Literatura y composición de AP: lectura, escritura y análisis de literatura imaginativa (semestre 2)
En este curso integral de nivel superior, equivalente a una composición de primer año, de 16 semanas de duración, los estudiantes aprenderán a analizar literatura, escribir ensayos analíticos y estar preparados para tomar el examen de Literatura AP en EE. UU. en mayo.
Victoria Atkinson, M.A.
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2-4 horas por semana. Students will be expected to read each week and will typically have multiple choice practice at least once a week. Since this is an introductory, freshman-level course, students can expect upwards of 30-50 pages of reading a week, especially with the longer works, although this will not always be the case. Lastly, students will complete 3 majors essays/projects in this course, so students will have homework assignments related to completing said essays/projects.Evaluación
To help students see their progress and growth through the course, I will give point-based grades. However, they will not be counted unless parents want to add the grades received to homeschool report cards. Additionally, I will assign one major essay/project per unit.Calificación
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Nivel de inglés: desconocido
Grado de EE. UU. 11 - 12
***I will not be able to offer this course for the 2023-2024 school year due to a new job*** This course "focuses on reading, analyzing, and writing about imaginative literature (fiction, poetry, drama) from various periods. Students engage in close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays that require students to analyze and interpret literary works" (AP Literature and Composition Course and Exam Description). Additionally, "students devote themselves to the study of literary works written in—or translated into—English. Careful reading and critical analysis of such works of fiction, drama, and poetry, selected locally by responsible educators, provide rich opportunities for students to develop an appreciation of ways literature reflects and comments on a range of experiences, institutions, and social structures. Students will examine the choices literary writers make and the techniques they utilize to achieve purposes and generate meanings" (AP Literature and Composition Course and Exam Description). Based on my College Board-approved AP Lit syllabus, we will cover the following topics/stories/poems/longer-works over the course of the semester: WEEK 1 - POETRY 2 Explain “Becoming the Poet” Poetry Portfolio Project + Blackout Poetry Activity Lesson on Imagery + Warm-up: "Echoes" + Analyze w/ TP-CASTT: "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" WEEK 2 - POETRY 2 Lesson on Comparisons + Warm-up: "Love is not All" + Analyze w/ TP-CASTT: "Because I could not stop for Death- (479)” Lesson on Allegory & Allusion + Warm-up: “Nothing Gold Can Stay” + Analyze w/ TP-CASTT: “Journey of the Magi” WEEK 3 - POETRY 2 Coffee House-Style Poetry Presentations + Song Lyric Mash-Up Poetry Activity How to Write Poetry Essay WEEK 4 - POETRY 2 Timed Write #1: “Plants” Introduce Their Eyes Were Watching God* + Persuasive Essay WEEK 5 - LONGER FICTION 2 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 1-2 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 3-4 WEEK 6 - LONGER FICTION 2 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 5-6 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 7-8 WEEK 7 - LONGER FICTION 2 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 9-11 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 12-14 WEEK 8 - LONGER FICTION 2 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 15-17 Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God Ch. 18-20 ***NO CLASS MEETINGS BETWEEN WEEKS 8 & 9 FOR SPRING BREAK*** WEEK 9 - LONGER FICTION 2 + SHORT FICTION 3 Timed Write #2: Their Eyes Were Watching God Explain Literary Theory Essay + Lesson on Symbols WEEK 10 - SHORT FICTION 3 Discuss “The Lottery” Digging Deeper into “The Lottery” WEEK 11 - SHORT FICTION 3 Discuss “Dead Men’s Path” Digging Deeper into “Dead Men’s Path” WEEK 12 - SHORT FICTION 3 Discuss “A Worn Path” Digging Deeper into “A Worn Path” + Review How to Write Prose Passage Essay WEEK 13 - SHORT FICTION 3 Timed Write #3: “All the Living” What to Expect on Exam Day + Review Essential Knowledge WEEK 14 - REVIEW + EXAM PREP Review Essential Knowledge Review over how to write each type of essay WEEK 15 - REVIEW + EXAM PREP Mock Exam: Full-Length MC Section Mock Exam: Q1 - Poetry WEEK 16 - REVIEW + EXAM PREP Mock Exam: Q2 - Prose Passage Mock Exam: Q3 - Open Response *A copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston will need to be purchased by Week 4. During our live meetings each week, we will cover the topics listed above. Most days, we will discuss the literature above as a class so that we can share our thoughts and analyses in a respectful manner. It is important to note that we all come from a variety of backgrounds and have a variety of life experiences, so respect for our peers is of the utmost importance, and disrespect of one's ideas will not be tolerated and can result in removal from the Zoom live discussion or the class as a whole. However, we can use our differences to create a rich, multifaceted discussion each week. Outside of our meetings each week, students will complete homework that works on developing AP Lit's "big ideas." These "big ideas" are characters, setting, structure, narration, figurative