Syllabus AP Literature 2023 Revised

2023 REVISED SYLLABUS ALIGNED AP COLLEGE BOARD

AP LITERATURE ERA/GENRE

COURSE OUTLINE 2021-2022

Each quarter (Q3 and Q4 examples), includes a variety of texts, including the major texts below (novels, novellas, and plays) and many accompanying short stories and poems from various literary periods and a variety of authors and poets. You may utilize physical copies or eBooks online for the significant texts below. Many are accessible online, and you can download them using Notability for annotating.

SEMESTER TWO (see example below)

Quarter 3: Self-Discovery (Prose Analysis)

● Review The Awakening by Kate Chopin (Christmas break read)

● Various poems (modern and postmodern)

● Research Paper

● Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Quarter 4: Postmodernism (Short Fiction I and Poetry)

● Student choice of postmodern text, including authors Rudolfo Anaya, Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, August Wilson, and others.

● Exam review

Example

UNIT 4: Modernism (1910-c.1945)

In this unit, students will engage in close readings of student choice of postmodern text, including authors Rudolfo Anaya, Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, August Wilson, and others.

January 31, 2022 - March 4, 2022 (4 Weeks)

· Timed Essay – Students will analyze the “humanity” of a specific character in Steinbeck's novel and use a graphic organizer to choose passages that develop this aspect of the character. Using these passages, they will debate with their peers on why their character is most relevant in today’s context. (50 Point AA)

· Press Conference: Hotseat and Inner Hotseat – Students will find a partner who wrote about the same character, and in pairs, one will play the role of the chosen character and answer questions from the rest of the class as if at a press conference, while the other student, standing behind the character, will respond as the “inner self” of the character telling what that character might be really thinking, feeling, and wanting to say. The focus of the questions and responses should be the humanity of the character.

· The study of any novel will focus on its themes and symbolism, as well as stylistic choices made to set a particular tone. After some discussion of the period in which this novel was written and the authors mindset at the time of writing, we will focus on their idea that of the innate goodness of humanity. (50 Points AA)

· Multiple Choice Practice – After reading Chapter 2, students will be timed while answering multiple choice questions based on a passage from Chapter 2. Before marking, students will write a few words of justification for each of their answers. After marking, we will discuss why the correct answers are indeed correct.

(50 Points AA)

· Open Question Essay – Students will have three “open question” essay prompts to choose from, but they must write about a book of their choice. For this essay, peer conferencing and self-evaluation will be the focus of the writing process, with teacher conferencing available only as supplement. (50 Points AA)

● 4 AA's Alternative Assessments FRQ's (50 Points)

● 4 EXIT Assessments/Quiz Vocabulary (20 Points)

● Weekly Discussions Readings (20 AA Poinnts)

● In-Class AP College Board (20 Daily Points)

● March 4-10th 2022 3rd Quarter Exam (MCQ)