AP English Literature and Composition AB
AP English Literature and Composition
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.
The content aligns to the scope and sequence specified by the College Board and to widely used textbooks.
Prerequisites: At least a B-grade in most recent English course
Recommended Grades: For qualified AP students
Length: Two semesters
Unit 1: Getting Started
Lesson 1: Course Introduction
Practice: Introduction to English Literature
Go over the format and goals of the course. See how to succeed in the course and what to expect on the AP Exam.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Literature: Genres and Terminology
Investigate the different genres of literature (poetry, drama, and fiction) and see how learning the terminology of literature will help you do well in the course.
Duration: 0hr 45min
Discuss: Introductions
Introduce yourself and get to know your classmates and instructor.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: The Reading and Writing Processes
Study: Critical Reading
Explore critical reading; see how to read thoroughly and interpret what you've read.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Practice Critical and Close Reading
Practice your critical-reading skills.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Analyze a Reading
Discuss your interpretations of a reading with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Literature
Examine modes of expository writing, such as analytical and argumentative essays. Explore the expectations of college-level writing.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Study: The Writing Process
Explore the steps of the writing process. Examine the elements of quality writing.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: What is Your Writing Process?
Discuss the challenges you face when you sit down to write.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: A Writing Sample
Write a short essay. Your instructor will use this sample to assess your writing skills.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 1 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Getting Started
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Getting Started
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Getting Started
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Getting Started
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 25 points
Unit 2: Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
Lesson 1: Stories of Personal Exploration
Practice: Reading Short Fiction and Poetry
Explore the basics for reading and writing about short fiction and poetry.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Reading: Araby
Read a short story by modernist James Joyce, who is considered by many to be one of the finest writers in the English language.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: Araby
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the short story "Araby."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: What Motivates the Narrator?
Discuss what you think motivates the narrator in a work of fiction.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: The Story of an Hour
Analyze and interpret a short story by an American writer considered to be ahead of her time.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Story of an Hour
Discuss the short story "The Story of an Hour"
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Sweat
Analyze and interpret this short story by a well known African American writer.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Sweat
Discuss the short story "Sweat"
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: Sweat
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of the short story "Sweat."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Writing About Short Stories
Write an essay about "Araby", "The Story of an Hour", or "Sweat."
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Poems of Faith and Doubt
Practice: Reading: High Holy Days
Analyze this modern poem about religion and prejudice.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: High Holy Days
Share your interpretations of the poem "High Holy Days" with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Study: Reading and Listening: The Collar
Explore the extreme emotions expressed in this well-known Renaissance poem.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Collar
Analyze and discuss the poem "The Collar."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading Design and The Most of It
Read two poems by Robert Frost that offer a unique blend of modern and Romantic characteristics.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Poems of Robert Frost
Discuss the poems "Design" and "The Most of It."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Poems of Faith and Doubt
Write an essay on your interpretations of "High Holy Days", "Design", or The Most of It.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Literature of Examination
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 33 points
Unit 3: Drama: Lives in Crisis
Lesson 1: Hedda Gabler
Study: The Art of Drama
See what makes drama "dramatic." Examine the distinguishing features of drama and see how performance for the stage impacts meaning and interpretation of dramatic texts.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Hedda Gabler, Acts 1 and 2
Read the first two acts of Hedda Gabler. Develop strategies for reading and interpreting realist drama.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Interpreting Acts 1 and 2
Discuss Hedda Gabler with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Hedda Gabler, Acts 3 and 4
Continue reading Hedda Gabler. Think about each act in relation to the play as a whole.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Interpreting Acts 3 and 4
Discuss your interpretations of the conclusion of Hedda Gabler.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Check Your Reading: Hedda Gabler
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of the play Hedda Gabler.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Prewriting: Interpreting Hedda Gabler
Complete a prewriting exercise based on several complex interpretive questions about the play.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: Hedda Gabler
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of the play Hedda Gabler.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Developing Your Interpretation of Hedda Gabler
Develop the conclusions you reached in the prewriting exercise.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: A Streetcar Named Desire
Practice: Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire, Scenes 1-6
Read scenes 1-6 of the play, remembering to use the critical reading strategies you've learned.
Duration: 2hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: What is Up With Stanley?
Discuss the motivations and justifications for Stanley's actions.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire, Scenes 7-11
As you finish reading A Streetcar Named Desire, think about your interpretations of the play.