language, and literary argumentation. These weekly homework assignments will consist of multiple-choice practice (based on released questions from previous exams to prepare for the multiple-choice section of the exam) and reading assignments. Each week's homework assignments will be due by the beginning of our next live class meeting. I will have the previous week's assignments graded by the next live meeting as well. PREREQUISITES: Students must have had taken AP Literature & Composition: Read, Write, + Analyze Imaginative Lit (Semester 1) with me before taking this class since all skills needed for this semester course were established in Semester 1. Please note: The USA-based 2021 AP English Literature and Composition exam will take place at the beginning of May 2022. Parents will have to coordinate with a local school to sign their students up for the exam (students will have to take the exam at a local school). Unfortunately, this is not something I can do for you. However, I will provide resources and links upon class sign-up that explain how to go about doing this. Additionally, I cannot guarantee that your student will receive at least a 3 on the exam, but I will do everything I can to help prepare them for success on the exam through our class discussions and feedback on multiple-choice practice and timed writings. With that being said, I have had many students receive 4s on the exam based on my above plans and curriculum. If you are homeschooling and would like me to grade assignments and give a final progress report for your personal report card, please message me and let me know when you sign your student up for this class. AP GPA weighting is a whole point higher than that of a standard class (5.0 vs. 4.0). This means that a B in an AP class will still give a student a 4.0 for that class. I will also provide my College Board-approved syllabus upon class sign-up as well.
Metas de aprendizaje
Students will learn how to become stronger critical thinkers and analytical writers, while also being prepared to take the USA-based AP Literature and Composition exam in May.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God has some curse words, the use of the "n" word (the book was written by a Black woman in the 1930s), mild violence, and mild sexuality.
Here is a note that I have in my College Board-approved syllabus for AP Lit:
A NOTE ON SELECTED LITERATURE. PLEASE READ. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM AP.
In an ongoing effort to recognize the widening cultural horizons of literary works written in English, the AP English Literature Development Committee will include diverse authors in the representative reading lists. Issues that might, from a specific cultural viewpoint, be considered controversial, including references to real-world cultural issues, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, races, dialects, gender or class, adult situations, are often represented artistically in works of literature. The Development Committee is committed to careful review of such potentially controversial material. Still, recognizing the universal value of literary art that probes difficult and harsh life experiences and so deepens understanding, the committee emphasizes that fair representation of issues and peoples may occasionally include controversial material.
Since AP students have chosen a program that directly involves them in college-level work, the AP English Literature and Composition Exam depends on a level of maturity consistent with the age of 12th-grade students (and beyond) who have engaged in thoughtful analysis of difficult literary texts. The best response to a controversial detail or idea in a literary work might well be a question about the larger meaning, purpose, or overall effect of the detail or idea in context. AP students should have the maturity, the skill, and the will to seek the larger meaning through thoughtful consideration of many different viewpoints. Such thoughtfulness is both fair and owed to the art and to the author.
You are never asked to adopt a specific viewpoint as your own, but only to consider the author’s viewpoint from a literary and historical perspective, and to consider the larger cultural reasons the author may have included such material in his/her work. Each selection was carefully made because it has appeared or is likely to appear on the AP Literature and Composition examination. Controversial selections have been included not to shock or offend the reader, but because such works have traditionally been viewed as having substantial literary merit.
We will be using Google Classroom as an easy way for me to post assignments and for students to submit assignments in return. Students will need an email account to join this classroom. Additionally, a code to join this classroom will be posted in the Outschool classroom for students to join beforehand.
Lista de útiles escolares
Students will need to purchase Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston by Week 4. All other texts will be provided by PDF.
Recursos externos
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I have my Master's degree in English and Creative Writing, and I was trained and approved by the College Board to teach the works listed in the course description. I have also taken classes in psychology, sociology, and cultural anthropology as part of my undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education.Reseñas
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