • Haiku Learning Site: https://www.myhaikuclass.com/sjmorrison/ap_lit_2016_17/signup Access Code: C3QNS
- 3. Course Description • This course provides students with a rich experience of literature from a variety of periods and genres, exploring the questions of what literature is and how texts make meaning. • This is a 4 credit College Course- Rhode Island College EEP Program • You must receive a “C” or “B-” or better for most colleges • There is NO COST to you to take this course • Students are expected to take the AP Exam in May
- 4. Required Texts • Perrine’s Literature Structure, Sound and Sense, 10th Edition. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.2009. • Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. • Various novels and plays as indicated in units
- 5. REQUIREMENTS • This course is rigorous and intellectually demanding, requiring consistent effort and putting emphasis upon developing independence of thought and critical thinking • Active participation in classroom discussion is necessary ▫ Socratic Seminars (fishbowls), online discussion groups, and small group to whole class discussions. • Frequent written assignments, short and long-term, formal and informal ▫ Students are required to complete all written assignments in electronic format (except where indicated) and use the Turnitin.com website.
- 6. GRADING • End of Unit Projects and Essays 40% • Quizzes and Short Writings 20% • Collaboration and Discussion 20% • Homework and Classwork 20% • Late assignments will be penalized 5 points for each school day late.
- 7. EXAMS • There will be a Midterm Exam in January (middle to end of Unit 4). • The Final Exam is the Anthology presentation in May. • If you do not take the AP EXAM, you will have to take an additional Final Exam
- 8. UNIT I: (one to two weeks) Topic: Introduction to Literary Analysis • Essential Questions: Why do we look into literature so deeply? How does Literature reveal universal themes and ideas? • Using their guide to literary criticism, students will examine universal literary concepts • Texts: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, and… • Students will choose from the following list: ▫ Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (students must read the entire book, not just the short story) ▫ Yellow Raft in Blue Water, by Michael Dorris ▫ If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin ▫ The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway (students must read the entire book, not just the short story) ▫ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (or any other Toni Morrison novel except The Bluest Eye) ▫ Going After Cacciato by Tim O’Brien ▫ The Road by Cormac McCarthy ▫ The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle • Assessment: ▫ Critical Analysis Essay
- 9. UNIT II: (two weeks) Topic: Introduction to College Level Writing • Essential Question: What makes writing good or bad? What do writers do? • In this unit, students will learn about the essentials for college level writing • Students will practice peer-editing and revising, as well as review basic citation and formatting. • Students will also have a crash course in grammar and conventions. • Assessment: ▫ Reflective Essay ▫ Analytical Essay ▫ Informative Essay
- 10. UNIT III: (Eight weeks) Topic: The Short Story • Essential Questions: How is identity shaped by relationships and experiences? How do our choices affect others and ourselves? • Texts: In addition to How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, students will read the following short stories from Perrine’s: ▫ “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell ▫ “The Destructors” by Graham Greene ▫ “The Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri ▫ “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker ▫ “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield ▫ “Welding with Children” by Time Gautreaux ▫ “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty ▫ “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer ▫ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson ▫ “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway ▫ “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence ▫ “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne ▫ “The Drunkard” by Frank O’Connor ▫ Plus, at least 2 more stories chosen by students for literary criticism • Assessment: • Character analysis essay • Setting analysis essay • Review of literary criticism presentation • Short Story Teaching Presentation • Quizzes on each story and a comprehensive test
- 11. UNIT IV: (Eight to Nine Weeks) Topic: The Novel Essential Question: Why do we treat people who are different, differently? Texts: ▫ The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison ▫ Wuthering Heights, by Emily Dickinson ▫ Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko ▫ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz Students will also read two other novels (independently) chosen from the following: • Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez • Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison • The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne • The Color Purple, by Alice Walker • Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley • Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte • Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens • The Poisonwood Bible, by Toni Morrison • The Color of Water, by James McBride • In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote Assessment: • Author Presentation • Literary Criticism Research • Analysis of theme essay • Contextualizing and Annotating a Text Project • Novel Study
- 12. UNIT V: (Nine to ten weeks) Topic: Poetry • Essential Questions: What is Love, Death, and the Natural World? • Texts: Students will read many poems from the poetry section of Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense, ninth edition. • More than 20 poets will be studied in depth • Assessment: ▫ Poem explication essay ▫ Sonnet Recitation ▫ Poetry Presentation
- 13. UNIT VI: (Six weeks) Topic: Drama • Essential Question: Who am I? What is my place in the world? • Texts: ▫ Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller ▫ Fences by August Wilson ▫ Hamlet by William Shakespeare • Assessment: ▫ Essay on Tragedy in Drama ▫ Dramatic Reading/Interpretation ▫ Objective Test on each play
- 14. UNIT VI: (Two weeks) Topic: Literary Anthology • Essential Questions: TBD by student • Assignment: ▫ This is a culminating project that documents a student’s literary influences, inclinations, creations, and interests. The student will use technology, if appropriate, to document and create the work. The student will present this project to the class.
- 15. What next? • Register for Haiku Learning site • Make sure you have finished your summer reading book… and How to Read Literature… You will need: • A Notebook for class notes and a folder to keep all handouts in (or a binder for both) • Sticky notes • Pens (NOT pencils) • Writer’s Journal (I will provide one)