Duration: 2hr
Practice: Check Your Reading: A Streetcar Named Desire
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Stella and Blanche
Did Stella help bring about Blanche's decline into madness? Discuss your thoughts.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: A Streetcar Named Desire
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Writing About A Streetcar Named Desire
Write an essay about A Streetcar Named Desire.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Drama: Lives in Crisis
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Drama: Lives in Crisis
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Drama: Lives in Crisis
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Drama: Lives in Crisis
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 33 points
Unit 4: Poetry: Love and Separation
Lesson 1: Love Desired
Study: The Art of Poetry
Explore what makes poetry unique. Go over strategies for becoming a confident and critical poetry reader.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: A Renaissance Love Poem
Read and analyze "Corrina's Going A-Maying."
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: A Renaissance Love Poem
Answer questions about the poem "Corrina's Going A-Maying."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: A Renaissance Love Poem
Discuss the challenges and successes you had reading "Corrina's Going A-Maying."
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 15 points
Study: Reading and Listening: The Sun Rising
Listen to a reading of a 17th-cenury love poem and analyze its sound patterns.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: The Sun Rising
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poem "The Sun Rising."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Sun Rising
Analyze and discuss the poem "The Sun Rising."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Communicating Through Poetry
Write an essay on how and what a speaker communicates in a poem.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Love Questioned
Practice: Reading: To His Coy Mistress
Enrich your understanding of poetic persuasion by interpreting the unusual comparisons expressed in this famous 17th-century love poem.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: To His Coy Mistress
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poem "To His Coy Mistress."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Study: Reading and Listening: My Last Duchess
Heighten your sensitivity to the meanings implied by tone of voice in this dramatic monologue from the early modern period.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Attitudes Toward Women
Compare the attitudes toward women expressed in "To His Coy Mistress" and "My Last Duchess." Discuss your observations.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Prewriting: Attitudes Toward Women
Do a prewriting exercise on the poems "To His Coy Mistress" and "My Last Duchess."
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Practice: Reading: The Poetry of e.e. cummings
Read poems by e.e. cummings. See how cummings challenges our understanding of sentence structure and syntax.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: The Poetry of e.e. cummings
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poems of e.e. cummings.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Style of e.e. cummings
Discuss cummings's unique poetic style.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Attitudes Toward Women
Write an essay comparing different attitudes toward women. Use your prewriting materials as a basis for your essay.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Love Denied
Practice: Reading: I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed
Examine the effects of indirect expressions in this modern poem written from a woman's point of view. Practice deciphering complex sentences.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poem "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Reading: Girl Powdering Her Neck
Read the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck." Consider the poetic effects the author achieves via the speaker.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Girl Powdering Her Neck
Analyze and discuss the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Women and Perspectives on Love
Write an essay focusing on the poems "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" and "Girl Powdering Her Neck".
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Review: Poetry: Love and Separation
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 2hr
Practice: Poetry: Love and Separation
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Poetry: Love and Separation
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Poetry: Love and Separation
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 39 points
Unit 5: Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Lesson 1: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-10
Study: The Art of Fiction
Explore the essential features of fiction.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-5
Read the first five chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 2hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-5
Discuss the first five chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Check Yourself: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-5
Test yourself on these chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 6-10
Continue your journey through Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 2hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 1-10
Discuss your thoughts and questions about the first half of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Prewriting: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Do a prewriting exercise on the first half of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapters 11-20
Practice: Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 11-15
Read the next five chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 2hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 11-15
Discuss your interpretation of these chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Check Yourself: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 11-15
Test yourself on these chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 16-20
Finish reading Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 2hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 16-20
Discuss your interpretation of the ending to Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing about Their Eyes Were Watching God
Build on your prewriting assignment to write an essay about the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 2hr
Practice: Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 33 points
Unit 6: Drama: Shakespearean Comedy
Lesson 1: Twelfth Night, Part One
Study: Shakespeare and Language
Learn tips on reading and interpreting Shakespeare's works.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 1
Read Act 1 of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: Test Yourself: Twelfth Night, Act 1
Answer questions to assess your understanding of Act 1 of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 1
Discuss Act 1.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 2
Read Act 2 of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 2
Discuss Act 2.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 3
Read Act 3 of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Check Your Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 3
Answer questions to assess your understanding of Act 3.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Twelfth Night, Part Two
Practice: Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 4
Read Act 4.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 4
Discuss Act 4.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Twelfth Night, Act 5
Read Act 5.
Duration: 1hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: Twelfth Night
Answer questions to assess your understanding of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Reading and Prewriting: Interpretations of Twelfth Night
Read various interpretations of the play. Complete a prewriting exercise focusing on concepts from the play.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Interpretations of Twelfth Night
Discuss interpretations and critical evaluations of Twelfth Night with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Twelfth Night
Summarize your prewriting material and write an essay tying together your interpretations of Twelfth Night.
