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Unit Time Essential Questions College Board Curricular Requirement

Resources

The Great Gatsby 3-4 weeks

What does it mean to be truly successful? What is a meaningful relationship? What can Literature teach us about History?

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies ◦Such elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone Writing to understand: Informal, exploratory writing activities that enable students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading Writing to explain: Expository, analytical essays in which students draw upon textual details to develop an extended explanation/interpretation of the meanings of a literary text Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values

Detailed Theme Discussion Questions Surrealism Jazz Tone and Mood Google Earth Project

Short Stories 5-6 weeks

What are the elements of literature? How do the elements of literature effect interpretation?

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies ◦Such elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone

Short Story Unit Scoring guidelines for pros response question

How can I effectively evaluate a piece of Literature? How are setting, tone, structure, characters, author’s attitudes, symbols, and theme created and how are they connected for interpretation.

Writing to understand: Informal, exploratory writing activities that enable students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading Writing to explain: Expository, analytical essays in which students draw upon textual details to develop an extended explanation/interpretation of the meanings of a literary text Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values

Stories are found in Literature AP ed. Roberts and Zweig And Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense 11 ed. Arp and Johnson

A Brave New World 5-6 weeks

What is dystopia? How do we evaluate our society? What is Sociology? Address How does Literature comment on society?

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values

A Comprehensive Unit from another AP teacher

Sidhartha 2-3 weeks

How do we find ourselves spiritually? What is spirit? What is Diction and Syntax’s

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies ◦Such elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone Writing to explain: Expository,

Comprehension questions BBC life of Buddha Allegory writing

effect on Tone? analytical essays in which students draw upon textual details to develop an extended explanation/interpretation of the meanings of a literary text

assignment

Heart of Darkness 4-5 weeks

What are the causes and consequences of imperialism? What is human nature? How is a story’s setting a reflection of a story’s theme?

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values

Setting Analysis Question Vocabulary Setting analysis History of Imperialism in Congo Freud’s stages of consciousness

3x3 independent

novel project

Independent ongoing project during second

semester

How can I analyze an entire work without summarizing?

◦The social and historical values it reflects and embodies ◦Such elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone Writing to understand: Informal, exploratory writing activities that enable students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading Writing to explain: Expository, analytical essays in which students draw upon textual details to develop an extended explanation/interpretation of the

3x3 prompt and rubric

meanings of a literary text Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values

AP Literature follows the English 12 Course. The units and on-going class structures outlined in this document are done in addition to those in the

English 12 document. Supplemental assignments for units in English 12 are given in this document as well. The AP Literature course is accredited by the

College Board, who has outlined specific curricular requirements for this course.

Important AP documents consulted year-round:

Syllabus

Tone and Mood Words

Common root words, Suffixes, and Prefixes

Annotation

Literature Devices

Syntax

Major Works Data Sheets

Old AP Literature Open Response Questions and multiple choice questions

Theme Discussion Question

Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.

What is the meaning of the epigraph by Thomas Parke D’Invilliers? How does it relate to the major

themes of this book?

In the very last line of Chapter Three, Nick Carraway claims: "I am one of the few honest people that I

have ever known." By the end of the book, Jordan Baker decides that this statement itself a lie. Is Nick

Carraway honest or dishonest?

Is Nick Carraway a necessary character in this story? If we were not given the story mediated through his

perspective, what would we gain? What would we lose?

According to the novel, what is it about the past that draws us both forward and leaves us stuck where

we are? How are we to be set free from this constant revision of the past, which clouds the future?

Religion is notoriously absent until the very end, when Myrtle Wilson’s husband claims that he told his

wife that she couldn’t fool God. Why is this the first mention of God? How does this sudden invoking of

religious morals function within the rest of the story and why?

Could this story have taken place in other parts of the United States – for example, Chicago – or were

Long Island and New York City the necessary setting?

Are Nick and Gatsby more similar than Nick would like to admit?

What might be the "something" that Nick is reminded of, yet cannot recall, at the end of Chapter Six?

What is the effect of us getting the information out of order? We don’t know the truth about Gatsby

until Chapter Six, and we don’t know the rest of the truth until Chapter Eight. We get even more

information when Jay’s father shows up; what’s the deal?

Is Gatsby great? In what way? How might he not be great? Does his greatness evolve over the course of

the novel? What is the difference, in this text, between perceived greatness and actual greatness?

How does the character of Nick (inside the story, not the voice telling it) change over the course of the

novel? What about the narrative voice? Although the entire story is told in retrospect, does the act of

telling it create changes in his narrative style? Could it be that both character-Nick and narrator-Nick are

changed?

Who really was driving when Myrtle was struck and killed? Can Nick be sure? Can we? If Nick insists that

a person shouldn’t criticize others, then why does it matter who killed her?

