AP® English Literature and Composition - Semester 2
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18 weeks or less
Lectures
26
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AP English Literature and Composition immerses students in novels, plays, poems, and short stories from various periods. Students will read and write daily, using a variety of multimedia and interactive activities, interpretive writing assignments, and class discussions to assess and improve their skills and knowledge. The course places special emphasis on reading comprehension, structural and critical
analysis of written works, literary vocabulary, and recognizing and understanding literary devices. The equivalent of an introductory college-level survey class, this course prepares students for the AP exam and for further study in creative writing, communications, journalism, literature, and composition.
This course has been authorized by the College Board® to use the AP designation.
*Advanced Placement® and AP® are registered trademarks and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse this product.
Length: Two semesters
Course Materials
Unit 8: Victorian Era Literature
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Lesson 1: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16- Practice - Welcome to Second Semester: Review the format and goals of the second semester, how to succeed in the course, and what to expect on the AP Exam.
- Study - Victorian Era Life and Literature: Explore society and culture of the Victorian era. Learn about important authors and literature of the period.
- Practice - Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16: Begin reading Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Develop strategies for reading and interpreting a Victorian novel.
- Practice - Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16: Answer questions to assess your knowledge of the first 16 chapters of Jane Eyre.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16: Analyze and discuss an aspect of the first 16 chapters of Jane Eyre.
- Practice - Prewriting Exercise: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16: Complete a prewriting exercise to develop your understanding of Jane Eyre.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27
- Practice - Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27: Continue your journey through Jane Eyre.
- Practice - Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27: Answer questions to assess your understanding of chapters 17-27 of Jane Eyre.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27: Discuss your interpretation of this section of Jane Eyre.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38
- Practice - Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38: Complete your reading of Jane Eyre.
- Practice - Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the final section of Jane Eyre.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38: Participate in a concluding discussion on the novel Jane Eyre.
- Practice - Writing About Jane Eyre: Write an essay on Jane Eyre.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
- Review - Victorian Era Literature: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - Victorian Era Literature: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - Victorian Era Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - Victorian Era Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 5: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - Victorian Era Literature: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Unit 9: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
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Lesson 1: British Authors
- Study - The Romantic Movement: Explore the Romantic movement. Learn about important authors and literature associated with the movement.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Blake and Wordsworth: Read poems by British Romantic authors William Blake and William Wordsworth.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Shelley and Coleridge: Read poems by British Romantic authors Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: British Romantic Poetry: Answer questions to assess your understanding of British Romantic poetry.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: British Romantic Poetry: Analyze and discuss aspects of British Romantic poetry.
- Practice - Reading: Keats Ode to a Nightingale: Read and interpret this famous poem by John Keats.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Ode to a Nightingale: Analyze and discuss the poem "Ode to a Nightingale."
- Practice - Writing About British Romantic Poetry: Write an essay on an aspect of British Romantic poetry.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: American Authors
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Dickinson: Read a collection of poems by American poet Emily Dickinson.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Dickinson: Discuss aspects of Dickinson's poetry.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Whitman: Read and analyze poems by Walt Whitman.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Whitman: Discuss the poems you read by Walt Whitman.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: Poems by Dickinson and Whitman: Answer questions to assess your understanding of poems by Dickinson and Whitman.
- Practice - Reading: Bartleby, the Scrivener: Read the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener," by Herman Melville.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Bartleby, the Scrivener: Discuss your interpretation of "Bartleby, the Scrivener."
- Practice - Writing About Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Write an essay about a nineteenth-century American literary work.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
- Review - 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - 19th-Century Literature: British and American Authors: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - 19th-Century Literature: British and American Authors: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 4: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Unit 10: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
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Lesson 1: Fiction and Analysis, Part 1
- Study - Turn-of-the-Century Life and Literature: Explore society and culture at the turn-of-the-century. Learn about important authors and literature of the period.
- Practice - Reading: Heart of Darkness, Part I: Read Part I of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Heart of Darkness, Part I: Discuss the first part of "Heart of Darkness."
- Practice - Reading: Heart of Darkness, Parts II and III: Finish reading "Heart of Darkness."
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Heart of Darkness, Parts II and III: Discuss your interpretation of "Heart of Darkness" with your classmates.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: Heart of Darkness: Answer questions to assess your understanding of "Heart of Darkness."
- Practice - Reading: Conrad and An Image of Africa: Heart of Darkness: Read Chinua Achebe's analysis of "Heart of Darkness."
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Analysis of Heart of Darkness: Discuss "Heart of Darkness" and Achebe's analysis with your classmates.
- Practice - Writing About Heart of Darkness: Write an essay about "Heart of Darkness."
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: Fiction and Analysis, Part 2
- Practice - Reading: The Yellow Wallpaper: Read "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
- Practice - Reading: A Feminist Reading of Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper: Read Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar's analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper."
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: The Yellow Wallpaper: Share your interpretation of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Gilbert and Gubar's analysis with your classmates.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: The Yellow Wallpaper: Answer questions to assess your understanding of "The Yellow Wallpaper."