Duration: 1hr 30min Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Shakespearean Comedy
Review concepts covered to prepare for the test.
Duration: 2hr
Practice: Shakespearean Comedy
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Shakespearean Comedy
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Drama: Shakespearean Comedy
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 31 points
Unit 7: Review and Exam
Lesson 1: English Literature and Comp.
Review: English Literature and Comp.
Review the material from this semester in preparation for the Semester Final.
Duration: 4hr
Practice: Check Your Knowledge of English Literature and Comp.
Answer questions to assess your understanding of material from the first semester of the course.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Exam: English Literature and Comp.
Take the Semester Final to assess your understanding of the first semester's content.
Duration: 2hr Scoring: 360 points
Unit 8: Victorian Era Literature
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.
Duration: 0hr 15min
Study: Victorian Era Life and Literature
Explore society and culture of the Victorian era. Learn about important authors and literature of the period.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16
Begin reading Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Develop strategies for reading and interpreting a Victorian novel.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Practice: Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16
Answer questions to assess your knowledge of the first 16 chapters of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16
Analyze and discuss an aspect of the first 16 chapters of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Prewriting Exercise: Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-16
Complete a prewriting exercise to develop your understanding of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27
Practice: Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27
Continue your journey through Jane Eyre.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Practice: Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27
Answer questions to assess your understanding of chapters 17-27 of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 17-27
Discuss your interpretation of this section of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38
Practice: Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38
Complete your reading of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 3hr 30min
Practice: Check Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the final section of Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Jane Eyre, Chapters 28-38
Participate in a concluding discussion on the novel Jane Eyre.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Jane Eyre
Write an essay on Jane Eyre.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 4: Wrap-Up
Review: Victorian Era Literature
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Victorian Era Literature
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Victorian Era Literature
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 5: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Victorian Era Literature
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 26 points
Unit 9: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Lesson 1: British Authors
Study: The Romantic Movement
Explore the Romantic movement. Learn about important authors and literature associated with the movement.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Poems by Blake and Wordsworth
Read poems by British Romantic authors William Blake and William Wordsworth.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Poems by Shelley and Coleridge
Read poems by British Romantic authors Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Quiz: Test Yourself: British Romantic Poetry
Answer questions to assess your understanding of British Romantic poetry.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: British Romantic Poetry
Analyze and discuss aspects of British Romantic poetry.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Keats Ode to a Nightingale
Read and interpret this famous poem by John Keats.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Ode to a Nightingale
Analyze and discuss the poem "Ode to a Nightingale."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About British Romantic Poetry
Write an essay on an aspect of British Romantic poetry.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: American Authors
Practice: Reading: Poems by Dickinson
Read a collection of poems by American poet Emily Dickinson.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Dickinson
Discuss aspects of Dickinson's poetry.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Poems by Whitman
Read and analyze poems by Walt Whitman.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Whitman
Discuss the poems you read by Walt Whitman.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: Poems by Dickinson and Whitman
Answer questions to assess your understanding of poems by Dickinson and Whitman.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Reading: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Read the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener," by Herman Melville.
Duration: 2hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Discuss your interpretation of "Bartleby, the Scrivener."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Write an essay about a nineteenth-century American literary work.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 34 points
Unit 10: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Heart of Darkness, Part I
Read Part I of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Heart of Darkness, Part I
Discuss the first part of "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Heart of Darkness, Parts II and III
Finish reading "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 2hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Heart of Darkness, Parts II and III
Discuss your interpretation of "Heart of Darkness" with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: Heart of Darkness
Answer questions to assess your understanding of "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Reading: Conrad and An Image of Africa: Heart of Darkness
Read Chinua Achebe's analysis of "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Analysis of Heart of Darkness
Discuss "Heart of Darkness" and Achebe's analysis with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Heart of Darkness
Write an essay about "Heart of Darkness."
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: Fiction and Analysis, Part 2
Practice: Reading: The Yellow Wallpaper
Read "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Reading: A Feminist Reading of Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper
Read Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar's analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Duration: 0hr 45min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Yellow Wallpaper
Share your interpretation of "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Gilbert and Gubar's analysis with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: The Yellow Wallpaper
Answer questions to assess your understanding of "The Yellow Wallpaper."
