AP English Literature - Immaculate Heart High School

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3. Take-Home Essays Students will write a number of take-home essays, which will analyze and explicate assigned works of literature. These essays will be based on close textual analysis of the structure, style and cultural context of the given work. I will often require a rough draft of take-home essays; these drafts will be evaluated in peer workshops or discussed one-on-one with me. Students will then have an opportunity to consider these critiques and revise their essays. Take-home essays will be evaluated based on the clarity and originality of argument, logical organization, use of specific textual evidence, and effective and correct expression. All take-home essays must follow MLA guidelines for format and citation and must be uploaded to Turnitin.com 4. In-Class Essays Students will also write several timed AP-style in-class essays which will analyze short literary texts (poems or excerpts of prose). These essays, too, will be evaluated based on the clarity and originality of argument, logical organization, use of specific textual evidence, and effective and correct expression. Some of these in-class essays will be for practice only; some will be graded. 5. Creative Projects In order to begin to grasp the complexity of the sonnet form, students will compose their own sonnets. At the end of the second semester, students will also create and present a postmodern project based on a class text of their choice. 6. Oral Presentation on Contemporary Novel Students will be required to read a contemporary (last ten years) novel which has been reviewed in a prominent book review (New York Times, Los Angeles Times, etc.). Students must give an oral presentation on this novel after Christmas break. 7. Quizzes, Tests and Exams Students will take many quizzes, tests and exams in class. AP-style multiple-choice tests on reading passages (most for practice only) Non-AP-Style multiple choice tests and quizzes on class content (graded) Practice AP (for practice only) Final Exams (graded) 8. Participation Participation in class discussion, group activities and oral presentations is required. Absences and tardiness will negatively affect your participation grade. Your final grade in this class may be raised half a grade for excellence in this area; it may be lowered half a grade for deficiency. ______________________________________________________________________________ Grades Grades are computed on a point system, with the exception of the Final Exam, which is computed as 20% of the semester grade, and the participation grade, which may raise or lower the semester grade by half a grade. The following grade breakdown is subject to revision: Paragraph Checks 50 Graded In-Class Essays 100 Take-Home Essays 100 Tests 50 Quizzes 25 4
Original Sonnet 50 Oral Presentation 50 Final Exam 20% Participation *raises or lowers semester grade by half a grade IHHS Grade Breakdown 100-93 A 89-87 B+ 79-77 C+ 69-67 D+ 59-0 F 92-90 A- 86-83 B 76-73 C 66-63 D 82-80 B- 72-70 C- 62-60 D- ______________________________________________________________________________ Course Chronology: First Quarter UNIT ONE: GENRE – THE NOVEL Content: Theme, Genre, Tone, Foreshadowing, Introductory Paragraphs, Integrating Quotations, Middlemarch Evaluation: Summer Reading Test, Paragraphs, Middlemarch Foreshadowing Essay UNIT TWO: GENRE – POETRY Content: Diction, Syntax, Line Breaks (Endstopping, Caesura), Rhyme, Rhythm, Aural Effects, Prosody, the Sonnet, the Ballad, the Villanelle, the Sestina, the Haiku, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Other Poetry Selections Evaluation: Paragraphs, Midterm, Contemporary Poem In-Class Essay, Original Sonnet Third Quarter UNIT FIVE: LITERARY THEORY Content: Cultural Context of Colonialism, Postcolonial Literary Theory, Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart, Apocalypse Now, “A Chance For Mr. Lever,” Theoretical Articles Evaluation: Paragraphs, In-Class Heart of Darkness Essay, Take-Home “A Chance for Mr. Lever” Essay Second Quarter UNIT THREE: GENRE – THE SHORT STORY Content: The Short Story, Point of View, Character, Diction, Syntax, Tone, Symbol, “The School,” “Hills Like White Elephants,” “The Doll’s House,” Dubliners Evaluation: Paragraphs, Dubliners In-Class Essay UNIT FOUR: GENRE – DRAMA and THE NOVEL Content: Chronology and Plot, Stage Terminology, King Lear, A Thousand Acres, Ran Evaluation: Paragraphs, Stage Terminology Quiz, Take-Home Lear/Thousand Acres Essay, Contemporary Novel Presentations, Fall Semester Final Exam Fourth Quarter UNIT SIX: LITERARY PERIODIZATION --MODERNISM Content: Cultural Context of Modernism, Allusions, “The Second Coming,” “The Hollow Men,” The Sound and The Fury Evaluation: In-Class The Sound and the Fury Essay, Take-Home The Sound and the Fury Essay UNIT SEVEN: LITERARY PERIODIZATION -- POSTMODERNISM Content: Cultural Context of Postmodernism, “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel,” “Howl,” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Evaluation: Practice AP, (Early) Spring Semester Final Exam, End of Semester Creative Project 5
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