AP Literature and Composition
Professor: Jaimie Crawford
2005-6 Syllabus
Welcome to my class! I am really looking forward to meeting all of you. If you have any questions, please reach me at jaimie@pinecrest.edu.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Robert Di Yanni’s Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. (ISBN: 0-07-016943-8), Some or all of the following novels as time permits: The Odyssey, Henry IV Part I, Taming of the Shrew, Death of a Salesman, Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1984,
Choose One Multicultural:
Ellison INVISIBLE MAN
Hurston THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Tan THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Achebe THINGS FALL APART
Buck THE GOOD EARTH
Paton CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY
Choose One Modern:
Guterson SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Richard Russo EMPIRE FALLS
Martel THE LIFE OF PI
Kingsolver THE POISONWOOD BIBLE
Krakauer INTO THIN AIR
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First Quarter (August 25-Ocotber 13)
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Week two: Aug. 29-Sept.1 |
Read the Intro on Greek Theater
Read the Oedipus Rex Scenes I-IV (in Di Yanni text) |
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Week three: Sept. 5-8 |
Finish Oedipus. Answer questions at the end of the play. Bring GDT scantron (1-67) completed Emma AP Multiple Choice Packet (bring to class completed) |
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Week four: Sept. 12-15 |
Read Antigone through Scene IV Complete and bring to class a rhetorical précis (handout) on the criticism of Oedipus you received. Complete the Oedipus Test. Bring to class completed. |
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Week five: Sept. 19-22 |
Finish Antigone. Answer questions at the end of the play. First AP Essay on either Antigone or Oedipus—find the essay attached in email; follow the model (handout). Bring to class completed. |
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Week six: Sept. 26-29 |
Read short stories in lit. text: A&P, Story of an Hour, A Rose for Emily,
Araby Student Presentations of short stories (four students per week-15 min. presentations-see guidelines for short story presentation) |
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Week seven: Oct. 3-6 |
Read short stories in lit. text: A Worn Path, Young Goodman Brown, The
Horse Dealer’s Daughter, Bliss AP Multiple Choice (bring to class completed) Student Presentations of short stories (four students per week-15 min. presentations-see guidelines for short story presentation) |
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Week eight: Oct. 17-20 |
Read short stories in lit. text: Everyday Use, Girl, Eleven Complete MC package #s 1-23 Student Presentations of short stories |
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Second Quarter (Oct. 24-Dec. 15)
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Week one: Oct. 24-27 |
See "Taming of the Shrew" Read Odyssey (first third of the book) Work on "Eleven" essay |
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Week two: Oct. 31-Nov 4 |
Finish "Taming of the Shrew" Ready Odyssey (second third of the book) Bring to class "Eleven" essay completed |
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Week three: Nov. 7-10 |
Finish Odyssey--Bring book to class ready to discuss the chapter assigned to you. |
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Week four: Nov. 14-17 |
Write in class on the Odyssey |
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Week five: Nov. 28-Dec. 1 |
Complete the rest of the MC package
Begin Henry IV Part 1 in class (complete first three acts) |
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Week six: Dec. 5-8 |
Complete Henry quote test-bring to class |
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Week seven: Dec. 12-15 |
Henry IV Part 1 in class (complete play for homework) Complete Henry quote test part two-bring to class Sign up for ONE multicultural book to read over Christmas Vacation. |