2016-17 AP SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS--the fun begins on August 18!
EXAM REVIEW:
AP Question 3 (open-ended) 1970-2014
AP Student Page (lots of resources!)
MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET
Sample MWDS
Poetry/imagery project! Due 4/27
ap_final_project_dinner_party_2017.docxGuess Who's Coming to Dinner party!
VOCAB REVIEW! List by name
1. Anna Claire
2. Kevin
3. Connor
4. Allie
5. Trevor
6. Madi
7. Jess
8. John
9. Maiah
10. Will
11. Carter
12. Gabbie
13. Emma
14. Riley
15. Kirsten
16. Bailli
17. Devin
Completed MWDS for 2016-2017:
Things Fall Apart
A Doll's House
King Lear
A Thousand Acres
The Stranger
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Heart of Darkness
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Metamorphosis
Beloved
Passing
Hedda Gabler
Unit IV (Identity Crisis)
poem 26, due 4/20
Hedda Gabler essay (NYTimes)
Victorian Era Game: How Proper Are You?
Link to Passing by Nella Larsen
poem 25, due 3/30
--Anna Claire's outstanding essay on "The Foot"
poem 24, due 3/23
Unit III (Horror)
poem 23, due 3/16
poem 22, due 3/9 (no more TPFASTT)
poem 21, due 3/2
poem 20 for TPFASTT (due 2/9)
Beloved background and CRJ expectations
text of The Metamorphosis
Heart of Darkness/Things Fall Apart/Apocalypse Now paideia questions
poem 18 for TPFASTT (due 1/26)
Text of Heart of Darkness
BBC Documentary on the Belgian Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
2ND SEMESTER 2017 CALENDAR (this is it, y'all!)
Unit II (Philosophy)
Literary Theory
Crash Course: Aesthetics video
poem 15 due 12/8
REVISED December 2016 calendar
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man journal expectations
Portrait/Joyce Intro PP
Librivox audiobook for Portrait
Christian Existentialism PP
Crash Course: Existentialism video
poem 12: due 11/10
Poem 11: due 11/3
The Death of Ivan Ilych text
The Stranger: Gilbert translation
Philosophy Experiments: what do you believe?
Stanford Freedom Project: site with philosophical articles
Project Implicit: do you have inherent biases? (Almost all of us do.)
Unit I (Development)
Poem 9: due 10/13
Poem 8: 10/6
Poem 7: due 9/29
Poem 6: due 9/22, to be reviewed on Monday, 9/26
A Thousand Acres Critical Reader's Journal expectations (CRJ)
Poem 5: due 9/15
September-October calendar
Poem 4: due 9/8. Consider structure, diction, and imagery as they relate to meaning/significance
Poem 3: due 9/1
Poem 2: due Thursday, 8/25
Poem 1! Print, annotate and write a one page response in your journal. Due Thursday.
"The Rocking Horse Winner"
"No Name Woman," "Witnesses, Secret and Not" and "Sonny's Blues" will all be available as handouts.
Essential Class Resources:
August-September calendar
THE SYLLABUS. Know it. Love it.
AP Vocabulary Terms: Due each Tuesday.
Vocabulary Chart (updated as PDF)
General resources:
Varied allusions and Biblical allusions
Purdue OWL: The Online Writing Lab for Purdue University. EXCELLENT resource for instruction and guidance.
Poetry 180: A poem for every day of school! How perfect is that??
MLA: The perfect resource for knowing what it is and how to do it.
Transition words list? I thought you'd never ask.
Tone Words beyond happy and sad.
Literary Theory:
Critical Approaches to Literary Theory
Nerdy Stuff:
Talking Lear: Simon Russell Beale on playing Lear--an hour video of an actor who has played Lear explaining his understanding of the character and the play
EXAM REVIEW:
AP Question 3 (open-ended) 1970-2014
AP Student Page (lots of resources!)
MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET
Sample MWDS
Poetry/imagery project! Due 4/27
ap_final_project_dinner_party_2017.docxGuess Who's Coming to Dinner party!
VOCAB REVIEW! List by name
1. Anna Claire
2. Kevin
3. Connor
4. Allie
5. Trevor
6. Madi
7. Jess
8. John
9. Maiah
10. Will
11. Carter
12. Gabbie
13. Emma
14. Riley
15. Kirsten
16. Bailli
17. Devin
Completed MWDS for 2016-2017:
Things Fall Apart
A Doll's House
King Lear
A Thousand Acres
The Stranger
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Heart of Darkness
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Metamorphosis
Beloved
Passing
Hedda Gabler
Unit IV (Identity Crisis)
poem 26, due 4/20
Hedda Gabler essay (NYTimes)
Victorian Era Game: How Proper Are You?
Link to Passing by Nella Larsen
poem 25, due 3/30
--Anna Claire's outstanding essay on "The Foot"
poem 24, due 3/23
Unit III (Horror)
poem 23, due 3/16
poem 22, due 3/9 (no more TPFASTT)
poem 21, due 3/2
poem 20 for TPFASTT (due 2/9)
Beloved background and CRJ expectations
text of The Metamorphosis
Heart of Darkness/Things Fall Apart/Apocalypse Now paideia questions
poem 18 for TPFASTT (due 1/26)
Text of Heart of Darkness
BBC Documentary on the Belgian Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
2ND SEMESTER 2017 CALENDAR (this is it, y'all!)
Unit II (Philosophy)
Literary Theory
Crash Course: Aesthetics video
poem 15 due 12/8
REVISED December 2016 calendar
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man journal expectations
Portrait/Joyce Intro PP
Librivox audiobook for Portrait
Christian Existentialism PP
Crash Course: Existentialism video
poem 12: due 11/10
Poem 11: due 11/3
The Death of Ivan Ilych text
The Stranger: Gilbert translation
Philosophy Experiments: what do you believe?
Stanford Freedom Project: site with philosophical articles
Project Implicit: do you have inherent biases? (Almost all of us do.)
Unit I (Development)
Poem 9: due 10/13
Poem 8: 10/6
Poem 7: due 9/29
Poem 6: due 9/22, to be reviewed on Monday, 9/26
A Thousand Acres Critical Reader's Journal expectations (CRJ)
Poem 5: due 9/15
September-October calendar
Poem 4: due 9/8. Consider structure, diction, and imagery as they relate to meaning/significance
Poem 3: due 9/1
Poem 2: due Thursday, 8/25
Poem 1! Print, annotate and write a one page response in your journal. Due Thursday.
"The Rocking Horse Winner"
"No Name Woman," "Witnesses, Secret and Not" and "Sonny's Blues" will all be available as handouts.
Essential Class Resources:
August-September calendar
THE SYLLABUS. Know it. Love it.
AP Vocabulary Terms: Due each Tuesday.
Vocabulary Chart (updated as PDF)
General resources:
Varied allusions and Biblical allusions
Purdue OWL: The Online Writing Lab for Purdue University. EXCELLENT resource for instruction and guidance.
Poetry 180: A poem for every day of school! How perfect is that??
MLA: The perfect resource for knowing what it is and how to do it.
Transition words list? I thought you'd never ask.
Tone Words beyond happy and sad.
Literary Theory:
Critical Approaches to Literary Theory
Nerdy Stuff:
Talking Lear: Simon Russell Beale on playing Lear--an hour video of an actor who has played Lear explaining his understanding of the character and the play