Take a look at Nick’s opening lines. If this advice is the lens through which we read The Great Gatsby,

how does it affect our view of the events that transpire? Does refraining from criticism promote

compassion, or amorality?

Jazz Tone and Mood

Google Earth Project

Google Earth Project

Find a map of Manhattan and Long Island on the Map.

Fitzgerald himself along with his family lived on Manhasset Neck for a period of time. At that time many

new mansions were being built. Many speculate that this is his inspiration for the West Egg.

Your job:

1. Mark the East and West Egg, and the Valley of Ashes on the map.

2. Next think of all the famous landmarks in New York City and Long Island (Wall Street, Broad

Way, Park Ave, The Empire State Building, The Statue of Liberty, Elis Island, The Hamptons etc…) and

mark them on the map.

3. What ideas do these landmarks represent?

After you have marked these icons, consider why Fitzgerald creates this semi fictional setting.

Respond to this Question:

How does the geography of the story follow the story’s theme?

Short Story Unit

Short Story Unit

Point of View

Key concepts:

1. First, Second, and Third Person- Limitations and affect they create.

2. Reliable/ Unreliable Narrator

3. Major Participant/Minor Participant/Non-Participating But Identifiable

4. Dramatic Third Person/Omniscient/ Limited Omniscient

Stories:

• “Neighbors” Raymond Carver

• “Luck” Mark Twain

• “How to Become a Writer”

Date of in class writing:

Characterization

Key Concepts:

• Implied character traits/dialect

• Archetype/stock character

• Round/flat

• Protagonist /Antagonist… Hero/Antihero

• Foil

• Persona

• Epiphany

Stories:

• “Cathedral” Raymond Carver

• “A Jury of Her Peers” Susan Glaspell

• “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Mark Twain

Date of in class writing:

Tone and Style

Key Concepts:

• Irony/verbal/situational/ dramatic

• Sarcasm

• Melodramatic/Sentimentality

• Dramatize/editorialize/poeticize

• Diction

• Syntax- See handout in “Important Ap Lit documents

Stories:

• “Harrison Bergernon” Kurt Vonnegut

• “Rape Fantasies” Margret Atwood

• “A and P” John Updike

Date of in class writing:

Symbolism and Allegory

• “Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel Hawthorn

• “A Hunger Artist” Franz Kafka

o The cage is a symbol, being in the cage is an allegory

Historical and Cultural Context

Key Concepts:

• Anachronism

Stories:

• “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” Nathaniel Hawthorn

• “The Things they Carried” Tim O’Brien

Date of in class writing:

Theme or Idea

• “The Tell Tale Heart” Edger Allen Poe

• “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” D H Lawrence

Date of in class writing:

Comprehension questions

Siddhartha Study Guide Questions

Chapter 1 – The Brahmin’s Son

1. Why is Siddhartha unhappy? Why is his spirit like a “waiting vessel”?

2. Why is Govinda willing to follow him?

3. How are the Samanas described? From his description, how does the author feel about them?

4. How did Siddhartha convince his father? Why didn’t he just go?

5. Why, do you suppose, Siddhartha’s mother doesn’t have more of a role in the decision?

Chapter 2 – With the Samanas

1. How does he act when he is with the Samanas?

2. What is his goal? What happens when he reaches that goal?

3. How does Siddhartha meditate?

4. What frustrates Siddhartha?

5. Complete the quote: “I could have learned more quickly and easily ________________.” Explain this.

6. According to Siddhartha, what can one learn? Explain this.

7. Who is Gotama? What does the author think of him?

8. What does Siddhartha do with the oldest Samana? What does that feat show?

Chapter 3 - Gotama

1. How is Gotama different from the Samanas?

2. How do they recognize him?

3. Why does Govinda choose to join him? Why won’t Siddhartha join him?

4. According to Siddhartha, how will he find enlightenment?

5. Gotama asks him if his, Gotama’s, followers will also find enlightenment. Siddhartha dodges this

question. How?

6. What has the Buddha robbed from him? What has he given?

Chapter 4 - Awakening

1. What does Siddhartha decide to study? How is that the one field he has been ignorant in?

2. Why does he feel an “icy chill”? He compares himself to a star. How is that so?

3. How is he different now?

4. What is the “Self”? Why has it occupied Siddhartha so?

5. When Siddhartha “awakes” from his dream, what does he see for the first time?

Chapter 5 - Kamala

1. How has his point of view changed? How does the writing style reflect this?

2. Complete the quote: “To obey no other eternal command __. Nothing else was necessary.” What

does this quote mean?

3. What dream does Siddhartha see? Will this woman lead him to enlightenment?

4. What does Siddhartha think of the Ferryman and of the river?

5. Why doesn’t Siddhartha “ascend the tree” with the woman?

6. Hesse uses a simile to describe the woman’s (Kamala’s) mouth. What is it? What does that say about

the woman?

