ENGLISH III-AP



SAMPLE



  1. First Grading Period


    1. Literature

      1. J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye
      2. The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
      3. "The White Heron" by Sarah Owen Jewett
      4. Daniel Quinn's Ishmael
      5. Selected opinion essays from a variety of sources


    2. Writing

      1. Timed writing using Catcher in the Rye
      2. Position paper
      3. Literary analysis of "The White Heron"
      4. Review of style analysis, especially syntax and organization
      5. Letters to colleges for information for college project
      6. AP book review of Catcher in the Rye and Ishmael


    3. Vocabulary study, quotation memorization, journal writing


    4. Grammar study through the writing process



  2. Second Grading Period


    1. Literature

      1. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
      2. Kurt Vonnegut's Shaughterhouse Five
      3. Paul Lawrence Dunbar's "We Wear the Masks"
      4. Other poems and short stories
      5. Selected process analysis essays from a variety of sources


    2. Writing

      1. The Word Search paper
      2. Work on annotated bibliography for college project
      3. Literary paper on Grapes of Wrath and/or Slaughterhouse Five
      4. Timed writing
      5. AP book review of Grapes of Wrath and Slaughterhouse Five


    3. Vocabulary study, quotation memorization, journal entries


    4. Grammar study through the writing process



  3. Third Grading Period


    1. Literature

      1. William Shakespeare's MacBeth
      2. Toni Morrison's Beloved
      3. Edward Albee play, probably Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe
      4. Selected poems and maybe a short story
      5. Selected definition essays from a variety of sources
      6. Selected evaluation essays from a variety of sources


    2. Writing

      1. A definition and comparison and contrast essay on an emotion and an object
      2. Timed writings using a variey of AP prompts
      3. Literary essay on Beloved
      4. AP book reviews on Beloved and MacBeth
      5. A variety of college application essays


    3. Vocabulary study, quotation memorization, journal entries


    4. Grammar study through the writing process



  4. Fourth Grading Period


    1. Literature

      1. William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
      2. Tim O'Brien's In the Lake of the Woods
      3. Various poems and maybe a story
      4. A selection of cause and effect essays from a variety of sources
      5. A selection of argumentation essays from a variety of sources


    2. Writing

      1. Timed writings using AP prompts
      2. An essay spectulating about causes
      3. An argumentative essay
      4. AP book reviews on As I Lay Dying and In the Lake of the Woods


    3. Vocabulary study, quotation memorization, journal entries


    4. Grammar study through the writing process



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