AP+English+Marking+Period+Breakdown


 * ~ =The units and lesson plans below are listed by marking period and do not necessarily appear in chronological order. Your teacher reserves the right to adjust time periods for lesson plans, to add additional lessons, and to rearrange the order of lesson plans in order to maximize student learning.= ||  ||

Marking Period 1
Course Introduction: class rules, position paper, classroom layout Collect Summer Reading Response Questions Types of Novels Quiz on Types of Novels Elements of Plot in the Novel Quiz on Elements of Plot in the Novel Vocabulary Units via Latin roots, suffixes, and prefixes: 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8,9-10,11-12 Vocabulary Quizzes: 1-4,5-8,9-12 College Essay Unit: obtain college application via Internet for essay guidelines; modeling successful essays; write and submit for a grade: brainstorm, outline, rough draft, final copy Review and grade reading response questions for //Jane Eyre// Class discussion //of Jane Eyre// Lesson on how to respond to essay type questions Concluding essay test on //Jane Eyre// Review of benchmark answers on //Jane Eyre// Essay Test Lesson on Plagiarism Lesson on avoiding ambiguous pronouns Lesson on how to write an analytical essay: modeling of successful analytical essays Write analytical essay on //Jane Eyre// Review of bench mark essays for //Jane Eyre// Review and grade reading response questions for //Invisible Man// Class discussion //of Invisible Man// Lesson on how to respond to essay type questions Concluding essay test on //Invisible Man// Review of benchmark answers on //Invisible Man// Essay Test Lesson on how to write an analytical essay Write analytical essay on //Invisible Man// Review of bench mark essays for //Invisible Man//

Marking Period 2
First two weeks will be used to conclude unit on //The Invisible Man// Vocabulary Units via Latin roots, suffixes, and prefixes: 13-14,15-16,17-18,19-20,21-22,23-24 Vocabulary Quizzes: 13-16,17-20,21-24 Voice - pages 83-84 in grammar workbook Voice - pages 99-100 in grammar workbook Voice - pages 101-102 in grammar workbook Active/Passive Voice Quiz Parallel Structure worksheets pages 1-4 Parallel Structure Quiz Glossary of Poetic Devices and four quizzes The Four Elements of Poetry and quiz Guide for How to Read a Poem How Do I Read Poetry Iambic Pentameter Rhyme, Rhythm, Poetic Feet Explication of Sonnets by Shakespeare and Donne Read Sonnet 55 and answer multiple-choice questions Types of Poetry and quizzes Reading of various poems to explicate and answer multiple-choice questions Model analytical essay on a poem Reading for meaning and explication of literal meaning a poem for an analytical essay - teacher directed Complete questions for the same poem independently and then review and grade in class Write analytical essay on the same poem Examine benchmark essays on the same poem Model compare/contrast analytical essay on a poem Write compare/contrast analytical essay on a poem Examine benchmark essay on compare/contrast analytical essay on a poem

Marking Period 3
Reading and analyzing prose passages in order to correctly answer multiple-choice questions How to Analyze an AP Lit Prose Passage Prompt Modeling of analytical essay on prose passages Writing of Analytical essay on prose passage Review benchmark essays on prose passage Julius Caesar: Act Quizzes, Act Reading questions and review, concluding essay test, concluding analytical essay ======

Marking Period 4
The Scarlet Letter: study guide questions, review in class, mini quizzes, concluding essay test, concluding analytical essay Review for AP test that is the first Thursday in May