7. How does Siddhartha prepare for Kamala? What does he want from her?

8. Why might the portrayal of Kamala be politically incorrect?

9. What three things can Siddhartha do?

10. When Siddhartha receives his first kiss, the style changes. How? Why?

11. Who is Kamaswami?

12. Siddhartha compares himself to a stone. How is this so?

Chapter 6 – Amongst the People

1. How does Siddhartha take control of the interview?

2. For all of his holy skills, in the end, why does Kamaswami hire him?

3. In your own words and thoughtfully, what did Kamala teach him?

4. What makes Siddhartha good at business? Why might he be an excellent partner for Kamaswami?

5. What does his four day trip to the village show about Siddhartha? How could that be good business?

6. What does Siddhartha’s inner voice say? How is life “flowing past” him?

7. What do you suppose a Samana heart is?

8. How are Siddhartha and Kamala similar?

Chapter 7 – Samsara

1. Does Siddhartha have a bad life? What is good about it?

2. What had Siddhartha learned “amongst the people”?

3. What happened when the property finally became chain and a burden?

4. How does his dice playing echo his real life?

5. What was his Kamala dream about?

6. What was the Bird dream about? What does it mean?

7. Why does he feel dead?

8. Why is it important that Kamala is pregnant? Why out of that last trip?

Chapter 8 – By the River

1. Why does Siddhartha wish to kill himself?

2. What is the tone of this section. is it entirely serious?

3. What sound does he here? How does he react?

4. How is he different when he wakes up? Who is sitting with him?

5. What does Siddhartha start lecturing his friend about?

Chapter 9 – The Ferryman

1. What does Siddhartha learn from the Ferryman?

2. How are the skills he is learning now important to him for life?

3. What do people say about Siddhartha and the Ferryman?

4. How are they becoming alike? Is this a good thing?

5. Describe the events surrounding Kamala’s meeting Siddhartha again.

6. How has Siddhartha changed since their last meeting? How has Kamala changed?

7. What happens to Kamala? How does this effect Siddhartha?

Chapter 10 – The Son

1. What about Siddhartha would make him a lousy father?

2. How does young Siddhartha take advantage of the father?

3. What does he try and do for his son? Why won’t it work?

4. Why doesn’t he punish the boy?

5. Why is the river laughing? How has Siddhartha gotten “his own”?

6. How can love be “Samsara”?

7. Why does the son hate the father?

8. Why did he break the oar?

9. In losing his son, what might Siddhartha have gained?

Chapter 11 – Om

1. What “wound” does Siddhartha have? What is the different light that he sees people in?

2. What has been his biggest change since becoming a ferryman? As a result, how does the tone of the

book change?

3. What does the river do when Siddhartha goes to see his son? Whose reflection does he see?

4. Siddhartha and Vasudeva listen very, very closely to the river. What do they hear? Why is everything

interconnected?

5. Where does Vasudeva go? (Hint: not just the woods)

Chapter 12 – Govinda

1. Why is there still restlessness in Govinda’s heart?

2. What is wrong with seeking, according to Siddhartha?

3. Why doesn’t Siddhartha have a doctrine? How can wisdom not be communicable? Can you

communicate knowledge?

4. What is the symbolism of the stone?

5. How can Nirvana and Samsara be the same?

6. What does Govinda see Siddhartha do? What does this show about Siddhartha’s final change?

Allegory writing assignment

Explain Siddhartha’s journey in terms of a “quest;” at the same time explain how Siddhartha is an

allegory for Buddhism itself.

Reading Question

Heart of Darkness analysis questions

Directions: For each topic, compose a paragraph that begins with a focused topic sentence. Make sure

to include accurate citations for all supporting quotations.

For questions that require multiple quotations, you may create a bulleted list; however, your analysis

must be in the form of a paragraph.

1. Heart of Darkness is a frame story. An unnamed narrator begins the story on the deck of the Nellie in

London on the Thames River and listens to Marlow recount his journey. Explain the significance and

impact of the frame narrative to the story. Identify three shifts within the novella between this narrator

and Marlow who narrates most of the story. Why are these particular points of change significant?

2. Chiaroscuro is the contrasting of light and shade. From Italian, meaning “bright dark,” it is a term

referring to the effect obtained in a painting or literary work when light and dark images or patterns of

imagery are contrasted or emphasized. Conrad repeatedly utilizes chiaroscuro and often uses reverses

of the traditional symbolism of black and white in Heart of Darkness. Analyze the effect of this technique

on meaning and purpose. Provide evidence through two examples where he uses traditional symbolism

and four examples where symbolic value is inverted.

3. Conrad often employs impressionism to depict how scenes appear—or what they seem to be. Discuss

the impact of literary impressionism on Conrad’s message. Illustrate your ideas with four examples

where he refers to a person, place, or object using this conflict—the conflict of illusion versus reality.