- Practice - Writing About Turn-of-the-Century Fiction: Write an essay about turn-of-the-century fiction.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
- Review - Turn-of-the-Century Literature: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - Turn-of-the-Century Literature: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - Turn-of-the-Century Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - Turn-of-the-Century Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 4: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - Turn-of-the-Century Literature: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Unit 11: Modern Literature
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Lesson 1: Modern Poetry, Part 1
- Study - Modern Age Life and Literature: Explore society and culture in the Modern Age. Learn about important authors and literature of the period.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats: Read works by Modern poets Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and William Butler Yeats.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats: Compare and discuss the styles of poets Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats.
- Practice - Reading: Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Discuss your interpretations of Eliot's poem with your classmates.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: Modern Poetry, Part 1: Answer questions to assess your understanding of Modern poetry.
- Practice - Writing About Modern Poetry, Part 1: Write an essay about Modern poetry.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: Modern Poetry, Part 2
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Stevens, H.D., and Williams: Read a collection of Modern poems by Wallace Stevens, H.D., and William Carlos Williams.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Stevens, H.D., and Williams: Discuss aspects of the poems by Stevens, H.D., and Williams.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Williams and Koch: Read poems by William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Koch.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Williams and Koch: Discuss the poems you read by Williams and Koch.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer: Read a collection of poems by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Jean Toomer.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer: Discuss the poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: Modern Poetry, Part 2: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poems presented in this lesson.
- Practice - Writing About Modern Poetry, Part 2: Write an essay about Modern poetry.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
- Review - Modern Literature: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - Modern Literature: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - Modern Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - Modern Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 4: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - Modern Literature: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Unit 12: The American Dream
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Lesson 1: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5
- Study - The Jazz Age: Explore society and culture during the Jazz Age. Learn how notions of the American Dream were reflected in life and literature.
- Practice - Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5: Begin reading the classic American novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Practice - Test Yourself: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the first five chapters of The Great Gatsby.
- Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5: Discuss an aspect of the first five chapters of The Great Gatsby.
- Practice - Prewriting Exercise: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5: Complete a prewriting exercise to develop your understanding of the first five chapters of The Great Gatsby.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9
- Practice - Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9: Finish your reading of The Great Gatsby.
- Quiz - Test Yourself: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9: Answer questions to assess your understanding of chapters 6-9 of The Great Gatsby.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9: Discuss the novel The Great Gatsby with your classmates.
- Practice - Writing About The Great Gatsby: Write an essay about The Great Gatsby.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Hughes: Read a collection of poems by Langston Hughes.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Hughes: Discuss an aspect of Hughes's poems with your classmates.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
- Review - The American Dream: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - The American Dream: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - The American Dream: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - The American Dream: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 4: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - The American Dream: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Unit 13: Contemporary Literature
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Lesson 1: American Voices
- Study - Contemporary Life and Literature: Explore contemporary society and culture. Learn about characteristics and themes in contemporary literature.
- Practice - Reading: Contemporary Story by James Baldwin: Read the contemporary story "Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Sonny's Blues: Discuss "Sonny's Blues" with your classmates.
- Practice - Reading: I Stand Here Ironing: Read "I Stand Here Ironing," by Tillie Olsen.
- Practice - Reading: Poems by Bishop: Read and analyze contemporary poetry by Elizabeth Bishop.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: I Stand Here Ironing and Poems by Bishop: Discuss "I Stand Here Ironing" and poems by Elizabeth Bishop with your classmates.
- Practice - Reading: Excerpts from The House on Mango Street: Read excerpts from The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros.
- Practice - Reading: Two Kinds: Read "Two Kinds," by Amy Tan.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Excerpts from The House on Mango Street and Two Kinds: Discuss excerpts from The House on Mango Street and aspects of the short story "Two Kinds" with your classmates.
- Practice - Writing About Contemporary American Literature: Write an essay on contemporary American literature.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 2: International Voices
- Practice - Reading: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: Read "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: Discuss an aspect of "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" with your classmates.
- Practice - Reading: Annie John, Chapters 1-4: Read the first half of Jamaica Kincaid's novel Annie John.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Annie John, Chapters 1-4: Discuss an aspect of the first half of Annie John.
- Practice - Reading: Annie John, Chapters 5-8: Complete your reading of Annie John.
- Discuss - Discuss Your Reading: Annie John, Chapters 5-8: Discuss an aspect of Annie John with your classmates.
- Practice - Writing About Contemporary International Literature: Write an essay focusing on an aspect of the contemporary international literature you've read.
- Quiz - Check-Up: Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
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Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
- Review - Contemporary Literature: Review the material to prepare for the test.
- Practice - Contemporary Literature: Review vocabulary terms.
- Discuss - Any Questions? Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
- Test (CS) - Contemporary Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
- Test (TS) - Contemporary Literature: Take a test that assesses your mastery of the learning objectives.
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Lesson 4: Diagnostic
- Diagnostic - Contemporary Literature: Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
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