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Historical
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Outside Reading Selections |
In Class Reading Selections |
Writing Focus |
AP Exam Focus |
Grammar Focus |
Scheduled Assessments
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Character Counts!
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Spring/Summer |
Acquire
and organize your portfolio. Include
materials for AP English and for your future college career. |
Start
planning for AP English NOW! You are responsible for obtaining your own
copies of the texts below in a timely manner. Summer Reading: The
Fountainhead by Ayn Rand [$9 @ amazon.com]
~ Book Check Aug. 17th |
All
of the texts below are available in the Glencoe text, but you may wish to purchase (Dover Thrift) or download (Bibliomania)
your own copies for annotating. |
Annotate
extensively while you read The
Fountainhead. It will make
reviewing and writing about the novel much easier next spring. If you are struggling with the novel, you
can find help here: Ayn Rand |
Set
up an account for yourself at AP Central and practice the AP questions
available to you. AP Central |
Recommended (not required) summer
reading: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation |
Become
very familiar with collegeboard.com “Your inside source for connecting to
college opportunity and success.” Use the practice SAT and ACT test
questions! |
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First Six Weeks |
The Anglo-Saxon Period and
the Middle Ages 449-1485 |
Text: Bulfinch’s
Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch [$12 @ amazon.com] ~ Book Check Aug. 17th Bulfinch’s Mythology Volume
I ~ The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes ~ SAS on CS |
Excerpt
from Beowulf ~ SAS on CS Selected
Excerpt
from The Iliad ~ SAS on CS |
Review: Annotating Dialectical
Journaling The
Multi-Paragraph Essay |
(Week 5) AP Benchmark Test in ARCO
Master the AP English Literature & Composition Test ~ Book Check Sep. 13th |
Sentence
Fragments Run-On
Sentences |
(Week 1) Fountainhead Quiz (Week 1) Beginning-of-the-Year
STAR Testing (Week 5) Six Weeks Test: Beowulf, Iliad,
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Honesty |
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Second |
(cont.) The Anglo-Saxon Period and
the Middle Ages 449-1485 |
Bulfinch’s Mythology Volume
II ~ The Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur ~ SAS on CS |
Excerpt
from Mallory’s Le
Morte D' Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table ~ SAS on CS |
MLA
Style and Documentation Begin Research Paper: Analyze
Assigned Author’s Style and Purpose |
(TBA) Timed Writing Benchmark (Week 6) AP Practice Test |
Pronoun/
Antecedent Agreement |
(Week 6) Six Weeks Test: King Arthur |
Responsibility Caring
Compassion |
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Third |
(cont.) The Anglo-Saxon Period and
the Middle Ages 449-1485 |
Bulfinch’s Mythology Volume
III ~ Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle
Ages ~ SAS on
CS |
Macbeth ~ SAS on CS (unabridged) |
Complete and Submit Research Paper (Due Dec. 3) |
(Week 7) AP Practice Test |
Subject/Verb
Agreement Parallelism
in Verb Tense |
(Week 7) Middle-of-the-Year STAR
Testing (Week 7) Semester
Exam: Charlemagne & Macbeth |
Perseverance |
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Fourth |
The English Renaissance 1485-1660 The Restoration and the
Eighteenth Century 1660-1798 |
Novel: Sophie’s
World by Jostein Gaarder [$7.99 @ amazon.com] ~ Book Check Dec. 13th (Hint: Start reading during the break!)
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Hamlet
(unabridged)
~ SAS on CS Also! Comparison exercise of Hamlet and Howard
Roarke at aynrand.org Also! Dead Poet’s Society |
Prewriting
for Fountainhead essay. |
(Week 5) AP Practice Test (TBA) Timed Writing |
Misplaced
and Dangling Modifiers |
(Week 5) Six Weeks Test: Sophie’s World & Hamlet |
Loyalty Fairness |
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Fifth |
The Romantic Period 1798-1832 |
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We
will review and write (800-1600 words) about The Fountainhead and submit our works to an annual essay contest
in April. Read about the essay contest |
Complete
and submit The Fountainhead essay. (Due
March 29) |
(Week 8) AP Practice Test (TBA) Timed Writing |
TBA |
(March 29)
Six Weeks
Test: Fountainhead Essay (Week 8) Six Weeks Test: Frankenstein |
Self-Reliance Self-Discipline |
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Sixth |
The Victorian Age 1832-1901 The Twentieth Century 1901-2000 |
Novel: Jude
the Obscure by Thomas Hardy [$5.95 @ amazon.com~ Book Check April 11th ~ SAS on CS |
TBA |
TBA |
NA |
TBA |
(Week 1) End-of-the-Year STAR
Testing (First
Week of May) AP English Language and Literature Exams (Week 7) Final Exam: Jude |
Civic
Duty |
Reading List for AP English IV
The following texts will be covered during the 2004-2005 school year. These texts will be read on your own time, so I recommend you get a head start on your reading right away. When school gets busy, you’ll be glad you did! You will be given very little class time to read your novels.
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It is your responsibility to obtain copies of the books and be prepared for book checks on the first day of each six weeks.
You may purchase your books at bookstores such as Barnes and Noble; at half-price bookstores such as the Pea Picker; or you may check them out of the school or local public library.
One more thing… I recommend you take good notes as you read and analyze these novels. Remember to annotate and/or keep up your dialectical journals. Happy reading!
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Required: 3-Ring Binder ~ Portfolio for writing samples, tests,
exercises, dialectical journaling, note-taking and handouts. This syllabus should be the first item in
your binder. Many SCANS grades will come
from your portfolio efforts.
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Required: ARCO Master
the AP English Literature
& Composition Test (Study Guide)
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Required: The
Fountainhead by Ayn Rand {This novel must be completed by the first day of
school. Yes, there will be a quiz! Failure to read this novel may result in your
placement in a regular English class. I
will include a study guide on Class Server for you to check out this summer.}
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Required: Bulfinch’s
Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch
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Required: Sophie’s
World by Jostein Gaarder
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Required: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Required: Jude the
Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The following items are not required for this course, but
they are recommended for any High School Advanced Placement English Student or
any student who plans to study English in college. These reference books may be found in most
any library.
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Recommended
for High School and College: A Handbook to Literature by Holman and Harmon
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Recommended for High School and College: The American
Heritage Dictionary
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Recommended for High School and College: Roget’s
College Thesaurus
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Recommended for High School and College: Eats, Shoots
& Leaves by Lynne Truss
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Recommended for High School and College: MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers
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Recommended for High School and College: The
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If you are interested in getting a head start in
your studies, you might want to check out the following website. You will find all sorts of information and
activities that correspond with your British Literature textbook. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/index.html
Extra Credit Options
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Donate one NEW Dover Thrift book
(any title) for TWO extra credit points. (2 points maximum per six
weeks.)
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Donate one USED book (fiction or
non-fiction) in good condition for TWO extra credit points. (2 points
maximum per six weeks.)
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All books will be donated to the HS library and
must be turned in before the last week of the six weeks.
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I accept boxes of tissue for ONE extra credit (1 point maximum per
six weeks.)