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Writing About Turn-of-the-Century Fiction
Write an essay about turn-of-the-century fiction.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Turn-of-the-Century Literature
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 35 points
Unit 11: Modern Literature
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Poems by Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats
Read works by Modern poets Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and William Butler Yeats.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats
Compare and discuss the styles of poets Hardy, Hopkins, and Yeats.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Discuss your interpretations of Eliot's poem with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: Modern Poetry, Part 1
Answer questions to assess your understanding of Modern poetry.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Writing About Modern Poetry, Part 1
Write an essay about Modern poetry.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
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.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Stevens, H.D., and Williams
Discuss aspects of the poems by Stevens, H.D., and Williams.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Poems by Williams and Koch
Read poems by William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Koch.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Williams and Koch
Discuss the poems you read by Williams and Koch.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer
Read a collection of poems by Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, and Jean Toomer.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer
Discuss the poems by Cullen, Hughes, and Toomer.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Test Yourself: Modern Poetry, Part 2
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the poems presented in this lesson.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Practice: Writing About Modern Poetry, Part 2
Write an essay about Modern poetry.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Modern Literature
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Modern Literature
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Modern Literature
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Modern Literature
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 35 points
Unit 12: The American Dream
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5
Begin reading the classic American novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Duration: 3hr
Practice: Check Your Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the first five chapters of The Great Gatsby.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-5
Discuss an aspect of the first five chapters of The Great Gatsby.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 2: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9
Practice: Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9
Finish your reading of The Great Gatsby.
Duration: 3hr
Quiz: Test Yourself: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9
Answer questions to assess your understanding of chapters 6-9 of The Great Gatsby.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 10 points
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: The Great Gatsby, Chapters 6-9
Discuss the novel The Great Gatsby with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About The Great Gatsby
Write an essay about The Great Gatsby.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Practice: Reading: Poems by Hughes
Read a collection of poems by Langston Hughes.
Duration: 1hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Poems by Hughes
Discuss an aspect of Hughes's poems with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: The American Dream
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: The American Dream
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): The American Dream
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: The American Dream
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 30 points
Unit 13: Contemporary Literature
Lesson 1: American Voices
Study: Contemporary Life and Literature
Explore contemporary society and culture. Learn about characteristics and themes in contemporary literature.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Practice: Reading: Contemporary Story by James Baldwin
Read the contemporary story "Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Sonny's Blues
Discuss "Sonny's Blues" with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: I Stand Here Ironing
Read "I Stand Here Ironing," by Tillie Olsen.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Reading: Poems by Bishop
Read and analyze contemporary poetry by Elizabeth Bishop.
Duration: 1hr
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Excerpts from The House on Mango Street
Read excerpts from The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros.
Duration: 1hr
Practice: Reading: Two Kinds
Read "Two Kinds," by Amy Tan.
Duration: 1hr
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Contemporary American Literature
Write an essay on contemporary American literature.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
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.
Duration: 1hr
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.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Annie John, Chapters 1-4
Read the first half of Jamaica Kincaid's novel Annie John.
Duration: 2hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Annie John, Chapters 1-4
Discuss an aspect of the first half of Annie John.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Reading: Annie John, Chapters 5-8
Complete your reading of Annie John.
Duration: 2hr
Discuss: Discuss Your Reading: Annie John, Chapters 5-8
Discuss an aspect of Annie John with your classmates.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Writing About Contemporary International Literature
Write an essay focusing on an aspect of the contemporary international literature you've read.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 60 points
Quiz: Check-Up
Answer questions to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 0hr 15min Scoring: 10 points
Lesson 3: Wrap-Up
Review: Contemporary Literature
Review the material to prepare for the test.
Duration: 1hr 30min
Practice: Contemporary Literature
Review vocabulary terms.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand? Raise any questions you have before taking the test.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Test (TS): Contemporary Literature
Take a test to assess your understanding of the content.
Duration: 1hr Scoring: 100 points
Lesson 4: Diagnostic
Diagnostic: Contemporary Literature
Test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit.
Duration: 0hr 45min Scoring: 29 points
Unit 14: Review and Exam
Lesson 1: English Literature and Comp.
Practice: Preparing for the Final Exam and the AP Exam
Read study tips that will help you organize your time as you study for the Course Final and AP Exam.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Review: English Literature and Comp.
Plan how to review key concepts from both semesters in preparation for the Course Final and the AP Exam.
Duration: 5hr
Practice: Check Your Knowledge of the Course
Answer questions to assess your understanding of material covered during the course.
Duration: 0hr 30min
Discuss: Any Questions?
Is there something you don't understand from the course? Raise any questions you have before taking the test and AP Exam.
Duration: 0hr 30min Scoring: 15 points
Practice: Practice Exam
Take a practice exam as you prepare for the Course Final and the AP Exam.
Duration: 3hr
Final Exam: English Literature and Comp.
Take the Course Final to assess your understanding of the content from both semesters.
Duration: 3hr Scoring: 450 points
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