(seems, appears, looks like)

4. What does Conrad suggest about the concept of work in Heart of Darkness and its relationship to

civilization? Find four references to work in the novella; these will be explicit references to work or

labor, usually observations by Marlow. What conclusions can you draw from these references? In your

analysis, consider that most of the novel's characters are given only descriptive titles of their jobs—not

actual names (doctor, brickmaker, accountant, manager, or helmsman, for example).

5. Invent titles for each of the three chapters, and provide a brief defense for each of your titles. Make

sure that you explain how these titles relate to the novella title and provide specific textual support.

Vocabulary Heart of Darkness Vocabulary

For each chapter of Heart of Darkness, find 20 words that are unfamiliar to you.

1. Provide the proper citation.

2. Write a definition

3. From the list of words below find a synonym.

Abject

Alacrity

Allude

Apparition

Ascetic

Askew

Aspiration

atrocious

Audacity

August

Beguile

Benevolence

Brusque

Circumvent

Conflagration

Confound

Declivity

Desolation

Diaphanous

Discourse

Disparagingly

Edifying

Emissary

Enigma

Evanescent

Exultation

Farcical

Fecund

Guileless

Harlequin

Immutability

Impalpable

Impudence

Indefatigable

Inexorable

Innate

Inscrutable

Insidious

Insipid

Interminable

Intrepidity

Joviality

Languidly

Lugubrious

Luminous

Malevolently

Moribund

Morose

Noxious

Obsequiously

Ostentation

Pacifically

Perceptible

Perdition

Pestilence

Philanthropic

Placidity

Precarious

Prevaricator

Primeval

Propensity

Prudently

Pulsating

Rapacious

Repose

Reproachful

Sedentary

Sententiously

Sepulcher

Servile

Somber

Superciliousness

Taint

Tepid

Traverse

Trenchant

Tumult

Venerable

Vivaciously

Setting analysis

“We glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would before an

enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse.”

This simile is comparing principally

a. The bemused look of the men on the steam boat to the hysterical uproar of an insane asylum.

b. The men’s confusion of the river to the awkwardness of insane people.

c. Marlow’s perception of the steamboat as is passes through the river to a group of socially

incompatible people.

d. the insanity of their mission to the commotion of a riot in a prison.

Find a paragraph in which you could derive an answer from this question:

In a well written essay discuss how setting and landscape provide symbolic meaning.

History of Imperialism in Congo

Class assignment:

Research the Colonialism in Africa. Make a presentation.

Your presentation needs to include:

• Countries involved and where

• Reasons for colonizing $ and God

• Products and goods involved in trade

• Effects on Africans

• Effects on Europeans

During our reading find 5 quotes which are a reflection of the themes from the 5 topics of the

presentation.

Write a paragraph sandie for each explaining how the quote is a reflection.

Freud’s stages of consciousness

3x3 prompt and rubric Open Response: Open Essay Strategy

William Melvin Kelly, a prominent African American writer, suggests that writers of fiction should create

three, three-word sentences that summarize a prospective plot to be sure that the story contains a

beginning, middle and an end. This is called a “Literary 3x3.” These are three three-word thematic

statements that capture the essence of the work of literature.

You are going to create a “book talk” presentation where you expose the wisdom and powerful life

lessons that great literature exposes.

Part One

1. For you independent novel create a literary 3x3.

2. After you have created your literary 3x3 think of the over-arching question which the work is

asking about the human condition; and specifically of which subject of the human condition:

society, love, death, etc. See the “list of subjects” for ideas.

3. For each 3x3 think of 3 events or details from the story which work as evidence for each 3-word

theme statement.

4. After you have pondered over the events and details of your story, consider the question you

made; what is the answer? You answer should be a very convincing “theme statement” ☺

Part 2

How is the theme and wisdom exposed in your story relevant in our lives?

Draw, from you thematic study you just completed, parallels to the real word.

This can be:

• A current event

• A story in Politics/Geo-politics

• A social movement

• A historical figure

• A historical event

• A government policy

• Or something you run by me that I think is cool.

Notice the “A’s”

Explain how the themes in your novel are the same in your ‘real life’ event. You should be able to make

connections not only to the overarching theme of your story but each mini 3-word theme statements.

Rubric

5 10 11-13 14-17 18-20

3X3 WITH 3

SUPPORTING

DETAILS OF

FOR EACH

THEME

QUESTION

CAN BE

CONNECTED

TO THE ALL 3

3X3-THEMES

THEME

STATEMENT

HAS A SUBJECT

AND AN

EVALUATION

EXPLANATION

OF ‘REAL LIFE’

EVENT IS

THOROUGH

AND DETAILED

CONNECTIONS

TO THE REAL

LIFE EVENT

ARE

CONVINCING

AND

COMPLETE

(CONNETING

TO THE 3X3)

100 points